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No. 170 Water Street, New York ^ The Leading Exclusive Sumatra House Amsterdam House !—De Amsterdamsche Tabakshandelmaatschappij. r^ P Growers and Packers of y^ FLORIDA TOBACCOS i. Write for Samples SCHROMDMR & ARGUIMBAU 178 Water Street, New York H.A. O <& Go H I M PORTERS OF^^ AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST 'hiladbl^hia s THB TOBACCO WUKLD THE 3c. CIGAR that Wi ^ k fooMlsayis "AH to the Front." untS^' . ♦ - -T'. ' 3i Et Draco Cigar Mfg. Co. Philada. * ' -^ (LORD LANCASTER. lOc. ) Oliir Bffis. kii Manufacturers, 615 Market St., Philada^ (NICKT LBY, 5c.) THE T©B/ieeO WORLB-i- EQUITY SOCIETY WINS SUIT 2.000,000 POUNDS OF LEAF SOLD CHALLENGES COMPARISON. White Knight MADE BY Morris D. Neumann &C*.-* PHILADELPHIA. PA. .Sumat r Greene C. T. Coltfaa SUMNER GREENE & CO. Manufacturers of •'"^ .*-* I ene s ^ Cidars 2330 MARKET ST., PHILADELPHIA Factory 1839, First District Penns. mms^i^k 6UMPERT BROS. Hanufacturers SUPERIOR Quality and Workmanship 114 ^""^Philadelphia W. K. Gresh & Sons, Makers. Norristown, Pa# Factory No. 968, First District Fenna. n I You Want to b« In HAVANA V Smoke YOU CAN BUY f WEAVER'S ORIGINAL HAVANA SHORTS ALL JOBBING HOUSES V ti HENRY HEYNANN'S SONS ^Sinking Sprinilt. P^r. ■ ••.•.— .rr-i. . £l i*armenter Wax-Lined Coupon Ci^ar Pockeb Affofd PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. IndorMd by all Smoker., and are the MOST EFFECTIVE Advertising Medium known. Racine Paper Goods Co., Racine, Wis., O.Si^ Sola Owoara aod Maanfactiirars. Cai\ Legally Secure Tobacco WKich Has Been Pledged to It It has been decided by a country judge in Kentucky that a grower must live up to his promise when he has pledged his tobacco for a certain pur- pose, such as is done in the case of the American Society of Equity. Judge Birkhead, of Owensboro, was called upon to pass upon a suit origin- ally brought in the McLean County circuit eourt to enjoin William Neal, of Calhoun. Ky., from delivering to John Massie a crop of tobacco alleged to have been pledged by written contract to the executive committee of the American Society of Equity. A tem- porary restraining order was granted and the defendant carried the case to the Dawiess County Circuit Court in order to expedite the hearing. The decision of Judge Birkhead is to the effect that the agreement made by Neal was binding, and that he had no right to deliver to outsiders after he had agreed to pool his crop with the organization. This is the first decision that has been rendered in a case of this kind, and is regarded as a great victory for the growers' organization, as it makes their contracts legally enforce- able. It is doubly interesting because the Daviess County Circuit Court had previously held, in a tax suit brought by the city against the American Society of Equity, that pooled tobacco «/%<«/«^« CENSUS OF TOBACCO NFRS Department of Commtrce and Labor Reports on One Taken Last Year The Department of Commerce and Labor has issued a report on the census of manufacturers in the United States taken in 1905. which contains some in- formation relating to the tobacco in- dustry. The report says : The manufacture of cigars and cigar- ettes and of chewing and smoking to- bacco and snutf are the only industries included in this group. Establishments engaged exclusively in the sorting, stemming and rehandling of tobacco were omitted from the factory census of 1905. although it was included in prior censuses which included the man- ufacturing and mechanical industries. When the sorting and stemming was done in connection with the manufac- ture of cigars and cigarettes or of chewing and smoking tobacco, their statistics were included. The quanti- ties of the different classes of products for these industries are reported to the (Continued on page 7.) will buy outright the plant, stock, fixtures, good-will, etc., of one of the best and most complete Cigar Factories in the heart of IMiiladelphia, doing a large business. Present working organization willing to run the busi- ties» ffhder new^&'^jntrol. "Have on hand over Tefl Thousand Dollars wofth of Cigars and Tobacco. ' '" ' Address^ H. P. H., care of The Tobacco World, 224 Arch Street, Philadelphia. $17,000 ..-^^ THE TOB'ACCO WOKLD THE 5c. CIGAR that foaMlsayis "AH to the Front." El Draco Cigar Mfg. Co. PhUada. (lord LANCASTER. lOc ) Manufacturers, 615 Market St, Philada. (NICKTLBY, 5c.) CHALLENGES COMPARISON, White Knight MADE BY Morris D. Neumann &C«I PHILADELPHIA. PA. I Sumnt r Green. E. T. Col^a Manufacturers of SUMNER GREENE & CO. -o Seal Cidars tie's Qree 2330 MARKET ST., PHILADELPHIA Factory 1839. First District Penna MANgo CI GAR U (UMPERT BROS. Hanufacturers 114 N 7^^ St ^Philadelphia W. K. Gresh & Sons, Makers, Norristown, Pa. \ SUPERIOR Quality Workmanship Factory No. 968, First District Penna. YOU CAIN BUY WEAVER'S ORIGINAL HAVANA SHORTS ALL JOBBING HOUSED It You Want to b« la HAVANA Smoke 5a HENRY HEYRANirS SONS E A. G^*-^^^ <& Oo IMPORTERS O AVANA 123 N. THIRD 8T PniLAOmL^HiA 4- THE T©B/ieeO WORLB+ EQUITY SOCIETY WINS SUIT C»i\ Leg»Hv Secure Tobacco Which Has Been Pledged to It It has been decided by a country judge in Kentucky that a grower must live up to his promise when he has pledged his tobacco for a certain pur- pose, such as is done in the case of the American Society of Equity. Judge Birkhead, of Owensboro, was called upon to pass upon a suit origin- ally brought in the McLean County circuit court to enjoin William Neal, of Calhoun, Ky., from delivering to John Massie a crop of tobacco alleged to have been pledged by written contract to the executive committee of the American Society of Equity. A tem- porary restraining order was granted and the defendant carried the case to the Daviess County Circuit Court in order to expedite the hearing. The decision of Judge Birkhead is to the effect that the agreement made by Neal was binding, and that he had no right to deliver to outsiders after he had agreed to pool his crop with the organization. This is the first decision that has been rendered in a case of this kind, and is regarded as a great victory for the growers' organization, as it makes their contracts legally enforce- able. It is doubly interesting because the Daviess County Circuit Court had previously held, in a tax suit brought by the city against the American Society of Equity, that pooled tobacco did not belong to the executive com- mitte, but was merely handled by it as an agent. COMPANY WILL SELL CIGARS BY MACHINERY. 2.000.000 POUNDS OF LEAF SOLD Des Moines, la., Dec. 27. The Dodson Cigar Vending Company will be incorporated in thisScity with a capital of $150,000 to exploit a machine upon which the inventor has been working for 13 years. The Des Moines company will work the territory of Iowa, Minnesota and the Dakotas, sub-companies being es- tablished throughout the country. A machine will be placed with a re- tailer for a deposit of $10 and amonthly rental of 50 cents. The only cigars that can be used in the machine are those manuactured by the compaany and placed in the patent wrapper. The fact that retailers will have to order stock to refill thair machine from the Des Moines company makes the officers of it sanguine ihat they can raise the quality ot their goods by reason of their having to pay the expenses of no travel- ing men. T. M KILDOW CIGAR CO. EXPANDS. The T. M. Kildow Cigar Co., of Bethesda, Pa., has opened a factory in Zanesville, 0., and is running with a good sized force. Negotiations have been in progress about a month and a lease was signed whereby Mr. Kildow siecured the three upper floors of the Cosgrove building. High grade stogies and cheroots will be manufactured. A T Co Cont.acU For That Amount Delivered at Booneville Booneville, Ind., Dec. 2^ It is stated on good authority that 2,- 000.000 pounds of tobacco have been contracted for by the American To- bacco Co. 's buyers to be delivered at this city and the greater part shipped from here to Owensboro and Louisville, Ky., at the company's large manufac- tories. It is unoerstood that the price paid averaged $6 per hundred. At present only half a million pounds have been delivered and further de- liveries have been stopped until after the first of the year because of no room to hang the tobacco. Farmers brought their crops into market too wet to prize and all the tobacco brought in up to this time has had to bo rehung. On this account the buyers have filled their barns and are renting every available space in which to hang further deliver- ies that come in. The size of the 1906 crop in this county has interested the American To- bacco Company to such an extent that it is being stated on good authority that before the next crop is raised they will erect a large bam with sufficient capacity to take care of a large crop. This company gave away to the farm- ers who sold their tobacco to t^em a large supply of choice tobacco seed and assured them that next year Louisville prices will be paid. It will be late in the spring before all the tobacco can be delivered, because of want of space to hang it. As soon as the present deliveries are in condi- tion for prizing large numbers of men will be put to work getting it ready to ship, most of which will be sent to Owensboro, Ky. DARK GROWERS' INSURANCE CO i^armenter Wax-Lined Coupon Ci^ar Pockete ^^ Y The Association is Talking About Form- ing Such &. Concern Guthrie, Ky., Dec. 27. The Dark Tobacco Growers' Protec- tive association expects to organize an insurance company with extensive capital for the purpose of insuring the warehouses and prizing houses con- trolled by the association in the dark tobacco districts of Kentucky and Tennessee. This movement is believed to be largely the result of the out- lawry at Princeton which caused muph dissatisfaction among the insurance companies interested. The plan was started by leading citi- zens of Guthrie and has been approved by members of the association in the surrounding towns and country. The company will become a part of the Dark Tobacco Growers' Association. The new company will not be antag- onistic, to the insurance companies now doing business in the two States, but will take up the business which many of them are afraid to handle now. It is known positively that the tobacco association will be willing to turn over to the new company the insurance of the entire crop of which it has control. This will give the new concern over $5,000,000 in business to start with. The association controls at the present • time between forty and fifty thousand hogsheads of tobacco, the regulation insurance of which is $125 a hogshead. In addition to this there are thirty-one warehouses located in Kentucky and Tennessee and hundreds of prizing houses, aggregating in value many thouands of dollars. The headquarters of the new com- pany will probably be located at Guth- rie, which has been headquarters of the association since its organization over two years ago. [This plan, however,does not seem to touch the real issue. If the new com- pany would insure th; property of those in disfavor with them, there would likely be no more trouble. But it seems scarcely seems necessary to pro- vide insurance for the property of the members of tihe association as, unless retaliatory measures are adopted they are not likely to to be in danger.— Ed.] ABOUT PHILIPPINE TOBACCO. G. D'Erf Browne, Scientist to the Philippine World's Fair Commission in St. Louis, has written an article on the Philippines in which he has consider- able to say about the tobacco industry there. He believes the passing of the Philippine bill would not do the indus- try in this country any harm. He says : Although as fine tobacco aa any in the world can be and has been produced in the Cagayan valley of Luzon, yet the bulk of this tobacco is raised in the most primitive manner and cured in the quickest possible way. Even with free trade it would take years before suffi- cient tobacco of good grade could be produced in the Philippines to render it a serious competitor in the American markets. There is already an estab- lished market in Asia and Europe for Philippine tobacco. In the early days, when the growing of tobacco was under the patronage of the Spanish govern- ment, the good tobacco then raised brought from 70 to 75 cents a pound at Rotterdam. Now it brings but 15 cents a pound in Manila. In the islands the tobacco industry is regarded as being of great importance. No other industry has contributed as much towards the support of the islands in the past, and at present no other in- dtjstry gives more to the government treasury, in the shape of internal rev- enues, than the manufacture of to- bacco. During a period of 101 years, from 1781 to 1882. tobacco growing was a monopoly of the Spanish government. The monopoly applied only to the Caga- yan valley, the officials being quick to recognize its wonderful adaptability for the raising of superior tobacco. So enormous were the revenues derived from the control of the industry that in 1882, when the monopoly was termi- nated, it was paying more than half the expenses of the insular government, besides, doubtless, contributing to the support of a large number of monks and a great army of grasping officials who had been delegated to supervise the various details of the monopoly. Of itself the Spanish government did not own the tobacco lands nor the cara- bao that did the heavy work. Today most of all this fine land is owned by the natives, who will hardly sell at any price. There are a few large hold- ings, but they are no longer to be had. The largest single holdiing is the "Hacienda Calabbacao," belonging to the Philippine Plantation Co.. near Tuguegarao, of 44,000 acres. The best tobacco land is worth from $150 to $250 per acre, and every little plot in this valley is a fortune to the native. Under the Spanish government the natives produced a better grade of to- bacco than was subsequently raised, but the hardships they were constantly called on to endure, owing to the ua- scrupulous methods of local officials, became so intolerable that the govern- ment, apprehensive of serious conse- quences, finally gave ear to their com- plaints and abolished the monopoly. During American occupation the quality of tobacco has not recovered its former superiority, as the natives have not had intelligent direction or supervision. The larger growers in the Cagayan valley have been able to exercise more care and attention in the growing of their crops than the natives, and ha\e, therefore, been able to produce some very fine grades of tobacco. At Iligan, one of the companies owns a hacienda on which alone 5,000 families are em- ployed to cultivate and prepare the crop. >^^^^^^m CENSUS OF TOBACCO MFRS Department of Commtrce and Labor Reports on One Taken Last Year The Department of Commerce and Labor has issued a report on the census of manufacturers in the United States taken in 1905, which contains some in- formation relating to the tobacco in- dustry. The report says : The manufacture of cigars and cigar- ettes and of chewing and smoking to- bacco and snutf are the only industries included in this group. Establishments engaged exclusively in the sorting, stemming and rehandling of tobacco were omitted from the factory census of 1905, although it was included in prior censuses which included the man- ufacturing and mechanical industries. When the sorting and stemming was done in connection with the manufac- ture of cigars and cigarettes or of chewing and smoking tobacco, their statistics were included. The quanti- ties of the different classes of products for these industries are reported to the (Continued on page 7.) ■^ Sinking Affoid PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE. HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indorsed by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE Advertising Madivm known. Racine Paper Goods Co., Racine, Wis.,r.S.i SpU Owa»rs aad Ma«afact«r*rs. ^^ #%#% will buy outright the plant, stock, tixtures, good-will, etc., of one of the fj-n.n best and most complete Cigar Factories in the heart of Philadelphia, doing , ^i^>^^^'^^ a large business. Present working organization willing to run thei busi- < i^€^, fitMier ne^r^fimi. "Have on hand over Tefl Thousand Dollars Wofth of Cigarsf and Tobacco. J ...^'Cy ,i ., :: .;., . :, . Address H. P. H., care of The Tobacco World, 224 Arch Street, Philadelphia. \ INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE 4? A. G^'-^^^ <& Co. H AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST E.A.G HILADEL^HIA dBOo.H ..^IMPORTERS Or^-^ AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST ^ PHILJkOmL^HIA J. Vetterlein & Co. Importers of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia. _ EXPORT STAMP ISSUED BY CUBAN CIGAR MANUFACTURERS T^rt nJI PPH Authorized by the Government of the Republic of Cuba UUniondeF^bbicantesdeTabacosyCigarros -5^« I tlOOJIOSD X855. > »D %lT^ <^ ^™- H. Oohan. >i9ha T. Dohaa. ^:^4/.f>. jr^ DOHAN & TAITT, ^g^f Importersof Havana and Sumatra I j'ackers of X'^^J^ to7 Arcb St. Mfeaf Tohacco\ ^ A ) philada K.STRAUS A.LOei. ikllih«d 1826 IjP^ IMPOKTERS or ^^^ Havana and Sumatra •■d PACKERS of Leaf Tobacco 322 and 324 North Third Street, Philadelphia 9ai«^908Jliii^lSd9lw mHILADELPHI^M! Julius Hirschberg & Bro. Importers of Havana and Sumatra and Packers of Seed Leaf Tobacco 125 North Third St., Philada. L. BAMBERGER & CO TOBACCO III Arch St., Philadelphia A K SEED LEAF HAVANA and SUMATRA fmp$^em»ttat Lancaster, P«.; Milton Jtmction, Wis.; BaldwlnivlTl*;^ * rhinfSt, PhtAtds^a.I^t. TheE eaf lobacco havana Importers and Dealers In ALI« KINDS OP SEED LEAF, V^o., Ltd. and SUMATRA ll8N.3dSt.Phild. Benj. Labe Jacob Labe Sidney Labe BENJ. LABE & SONS IMPORTERS OF Sumatra and Havana Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco 228 North Third St., Philadelphia bEOPObD liOEB & CO^ Importersof Sumatra and Havana AND Packers of Leaf Tobaccf 306 North Third St., Phila. GEO. BURGHARD Importer of Sumatra and Havana and Packer of LEAF TOBACCL: 238 North Third Street Phila. DELA ulonzadaporel Gobierno delaRepablica Garantiza qoe los rabacos.cigarrosy paqtietes de plcadu^aquellev•^es^appeci^^a son fabricados per ^^7«.HJ>:IIIJ.IJjMJWMJJ,IJHa.|,ll.|-»UIIJ.Mi:iJUi:ll.|li^|.K1#tiilll'li'ti'N!|WJi^^ HABANA Either the name ^he Manufacturer or that of his Brand will appear printed in the blank space of this precinta or stamp. ...IMPORTANT NOTICE... . ., r r * , , . ^ . V T)TJT?r>TMTA «!. iDorrftntvafamn which as authorized by the Government of the RepubH* ^ Cub!;''^KlJ"e5 SVhri"XTs"o't ^^h^'^X&^.S:^ KuTS^J';rroT5,'r fS ^f-cSU « . .«„«„*«, that cl^™. cigarette. ^ cut .tte.. or cut leaf packages but the- whi^h h^^Jhi. PREa^^^^^^ ='SlTro1ecu\'e'be^"efhe''3!*^n"r'^^^^^^^^ attempt to counterfeit, injiU^.^ Iran'; C rendi'^3r™he1^'a^aMe^co"e^"ed,% the PRECINTA facsimile: blaclc with pale blue ground; fac-..n„l. of th. Presidency of the Rebublic : dark blue. " i-. The Old Salesman's MusingsT*-^ J. S. BATROFF. 224 Arch 8t.» Philadelphia, Broker in LEAF TOB/ie©© WHO'LL HELP MC KILL THIS EVIL 7 No matter when I die now, no one can say I went to my grave without having made myself known. I have thought of an idea that beats anything you ever heard of. It's an idea, which, if carried out will make humanity better, kinder, wiser, health- ier and capable of enjoying life in a more wholesome way. It's a reform idea, and while the thought has been expressed before by medical gentlemen and a very few women it hasn't had the publicity I am giving it here. Miss Lucy Gaston gave me the idea. Not particularly Miss Lucy, but the whole caboodle of reformers that train with her. They seem so pleased in their great work to better mankind by the abolishment of the cigarette, and their happiness seems so undiluted by the fact that they haven't been making any progress, that I have been thinking they've solved the problem of being happy in this life. All one has to do is to become a reformer. I should think, though, they would occasionally be overcome with horror at the diabolical w^ckednes8 which ob- ssesses the world. I sheuld think it wov^ld make them feel lonely at times. You have to be a pretty strong person to be able to put up all your life with nothing but superior thoughts for com- pany. It must be that, sometimes, there is a dread moment when they feel like a certain Seventh Day Adventist did. Perhaps you never heard of the Seventh Day Adventists, but in this world of millions of souls, there are a few be- lievers in something which they think is best expressed by that name. The one I speak of had been engaged in meditation one evening, and his thoughts drew a line of sadness in his face. "Brother," h»? said to a companion, "sometimes 1 think it will be rather lonely for us in Heaven." And maybe I'll be a little lonely, too, if I get to be a real reformer But let me tell you about my idea. Suppose we admit, for the sake of argi^ment. that our mankind is steadily degenerating through the use of the ci garette. We know that this form of smoking causes insanity, paresis, ner- vous prostration, heart failure, etc.. etc. We know that. Miss Gaston has told us it. So! Now the ladies are undertaking to rid the world of this curse, at least some of the l«dies, and it is a very noble thing of them. For one thing, they have to face the risk of being told that it is none of their bu-iness what a man smokes, and that there are things nearer home which might more legiti- mately require their attention. They have to risk meeting up with a rude person who would tell them such horrid untruths, but in spite of these draw- backs, they see their duty, and strive to do it. Now why can't we men be equally sacrificing. I, for one, am willing to be the pioneer in the movement, and I am willing to give my services to the limit to effect the reform I have in mind. I am willing to lobby, if my ex- penses are guaranteed, and any time anyone wants to hire a ball I am will- ing to speak on the iKibject and sound the alarm. Let us rid this world of the curse of the corset. There, it is out! The corset vs. the cigarette. We men have no business bothering with corsets, I should say the subject of corsets, but for the sake of the womanhood of the nation, we will butt in and take firm hold of the evil. While it is considered good form to wear the things (no pun intended) it is causing incalculable ill among hundreds of thousands of the fairer and weaker sex. Wom3n are committing suicide every day in our great cities, undoubtly from despondency caused by having to let the strings out a little. A wasp like waist causes a wasp-like temper when there is no one important around to be impressed, and I have no doubt in the world that most of these sad cases of wives beating their hus- bands so brutally are the result of such fits of insane temper. ^Concluded on page 7.) A Good Pair to Go On . . Two of Our Popular Five Cent Brands. Our Goods are Made of Best Selections, Made Carefully, and Made to Duplicate. Wolf, Nef f & Co. RED LION, PA. W. B. HOSTETTER & CO. PACKERS and DEALERS in LEAF TOBACCO Georgia Wrappers Paclied Like Sumatra We make SCRAP Filler. Ready for U»«. ISiVoTil?? 12 S. George St, YORK.PA. E. A. G <& Co.H IMPORTERS OF^^ AVANA N. THIRD ST PMILAOeL^MIA II THB TOBACCO WORLD ^•'^TIEALM oPT/i- fJETAILEPS Gieske & Niemann, Packers & Dealers m Leaf Tobacco No. 204 South Charles Street Baltimore, Md. TIMELY TALKS WITH EN- FERPRISING DEALERS. 3 entertaining: throughout the year, and if the men of the house smoke, as is usually the case they will want to smoke while guests are present and 'T'HE Christmas season is over, a new offer the men they are entertaining the ^ year has started, and the dealer same opportunity. should be careful not to leave his Christ- it is not to be expected that every mas decorations in too long. As a man will like what his host likes and it matter of fact, it would be a good plan is scarcely polite to expect him to like to olean out this week if you can spare it by offering it to him. The man who the tirr.e. and put in fresh ones, in some can afford it, will want to have a vari- way typical of the New Year, without ety of brands of both cigars and cigar- running to the "Happy New Year" ettes,and he can do this best and at the order. least expense with the dealer's help. There is nothing which looks poorer The dealer can supply him with a or more shiftless than a display which few boxes of popular cigarettes and has outlived its usefulness, and this is with a few cigars from boxes of vari- true of Christmas decorations, when ous brands of cigars that seem to be Chris^^mas week has passed away. By generally liked. By this means the that time, anyway, the greens have customer can learn what brands seem probably begun to look stale and as if to be most liked by the people who they ought to be taken out. come to his house so that he will soon The same is true of retail advertis- be able to buy nothing that is not actu- ing. Probably every dealer who does ally wanted. any newspaper advertising, whether in Here the dealer steps in and sees a small town or a large city, has lately that the man is kept supplied with his tried to make it appropriate to the needs, and doesn't have to chase around season. If it is in a large city, where and buy stuff on the day of the evening the expense is such as to prevent him he is expecting someotie. from forgetting about it, this advice By sizing up his customers and their will probably not be needed. purchases, the dealer should note when- But frequently the retailer has other ever a man is buying more than the things to think of and gets into a bad usual quantity, or a brand other than habit of allowing his advertisement to he usually buys. For instance a cigar- remain in the same form for a long ette smoker may stop in and buy some period, thus practically destroying all cigars on his way home in the after- value it might have had af*er the first noon, and a cigar smoker, some cigar- few insertions. ettes. If he is a regular customer the The writer knows of a dealer in house dealer or clerk has a fair guess that he furnishings, who kept an ad. in the expects someone around that evening, local papers, and was usually content Put the above proposition up to the that it should run along as he had first man, and it will probably appeal to prepared it. Shortly before last Christ- him for selfish reasons, if for no other, mas, though, he got an idea, and started for it will save him the anno/ance and the ad. off with the line: "Now is the bother of seeing that there is always time to buy your wife a nice Carpet something to smoke in the house, or Sweeper for a Christmas Present. " the frequently occurring mortification This was all right, and probably of being caught without anything, netted him some extra business by ^ might be well to state the proposi- putting the idea into the head of idea- tjon ^n ^n advertising card and slip a less husbands. But time went on and ^.^^^ jpt^j every package that goes out during the baking days of last mid- ^f ^^te store, or give it personally over summer, the line was, to say the least ^he counter. The results, if the plan rather incongruous. A stranger read- worked would be cumulative, for one ing it would doubtless think it a delib- ^^^n would tell another and thus bring erate joke, but the carpet sweeper man ^^w trade. had simply forgotten about it. As a of course it is understood, that after matter of fact, it was the paper's place he has his list, it is the dealer's duty to jog his memory, but that is beside to i^egp }„ touch with the houses of his the point. customers and send goods whenever The point is, that every retail dealer they are needed^ presenting a bill for should endeavor to the utmost to make game at the usual intervals. The every line and item of his advertising scheme practically amounts to the much count for all it can and this means both desired club business, on a smaller the window and interior decorations, scale. - and the newspaper and every other • • • form of advertising. Be up to date in every particular, but don't strain for an effect of being ahead of date. To do that is only to achieve an atmosphere of cheap smart- ness. • • • WORK UP THIS IDEA. HERE is an idea which might pay if properly worked Qp. It would have to be "worked up" in the fullest sense, and it would require much atten- tion if it were to be made to pay. The average family do« considerable THE WORTH OF A NICKEL. A NEWARK, N. J., dealer recently ^^ put up a card in his store which seemed to make quite a hit among his patrons and which attracted general attention on account of the novelty of the idea. The sign was as follows : WHAT A NICKEL WILL DO : A nickel, five cents— it takes twenty of them to make a dollar- will provide a great deal in the way of necessities when you come to think about it. It will buy enough bread every day to keep a man alive. It will carry him several miles on a trolley car. It will buy him a dose of medicine when he is suffering, or a dose of poison to end his misery. It will enable him, when time is a matter of life and death, to com- municate instantly over the tele- phone, with a person miles distant. It will tven buy him a straw hat, if he is not fastidious. It will provide many other valu- able necessities, but it will not go very far when luxuries are desi»"ed. The most luxury it will buy, that we know of, is one of our ci- gars. If you have only a nickel, and need bread, or any other of the things mentioned above, buy what you need. But from what some of our customers say of the smoke, it is a question in our minds whether the cigar buyer wouldn't get the most satisfaction for his money any way you look at it. SOME GOOD CIGARS AS AN ADVE' . TISEMENT. 'X'HERE is an important thought that a dealer should impress on his customers, either in the form of an ad- vertising card, or if desired, by a sign in the store. This is, that there are good solid business reasons that every business man who smokes should smoke good cigars. Some men smoke cheap cigars for economy's sake, others because they actually prefer them, or like them as well as the ones which cost more. Plenty of smokers can't tell the differ- ence between cigars and are quite as contented with rank ones as with the highest class article. Such customers, will doubtless argue that they would be fcols to pay two or three times as much for their smoking as there is any need of. In other words, they would be getting no more for the greater sum than for the smaller, in the matter of gratification. But there is another way to look at it. A rank cigar or cigarette is an offense to everyone who is not smoking it and has to be near it. It publishes its rankness and cheapness with every puff, and seems to cry out the fact that the smoker can't afford to smoke decent stuff, but must smoke something, and buys what he can get for the money he has to spend. As said before, this may not be true in any sense, but it seems true and when you are doing business with a man, and puffing a stench into his face all the time, to say nothing of the pos- sible enormity of offering him such a cigar, you are likely to create an opin- ion of you in his mind by no means favorable to you. In a certain sense, a good cigar is an advertisement of pros- perity, and prosperity is the best hall mark in the world. They say that "i^bthing succeeds like sucesss" and might have added, "or the appearance of Success." Impress this sort of argument oo your customers and it certainly will do no harm, and is very likely to do good, providing your business lies with a class that is interested in such an argu- ment. Make them understand, in a' diplomatic way, how cheap it looks sometime, when they bring a man in the store to buy him a smoke, and have to ask for another and higher priced box than the one they usually buy cut of. * * * WARNf, COMFOKTABLE AND INVITING TT hasn't been a very fierce winter so far, but there have been some coid days, and there is no telling what the ' weather will be for the next three months. The suggestion about to be made has been offered before on this page but it will not hurt to bring it up again as it is decidedly timely. In trying to keep your expenses down, don't skimp on your heat. Have your store well heated no matter what it costs. If it costs out of proportion, there is probably something wrong, and ' it it can't be discovered and remedied, move to another place with better fa- cilities. But don't keep the heater down, just because coal has gone up. Setting aside the matter of comfort for yourself and clerks you have to think of your customers. It may be bitterly cold outside, and when a man enters the store, in the process of pay- ing for his purchase he has to unbutton his coat, and perhaps take off bis gloves. If the store is as "warm as toast" as we say, they will notice it and linger a moment longer to absorb a little heat before they venture out again. In many cases that extra mo- ment may mean more business for you. I At any rate, your store will get the reputation of being a warm, comfort- able place, particularly if you arrange the furnishngs in a way that suggests winter shelter. Perhaps that is not quite clear, but every reader will doubt- less remember roo.tis he has seen that looked like "warm rooms," and others that looked shivery. Without having any more talk about it, just remember that every cusfeonMT likes to deal at a store where every thing impresses him as pleasant, and will go out of his way to deal there, if his trade is worth having. See to it that your store is one of the kind that has the beet chance of impressing favor- ably. • • • TN line with this, another suggestion * is in order. On very cold days, it is ^ wise thing to have the temperature of your place ten degrees or so above the normal even if it is uncomfortable to the ones that have to stay in it You are consulting the comfort of your customer, not your own, and when some man with a half frozen nose feels the welcome heat creeping into him, it will improve whatever humor he is in. Another thing : Get a supply of wind proof matches and bring them out on stormy, windy days. Of course nooe are actually wind proof, but there are , several kinds that are much easier to manipulate in a storm. Give these away freely on days when they will do Chicago from using cigarettes is quite the most good. If you like, you can as ridiculous as a proposition to outlaw have them in little boxes bearing your the corset, and would have just about advertisement. as much chance of success. If they try The man who is saved from standing the former on in Chicago the ridiculous- on the corner and futilely using up ness of it will be quickly demonstrated «very match he has in his pocket with- or else something unpleasant will out even getting a light will bless you happen. They don't take kindly to ar- and think of you. And you want every- one to think of your store as a good place to go to. THE OLD SALESMAN'S MUSINGS (Concluded from page 5.) It is an awful thing, and I don't want to dwell on it mu-h longer or I will get all worked up. Look through the advertising pages of any popular magazine and see the 84 21 inch fair- faced creatures that depict the latest styles in this article. Look at them ! I look at them every month, and it makes me feel more and more that the strong hand of man should tear the murderous things off— it makes me willing to offer my services to— it, what I mean is, no woman ought to wear such things. Let us hold meetings, get at the rest out there, when they haven't done anything. But be ready when I give you the word, boys, to go for the corsets. And everywhere our cry shall be R & G-R & G— HiS8-8^E-8-8-S-S-8-8 ! The Old Salesman. CENSUS OF TOBACCO NFRS (Concluded from page 3) Bureau 9f Internal Revenue of the Treasury Department and, therefore, were not compiled for the census. Both the absolute and relative increases were greater during the period from 1900 to 1905 than during the decade ending with 1900, In 1905 as compared with 1900 the number of establishments increased 1,869. or 12.5 per cent, and the value of products, $67,404,508, or members of councils, the aldermen, the 25.6 per cent. members of legislature, let us have laws passed prohibiting absolutely the sale or use of the corset. Let us make it a misdemeanor to havto-Date Case; used by the largest packers ; saves you one- half cost and labor previously used with the hundred year old common case. G. H. Rumrill, of Janesville, Wis., sam- pled 822 cases in nine hours, with the help o? three men. llSrFoT particulars and prices, address JOHN F. HEILAND & CO. 48 East Cheslnnt St, Lanuster, Pa. Sole Agents {or Ma Gee Bros. TobHvco Case. S.Weinberg, 120 North Third Street Philadelphia. IMPOKTSm OF Sumatra and Hav«Bi(f^,> Dealer in all kinds of Seed LeaS Tobaccc^ If. VtlMchlk. S. Valenschik VELENCBIK BROS. Ssr*.- LEAF T0B/ie0O Sumatra and Havana 154 N. THIRD ST. PHILADELPHIA r= HENRY RINDSKOPF Packer and Importer of "-r;^;™ LEAF TOBACCO N. E. Cor. Fiflh and Washioiton Sis. Reading, Pa. L AARON B. HESS Packer of and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Pennsylvania^ Seed B's and Tops READY FOR THE MARKET. Write for Prices. Office and Warehouse: W0--636 N. Prince St Lancaster, Pa. Bell 'Phone : 77-X. Independent 'Phone: 1464r-A. L.0.HABUS8ERMANN CARL L. HAEOSSERMANN EDWARD C. BABUl L. G. Haeussermann & Sons, Importers of Packer* aad Exportaw ai a^Oaalaw !• Sumatra.»»Havana Leaf Tobacco LARGEST RETAILERS IN PENNSYLVANIA No. 240 Arch Street, Philadelphia^ Pcnna. R^ B AVTISTA y Cable— RoTiSTA. CA.-Leaf Tobacco Warehouse— HABANA, CVBA. NEPTUNO 1 70"! 74. special Partner -Gdmkrsindo Garcia Cobrvo. UIIS ■!)"■■ MANUEL MUNIZ VBNANCIO DIAZ. Special Trnttmrnm BILABIO MUNIZ MUNIZ HERMANOS y CIA ESTABLISHEQ 1844 S en C Growers and Dealers of VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDO and REMEDIOS TOBACCC ReineL 20, HavanaL p. o. Bo«»g Cable : ■Angel," Havana FEw"bIJYERS are IN THE HAVANA MARKET. Crop Prospects Uncertaii^^am Has Been Scarce ; Impossible to Sav Anything Definite Until End of January. Preparations Have Been Made to Plant a Large Acreage. Special Correspondence In looking over my '^eP^'^^ °^ ^^^. ^n date for a year ago. 1 note that 1 then reported a very active market as ow- ing to the commencetment of the dis- astrous rains, a great deal of specula- tion had set in. and the market v^as ris- ing This year I can only report a very ,(P. O. Box) Apartado 270. Ceble; Z\LBZOOi«. JOSE MENENDEZ Almacenista de Tabaco en Rama lEspectalldad TABACO de PARTIDO Ve^as Proprias Cosechado por el Monte 26, c°mSeV.s Habana, Cuba Y. P. Castaneda > S. Jorge JOI^GE & P. CRSTAI^EDR Growers, Packers and Exporters of Havana beaf Tobaeeo ^do, Comer Dragones Street, HAVANA HpARTAeASi^ Iidepeideit Cigar Facttiy The Oldest Brand 'ARTAGAS YG? Cifuentes, Feme!**?*? y€*. ! Proprietor* 174 Industria Streei Cable: ClFKR. Habana, Cuba ^runo Diaz ^ Rodrigaea B. DIAZ & CO. Growers 8Lnd Packers of /ueltdL Abajo and PdLftido TobdLCCO PRADO 125, HABANA, CUBA. Cable >—Zaidco AVBLINO PAZOS <& CO. Alma^eoistas de Tabaco en Ramm PRADO 193, onileta. Habana SUAREZ HERMANOS. (S. OB C.) ^^^^il Leaf Tobacco fiaURAS 39-41, Cable: •CMfi." HAVANA, CUBA. Ottr Capaeity for Manufacturing Cigar Boxea A1.VVAY8 Room for Onb Morii Good Cut THB TOBACCO WOki.i> L J. Sellers & Son, Sellersvllle, Pa. u CHRISTMAS MEDITATION OF THE CIGAR CLERK Written for The Tobacco World The world-weary looking clerk leaned one arm on the show case and gazed meditatively into the chill street. It was Christmas morning and few people were in sight. In fifteen minutes the clerk would close the store and go. Meanwhile a cust: mer lingered over "One day he comes in here with a pretty important looking dresser with him and I could see without looking that little tinlets needed him in his business. They come up to the counter and Willie said 'What'U you have, Mr. Jones?' Jonesey said 'oh, anything,' in the cigar he had bought, evidently will- a way that showed you couldn't excite ing to be sociable. ^^ him by just buying him a ciga.-^ so I "Haven't you wot a home, either?" asked the clerk in a brooding tone that carried no offense. "Yes," was the answer, "I've got one but it's out of town and I got to loaf around until noon to meet a man and take him up with me. Why, are you homeless ?" The clerk turned his mournful face to the questioner ; "I've got a folding bed, some chairs and a razor," he an- swered. "I'm in the directory; but I ain't got anybody who would get up in the middle of the night to get me a mustard plaster. I'm one of them things they call an orphan, and it rains on me whenever it can." He heaved a deep sigh and the cus- tomer looked sympathetic. "I suppose Christmas don't mean very much to you, then," he murmured. "Not nothing," was the answer. "I don't belong to Sunday School so 1 don't have to warble any carols and chase home with a stick of candy and an orange, and all my spare socks are in the laundry ?o there's no job for Santy there. No, 1 get a lemon handed me instead of an orange, this year." He paused a moment and then went on "I don't suppose I ought to be here the store to day. I don't suppose in J.^H. CAYRO & SON Dea|er3 in Ueaf Tobaeo Specialty: Vuelta Abajo and Partido • WarehouM aiul Office. 92 Dr^oaea StrMW. CAVANA. CM Cable Addresa: "JoaacaTao." Correapeodenoc •olldted In BagMlk HENRY VONEirr r. VIDAL CtfB VONEIFF Y VIDAL CRUZ ""E'i'o'r'te^.-of LEAF TOB ACGO 73 Amistad Street, HAVANA, CUBA. BrsncK Housca:— 616 W. Bkllimorc Street. Baltimore. Nd.; ** O. Box 433, T%.mp»« PK. I I I I BVABISTO GARCIA J08B M. OABCIA J. M. GARCIA Y CIA. • Almaceoistas de Tabaco Partido y Vuelta Abaii HABANA, CUBiA CON VBOAS PROPIAS I San NiCOiaa 126 y 128. Cable: "JOMAOAacia anybody ought to be working Christ- mas, but the boss said last night he wished he felt strong enough to come down and open up for awhile to catch the fellows who forgot to get theirs ast night, and I said I didn't care, I'd come down. Looks like nobody much forgot." "You don't seem to care what be- comes of you," put in the customer. "Not much; I sort o got a grouch. I'm going up to the boss's to eat after while, but I aint lookin' forward much. I guess I'm gettin' sore on the busi- ness." The customer looked interested and the clerk was encouraged to con- tinue. "I have to wait on too many critics, " he declared. "A tight bosomed guy comes in here and operates on himself for a nickel. I give him a cigar. He lights it and pulls awhile. 'A little sreen, eh?' 'Aint these here a little too dry?' 'I notice the manufacturer's be- ginning to save money on this brand, now the good people are buying it;' 'say, aint you fellows ashamed to take a nickel for a smoke like this ? 'How many do you sell lor a quarter?' 'Is this real Havana ?' That's a few sam- ples of what you're likely lo hear from where I'm standing. "And it seems tome there's an awful lot of cheap guys in this world. There's one fellow who comes in here and spends a nickel pretty much every noon. He takes all the matches in sight and everything else that's free, and he comes in like he owned the place on the strength of that one cigar. I know for a fact that that skate probed around until he found out which brand of five cent smoker cost the retailer the most to sell and now he always gets that. handed out Willie's regular five cent brand. "Willie gave me a regular old sting- ing look and said in a tone that made me want to shrink under the counter, 'We want a good cigar, clerk.' I thought it over for the skeenteenth of a second and then handed him up a box of perfectos which cost a quarter the each. 'They're better,' I bays. " 'Take two, Mr. Jones,' says Tin- lets. Then I knowed that Jonesey stood in relation to him as God to man. Jonesey took his two, all right, and Willie the Host helped himself liber- ally to one. He fished up some change, hesitated over a quarter aijd then to make sure handed me a half dollar. 'Sivinty-foive cents, plaze, ' I utters in a voice like a chocolate soda. "I give Willie credit for being game under circumstances where he couldn't be anything else, but it was a sad blow to his young career. It set him back on his smoking nearly three weeks and he was total abstinence all right *\\\ he had caught up. I don't know such a great much, but I do know that Mr. Willie Tinlets will never smoke himself to death unless he does it in a dream." The cleik looked at the clock and yawned. "I guess it's about time to turn the key in the lock and call it a holiday," he said— "unless you want to stay here a while longer to kill time. I aint busy." "I'll tell you what we'll do," said the customer. "You close up and we'll slide across to Jimmy's and see if he can't mix us up a couple of nice ones. They'll give you an appetite and make you feel like letting the world live on." Jimmy made good, and after the clerk had done the best he cou'd with Number One, he cheered perceptibly. "This reminds me of the other morn- ing," he said. "A salesman come in with as large and copious a hangover as I ever saw. He's a good fellow and a great friend of the boss's. He don't make no habit of paintin' himself up like that, but he had sure done a good job this time. " 'Aint been to bed," he says to the boss. " 'You don't say,' answered the boss lookin' as surprised as he could. 'Why you look as if you was in bed now.' "The saleiman leaned against the counter, and thought the boss's answer over for about two minutes, and then he started to laugh. He laughed till he was weepin' all over his necktie and then he stoppe I as sudden as he began. •Sshjoke,' he says. M'drunk bu'know- joke. Knowjoke dru'shob. ' He drawed himself up as straight as he could and stared over at us until he could get the focus. " 'Stopped here f'sompin,' he got out. BsUbllahod 1S34 Independent Vaelta Abajo Factory Antonia Lopa£ Cuervo, Vda. de Rivero MWMWTIWM U J. 9^#«ro. Bloardo B. Blv«««* Manaqem Offices: Belascoain, 2 B, p. o. Boa 374. HAVANA, Coba. Cabla AddreM : Larranaga. Havana ,^ __ A B C 4th and jth edition. rr.d. Mark H«dist«r«d Codet used : Liebcr't Suadard (Ed. Eipaaala| riiat Priies ia Twenty Exposition!. Grand Prix with Gold Medal in Lieje, 190I. Representatives and Agents in all the Great Cities of the World. S«U Ag«..( for th« U. S.: C. BARRON TAYLOR. »3 Broad St. Now Ymtk.^ ';^Jtnx^t^ JOSE F. ROCHA, Havana Leaf Tobacco Biparialidad Tabacos Finos de Vuelta Abajo. Partido f Vi ^Qn [V1ii2»uel lOO, ^bte: "DovAXxaa." HABANA, CUBA* CHARLES BLASCO Commission Merchant i^eaf Tobacco and Cigars 1 O'Reilly St. 4!^- Habana, Cuba GONZALMZ, BENITMZ & CO. AlmacenistasdeTabacoen Rama y Yiverei Amargura 12 »nd.x4, and San Ignacio 25, Cable: ••Tebenit.z.' P. O. Box 396. HABANA, CVBA. LOEB-^VNEZ HAVANA CO. naceiiistas lie Tadaco en tania 142 and 144 Consulado Street, HABANA. Cable: —RKPoaM. A. M. CALZADA & CO. Packers and Dealers in Leaf and COMMISSION MERCHANTS . Monte 156, HABANA, CUBA. r. O. Box. 59S. Cablet *'CALDA." NDBLSOHN LOOIB A. MMNBHANN Hendelsobn, Bomemaiin & Go^ Importers of HAVANA TOBACC* •»> Conimission Aer chants "Uw Hmtk Office I 196 WATEB STBEn SUABBZ y CA.. •Wha' was?' The boss didn't know and I says, 'Mebbe it was for a glass of pink lemonade.' And with that he comes around the counter and hugs me like I was some peachy dame. *• 'Ri' fir stime. fir stime ri' nail 'n (Concluded on page 18) CabU Addraaat DERBA. T«Uphoa«t 1629 J« NVM. BADER Importer of Havana Tobacco 4 Burlinii Slip. NEW YORK A Specialty of HAVANA WRAPPERS and FILLERS at retail Mail ordara promptly GONZALEZ Y MIGUEL Almacenistas de Tabaco en Raipa Especialidad en Tabaco de Santa Clara de Primera Clase Ceblei "CASIN" „ . », ^ AMISTAD 97, HABANA*., I IS THE TOBACCO WORLD r 5' Se..e;« "iton?" """"'" " KEYSTONE BOX CO.. SELLERSV^LtrPr. THE TOBACCO WORLD U ERNEST ELLINGER & CO, No. jOi water street Importers of HAVANATOBACCO New York t TOBACCO NEWS OF GREATER NEW YORK j ^♦♦♦.♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^ ^^^ York, December 31. 1906 I inr ft?;-- ^^^^»= 14r Water S-h fNT^RTEi^^^KD PACKERS: <>f*®**^ LEAF TOBACCO. orricES: DETROIT, MICH. AHSTCROAM, HOLLAND. HAVANA, CUBA. New York. JMl B. CANS MOSli S J. CANS JKROMK WALLER HDWIX I . ALKXaND»» JOSEPH S. GANS d>£% •i^ Packers of Gsnnecticut Leaf I UllClV'V^M 125 Maiden Lane, NEW YORK. aDMXTND H. Sioni iMOt Smxtf JOSEPH HOLZMAN SUMATRA, HAVANA -r/^Kffir^r^rk and SEED LEAF ILIUa^^V^Vj 185 Water St., New York 0= Cigar Moisture and Moisture Proof Boxes and Cabinets BUBECK 4Sr OUERIN Office, Factory and Sample Room 115 to 121 East Thirteenth St. New York Write for Illustrated Catalogue. ®= T. J. DUNN «& 00. Makers of the BACHELOR CIGAR 1S2 Avenue C, NEW YORK JOHN W. MERRIAM St CO. "At the Sl^n at the Bull Ijoi," New York Real Habana Se^ar Makers and Importers Habana Scraps and Cuttings for Sale I / A. O AVANA 123 N. THIRD 8T HILADML^HIA THE TOBACCO WORLD 15 Bstablished 1&81 THE Incorporated 1902 T0BA(5e0 W0RLD Published Every Wednesday BY THB TOBACCO WORLD PUBLISHING CO. 224 Arch Street. PKiladelpKitt. Jay Y. Krodt, J. M Bucki,ey, H. C. McManu8, President and Oenl. Manager. Editor Secretary and Treasurer. Entered at the Post Office at Philadelphia, Pa., as second class matter. TBI.KPHONKS:— Bell, Market 28-97 ; Keystone, Main 45-39^ Cable Address, Baccoworld. Havana Office, Post Office Box 36a. SUBSCRIPTION-PAYABLE IN ADVANCES 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 *f dence of mt- rit as to entitle them to public attention. No advertisement ^nown 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. part of the dealers; fourth, by the co- There is some talk again of attempt.; operation with the agricultural stations jng to resurrect the Philadelphia Retail and the United States Department of Agriculture in the thorough testing of types of wrapper leaf different from those now used by us; fifth, we need to remember that tobacco growing is not to be exempt from the fierce com- petition which besets all modern busi- ness and that the successful man is the one who furnishes what the trade wants rather than what he knows the trade ought to want." Very sensible advice is embodied in thelast sentence, as there apparently exists among many of the New England growers an opinion that they can nom- inate the ruling price irrespective of the demand. ! PHILADELPHIA. JANUARY 2. 1907. CI- ONE DRAWBACK TO INCREASED GAR LEAF ACREAGE It has been frequently predicted dur- ing the latter half of the year that farmers in every tobacco growing sec- tion will increase their acreage in this crop in a desire to reap all the benefit possible from the high prices which they expect will continue. There is a difference of opinion as to the last part of the question but it is evident that the majority of the grow- ers hold optimistic opinions which do not lack supporters among the packers. The natural inclination, therefore, will be to plant every foot of soil availably; to make hay while the sun shines. But there is one phase of the situation which is worthy of consideration and which may have a material influence in determining the actual acreage. In nearly every section where much of a cigar leaf crop is raised annually there was enough tobacco last year to fill every inch of shed room. In some instance? it was necessary to provide extra accommodations for the harvest and in Lancaster county a number of new sheds were put up. Consequently, if there be a still larger crop next fall there must be a good deal of building. At the present cost of materials it means an outlay of several hundred dollars to erect a shed of respectable proportions and it ap- pears probable that many farmers will hesitate at such an expenditure when they reflect that continuation of the in- creased crop would shortly result in a surplus To plant more tobacco and to build more sheds for its accommodation is to break the high price which must be maintained if the grower is to get a proper return for his money lying in the new sheds. THE CONNECTICUT SITUATION In a most timely talk before a State acricultural board in New Englaitd Prof. E. H. Jenkins, director of the Connecticut experiment station, dealt very frankly with the tobacco situation in that State and Massachuaertts. He explained why there is a slump in the demand tor Connecticut wrapper and why the slump has every propect of continuing unless the growers do some- thing to shape the situation. He pre- dicted that the New England tobacco industry will go in one of three direc- tions: "Either it will produce a leaf of su- perior excellence for wrapping the best Cuban filler, or it will become a grower of binders, bringing much lower prices than we get at present, or it will more nearly meet the present requirements of the cigar trade and thus maintain it- self against all comers." Prof. Jenkins declared the preference for Sumatra or Fiorida-Georgia to be a perfectly natural one in view of the present standard of the New England crop. He gave his reasons : "First then, as it leaves the dealers hands, it is not nearly ae uniform in colors, shape or size as either Florida or Sumatra leaf. It is sorted before sweating and never afterward. Colors change unequally in the sweat. The leaf next to the sides of the case does not sweat in the same degree as that further in, so that cigar manufacturers often must resweat this outside leaf and this repetition adds to the cost. The tobacco is, to be sure, sfzed ac- cording to length but anyone who studies his crop carefully in the field knows Unat the width and shape and style of leaf vary a good deal, even when the length is the same, and com- parison of the crops of different grow- ers emphasizes these differences. "With Sumatra and also with Florida leaf the case is quite different. These tobaccos are sorted after sweating, not before. Tne colors are fixed then and there is no resweating to be done. Here is a saving of labor and expense to the manufacturer. "The Florida and, of course the Su- matra leaf, is very much smaller than our Northern grown wrappers and while each may be equally well sorted as to length, the inequalities as to width and general shape are very much loss than ours. This evenness of shape greatly lessens the labor and skill needed in manufacture and so lessens cost of production." The speaker then referred to the uni- formity of Sumatra and Florida leaf on account of being raised under conditions which provide far the same, whereas conditions are very different in New England. And in regard to the cost end of it : "Two and a half pounds of Florida or Sumatra leaf will wrap 1,000 cigars. It takes from eight and one-half pounds upward of New England grown Havana or seed leaf to do the same. There- fore, Florida leaf at $2 is as cheap as New England leaf at 50 cents." Prof. Jenkins concluded by offering remedial suggestions. He thought the growers might overcome the defects h^ had mentioned : "First by careful selection and breeding of the seed toward uniformity of size and shape of leaf ; second, by greater care in the use of fertilizers and, so far as possible, uniformity in our tobacco formulas; third, by im- provement, if possible, in the sorting, sweating, and caauqr of the > leaf on the Philadelphia Tobacco Trade The retail dealers have felt very kindly toward the world during the past week for business has been ex- ceptibnally good, in the central section at least, and probably elsewhere. Money has been spent freely and several dealers spoke of it as one of the best holiday seasons for some time. Cigars and expensive cigarettes have the ruling call, although some of the better class of pipes are being sold. Usually there is a little lull for a little while after the holidays, but some stores are hopeful that this will not occur this year. There is not much ^oing in the vaca- tion line for the manufacturer this year as the size of the orders in hand makes necessary a steady working of the forces. Of course a turn of the year inventory is necessary, but this is being done as expediently as possi- ble, and the cigarmakers will be called upon to keep on with their best efforts. Ihe keynote of the reports obtainable is"a splendid year as far as the volume of business is concerned, " and whatever setback there is comes from the price of raw material. Every factory in town has been as busy as it cared to be for a long time and there is no sign of a let up. Should a break in leaf prices come while the present good demand continues, the manufacturers will be very much on easy street. Cigar and Tobacco Dealers' Associa- tion but so far it is all talk, and cannot be traced down to any serious source. The Vicente Portuondo Company hai closed up a very good year during which • the firm has expanded in a number of ' directions and put out new and success-J ful brands. I Tnere is plenty of satisfaction being ^ expressed in the leaf market although i there is also more or less guessing as to what the year may bring. The only , thing in the nature of a complaint is a i wish on ihe part of the dealers that - they had had more tobacco to dispose of. it is needless to mention all the mes, but all along the line there m Morris D. Neumann & Co. have been running to capacity and have had especially large orders for their White Knight. There is talk at the Theobald & Op- penheimer factory of starting another factory in operation— this one probably in this city. The goods have to be got- ten out, and the firm evidently has to keep on enlarging to do it. ^% Gumpert Bros., say they are starting the new year with highly satisfactory propects. Comfortably situated in a building especially adapted to their needs the firm is being called on con- tinally for large quantities of its cigars which are among the standard brands of the market. I. D. Fox, a dealer at 534 Girard avenue, had a narrow escape one night last week when firemen were sum- moned to the store three times to sub- due an incipient blaze. As it was, considerable damage was done. Vetterlein Bros, have had a hard Hi me getting all the cigarmakers they need- ed, and as there is no falling off in the orders, this difficulty will be Hfcely to continue. n confidence that the books will show aj very comfortable balance for the year. •«• It has been so hard to get cigar makers that many manufacturers have made extra inducements in one form or another to attract the help they w sorely need. Although there is a crj of scarcity of apprentices, it must be remembered that a great many more workers are needed now than a few years ago, and as consumption is con- tinually increasing the demand for ci- garmakeis will be increased in propor- tion. George W. Weaver,of Weaver & Song, manufacturers, at 6th and Race streets, is announced as a candidate for Coun- cils from the 14th ward. J. Frings' Sons start the new year under fa orable auspices in their new building at 3132 Market street, about 1 block from the former address. Phi!lipp J. Kolb & Co. have decided on the new location which they will shortly occupy, which is at 310 Race street, and which is more suitable for Mr. Kolb than the present store o« Arch street below Third. Deep regrets are expressed at tbf passing of one of Philadelphia's oldest and most widely known leaf houses— L Bamberger & Co., wro are going into liquidation, and will retire from buai ness. Dempsey & Koch, cigar manufactur- ers at 255 South Second street, will b( dissolved. The present firm is consti tuted of Edward R. Dempsey and Alfred S. Koch, of whom the last named will act as liquidating partner A. Pareira, of A. Pareira & Co., leaf dealers at 154 N. Third street, is this week wearing a 7x9 smil % and is con- gratulating himself on his good luck in thp leaf business. He is particu- larly elated over the fact that he wai presented with a nineteen pound turkey for his New Year dinner, by the head of a well known Third street houM whose liberality has been more pr(^ nounced this year than ever before. It is taken as an indication that the doner has had a more than prosperous yetx, and that he has adopted this means ?!«i~l THE DOCTOR 5c. Ci^ar WALTER S. BARE. Lititz, Penna. Maker of iJ Hldh Grade Cliara Exclaalvely. ^. T. E. BROOKS & CO. RED LION, PA. Manufacturers of All Grades of Pennsylvania Cigars for the wholesale Jobbing Trade DISTRIBUTORS WANTED ON OUR SPECIAL BRANDS: r >-spc«> with KfsixiUNihIp H<>u»es itolUMed was great sport and once in a while we'd : be able to pick up a piece of money. : Well I sized the game up, and decided I'd rather be a camel than feel likef them fellers do in the mornings. They wont be cigar clerks long and that's no lie." The customer buttoned up his coat and the two sauntered out. On the corner, the clerk ventured to shake hands warmly and thank the customer for a pleasant morning. "I'll go up and show my teeth at the boss's now," he said, "and tonight I'm goin' up to Clara's and tell her how much she loves me." L. J. SMJTH & CO. Wholescile Cig r Manufacturers AND Dealers in Leaf Tobacco ' RED LION, PA. Maunfacturrrs of ^ -PAN ANNA 5c. Cigars A «-♦■ TWO HAVANAS Two for Five Gents Private Brands aiade to order. Correspondence with Reaponsible Housea MBcited, ■#►• SMITH BROS. Brokers in Domestic ¥ 17 A IT T/^D A /^^/^^/^ and Imported LL/Vr 1 KJD/\K^K^KJ No. 1 7 Charter Street, Dayton, O. Ohio Goods Our Specialty ^ CHRISTMAS MKUITAIIUN OF THt CIGAK CLLRK (Concluded from page 11) hpad ri' gra mind.' Then he says in the 8ame sort of language that he's stopped in to buy us all a drink. He was goin' to get a drink himself to brace up and wanted everybody with him. 'Aint been bed y'shee', he fin- ishes up. " 'Oh yes, that's so,' says the boss; 'I like to forgot that.' "Well it wound up by the boss's let- tin' me go out with the fellow, who promised to go to the hotel if some- body'd have just one drink with him. 'And don't you go get sloshed up with hm, either,' says the boss to me. So Business Changes, Fires, Etc. we gets the drink and after a fierce time I gets him to bed. The ball sort of woke him up and he stopped one bank president-lookin' guy on the street and says he was selling his undershirt to get along and did he wish any to- day.' " The clerk sighed and sipped. "These drunks is 'fierce, " he commented. "I'm mighty glad I aint hit that way." "Well, we'll have one more and then I've got to leave you,' said the cus- tomer. "This one is with me," said the clerk. "1 guess I can buy a drink on Christ- mas without catching cold. I'll tell you right now, though, the booze thing has been the ruination of an awful lot o' cigar clerks. "A good many men come in the store when they're pretty well loaded and they all seem to be having a swell time. The clerk gets to running around pretty easy, and I don't have to tell you that a feller who gets eight or nine dollars to keep for his own every Sat- urday rain or shine and goes out and gets five or six drinks in him, feels for a while as if he was really worth eighty or ninety and could get it without any trouble as soon as he had time to go to work. "That feelin' don't last long, but its easy to keep up the racket and soon you're always poor. If a man could buy a glass of beer and walk away with it, he'd be all right, but that aint the custom. "I sing a little," said the clerk, clearing his throat. The customer looked rather alarmed, but the clerk j reassured him and went on talking. I "There are three clerks in other stores who can warble and some time ago they made me a proposition to make up a (luartette and sing around at smokers or parties or any old place where there was lots of refreshments. They said it Idaho. Bonner's Ferry. -L. M. Parker, ci- gars, confectionery, etc., chattel mort- gage, $169. Illinois. Chicago. — William W. Foster, cigars, etc., sold out. Indiana. Bluffton. J. B. Peffenberger, cigar manufacturer, sold out. Fort Wayne. —B. San Felis, cigar manufacturer, sold out. Indianapolis. — La Moora Cigar Co., manufacturers, chattel mortgage, $3,500 Richmond. — Cavanaugh & Emmons, cigars, succeeded by Emmons & Cheno- weth. Silver Lake.— J. L. Astaur, cigars and billiards, sold out. Iowa. Fairfield.— J. B. Buckley, cigar man- ufacturer, succeeded by James S. Kelly. Mason City.— William Moore, cigar manufacturer, burned out. Maine. Rockland.— Titus & Eagan, cigar manufacturers. Arthur J. Titus, indi- vidually, chattel mortgage, $2t0. Massachusetts. Boston.— Charles Westergard, cigari chattel mortgage $300. Michigan. Bay City.— Mitt Bros., cigars and news, burned out ; insurance partial. Detroit.— Fred A. O'Dell, cigars, to- bacco and billiards, bill of sale, $850. Dowaigac. — Ackerman Bros., cigars, tobacco and billiards, succeeded by Wm. R. Ackerman. Nebraska. Omaha- Robertson Bros., wholesale and retail cigars, C. W. Robertson gave to Ed. L. Robertson bill of sale, $8,900 — half interest. New Hampshire. Mancheste*".— Carl L. ^Schmitz, ci- gars and tobacco, dead. New York. New York City.— S. Rocunck, cigars, fire damage. ^or Geoulne Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to ^ J. Sellers A Son. KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO., SEL-I-ERSV1LX.E. PA THB TOBACCO WORLD- I* J. B. MILLEYSACK Rlanafactarer of CIGARS tiand-IVIade No. 821 Lake Street LANCASTER, PA. Correspondence with the Jobbing Trade solicited. J. E. SHERTS & CO. Lancaster, Pa. Bfanuf sctnren ol - ■^''^■^\ , .<,^ *, ""^ 1 ; ^ *•-« -u '• 1 " ■ '" • Cigars CORRESPONDENCE INVITED FROM RESPONSIBLE HOUSES. FLUCTUATIONS of tli* Auluioc* mjukel DO NOT AFFECT ih^ ^jialKy of «ar NANINE CIGARS H. S. iIaHin«B« Mfr..« Laac«ster« Tm, The Gilt Ed^e Gi^ar Box Factory J. PRANK BOWMAN 51 Market St. Lancaster, Pa. '^ CIGAR BOXES SHIPPING CASES LABELS, EDGINGS, RIBBONS • III DALLASTOWN. PA. Manufacturer of Nickel & Medium Frlco CIGARS For Wholesale and Jobbing Trade E. RENNINGER, EsUbSkSied 1889. Manufacturer of High and Medium Grad« Cigars Strictly Union-Made Goods. DgnVCr, PSU 322-326 5AMPLE5&PRICL5 ' FURNISHED ,. UPON Applicatioh IN STOCK, TO ORDER CIGAR LABELS !*.^^^.°"^...^"d BANDS •K^^ -/"-^ ^K^ • ''^ It Will Remove Rankness from Tobacco Take Away Mustiness and Give Cigars Havana Flavor.. CHASKEL'S SPANISH BETUNE Is specially adapted to give that Peculiar Sourish Effect desired. GhaskePs Flavors the Cheapest in the market, considering what they do. A Card Will Brin^ More Information and Prices*. Chaskel Chemical Works 265 West Broadway, New York CI0AR*To9A^ CIGAR BOXES SKETCHES AND QUOTATIONy niRNISHO^ mmm '5IINP1E5AI» RIBBON PAIO^ 20 THB TOBACCO WORLD !>« 1 THB TOBACCO WORLD and THREE CUBAINS MANl'K CTI'Pr D BY Oentral Cigar Company LEHIS SMITH. Proprietor Forbes and Marion Streets, Pittsburfii, Pa. Wholesal'^ and Jobbing Trado solicited. UNION MADE SOLD ON ITS MERITS a 91 0 u m T0M BAINES I Nickel Goods, / ^ Strictly a First Class Article — Equal to Any Union or Non-Union Cigar on the Market- Probably Better, You to Judge— and Prices No Higher than Others. V / H. G. Burky, Maker, Reading, Pa. UNION MADi: BLUE LABEL USED 1 Sell Cheap Goods Hut cheap in one sense only — Price. For years I have made a specialty of making Low Priced Brands that Smoke Like the Higher Priced Ones. WRITE ME. H. G. Barnhart, Spring Vale, Pa. (I All Jobbers Who Handle Travellers Tips Say it Always Moves Well A 6ood Five Cent Cigar" Abbott Ci^ar Co. ABBOTTSTOWN, PA. The Ideal Gi^ar Made in an Ideal Way Stephen Day 5c. Brand Is Strictly Union Made Ideal Ci^ar Co. CENTENNIAL, PA. CfSfSVEKtJi^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦•♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4' Tklephone Call, 43»— ■ : There Must Be i ^^^'^^^t^niK pa : Something In It J^.'^iS^'TR' Cigar manufacturers who would not consider HAVANARINEa few years ago are now using it; they must find it pays. Just think it over and ask yourself, "Why?'' We will be glad to serve you. W. R. COOPER & CO. Packers of Penna. Broad Leal Dealers in All Grades of i, L. NISSLEY n &C0. Growers and Packers of F«E CIGAR LEAF TOBACCO Fine B*s and Tops Our Specialty. Critical Buyers always find it a pleasure to look over our Samples. iUBples cheerfully submitted upon request. P« O. Box 96* Domestic Cigar Leaf Tobaccos 201 & 203 N. Duke Street LANCASTER. PA. ' J. K, LMAMAN, Packer of and Dealer in I ueaier in SLMAF TOBACCO Tobacco Improvement Co. 504 Ninth Street, N.W., Washington, D. C. Vnhed 138 North Market St LANCASTER, PA. H. H. MILLeR, Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds Fine Florida Samatra IMPORTED SUMATRA and HAVANA AND MUCH Fine Filler Stock SB7 and 32B North Queen Street, LANCASTER, PA. and leave them as they fall in litt bunches with spaces between, many them crossed over one another, sot men throw them out of the wagon t afterward arrangre in perfect order, n by side in rows. The effect of a methi ical way is seen in an even dark gre growth of grass, while the "hit miss" way shows dark patches of gn where the stalks have Iain, with yellc ish, inferior grass in the places i covered by stalks. Anyone who has a lawn and wist to give it a food that wil< make itdt green and luxuriant may do so spreading tobacco stalks on it int fall, letting them lie all winter t raking them off when the grass stt^ in the spring. g If stalks cannot be had tobacco ste can always be obtained inhales, > they will prove beneficial to the la' though perhaps not quite so much 80 the stalks. Tobacco on grass perfor a double office. It fertilizes the roc and at the same time, kills the wo that eats them. In this respect tobft is better for lawns than manure, manure will not kill the worms; breeds them instead. Lawns or gn lands that have been covered with bacco stalks or stems through winter are comparatively free ff worms. A Tobacco stalks are also used to spi^ eaves have been stripped on the land to plough them under* crops other than tobacco. From f apparent effect of tobacco in kiili worms, it would seem as though it§ good material to plough into any I infested with worms, whatever cro be grown. It fertilizes any cropi TOBACCO STEMS AND STALKS AKE VALUABLE- FINE IN THE CULTI- VATION OF LAWNS. After all the merchantable tobacco has been sold there is a large residue of of stalks, stems, broken leaf and dust that is valuable on the farm and garden. Tobacco stalks average about four feet in length and about an inch in thickness at the butt. An acre of tobacco stalks consists of the stalks after the leaves are stripped in the fall, and weighs approximately as much as the leaves ; perhaps a ton, or something like that. They are used to fertilize tobacco fields grass land^, and corn fields, Formerly they were spread broadcast over the field in the late fall or early spring, and were left out in the storms until ploughed in. As may b:; supposed, the harrow and cultivator caught on these big stalks and dragged many of them to the surface. The more recent and approved method is to cut them in half inch lengths and scatter them thus over the field. Thus cut and ploughed in they quickly decay and furnish excel- lent fertilising material for the grow- ing crop, whether it is corn, tobacco, or some other crop. The stalks are fine for grass lands and lawns, giving the grass a dark green color and luxuriant growth. The method of applying them is to spread them on the lawn as early in the fall as the from them, which will be after they are cured and after a sufficient time of damp, rainy weather, to take them down from the poles and strip them. Much diversity of method appears in spreading them ; some men throw them out of the wagon as they drive along gives delirium tremens or some J. W. BREN NEMAN B. F. GOOD 8i CO. Packer and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Facking House, Millersville, Fa. Office & Salesrooms, Mi 112 W. Walnut St., LANCASTER, PA. ^ ^.— rJCIERS SCALERS m Leaf Tobaccos 142 N. Market Street, LANCASTER, PA. UNITBD FHONBS. De FLORIDA TOBACCO CO., Inc. . See us before buying Florida. Write us for Cheap Binders. n^ always have a full line of CONNECTICUT and OHIO. De Florida Tobacco Go. CHAS. W. SALOMON. Treas. 128 Water Street and 81 Pine Street. ^ NEW-^YORK X'AREHOUSES:— Hadley, Mass.; Phillipsburg, Ohio, The York Tobacco Co Packers and Jobbers in All Grades of LEAF TOBACCO Office and Warehouse, 13 East Clark Avenue York, Pa« Manufacturers of Cigar Scrap Tobacco TRUMAN D. SHERTZER Dealer in Leaf Tobaccos and Manufacturer of Scrap Filler for Cigar Nanufacturins Warehouses: MAIN OFFICE: •^''"n^EVLtoN, PA. Lancaster, Pa. N. D. ALEXANDER, Packer of and Dealer in LEAF Jobber in Sumatra, Florida Sumatra and Havana ' Lemon and Arch Sts. 22 THE TOBACCO W O R I< D CHlEiB mm^ l38ai40CCNTPE§T. PhiUdrlphi Ofhcr. 573 H«>ursr H|.i>; H. S S» RINGER. Mv» Chicago, 56 Fifth Avenue, E. E. THATCHER, Mgr. THB TOBACCO WORLD 23 MAftUrACTURC* or ALL MIMDS OT Cigar Box Labels AND TRIMMINGS. JOHN D. LONG OFFICE I g^ m FACTORYj No. 1 1 8 Mifflin Street Manufacturer of |^ 1 g a T S Cor. Maple A Plum A ves, Lebanon, Penna. A Specialty of Private Brands. Telephone Connection Samples Sent to Responsible Houses. San Francisco, 320 Sansome Street, L. S. SCHOENFELD, Mgr. ^^^^♦♦♦♦* ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦■♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦ ♦ Cigar Boxes Cigar Box Lumber I - - ~ A ^ Largest stock of m ^ Sawed Mexican and Cuban Cedar, ^ Veneered Cedar, Imitation Cedar. I WRITE FOR PRICES COLUMBIA AVENUE and SIXTH STREET PHILADELPHIA. * ♦ ♦♦!♦♦ ♦ ratal malady to many kinds of worms ind insects. Nothing better can be used on rose leds than a mulch of tobacco stems through the winter. There is some- hing in tobacco which supplies desir' able food to garden plants, whether vegetable or flowers. All plants ap- pear to be benefited by an application of tobacco, and they can take it in strong doses, A good rule for a dilution of tobacco stems to apply to plants is to reduce hem with enough water to make the I'olor like weak tea. This will not in- jure, but will help the plants, and it will injure the worms. They don't like the stuff. If not killed by it they will leave its viciiiity, and by extending Lhe area of land drenched with tobacco water, the worms can be driven out or else killed on their way to escape. Some say tobacco deepens the bloom of some plants. I will not affirm that, for I do not know it, but it will deepen the color of the foliage even as it deep- ens the color of grass and enriches it. One remedy for the cut worm of squashes is an applicaton of tobacco water, and there is little doubt if there was more of it used there would be fewer of these worms. 0 L SCHWENGKE LITHOGRAPHICCO CLARENDON ROAD & Z.57 T « ST. 3R OOKLYN . N Y. "•^V FINE CIGAR LABELS -'-" ^ ~ " 6c EI CD C3 I r^ <::; c PP'VATE BRANDS OFORIGINAL DESIGN H e: s The Tobacco Sample Binder The only machine manu- factured for the purpose that is perfect in every detail. The only machine of the kind Sold Outright. $10 buys it, and it is your property. We are also Dealers in Samplers* Supplies: Non-elastic Webs, Tapes, Copperized Sta- Addr... pies. Sealing Wax, etc. 66e Sample Binder Co., West Milton, 0. In the conservatory or window gardei the fumes of burning tobacco will kill mites that can be reached in no other way. The method to pursue is to puti shovel full of hot coals on a bedoi earth in a box and throw on them t double handful of tobacco stems ao^ shut the door and windows. The smoke is very pungent, and finds its way intc all nooks and crevices, and is a ven beneflcial sort of smoke to take for all women or men who keep conservatories, and there is no danger of the human being taking too much of it as there ii a way of escape. Sulphur fumes will kill the mites as well as tobacco fumes, but they will also kill the plants, while they appear to relish a good, thorough smoking with tobacco and thrive on it Tobacco stems have also a use in the hen bouse. If the nests of layers an made up with tobacco stems in the bottom and hay on top they will aid in checking the growth of lice. Tobacco dust is also good to get in among tb« feathers of hens occasionally ; not too often, but the stems may be used to advantage in the nests of layers and setters in plentiful quantities. Theji may also be used advantageously in th« pigeon loft for the nesting birds. Weidman Bros. & Moyer Manufacturers of CIGAR BOXES SPECIAL ATTENTION TO 60LD LEAF EMBOSSING HIGH GRADE WORK P'actories: Womelsdorf, Pa. Sinking Spring, Pa< Established 1891 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 4 4 4 4 4 4 ■* * 4 4 4 ■9 4 4 E. J. HIMMELBKRGER W. J. NOLL HIMMELBERGER & NOLL Manufacturers of High Grade Cigars Robesonia, Pa.. Factrry No. 701, First District of Pennsylvania. wOrreapoodencc with Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited. Bear Bros. Hkam>s Manufacturers of FINE CIGARS R.F.D.No.8,Y0RK.PA. A specialty of Private Brands for ttn- Wholesale and Jobbing Trades. C'OtTeppondence solicited. Samples on appticatJoa;. GAe Bear, GAe Cub« Essie, hiuI Matthew Carey ^BS^^%»^%X^^%^l%» i4/^V^W^W4i'¥¥V4M/¥¥4^^k l4 John McLaughlin. J. K. Kauffmao. JOHN McLaughlin bing Trade only Correspondence with Active Houses Invited R. E. JAGOBY Whx>lesale Manufacturer of Strictly Uniform Quality of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Rothsville, Pa. Cerrc^pendeiice with the Wholesale and Jobbinf Trade lovittd C. E. MATTINGLY 8i CO. Manufacturers of Hi^h Grade Union Made FOR THE M^hole&ale Trade Only Union Chief Supreme Union Mc Sherry stown. Pa, THK TOBaCCO WOR1.0 THE TOBACCO WORLD 25 T.A.MYERS&.£Oi^ I A I YORK, PENN'A. , ^MSTEINER.SONSaco 1 <^j BRANCH FACTORY S40-550W S8TM ST Nr \ CATALOGUES OF OUR STOCK CIGAR LABELS. FLAPS, BANDS, k ETC., ETC, SENT GRATIS UPON REQUEST PREPAID WRITE US BEFORE RUACING ORDERS \ FOR PRIVATE L-ABELS. BANDS. ETCc SAMUEL FREV Craley, Pa. Manufacturer of Cigars for the Wholesale Trade Big Diamond ) r The Cyclone r*^- Mild and Pleasant], «._ c„ Arabian Chief... r™"^^^' Samples to responsible houses. They Smoke It and Come A^ain I BLEND, QUALITY pnd NVORKMANSHIP to Please the r/csl Critical Smokers Manufact.:icJ for Jjjbin- Trade Only The Toed t man Cigar Co. Makero if the Hinhest Grade of 5c. c i^rars E.tclusively MI AMIS BURG, OHIO. / The American Tobacco Co. 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 BEGINNING OF TOBACCO IN YORK COINTY, PA. Followioif i • nn interesting account <-f th ,' d.v\.lupiii«nc of the cigar indus- try in York County, Pennsylvania, written by Prof. George W. Prowell, a well known citizen and historian of York, whn is eminently qualified to deal with the subject : Tobacco, now one of York county's most valuable products, was at one time considered as unsuited to the soil in this section and it was not until com- paratively recent years that large crops of it were grown. The first settlers of York county may have cultivated it to a limited extent, for home consump- tion, but as far as it can be authorita- tively stated, the first tobacco grown in this county was introduced soon after 1800. It was of an inferior quality, familiarly k lown to the populace as the "shoe string tobacco," a hybrid of the Kentucky seed. It was raised prin- cipally along the low districts adjoin- ing the Susquehanna river, on both the York and Lancaster county side, and on the islands in the stream. It was a heavy, black, gummy product, and narrow in the leaf, hence the origin of the nickname given to it. The climate here did not seem to be suited to the growth of the pure Ken- tucky tobacco. The inferior tobacco after being cured, was sold at low fig- ures ranging from $1 to $3 per hundred pounds. The cigars manufactured from it by unskilled workmen, were of the crudest form, and were commonly called "tobies." They were sold at an average price of $1.25 per thousand, and retailed for four for one cent. No revenue tax waft paid on thfem. Pei"- sons who indulged in "the weed," Wfkt usually accommodated with one of the fragrant "tobies" free of charge at many of the taverns after partaking of a meal and paying for the same. It is amusing to hear old citizens relate how rudely constructed those cigars were. They contained a vast amount of nico- tine, the stimulating element in to- bacco, and were doubtless very injuri- ous to the smoker. Previous to the year 1837, Pennsyl- vania was not known as a tobacco growing State. The early census re- ports scarcely recognized tobacco as one of the agricultural products of the State. It was the year above men- tioned that Benjamin Thomas, father of the late John F. Thomas of York, who was then an enterprising farmer and tobacconist of Windsor township. A.HDSSEY lEAFMCCD THE BEST ORGANIZE MOST COMPLETE LARGEST MAIL ORD: LEAF TOBACCO' ESTABLISHMENT W r AMERICA ^ NEW YORK 1 CHICAGO ) ST. LOUIS I E. S. SECHRIST, Dallastown, Pa. Manufacturer of Fine ^n^^ O | M n MA Cppi^ion i#i||cir9 Established t89a CmomdHw. Twenty Thousand pa . KeystofM. Main ^ J^ B^lll N«rfc«t 2M WILLIAM MEYER aoe to 216 Quarry St., PhiUdclphIa C«r. BrMd. bet 2d «M. RaM« AfckSU Steam Packing Box Maker CAKPENTEK WORK SHELVES and FIXTURES • Jobbing In all Ita Bi JANES A. ALL£N Stencils, Metal Checks ^ All Kinds of Rubber Stamps, Eta I 244 ARCH ST^ PHILADE!PH»* COLOR and CANCELLING STAMPS, LEAD SEALS & STENCILS QaakerGitySteDCil&StampWK laoorporated %, 234 Atoll SU PHILADELPHIA, PA. Established 1870 Factory No. 79 S. R. KOCHER ^^ AUnufacturer of Fine Havana Cigars ^ and Packer of WRIGHTSVJLLE, PA. New Orleans. San Francisco ■•» Cigar Labels Chicago. NeV YORK.'^I INNATI. Imperial Cigar Co. Home of the *Two Friends* Abaolately the highest lirade 2 for 5 Citfar In the United States. Manufactured on honor and sold on Its merits. We defy competition, and court op« position. SampI i>s cheerfully sent free to any yart of the United States. Sold to obbers only. Our motto. The best Is not too tfood Imperial Cigar Co. Hanover, Pa. ^lablished 1877 New Factory 1904 H.W.HEFFENER, ^ Dealer in J t Cigar Box Lnmber, t I Labels, ♦ i Ribbons^ X I J Edging, ♦ \ Brands, etc, X Steam y ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦>♦♦♦♦ Cigar Box ^ Manufacturer Howard 8z: Boundary Aves. YORK, PA. INLAND CITY CIGAR BOX CO. Manufacturers of ^^ ^^ •••• "Wind*. 1 HI cia «ji Cigar Boxes ^Shipping Cases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Edgings, etc. f'i6--728 N. Christian St. I^ANCASTER, PA, /IBEN BUSER M ANUPACTCRBR OF Cigar Boxes and Cases DBALBR IN Lumber, Labels, Edging, Etc., R. F. D. No. 3, YORK, PA. 2«; /\ (^ALVEQ c£ G^- <^^>hlAVANA 123 N. THIRD ST IMPORTERS OF^^ HlLJkOELRHIA JOHN SUTER & CO. Manufacturer* sf HaLnd-Nad« STOGIES Corner Columbia and Marietta Avenues LANCASTER, PA. AND tlo. 1\ Worth Main Street, Washington, Pa, X X SOMETHING NEW AND GOOD WAGNBR*S ChBAN STOeiES MANUyACTDRBr ONI.V BY Facta- \ N> 2 LEONARD WaGNER. 707 Ohio St. 4negheny. Pa. GEO. STEUERNAGLE THE CELEBRATED Manufacturer of Pittsburg Stories , /^> n^^u-v.u^^ .v\ Goods sold direct to I vV STOGIES. N^ ] Jobbers and Dealers « SI43 Penn Ave.' Pittsburg, Pa, 7 -ad* 2^ailc. t^CH4/Vr ^Dm\^ Z£«elat>Tcd. 4^ HAND-MADE ^X LABELS ;uuVYv\\v\Ti i( VCV^sxxw-Bl ^voXiox) m .^# i .^tOCK CARDS FRIE8 & BRO. 92 tteade St., New York, The Oldest and Largest House (n the Trade. Manufactureni and Introducers of the * * * WORLD-RENOWNED Spanish Betans, ONI.y NON-EVAPORATING Cigar & Tobacco Flavors; Sweeteners, etc. le Free Sample Free r.sS:r "lutranrepd to he the Strongpst.fheaoest.and RciJ York county, conceived the idea that if 1840 to 1850 the cultivation of the a finer quality of cigar leaf were ob- "Pennsylvania seedleaf" gradually in- tained. the soil of this county, when creased, and at the latter date the pro- properly fertilized, would be specially duct had reached 2,500 cases of 400 adapted to the cultivation of tobacco, pounds each. He accordingly secured some Havana During this time nearly all raised io seed, a specimen of Cuban tobacco, York and Lancaster counties was par- experimented with it himself on his chased by Benjamin F. Thomas, the farm, later owned by the Haines fam- pioneer in the industry, and packed in ily, and then distributed the seed he York, Wrightaville and Columbia, until raised the first year among hra friends 1853, having associated with him a part in York and Lancaster counties, along of the time his son, John F. Thomas, the river districts. This was really About this time P. A. & S. Small, of the beginning of the better seed !eaf York, becoming interested in this in- tobacco raising in Pennsylvania, and dustry, obtained a considerable quantity antedates its introduction into Lancas- of Connecticut seed, which they had ter county, which county has for many their agents distribute among the years past become famous for this val- growers of the two counties. From uable production. * this dates the introduction of Connecti- The tobacco Benjamin Thomas intro- cut seedleaf into Pennsylvania. From duced, after being raised a number of 1853 to 1860, P. A. & S. Small were as- years, changed its peculiar character- sociated with Messrs. Thomas & Son in istics from the small Cuban leaf to the purchasing the crop of the two counties, larger Pennsylvania leaf, retaining the The first named firm continued in the better qualities of the finer seed leaf business until 1865. In 1853-4 5, they than that of the old "shoe-string." tried the experiment of exporting large Mr. Thomas, the first year after distri- quantities of it to Bremen, Germany, buting his seed, bought up the entire but found the shipping commissions, crop of York and Lancaster counties, and government charges so expensive, in all about fifteen hogsheads. It was that the business was considered un- packed at that time, peculiar to the profitable. In those days, this tobacco, style of the South. The crop was sub- already encased, realized to the whole- sequently sold to Heald, Buckner & sale dealers, wrappers from 6 to 11 Co., Philadelphia, tobacco dealers. The cents, and fillers from 4 to 5J cents per manufacturers of that day pronounced pound; a very fine (luality was sold it to compare favorably with Connecti- for 9 cents. German orders were re- cut leaf. ceived for the tobacco seed of Pennsyl- In the following year it became a fair vania at one time. It was gathered in competitor of the Connecticut to- York county, hermetically sealed, and bacco, and the pioneer in this in- sent to the city of Baltimore to a repre- dustry found it necessary to pack it in sentative of the German government, cases as was the custom in Connecticut. ^^®" located there, who sent it to this The territory of its cultivation was country. then limited to the few miles of the The cultivation of tobacco in York river shore, on both sides. In 1840, the county has been continuous since 1865. quantity cultivated had increased to Within the last thirty years it has been about one thousand cases for that year, grown extensively in the shale soil in The territory then extended from Golds- the southeastern section of the county, boro, this county, down the river to By means of fertilizers an excellent East Prospect, on this side, and from crop has been produced in Fawn, Lower Bainbridge to Turkey Hill, on the Lan- Chanceford, Chanceford and Windsor caster couniy side, and east and west townships, as well as in the limestone about two miles from the river shore, region, east of York, and the sandy This was then regarded as the full ex- soil along the Susquehanna. The crop tent of the Pennsylvania tobacco grow- of 1906 has been the most profitable ing districts. There was some ground grown in York county since the intro- beyond this limit,- but Considered at duction of thfe tobacco plant, that time of aif inferior tiuality. t'rom George R. Pro well. L/ THB 1*0^A'C<^0 WORLD 11 X ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦/ ♦ft;f-tt*l ♦ ♦ METAL EMBOSSID LABELS METAL PRINTED LABELS ♦ :: H* J* l! leiscKKauer Cigar Labels 238 Arch Street. Philadelphia. TELEPHONE 1561 ♦ ^ UTHOGILAPHING SPECIAL DESIGNS ♦ ^♦- JACOB a SHIRK Lancaster, Pa. JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS of American Tobacco Co. American Cigar Co. American Stogie Co. Luhrman & Wilburn Tobacco Co. Blackwell Durham Tobacco Co. Spalding & Merrick Tobacco Co. IT Wlf 1 Dl WATT *o GET MY PRICES before 11 IT ILL I At lUlJ ordertntf tfoods elsewhere. -•••• W. R. DAUGHERTY & BRO. Manufacturers of Fine Domestic Cigars Dallastbwn, Pa. BIOHKST OUAMTY FINEST PACKAfiES Wholesale and Jobblngl Trade (Mb1» C«Mnreai>o- 27 South Second Street PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday Cigars, Tobacco, Smokers^ Articles special Sales of Leaf Tobacco Consignments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Day of Sale Caveat5, Trade Mark5, r^d.LCri LS Desiipi-Patento, Copyris:hta, JdHM A. &AUL, > U0ITB9. Brilliant as Diamonds, ^. Fragrant as Roses, v Good as Government Bondi^ Are the CIGARS Re^c^dT^dit *« Brilliant Star" aMTHsnuM. . . Mc **S. B/' Half Bavmna. , . • • • JjOa. '. 707 Ohio St. 4negheny, Pa. Factr»'\ N GEO. STEUERNAGLE THE CELEBRATED Manufacturer of Pittsburg Stogies , '4^r HAND-MADE ^^X Goods sold direct to \ ^^ STOGIES. ^^ J Jobbers and Dealers I , 5143 Penn Ave.,^ Pittsburg, Pa, LABELS ^'-^.. STOCK CARDS FRIES & BRO, 92 Keade St., New York. The Oldest and Largest House in the Trade. Manufactureft and Introducers of the * * » WORLD-RENOWNED Spanish Betuns, ONI V NON-EVAPORATING Cigar & Tobacco Flavors, Sweeteners, etc. le Free SaiTiDle Free '^''"'s.-cX^ "T' Oailipil^ 1 I CC jeiypiease write for thta ''iiiarantepd to he the Sfrnngpst.rheaDest.and Htti York county, conceived the idea that if 1840 to 1850 the cultivation of the a finer quality of cigar leaf were oh- "Pennsylvania seedleaf" gradually in- tained. the soil of this county, when creased, and at the latter date the pro- properly fertilized, would be specially duct had reached 2.500 cases of 400 adapted to the cultivation of tobacco, pounds each. He accordingly secured some Havana During this time nearly all raised in seed, a specimen of Cuban tobacco, York and Lancaster counties was pur- experimented with it himself on his chased by Benjamin F. Thomas, the farm, later owned by the Haines fam- pioneer in the industry, and packed in ily, and then distributed the seed he York, Wrightsville and Columbia, until raised the first year among hrs friends 1853. having associated with him a part in York and Lancaster counties, along of the time his son, John F. Thomas, the river districts. This was really About this time P. A. & S, Small, of the beginning of the better seed !eaf York, becoming interested in this in- tobacco raising in Pennsylvania, and dustry, obtained a considerable quantity antedates its introduction into Lancas- of Connecticut seed, which they had ter county, which county has for many their agents distribute among the years past become famous for this val- growers of the two counties. From uable production. * this dates the introduction of Connecti- The tobacco Benjamin Thomas intro- cut seedleaf into Pennsylvania. From duced, after being raised a number of 1853 to 1860, P. A. & S. Small were as- years, changed its peculiar character- sociated with Messrs. Thomas & Son in islics from the small Cuban leaf to the purchasing the crop of the two counties, larger Pennsylvania leaf, retaining the The first named firm continued in the better qualities of the finer seed leaf business until 1865. In 1853-4 5, they than that of the old "shoe-string." tried the e.xperiment of exporting large Mr. Thomas, the first year after distri- quantities of it to Bremen, Germany, buting his seed, bought up the entire but found the shipping commissions, crop of York and Lancaster counties, and government charges so expensive, in all about fifteen hogsheads. It was that the business was considered un- packed at that time, peculiar to the profitable. In those days, this tobacco, style of the South. The crop was sub- already encased, realized to the whole- sequently sold to Heald, Buckner & sale dealers, wrappers from 6 to 11 Co., Philadelphia, tobacco dealers. The cents, and fillers from 4 to 5A cents per manufacturers of that day pronounced pound; a very fine (luality was sold it to compare favorably with Connecti- for 9 cents. German orders were re- cut leaf. ceived for the tobacco seed of Fennsyl- In the following year it became a fair vania at one time. It was gathered in competitt)r of the Connecticut to- York county, hermetically sealed, and bacco. and the pioneer in this in- sent to the city of Baltimore to a repre- dustry found it necessary to pack it in sentative of the German government, cases as was the custom in Connecticut. ^^^" located there, who sent it to this The territory of its cultivation was country. then limited to the few miles of the The cultivation of tobacco in York river shore, on both sides. In 1840, the county has been continuous since 1865. quantity cultivated had increased to Within the last thirty years it has been about one thousand cases for that year, grown extensively in the shale soil in The territory then extended from Golds- the southeastern section of the county, boro. this county, down the river to By means of fertilizers an excellent East Prospect, on this side, and from crop has been produced in Fawn, Lower Bainbridge to Turkey Hill, on the Lan- Chanceford, Chanceford and Windsor caster couniy side, and east and west townships, as well as in the limestone about two miles from the river shore, region, east of York, and the sandy This was then regarded as the full ex- soil along the Susquehanna. The crop tent of the Pennsylvania tobacco grow- of 190*; has been the most profitable ing districts. There was some ground grown in York county since the intro- beyond this limit, but Considered at duction of th6 tobacco plant, that time of art inferior quality, t'rom George R. Prowell. (y THB tOBACCO WORLD ♦ ♦ X t ^ ^ H* J« £ leiscKKa\ier Cigar Labels ,^, I 238 Arch Street, Philadelphia, f 1 TELEPHONE 1561 ♦ >♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ v^^'t ♦♦*-,♦♦♦♦♦♦* «►♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦t.t^l^l^* tt It -•••■ JACOB a SHIRK Lancaster, Pa. JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS of American Tobacco Co. American Cigar Co. American Stogie Co. Luhrman & Wilburn Tobacco Co. Blackwell Durham Tobacco Co. Spalding <& Merrick Tobacco Co. IT WIT T PAY YOU *** ^^^ ^^ prices before orderinij ^oods elsewhere. W. R. DAUGHERTY & BRO. Manufacturers of Fine Domestic Cigars Dallastbwn, Pa. HIGHEST OUAIJTY FINEST PACKAfiES Whol«i(ale and Jobbing Trade • • • • "Honest Bee" , •«2— I— No** Mttdaat Cigar Mad*. 2 fOT Special BraiMla Mad* la Ordar. Nc Stauf f er Bvos. Nfg. Co., New Holland, P«u Send Yonr Ligar Buyer Here. We Will Save Yon Money. i^'oR ^ALfc. BY All Dealers % ^ ^ ki tm Baodifii. WASHiNOioN. D. fj THI AHKBIOAN TOBAOCO 00. FSW YOBE^ mi INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE I E. A. 0'''-''*s cS Qo- <: o AVANM 123 N. THIRD ST. 'HILAOmL^MtM WARREN BECK Si BRO. Cigar Manufacturers York, Pa. Dak# of Westmlaster Adintri^l Ghcrardt Gen. Warren La Respouder Marcaoa j^ La Cantldad A. F. BriUlual. Manufac* turers of LEAF TOBACCO, UNCLE JOSS— 5 Cents I La lifiiial tip Fanii Holtz and York, Pa. J. F. SECHRIST Proprietor SALISBURY— 5 Cents Manufacturer of FINE CIGARS Capacity, 25,000 per day Telegraph— YORK, PA. YORK NICK— 5 Cents BOSTON BEAUTIES PURO Correspondence with Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited. \l0^*0»gi0\0*0 0g-'0k4t^^0^ #l# ^0^tt*0*0 TMIB Established in 1881. ) Vol. XXVII., No. 2. I PHILAOELPHIA and NEW YORK. JAN. 9. 1907. ( One Dollar per Annum. t Payable in Advance. * A. D. KILLHEFFER, ^^^^ MILLERSVILLE, PA. Hakei of Hi^h Cid No Salesmen. Commanicate with Factory. • CENTRAL UNION^ BTtRS a PACKERS lEAF TOBACCO No. 310 Rafce Street Philadelphia No other brand of Tobacco has srrown so quickly in public favor. Reasons: Quality, Price, Union Label, Friendly Dealers* Aid, and Tobacco Trust's Hostility. CENTRAL UNION ruT United States Tobacco Co., RichmondyVa. SVMATRA TOBACCO The Kind that Wraps Economically H. DUYS & CO. No. 1 70 Water Street, New York t^ The Leading Exclusive Sumatra House Amsterdam Hoose : — De Amsterdamsche Tabakshandelmaatschappij. a Growers and Packers of FLORIDA TOBACCOS Write for Samples SCHROMI>nR'& ARGUIMBAU 178 Water Street, New York mf m m '$ I'^i \\ i THE TOBACCO WORLD « ■■HpSitii^jPL 11 THE y 5c. CIGAR that "^^^"^^^Vl^^^^^^^ foa'll say is ^B^^^^^B^ '* "All i _^^m//I^^^^^^^^K/fM k to the IpH^^^^H^^^^^^^B F- Front." H^x^_^ ^^fH^I^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^HP^^^^^ F^ BHHHHHMiy^ibe'jni^Mt'AVHi^ _ _ , ... u El Draco CigarMfg. Co. Philada. (LORD LANCASTER, lOc.) Oilier M k I Manufacturers 615 Market St., Philada. (NICKELBY, 5c.) 114 CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Kni^hi 5-cent Ci^ar Made by Morris D. Neumann & PHILADELPHIA, PA. Sumner Gr.cn. §;. x. Coliai| SUMNER GREENE & CO. Mannfactarcra of v'->^ ^.^ I >^ Seal ene's Cigars 2330 MARKET ST., PHILADELPHIA Qre Factory 1839. First District Penna. • i / :^-j: ^^. ./ > . &i^: L^ ^^ « ^S^PPl £ I L^ ^ i .^ 1 ^'i-' -'^'^■^1 ^ ^ E,. k ^^OfLP^^'^^ BoMAiaZfiwtAHrciE'gi W. Ks Gresh & Sons, Makers, Norristown, Pa» O. ^O IMPORTERB O AVANA 123 N. THIRD +THE T©B/ieeO WORLB-* SUPERIOR Quality and Workmanship Factory No. 968, First District Penna. , If You Want to ba la HAVANA Smoke VI CN i ^ Mad* by 5& HENRY HEYNANN'S SONS Sinking Sprinit, Pa. n YOU CAN BUY WEAVER'S ORIGINAL HAVANA SHORTS ALL JOBBING HOUSES Parmenter Wax-Lined Coupon Ci^ar Pockei Alloid PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. ladoned by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE Advertising Medium known. I Racine Paper Goods Co., Racine, Wis., D.S.i Sola Ownara aad Maaafactarara. KXPCRINENTS IN BOX MAKING MADE BY THE GOVERNMENT Washington D. C. Jan. 7. The forest service of the Department of Agriculture has been conducting ex- ^ments the results of which will in- terest large manufacturers who use big quantities of packing or cigar boxes. The increasing demand for boxes, combined with the decreasing supply of lumber suitable for their manufacture, bes practically revolutionized the methods of boxmaking. Many kinds and sizes of boxes are demanded by the different trades, and the long-con- tinued use of certain woods has often convinced the customer that these are the only ones which can be used for the purpose. But with the increasing scarcity of familiar material the manu- facturer is being forced to adopt new woods, and it is with the purpose of determining the merits of different kinds of wood as box material that the tests were undertaken. The scope and working plan of the tests were fixed after an extended correspondence with manufacturers. The woods tested were Michigan white pine, New England white pine, loblolly pine, western spruce, western bemlock, cottonwood and red gum. The lumber for the boxes used in the teats was of average box quality, and contained only sound live knots. Most of it was kiln dried, and at the time of test contained about 14 per cent of moisture. The nails were cement- coated wire box nails. No steel bands or other strengthening elements were ased. Three sizes of boxes were made, designated as small, medium, and large. The small boxes were identical with those commonly used for small articles up 100 to pounds. The method of tests consisted in ap- plying a load along the diagonal of a box, an action similar to that which oc- curs when a box is dropped on one of its corners. The load was measured at each one-fourth inch increase in deflec- tion, and notes were made of the pri- mary and subsequent failures. This teat, it is believd. is the best measure of the strength o' a box. Under service conditions, however, the contents of a box are often packed under pressure, and thus there is a force acting out- Ward. The test described does not pro- duce this condition. First failure meant, in the case of the large box, a sliding on each other of the side boards, followed by a bending of the battehs, and sliding of the end boards. Final failure was accompanied by a splitting of the end boards, along the inside edge of the top or bottom bat- tens. Between the first and final fail- ures there occurred a pulling of the nails of the side boards either from the bottom or from the end boards, and at times a splitting of the end boards or of the battens. In Unifedium sized boxes, as in the larger size, first failure was accom- panied by a sliding of the side boards and a pulling of the nails. Final fail- ure, however, was usually due to a splitting of a side through excessive skew of the panel. In boxes of this size the amount of skew for a given load is greater than in those of the other sizes. In the small boxes the sides and ends usually consisted of but one board, and the strength of the box depended upon the shearing strength of the wood in both sides and ends. Failure, there- fore, was accompanied by a splitting of either the side or end board. New England white pine is the tit&ndard by which the others are judged. It shows that of the woods tested cottonwood was the strongest for medium and large boxes, and red gum for boxes of small size. For all sizes cottonwood and red gum occupied the first two positions in regard to strength. The weakest wood differed for each kind of box. For the large size it was western spruce for the medium size Michigan white pine, and for tke small size North Carolina closely approached it in this respect. The possibility of saving lumber by substituting thin end boards for end boards of standard thickness was in- vestigated. The standard sizes cannot be reduced without reducing the strength of the box. In the case of small boxes of New England pine, the strength of the lock cornered boxes exceeded that of the dovetailed poxes and the latter that of the nailed boxes. In addition to the tests of boxes under a load applied along the diagonal, the other boxes were tested under a lead applied along the entire length of the edge of the box, and these tests con- firm the results of the tests described above. In all, 171 boxes were made up and tested. A further conclusion to be drawn from the tests is that the majority of nails at the end of the side, top, and bottom boards should be driven into the end boards rather than into the battens. TEXAS TOBACCO GROWING CO. very successful. There is now a mar- ket here for all the shade grown to- bacco at 40 cents per pound, and as the wrapper tobacco yields from 1,000 to 1.400 pounds to the acre it can b« readily seen that there is a good thing in it for the man who plants wrapper tobacco. Officers of the company have been elected as follows: E. A. Blount, pres- ident; Wm Taussig, vice-president; Robert Limisey, secretary -treasurer; directors, E.. A. Blount. D. K. Cason, Robert Lindsey, Wm. Taussig and D. K. Reed. Newly Formrd, its Purpose to Grow >Ksd« Tobacco Nacogdoches, Tex., Jan. 5. A meeting of the business men of Nacogdoches was held in the Business League parlors this week and the Nac- ogdoches Tobacco Growing Cumpany was organized and will be chartered under the laws of the State of Texas with a capital stock of $6,500 fully paid up. Fifteen acres of land of the Redfield farm will be planted under shade and wrapper th..wn This N«« vember Over Lss< Year. The internal revenue department has compiled f^e amount of collections on tobacco in the United States for No- vember 1906, which compared with ths same month 1905 shows an incease in collections last month of $417,987 the tables : November, 1905. Cigars at $3.00 per M $1,876,098.23 Cigars at 54c per M 44,040.51 Cigarettes at $1.08 per M. . 289,972.14 Cigarettes at $3 per M 2,085.99 Snuff at 6c per pound 109,i;90.26 M'f'd tobacco at 6c per lb. .1.757,363.76 Total $4,079,550.89 November, 1906. Cigars at $3.00 per M $2,019,967.59 Cigars at 54c per M 54,369.63 Cigarettes at $1.08 per M. 394,634.27 Cigarettes at $3.00 per M. 4,426.05 Snuff at 6c per pound 121,077.77 M'f'd tobacco at 6c per lb. 1,903,062.58 Total $4,497,537.89 CHANGE IN MEMPHIS TOBACCO FIRN Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 5. Among the more important of the many business changes consummated is the consolidation of two of the lead- ing tobacco firms of this section, the Tom Morton Cigar Company and Jor- dan, Gibson & Baum, incorporated having decided to merge their capital and forces and to conduct the cigar and tobacco business as one firm in the future. The officers of the Morton company are: J. T. Morton, president; J. N. Pulliam, first vice-president; Dan Hill Second vice-president ; W. Hix Mallory, third vice-president; D. N. Jack secre- tary and treasurer WHAT THE CYCLONE DID TO HAVANA. The above is a photograph of a scene in the Prado at Havana, taken just after the terrific wind storm of a few weeks ago The trees bK«wn down, as shown above, represented the least of the damage, as in certain sec- tions the less substantial houses were practically destroyed. BULK OF BURLEY PLEDGED. Some of the Kentucky papers are stating that the Society of Equity or- ganized for the purpose of forming a pool among the hurley tobacco growers of Kentucky, has succeeded in securinflr the necessary amount, having found at its recent meeting in Winchester, that 58 per cent of the crop had been signed. The pool, it is intended, will boost the price on the trusts by holding the crop until prices offered are satisfac- tory to the organization. 4, Akgg BH ^^ ^^ ^^ will buy outright the plant, stock, fixtures, )j:ood-will, etc., of one of the A I g ^1 ^1 ^1 best and most complete Cigaf Factories in the heart of Philadelphia, doing a large business. Present Hvorking organization willing to run the busi- ness under liew control. Have on hand over Ten Thousand Dollars worth of Cigars and Tobacco. Address H. P. H., care of The Tobacco Woj-ld, 224 Arch Street, Philadelphia. 'V-' R)'^^^- ^ • T" THB TOBACCO WORLD El Draco Cigar Hfs. Co. Philada. (LORD LANCASTER/IOc.) Oipr Bi k Co. Manufacturers 615 Market St, Philada. (NICKELBY. 5c.) 114 IT »a.^ .V B^^ * ^1 M r6»J k^H^ ^ > . 1 1 1 1 ,^ i CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Kni^hi 5-cent Ci^ar Made by Morris D.Neaniaaa& PHILADELPHIA, PA. SaoiHer Owmum E. T. Coliail SUMNER GREENE & CO. Mannfactarara of Qreetie Cigars S 2330 MARKET ST., PHILADELPHIA Factory 1839, First District Penna. o W. K. Gresh & Sons, Makers, Norristown, Pa* SUPERIOR Qaality and Workmanship Factory No. 9dO( First District Fenna. ^ If You Want to ba la HAVANA M Smoke Sc ^ BENRY BEYHANN'S SONS Sinking Sprinii, Pa. n YOU CAN BUY WEAVER'S ORIGINAL HAVANA SHORTS ALL JOBBING HOUSES IMPORTBKB OJ AVANA 123 N. THIRD 'MILJkOmi^MIA +tHE T©B/ieeO WORLB-^ Parmenter Wax-Lined Coupon Ci^ar Pocke Afford PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE. HEAT and BREAKAGE. ladoraed by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE Advertising Medium known. Racine Paper Goods Co., Racine, Wis., D.S. Saia Owaara aad Naaafactarara. SXPtRlMENTS IN BOX MAKING MADE BY THE GOVERNMENT Washington D. C, Jan. 7. The forest service of the Department of Agriculture has been conducting ex- ^ments the results of which will in- terest large manufacturers who use big quantities of packing or cigar boxes. The increasing demand for boxes, eombined with the decreasing supply of lumber suitable for their manufacture, has practically revolutionized the methods of boxmaking. Many kinds and sizes of boxes are demanded by the different trades, and the long-con- tinued use of certain woods has often convinced the customer that these are the only ones which can be used for ihe purpose. But with the increasing 8-arcity of familiar material the manu- facturer is being forced to adopt new woods, and it is with the purpose of determining the merits of different kinds of wood as box material that the tests were undertaken. The scope and working plan of the tests were fixed aftey an extended correspondence with Manufacturers. The woods tested were Michigan white pine, New England white pine, loblolly pine, western spruce, western hemlock, cottonwood and red gum. The lumber for the boxes used in the teats was of average box quality, and contained only sound live knots. Most of it was kiln dried, and at the time of test contained about 14 per cent of moisture. The nails were cement- coated wire box nails. No steel bands or other strengthening elements were «8ed. Three sizes of boxes were made, designated as small, medium, and large. The small boxes were identical with those commonly used for small articles up 100 to pounds. The method of tests consisted in ap- plying a load along the diagonal of a box, an action similar to that which oc- curs when a box is dropped on one of its corners. The load was measured at each one-fourth inch increase in deflec- tion, and notes were made of the pri- mary and subsequent failures. This teat, it is believd, is the best measure of the strength o' a box. Under service conditions, however, the contents of a box are often packed under pressure, and thus there is a force acting out- Ward. The test described does not pro- duce this condition. First failure meant, in the case of the large box. a sliding on each other of the side boards, followed by a bending of the battehs, and sliding of the end boards. Final failure was accompanied by a splitting of the end boards, along the inside edge of the top or bottom bat- tens. Between the first and final fail- ares there occurred a pulling of the nails of the side boards either from the bottom or from the end boards, and at times a splittinfir of the end boiards or of ^e battena.' />/. * ,, •; In Wfedium dfzed boxes, as in the larger size, first failure was accom- panied by a sliding of the side boards and a pulling of the nails. Final fail- ure, however, was usually due to a splitting of a side through excessive skew of the panel. In boxes of this size the amount of skew for a given load is greater than in those of the other sizes. In the small boxes the sides and ends usually consisted of but one board, and the strength of the box depended upon the shearing strength of the wood in both sides and ends. Failure, there- fore, was accompanied by a splitting of either the side or end board. New England white pine is the standard by which the others are judged. It shows that of the woods tested cottonwood was the strongest for medium and large boxes, and red gum for boxes of small size. For all sizes cottonwood and red gum occupied the first two positions in regard to strength. The weakest wood differed for each kind of box. For the large size it was western spruce for the medium size Michigan white pine, and for tke small size North Carolina closely approached it in this respect. The possibility of saving lumber by substituting thin end boards for end boards of standard thickness was in- vestigated. The standard sizes cannot be reduced without reducing the strength of the box. In the case of small boxes of New England pine, the strength of the lock cornered boxes exceeded that of the dovetailed poxes and the latter that of the nailed boxes. In addition to the tests of boxes under a load applied along the diagonal, the other boxes were tested under a lead applied along the entire length of the edge of the box. and these tests con- firm the results of the tests described above. In all, 171 boxes were made up and tested. A further conclusion to be drawn from the tests is that the majority of nails at the end of the side, top, and bottom boards should be driven into the end boards rather than into the battens. TEXAS TOBACCO GROWING CO. very successful. There is now a mar- ket here for all the shade grown to- bacco at 40 cents per pound, and as the wrapper tobacco yields from 1,000 to 1,400 pounds to the acre it can b« readily seen that there is a good thinff in it for the man who plants wrapper tobacco. Officers of the company have been elected as follows : E. A. Blount, pres- ident; Wm. Taussig, vice-president; Robert Lindsey, secretary -treasurer; directors, E.. A. Blount. D. K. Cason. Robert Lindsey, Wm. Taussig and D. K Reed. Newly Formrd. its Purpose to Grow >K»de Tobacco Nacogdoches, Tex., Jan. 5. A meeting of the business men of Nacogdoches was held in the Business League parlors this week and the Nac- ogdoches Tobacco Growing Cumpany was organized and will be chartered under the laws of the State of Texas with a capital siock of $6,500 fully paid up. Fifteen acres of land of the Redfield farm will be planted under shade and wrapper tobacco will be g^own under the supervision of the Government ex- perts. The fact has been demonstrated that a cirfar filler tobacco of a very superior quality can be grown here and at a very good profit to the farmers. This tobacco has been grown here for the past three years, and at 15 cents per pound has proven to be a very valuable money crop. The growing of wrapper tobacco has been experimented with on a small scale and has proven TOBACCO COLLECTIONS IN U S. National increase is >h..wn This No* vember Over Las< Year. The internal revenue departnr^ent has compiled t^e amount of collections on tobacco in the United States for No- vember 1906, which compared with tha same month 1906 shows an incease in collections last month of $417,987 th« tables : November, 1905. Cigars at $3.00 per M $1,876,098.23 Cigars at 64c per M 44,040.61 Cigarettes at $1.08 per M. . 289.972.14 Cigarettes at $3 per M 2,086.99 Snuff at 6c per pound 109,i;90.26 M'f'd tobacco at 6c per lb. .1,757.363.76 Total $4.079,560.8» November, 1906. Cigars at $3.00 per M $2,019,967.69 Cigars at 54c per M 54,369.63 Cigarettes at $1.08 per M. 394.634.27 Cigarettes at $3.00 per M. 4,426.06 Snuff at 6c per pound 121,077.77 M'f'd tobacco at 6c per lb. 1,903,062.68 WHAT THE CYCLONE DID TO HAVANA. The above is a photograph of a «cene in th(? Prado at Havana, taken just after the terrific wind storm of a few weeks ago The trees bn.wn down, as show'h above, represented the least of the damage, as in certain sec- tions the less substantial houses were practically destroyed. Total $4,497,637.8» CHANGE IN MEMPHIS TOBACCO FIRM Memphis. Tenn.. Jan. 5. Among the more important of the many business changes consummated is the consolidation of two of the lead- ing tobacco firms of this section, the Tom Morton Cigar Company and Jor- dan, Gibson & Baum, incorporated having decided to merge their capital and forces and to conduct the cigar and tobacco business as one firm in the future. The officers of the Morton company are: J. T. Morton, president; J. N. PuUiam, first vice-president; Dan Hill Second vice-president ; W. Hix Mallory, third vice-president; D. N. Jack secre- tary and treasurer BULK OF BURLEY PLEDGED. Some of the Kentucky papers are stating that the Society of Equity or- ganized for the purpose of forming a pool among the burley tobacco growers of Kentucky, has succeeded in securinir the necessary 4imount, having found at its recent meeting in Winchester, that 58 per cent of the crop had been signed. The pool, it is intended, will boost the price on the trusts by holding the crop until prices offered are satisfac- tory to the organization. ^ $17 ^\ ^\ ^^ will buy outright the plant, stock, fixtures, good-will, etc., of one of the I 1 11 11 best and most complete Cigaf Factories in the heart of Philadelphia, doing. ^^ /^"^ ^^ a large business. PresentWorking organization willing to run the busi- ness under iife'w'controi. Have on hand over Ten Thousand Dollars wotth of Cigars and Tobacco. vSa'cnv^- V A \ Address H. P. H., care of The Tobacco Wotfld, 224 Arch Street, Philadelphia. INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE . A. C^*-'^^® c& Co < o IMPORTERS O. AVANA 123 N. THIRD 8T Pmiuadsl^hia J. Vetterlein & Co. Importers of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF Tobacco E A O^*-^^® <& O®- <^> Havana 123 n. third ar EXPORT STAMP ISSUED BY CUBAN CIGAR MANUFACTURERS Authorized by the Government of the Republic of Cuba 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia FOUNDED 1853 John T. Dohan Wm. H. Dohan V5v y'^' FLOR ^s#^ de DOHAN & TAITT D &T Importers of Havana and Sumatra Packers of ^^^^^J^iO/ Atch St. Leaf Tobacco \ ^mk ) philada. K.STRAUS A. LOtB Bstabllshed 1825 7 \\ B LEWIS BREMER'S SONS IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra AND PACKERS OF Leaf Tobacco 322 and 324 North Third Street, Philadelphia Julius Hirschberg & Bro. Importers of Havana and Sumatra and Packers of Seed Leaf Tobacco 125 North Third St., Philada. L. BAMBERGER &z: CO. Packers and Dealers In • I. , , SEED LEAF InpOrterS of |j--_i«_i-^ m^m-<.HILADELPHie^ ^r(l;UJIIilllM1Jljll=M!lliJlli»M;mg^pl||j^fioca7 c "^^ introduced him to the office trade and trade to him ThiR nn«if,v«i„ ;= fv,^ ^ dealers as a imparted to him the valuable informa- bestVa^is u^^n wilch'T novelty specimen of the c.garmakers' tion as to the individual preferences of „,ade. In the minor routes of this line the smokers. a personal reputation counts for much. As soon as the proprietor was con- Leaf tobacco can be turned quickly fident that his assistant could handle ^^^^^ ^.j^^^^g ^^ ^ ^^^^ p^^^^^ ^^^ ^.^^ the trade in a satisfactory manner he ^ ^^.^je waiting for his goods the new began canvassing the skyscraper across manufactuurer needs simply to deliver the way. Here he had to be careful, ^^em in order to be on the highway to for he was trespassing on the preserves prosperity. If he does not "deliver endurance of smokers and non-smokeri. But the testimony of Miner Hicks, at least, will console the man whose briar is his fireside pet, and to whom "a woman is only a woman, but a good ci- gar is a smoke." • • • CATCHY SIGNS. QOLDSMITH BROS., retailers ift ^*^ Cincinnati are usually exploiting At the and of the year the cigar man had es tabliahed a pi;ofitable trade. • • • A SPLENDID MEERSCHAUM. Gieske & Niemann, packers s Dealers in Leaf Tobacco No. 204 South Charles Street Baltimore, Md. THE OLD SALESMAN'S MUSINGS (Concluded from page 5.) it is the fashion in Santa Claus' land te inhale the smoke deeply and to ex- pel it from the mouth and nostrils whiff or two ; and to make up for this slowly. Also, because of the precious- sess of the weed, men, women, and «bildren chew tobacco and swallow it when they desire a delicacy more highly Sliced than blubber. In Italy and Spain' the smoking of •igarettes is a common practice among women. And in Russian railways there is always one compartment on every train reserved "for ladies who do not wnoke", which in itself offers an ex for cheap cigar fillers and the better grade for cigar binders. This demand was caused by the extremely high prices ruling for all kinds of seedleaf tobacco, and manufacturers of cheap cigars were compelled to use some cheaper substitiute. The continued de- mand from this source is good evidence that certain grades of Maryland to- bacco have given general satisfaction, and unless prices for seedleaf decline considerably we look for this country to use even more Maryland next year. The so-called Farmers' Alliance early in the year fixed the minimum prices at which the French grades of A, B and C should be sold for, viz. 11, 8 and planation of the character of that in- 6 cents, respectively, but these grades dignation »vhich ;'agitated the Russian «ovrt awhile ago when the Czarina poblished an edict forbidding smoking ainong her ladies in waiting. Tbb Old Salesman. $2,000,000 TO MARYLAND FARMERS Statistics of the Crop for 1906 in That Baltimore. Md.. Jan. 3. Oieske & Niemann, an authoritative irm of this city, has compiled the fol- lowing statistics of the tobacco crop in this section for the last year. Receipts for the year of Maryland and lower county, about 29,000 hogs- heads; Maryland and upper county, about 1,500 hogsheads ; Eastern Ohio tobacco, about 6,500 hogsheads; total receipts at Baltimore market 37,000 hogsheads, which represent a value to the farmer of about $2,000,000 The 1905 crop of Maryland tobacco from J|the lower counties which was marketed this year was about 3,000 hogsheads less than last year, still all found ready buyers, leaving practically none unsold by the first of the year. By far the largest buyer of this to- bacco is the French government, which this year has bought through contract about 14.000 hogsheads. Next in im- portance are the buyers for Holland and Germany, who took 10,000 hogs- heads, approximately. Other European countries bought about 1,000 hogsheads, aqd domestic manufacturers and deal- ers about 4.000 hogsheads. Total 29,- PRIKCX LOUIS BYTHINMR <& CO. Ittf Tobacco Brokers 308 RaCC St. q|^ •! j f t • and Commission Merchants. rllllaaelpnilr^ Long Distance Telephone. Market 3025. J. U. Fehr c\ Son Importers and Packers of Leaf Tobacco 700 Franklin St., 101 to 107 S. 7th St., READING, PA. S en C Growers and Dealers of VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDO aod REMEDIOS TOBACCO ReiiYdL 20, HavanaL Cable : "Angel," Havana P. O. Box 98 The Cheapest, Strongest and Best Tobacco Case iVIaOee Improved THE Only Up-to-Da(e Case; used by the largest packers ; saves you one- half cost and labor previously used with the hundred year old common case. G. H. Rumrill, of Janesville, Wis., sam- pled 322 cases in nine hours, with the help of three men. l^'For particulars and prices, address k JOHN F. HEILAND & CO. 48 East Cheslnut St, Lancaster, Pa. Sole Agents for Ma Gee Bros, Tobacco Case. I HENRY RINDSKOPF • Packer and Importer of Sumatra. Havana ¥ l? A T T^#^ll k f^i^fX and Domestic LLiAF i UIjALiLiU N. E. Cor. Fifth and Washington Sts. Reading, Pa. S. Weinberg 120 North Third Street PHILADELPHIA lAVANA MARKET STILL DULL AND TRANSACTIONS SMALL Outlook for the New Crop Not Very Good, Although Needed Rain May Make Situation Much Better. What the Con- dition is in the Various Sections. Importer of SUMATRA and HAVANA Tobacco parpose. While a few moro bal«ft.have changed hands during th« past week, the H. VELENCHIK S. VELENCHIK & Co., Key West. Departures : John N. Kolb, for ■^J" •■coming. AARON B. HESS Packer of and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco PennsylvanidL Seed B's and Tops READY FOR THE MARKET. Write for Prices. Office and Warehouse: 63l^°63i N. Prince St Lancaster, Pa. Bell 'Phone : 77-X. Independent 'Phone : 1464-A. L. O. HAEUSSEIMANN •AIL L. HAEUSSEKMANN EDWARD C. HAEUSSBRMANN U. a. HAEUSSERMANIN Sz SONS I mporters of Packers iind Exporters ol and Dealers in Sumatra and Havana Leaf Tobacco URGEST RETAILERS IN PENNSYLVANIA No. 340 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA. Ml to are ^ ESTABLISHED 1844 Special Correspondence of The Tobacco World. ) Havana, Cuba, December 24, 1906. Although this is the last day of the Vuelta Abajo, 300 of Partido and 532 ^ear I am still unable to give readers bales of Remedies. cf The Tobacco World the necessary Of this quantity 487 bales were pur- CKTtk I I* Aw^'***^*'**^^ *^ regarde receipts during chased for the American market, 845 Dealer in all kinds of SEED L£AF%)]e year, amount of sales and stocks were taken by the local cigar and ci- •«n hand, but I hope in my next report garette manufacturers, and 297 bales to furnish the necessary data for this were exported to Europe (Spain). Buyers Cotmm, mnd Go. Arrivals : P. San Martin, of P. San , ^ Martin & Co., Francisco Diaz, of V. market has still been dull and transc- q^^^^^ jjj^^ ^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^ lfI7W I7m.Ti^VII17 W\W\rkC^ ^'''"'' ""'^ The outlook for the of The Theobald & Oppenheimer Co.. VrrLKNLtllK KKllS commgcropis not improved, and un- ^ ^^^^ K. Cold, of P. Pohalski ▼ *-^ *-''■-• i>^V/ MM mam. M^MWrwY* less during the next two or three weeks Importers and J r^ a -l-^ r-r^ ^\ t-j rr ^^ ^r^ ^-^ -one or two copious showers fall all Dealers inJLtiAr 1 VjjD/lvi^vi^^^ ""^^^ ^^^ ''^*°*^' ^^^ '*"'"'^" ^°'' ^^"^ Tampa ; Max Stern and S. Ruppin, for C^ , J T T #^^ ^^^^ """^^ ^^ termed very unsat- New York, and H. K. Cold for Key oumatra and xiavana iBfactory. west. fZM IkT I^IIirfeTV O'W TfeVVVV A WT^W «%«■« A ' The nicotine plant is somewhat de- Havann Clarar Mannfaetarera Vi't N. 1 HIKU of., PHILADELPHIA i^ePt>veand ra»y do without moisture have still a good amount of orders on om above for quite a while, and is hand although during the past week iable to sprout up in a surprising many of the cigarmakers were cele- aahion if the rains are finally forth- brating the Christmas holidays, and therefore it is best at the for this reason the output was perhaps moment not to draw any too pessimis- not quite so hea\y. tic conclusions and await what the H. Upmann & Co., shipped 580,000 »ext two weeks will bring forth. cigars during the past week of their It would indeed be a calamity if the own and other independent manufac- 1907 crop should prove deficient in turers' brands. Undoubtedly this firm •Quantity, as well as in quality, at least is in the best position of all our manu- as far as the clear Havana cigar facturers as it has the largest stock of jnanufacturers are concerned, because old leaf on hand, and is therefore able bsence of rain is apt to make the to execute all incoming orders without lants too heavy in quality, which is having to count upon the 1907 crop. ust the opposite of what the clear Ha- Partagas is as busy as ever, and %ana manufacturer demands. there is no falling off in the amount of I \ Irrrigatiou in the partido section will orders which are coming in, therefore . Rectify what nature has failed to be- Cifuentes, Fernandez & Co., are work- : ^tow, but orily a small proportion of ing as actively as they did before the ^he large planters had the foresight holidays. ^d necessary capital to instal an effi- Por Larranga is likewise busy, with J ftient irrigation plant, while the major- plentiful orders on hand. ity of the small farmers are still en- Sol has been doing an exceedingly tirely dependent upon Jupiter Pluvius. large business with the city and the I The Vuelta Abajo district is even rest of tne island, therefore disposing orse off than the partido section, as of all its dark colored wrappers, and #winK to the absence of the necessary thus being able to supply the United A f treams no irrigation plants have been States witn the light colored ones for pble to be constructed, excepting pos- which they are clamoring, ibly in one or two instances. The Ramon AUones and Cruz Roja is not- anta Glara province having a different ing no diminution in its business and ind of soil is more able to stand the Rabell, Costa, Vales & Co, have been •rolonged drought and therefore the well satisfied with the close of the year «»tlook is not Quite as disheartening. 1906. k^hile last year we had too much rain Eden works too steadily to note any 0 fat the complaint is of too little, change in the seasons, therefore Calixto ne fault being as bad as the other. Lopez & Co,, have all the orders on Our dealers who are still holding hand that they can possibly take care Itocks arejoth to part with them, and of. re exceedingly firm in their preten- Uuyinw, SeiiinK and other Notes of On8^\, , »;■ Intereat,, ,• ' ,,-, % •-^-•M* l^iMimif^i^ i' "I ' J:, j : ' sobrs ' de Antero Gohzalez sold 984 I ring thc^ past week sum up'JB.total. batesof Remedios and Vuelta A b^jo, Up, 797 bales'of 'wWch. if»^lude»-l9^ 't)«68''-^f''*^a'eita*' H. Upmann & Go HAVANA, CUBA. Bdcnkers and Comnnission Merchdcnts SHITTEP^^ OF CIGAP^^ and LEAF TCBACCO MANVPACTOltlRS OP The Celebrmtei ^^' CigiLff L<9M(.] FACTORY! PASEO DE XACON 159-169 OFElCEt AMARGVRA I HAVANA* CUBA« PABLO PEREZ CANOIDO 0BE80 Perez & Obeso S. en C. (Sobrinos de G. Palacios) Leaf Tobacc VUELTA ABAJO FACTOfcY VEGAS a Specialty Proprietors of famous Lowland Vuelta Abajo Veiias Prado 121, Entrance, Dragones St Cable: -Sodecio." HABANA, CUBA. Lewis Sylvester Si Son HAVANA, CUBA 11 NEW YORK ^ Monte 56 || 163 Front Street ^ Packers and Importers of Vuelta Ab^jo, P^rtidois, THB TOBACCO WORI«D Oar Capatitj for Mannfactanng Ci)?at Boxes Alwatb Room fok Onb Mo&b Good Cut THB TOBACCO WUKi./> L J. Sellers & Son, Seilersviile, Pa. BEHI^ENS & eO. Manafkctnrefs of the Celebrated Brands, .^^f-^L^M % ^^BA^^h ^OL and ^Js M ^^*' lUIS MARX ifABAHt^ Consulado 91, HAVANA. Sobrinos de A, Gonzalez LEAF TOBACCO MERCHANTS Principe Alfonso 116 y 118 Habana, Ouba Cable: "Aatero" GUSTAVO SALOMON Y HNOS Especialidad en Tabacos Finos de , Vuelta Abajo,Partidos y Vuelta Arriba • Monte 114, ^(P. O. Box> AparUdo 270. "LJ o K r^ «-k #» Cable ZKLKzoofi nSLDSiTlR JOSE MENENDEZ Almacenista de Tabaco en Rama lEspecialidad TABACO de PARTIDO Ve^as Proprias Gosechado per el Honte 26, Cable: OAMOENS" Habana, Cuba Y. P. Castaneda J 8. Jorge JOI^GE & P. CflSTRflEDA Growert, Packers and Exporters of Havana Lieaf Tobaceo iljdo, Comer Dngoges street, HAVANA HpARTAeASH hdependent Cigar Factory The Oldest Brand MTAGAS |t>2i YG? Cifuentes, Ferne!'^*?^ Proprietors 174 Industria Streer Cable : Cl FER. Habana, Cuba i^ruBO Diaz ^ RodrigMf B. DiflZ & CO. Growers 8Lnd Packers of uelta. Abajo and PaLftido TobsLcei PRADO 125, Cable^^ioco HABANA, CUBA« bajo colas shipped by them for the Ipanish Regie. While the latter has bis year, instaed of its usual quantiy •f 20,000 bales or more, owing to the irevailing high prices, purchased only about 1.000 bales. stiU Sobrs de A. Gonzalez have managed to sell about 35 000 bales daring the year which is BOW ending. They are still holders of about 1,200 bales of Remedies and Vuelta Abajo. which they are willing ■fco sell at moderate figures. John N. Kolb passed through Havana bent this time upon a pleasure trip, and did not buy anything. Gonzalez, Benitez & Co.. disposed of 200 bales of Remedies during the past two weeks. S. Ruppin who left on Saturday per S, S. Morro Castle, has been making gome puchases. but not as many as he intended, owing to the high prices. Rodigue:&. Bautista & Co.. closed out 100 bales of Vuelta Abajo colas to a local cigarette manufacturer. H. K. Cold purchased just enough for the necessary needs of P. Pohalski iA Co., and only re.-r.ained here a few days. Lewis Sylvester & Son have still a very choice stock of all k^nds of leaf (Vuelta Abajo. Partido and Remedios) 60 any buyers coming. Jjeye during the ext few months, will find it to their interest to to give this house a call. %»i<^^*^'% SLACKER. AT THF HUB Mark- AVMLINO PAZOS & CO. Almaeetustas de Tabaco en Raam PRADO 133, Habana Onilbfa. SliAREZ HERMANOS. (S. •■ C.) and Dealers In ^631 iOOaiCCO PiaURAS 39-41, Gabla: "Cataim" HAVANA, CUBA. J. H. CAYRO & SON Dealers in Ueaf Tobaeo Specialty: Vuelta Abajo and Partido • Warehouse and Office, 92 Drt^goives Streew. I^VANA, Cable AddreM: "JoascAVao.' CoRMpoodeiioe aoUdted in HENRY VONCirr r. V1DAL c VONEIFF Y VIDAL CRUZ "f^Z.Z'.f LEAF TOBAeeO 73 Amistad Street, HAVANA, CUBA. BraAck HoiiMs:-6l« W. lUltimor* Strseti B«Himor«. Md.: ^ O. Box ♦M. Ttt.akp^ BVABISTO OARCIA S JOSB M. OABCIA a.Aix«a HABANA, CUBA. CHARLES BLASCO ^ Comnnission IVIerchant Leaf Tobacco and Ci|2ar« 1 O'Reilly St. Sr^ Habana. Cuba GONZALEZ, BENITEZ <& CO. AlmacenistasdeTabacoen Rama y Vivercs Amargnra 12 And 14, and San Ignacio 25, Cable: -Tehenitex.* P. O. Box 396. HA BANA, CUBA LOEB-NJJNEZ HAVANA CO. mmm de Tsmaco en mia 142 and 144 Consulado Street, HABANA. Cable:— RXPORM. A. M. CALZADA & CO. Packers and Dealers in Leof and COMMISSION MERCHANTS Monte 156, HABANA, CUBA. p. O. Box. 399. Cablet **CALDA." NDBUoan iouia A. mmnbhahh Mendelsohn, Bornemann & Co.* Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO •ad Commission Aerchants N«w TMk Off to* I 196 WATEI STIBIT Bavaaa. Cahai ■ANUBI. MJ ABEZ y CA.. Ai Cbl. Addraasi DERBA. T.l.phoB.1 1639 WM. BADER Importer of Havana Tobacco 4 Burlind Slip, NEW YORK A SpMialty of HAVANA WRAPPERS and FILLERS at rataiL Nail ordws promptly GONZALEZ Y MIGUEL Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama Especialidad en Tabaco de Santa Clara de Primera Clase Cablei "CASIN" AMISTAD 97, HABANA. fablished 1880 'r ? 8en?r''B'&l"on^^^^ ^""'"^ KEYSTONE BOX CO.. SELLERSVI .E. PA. *"• ' ^THE TOBACCO WORLD _^^,^=,= !• 11 THE TOBA.CCO WORLD ERNEST ELLINGER & CO, No. lOr water Sti Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO New York LEAF TOBACCO. OFFICES : DETROIT, MICH. AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. HAVANA, CUBA. New York, PH a. OAKS MOSES J. CANS J»»OME WAI.LHR KDWIN I . ALEXaNDW JOSEPH S. CANS ♦- New York, January 7. While this big city was busy enough that there will be much doing during the holidays to satisfy any deal- later in the month, er, there is somewhat of a lull now M. Baumel, Pennsylvania re which may continue a week or so tative of Max Cans & Sons. I longer. This is usual and to be ex- lown tu-morro* on his regular t pected and it is probable that business that territory, is not so much below the average after The H. H. Filler Reaky Com all There are a good many people has leased to the American Cn?ar from out of town looking through the for P. H. McNulty 20.000 square city and the dealers in those sections in the Varick building corner W which such visitors are likely to move ton and Hubert street, in are doing very well. S. A. Frank the Boston repre The general report from the leaf live of Cans Bros makers of th dealers is a favorable one. A good ular William th. Fourth clear deal of business wa. done during ihe c^^ar spent the greater part year but of course the majority of week at headquarters^ houses were mu ; .».» V » Ri^lil l|[abana Se^^'' Makers and Importers .,,,., iIaban»^Scfap« and Culling lor S«l«v.< J. ;>;>.{ •. »»L' They are extra large, Havana blend, and of perfect workmanship. Finest package. I. LEWIS & CO. Makers, Established 1870. NCWark, iM . J . Z: JOHN NbRRIS, Manager of the Philadelphia Office^. 111 Market St. ^^ :}•." •rt<. ■iff-fiUP .■.*• t!' ** having just engaged Alfred Penner,' Announcement is made that the firm who for more than three years wsfj of Steinberg & Levitt, of 16 South with H. P. Kimmig &, Co. Mr. P«| Strawberry street, was dissolved on ner will enter upon his new engsgf| Jan. 1, the business now being con- ment on January 14, and will covert ■ ducted by A. A Levitt who is pre- part of New York State, and the n^ pared to run it on enterprising princi- mainder of the time will be devoted pies. Philadelphia trade. THE TOBACCO WORLD IJ. 1 G. F. M. Smith, of the Centennial Cigar Co.. of Centennial, Pa., was in "*""y Nathan. Western represent*- town during the week shaking hands ^'^« ^°'' '*>« Loeb-Nunez Havana Ca,S with his friends. *^^®'" visiting the firm's Philadelphi^ ^ offices, and spending the holidiays at hi^ L. Steifel & Co.. 235 North Eighth 1»me in Baltimore has returned to bi» street, have been so rushed with ordf r^**errHory, prepared to take up aetii«l that a new factory will shortly be operations at once for 1907. He madr started in addition to the one at Souder- »n enviable record in 1906. ton. Pa. This company has had all it «^ could do to get out the orders in hand. n^ mi v^ a u Geo. W. Kreider. who covers a cof •* siderable portion of central Pennsyl^ The American CMgar Co., has been vania for Julius Vetterlein A Co . ha losing cigars in small quantities from ^aj . record breaking year's businea its plant at 10th street and Washington and as an award and in appreciation avenue, and the other day arrested a big house is giving him 1. trip to H> 17-year.girl one of the hands, who, ^ana, for which plaice he sailed fros I when searched was found to have a hundred cigars concealed about her. The girl has been ander suspicion for some time and it was supposed that she had been disposing of her lost to someone on the outside. New York via the Ward Line on SatT>^ day last, December 29th. I Charlie Cohen, representing t)K rapidly growing house of B. Labei Sons, in Maryland and a portion d *• "/-y Pennsylvania, came up from Baltimort Le Compte, Dnsel & Goodloe, jobl$|lrs last week, having closed the best year'i^ on Chestnut street above Se'^enth, ^iW sales since engaged in road work. Y^\l port that their house is very busy and starts early in tbe new yvaryWith vi- that the retail department is doing par- eellent prospects for eclipsing the )M( ticularly well. Those who remember record during 1907. PHILIPP J. KOLB & CO Have Removed to Their New Office AT No. 310 Race Street PHILADELPHIA, PA. \ and are Prepared to Show a Fine Line of All Grades of Imported and Domestic eiBAR LE/IF TOBAeeo We make a Specialty of AWR0RA B'S %•»" -y THK TOBACCO WORLD K) The Miami Valley Leaf Tobacco Co. ^..H....O^ DAYTON, OHIO STANLEV M KROHH Packers of Cigar Leaf Tobacco 1903-4-5 Zimmer Spanish, 1905 Gebhardt, 1905 Dutch, 1905 Connecticut, etc; Porto Rico Ci^ar Co. Red Lion, Pa. WHOLESALE CIGAR MANUFACTURERS Maior Paul ] Lord Selkirk ^OC. Arrow Point J Tom Lewis— 2 for 3c. Wholesale and Jobblntf Trade Only SPECIAL NOTICE ( 12^ cents per8-i)oint tncasnred line el- oNfQ ElOno Uoioa Made 5-Cent Cigars are as Good as Cigars Can be Made Chas. A.Oberly, Maker LEBANON, PA. Wisdom on the Label Wisdom in the Cigar A 5c. Smoke that is so Good It is Bound to Repeat -.1 Ohmit & Kraft i; East Prospect !; Pa. To Manaf adorers of Cigars: If you have any Cuttings, Scraps or Siftin^s to sell, write us. We are at all times in the market as Cash Buyers of all these products. EDWIN L. KOPPELMAN CO. 7 6-lh 81 Pine St., New York. FOR SALE. --Nice lot of 75 hogsheads ; good heavy Kentucky broken leaves and scraps suitable for making smoking tobacco. Also, nice old, well sweated, well-sized cigar fillers and wrappers. Buckner, Dunkerson £i Co., 7-1 Itf Louisville, Ky. \KTE PURCHASE Cigar Molds— un- ^^ desirable shapes— such as No. 16,261, No. 8.832. No. 8,569. Writaus, Slating what yuu have and the quantity. Winget Mfg. Co., York, Pa. 12-12t{ ESTABLISHED BROKER desires a good line of Medium Priced Goods. Good business for a good factory. Ad- dress J. S., Box 32, care of Tobacco World, Philada. 12-19tf A CIGAR FACTORY well situated ^ and completely equipped for rent. Or will sell the fixtures separately. Fme suction plant with 63 suction lable-i, m<>to>, bunchinjf tables etc . etc. Address 125 S. Second street, Phila. l-9h LARGE Philadelphia Cigar Manufac- turers want Salesman for Pennsyl- vania—one having trade and experience — Salary and Commission. Address Box 31, care of The Tobacco World. l-9-« XO MANUFACTURERS. -Cigar and ^ Wine Storeman, exceptionally brilliant man, 20 years successful re- cord, desires position. Buyer, Manager, Salesman. Communicate: Jackson, 1631 S. 23d. street, Phila. 1-9-e MUST PAY OVTY ON ENTRY Supreme Court Decides Case Against G. Fslk 41 Bro Washington. D. C, Jan. 7. The Supreme Court to- day decided that the duty on imported leaf tobacco must be reckoned on the weight at time of entry and not on withdrawal. The case on trial was that of G. Faik & Bro., of New York against the Government, which has slowly ascended to the highest court after tedious de- lays. The complainant claimed that the duty on his imported leaf should be estimated at the time the tobacco la withdrawn from bond because that is the actual weight upon which the im- porter is able to realize and to deal in. As it has been, and as the Supreme Court decides it must remain, the to- bacco is weifrhed on entry and the duty estimated on that weight. In sea passage, tobacco absorbs a considerable amount of moisture sq that it is no uncommon thing for five per cent of its weight to evaporate fi Cigars of Quality Sell and Repeat. THE DOCTOR 3c. Ci^ar WALTER S. BARE. Litltz, Penna. Maker of Jj Uldb Grade Citfars Exclusively. T. E. BROOKS Sz CO. RED LION, RA. Manufacturers of All Grades of Pennsylvania Cigars for the Wholesale Jobbing Trade i distributors wanted on our special brands: (OOV. WRIGHT REGAL DUKE DON SEGNO GEN'L YORK HAVANA SWEETS and MANUEL F. DOMINGUEZ SAMPLES UPON RFOtEST IT'S A WONDER WORKER Havana Tobacco Ferment « . Neutralizing Solution for Producing a Natural Ig ' Fermentation and Sweat in Domestic Tobaccos ^. Acme Extract and Chemical Works E. G. ECKERT, Proprielor HANOVER, PA. This Device will produce a better bunch than can be made by hand and will materi- ally reduce cost in the manufacture of cigars. MAY WE TELL YOU WHY? It Makes a Splendid Adjunct to Team Work Write for information as to its many points of merit, or if convenient for you to do so call at our office and see it in operation. PHE PERi?ECT BUNCHING MACHINE CO. No. 132 Solith Sixth Street PHILADELPHIA I THB TOBACCO WO»LD 17 CIGAR PaMifactarers of Bindings, Galloons, Taffeljas, Satin and Gros Grain. / Riblxam, ^* Write for Sample Card and Price Lioi to Department W Wm. Wicke Ribbon Co. 36 East Twenty-second Street, NEW YORK. after the duty has been calculated and fhe goods entered into the warehouse This is a dead loss to the importer and P« k & Bro. decided to make a test case of the question. The court of last Resort has now decided against the im- ^°Had the question been decided in his favor it would have meant a heavy loss to the Gov. rnr ent. as ore deputy col- lector e«tiu aled that had the desired condition ber^n in effect in.l905 it would have made a difference in revenue on Sumatra alone ot $480,000. DEATH OFTHFO BYXBEES MOTHER The host of his friends Wio are al- ways glad to see Theo By xbee sales- man for the Florida Tobacco Co. of New Yurk. will extend their fympathy to him in the bereavement which he has just suffered in the death of h.s mother. Mrs. Mary M. By xbee. Mr Byxbce's moie intimate ff-ierds know how bravely his mother had tome up dunrg fiiteen jtarfi ol tufleiirK from that dread tenor, cancer. She passed away on Monday evening at 6 S'clock. death meicilully ending _a period of great agony. She- was 59 years old. ^ ' ' FINE LEAF BUNG OELIVf RED LaRcatter Busy Re- Leaf Packers are ceiving Tobacco. Lancaster, t'a., Jan. 7. The local leaf maiket cmtinutd oull during the past week, but Uaf packe.s were busy enough b« cause the »a»kjrK season has now tegun in tainest. as was quite evident on Saturday last at a number of warehouses where ;tobacco was being received. The writer, although not posing as an expert or specially good judge of .to- bacco, saw what he thought looked like Fplendid tobacco being delivered at some of the warehouses on that day. There was a fair business done dur- ing the week in a jobbing way, indic- ating that the manufacturers of medium and even larger capacity are working right along. That is at least an im- provement over last year, when quite a dull spell was ex« erieneed by manu- facturers tight after the holidays. J Greenewald, representing Falk Bros, of New York, was one of the first salesmen to visit this section in the new year. , . .. r On Wednesday evening last the Lan- caster Leaf Tobacco Board of Trade held a meeting at Martin s Hall, and at the Fame time there was a meeting of the Lancaster Leaf Board of Trade •Inspection Co.. when officers for the the ensuing year were elected. All the old officials were retained. Milton J. Ranck. for bome time as- sociated with W. R. Cooper, under the firm name of W. R Cooper & Co. pack- ers of leaf tobacco at the Noithwest coiner of Duke and Chestnut streets has retired from that fiim, but will continue as a packer of leaf tobacco at Strasburg. Mr. Cooper will continue at the old stand, under the firm name of W. R. Coopt'r & Co. ^ w „ Outside of the letirement of M. W. Ririck from the firm of W. R. Cooper & Co., there have betn very few and unimportant changes in the trade here this spring Ihis is -loi^ked upon as t-howing a rather healthy condition ot things. Marcus Jaskulek Morris Jaskulek ^^I^ '" M. JASKULEK & SONS Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco 814 and 816 East Third Street DAYTON, OHIO Joe Endress, Jr. A. C. Kercher Pioneer Leaf Tobacco Co. Germantown, Ohio Packers of CIGAR lEAF TOBACCO High Grade Cigar A^olds^^ in any hhape, at lowfst prices. CIOAR MANUFACTURERS' REVENUE BOOKS 25 cents each ; postage prepaid, 30 cents. The American Cigar Mold Co.,Cincinnati, 0. r'-^-T W. H. SNYDER &C0. Windsor, Pa. Manufacturers of Popular Brands of Fine-dMedium Priced Cigars Correspondence with Wholesale and Jobbing Trade only invited. Particulars cheerfully given to responsible inquirers. »^n Our Leaders Include: ' Honeysuckle, Rose Show, Jumbo, Libby Dear, Verelda, Charles Fay, Carisima, Gov. Pattison, Model American, and Others. !- ^"Wisi^i^^t^^ : T','., ^\^'S^^ f..^ vr-r-jjir^ ^f^^', ,t.' tablisbe Cell s I have made a specialty of making Low l-'riced Brands that Smoke Like the Higher Priced Ones. WRITE ME. H. G. Barnhart, Spring Vale, Pa. All Jobbers Who Handle Travellers Tips Say it Always Moyes Well *A flood Five Cent Cigar" Abbott Ci^ar Co. ABBOTTSTOWN. PA. The Ideal Ci^ar Made in an Ideal Way Stephen Day 5c. Brand Is Strictly Union Made Ideal Gi^ar Go. CENTENNIAL, PA. '. 1 HAVMABINE ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦>4 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ i ! *♦♦♦♦♦▼♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ I ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ I ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ X ♦ ♦ ♦ t t ■ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦*•♦♦♦•♦'•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦* ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦..♦^.^.^t ♦ ♦ ♦ helps to make good cigars. Z2 Are you using it; if not, why? Write us for sample and full particulars. Tobacco Improvement Co. 504 Ninth Street, N.W.. Washington, D. G. ♦ X UBAN TOBACCO SEED GROWING IN ALABAMA The bureau of soils of the depart- ment of agriculture has issued the re- or clod breaker was used, as on th« part of the field containins: the most clay the plow left many clods, and in order that the field should be in the Telephone Call, 43»— B. QIRu and Warehouse, FLORIN, PA. ]>)cated on Main Line of Fenntylrania R. R. f. L. NISSLEY &C0. Growers and Packers of riNC CIGAR LEAF TOBACCO Fine B's and Tops Our Specialty. Critical Buyers always find it a pleasure to look ovef .nor Samples. iunplet cheerfully submitted upon request. P. O* Box 96* J. K. LMAMAN, Packer of and Dealer in lEAF Tobacco 138 North Market St 5S::l LANCASTER, PA. I J. W. BRENNEMAN, ^^ker and Dealer in w. R. COOPER &ca Packers of Penna. Broad Leal Dealers In All Grades of Domestic Cigar Leaf Tobaccos 201 & 203 N. Duke Street LANCASTER, PA. ' H. H. MILLER, Light Connecticut Wrappers and Secondf Fine Florida Sumatra IMPORTED SUMATRA and HAVANA AND MUCH Fine Filler Stock: SB7 and 32B North Queen Street, LANCASTER, PA. B. F. GOOD Sl CO. port made to it by its expert agents best mechanical condition it was necefl- George T. McNess and Lewis W. Ayer ^^^V <^hat these should be broken up. on their experiments of the past two Well rotted stable manure was procured or three years in growing Cuban seed ^''on^ the local livery stable and this tobacco in Alabama. The report should was applied broadcast on the land at be interesting to packers and dealers ^^^ '"^^e of 10 two horse loads to th« as to what may be expected from this «cre. Stable manure was used in pref- new terrirory, and will be reprinted in erence to commercial fertilizer because these columns in weekly installments, o^ '^e lack of humus in the soil. This It will be seen that the results are was plowed under and the land allowed fairly gratifying and seem to indicate to lie in this condition until the middl* the ultimate establishing of a profitable o^ April, when the soil was bedded «p industry in the section treated. '" rows 3 feet apart. The report states that the experi- On April 18 there was a good raia. ments in Alabama were begun in the and transplanting was commenced oa spring of 1903. Arrangements were the Orangeburg fine sandy loam, but made with C. H. Greer, of Marion, for about April 25 the weather again ba- the use of 3 acres of land— 1 acre of the came cool and dry, which conditions Orangeburg fine sandy loam and 2 acres were bad for the young plants set in of the Orangeburg clay-barns, etc. the field.. The cutworms also caused The field on which this experiment some trouble, necessitating consider- wa& conducted was situated on the out- able resetting. Transplanting and re- skirts of Marion and contained two setting were continued until May 9, on types of soil— the Orangeburg clay and which date the entire 3 acres had bees the Orangeburg fine sandy loam. The set and a good stand obtained. The to- surface of the land was rolling ; in fact, bacco on the upper part of the field, ar a hillside. In the upper part the soil the Orangeburg fine sandy loam, made was loaniy, while on the steeper slopes a good growth, but that planted on the it contained more clay, owing to the Orangeburg clay started growing very partial washing away of the top soil, slowly. On May 16 there were experi- al though the land had been terraced to ehced some very heavy rains, and on prevent this washing. the clay land about 3,000 plants were About March 27, the soil was pre- lost by drowning. These were reset as pared by breaking it broadcast to a soon as the climatic conditions became depth of 6 inches. A deeper plowing favorable. From this time until Juna would have been better, but owing to 13 the weather conditions were favor-. j the compactness of the soil it was al- able. The tobacco on the loamy soil ' most impossible to prepare the land continued to make good growth, and on deeper. ^ After plowing, a wooden drt^A Jun^\€ it had- Ttwehed -the height 4 Leaf Tobacco Packing House, Millersville, Pa. Office & Salesrooms, m 112 W. Walnut St., LANCASTER, PA. rjycEERs and SCALERS IN Tobaccos 142 N. Market Street, LANCASTER, PA. 1 UNITED PHONBS. ,De FLORID A TOBACCO CO., Inc. ^ See us before buying Plorida. Write us for Cheap Binders. We always have a full line of CONNECTICUT and OHIO. De Florida Tobacco Go. CHAS. W. SALOMON. Twrnmrn. 128 Water Street and 81 Pine Street. NEW-^YORK VAREHOUSES:— Hadley, Mass.; PhnUpslnirs, Ohio. The York Tobacco Co. Packers and Jobbers in All Grades of LEAF TOBACCO Office and Warehouse, 15 East Clark Avenue York, Pa. Manufacturers of Cigar Scrap Tobacco TRUMAN D. SHERTZER Dealer in Leaf Tobaccos and Manufacturer of Scrap Filler for Cigar Manofactoriiig Warehouses: MAIN OFFICE: LANCASTER and f A W% RED LION, PA. Lancaster^ Fa» D. ALEXANDER, Packer of and Dealer in LEAF TOBACCX) JtUer 11 Siimafra, Florida Sumatra and Havana Lemon and Arch Sts. SI THE TOBACCO WORLD lijiMurACTURe* or all mimds or OSaiAOCCNT^^^T. NCW YORK^ Cigar Box Labels AND TRIMMINGS. Philadelphi ()flfi« »• 573 l^' '"■>' H. S SVRINGEK. Myr 1)1. »^ Chicago, 56 Fifth Avenue. E. E THATCHER, Mgr. San Francisco, 320 Sansome Street, L. S SCHOENFELD, Mgr. .^^♦♦4 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦-♦•• ♦♦♦♦'^ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ H. F. KOHUER Nashville, Pa. Maker of HIGH GBADE. HAND MADE Seed and Ha\ ana Cigars and Fine Nicii^el For Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Correapondence with Responsible Houses Invited ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ feet,>hileithat planted on thelclay clay soil, besides responding more rea4 t 1 seemed to be stunted and some of ily to fertilization ; but the test in thil About June 20, year, owing to shallow plowing of th clay soil and the unfavorable seasoi, was not considered definitive. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦■♦♦♦♦♦•■r ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ^ O.L SCHWENCHE LITHOGRAPHIC CO CLARENDON ROAD 4c E. 37 TH5T.br OOKLYN.N.V. ^'^V FINE CIGAR LABELS ->^ • ^>2 The Tobacco Sample Binder 1 He ACCUSED DARK TOBACCO GRO« ERS* ASSOCIATION OF KENTUCKY The Dark Tobacco Growers' As80ci» tion. the members of which have beci unofficially accused of complicity the formation of the mob which bur: two large tobacco stemmeries ai warehouses at Lexington, Ky., wi formed by the growers of tobacco ii| Kentucky in general meeting held ii Guthrie, Ky., September 24. 1904. The plan was to secure combined 0^ position to the trust and to work al the lines of the Maryland Toba* Growers' Association in keeping price of tobacco up to a reasonal price and protecting the independ buyers, who, it was claimed, had forced out of the market by the bacco trust and the French Regie ers. It is claimed that both organin- tions have increased the sales of ti>| bacco to independent buyers over 1< per cent, a year since their organi tion. They also increased the price tobacco in both d stricts. At the time of the organization the association the price of tobacco been reduced to suck a low standi that the farmer declared he did not ceive a return equal to the cost Wl labor in producing his crop, and the m- operation of the growers' was a mei-i sure for self-preservation. The United States crop reporter f«[ December, 1905, reported the price d\ Maryland tobacco to be $6.05 per IW pounds on the average, while the pi of Kentucky dark tobacco had been duced to $4 per 100 pounds. At tl price of the cheapest farm labor Maryland the labor cost of producti was eight cents per pound, and that iA not include the cost of fertilizers, ia* terest on investment or taxes. In the words of Franklin Weems d Washington, D. C, the secretary d the association, "Our growers tbtt faced either eviction from their tobae«i ♦ 4 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Manufacturers of High Grade Cigars Robesonia, Psl. Factory No. 701, First District of Pennsylvania. Correspoadetice with Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦<•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Bear Bros. Manufacturers of FINE CIGARS R.F.D.N0.8.YORK.PA. A specialty of Private Brands for ^■ Wholesale and Jobbing Trades. Correspondence solicited. Samples on apphcatioi^. Bear, GAe Cub. Esaie, ^nd Matthew Carey 6/ie H John McLaughlin. J- K. Kauffman. JOHN Mclaughlin ®. co. WhoieMie DMiera in All Kinds nf i Plug QJL Smoking Tobaccos ' AUo. AH Grades of Fine Cigars ^ Leaf Tobacco No. 307 North Queen Si. LANCASTER. PA. The only machine manu- factured for the purpose that is perfect in every detail. The only machine of the kind Sold Outright. $10 buys it, and it is your property. experiment was conducted lie some 7 ^arms or starvation thereon. ^:i»» «„o* «* Mo^;«« o^^-^oofk^r-okov^o I" the Kentucky district the pri« miles east of Marion, across the Cahaba has been increased from fojr to seva River. The Orangeburg fine sandy cents per pound. In both sections hot- loam field is situated in what is known headed growers and the Southern spirit as the second bottoms and the previous has led to the destruction of seveii , „j . „„„ ^i„„*„j ;„ ^^^ *^ii„„.„^ warehouses of the trust, the latest «•■ year had been planted in com followed ^^^^^^ ^eing only a repetition of wbil by cowpeaa. The Orangeburg clay has happened before. ^^ --—..^ We are also Dealers in kNipl ^^^ Samplers* Supplies: Wr^ Non-elastic Webs, Tapes, Copperized Sta- » ' Add,... pies, Sealing Wax, etc. CAe Sample Binder Co., West Milton, 0. field was situateu un tne top of a hill, of which there are many in this local- ity, and had for several years prior to 1904 been farmed by tenants, who used it for cotton. Consequently the field was pretty well depleted of vegetable matter and not in such good mechanical condition as the Orangeburg fine sandy loam field. These distinct types of the Orangeburg series were The stemmeries referred to in the n- port are unknown to the tobacco mM hereabouts, as the stemming industiT is confirmed to the South. The truit gathers the tobacco stems from all ov<( the country at points in the Soutk where the stems are steeped to extract the nicotine which, it is said, is madi into a sheep wash and is sold all ovff the world. The pulp remaining is reD* These by-products fl^ NVAINTEDll Distributors for the Celebrated •ODD POINTS. HAPPY PHIL aad JUAN BAZAPt CombiivaLtioiv' Fille r CIGARS Samplet and Prices Ckeerffully Purnithed. BUOOHINOER St CO. &Boken* PaToritc Braoib. RED LION, PA. HARRV A. SNYDER Littlestown, Pa. Manufacturer of Hidh Grade Seed and Havana Cigars ..d EL DODIE St. Louis World's Fair Prize Winners. Grace Cameron- Edward Hyde— Babersham - Club Brand Branch Salesroom. ENDICOTT BUILDING. St. Paul. Minn. W. R. DAUGHERTY & BRO. Manufacturers of Fine Domestic Cigars ') Dallastown, Pa. HIGHEST ouALrnr FINEST PACKAGES Wliolaaale and Jobbing Trada anip Covrcaoetdence wltb Acttva < BoBsea lavttadl R. E. JACOBY Wholesale Manufacturer of Strictly Uniform Quality of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Rothsville, Pa. Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited C. E. MATTINGLY &. CO. dered into soap selected to tobacco manufacture have assumed , ui * 1.U • £ enormous proportions in the past fef make possible a further comparison of y^^^s and the profits from what h«i their relative merits in the culture of tobacco. The results of the previous year's experiment were clearly in favor of the loamy soil, which stood the ex- tremes of the weather better than the been hitherto waste have been no smal factor in the financial development d the American Tobacco Company, wbiek really is behind all of the great combi' nations in the bus^iMs^ which bear va^ me lous nai INCREASE YOUR PROFIT! Columbia Straight Will Do It. We bought a large supply of Good Hav- ana and Domestic Tobacco at the right time. We are located where Good Workmen can be had at Fair Prices. These facts enable us to make our COLUMBIA STRAIGHT a Five Cent Cigar of Highest Quality, Best Work- nmnship, to be Sold at Good Profit Fred Schlaeger & Co., Columbia, Pa. Samples on application. Manufacturers of Hi^h Grade Union Made FOR THE Wholesale Trade Only Union Chief Supreme Union Mc Sherrystown, Pa, S4 THK TOBACCO WORtD THE TOBACCO WORLD 25 T.A.MYERS&co. A I YORK, PENN'A SAMUEL FREV Craley, Pa. Manufacturer of Cigars for the Wholesale Trade DLD JUDGE ) C^ MILD AND PLEASANT \ 7 f^- C^ THE CYCLONE j «'^* BROWN BUCK (Banded) j ^ >W* ^^* ALLEN GOODRICH, 3c. Samples to Responsible Houses They Smoke It and Come A^ain BLEND, QUALITY and WORKMANSHIP to Please the Most Critical Smokers Manufactured for Joobing Trade Only The Toedtman Cigar Go. Makers uf the Highest Grade of 3c. Cigars Exclusively MIAMISBURG. OHIO. The American Tobacco Co. 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 Drumtnond Natural Leaf Plug J. T. Plug Battle Ax Plug ^Always Uniform and Reliable They Please All Tastes I. tdl I jbd'jco .Vlarkets. CONNECTICUT VALLEY. Onj kinH of salts made n this vicin- ity is makinp: f^ome irouble to the minda of those who have sold. A.s ti. the buyers' t-itie «if the case I know net. 1 his way consists in paying a certain pri;e fur three grades of wrappers, binders, lops Hnd fillers. In one in- stance I hear that the law will be ap- pealed i<>, either to cause a surrender (if the contract by the farmer or to strenjrthen ihe claim of the buyer. No: a man who wishes to grade his crop wou'd better grade it himself and ! one sale to report : L. Daniel eleven acres to L. B. Hass & Son." North Hatfield. Mass. : "John Satois has sold his crop of five acres, assorted and packed, to a Hartford, Conn., party for 19 cents." Bradstreet. Mass. : "O. Belden & Sons have sold their crop of sixteen acres, assorted and packed, to Hartford parties for a reported price of 24 or 21 cents in the bundle. "—American Cultivator. } A.HUSSEY lEAFMffO THE BEST ORGANi; MOST COMPLETE LARGEST MAIL 01 LEAF TOBACq ESTABLISHMENT'] r AMERICA NEW YORK CfflCAGO ST. LOUIS ^^rr^. E. S. SECHRIS' Dallastown, Pa* Manufacturer of Fine and Common Established 189a inufacturer of Cigar Cspacttv. TwentY Thousand EDGERTON, WIS. The beginning of the new year finds the handling of the 1906 crop well unier way at the packing points and in most cases the warehouse people have the help well organized and busi- ness running smoothly. The opening of six more waerhouses in Edgerton during the week creates a demand for about 500 more hands, and as yet the places are not all filled. Close to one quarter of the crop has now been re- ceived, and there seems to be little fault to find with the condition of the leaf (barri ig some shed burn and pole rot) as it comes to the warehouses. Almost the entire crop is now stripped and ready for delivery and growers are everywhere urging^,their clams to be CajTMOfM. N«in 273: B«n. N*rlMl ; WILLIAM MEYER a06 to 216 Quarry St.. PhlUdeli Cor. BrMd. bet. 2d 413d. Rae«« ArckSli Steam Packing Box Hab CAIPENTEK WOEK SHELVES and FIXTLBES • Jobbtnd la all tta Bi JANES A. ALLEN Stencils, Metal Checks All Kinds of Robber Stamps, Eta 244 ARCH ST^ PHILADELPHM COLOR and CANCELLING STAMPS, LEAD SEALS & STENCILS QaakerCitjStencil&StampWli 834 Atdk SC PHILADELTHIA. Pik. 116-122 E. \^^^ ST. NEW YORK. BWANCH FACTORY S40 - 650 'A/ bO^"ST N t CATALOGUES OF OUR STOCK CIGAR LABELS, FLAPS. BAf^DS , ETC ETC., SENT GRATIS UPOf^ HEQ.UEST PREPAID J ^ ' WRITE US BEFORE PLACING ORDERS J " FOR PRIVATE L-ABEL^. BANDS. ETC., ' )^. YORK, ^^g^SSSSSSaaaegitfaat ^"mu^r.r-rrsem'i New Orleans. San Francisco. Cigar Labels mMM^^.\ m t♦♦♦ ♦ INLAJSID CITY CIGAR BOX CO. Manufacturers of Cigar Boxes:^Sliipping Cases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Edgings, etc. fie— 728 N. Christian St, L.ANCASTER. PA. flBEN BUSER MANUFAQTORBR OP CigarBoxes and Cases DBALBK. m Lumber, Labels, Edging, Etc., R. F. D. N0.3, YORK, PA. S6 IMPORTERS Oi HIRD ST HiLAOmWHIA JOHN SLATER & CO Manufacturers of Handmade UONO FILLER STOGIES Corner Columbia and Marietta Avenues LANCASTER, PA. No. 21 North Main Street, Washington, Pa. Imperial Cigar Co. Home of (he 'Two Frieods* Abaolutcly the highest drada 2 for 5 C^imr la the United States. Haanf actnred on honor and sold on ttm aert ts. Wa defy competition, and court op- position. Samples cheerfully sent free to any paH of the United States. Sold to Jobbers only. Our Oiotto. The best Is not too dood Imperial Cigar Co. Hanover, Pa. SOMETHING NEW AND GOOD WAGNER'S CUBAN STOGIES Manufactured Only by LEONARD WAGNER r.c,o,y No. 2 707 Ohio St , ALlEfiHENY, PA 'lex I. oti I he iisi, and the coming few «vef kd promise to be the busiest of the year. We hear of no recent sales of the lew leaf and have yet to learn of any rffTort being: made to take over the few 'Cutlet ingr crops that remain. Packers A'ho have seen considerable of their purchases going over the sorting tables are frank to confess that they do not maufacturers and retail cigars, di aged by fire. Washington. Spokane— A. G. Benson, cigars, de $150.- A. J. French, cigars, etc., to A. Kuder. Samuel B. Rose, gars, confectionery, etc., chattel mo gage, $113. C. E. Skelton, cigi sold out. Tacoma.— R. Lyman, cigars. conf« care to increase their holdings at the tionery, .etc., sold W. Foyler. PrL prei^ent quotations. Nothing doing in uld leaf save the usual small trade. Shipments, 700 cases —Reporter. «•<%>%«)%%« Business Changes, Fires, Etc. Cigar Co.. cigars, tobacco, etc.. G. Schroeder. sold interest to H. M. Prii Wisconsin. Milwaukee.— Hansen Schmitt CoJ tobacco manufacturers, damaged Are; insured. GEO. STEUERNAGLE THE CELEBRATED 7»Ac i-£B.ile. %fACTV»^ Xe«glSt3TCd. HAND-MADE ^^X STOGIES. ^^ Manufacturer of Pittsburg Stories Goods sold direct to Jobbers and Dealers S143 Penn Ave., Rittsburg, Pa, OLDEST MANUFACTURERS OF r I ^ SSENCE 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 18S5 FRIES & BRO: 92 Reade street, NEW YORK District of Columbia. Washington.— John J. Reed, cigars, lobacco and news, dead. — —Lee L. Coombs cigars and tobacco, chattel mortgage. $300 Illinois. Chicago. —Victor Cohn. cigars, etc., petition in bankruptcy. Harry Kin- nan, 113 Dearborn stre«t, cigars, chattel mortgage, $2,000. Clinton. F. L. Barrum. cigars, closed by referee in bankruptcy. Iowa. Des Moines. — Rex Cigar Co., (not inc). incorporated. Massachusetts. Boston,- Alvah A. Gilbert, tobacco and cigars, dead. James McCarthy, cigars, etc., chattel mortgage, $1,000 Michigan. Bay City.— Mitts Bros., cigars and news, burned out; partial insurance. Fenton. -Mitchell & Lamb, cigar manufacturers, succeeded by George A. Mitchell. Missouri Kansas City. — J. Cohn, cigars and tobacco, bill of sale, $1,150, to C. Lun- ger & Co. St. Louis.— Flanigan & Riordan, ci- gars, dissolution and bill of sale. New York. Buffalo. —Charles Boyet. cigar man- ufacturer, judgment, $196. Conrad Staffel, cigar mfr., judgment, $181. Fairport.— William A. Robinson, cigars and confectionery, petition in bankuptcy. Oregon. Portland.— Thompson & Richetot. ci- gars and tobacco, chattel mtge, $600. Pennsylvania. Cofrry.— George E. l|^rigon, tobacco and confectioiiary, damaged by, fire. T^xas. Dallas.— D. Young, cigars, etc., chattel mortgage, $1,000. Vermont. Ballows Falls.— Exner 9t Holmes, %mf*^M09)%0% Recent Incorporations, Etc — McMerney & Doran Co.. of Soiti Bend, Ind.. has been incorporated! engage in the wholesale and retail bacco business with a capital of $40,(1 by Robert B. McMerney, Edward Doran and Glenn H. Warner. —The Schmitt Bros.. Tobacco Wor Co.. of Milwaukee, has increased it capital from $20,000 to $50,000; M. FJ Schmitt, president and E. W. Waltai^| secretary. —The Rex Cigar Co.. of Des Moinw,! la., has been incorporated with a capi-[ tal of $5,000 by G. F. Strotz, presidestl and secretary and A. H. Seebergerf vice-president. — The Kirkham Cigar Co., of And* son, ind . has been incorporated witkil capital of $10,000, by Richard T. Kiitf ham, Wilson Black and Bertha Kirkhaal PATENTS HE« ^TTNC to TOB\GCO EH h •s ' I 8.39.720 Tobacco container ; Wm. I Browning, New York. 839.737 Cigar vending machin*^ Charles M. Dodson, Des Moines, lowt 839.760 Matchbox; Christian Hi ing and A. Fuller, Newark, N. J. 839.766 Match holder; Maxamilii K. Jaeger, New York. N. Y. 839.597 Combination match receptf acle and gas key ; Martin Joyce. Eli beth. N. J. 839,306 Electric cigar lighter ; Dafil Misell. New York, N. Y. 839,207 Tobacco pipe ; Wa. M. Rok> ertson, Benton. Mo. 840.187 Cigarette packing machiioi Augustus Abbott, New York City. 840,416 Tobacco cutting machine; Lazaridas Aptekman, London Englani •40,004 Machine for applying mouA pieces to cigarettes ; Frank X. Maloo- say. New York City. .840,284 Tobacco stemming and book* ing machine;' Bradfi^rd McOreg«^i Covington, Ky. 840,385 Holder for cigars and cig•^ ettes; Franz J. Sey fried, Cologne. Germany. 840,183 Cigar pressing box; Robert Woerner, A^anoheim, Ger^nj. O THB TOBA^COO WORLD ^' BEVNICH BALING PRESS H* J* FleiscKKauer Cigar Labels 238 Arch Street, Philadelphia. TELEPHONE 1661 P«tMrt«4 Mwoh 9. 1897 For All Kinds of Products Requiring Baling TOBACXO STEMS, PAPER. COTTON, Etc Specially Constructed ••PRESSES.. For Leaf Tobaeeo Paekier^ Warranted to do more and better work in a given time, with less labor, than any Press on the market Unsurpassed for power, strength, simplicity and durability, as well as ease and quickness in o^ration Various sises manufactured. Write for prices and full particulars. They are indispensable in leaf packing and tobacco warehouses. Hundreds in use. MINNICH MACHINE WORKS Landisviile, Lancaster Co., Pa. — Bstablished 1834— WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Mercliants 27 South Second Street PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Mvery Thursday Cigars, Tobacco, Smokers' Articles special Sales of Leaf Tobacco Consignments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Day of Sale JACOB a^SHIRK Lancaster, Pa. JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS of American Tobacco Co. American Cigar Co. American Stogie Co. ' Lnhrman & Wilbum Tobacco Co. Blackwell Durham Tobacco Co. Spalding & Merrick Tobacco Co. IT WIf f PAY Vflll *** ^^^ ^^ PWCES before ordering ^oods elsewhere. sss ■ BS.- Brilliant as Diamonds Fragrant as Roses^ Good as Government Bondsr Are the CluAKo Regislered^^BraSde Brilliant Star" Clear Havana . . 10c» S. B " Half Havana Sc* "S. B." Little Havanas Sc* "Honest Bee" 3c^ 2— I— No" Mildest Cigar Made 2 fof 5c^ Special Brands Made to Order Stauffer Bros. Nfg. Co., New Holland, Pa. 4t ti ({ Send Your Cigar Buyer Here We WiJl Save You Money Patents Caveats, Trade Marks, Design-Patents, Copyrights, etc, *'X/cC'"' John A. Saul U Droit Building. WASHINGTON, D. C. For Sale by All Dealers V 1 R O I IN I A P E R 1 Q u >i I MIXTURE THE AMERICAN TOBACCO CO^ NEW YOII 2H IMPORTERS Oi UlRDST ^HlLJkOBL^HtA JOHN SLATER & CO Manufacturers of Handmade LSTOGIES LOINQ FILLER Corner Columbia and Marietta Avenues LANCASTER, PA. No. 21 North Main Street, Washington, Pa. Imperial Cigar Co. Borne of the 'Two Friends* Absolutely the hidbesl tfrade 2 for 5 Cltfar In the Lotted States. Manufactured on honor and sold on Ita merits. We defy competition, and court op« position. Samplos cheerfully seat free to any J art of the United States. Sold to obbers only. Our motto. The best is not too iood Imperial Cigar Co. Hanover, Pa. SOMETHING NEW AND GOOD WAGNER'S CUBAN STOGIES Manufactured Only by LEONARD WAGNER Factory No. . 707 Ohio St , ALLEGHENY, PA i THE CELEBRATED ~TiAc l>.XaTic. GEO. STEUERNAGLE I Manufacturer of Pittsburg Stories , A^. HAND-MADE i^X Goods sold direct to I \^/ STOGIES. ^^ J Jobbers and Dealers , 3143 Penn Ave.,' Rittsburg, Pe, OLDEST MANUFACTURERS OF PEACH jind PRUNE juuDIiuIju 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 c& BRO. 92 Reade Street, NE W YORK nexi (in ihe list, and the coming few >vet'ks promise to be the busiest of the yt-ar. We hear of no recent sales of the lew leaf and have yet to learn of any effort being made to take over the few •caller ing crops that remain. Packers Aho have seen considerable of their purchases going over the sorting tables are frank to confess that they do not care to in -rease their holdings at the present quotations. Nothing doing in uld leaf save the usual small trade. Shipments, 700 cases— Reporter. Business Ch&n^es, Fires. Etc. District of Columbia. Washington.— John J. Reed, cigars, tobacco and news. dead. Lee L. Coombs cigars and tobacco, chattel mortgage, $300 Illinois. Chicago. -Victor Cohn, cigars, etc., petition in bankruptcy. Harry Kin- nan, 118 Dearborn street, cigars, chattel mortgage, $2,000. Clinton. F. L. Barrum, cigars, closed by referee in bankruptcy. Iowa. Des Moines. -Rex Cigar Co., (not inc). incorporated. Massachusetts. Boston. Alvah A. Gilbert, tobacco and cigars, dead. James McCarthy, cigars, etc., chattel mortgage, $1,000 Michigan. Bay City. Mitts Bros., cig:ars and news, burned out; partial insurance. Fenton. Mitchell & Lamb, cigar manufacturers, succeeded by George A. Mitchell. Missouri Kansas City. — J. Cohn, cigars and tobacco, bill of sale, $1,150, to C. Lun- ger & Co. St. Louis.— Flanigan & Riordan, ci- gars, dissolution and bill of sale. New York. Buffalo.— Charles Boyet, cigar man- ufacturer, judgment, $196. Conrad Staffel, cigar mfr., judgment, $181. Fairport.- William A. Robinson, cigars and confectionery, petition in bankuptcy. Oregon. Portland. -Thompson & Richetot. ci- gars and tobacco, chattel mtge, $600. Pennsylvania. Cofrry. — George E. Frigon, tobacco and confectionery, damaged by. fire. Texas. Dallas. -D. Young, cigars, etc, chattel mortgage, $1,000. Vermont. Ballofri Falls.— Exner <& Holmes. maufacturers and retail cigars, di aged by fire. Washington. Spokane— A. G. Benson, cigars, de $150. A. J. French, cigars, etc., to A. Kuder. Samuel B. Rose, gars, confectionery, etc., chattel morl gage, $113. C. E. Skelton, cigi sold out. Tacoma.— R. Lyman, cigars, confe tionery, etc., sold W. Foyler. Prii Cigar Co., cigars, tobacco, etc., G. Schroeder, sold interest to H. M. Prii Wisconsin. Milwaukee.— Hansen Schmitt Go,,, tobacco manufacturers, damaged bj| fire ; insured. %'%'»«%'%»%»'% Recent Incorporations, Etc — McMerney & Doran Co., of So«1 Bend, Ind., has been incorporated engage in the wholesale and retail bacco business with a capital of $40, by Robert B. McMerney, Edward E| Doran and Glenn H. Warner. - The Schmitt Bros., Tobacco Woria| Co., of Milwaukee, has increased i capital from $20,000 to $50,000; M. F. Schmih, president and E. W. Walter, secretary. —The Rex Cigar Co.. of Des Moines, la., has been incorporated with a capi- tal of $5,000 by G. F. Strotz, president] and secretary and A. H. Seeberger vice president. - The Kirkham Cigar Co., of Ander- son, Ind . has been incorporated withi capital of $l(».00O, by Richard T. Kirk- ham, Wilson Black and Bertha Kirkhaa. PATFN7S HEI ^TTN^, toTOH\CCO EH 839.720 Tobacco container; Wm. E Browning, New York. 839.737 Cigar vending machine; Charles M. Dodson, Des Moines, lovra. 839,760 Matchbox; Christian Hier- ing and A. Fuller, Newark, N. J. 839,766 Match holder; Maxamilid K. Jaeger, New York, N. Y. 839,597 Combination match recept- acle and gas key ; Martin Joyce, EliM- beth, N. J. 839.306 Electric cigar lighter; Dari^ Misell, New York. N. Y. 839,207 Tobacco pipe; Wm. M. Rob- ertson, Benton, Mo. 840,187 Cigarette packing machiae; Augustus Abbott, New York City. 840,416 Tobacco cutting machine; Lazaridas Aptekman, London Englani 140,004 Machine for applying mouti pieces to cigarettes ; Frank X. Maloc- say. New York City. 840,2:34 Tobacco stemming and book- ing machine; Bradford McGregtl'i Covington, Ky. 840,385 Holder for cigars and cigar* ettes; Franz J. Seyfried, Cologne, Germany. 840.183 Cigar pressing box; Robert Woerner, A^annheim, Ger^iianj. THB TOBATCCO world ^' MINNIGH BALING PRESS ♦ ♦ ♦ 1 "♦> ♦ METAL CNBOSSLD LABELS METAL 'WNTED LABELS ♦< ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^ ♦ ♦ i I H* J. f leiscKKauer m Cigar Labels I 238 Arch Street, Philadelphia. X TELEPHONE 1661 i -^ UTHOGILAPHINC SPECIAL DESIONS . ♦ ^ -f ^ ^ r«lMt«d March 9. Ift97 For All Kinds of Products Requiring Baling TOBACCO STEMS, PAPER, COTTON, Etc Specially Constructed ••PRESSES.. Por Leaf Tobaeco Packers Warranted to do more and beiter work in a given time, with less labor, than any Press on the market Unsurpassed for power, strength, simplicity and durability, as well as ease and quickness in operation Various siies manufactured. Write for prices and full particulars. They are indispensable in leaf packing and tobacco warehouses. Hundreds in use. MINNICH MACHINE WORKS Landisville, Lancaster Co., Pa. —Established 1834— WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 27 South Second Street PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday Cigars, Tobacco, Smokers^ Articles special Sales of Leaf Tobacco Consignments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Day of Sale JACOB a^SHIRK Lancaster, Pa. JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS of h American Tobacco Co. erican Cigar Co. American Stogie Co. tuhrman & Wilbum Tobacco Co. Blackwell Durham Tobacco Co. Spalding & Merrick Tobacco Co. i-J- Will PAY Vflll *** ^^"^ **^ PRICES befor. ordering ^oods elsewhere. •St I '^* Brilliant as Diamonds Fragrant as Roses^ Good as Government Bonds Are the ClClAKo Registered Brands "Brilliant Star" Clear Havana . . 10c* *'S. B " Half Havana 5c^ '*S. B." Little Havanas Sc^ "Honest Bee" 3c^ "2--I— No" Mildest Cigar Made 2 fof 5c* Special Brands Made to Order Stauf f er Bros. Mfg. Co., New Holland, Pa. Send Your Cigar Buyer Here We Will Save You Money III Patents Caveats, Trade Marks, Design-Patents, Copyrights, etc. ''"ZTcutr" John A.Saul H, Droit Building. WASHINGTON, D. C. For Sale by All Dealers V I R O 1 IV I A p 1 E R 1 f Q U B ^^t^ZSk m\\ MIXTURE THE AMERICAN TOBACCO CO., NEW YORIC INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE I .V E. A. G^'-^^^ c& O®. <^H6}^^ '^^ IMPORTERa OF^^ N. THIRD &r. PmLAOmL^MIM GEO. W. PARR, Littlestown, Pa. MANUFACTLRER OF HIGH-GRADE CIGARS = §ib^ ^. 'i3. La Imperial Ci^ar Factory J. F. SECHRIST, Proprietor Manufacturer of FINE CIGARS Holtz, Penna. "*>-. ■w. :yj r^'v^N. "The Quality Cigar ICs Full of Havana. That's Enough tor S Gents. CoiT«spondence Invited. Samples on Application. i="5c 10c===UINCUE J Pretty Bessie York Nick. . . . Best Known. . Two Cracker Jacks (2 for 5 cents) Oak Mountain Bouquet — Boston Beauties Puro — Porto Rico Crooks Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only invited. Capacity, 25,000 per day. Telegraph— York, Pa. WARREN BECK & BRO. ^"DS:'o"'??ra..n...r Cigor Manufacturcrs York, Pa. Admiral Gherardl Gen. Warren La Respokder Marcaoa La Cantldad Michael Hose A. F. BriUhast Manufac> turers of & LEAF TOBACCO. Mai PEm >MWV%V.4 v»^ %»»%%%%% %»»»»»»»%»»%»»»%%%%%%%»%%%%»%»^<^^W^I^%<^^^^^^%^^^^^^^^<^^^^^^^*^**^*^*^ A. D. KILLHEFFER, MILLERSVILLE, PA. I Hakei of Hi^h Grade Cigars. ^^^^ No Salesmen. Communicate with Factory, E. ROSENWALB & BR0. TPMIE Established in 1881. Vol. XXVII., No. 3. PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK, JAN. 16, 1907. 1 One Dollar per Annazn. Payable in Advance. -"> ^^PORTEHS a PACKERS ^J • OENTRAU UNION* No. 310 Race Street Philadelphia No other brand of Tobacco has grown so quickly in public favor. Reasons: Quality, Price, Union Label, Friendly Dealers* Aid, and Tobacco Trust's Hostility. CENTRAL UNION riJT PLU Doited States Tobacco Co., Richmofl(l,ya. ^ n ▼ :i SUMATRA TOBACCO The Kind that Wraps Economically H. DUYS & CO. No. 170 Water Street, New York Ibe Leading Bxclusive Sumatra House Amsterdam Honse: — De Amsterdamsche Tabakshandelmaatschappij. ir Growers and Packers of FLORIDA TOBACCOS Write for Samples schro:bdmr & arguimbav 178 Water Street, New York Ml 111 i^Hti j ^jiil f MUTILATED PAGE THE TOBACCO W O K I. D '^UHTCjj X •» El Draco Cigar Mfg. Co. Philada. .y^&^ (LORD LANCASTER. 10c.) |1 Manufacturers 615 Market St., Philada. (NICKELBY, 5c.) CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight 3-cent Ci^ar Made by Morris D.NeufflannS Co. PHILADELPHIA, PA. >Suinat r Greene E. T. Coltfaa SUMNER GREENE & CO. Manufacturers of are etie } s Seal cy^ ars 2330 MARKET ST., PHILADELPHIA Factory 1839. First District Pcnna. MSNggCI GAIi Manufacturers ^''^^^^^^^^^^ 114 ^^^^Philadelphia W. R. Gresh & Sons, Makers, Norristown, Pa. 4 YOU CAIN BUY WEAVER'S ORIGINAL HAVANA SHORTS ALL JOBBING HOUSES f armenter Wax-Lined Coupon Ci^ar Pocketo ■ IMPORTERS OF^^ ~ 123 N. THIRD ST HILJkDEl^HIA 8 •t-TriE T©B7ieeO WORLB-* A T. CO. CONSOLIDATION LEGAL L HENRY BEYNANN'S SONS Sinking Spring, Pa. Afford PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indoned by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE Advertising Medium known. Vice Chancellor Says \o Dissolve Would Work Hardship Vice-Chancellor Pitney, of Newark, ls[. J., has handed down a decision favorable to the consolidated American Tobacco Co., in the suit brought by one of the stock holders to have the trust dissolved. The decree is based to a considerable extent upon the point that if the specific performance of the complain- ant's contract should be compelled and the trust dissolved incalculable injury would thereby be done to scores of in- nocent stockholders, and the "well nigh impossible task be presented of revivifying the old companies whose existence was ended by the merger agreement." Such being the case, the question arises, says the Vice-Chancellor whether, admitting to the fullest ex- tent the complainant's legal right, the Court ought to grant him the relief he asks, since it has often been held that the Court will not in all cases grant specific perf ordnance, such a decree be- ing in a sense a matter of the Court's discretion. The suit was one brought by George A. Beling, who held 100 shares of 8 per cent, preferred stock in the old Ameri- can Tobacco Company before its merger into the present trust with the Conti- nental Tobacco Company and the Con- solidated Tobacco Company, in Septem- ber, 1904. In this merger agreement holders of all preferred stock in the old American Tobacco Company and the other companies were forced to take fur their holdings the 6 per cent, bonds of the new company. It was Beling's contention that the company had no right to substitute these bonds for the old stock without the consent of the owners. MORE DYNAMITE IN KENTUCKY Hopkinsville, Ky.. Jan. 14. An attempt was made last week to destroy the tobacco warehouse and fac- tory of R. T. Lamb, at Princeton. A charge of dynamite was placed in the warehouse and touched otf, but for- tunately for the owner of the plant the explosive had gotten damp and did little damage. Lamb is a prominent independent planter, and it is said a demand had been recentlylbeen made on him to com- pel tenants to join the Dark District Planters' Protective Association. He refu.sed to comply. The wholesale and tobacco firms of 0- C. Taylor & Co., Burlington, Vt.. has been dissolved by the withdrawal C. L. Soule, who has sold his hold- •nps in the firm of J. S. Flint. The busmess will be continued under the same firm name at the same location by Mr. Taylor and Mr. Flint. CIGAR. LEAF IN HAWAII Trust Ca be Grown at a. Cost of Two or Two and a. Half Cents Per Pound Washington. D. C, Jan. 12. The Experiment Station in Hawaii has been devoting attention for several years past to co operative experiments in tobacco growing with the view of determining the feasibility of cultivat- ing the finer grades of cigar tobacco in Hawaii. Extensive demonstrations show conclusively that artifical shade is unnecessary and thai most varieties produce a better quality of leaf when grown in the open. During the past year natural grown wrapper tobacco of fine texture and body, and filler leif of mild flavor and good burning (luality were produced in considerable quantities. The only point of superiority in the Sumatra and Cuban grown varieties, compared with the Hawaii growth of similar varieties, is in the color, the latter producing a shade that is darker than the market demands. Some of the crop is valued at from $2 to $4.50 per pound, the yield being at the rate of about 1,000 per acre. It is estimated that if a grower pro- duced on tobacco his own land, under his own labor, the green leaf can be produced at a cost of two to two and a half cents per pound. The advantages of the Hawaii climate for tobacco cul- ture are so apparent that the work is to be continued with the hope of dupli- cating even the finest grades. MORE SPACE TAKEN AT TOBACCO EXPOSITION. U. S, TOBACCO GO'S EXHIBIT AT LAST EXPOSITION. The opening of 1907 finds the To- bacco Exposition well under way, and with a large amount :*f space lon- trai'ted for. One of the first names to be entered on the Exposition books in 1907 was that of the United States To- bacco Co., of Richmond, Va. This is one of the prominent indepen- dent houses, deeply interested in the independent movement. That they be lieve in an Exposition for the indepen- dent manufacturers is evidenced by the fact that they have coiitracted for twice as much space at the Exposition of 1907 as they utilized in 1906. This firm has decided to have its en- tire force of salesmen in attendance throughout the two weeks of the Ex- l)Osition, to welcome their legion of friends in the trade who will be present from evpry part of the country. An attraction will be their Mr. Stubbs, who, Providence permitting, will be in attendance to make his bow and smoke with his many admirers. Another firm which has closed con- tracts for space is that of Kaufman Bros. & Bondy, pipe manufacturers of New York, who have taken more than three times as much space as utilized by them in 190(), and have decided upon a magnificent exhibit. Their booth will be one of the attractive ones of the Exposition and the goods exhibited will be comprehensive of the large and varied line of pipes made by this house. LICORICE COMPANIES GUILTY. U S Com' Circuit Court Says Illegal bination Was Formed. New York, Jan. 12. The United States Circuit Court has found guilty of forming an illegal com- bination and being a monopoly the MacAndrews and Forbes Co., and the J. S. Young Co., who with Karl Jung- bluth and Howard E. Young were charged by the Government with having conspired and combined to monopolize the licorice paste business in the United States. The individual defendants were acquitted on all counts, and the corpor- ations on a charge of conspiracy. The attorney for the defense moved for an arrest of judgment and asked for a stay. The jury returned its verdict after four hours of deliberation. Judge Hough pointed out that a gen- eral verdict of not guilty would mean that all the defendants were acquitted of all the acts alleged in the indict- ment, while a single verdict of guilty would conversely make each defendant guilty upon each count. He warned the j jry also that the case was one of the greatest importance, involving the question of inter- State commerce and explained at length the Sherman act and what might constitute a violation of it. Judge Hough then reviewed the evi- dence in detail, laying a special stress upon the secrecy with which it was al- leged a combination had been formed. He also reviewed the closing argu- ments of both the prosecution and the defense. The trial has already extended over three weeks. Much of the evidence in- troduced has been of a documentary nature, the Government presenting more than 27.') exhibits, consisting of private letters which has passed be- tween the various defendants in rela- tion to the licorice paste industry. In summing up Mr. Taft, represent- ing the Government as Special At- torney General, called attention to this decision of the Supreme Court in an- swer to Mr. Nicoll's charge that the seizure of the private records, corres- pondence, and papers, of a corporation, was an outrage. "It is at least an outrage permitted by the highest court in the land for the good of the community," he declared. Again, in reply to Mr. Nicoll, who charged that, while the Government was the nominal prosecutor, the trial had had its real inception among the independent tobacco men of the coun- try, who hoped to learn the secrets of the Continental Tobacco Company, Mr. Taft denied flatly that independent manufacturers had instituted the prose- cution. De Lancey Nicoll for the defense de- clared that all men have the right to protect their business interests and the defendants, he said had done no more than that. $17,000 will buy outright the plant, stock, (ixtures, good-will, etc., of one of the best and most complete Cigar Factories in the heart of Philadelphia, doing a large business. Present working organization willing to run the busi- Racine Paper Goods Co., Racine, Wis., O.S.ij ^^^^ under new control. Have on hand over Ten Thousand Dollars worth of Cigars and Tobacco. ■ Address H. P. H., care of The Tobacco World, 224 Arch Street, Philadelphia. Sol«> Owner* and Manufactur*rs. *■ II \ MUTILATED PAGE w THB TOBACCO WORI.D ^UNT^jjj El Draco Cigar Mfg Philada. ( LORD LANCASTER. 10c ) Manufacturers 615 IVlarkct St., PhHada. (NICKELBY. 5c.) CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight 3-cent Gi^ar Made by Morris D.Nettmanfl,& Co. PHILADELPHIA, PA. Samaa r Grevne E. T. Coltfaa SUMNER GREENE & CO. Manafactnrers of /"^ j'^ I Seai > ne's Cigars 2330 MARKET ST.. PHILADELPHIA Qree Factory 1839, Firat District Penna, rtJJflSroCi GAli I^UMPERT BROS. Manufacturers SUPERIOR Quality and Workmanship 114 Philadelphia "^^rBpiMSBOSuMWiTEE^j W. K. Gresh & Sons, Makers, Norristown, Pa. Factory No. 968, First District Penna. 17 If You Want to be la HAVANA ^ Smoke CN K HENRY HEYMANN'S SONS Sinking Spring, Pa. VOU CAN BUY WEAVER'S ORIGINAL HAVANA SHORTS ALL JOBBING HOUSES f armenter Wax-Lined Coupon Ci^ar Pockel Affoid PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indonwd by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE Advertising Medium known. Racine Paper Goods Co., Racine, Wis., D.S.i^ SoIm Owner* and Maaufactarera. E. A. G^^'^^^ <& Go /-/ M IMPORTERS OF^'^ AVANA 123 N. THIRD 8T MILJkOmL^HIA 8 »TriE T©B/ieeO WORLB-i- A T. CO. CONSOLIDATION LEGAL Vice Chancellor Says to Dissolve Trust Would Work Hardship Vice-Chancellor Pitney, of Newark, N. J., has handed down a decision favorable to the consolidated American Tobacco Co., in the suit brought by one of the stock holders to have the trust dissolved. The decree is based to a considerable extent upon the point that if the flpecific performance of the complain- ant's contract should be compelled and the trust dissolved incalculable injury would thereby be done to scores of in- nocent stockholders, and the "well nigh impossible task be presented of revivifying the old companies whose existence was ended by the merger agreement." Such being the case, the question arises, says the Vice-Chancellor whether, admitting to the fullest ex- tent the complainant's legal right, the Court ought to grant him the relief he asks, since it has often been held that the Court will not in all cases grant specific perforpnance, such a decree be- ing in a sense a matter of the Court's discretion. The suit was one brought by George A. Beling, who held 100 shares of 8 per cent, preferred stock in the old Ameri- can Tobacco Company before its merger into the present trust with the Conti- nental Tobacco Company and the Con- solidated Tobacco Company, in Septem- ber, 1904. In this merger agreement holders ot all preferred stock in the old American Tobacco Company and the other companies were forced to take for their holdings the 6 per cent, bonds of the new company. It was Beling 's contention that the company had no right to substitute these bonds for the old stock without the consent of the owners. MORE DYNAMITE IN KENTUCKY. Hopkinsville, Ky., Jan. 14. An attempt was made last week to destroy the tobacco warehouse and fac- tory of R. T. Lamb, at Princeton. A charge of dynamite was placed in the warehouse and touched off, but for- I tunately for the owner of the plant the explosive had gotten damp and did I little damage. Lamb is a prominent independent planter, and it is said a demand had been recentlylbeen made on him to com- pel tenants to join the Dark District Planters' Protective Association. He [refused to comply. -The wholesale and tobacco firms of |0. C. Taylor & Co., Burlington, Vt.. Ihas been dissolved by the withdrawal jof C. L. Soule, who has sold his hold- I'ngs in the firm of J. S. Flint. The jbusmesa will be continued under the |J*"|® ^"""1 name at the same location by Mr. Taylor and Mr. Flint. CIGAR. LEAF IN HAWAII Can be Grown at & Cost of Two or Two and a. Half Cents Per Pound Washington. D. C, Jan. 12. The Experiment Station in Hawaii has been devoting attention for several years past to co operative experiments in tobacco growing with the view of determining the feasibility of cultivat- ing the finer grades of cigar tobacco in Hawaii. Extensive demonstrations show conclusively that artifical shade is unnecessary and thai most varieties produce a better quality of leaf when grown in the open. During the past year natural grown wrapper tobacco of fine texture and body, and filler leif of mild flavor and good burning quality were produced in considerable quantities. The only point of superiority in the Sumatra and Cuban grown varieties, compared with the Hawaii growth of similar varieties, is in the color, the latter producing a shade that is darker than the market demands. Some of the crop is valued at from $2 to $4.50 per pound, the yield being at the rate of about 1,000 per acre. It is estimated that if a grower pro- duced on tobacco his own land, under his own labor, the green leaf can be produced at a cost of two to two and a half cents per pound. The advantages of the Hawaii climate for tobacco cul- ture are so apparent that the work is to be continued with the hope of dupli- cating even the finest grades. MORE SPACE TAKEN AT TOBACCO EXPOSITION. U. S. TOBACCO CO.S EXHIBIT AT LAST EXPOSITION. The opening of 1907 finds the To- bacco Exposition well under way, and with a large amount :>f space con- tracted for. One of the first names to be entered on the Exposition books in 1907 was that of the United States To- bacco Co., of Richmond, Va. This is one of the prominent indepen- dent houses, deeply interested in the independent movement. That they be lieve in an Exposition for the indepen- dent manufacturers is evidenced by the fact that they have contracted for twice as much space at the Exposition of 1907 as they utilized in 1906. . This firm has decided to have its en- tire force of salesmen in attendance throughout the two weok.s of the Ex- position, to welcome their legion of friends in the trade who will be present from every part of the country. An attraction will be their Mr. Stubbs, who. Providence permitting, will be in attendance to make his bow and smoke with his many admirers. Another firm which has closed con- tracts for space is that of Kaufman Bros. & Bondy, pipe manufacturers of New York, who have taken more than three times as much space as utilized by them in 1906, and have decided upon a magnificent exhibit. Their booth will be one of the attractive ones of the Exposition and the goods exhibited will be comprehensive of the large and varied line of pipes made by this house. LICORICE COMPANIES GUILTY. U S Circuit Court Says Illegal Com' binalion Was Formed. New York, Jan. 12. The United States Circuit Court has found guilty of forming an illegal com- bination and being a monopoly the Mac Andrews and Forbes Co., and the J. S. Young Co., who with Karl Jung- bluth and Howard E. Young were charged by the Government with having conspired and combined to monopolize the licorice paste business in the United States. The individual defendants were acquitted on all counts, and the corpor- ations on a charge of conspiracy. The attorney for the defense moved for an arrest of judgment and asked for a stay. The jury returned its verdict after four hours of deliberation. Judge Hough pointed out that a gen- eral verdict of not guilty would mean that all the defendants were acquitted of all the acts alleged in the indict- ment, while a single verdict of guilty would conversely make each defendant guilty upon each count. He , warned the j jry also that the case was one of the greatest importance, involving the question of inter- State commerce and explained at length the Sherman act and what might constitute a violation of it. Judge Hough then reviewed the evi- dence in detail, laying a special stress upon the secrecy with which it was al- leged a combination had been formed. He also reviewed the closing argu- ments of both the prosecution and the defense. The trial has already extended over three weeks. Much of the evidence in- troduced has been of a documentary nature, the Government presenting more than 275 exhibits, consisting of private letters which has passed be- tween the various defendants in rela- tion to the licorice paste industry. In summing up Mr. Taft, represent- ing the Government as Special At- torney General, called attention to this decision of the Supreme Court in an- swer to Mr. Nicoll'a charge that the seizure of the private records, corres- pondence, and papers, of a corporation, was an outrage. "It is at least an outrage permitted by the highest court in the land for the good of the community," he declared. Again, in reply to Mr. NicoU, who charged that, while the Government was the nominal prosecutor, the trial had had its real inception among the independent tobacco men of the coun- try, who hoped to learn the secrets of the Continental Tobacco Company, Mr. Taft denied flatly that independent manufacturers had instituted the prose- cution. De Lancey Nicoll for the defense de- clared that all men have the right to protect their business interests and the defendants, he said had done no more than that. Vr^ ^9 ^^k ^^k ^^^ will buy outright the plant, stock, fixtures, good-will, etc., of one of the %|P I ^ B^^r ^^r ^^9 ^^^^ ^"^ most" complete Cigar Factories in the heart of Philadelphia, doing * a large business. Present working organization willing to run the busi- ness under new control. Have on hand over Ten Thousand Dollars worth of Cigars and Tobacco. Address H. P. H., care of The Tobacco World, 224 Arch Street, Philadelphia. MUTILATED PAGE INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE cr A qAlves c& Co H AVANA 123 N. THIRD " Pmiuadel^hia J. Vetterlein & Co. Importers of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF Tobacd 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia John T. Dohan FOUNDED 1855 >D 8lT^ < Wm. H. Dohan Fl OR %s# de DOHAN & TAITT D &T Importers of Havana and Sumatra Packers of /^^^^^^^^lO^ Atch St. t^ J PHILADA. R.5TRAUS A, LOU IMPORTERS OF Leaf Tobacco Batabllshed 1825 '^ I B LEWIS BREMER'S SONS IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra AND PACKERS OF Leaf Tobacco 322 and 324 North Third Street, Philadelphia aoi&9a8i«0iiiiia^9iw P^HILADELPHIi^ -n^w Sidney Labe Julius Hirschberg & Bro. Importers of Havana and Sumatra and Packers of Seed Leaf Tobacco 125 North Third St., Philada. Benj. Labe Jacob Labe BENJ. LABE a SONS IMPORTERS OF Sumatra and Havana Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco] 228 North Third St., Philadelphia L. BAMBERGER & CO. TOBACCO 111 Arch Street, Philadelphia liEOPOLiD bOEB & CO. importers of Sumatra and Havana "' Paclcers of Leaf Tobaccj 306 North Third St., Phlla. Packers and Dealers In , ^ , SEED LEAF Importers of HAVANA and SUMATRA Warehousca: Lancaster. Pa.t Milton Junction. Wis. Baldwinsvllle. N. Y. GEO. BURGHARD Importer of Sumatra and Havana and Packer of LeAF TOBACO 238 North Third Street, Phila. /VfMn/n/S/, PhlhdeJphta.Pu. The Empire Leaf Tobacco Importers and Dealers in ALL KINDS OF SEED LEAF, HAVANA knd SUMATRA HPENBACi hillADELPniA. Co., Ltd. 118 N. 3d St, Phila. S.A C <& Oo H IMPORTERS OP^^ AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST MIUAOeL^HIA EXPORT STAMP ISSUED BY CUBAN CIGAR MANUFACTURERS Authorized by the Government of the Republic of Cuba UllNIONDEfi^RICANTESDETABAcoSYClQARROS utonzadaporel Goblerno delaRepablica Garantiza q(je los fabacos.cigarrosy paqtjetes de picadura (^uelleven esl'aprecinfa son Tabricados por iH4^r1MI1im«flJiltJU'M'lll1ik^iH^II*i:i'l't>-*^:it-IM«<^H:IM-t<:l-l.lil^ HABANA Either the name of the Manufacturer or that of his Brand will appear printed in the blank space of this precinta or stamp. ... IMPORTANT NOTICE... The preceding cut is a fac-simile, in its actual size, of the new PRECINTA or warranty stamp which, as authorized 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 packages which bear these stamps were manufactured in Cuba. C The consumers of these goods, who wish to acquire the genuine article made in CUBA from pure CUBAN LEAF, should buy no other cigars, cigar- ettes, 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 Government of the Republic of Cuba, or separately, will prosecute before the court?, anyone who may attempt to counterfeit, imitate, or in any way render useless the guarantee covered by this stamp. The Colors of the PRECINTA fac-simile : black with pale blue ground ; fac-simile of the Presidency of the Rebublic : dark blue. '' ' V» The Old Salesman's Musings. H WHAT IS YOUR METHOD? I've been hunting about for a good subject with which to start the new year, and I've finally decided on adver- tising. Now I want you to understand that I don't claim to be any great shakes on advertising like the professional ex- perts, but I've been around for a good many years, I've watched firms succeed and fail, I've noticed what style of ad- vertising seemed to succeed and which fell flat and I figure out that I've got a right to have an opinion anyway. You can take this for only my opin- ion and if you think it's a good one you're welcome to adopt it; if not, just cuss me again and let it go at that. I am talking for the benefit of those who are advertisiing at this time or who are going to begin right away or soon. The fatuous ignoramus who says he doesn't need to advertise, isn't included. In the first place, I want to say that I think a lot of money is wasted on ad- vertising. I don't mean that too much is spent, although that may be true, who can afford to fall back on their name, or the brand name of their goods and make their advertisement out of it. That class is made up of the firms who have built up a solid market for their goods, so much so, that the strongest thing which can be advanced is the name. PThis is so of certain brand of hats, gloves, food products, etc. And to come into the cigar trade, it is so of a firm like the Eisenlohr people. A cer- tain amount of territory is covered in the sale of the Cinco. Throughout that territory, the desired publicity is ob- tained by exploitation of the word Cinco alone. It would be folly to adopt any other method for the same reason that it would be folly after running for and catching a street car, to con- tinue running up and down the aisle of the car. But the majority of advertisers are not in this position, but must make their advertising copy do just as much missionary work as possible. When such a concern, then, pays for an ad- vertising space, it should see that the A Good Pair to Go On Maker of Clear Havana Cigars J. S. BATROFF 224 Arch St., Philadelphia Broker in LEAF T0BAee^l;' too, but that too much is spent care- ad. talks just as forcibly as it can. lesaly and in a way which does not be- Suppose you were turning the pages of gin to bring the proper return. a publication, and came across an ad. There is a right way and a wrong reading : way to prepare printer's ink advertis- LEANDER REYNOLDS sing, or any kind of advertising in printed words. If that were not true, the thousands of advertising experts who maintain handsomely furnished ^36 West Poplar Street, Philadelphia offices and make big money, would and you were not at all familiar with starve to death. They couldn't keep Leander Reynolds, his name or business, up a bluff very long, for their cus- can you think of any reason why you tomers would have to get results to be should hunt him up? Or perhaps you willing to continue paying them money, buy leaf tobacco. Suppose you came I have often noticed that sometimes to an ad. like this : .o?r™\r°:,ftrr.rr. "-'" Leaf Tobacco *fact8 with publications. Then, the Philadelphia New York chances are that at the last minute he Would that make you want to buy any throw together a few stilted leaf tobacco of these people unless you wooden lines and the firm name, and had been to all the places you knew? pass It over to be used as copy. What I don't see, is why the space n my opinion, he might just as well should be wasted, when the adver ave decided not to advertise. There tiser* can just as well put in some tell- Precisely one class of advertisers (Concluded on jjage 7.) yKClji^lOM^K, Two of Our Popular Five Cent Brands. Our Goods are Made of Best Selections, Made Carefully, and Made to Duplicate. Wolf, Neff&Co. RED HON, PA. W. B. HOSTETTER ' necessary for a too greedy customer t« do a lot of work before he can get » handful. The inventor claims tb»t with his machine one box will go •• far as ten used to. THE TOBACCO WORLD Gieske & Niemann, packers $ Deate m Leaf Tobacco No. 204 South Charles Street Baltimore, Md. THE OLD SALESMAN'S MUSINGS (Concluded from page 5.) ing sentence or expression that will give his ad. individuality, direct the eye of the reader to it and earn his at- tention, if he has any excuse for earn- ing it. Every man knows what he has to sell, and if he doesn't himself know why he ought to be able to to sell it, he has somebody around the place who does know, or else he wouldn't be able to •9 '^ 3. ^4^ , THE BEST Wmm MADE SiCIGAR ' ontheMarket ^M.STEPPA[HER Manufacturer 1 Reading PA ^>rt>'* i\\\\ Write for Samples itPriccs Established 1895 Telephone Connection T. L. ADAIR Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Red Lion, Pa. Special Lines f6r the Jobbing Trade SIGNS! Designers, Printers, and Litho- graphers of CLOTH. ROPE FIBER and CARDBOARD SIGNS. AND PAPER POSTERS. In Weatherproof Colors We have Something Ne>v In - * FOLDED EDGE SIGNS. Write for Prices »nd Samples UNION LABEL on Work When Desired We Furnish QUALITY AND SERVICE in ii ill I i THE MASSILLON SIGN £^ POSTER CO. MASSILLON.OHIO. I THE TOBACCO WORLD GEO. W. BREMER, Jr. BREMER BROS. 1» N. Tbird SI, PmUDELPBU WALTER T. BREMER Importers, Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Hippie Bros. & Co. A ^ Tmrinrfprs and Packers of Importers and Packers and Dealers in Geo. N. Fehr Leaf Tobaccos 231 Arch St, Philadelphia Our Retail Department is Strictly Up-to-Date 1«0UIS BVTaiNBR J. PRINC; ■u Toms BYTHINMR & CO. Led Tobacco Brokers 308 RaCe **• p. ji J I CJ and Commisiion Merchants.* t . ', . r IVliaOCipni Long Distance Telephone. .M«ike> Jo»5 J. U. Fehr & Son Importers and Packers of Leaf Tobacco 700 Franklin St., 101 to 107 S. 7th St., READING, PA, v«-«*'.,' ii^ 'L--'". kV *' . * ;? The CKeapesii, Strongest and Rest Tobacco Gase MaOee Improved THE Only Up-to-D«te Case: used by the largest packers ; saves you one- half cost and labor previously used with the hundred year old common case. G. H. Rurarill. of Janesville, Wis., sam- pled 322 cases in nine hours, with the help of three men. t®*For particulars and prices, address JOHN F. HEILAND & CO. 48 Easi Chestnut St, Lancaster, Pa. Sole Agents for Ma Gee Bros. Tobacco Case. Importer of SUMATRA and HAVANA^ Dealer in all kindsof SEED LE/ 120 North Third Street np^V|^/>|>| PHILADELPHIA 1 ULPCIV/^^ S. Weinberg H. VELENCHIK S. VELENCHII VELENCHIK BROS. '-n-rs'in LE AF TOB/ieO' Sumatra and Havana 134 N. THIRD ST., PHILADELPHIA HENRY RINDSKOPF Packer and Importer of "•^iSZZ LEAF TOBACCO N. E. Cor. Fifth and Washington Sts. Reading, Pa. AARON B. HESS Packer of and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco PcnnsylvaniaL Seed B's and Tops READY FOR THE MARKET. Write for Prices. Office and Warehouse: 630-636 N. Prince St Lancaster, Pa. Bell 'Phone : 77-X. Independent 'Phone : 1464-A. -THE TOBACCO WORLD R ^ BAVTISTA y C A.- Leaf Tobacco Warehouse— HAB AN A, CVBA "^* lUCDTIIIUrk ITA fTA c«-«i.l Partner _nrT»#wRSrNnn OarcIA CuKRVO. Cftble— RoTiSTA. LUIS NUNIZ NEPTUNO I70--I74. special Partner— Gumersindo Garcia Cuervo. — f MANUEL NUNIZ HILARIO NUNIZ VENANCIO DIAZ, Special Partner MUNIZ HERMANOS y CIA S en C Growers and Dealers of VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDO and REMEDIOS TOBACCO >>ADgel!" Havana RcJagL 20, HaVangL p. 0. Box 98 LAST YEAR'S RECEIPTS AND SALES IN HAVANA Carefully Compiled Figures Showing What Happened in the Market in 1906 Compared With 1905. Outlook for the Coming Crop is Still Bad. Special Correspondence of The Tobacco World.) Havana, Cuba, January 7. 1907. ( : ■ rill I ■ i ■Mil I ESTABLISHED 1844 I r L. O. HAEUSSERMANN CARL L. HAEUSSERMANN EDWARD C. HAEUSSERMANN L. O. HAEUSSERMANN & SONS 1 m po rte r» of Packers and Exporters of and Dealers in Sumatra and Havana Leaf Tobacco LARGEST RETAILERS IN PENNSYLVANIA No. 240 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. One week in the new year has gone by, but as far as our market is «on- cerned no activity has beer perceptible as yet, and transactions are still very limited. A few manufacturers from Tampa and Key West have arrived, partly for the purpose of examining some old holdings which are still stored here, as well as to find out something about the growing crop from a personal in- spection of the country. If they had desires to purchase largely they would soon come to the conviction that this would be an almost impossible task, as the holdings for the clear Havana cigar industry have never been as low as this year. I herewith submit the statistics of last year as regards the receipts and sales, which show that there are only about 25,000 bales of all kinds of leaf in the hands of our Spanish dealers, which consist principally of Remedios tobacco. I have also calculated the 1906 crop to have consisted of 294,000 bales, which compared with the yaar 1905 shows a shrinkage of about 35 per cent. As it is impossible to get the exact figures, the readers of The Tobacco World will please make allowance for any discrepancies, although I have been taking pains to verify the stocks on hand, by personally inquiring at all our warehouses. Bales Jan. 1, 1906, Stocks on hand of all kinds of leaf, in the first hands only, of the dealers at Havana 46,856 Receipts of tobacco from the country at Havana from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31. 1906. by railroads, steamers or sail- ing veeseis 279,089 Receipts of tobacco during same period by carts in- cluding bundled tobacco es- timated Re-importations from the United States and Germany The 1906 crop of the island of Cuba can now be estimated as follows, viz. : Receipts from the country by railroads, steamers and sailing vessels, Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 1906 Receipts by carts during the same period Re-imported from the United States and Germany (the latter partly perhaps of 1904 and 19f 5 crops) Estimated stocks in hands of farmers Vuelta Abajo and Partido Eastern end of island partly in hands of farmers or dealers, as well a such quantities which were exported direct from such ports as Santiago de Cuba, Manzanillo, Gi- bara, Ciabarien and Cien- fuegos, estimated 279,089 10,000 7,500 1,491 H. Upmann & Co HAVANA. CUBA, Bdcivkers and Commission Merch^s^nts SHITTEP^^ OF CIGAP<^ and LEAF TO'BACCO Mil ill \\\\\ MAMUPACTURBRS OP Tiie Celebrated 10.000 808,080 Less received in 1906 up to April 1, 1906, from the 1905 crop at Havana . , 14,080 Total crop of the island of Cuba in 1906 294,000 Crop in 1905 483,000 " *• 1906 294,900 Shrinkage 189,000 or about 39 per cent, in 1906 CigSLf Br a.aA FACTORYt PASEO DE TACON 159-169 OFFICES AMARGURA 1 HAVANA. CUBA. 00 CO o^ Bales Bales Bales Vuelta Abajo 265.000 Semi Vuelta 25,000 Partido 58,000 Remedios 120,000 Mayori,Yara, Gibara and Manicaragua shipped from Cienfuegos 15.000 8,879 6,12140 138.342 126.658 48 12.689 12,31150 42,089 15.911 27i 92,001 27,999 23i PABLO PEREZ CANDIDO 0BE80 Total 483,000 294,000 189,000 10.000 estimated -ales as reported by me from Jan. 2. to Dec. 31. 1906 ) umber of bales re- ceived by manufac- turers direct from the country, partly re-imported by a few American ex- porters all of which did not enter in the weekly reported sales, estimated 7,500 Bales 239.063 79.382 318.445 Balance of stocks on hand of all kmds of lea Jan. 1, 1906 The outlook for the coming crop is s*^ill bad. as excepting a few local light rains, the country is stiH suffering from the prolonged drought, and unless re- lief is afforded by some plentiful rain- falls, it will be an established fact that the 1907 crop will be smaller than the 1906. On the other hand if rain falls during this week there is still hope of harvesting perhaps a medium sized crop. Real frost was a phenomenon which occurred last month in the Santa Clara province, killing in some places quite a number of the young plants. While we have had hoar frost some years in the Santa Clara province. I think, that this is, however, the first year where real 25,000 black frost has caused damage to the Perez & Obeso ; S. en C. V I (Sobrinos de G. Palacios) | (Leaf Tobacco]! VUELTA ABAJO FACTORY VEGAS a Specialty Proprietors of famous Lowland Vuelta Abajo Ve|{as Prado 121, Entrance, Dragones St. HABANA, CUBA. Cable: "Sodecio. Lewis Sylvester 8i Son HAVANA. CUBA H NEW YORK Monte 56 II 165 Front Street Packers and Importers of Vuelta Abajo, Partidos, Remedios 10 THE TOBACCO WORLD BEH^ENS & eO. Manufactareis of the Celebrated Brands, I-«PARTA6AS»-S Independent Cigar Factory SOL and "^f^IsM^^ LVIS MARX ifJiBAti^ Consulado 91, HAVANA. Sobrinos de A. Gonzalez LEAF I TOBACCO MERCHANTS Principe Alfonso 116 y 118 The Dldest Brand The Best CigSiiv Cifuentes, FernaRd^f yfeb Proprietors 174 Industria Streei; Habana, Cuba Cable: Cl FKR. )i)ruBo Diaz R. Rodrig««? B. DIRZ 8t CO. Growers ativd Packers of /uelt^L Abajo and PaLftido TobeLCCO PRADO 125, HABANA, CUBA. Cable — Zaidco Habana, Ouba Cable: ••Antero' AVBLINO PAZOS <& CO. Almaeenistas de Tabaco en Ra PRADO J23, Habana Omilbta. GUSTAVO SALOMON V HNOS Especialidad en Tabacos Finos de , Vuelta Abajo, Partidos y Vuelta Arrib • Monte 114, Habana SUAREZ HERMANOS, •TJDe:t:!r^ Leaf Tobacco f laURAS 39-41. Gable: "CMtata" HAVANA, CUBA. ->,(P. O. Box) Apartado 270 Cable: Z\LK700N. JOSE MENENDEZ Almacenista de Tabaco en Rama I Especialidad TABACO de PARTIDO Ve^as Proprias Cosechado por el Monte 26, c'mSens Habana, Cuba J.^H. CAYRO & SON Dealers in Leaf Tobaoa^ Specialty: Vuelta Abajo and Partido • Warehouse and Office. 92 DraLgOAee Slreev. 12AVANA, CWi> Cable AddreM: "JosscAvmo." Cotreepoodenoe •elicited in BngHW HCNRY VONEIFF r. VIDAL CRVf S. Jorge Y. P. Castaneda JORGE & P' CflSTAJSlEDfl Growers, Packers and Exporters of Havana Licaf Tobaeco Egido. Corner Drafones street, HAVANA VONEIFF Y VIDAL CRUZ "CoTtrAf LEAF TOBAeeO 73 Amlstad Street, HAVANA, CUBA. Branch Houiet:-616 W. B&Kimore Street, Baltimore. Md.: ^ O. Box 433. T».mp«.. FK. JOSB M. GARCIA 8VABISTO GARCIA J. M. GARCIA Y CIA. 41macenistas de Tabaco Partido y Vuelta Abtii CON VEGAS PROPIAS .. , „ ^ ^ ^ ^ttmk San Nicolas 126 y 128. cabie: 'Joiiaoabcia' HABANA, CUP# i»nf Capacity toi M iDnratMunng Ci^ai Boxes i»— Always Roov xmw ()n8 Muus Good Cus TUB TOBACCO WORLD L J. Sellers & Son, Sellersville, Pa. 11 ▼egetation in some of the exposed places. Dealers who are holding stocks are ▼ery firm, some even refusing to name prices and believing that the latter can go still higher. To this I beg to take exception, as the limit must already have been reached, and while prices may stay up, I don't think they can go any higher unless the 1907 crop is a total failure. Sales I have heard of only one transaction of 380 bales of Vuelta Abajo which was sold by J. M. Garcia & Co. to several local cigar and cigarette manufactur- ers. There may have been a few more small sales, but they are so insignifi- cant that I have not taken any note of them. Bnyera Come and Go. Arrivals : Felipe Rodriguez, of Felipe Rodriguez & Co., New York and Ha- vana; G. W. Nichols and A. Artoloz- aga, of G. W. Nichols & Co., and Luis Martinez, of Luis Martinez Havana Co., Key West; Jose Maceras, the rich planter of Camajuani. ^ Departures: Jose H. Cayro, for Key West. Havana CIsrar Mannfactnrcra still have sufficieiit orders to keep their factories running with full forces ; the problem for them, however, is whether they will be able to buy sufilicient leaf this year to fulfill their orders, and only those who possessed ample means, have taken time by the forelock and have stocked up enough, are now in a posi- tion to look more calmly as regards the coining crop. That some of the manufacturers will have to raise their prices seems also a foregone conclusion, although the keen competition existing may possibly prevent a concerted ac- tion from being taken. H. Upmann & Co. shipped 650,000 eigars last week, and as they hold ex- cellent orders from the United States, Great Britain and Germany, they were compelled to seat even more cigar- makers this last week. They have shipped 6.000,000 more cigars in 1906 than in 1905, which shows an increase of about 40 per cent, in the business of the H. Upmann factory. Partagas is fortunate enough to hold sufficient stock of leaf, which will last this factory at the present rate €or the next ten months to come. Cifuentes, Fernandez & Co., have had a fair enough year as their orders were prin- cipally for high priced sizes. Por Larranaga, Sol, Ramon Allones and Eden are all working with good forces, and cannot complain as far as the amount of the orders received, is concerned. SALESMEN THRONGING BOSTON. Mo«t of the Buying. Though. Not for immediate SKipmeivt. [Boston Bureau "The Tobacco World" 19 Devonshire Street] Boston, Mass., Jan. 13. Visiting salesmen have been here galore this week and from the number of advance post cards received from salesmen, there>ill be another bunch here this week. The wholesalers re- port trade good but are not buying much for immediate shipment, as the most of them will take inventory on or about February first, and most of the orders placed are to be shipped after that date. The wholesalers and retailers are pushing off odds and ends leftover from the holiday purchases at reduced prices to clean out and make room for spring purchases. Fine amber and meercshaum pipes especially are being offered at low prices and the same can be said of cigars packed in fortieths and eightieths. Trade with the retailer is still slow but the prospect of a good spring trade looks very favorable. Many of our re- tailers, to dispose of some of their fine meerschaums so as not to have to carry same for another year, are selling many by means of raffling them. The writer had three twenty-five cent chances on one of these pipes in a Tremont street store the other day, and was one of the "also rans. " The cigar manufacturers have started in again ; J. F. McGreenery, maker of the Poet and Marksman cigars, is giv- ing away a handsome change receiver to purchasers of the Poet brand and in consequence Poet and Marksman are selling nicely. The Schubert Cigar Co. is working full force, and has over 40 cigarmakers working exclusively on the Schubert Smoker which is more popular than ever here. Van Bush- kirk & Bruce have their Van's Special Havana Smoker well placed and the orders coming in by mail keep them hustling. This concern is also doing well with the Stag, a nickel cigar made for them by the Bondy Lederer Co., of New York. Sig Baum, of the Turco-American Tobacco Co., New York, was in town for a few days and as usual took a good batch' of orders. Sam Frank, of Sam Frank & Co., is here at the American House. Mr. Frank is the first pipe man to arrive since the first of the year. M. Falk, of the Falk Tobacco Co., is here on his usual trip. Mr. Falk in- forms me they are building a new fac- tory in Richmond, Va., almost a block long, to meet their increase in business. The Falk Tobacco Co. contemplates placing on the market a Virginia filler paper cigarette to compete with a few brands made by the trust. Jerry Spillane, American Tobacco Co., is here plugging the Sweet Caporal and Perfection cigarettes and putting out some attractive advertising posters. The American Tobacco Co. is very active in this territory ; at present they have 28 men working the Ramleh ci- garette, another crew is out on the Mecca, and another crew on the Mono- pols many brands. Fore and Aft, a Sliced plug, is being pushed to hamper the sales of Larus Bros. Go's. Sensible sliced. Plaza, a 5 cent package of granulated plug cut is also being pushed with vigor. The United States Tobacco Co., re- alizing the big demand for Cube Cut tobacco has just come out with a brand called Hunt Club. The package is a very neat one and the wholesalers are each taking in a small supply to see how it will duplicate. Larus Bros. Co., has at last started to place their Jack of Diamonds on this market and are selling retailers same in 7i pound boxes and only charging them for 6 pounds. Advance postals have been received from D. B. Bendheim, of the Metro- politan Tobacco Co., announcing he will reach here on or about the 18th with a select line of pipes. Geo. Finn, the energetic manager of Mandell's Union Cigar Store at 3 Wash- ington street, is a gre&t schemer,, and (Concluded on page 12) Batabllakad 1B34 Independent Vnelta Abajo Factofy ^■^ ^^ V^ ^^w Antooia Lopti Caervo, Vda. de tiTero •. ■loardo B. Manaum Otticesi Beiascoain, 2 B, p. O. Boa 374. HAVANA. Cob*. Cabl. AddrMS : Larranaga, HaraBa ABC 4th and cth adition. Trad. Mark ■•tfi.t.r.4 Codet oMd: Uebo's Suadard (Ed. Eapaaol^ rirst Prises in Twenty Expositiona. Grand Prix with Gold Madalin Licje, 190I. r Representatires and Agents in all the Great Cities of the World. S*la Ag.nt for th« U. S.: C. BARRON TAYLOR. 93 Broad St. New Yerk.^ JOSE F. ROCHA, Havana Leaf Tobacco Tabacos Fiaos de Vaelta Abajo, Partido f Vi San Miguel lOO, HABANA, CUBA. CHARLES BLASCO ^ Commission Merciiant Leaf Tobaeco and Cif^ars 1 O'Reilly St. 4^- Habana, Cuba' GONZALMZ, BMNITMZ & CO. Almacenistasde Tabaco en Rama y Vivere^ Amargura 12 and 14, and San If^nacio 25, Cable: "Tebenitez.* P. O. Box 396. HAnANA, CUBA LOMB-NUNMZ HAVANA CO. naceiiistas fie Talaco en (ana 142 and 144 Consulado Street, HABANA. Cable:— RxvoRM. A, M. CALZADA & CO. Packers and Dealers in Leaf and COMMISSION MERCHANTS Monte 156, HABANA, CUBA. p. O. Box. 595. Cablet "CALDA." NDBUOIN &O0I8 A. BOaNBHAIIR Mendelsohn, Bomemann & Co., Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO "Ki Commission Merchants Mew Tsfffc Office I l»e WATER STREET ■evaaa, Cvbei * ■AMnEI. SUAREZ y CA.. AMlatad •• Cable Addrassi DEHBA. Telapbonei 1629 Join. WM. BADER Importer of Havana Tobacco 4 Burlind Slip, NEW YORK A Specialty of HAVANA WRAPPERS and FILLERS at reUil. Nail orders promptly fiUad GONZALEZ Y MIGUEL Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama Especialidad en Tabaco de Santa Clara de Primera Clase Cable: •'CASIN" AMISTAD 97, HABANA. lit'' ml ■Ml I'll i m tiM P':-'l .^'!i- THE TOBACCO WORLD rn,r—-' "^ HAVANA.TOBACCq TOb'aCCO NEWS OF GREATER NEW YORK : LEAF TOBACCO. orncES: OETROIT.MICH. AMSTERDAM .HOLLAND. HAVANA .CUBA. New York, JOSEPH S. CANS ' /;^*r*'^^^ ,.uph»..-346jchn. No. ISO Wa,ter Street. NEW YORK. Start* Brothers IMPORTERS AND PACKERS OF LEAF TOBACCO K^lablUhed 1888. Telephone, 4027 John. No. 163 Water Street, NEW YORK. M. F. SCHNEIDER llirORTER OF Sumatra Tobacco oowmi KUirBUTBKa g Burlil^ Slip* •377 JOHN." J.BERNWEIM&50N HAVANA TOBACCO NEW VORK. Havana, Cuba Joseph Hirsch & Son IMPORTERS or SUMATRA TOBACCO 0. z. vooRBURGWAL 227 183 Water St. I Amsterdam, Holland. ^^^ ^r^w^wr Cable Address: "HERE." NEW YORK ', *• •-•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦'*** j^g^ York, January 14. Mr. S..ons.of the S.^ons Kraus. ^%^^^:^t'^Lt:^'^ man Co.. cigar manufacturers 430 East Kmg ^ « ^^ ^.^ ^^^ ^oU. 91st street.makers exclusive y of union more c.ga ^ ^^^^.^^ .^ the trade wa, made cigars, has returned f^om a trip J^^^^ ^^^.^ j^ ^^s learned that Bader East, where their Flor de Baltimore <^^'''f'^^^^^^^^ ^^, their ten cigar Gladboro and Winifreda are all good &^Co. ^^^^^J^^,^^^ cigar Stores Co. I sellers. ^ , ^^^ u^At^r & Co . had worked up consider- I Ralph Cans, of Cans Bros, makers Bad- f ^C;-^,^-, ...^es were run on of the William the Fourth c ear Ha ^^le^^^^ ^ ^^^^^^^^^i.^^.^.tem; vana cigars, left Monday on a tirp East ^he sam p ^^^^^^ ^^ ^. .here their goods have ciuite a strong they ^^^^^^^ ^^,,,,,3. etc.. and it i^ hold. Mr. Strauss i« f P'^f «"^^^Xi a sad blow to the independents that ming the State o^^^ew -Jersey Phil JJ^^Jj"^^ Kramer is looking after the city trade The Khedi vial Co. is rushed with and A. S. Frank is in Boston taking The ^^^^'^ ^ ^ozack cigar- orders. Cans Bros. Just closed a most -d«« Jo Ox ord^^^ ^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ prosperous year's ^^''^^''l''\ZZ fore they ian catch up with their order, indication that this year will be another ^^o^^^^ ^he^ ^^^^ ^^^^.^^^^ .^ ^^.^^ ^^„ reord breaker. , ^ ^ , ^„ , ^. ._ covered by their salesmen. Sam Mar- Joe Abrahams, leaf dealer and cigar covered oy ^^ ^^ ^^e lookini manufacturer corner Maiden Lane and ---^g^JJ^e. Charley Bryaot Pearl street, has been presenting his ^"^J j^^^\ ^„d Lowell. F. a customers with the usuaP'spicy'cal. 1^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^.^^, ^ endars. and he ^--^^^ ^^^J^ ^^'^"^ l^ode Island and L. Busker is in Pen^ some more to supply the demana. ^"" , Joe Fried.-r.an. leaf dealer at 128 ^^l^^^'^g ^j^^j^^ ^f the Metropolitu Water street, has closed out a nice k,t ^^-J^^l^—;^^^^^^ of old Pennsylvania Havana seed B s ^obacc^o ^.o. . this week. ».,^^ .TTTFR cigars to better advantage. Georgeii OUR. BOSTON LETTER.. ^T •„ ' .Up .ale of Worthmore. a i (Concluded from page 11) ^^f Rn.,^" Londres and Dunato.. always^as some special sale bulletin -" /ost^" ^^^^^^^^^^^ ,^^,,,5,, pasted on the ^^^ ,^^"*^'Vr Ln the CaylyCaguas Tobacco Co. . of Ne, bound to draw in the trade. Mr. Finn ^^^^^^^^^J ^.^^ has increased the business considerably York ^"^ Fo ^^^^^^^^^ since he was placed i" charge and he J' OPPenheim ^^^^^^^ ^ has the full confidence of Mr. Mande ^^^^^^^^^^^^ according to.4 who has given him full charge of this ^^-^expec^ted ^^^^_^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ branch store. g«v,««i it in safe to say he has a bunch The new United store, corner School ^^ " "^« J« \ ^^^^^ 7, and Washington streets.isnearing com- orders awaitmg h^m ^^ ^^^ pletion; it is expected the store will be ^-^^^^^^^11^;^,^^, ^o the merits of ready for occupancy about February 10 ^^^^^^^^^^ porto Rican cig«. S. Simons, formerly manager of the strictly hand m ^^^ Journal Building ^--^ «f- ".^^.^ fght pric^ITa's made'an enviable s, the lucky ones; since the first of tne "K"^ p j^ ^^^ gngli year he is now the manager of the 15 «««« "«\^ ^"^j,;^^^^^ the Uni stores the United operate in this city. States, but 1 Mr. Simons is well known in the Hub States. ^ ^ ^^, he has had many years experience in The recent '^ ^.^^ , the cigar line having worked from the ™ ^\' J/ ^^JJ^^^over and Washing bottom to the top of the ladder, he «*^ '^^l^^^^"^ ,^r^rise to the trade. 1 very capable man. and it does not at atree^^^^^ P ^^^^^^^ ^^^ all surprise his many friends and ac- G«^«^»J^ ^^^^ ^, ,„e time his rei quaintances at his rapid progress. P^'/Var/egarded as one of the ^ A novel window display can be seen tore ^^s re«a ^ ^^^ ^^^^^ all kinds of sample pipes, while a show on Dover street a block away, card announces a sale of their drum- gremer and another retailer namefl mers' sample pipes at greatly reduced ^^^^^^^^ ^n Causeway street, are 'T?. Mahoney. the manager of the talk of the trade, both tjese Peopje « cigar stand of the Baltimore Dairy selling the popular brands of all cf^ Lunch, is still on deck offering his tobaccos, and cigarettes at such riOK patrons trick cigars, trick matches, ^^^^j^ ^^^ p^j^^^ that it would tak* trick powders and the latest spring ^ ^ee the profit. t^j^.^:^^:^^ -s Bros.' William the Fourt. . thT policeman on the beat and he are Havanas are selling as weH aa^ not on the very best of terms. y,ere. LMessrs. Rosenthal Bros. George Melhado, the South End to- ^jj^^^j^utors report an increasing bacconist. has just added a new silent ^^^ 3 ^^^ gOj salesman show case to his store, which on ^^^ ^ is of a new pattern and shows up his sizes. L. J. Sellers & Son, KEYSTONE BOX CO., SELLERSVILLE, PA. -THE TOBACCO WORLD • IS SCRAP CO. LOSES UNION LABEL. Againat Tohacco Workera' Uniwn Acta Day and Night Co. Cincinnati. O., Jan, 11 The union label has been withdrawn Leaf Tobacco Markets. CONNECTICUT VALLEY. Much has been said in the past of the nditions of '.the crop at selling time ,„^ „„._. .. *^°hether it be in the field, in the bundle f^om the goods of the Day and Night ^ nacked in the cases. 1 have in mind Tobacco Company, a corporation formed °^ instance of the selling of one crop recently by the merger of four inde- ^'^sed in this vicinity, on which an offer pendent local scrap tobacco manufac- f' 14 cents in the bundle was made and tories. Vice-presiuent Anthony Mc- fused. This crop was afterwards Andrews, of the International Tobacco \ ced in the hands of O. Belden & Workers' Uni«n issued the order alleg- Sns to be assorted. It was assorted jng that the concern is now controlled ° day work, and was not to cost more jjy the American Tobacco Company, han three cents per pound. This crop against which tne union men are wag- was packed last week, and before Sat- jng ^ar. rday evening had been sold for 19 Considerable trade gossip has been "enta thus leaving the growers about occasioned by the resignation of Walter 16 cents in the bundle. In this case the j Friedlander. of the Day and Night Lower was well paid for having his q^ f^om the secretaryship of the In- roD assorted. Still this one case does dependent Tobacco Manufacturers' As- not establish a rule for all growers to gociation of the United States which ollow. but when we consider the case Qf^^Q he has held for a considerable from the buyers' standpoint we must period. Mr. Friedlander, who was one come to the conclusion that there is a ^f the most enthusiastic members of profit to be derived from handling and the association has not confirmed the assorting tobacco raised in this valley, report of his withdrawal, but it is ^, •♦*♦** stated to be a positive fact. I do not believe there has been any If it is true that the trust has ab- b tter way of selling in the bundle, and sorbed the newly consolidated company. hen a farmer can sell in the bundle at it means that they have wiped one of a fair price the grower should improve their biggest scrap rivals from out he opportunity to do so. their path. ^^^^^^^^^^ Our correspondents write : DEATH OF PIONEER CIGAR. DEALER Agawam. Mass. : "Tobacco is nearly ^^ CLEVELAND all oVt of the growers' hands. I know of but three lots unsold. The prices John J. Bergholz. one of the pioneer 01 uut ..i.i-« """"' o „ 'fo ;„ residents of Cleveland, died at his late paid have been from 22 to 12 cents in ^^^.^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^reet, after he bundle an average ^^ ^^out 16 to ^^ .^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ 17 cents. Plans are being made for an ^^ Bergholz came to America from ncrease of ^^jreage another year Germany in 1849 at the age of twenty- North Hatfield, Mass.: There have ^^^^^ Having relatives in Cleve- been no sales this week t^a have corne ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^.^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ .^ to my knowledge. O. Belden & oons ^^^ wholesale and retail cigar business, are shipping their tobacco in cases to jjq has made his home and place of Mr Miller of Hartford. Conn., for business for the past forty years at which they received 21 cents packed. " Clark avenue and West 53d street. —American Cultivator. EDGERTON, WIS. SPECIAL NOTICK I 12H cents per 8-point measured line Almost a steady stream of tobacco j^ Manofactarers of Gi^ars: h as been coming to the receiving points n the State during the week and d ealers are everywhere accepting their purchases as fast as their storage facil- ties will permit. Some deductions. however, are insisted on where crops show burn, pole rot or other shed im- perfections or where fillers are not re- moved according to contract. Aside f rom these instances there is little cause for differences, for the leaf is If you have any Cuttings, Scraps or Siftin^s to sell, write us. We are at all times in the market as Cash Buyers of all these products. EDWIN L. KOPPELMAN CO. 7-6-lh 81 Pine St., New York. FOR SALE. "Nice lot of 75 hogsheads ; ^„„„^ -- good heavy Kentucky broken leaves a uite generally in fine packing condi- and scraps suitable for making smoking I on. We learn of no effort being made 0 lift the remaining fraction of unsold n first hands. The market for cured eaf, too. is featureless, save the usual small trade. The strongest feature of the whole t obacco market this season has been t he prices prevailing for low grades tobacco. Also, nice old, well sweated, well-sized cigar fillers and wrappers. Buckner, Dunkerson & Co.. T-lltf Louisville, Ky. A. COHN^ CO. IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra PACKERS OF Seed Leaf Tobacco and Growers of Georgia Sumatra 142 Water Street, New York EDEN CIGAR of BANCES & LOPEig HAVANA. CUBA. Calixto Lopez &Ca^ 180 Water St., New Yofk Will receive and attei d to ofd«f». Cig»ti ia*4e Btrictly of tkc very bi86 Smm9 vtjELTA ABAIO TOBACCO 'iG^bUah«d 1840. Hinsdale Smith & G)* caanortert of Sumatra & Havan^Tl^^l^^^^^ Mi Packers of Connecticut Leaf 1 ULrClV^V^^A t25 Maiden Lane, NEW YORK. SDMUND H. SlOni Vvot Suirr JOSEPH HOLZMAN SUMATRA, HAVANA HT^ hiS^nnCi and SEED LEAF IKJUCLk^V^VJ 185 Water St., New York T:. A CIGAR FACTORY well situated and completely equipped for rent. Or will sell the fixtures separately. Fine suction plant with 63 suction ...., t,..^co i,.oy»...w» » tables, motor, bunching tables etc., etc Even the trash which in most years has Address 125 S. Second street, Phila. l-9h been considered of little or no value is y ITHOGRAPHIC SALESMAN, eagerly sought after and gradually ad- iw Wanted.— Salesman to sell Cigar vanced in price until quoted higher than Labels, Bands, etc., in Pennsylvania; he filler grades brought earlier in the ^^,Ti'°l^o^^!^'Bo'm. ca?o •eaaon, and entirely out of proportion of Tobacco World. Phila. ::rr-l-16h 0 their value. It is another indication — — ^ hat the "scrap" war is not over. XKJE PURCHASE Cigar Molds-un- At fhrf ».o/.Hno- nninfa hiiBinesH is desirable shapes— such as No. M thtf packmg points business is ^^ ^ ^^ g ^^g ^^j^^ ^^^ moving along as rapidly as the help g^^ti^g ^yiat you have and the quantity. •r tuation will permit. At some of the Winget Mfg. Co.. York, Pa. 12-12tf warehouses more held is yet needed but — ZZZrZ77Zi7~, t hese are gradually filling «P and aoon E«'f/„ST„?o?l5eT™^?rUTo^.': everyone will be operated at full capa- Qood business for a good factory. Ad- city, dress J. S.. Box 32. care of Tobacco Cigar Moisture and Moisture Proof Boxes and Cabinets I BUBECK <& aUERIN Office, Factory and Sample Room 115 to 121 East Thirteenth St. New York Write for Illustrated Catalogue. i! I ^0 T. J. DUININ & CO. Makers of the BACHELOR CIGAR 401-403 E. 91st Street. NEW VORK . O. . Shipments, 800 cases. —Reporter. World, Philada. 12-19tf rift 14 E. A. O IMPGRTBRm O. AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST 'MILAOmL^MIA Bstablished 1881 THE Incorporated 190a W0RLD Published Every Wednesday BY THE TOBACCO WORLD PUBLISHING CO. 224 Arch Street. PKiladelphicL Jay Y. Kroot, J. M. Bdcki.by. H.C. McMands, President and Genl. Manager. Editor. Secretary and Treaanrer. Entered at the Post Office at Philadelphia, Pa. . as second claas matter. TrWPHONES:— Bell, Market 28-97 ; Keystone, Main 45-39^ Cable Address. Baccoworld. Havana Office. Post Office Box 3^a. SUBSCRIPTION-PAYABLE IN ADVANCES One Year. $1.00 : Six Months, 75 CenU; 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 «^ dence of merit as to entitle them to public attention. No advertisement .nown 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- Ushers. Address Tobacco Wori.d Publishing Co , 224 Arch St., PhiTada. A MILLION DOLLAR TOBACCO FIRE. Factory and Warehouse Buildings of the S. R. Moss Company, t Lancaster, Pa., Destroyed Friday Morning. PHILADELPHIA, JANUARY 16. 1907. """Bathos to no purpose. tPathetic editorials have been appear- ing in numerous newspapers about the country based [onj^the^sad situation of the Filliplno struggling for his rights against the obdurate American people. The plea is made, that if he can only find a market for his sugar and his to- bacco he will be fixed for keeps and not have any further worry.l. According to these lamenting editorials he is call- ing only for the fulfillment of a promise on. the part of the^ American govern- ment. It is all right for the American government, the Republican admin- istration, or whatever you may choose to call the ruling power, to make good its promises, but it should not do so at the specific expense of a certain in- dustry. ^The [struggling Fillipino may be a very sympathy-producing object and it may be eminently desirable for him^to be uplifted to an independent basis; nevertheless, if his upliftment means the dragging down to an equal degree, of an American, it were better to recognize selfishness as a legitimate characteristic. f;Pre8ident:lRoosevelt, [Secretary Taft and others of the Philippine enthusiasts have argued ad nauseam that the es- tablishment of their trade would make no difference worth speaking of in the domestic tobacco industry. If that is the case, why is the Fillipino crying to the tobacco and sugar trade to save him ? If it would do us no harm to allow him [to set 'down his product in this country for nothing, it would do him no good. TAINTED MONEY. There is considerable hot air journey- ing around concerning tainted money. There seems to be a number of people in the United States, so pure that they must have the pedigree of every dollar they handle; such individuals are merely stopping with us on their way to Heaven as a matter ol<^ wholesale generosity. But occasionally there oc- curs a difference of opinion even in one of the Lord's chosen flocks. A short time ago, James B. Duke, head of the tobacco trust, feeling a friendliness for the Methodist Church which had provided spiritual consola- tion for hii mother, offered the official board a check for $2,000 to dissipate the seemingly invariable mortgage. The trustee who had the honor or odium of being handed this check took it with considerable glee to the board ; what was his dismay to find an influ- ential brother who declared that the money, tobacco earned, was spawn of the devil and could not be accepted. The brother who had received the check returned it to Mr. Duke with many sighs, and that magnate is said to have remarked, pithily, "If you don't want it, don't take it." The un- fortunate part of it is that the brother did want it. It will be more comfortable for all of us in this world, when we learn that the dollar in its checkered career can accumulate none of its environment. VIEW OF THE RUINS. CIGARETTE HYSTERIA. The Cigarette hysteria continues in Chicago headed by that justly cele- brated lady reformer. Miss Lucy Page Gaston. They have reached the point now, where they have sacrificed Shakes- peare and paraphrased the immortal bard to the extent of doping out seven ages for the cigarette smoker. Mr. Lester Bodine, classified as sup- erintendent of compulsory education, kindly remarked that the cigarette is a sure root to insanity and paves the seven ages as follows : (1) The Cinnamon Cigarette. (2) The Cigarette (3) The Snipe. (4) Pale and dizzy contrition. (5) Stogies. (6) Cigars. (7) Pipe. Mr. Bodine'smind evidently works on the Laura Jean Libby order. "You will find the cigarette face in the palace as well as in the tenement," he remarked eloquently. "You will find in that beautiful maze known as society, women of fashion whose dainty lips hold cigarettes." Could anything be more alluringly and picturesquely awful than this indictment? The only thing in this parade of distressing facts is the length of time it takes for the un- fortunate victim to progress from the cinnamon cigarette to the pipe. Lancaster, Pa., Jan. 12. One of the largest fires which has happened in the trade, occurred in this city yesterday morning, and destroyed the factory and warehouse of the S. R. Moss Cigar Co., causing a loss which Mr. Moss estimates at three-quarters of a million. It was a long time be- fore the flames were under control and considerable of the firemen's work was devoted to saving the near-by build- ings. As it was, a large warehouse of the American Tobacco Co., and several other tobacco houses had extremely narrow escapes. The buildings of the S. R. Moss Cigar Co., are situated at Lemon and Prince streets and the factory and warehouse were separated by a narrow driveway. The fire was discovered in the former building about half past five in the morning and as there was some delay in getting an alarm in, the flames were well under way before any of the fire apparatus had arrived. It was only a short time before the factory had caught and was blazing fiercely. The firemen worked desper- ately but had no chance againsi the in- flamable material which was in the building and the big start which the fire had already made. On the north side of the warehouse is a brick warehouse owned by M. H. Engle and occupied by the American Tobacco Co., and for a time it looked as if this was in great danger. Sheet iron shutter and a slate roof, however, prevented much damage being done. On the opposite side of Lemon street are the warehouses of Morris Levy (the United Cigar Mfrs. Co.,) Kramer & Goldberg and John F. Brimmer, which were within the danger zone and saved by the alertness of the firemen. After burning for about two hours, the walls of the Moss building fell with a great crash, and after that there was nothing to be done but to continue to guard the nearby establishments. The only plausible cause which can be as- signed for the fire was the crossing of worn electric wires. The plant was one of the largest and busiest in Lancaster. At least five hundred hands were employed, who will be glad to hear the enterprising announcement made by the company that there will be a resumption of oper- ations in a week or so. This will ne- cessitate untold hustling on the part of the oflSce and executive staff, but every effort will be made to bring it about. The factory building was five storia in height with a basement. Every floor was occupied, and it was a partic- ularly well arranged plant. The build- ing was made of brick and iron but th*^re was considerable interior wood work. It was built only a few yean ago. In the basement of the buildiof was the casing and stripping depart- ment, and on the first floor were the firm's large oflfices, and the shippiof department. On the second floor wai the stock of tobacco ready for manufa^ turing. On the third floor were thi suction machines, and on the fourth and fifth were the hand workers. The building was thoroughly equipped o» every floor for its purpose, and in it was the latest improved machinery of many kinds used in the manufacture of cigars. The warehouse had four stories and was well filled with leaf tobacco and cigars. The building was used for 8to^ ing and re-sweating tobacco and wli erected about four years ago at a coit of nearly $40,000. The building and contents were completely destroyed and lying under the ruins is all thatii left of a fine assortment of leaf tobace» which wan to be used during the com- ing year. Of course if any of this ii left it is completely ruined. S. R. Moss, president of the company, which was incorporated two years ag<^ estimated his loss at about $750,000 01 which there is the following insurance: With Eckenrode & Myers, $2,500 oj factory and $11,000 on contents; $7,500 on warehouse and $29,000 on contenti; with Samuel Bausman, $3,500 on build- ings; with Allan A. Herr, $30,500 « stock; with John D. Baasman, $2^ on contents ; with A. V. Landis, $21,000; with I. H. Herr & Bro., $3,000; witli Widmyer & Prangley, $125,000 o» buildings and contents ; with Lancaster Real Estate Company. $5,600 on con- tents of factory; $1,500 on warehoflj and $68,500 on contents; with H. M. Howell, $52,000 on buildings and coij- tents. This makes a total of i $362,501 msurance. ^M%«^M —The Coleman- Lowe Cigar Company, of Fort Worth, Tex., has branchedio** and is including wholesaling in its liD* of business now, where formerly it ^ a retail cigar store. It haa beenv corporated this yeuT,^^1]tg^ Z!^m THE TOBACCO WORLD IS W. A. LAHR l^llStlC BtHQQ^ HATHHSELEH .Old Aee Telus The S TORY Wholesale Cigar Manufacturer ¥ 0OODAtt '^ AS HIS PA»N^*r Hi > ii ii Red Lion, Penna. Get our prices, and make a fair comparison with *those of other factories. Correspondence invited with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade. Samples Free to Responsible Houses. f ti iiiii m;! THK TOBACCO WORLD 16 TheMiami Valley Leaf Tobacco Co. ALLEN HREEDER DAYTON, OHIO Packers of Cigar Leaf Tobacco 1903-4-5 Zimmer Spanish, 1905 Gebhardt, 1905 Dutch, 1905 Connecticut, etc. Porto Rico Ci^ar Co. Red Lion, 1F*&. WHOLESALE CIGAR MANUFACTURERS IVlaior Paul 1 Lord Selkirk [ DC. Arrow Point J Tom Lewis— 2 for 5c. Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only ElOno Union Made 5 -Cent Cigars are as Good as Cigars Can be Made Chas. A. Oberly, Maker LEBANON, PA. Wisdom on the Label Wisdom in the Cigar A 5c. Smoke that is so Good It is Bound to Repeat Ohmit & Kraft Bast Prospect Pa. A THE NINTH DISTRICTS BIG OVTPVT. 763.700.000 Cigars. 398.967 lbs. of Scrap, 481.000 lbs of Smoking To- bacco, and 4.000 lbs of Snulf. Lancaster, Pa., Jan. 14. There is still no great change in the condition of the local leaf market, al- though a somewhat larger volume of business is reported to have been done during the past week than for some weeks previous. The fact that manu- facturers are continuing to have good business is highly encouraging to the leaf dealers, who now feel more than ever confident that sooner or later there will be a good demand for all the leaf tobacco available. A good deal of Comment is still heard regarding the immense output of the Ninth District during 1906-763.700,000 cigars produced by the 2,377 factories in the district. There was also manu- factured during the year 398,967 pounds of scrap smoking and chewing tobacco, by the 93 factories, but the largest one of which is in York. To do this there was used over 31,000 pounds of licorice paste, a considerable, if not not major, portion of which came from the con- victed licorice trust or its agencies. It also required 38,000 pounds of sugar and 8,000 pounds of other material. The output of smoking tobacco in the district during the year footed up 481, 000 pounds, while 4,000 pounds of snuff were produced. The principal snuff factory in the district is located in Lan- caster city. Deliveries of the new crops are being steadily made, and one hears of com. paratively few kicks. The greatest trouble appears to be in cases where purchases were made on a sliding scale of a certain amount for wrapper goodi and a certain smaller price for filler grades, in some of which cases there appears an unusually small percentage, if any, filler. JANESVILLE TOBACCO MEN INVEST OVER. $2,000.0000 THIS YEAR- Janesville, Wis., Jan. 12. At a meeting of the Twilight clul^ F. S. Baines, a prominent tobacct dealer and former mayor of the city, stated that more tobacco is packed b; thirty dealers in Janesvile than in un other city in the United States, except ing Lancaster, Pa. One fourth of lH licensed dealers in Wisconsin reside Janesville, and they will invest as ' lows in the 1906 crop of leaf : In leaf itself, $,2,000,000 ; labor, $140, cases, $47,000 ; other expenses, $10,001; warehouse property, $197,000; totill $2,394,000. .^oocnon^ Cigars of Quality Sell and Repeat. Try THE DOCTOR 5c. Ci^ar WALTER S. BARE. Lititz, Penna. La Imperial Ci^ar Factory J. F. SECHRIST. Proprietor Manufacturer of FINECIOARS Holtz, Penna. Maker of Hlih Grade Cltfars Exclusively. "A Wonderful Nickel's Worth" That's What the Consumer Says About dAe FERNSIDE For He Gets That Rich Taste and Aroma Looked For in a More Expensive Cigar Let us send you Samples of this Steady Seller GEO. W. PARR, Littlestown, Pa. lOc« UNCLE JOSS«5c. Pretty Be»»ie York Nick. . . . Best Known. . Sc. Two Cracker Jacks (2 for 5 cents) Oak Mountain Bouquet— Boston Beauties Puro — Porto Rico Crooks Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only invited. Capacity, 25,000 per day. Telegraph -York, Pa. THB TOBACCO WORLD 17 j-\ jr\ jio l^TTlTiC^lSI^ i«i"mcnfr Plain and Fancy RibbatUk !•' ^ Cr-^^lXV XV ± X) X> kJ±M O • ^^^^ ^^^ Sample Card and Price list to Departmeai W Wm. Wicke Ribbon Co. 36 East Twenty-second Street, NSW YORE. Paanfactarcrs of Bindings, Galloons, Taffetas, Satin and Gros Grain. AMERICAN SEED IN INDIA Crop H»» lncre»sed Rapidly Within U.I Few Ye»r». Washington D. C, Jan. 12. " U. S. Consul General William H. Michael, stationed at Calcutta, has written to the Department of Com- merce and Labor concerning tobacco culture in India in which he speaks of rapid progress. He writes : The explanation made by those en- gaged in the business is that American seed has so improved the quality and quantity of the output that planters have found it profitable to grow to- bacco. The crop has increased from 69,218 acres in 1902-3 to 94.962 in 1905 6. with a prospect of further rapid in- crease. Habana seed tobacco being 2,000 acres. Where the Habana and Virginia to- bacco have been extensively and suc- cessfully cultivated the leaves produced possess a far superior flavor and are of a finer texture than the local variety, besides fetching a correspondingly higher price. Where failure in grow- ing the foreign product has been the result, the cause is mainly attributable to the haphazard way in which the se- lection of soil for plantng is made. Besides, the pristine Burmese method of curing the leaves by sun drying is net effective. Kin view of the great expansion in Ha- bana tobacco cultivation it is not pre- mature to predict that ere long the produce from Maubin will be able to compete successfully with that ex- ported from Java and Sumatra, which is first sent to Europe for curing and then re- imported by the well known ci- gar and cheroot manufacturers in India, who use the prepared leaves as outer covers for cigars which eventually are known as "Javas" and "Sumatras." Marcus Jaskulek Morris Jaskulek Robert Jaskulek M. JASKULEK & SONS Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco SI4 and SI6 East Third Street DAYTON, OHIO Joe Endress, Jr. A. C. Kercher YOU ARE LOSING MONEY. ? HOW 7 BAD ACCOUNTS. Charitinit ihem off lo profit and loss. Payinit Collection Aaency Fees. Payina Membership fees. •• DO-IT- YOURSELF " Tlie "Do ll-Yourself" collection outfit is a system whereby you collect your bad accounts YOvRSErLI' and do it in the same way that if is done by Collection Agencies, only BElTER.. ? WHY ? It is a belter system. It is easier lo operate, .._.— It keep, the accounts in YOVR OWN HANDS. It brines the money to YOU. It saves Collection Agencies fee«. It saves Membership feel. It saves getting into the hands o( unreliable agencies Price $1.00 Postpaid Each outfit contains everything necessary to collect 50 clainns. MONEY REFUNDED if on receipt you are not perfectly satisfied. ORDER TO-DAY United States Collection Af{ency Suite 19. 163 Randolph Street Chicago. U. S. A. Agents Wanted Write for proposition Pioneer Leaf Tobacco Co, Germantown, Ohio Packers of CIGAR LEAF TOBACCO it ;!t! I ■ ' i h High Grade Cigar Molds in any shape, at lowest prices. CIGAR MANUFACTURERS' REVENUE BOOKS 25 cents each ; postage prepaid, 30 cents. The American Cigar Mold Co.,Cincinnati, 0» f! 1 W. H. SNYDER &C0. Windsor, Pa. Manufacturers of Popular Brands of Fine-«iMediunv Priced Cigars Correspondence with Wholesale and Jobbing Trade only invited. Particulars cheerfully given to responsible inquirers. Our Leaders Include: Honeysuckle, Rose Show, Jumbo, Libby Dear, Verelda, Charles Fay, Carisima, Gov. Pattison, Model American, and Others. 1 Xl^ATB^RoOM FOK OnS Mo&B GooD CutTOMSX. c L« J« OCllCrS U OOIly OCll6rSV1116| iGt 18 THB TOBACCO WORLD For Gentlemen of Good Taste FELieE-5 H ^ A HIGH GRADE R^ kjC^CIGAR FOR iJLi# Sold Extensively by Leading Cigar Dealers and Druggists Throughout the United States SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES THE DEISEL-WEMMER CO., Makeii* LIMA, OHIO J. F. REICHARD Wholesale Dealer in LEAF TOBACCO NEW PETERSBURG FACTORY FOR AMERICAN CIGAR CO. Massachusetts. S Lynn.— Partidge & Son, cigars, con- Petersburg, Va., Jan. 12. fectionery, etc., succeeded by Partridge The American Cigar Company has & ^o awarded to a Richmond firm the con- tract for another cigar factory, to be Michigan. \ Mount Clemens.— G. E. Shotwell, cigars, chattel mortgage, $238. cf All Grades Craley, Penna built on South street, between Com- Trombley &Peltrer, cigars and billiard^ merce and Pearl streets m this city. ^^ ^^ Trombley. individually, chatt W. W. STEWART & SON Reading, Pa. The new factory will be a three-story brick building, fifty-five by one hun- dred and seventy feet. The company's Harrison street factory will be used as a stemmery, and the big stemmery, fronting on Byrne street, is to be used for storage purposes. Business CKaLnges, Fires* Etc. Makers of the mortgage, $1,000. Nebraska. Grand Island.— John W. Sink Cigw Co., incorporated, $20,000. New Hampshire. New Ipswich.— George N. Lowe, ci- gar manufacturer, deeded real estate,$l New York. Albany.— National Cigar Manufac- turing Co., burned out. New York City.— M. Abenheim A Co., exp. tobacco, dissolved; Sidney Abenheim continues under same style. 1 JOHN HAY LADY HELEN lOc. JOHN HAY, Jr. Arkansas. Little Rock.— Forest F. Croxson, ci- gras, etc., real estate mortgage, $1,- ^A. Eisenberg, retail cigars, etc, 375. sold out at auction. S. Epstein, ci- Connecticut. gars, damaged by fire. Fred Frease, Keot-.Lutber E.ton, tobacco, dead. j-» ,%^r?u'i.ed"lf F^S' Fr^a^l New Haven.— Herman Bower, cigars. Son, Hamburger Bros. & Co., le«£ succeeded by the Connecticut Cigar Co. I (inc.) Georgia. Savannah.— W, R. Everett, cigars, ELI PERKINS etc., chattel mortgage, $400, canceled. «^ I Illinois. Aledo.— O. J. Ingmire, cigars. tobacco, new limited partnership under same style. Sherman.— Albert Rothe, cigar man- ufacturer, petition in bankruptcy. Ohio. Bellefontaine.— Thomas W. Marquis, cigars, tobacco, etc., real estate mort- gage, $700. changed name t. 0. J. Ingmire Co.. ^f^il^l^rf and"fe?aLT|iS.%'?^.."'a'S; solved, M. A. Haas, assigned. Henry Hi^h Grade Seed and Havana Cigars (notino _,...„..„._„„.„.. Chicago.— Israel Hamburger, 310 E. M. Roll, bowling, cigars, etc., bill of 41st street, cigar manufacturer, peti- sale to S. N. Schwartz and Joseph f ^^ ' ' — ^t J;°^ ^" bankruptcy— L e w 1 a s h & ^Jf^^JJ' „._phi,ip chackers, cigars and Greenwald, cigar manufacurer, disso- tobacco, chattel mortgage $430. lution announced. Mitchell, Beck- O'Neill & Ruge, leaf tobacco dissolved. with & Mitchell Co., (not inc.), cigars, Kenton.- D. M. Flanagan & Co., to- out of busines..--JosephC. Fotaan. JXsfatelrTir^TW''''"'''"'"'' Cigars, petition in bankruptcy. Marietto. -Charles Hutchins, cigar«,t Rock Island. — Nick Bleur, cigar sold out. manufacturer, dead. Frank H. Hop- Oregon. kins, cigars,etc., petition in bankruptcy Estacada.— Jones & Haviland, cigars, dissolved ; Jones continues. Portland.— G. J. Gheen, cigars and Correspondence with Respon.iible Houses Solicited L. J. SMITH & CO. Wholesale Cigar Manufacturers AND Dealers in Leaf Tobacco RED LION, PA. Maunfacturcrs of i -PAN ANNA 5c. Cigars PHvate Brands aaade (o order. TWO HAVANAS Two for Five Gents Correipondence with Reiponnible Houiea lolicited. Indiana. Indianapolis.— C. W. Kriel, whole- sale and retail cigars, warranty deed $1. Lagrange.— Seidmore & Walter, ci- gars, etc., sold out. confectionery, attached, $1,854 Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. —Louis Bremer's Sons, wholesale leaf tobacco, Howard R< Terre Haute.-Wein.tein.Wagner Ci- IXcigaf 'rSturTr^'drifved.* Texas. gar Co., dissolved. Maine _ , , . , ., ,T , San Antonio.— W. H. Stone, cigars, Dexter.— Linwood M. Hurd, cigars tobacco, etc., closed out. confectionery, etc., succeeded by Vermont. George M. Slater. Linwood M. Hurd Burlington.— 0. C. Taylor & Co., ^9 \ chattel mortgages, $225 and $150, dis- wholesale tobacco, dissolved. SMITH BROS. Brokers in Domestic I 17 A 17 T/^D A f^C^f\ and Imported I^LLiW 1 \JOl\K^K^\J No. 17 Charter Street, Dayton, O. Ohio Goods Our Specialty charged. Maryland. Baltimore.- Edward M. Laing& Co., retail and ma'iuafcturer of cigars and tobacco, dissolved, succeeded by Ed- ward M, Laing. Sneeringer & Co., wholesale leaf tobacco, W. J. Sneer- inger, Jr., admitted. Washington. Tacoma. — J. J. Duffy, cigars, confec- tionery, etc., real estate mortgage, $906. L. H. Munter, cigars and confec- tionery sold to Mrs. M. Jordan. Wisconsin. Milwaukee.— N. E. Neustadel, cigarf and tobacco, sold out to Herzfeld-Phil* lipson Co. ^or Oenuine Sawed cedar Cigar tSoxes, go to tabiiatied i^sso. i. J. Sellers & Son, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO., SELL-ERSViLLE, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD 19 J. B. MILLEYSACK Manufacturer of Pine Havana Hand-IVIade No. 821 Lake Street LANCASTER, PA. Correspondence with the Jobbing Trade solicited. CIGARS I J. E. SHERTS & CO. Lancaster, Pa. Manufacturers of jUgH-lfiaile M&HsTana Cigars CORRESPONDENCE INVITED FROM RESPONSIBLE HOUSES. The Gilt Edge Cigar Box Factory J. FRANK BOWMAN 51 Market St. Lancaster, Pa. CIGAR BOXES SHIPPING CASES LABELS, EDGINGS, RIBBONS Cigar Manufacturers' SUPPLIES of All Kinds Daily Capacity, Five Thousand Boxes Move Your Tobacco on USED BY Leading Tobacco Dealers BUILT AND SOLD BY Box Truck The Wm. F. Kramer Co. (ZLZDlDAYTON, OHIO f ■ ■ '"..^^^ - ~"^ .^5)_ 4 > A'^^" (^ 8^ ^i^^^- - s m w. W. \m\] DALLASTOWN, PA. Manufacturer of Nickel & Medium Price CIGARS For Wholesale and Jobbing Trade E. KENISriNGER, E«tablis3ted 1889. iilanufacturer of High and Medium Gradii Cigars Strictly Union-Made Goods. DcilVGr "Pa, ,«_^ •*~k»<_j« E.23«PST. 5AMPLES& PRICES FURNISHED f. UPON ' Applicatioh IN STOCK. TO ORDER CIGAR LABELS S.!'l«'^..^n<^ BANDS It Will Remove Rankness from Tobacco Take Away Mustiness and Give Ciiiars Havana Flavor. CHASKEL'S SPANISH BETUNE Is Specially adapted to give that Peculiar Sourish Effect desired. GhaskePs Flavors the Cheapest in the market, considering what they do. A Card Will Brin^ More Information and Prices. Mvops CJ0> . BEST ^ Farthest. Chaskel Chemical Works 263 West Broadway, New York CIGAR BOXES VHBtSOF utTisnc CIGAR LABELS SKETCHES AND QUOTATIONS FURNISHED IMUTIfOt 'SAMPLES ANI^ RIBBON PJUCES I I i •! il I 11 !!■; -U 1 )' ; )1 THE TOBACCO WORLD «Ey IS IT cT^ (CeyHPkA --THREE CUBANS manukactored by Oentrai Cigar Company LEWIS SMITH. Proprietor . Forbes and Marion Streets, Plttsburii. Pa. Wholesale and Jobbing Trade solicited. SOLD ON ITS MERITS T0M BT^INES Nickel Goods. f N Strictly a First Class Article— Equal to Any Union or Non-Union Cigar on the Market- Probably Better, You to Judge— and Prices No Higher than Others. V that we sell more HAVANA- RI N E every year? It raust be a good thing for the cigar manu- facturer and a good thing for the smoker. Why is it that you have not adopted this kasing fluid in your factory? Stop and think for a moment: "Is it a good thing for me to make my cigars taste better?'' Write us about it. \ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ i ♦- ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ,H. G. Burky,Maker,Readin^, Pa, * ♦♦♦« .♦♦♦.♦♦♦ . »♦. ♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦{ ; Tobacco Improvement Co. ♦ 504 Ninth Street, N.W., \ Washington, D. G. : UNION MADE BLUE LABEL USED I I Sell Cheap Goods But cheap in one sense only— Price. For years I have made a specialty of making Low Priced Brands that ] Smoke Like the Higher Priced Ones. ' A WRITE ME. H. G. Barnhart, Spring Vale, Pa. All Jobbers Who Handle Travellers lips Say it Always Moves Well A fiood Five Cent Cigar" Abbott Ci^ar Co. ABBOTTSTOWN. PA. The Ideal Gi^ar Made in an Ideal Way Stephen Day 3c. Brand Is Strictly Union Made Ideal Ci^ar Co, CENTENNIAL. PA. cgSSlV^tii^ CUBAN TOBACCO SEED GROWING acres being set out by May 18. IN ALABAMA About ten days after the plants were (Concluded from last week.) set in the field they wer« given their The preparation of the seed bed was first cultivation. H*"^ hoes were usej begun on February 2. but the actual breaking the crust which had W burning of the bed was not commenced on the bed and placing fresh moist sS until February 11. After this work around each plant. Three hand hoeijun had been performed a fine-toothed rake were given the crops in both field* was used to remove all the fine roots after which wing sweeps were asel and trash, thus leaving the bed in a entirely. Both fields were kept c e« 'fine pulverulent condition. Cotton-seed of grass and weeds and the last culfr meal was then applied broadcast at the vation was given each field just afto rate of 100 pounds for the 242 square the plants were topped, leaving thet» yards of the bed. This was worked in to the surface of the soil and the bed was raked and leveled oft" again, thus leaving it in the best possible condition for receiving the seed. Poles were then .u t . *^ f«n* placed around the bed and made secure the plant's growth. Just after tranf by staKes. so as to prevent washing of planting cutworms gave some troubli the beds in the case of heavy rains. making it necessary to reset a portia The seed was sown on February 18 at of the fields. These were overcome to the rate of a tablespoonful to every using paris green mixed with middlmg« ten square yards of bed. Seed im- or corn meal. A mixture of pans gre« ported from the Vuelta Abajo district was also used to combat the ravages^ of Cuba was used, and after being sown the bud worm:and when the hornwoffl was lightly covered and watered. The appeared the crop was sprayed even entire bed was then covered with two weeks with a mixture consistingoJ cheese cloth as a protection against in- 1 pound of paris green, 1 pound of lint sects and heavy rains. During dry and 125 gallons of water weather the bed was watered every The flower bud appeared from serj morning and when necessary weeded to eight weeks after setting outw and poisoned, and by April the plants plante. These, together with severt were large enough to transplant. of the top leaves, were taken out. ctf Several days before transplanting being exercised that no damage w baco on a rounded bed., with a furrot between the rows, deep enough to carry off the water after heavy raini Several kinds of insects were en- countered during the various stages ol done to the rest of the plant. Accord ing to the vitality of the plant, ft* fourteen to sixteen leaves were left the young plants from the bed into the field, the cloth was taken off the bed for the purpose of hardening the plants so they would be better able to mature, and in no instance, exc« withstand the heat of the sun after be- where the plant was selected for^ ing set out. Translanting was begun production of seed, was the flower w in the Orangeburg fine sandy loam left. No definite rule can belaid do* field on April 21 and in the Orangeburg as to how many leaves should bet«iw I clay field on May 9. the entire crop of 3 off with the bud as the climatic e* THE TOBACCO WORLD 21 Telephone Call, 432— B. D^IBcr and Warehouse, FLORIN, PA. I/>cated on Main Line of PenntyWania R. R. f. L. NISSLEY & CO. Growers &nd Packers gf fWE CIGAR LEAF TOBACCO Fine B's and Tops Our Specialty. Critical Buyers alveays find it a pleasure to look ove*" our Samples. f%implet cheerfully submitted upon request. P. O* Box 96* W. R. COOPER & CO. Packers of Penna. Broad Leaf Dealers in All Grades of 7. K. LMAMAN, Packer of and Dealer in lEAF TOBACCO 138 North Market St LANCASTER, PA. Domestic Cigar Leaf Tobaccos 201 & 203 N. Duke Street LANCASTER. PA. -^ Hi' United IPhonet J. W. BRENNEMAN, l^acker and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Packing House, Millersville, Pa. Office & Salesrooms, nft& 112 W. Walnut St., LANCASTER, PA. H.H.MILLER, light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds Fine Florida Sumatra IMPORTED SUMATRA and HAVANA :H AND MUCH Fine Filler Stock •87 and 329 North Queen LANCASTER, PA. B. F. GOOD & CO. fACEERS sn DEALERS IN 142 N. Market Street, LANCASTER. PA. ,< I lit Leaf Tobaccos UNITED PHONBS. T. E. BROOKS iS: CO RED LION, PA. Manufacturers of All Grades of Pennsylvania Cigars FOR THE WHOLESALE JOBBING TRADE DISTRIBUTORS WANTED ON OUR SPECIAL BRANDS: GOV. WRIGHT REGAL DUKE DON SEGNO GEN'L YORK HAVANA SWEETS and MANUEL F. DOMINGUEZ SAMfLES UPON REQUEST Cuban Licorice Casing Wine Is no longer an experiment, and your trade will be affected unless you fall in line and use this HELP TO MODERN CIGAR MAKING. Acme Extract and Chemical Works E. G. ECKERT, Proprietor. Hanover, Pa. The York .Tobacco Co. Packers and Jobbers in All Grades of LEAF TOBACCO Office and Warehouse, 13 East Glarli Aveniie Haaufacturera of "^LT 1 l^cfc Cigar Scrap Tobacco * OFK, r a* TRUMAN D. SHERTZER Dealer in Leaf Tobaccos and Manufacturer of Scrap Filler for Cigar Manafactariis Warehouses: MAIN OFFICE: LANCASTER and RED LION, PA. Lancaster, Pa. N. D. ALEXANDER, Packer of and Dealer io LEAF Jobber in Sumatra, Florida Sumatra and Havana Lemon and Arch Sts. :>!.! '!(; ' < i I 'Hi W' 22 THE TOBACCO WORLD HANu rACTU Ren or ALL KINDS ^ | PRIVATE BRANDS OFORIGINAL DESIGN The Tobacco Sample Binder The only machine manu- factured for the purpose that is perfect in every detail. The only machine of the kind Sold Outright. $10 buys it, and it is your property. We are also Dealers in Samplers* Supplies s Non-elastic Webs, Tapes, Copperized Sta- ples, Sealing Wax, etc, Address GAe Sample Binder Co., West Milion, 0. ditions during the growing season, the purpose for which the plant is grown - whether for wrapper or filler leat — its vitality, and general character must determine how low or high the topping should be done. After the plants were topped, suckers appeared at the junction of the leaves with the stalk. These were also taken when large enough to be removed with- out injury to the plant. In all, the crop was suckered three times. A few plants suckered freely before the top was taken out, which is characteristic of Cuban tobacco. These suckers were also removed as soon as they became an inch long. Suckers will appear on all types of tobacco after it is topped, and unless they are removed the qual- ity of the leaf will be affected. Harvesting was commenced about July 8, when the first settings were ripe. Owing to the unfavorable weather conditions and to the irregularity of ripening on account of the different settings, harvesting was not concluded until August 5. Owing to the absence of suitable barr s for curing, this part of the ex- periment was conducted under great disadvantages. The tobacco was hung upon tier poles as soon as received from the field, about 4 inches of space being left between laths in the upper part of the building to prevent a too rapid cure, while in the body of the barn more space was given between laths to allow for a free circulation of air, which in the case of damp, rainy weather prevents to some extent dam- age done from pole sweat. About the second week in August, shortly after the tobacco had been har- vested, there was a period of rainy weather which made it necessary to uild small wood fires in the barn. As limatic conditions and the character f the tobacco determine to a large ex- ent the methods to be used in manipu- ating a barn, it is impossible to lay down definite rules of procedure, but in a general way the method is as follows : When the weather is hot and dry the barn is kept closed during the day and opened at night. This allows the to- bacco to become soft and pliable in the night, as during the curing season in the South there is generally consider- able moisture in the atmosphere dur- ing the night; but whenever the weather is rainy and a strong wind is blowing, it is best to keep the barn closed tight at night as well as during the day, either to prevent damage from the excess of moisture or to guard against injury to the laaf by whipping. During a continued period of wet and cloudy weather it is always advisable to keep the barn closed and to keep small wood or charcoal fires burning throughout the the barn long enough to dry out the tobacco once a day. These fires should be continued as long as is necessary to keep the tobacco in proper condition. When charcoal |is not available wood that has,;^as [little odor as possible should be used, as it is important when curing cigar tobacco to avoid giving the leaf any foreign odor. The barn curing is completed when the midribs of the leaves are cured, at which time the tobacco is ready to be taken down. To get the tobacco in condition to be handled, all the ventilators must be left open the night before. In the morning the tobacco should be soft and pliable, but not wet, and the ventilators should be closed to retain the moisture. During the first damp weather after the tobacco has been thoroughly cured, which occurred on August 29, a portioa of the crop was taken from the tiar poles and stripped, and by November 8 the entire crop had been stripped and graded, three grades being mad«, namely, sand leaves, middles and topi, The tobacco was then tied into handi containing from forty to fifty leaves and packed in boxes for shipment to the Bureau's warehouse at Nacogdo- ches, Tex., where it went through the fermentation and final assorting. The 680 pounds of tobacco that wu shipped from Alabama the latter part of September was placed in bulk at Nacogdoches on October 20, and the remainder of the crop— 700 poundfi -was bulked in November. The tobacco re- mained in bulk until November 12 whea the temperature began to fall. It was taken down, well shaken, and rebulked, building the new bulk as the old one was taken down. After the tobacco had been thorougl ly fermented it was assorted into three grades, namely, heavy, flimsy and broken. The first two grades reprO" sented perfect leaves, the only differ ence being that those classed as heavj filler contained more body than those placed in the flimsy grade. The broken filler consisted of imperfect leaves from both the heavy and light grades, which, because of this condition, would not command as high a price as the other two grades. These grades were agaii divided, according to the length of the leaf, as follows: The first grade con- tainfd all leaves 16 inches long, th« second 14 inches, and the third 12 inchei In this classification the 14 and 16 incb lengths represent the most desi'-able leaf. After the tobacco had been graded and sized it was tied into hands con- taining from forty to fifty leaves, ac- cording to the length of the leaf. Four of these hands of equal length were tied together to form a carrot, the heads being even and the tobacco wrap- ped from head to tip with Cuban bast The carrots weighed from 1 pound to li pounds according to the size of the leaf, texture, etc. As soon as a suffi- cient number of carrots were made they were packed 80 in a bale made of yaguas bark, this being the trade package for all southern grown fill*' tobacco. Ihe bales were then stacked in piles 5 bales high and kept in* warm room to allow the leaf to undergo the process of ageing. Each week tb« — THB TOBACCO W O R I, D 28 JOHN D. UOINQ OFFICE, ^^ • FACTORY, No. 1 18 Mifflin Street Manufacturer of f^ 1 g Q T S Cor. Maple & Plum Aves. Lebanon, Penna. A Specialty of Private Brands. Telephone Connection Samples ScHt to Responsible Houses. J E. J. HIMMELBERGER w. J. NOLL HIMMELBERGER & NOLL Manufacturers of High Grade Cigars Robesonia, Pa.. Factory No. 701, First District of Pennsylvania. Correspondence with Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited. )U [1] ♦♦♦♦♦♦-♦-♦•♦♦-♦•^♦♦♦♦♦♦'♦'♦♦♦♦♦♦-♦-♦^-♦^♦♦♦♦♦♦-.♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦J Bear Bros, Manufacturers of FINE CIGARS R.F.D.N0.8.YORK.PA. A specialty of Private Brands for ^ Wholesale and Jobbing Trades. Correspondence solicited. Samples on appIicatiovL BRANDs:-g^ Bear. G^ Cub. Essie, and Matthew Carey HARRV A. SINVDER Littlestown, Pa. Manufacturer of Hiiih Grade Seed and Havana Cigars and EL DODIE St. Louis World's Fair Prize Winners. Grace Cameron— Edward Hyde— Habersham— Club Brand ^ Branch Salesroom. ENDICOTT BUILDING, St. Paul, Minn. 'ii n <^^^^%%% John McLaughlin. j. k. Kauffman. ^ JOHN McLaughlin ®. co. Wholesale Dealer* in All Kinds of i Plug (t Smoking Tobaccos < Vt^H, DAUGHERTY & BRO. |Dallastown, Pa. Manufacturers 01 Fine Domestic VPfSHIRb^fH Also. All Grades of Fine Cigars ^ Leaf Tobacco LNo. 307 North Qucco Si. || LANCASTER. PA. BACon ^EtKADC winner BLEND, QUALITY and WORKMANSHIP to Please the Most Critical Smokers Manufactured for Jobbing Trade Only The Toedtman Oigar Co. Makers of the Highest Grade of 5c. Cigars Exclusively MIAMISBURG. OHIO. The American Tobacco Co. 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 position of the bales was changed until the tobacco had become thoroughly and evenly seaeoned. The 3 acres cultivated in 1904 yielded, in air cured tobacco, 1,380 pounds, or 460 pounds to the acre, but owing to the unfavorable climatic conditions during a poftion of the growing season son-.e of the tobacco fired and after cur- ing was found to be worthless. This along with the pole sweat tobacco re- duced the yield of commercial leaf to 1,001 pounds, or 334 poundcj per acre. The total cost of production was $237. 36, or 23 7 cents a pound. Reiulls of the Sale of the 1903 Crop. In order to ascertain the opinion of the trade as to the qualities and com- mercial value of the tobacco grown in Alabama, and to determine the possi- bilities of establishing its production upon a commercial scale, the Bureau deemed it advisable to place thb crop of 1903 upon the market. Arrange- ments were made with Herman G. Vet- terlein. of Philadelphia, to undertake the sale of this tobacco. The Depart- ment had no interest in the sale, all money received, less the broker's com- mission of $1 per bale, being turned over to the owner of the tobacco at Marion. Judging from letters received by the Department from various firms purchasing the tobacco, it seems to have given satisfaction, although some complain that it is not as aromatic nor as smooth as the Cuban leaf. In nearly every case the manfacturers admit that it is one of the best domestic fillers that they have ever tested and predict a future for it, if produced at reason- able prices. The following letter was received from Mr. Vetterlein in regard to the sale of the tobacco : Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 23, 1905. Dear Sir: The tobacco grown in Alabama under the supervision of the Bureau of Soils being now sold. I would herewith report that, while there was a very complete and thorough distribu- tion of the catalogues calling the atten- tion of the manufacturers of cigars and dealers in leaf tobacco to the experi- ments, made in the above mentioned State, the demand for samples to test the merits of this tobacco was not so great as one would expect, and this can only be accounted for by the fact that the manufacturers of cigars are loath to take up anything new or different from what they have been us ing for fear of injuring their estab lished brands of cigars, the result of years of work and expense. However, various samples and bales have been distributed sufficiently to warrant the statement that the Department has succeeded in growing a superior piece of filler tobacco, part of it being smooth and mellow in taste and fiavor and part of it having a trifle more body ; but all being very suitable for mixing with Havana or even for using clear. With continued growing and handling it with the natural improvement that one would expect in its continual production, in the end it should find a position in the market where its merits should create a satisfactory demand. Yours truly, H. G. Vetterlein. Diitribution of the 1904 Crop. This tobacco ranged in priee from LEAFMOIO — THE TOBACCO W O R I. D 26 THE BEST ORGANI MOST COMPLETE LARGEST Mil OW. LEAF TOBACCO ESTABLISHMENT esr AMERICA » L NEW YORK CHICAGO ST. LOUIS e. S. SECHRISTi Dallastown, Pa* Manufacturer of | Fine and O I fi g M^ Common Wl||Cir« Established 189a Capmcxtf, Twenty Thousaod pfDip **KoiM«t ReystoiM. Main 273: B«IL Market 23« WILLIAM MEYER aoe to 216 Quarry St., Philadelphia Cor. Bread, bat 2d 41 3d. Rae« 41 Arek Sis Steam Packing; Box Maker GABPENTEK WORK SHELVES and FIXTURES lobblnilaalllta ^ JANES A. ALLEN Stencils, Metal Checks All Kinds of Robber Stampsi Etc. 244 ARCH ST^ PHILADELPHIA COLOR and CANCELLING STAMPS. LEAD SEALS & STENCILS QaakerGitySteDcil&StanipWb laeorpomtad 234 Afvk SU PHILADELPHIA. PA* W^ STETNERSONS & Co 116-122 E. l4-f"ST NEW YORK. BRANCH FACTOMY S'JO SOO W bH ^"bT N i CATALOGUES OF OUR STOCK C/OAR LABtLS. FLAPS. BA^fOS , ETC.. ETC , SENT GRATIS UPON REQUEST PREPAID WRITE US BEFORE RL^CING ORDERS ' '^. .,., FOR PRIVATE LABELS. BANDS. ETG ,^ s Established 1870 Factory No. 79 S. R. KOCHER i^^ Manufacturer of Fine Havana Cigars and Packer of WRIGHTSVJL.LE, PA. "^aUbUshed 1877 New Factory 1904 H.W.HEFrENER, Steam Cigar Box Manufacturer Howard & Boundary Aves. YORK, PA. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Dealer in \ Cigar Box I,nmber, t Labels, ♦ Ribbons, t Mdging, t Brands, etc. X »♦♦♦♦»»<■< ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦>♦♦♦♦ ! [NLAND CITY CIGAR BOX CO. Manofactarers of Cigar Boxes^Shippiiig Cases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Edgings, etc. f 16— 728 N. Christian St. 1-ANCASTER. PA. /{BEN BUSER MANUFACT0RER OF Cigar Boxes and Cases DBALBR IN Lumber, Labels, Edging, Etc., R. F. D. No. 3, YORK, PA Hi 26 E.A.O IMPORTERS O AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST. PniLJiDBL^HIA THB TOBATCCO world JOHN SLATER & CO Manufacturers of Handmade LOINO FILLER STOfilFS Corner Columbia and Marietta Avenues LANCASTER, PA. No. 21 North Main Street, Washington, Pa. Imperial Cigar Co. Home of the *Two Friends* Absolutely the highest ifrade 2 for 5 Cliiar In the United States. Manufactured on honor and sold on Its merits. We defy competition, and court op> position. Sampl'*s cheerfnlly sent free to any part of the United States. Sold to Jobbers only. Our motto. The best Is not too lioed Imperial Cigar Co. Hanover, Pa. SOMETHING NEW ANI> GOOD WAGNER'S CUBAN STOGIES Manufactured Only by LEONARD WAGNER N„.2 707OhioSt.,ALLEfiHENY;PA Factory GEO. STEUERNAGLE Manufacturer of Pittsburg THE CELEBRATED XT«d* ^^•.klC %fAC'^** K«eS.st9re♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^ ♦^♦♦♦f Pat«B«*d Naroh B. ISB7 For All Kinds of Products Requiring Bating TOBACCO STEMS, PAPER. COTTON. Etc. Specially Constructed ..PRESSES.. For Leaf Tobaeeo Packers Warranted to do more and better wurk in a given time, with less labor than any Press on the market Unsurpassed for • power, strength, simplicity and durability, as well as ease and quickness in operation Various sizes manufactured. Write for prices and full particulars. They are indispensable in ImI packing and tobacco warehouses. Hundreds in use. MINNICH MACHINE WORKS Landisville, Lancaster Co., Pa. JACOB a SHIRK Lancaster, Pa. JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS of American Tobacco Co. American Cigar Co. American Stogie Co. Luhrman & Wilbum Tobacco Co. Blackwell Durham Tobacco Co. Spalding & Merrick Tobacco Co. nWIf f DAV VAIT *<» GET MY PRICES before VT ILL r A I I Ut ordering tfoods elsewhere. Brilliant as Diamonds Fragrant as Roses Good as Government Bonds Are the CIGARS Regis^terec^BJaSd* "Brilliant Star" Clear Havana . . lOc. "S. B." Half Havana 5c. "S. B." Little Havanas 5c. "Honest Bee" .3c. "2— I— No" Mildest Cigar Made 2 fof 5c. Special Braods Made to Order Stauffer Bros. Nfg. Co., New Holland, Pa. m 1 1 %\\\\\ Send Your Cigar Buyer Here We Will Save You Money —Established 1834— WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 27 South Second Street PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday Cigars, Tobacco, Smokers^ Articles Special Sales of Leaf Tobacco ^nsignments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Day of Sale \Patents Caveats, Trade Marks, Design- Patents, Copyrights, etc. '""a^fr" John A.Saul ^ Le Droit Building, WASHINGTON, D. C. For Sale by All Dealers V I R a I N I A MIXTURE 6Ae AMERICAN TOBACCO CO., NEW YOBK p ■«!' B R i-i I ;:: 1 Q U t ■ E 1 - ' ' |i •I'rjj 26 .AC . IMPORTERS OF^^ N. THIRD ST JOHN SLATER & CO Manufacturers of Handmade LONO FILLER SX^filFS Corner Columbia and Marietta Avenues LANCASTER, PA. No. 21 Nortli Main Street, Washington, Pa. \ Imperial Cigar Co. Home of the 'Two Friends' Absolutely the hliihest ({rade 2 for 5 Cldar in the United States. Manufactured on honor and sold on Its merits. We defy competition, and court op- position. Samples cheerfully sent free to any part of the Lnited States. Sold to Jobbers only. Our motto. The best Is not too lioed Imperial Cigar Co. Hanover, Pa. SOMETHING NEW AND GOOD WAGNER'S CUBAN STOGIES Manufactured Duly by LEONARD WAGNER r.c.„,vNo.^ 707 Ohio St, ALLEGHENY, PA ^ GEO. STEUERNAGLE THE CELEBRATED Manufacturer of XTO.s in uperation Various sizes manufactured. Write for prices and full particulars. They are indispensable in leal packing and tobacco warehouses. Hundreds in use. MINNICH MACHINE WORKS Landisville, Lancaster Co., Pa. —Established 1834— WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 27 South Second Street PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday Cigars, Tobacco, Smokers^ Articles special Sales of Leaf Tobacco ^nsignments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Day of Sale \Patents Caveats, Trade Marks, Design-Patents, Copyrights, etc. ""ffier" ToHN A.Saul le Droit Building, WASHINGTON, D. C. X X \ TELEPHONE 1561 *♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4 ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ LITH0GR.APH1NG SPECIAL DESIGN! ♦.♦^^ XX XX JACOB G. SHIRK Lancaster, Pa. JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS of American Tobacco Co, American Cigar Co. American Stogie Co. Luhrman & Wilbum Tobacco Co. Blackwell Durham Tobacco Co. Spalding & Merrick Tobacco Co. nWIf f DiV VATI <*» G^"^ ^"^ PRICES before TTILL rAI lUU orderln|{ ^oods elsewhere. Brilliant as Diamonds • Fragrant as Roses Good as Government Bonds Are the CIGARS Regis^tered^Brands "Brilliant Star" Clear Havana . . lOc. *'S. B." Half Havana "S. B." Little Havanas 5c. 5c. Honest Bee" 3c. 2— I— No" Mildest Cigar Made 2 fof 5c. Special Brands Made (o Order Stauffer Bros. Mfg. Co., New Holland, Pa. Send Your Cigar Buyer Here We Will Save You Money For Sale by All Dealers f' IHi ; ) V I R a I N I A E R I Q U E MIXTURE GAe AMERICAN TOBACCO CO., NEW YORK II!' INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE f 1 1 AC cSCoH ..^IMPORTERS OF^'^ AVANA 123 N. THIRD fTHILJkDmL^HIA Rabell, Costa, Vales & Company Finest HdLvaLinaL Sole Purveyors, by Request, to the Royal House of Spain. .'4 "*^-'" 1 mm^i^ \ / ^«^/i: "^^ AT' ■ CIGAKS This Factory Being Independent is Enablelj to Guarantee the Quality of its Products. i'.. m Factory, GaLliano 98, Havaiva, Cuba. - - - — ■ ■ ' _:: —/ ■ — ■ 1 'tskiw=Vi\.tVi' NATIONAL CUBA CI Sole Representative of tbe United States and Canada, 147 Waier St, New Yoi WARREN BECK £i BRO. '^^S^'o^ w^«!nio.t.. Cigar Manufacfurers York, Pa. Admiral GherardI Gen. Warren La Responder Marcana La Cantldad Michael Hose A. F. Bril Dallas Ciiar Manufac- turers of LEAF TOBACCO, Dttoi, Fe ^M^iMM««*M«%V«« < A; D. KILLHEFFER, I I MILLERSVILLE, PA. Makei of Hi^h Grade Cigars. "^^^" No Salesmen. Communicate with FactoijJ E. ROSENWALB & BR0. # TM(E N 2^ ]90f Bstablished in 1881. Vol. XXVIL, No. 4. PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK, JAN. 23, 1907. { One Dollar i>er Annum. Payable in Advance. lEAF TOBACCO • CENTRAL, UNION* .MMfititi No. 310 Race Street Philadelphia No other brand of Tobacco has srrown so quickly in public favor. Reasons: Quality, Price, Union Label, Friendly Dealers* Aid, and Tobacco Trust's Hostility. United States Tobacco COn RichmondyVa. i5 ^ ti SUMATRA TOBACCO The Kind that Wraps Economically H. DUYS & CO. No. 1 70 Water street, New York i The Leading Exclusive Sumatra House Amslerdam Hoase: — De Amsterdamsche Tabakshandelmaalschappij. Growers and Packers of L FLORIDA TOBACCOS Write for Samples SCHROMDMR & ARGUIMBAU 178 Water Street, New York ii|nf| Si , II Mill ^ THB TOBACCO W O K I, U THE ^UNTC jj 5c. * j^^ A CIGAR • ^^S^^^^^^flB^ that ^^^^^^""""^^^P^^^^^^^k. f od'II say is ^Hj^^^^^k^^^ "All 0m HHl^^^^^^^^litlk to the M m^^^^^^^^^^^^^^K Front." mi^H|||^HPii^^^ fcv , . . .«iiii^^.. ■; ..,. -.^^^^^if***--^- El Draco Cigar Mfg. Co. Philada. '! (LORD LANCASTER, 10c.) lli Bl k C Manufacturers 615 Market St., Philada. (NICKELBY, 5c.) il CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight 5-cent Ci^ar Made by Morris D. Neumann &CoJ _j PHILADELPHIA, PA. Sumner Greene E. T. Coliu SUMNER GREENE & CO. Manufacturers of eiie's Cigars 2330 MARKET ST., PHIL\0 ELPH are Se^i Factory 1839. First District Penna. 114 SUPERIOR Quality and Workmanship Factory No. 968, First District Penna. t7 If You Want to be In HAVANA ^ Smoke CN %, ^ Mad* by K HENRY HEYMANN'S SONS bl Sinking Spring, Pa. r W. K. Gresh & Sons, Makers Norristown, Pa. VOU CAN BUY WEAVER'S ORIGINAL HAVANA SHORTS ALL JOBBING HOUSES Parmenter Wax-Lined Coupon Ci^ar Pockets Afford PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST^ MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indorsed by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE Advertising Medium known. ? Racine Paper Goods Co., Racine, Wis., D. Si Sole Owners and Manufacturers. E. A. G^^^^s <& Go H AVANA 123 N. THIRD HILAOmL^MiA 4TriE T©ByieeO WORLB-» AN ENTERPRISING PAIR OF FLORIDA TOBACCO ENTHUSIASTS Mr. J. KOSMINSKY Mr. ALBERT KRAUS We refer to a couple of the most -aative young leaf men whose special hobby is Florida tobacco, and both of whom are prominently identified with the Florida Havana and Sumatra Co. The plantations of this company are located at Quincy, Florida, where the packing houses are also located, but the principal or executive office of the company is at 22 Fifth avenue, Chicago. Mr. Kraus is the Secre- tary of the company, with offices at their headquarters in Chicago, and his duties are two-fold, for besides the office management, he also manages in some way to find time to keep in close touch with a large list of cus- tomers, all of whom are his personal friends, and the volume of business he does with them annually is very large. In fact his acquaintances cover almost the entire West, where he has intimate relations with nearly every prominent member of the trade. And Mr. Kraus is yet a young man, but widely ex- perienced. J. Kosminsky, whose portrait is also shown on this page, is also a member of the Florida Havana and Sumatra Co., and is the company's Eastern manager, with headquarters at York, Pa., a rather central point surrounded as it i^, hy a large cigar manufacturing section. Mr. K. cer- tainly needs no introduction at our hands, bceause he is known to Himost every man, woman and child who has anything to do with a cigar factory. But even that is not all. Before making his p -rmanent headquarters at York, Mr. Kosminsky covered a large territory, and n^s consequently also a large acquaintance outside of the more pop jIous cigar making sec- tions of the East. Both of these gentlemen were for many years connected with the old and well known house of Taussig & Co., New York and Chicago, and have en- tered their new fields with such a thor9Ugh knowledge of the leaf busi- ness that the succees they are makinir of this undertaking is nothing more than was predicted. On the subject of Florida tobaccos, both are more than enthusiastic, and thoroughly well posted at all times on the situation in that State, they are able and willing: to give their honest opinion and advice to their friends. A YORK COUNTY HUSTLER There is perhaps no greater hustler in all of York county than John F. Reichard, a leaf tobacco dealer at Craley. Mr. Reichard began business in 1893 as a cigar manufacturer, and two years later also entered the leaf trade. Although he continued the cigar manu- facturing business for some years, his leaf business grew to such an extent that he was ultimately compelled to practically relinquish all his cigar manufacturing interests in order to devote his time entirely to leaf tobacco. Several years ago he erected a com- modious building on his premises at Craley, which was equipped with elevator and other modern improve- ments. The structure is 36 by 90 feet, three stories high, and has a good basement for packing purposes. He handles every type of domestic leaf that is known to the trade, and is credited with doing a voluminous busi- ness, which is growing at a rapid rate. He was quite an extensive buyer of the 1906 crops in York county, but is said to have sold his contracts to another packer, and will himself pack only Lancaster county tobacco. SALESMEN, HERE'S (he NAN to SEE. Indianapolis, Ind. , Jan. 21, 1907. Samuel D. Pierson, president of the Pierson Cigar Company, 25 West Wash- ington street, has concluded a three- year lease for the exclusive cigar, to- bacco and periodical privileges with the Hotel Edward, the new 175-room fire- proof hotel nearing completion on South lUinoi.s street. The furnishings of the cigar stand are to be of solid mahogany, and every device known to the trade for keeping cigars and tobacco in first-class con- dition will be installed. BURLEY PfcOPLfc (.KT lOGETHEK. Society Incorpitmled at Winchrsler, Ky . to Aid in l>«>ltin/( Heller Prices Winchester. Ky.. Jan. 2L The local Burley independents held a session behind closed doors and decided to file papers of incorporation which was done. The name is the Burley Tobacco Society, a branch of the American Society of Equity. Its principal place of business is Winches- ter, and its object to assist the Burley tobacco growers to get better prices for their product. There is no capital stock, and the total indebtedness is limited to $250.01)0. The incorporators are the members of the district committee, composed of one member from each county, and the instrument provides how other mem- bers may be admitted. It was signed by chairmen of thirty-one counties. The questions of warehouses, recep- tion and handling tobacco remain to be settied yet. * THE SPRING INSCRIPTIONS. The spring inscriptions for the sale of Sumatra for the year 1907 will tak« place as follows : At Amsterdam March 8 and 15, April 6 and 12, May 3 and 11, June 5 and 28, and July 5. At Rotterdam -March 28 and May 30. There will be eleven in all. CHARGED WITH COUNTERFEITING UNION LABEL. Chicago, Jan. 21. Albert Heyman, a cigarmaker, at 69 Dearborn street, was fined $200 and costs by Judge Eberhardt on a charge of counterfeiting the blue label of the Cigarmakers' International Union. Heyman is alleged to have sold the counterfeit labels to dealers all over the United States. The case wai prosecuted by George J. Thomson, label secretary of union. ^^^ HM ^^ ^^ ^^ will buy outright the plant, stock, fixtures, good-will, etc., of one of the ^^1 g K J \J t J best and most complete Cigar Factories in the heart of Philadelphia, doing ■ f^^ ^^ ^^ a large business. Present working organization willing to run the busi- ness under new control. Have on hand over Ten Thousand Dollars worth of Cigars and Tobacco. Address H. P. H., care of The Tobacco World, 224 Arch Street, Philadelphia. U \\ THB TOBACCO WOKLD THE |p^ijinrej^ 5c. CIGAR that fooMlsayis "All to the Front." El Draco Cigar Mfg. Co. Philada. (LORD LANCASTER, 10c.) ill M k C Manufacturers 615 Market St., Philada. (NICKELBY, 5c.) MOICE CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Kni^htl 5-cent Ci^ar Made- by Morris D. Neumann. & PHILADELPHIA. PA. Samncr Greene SUMNER GREENE & CO. Manufacturers of E. T. CoUm <^/ ! "-'"■— -—'■■' — ^ ■ - • 0^M3 GAR 114 N 7^^ St eiie s v^^ Cigars] 2330 MARKET ST., PHIL \0 ELPH Gre Factory 1839, First District Penna. SUPERIOR Quality and Workmanship Fadory No. 968, First District Penna. , If You Want to ba la HAVANA Smoke ^ CN %, ^ Mad* by tl HENRY BEYHANN'S SONS Sinking Spring, Pa. r W. K. Gresh & Sons, Makers. Norristown, Pa* YOU OAIS BUY WEAVER'S ORIGINAL HAVANA SHORTS ALL JOBBING HOUSES Parmenter Wax-Lined Coupon Ci^ar Pock( Atrord PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST- MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indorsed by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE Advertising Medium known. Racine Paper Goods Co., Racine, Wis., U.&i Sole Owners and Menufactnrers. "^ m IMPfiRTERm Or^^ ~ 123 N. THIRD eT. HILJkOmL^HiA AN ENTERPRISING PAIR OF FLORIDA TOBACCO ENTHUSIASTS ^^^^^^i ■ J ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^L '^ - ioj^f^ii -'^-f; rf-'A^M Hj^^^",,.,. x.'Oni Mr. J. KOSMINSKY Mr. ALBERT KRAUS We refer to a couple of the most aative young leaf men whose special hobby is Florida tobacco, and both of whom are prominently identified with the Florida Havana and Sumatra Co. The plantations of this company are located at Quincy, Florida, where the pscking bouses are also located, but the principal or executive office of the company is at 22 Fifth avenue, Chicago. Mr. Kraus is the Secre- tary of the company, with offices at their headquarters in Chicago, and his duties are two-fold, for besides the office management, he also manages in some way to find time to keep in close touch with a large list of cus- tomers, all of whom are his personal friends, and the volume of business he does with them annually is very large. In fact his acquaintances cover almost the entire West, where he has intimate relations with nearly every prominent member of the trade. And Mr. Kraus is yet a young man, but widely ex- perienced. J. Kosminsky, whose portrait is also shown on this page, is also a member of the Florida Havana and Sumatra Co., and is the company's Eastern manaj^er, with headquarters at York, Pa., a rather central point surrounded as it in, hy a large cigar manufacturing section. Mr. K. cer- tainly needs no introduction at our hands, because he is known to almost every man, woman and child who has anything to do with a cigar factory. But even that is not all. Before making his permanent headquarters at York, Mr. Kosminsky covered a large territory, and hns consequently also a large acquaintance outside of the more populous cigar making sec- tions of the East. Both of these gentlemen were for many years connected with the old and well known house of Taussig & Co., New York and Chicago, and have en- tered their new fields with such a thorough knowledge of the leaf busi- ness that the succees they are making: of this undertaking is nothing more than was predicted. On the subject of Florida tobaccos, both are mora than enthusiastic, and thoroughly well posted at all times on the situation in that State, they are able and willing to give their honest opinion and advice to their friends. A YORK COUNTY HUSTLER There is perhaps no greater hustler in all of York county than John F. Reichard, a leaf tobacco dealer at Craley. Mr. Reichard began business in 1893 a« a cigar manufacturer, and two years later also entered the leaf trade. Although he continued the cigar manu- facturing business for some years, his leaf business grew to such an extent that he was ultimately compelled to practically relinquish all his cigar manufacturing interests in order to devote his time entirely to leaf tobacco. Several years ago he erected a com- modious building on his premises at Craley, which was equipped with elevator and other modern improve- ments. The structure is 36 by 90 feet, three stories high, and has a good basement for packing purposes. He handles every type of domestic leaf that is known to the trade, and is credited with doing a voluminous busi- ness, which is growing at a rapid rate. He was quite an extensive buyer of the 1906 crops in York county, but is said to have sold his contracts to another packer, and will himself pack only Lancaster county tobacco. SALESMEN, HERE'S the NAN to SEE. Indianapolis, Ind.. Jan. 21, 1907. Samuel D. Pierson, president of the Pierson Cigar Company, 25 West Wash- ington street, has concluded a three- year lease for the exclusive cigar, to- bacco and periodical privileges with the Hotel Edward, the new 175-room fire- proof hotel nearing completion on South Illinois street. The furnishings of the cigar stand are to be of solid mahogany, and every device known to the trade for keeping cigars and tobacco in first-class con- dition will be installed. BURLEY PEOPLE ''->'^s c6 O- H •"^ M ""*^-rrrrrr or"^^ AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST HIUkOmg^HIA EXPORT STAMP ISSUED BY CUBAN CIGAR MANUFACTURERS Authorized by the Government of the Republic of Cuba M m«fJm»i:MI»'.iH-iii«^uiJ^i!iHi)lHEATH OF MRS. GROS. Fiends of E. Gros, proprietor of the Anti-Trust Cigar Co., at Washington, • C., will be grieved to leara of the 5ARTAGAS 1021 YG? 4MBAHfii. Cifuentes, FerneiJ-d^f yCi Proprietors 174 Industria Street Cable: Cl PER. Habana, Cuba yimwo Diaz ^ Rodrigw B. DIRZ 8t CO. Growers 2Li\d Packers of VueltdL Abajo and PdLftido Tob^LCCO PRADO 125, Cable >-Zaidco HABANA, CUBA AVELINO PAZOS & CO. Almaeetdstas de Tabaco en Ram PRADO J23, Habana ONiura. SUAREZ HERMANOS. (S. •■ C.) *~»?dJLi^s^ Leaf Tobacco f laURAS 39-41, Gawa: *CMta»" HAVANA, CUBA J.^H. CAYRO & SON Dealers in Ueaf Tobaec Specialty: Vuelta Abajo and Partido • Warehouse and Office, 92 DrtLgoaee Street VAVANA, MH Cable AddreM: "JotWATBO." •ollcitedin HENRY voNcirr r. VIDAL ctfi VONEIFF Y VIDAL CRUZ '"Eto?te'".''of LEAF'TOBAeeO 73 Amistad Street, HAVANA, CUBA. BrkAcK llouMs:-6U W. Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Nd.; ** O. Box 433, Taimp^ V^ BVARI8TO GARCIA JOSB M. OAKCIA tf Capacity for Manalacturlng Cigar Boxes Al.vays Room for Ons Morb Good Cut THB TOBACCO WORLD L. J. Sellers & Son, Seilersvllle, Pa. 11 i ; 11 treaty upon some fine 1st capaduras very busy for the next two weeks which he will undoubtedly complains, the IBID of Remedies secure, even if. as he prices are far too high. Sale* Total sales last week amounted to 1 931 bales in all. divided into 975 bales of Vuelta Abajo 306 of Partido. and 650 of Remedios. For the American market 1.006 bales were purchased, while the home manufacturers of cigars and cigarettes — j--" --^'^ bales. are credited with 925 of J. Bernheim & securing good locations in which to make displays. The Crimson Cigar Co., manufacturers and retailers, at 408 Columbus avenue, although not yet in business a year, are more than satisfied with the way in which their Crimson brand is dupli- cating. This concern is composed of three practical cigarmakers, all are hustlers, and with hard plugging I expect some day to find them on the top of the heap. J. Wilensky, retailer at 932 Washing- Tsaac Bernheim . , , . ,. , Q was also one of the arrivals last ton street, intends doing a little cutting k and if 1 am correctly informed in prices. He has started by offering This house is already making an active propaganda among the principal vegas of Santa Clara province. |tr«'rt|»i> Krom the Conntry for week ending January 12, 1907 : Vuelta Abajo 8 bales Remedios ^."^tK Santiago de Cuba Total 35 2.410 ConsUtution Seed and , ^ Havana stands for Quality and Workmanship. Remember that. THE TOBACCO TRADE IN BOSTON. WKat Ihe Principal Tradesmen are Do ing (o Advance Business. [Boston Bureau "The Tobacco World'' 19 Devonshire Street] Boston, Mass., Jan. 21. Trade has been rather quiet the past week. We have had some cold weather ; in fact during two days the thermometer wavered around the zero mark. Visit- ing drummers are coming thick and fast, but most are booking orders for future shipments. Rumors have reached here that L. Miller & Sons, New York, have sold out to the trust. Millers' principal seller in this market is the LeKoy short smokes. The contract between Butler-Butler, inc., and Geo. Stimson, here, expired on the 15th. Butler-Butler intend to ^ Je Me GARCIA Y CIA. • Almacenistas de TabacoT Partido y Vuelta AbiM CON VBGAS PROPIAS ^riSjl San Nicolas 126 y 128. Cebie: joiiAaAaciA" HABANA, CU»| spend some money to get their brands on a better footing in this market. Al Bloom, with the Butlpr-Butler concern, has been calling on the wholesale trade this week and asking the jobbers to send back all the old goods on hand in Egyptian Straight Cut cigarettes, and get fresh goods. Calendars have been greatly in de- mand this year. Even during the past week many demands for same were made on retailers whose supply has been exhausted for the past fortnight. Royal Bengal and Omega calendars are late arrivals. Emil Abrahams who has the account of Pacholder & Co., Baltimore, has been doing well with this line. He recently took orders for private brands from Erlich & Kof, Norma Cigar Co., Geo. Melhado, and Sam Banard. Sam Kitflas, a Tremont street re- tailer, is showing up a nice assort- ment of French clay pipes, and reports a satisfactory sale of same. Jaynes & Co., the cut price drug- Kists, have been using this week a window especially decorated with aP. kinds of playing cards and mostly featuring their own brand of playing cards at 17 cents a pack. ; ^ An attractive display of the Menashi cigarette is at the Bedford street branch store of Jaynes & Co. J. P. Mulligan is still on deck, and will be Bstabllskod 1834 Independent Yoelta Abajo Factory Antonia Lopez Goervo, Vda. de Riyero S^^iRAfi^SS ABioale J. Pr#«ra. aicardo B. Blv* Manaouw Offices t Belascoain, 2 B, p. o. Box 374. HAVANA, Coba. Cable Addreu: Larranaga, Havana A B C 4th and 5th edition. Trad* Mark ■•diaUrad Codei used: Ueber's Standard (Ed. Eipasok) rint Prises in Twenty Exposition!. Grand Prix with Gold Medal in Lieje. 190). r Representatives and Agents in all the Great Cities of the World. U\m kgmmH for th« U. S.: C. BARRON TAYLOR. 93 Broad St. New York.^ 11 4 1 1 the Cremo cigars at 4 cents each, or 7 for 25 cents, and all 10 cent cuts of plug at 8 for 25 cents. Ralph M. Cans, of Cans Bros., New York, was in town yesterday. He brought with him samples of three new sizes of the William the Fourth brand. One of the new sizes is a 5 cent pony and ought to sell well, being a strictly long filler piece of goods and the pack- ing is very handsome. S. A. Frank, the local factory representative, has opened up many new accounts since the first of .he year, and expects to greatly increase the business during the coming season. Morris Wolfson, proprietor of the two stores on two corners of Traverse and Friend streets, intends shortly to use the store at the south east corner as a boot and shoe shining parlor and also sell cigars as heretofore. Huell Sisters, 14 Bedford street, operate one of the smallest cigar stores here. The store nevertheless is nicely stocked and fitted out, and they are doing a fairly good business for this time of the year. The Union League 5 cent cigar is being used as a leader this week by J. P. Mahoney, of the Baltimore Dairy Lunch Cigar Stand. This cigar stand is the only one in New England that has barred out paper cigarettes of every description, and even with this handi- cap is increasing its cigar business yearly. Cartoffs' new cigar stand in the Cafe at 16 Dock Square, opened for business last Monday. The Goodwin Sisters, Scollay Square, who really have a good cigar stand, report trade a trifle slow since the holidays. Their leaders in clear Havana cigars are Uona Roma, William the Fourth, El Cura, and Cortez. In seed and Havana the Smokecraft and Bayuk Bros' Blue Ribbon cigars are good sellers. Papers of incorporation were filed this week by the Markell Drug Co., which operates a cut price drug store on Tremont Row and two branch stores over in Chelsea. Mr Gifford, with the American To- bacco Co, is paying particular attention to the new sliced plug Fore and Aft. A certificate as being packed in each 5 lb. carton and for the return of 20 of these to the American Tobacco Co.'s premium department a handsome clock is being sent gratis. This offer is good for one year. Brother Vaugh, who has charge of the Bairam cigarette, has of late been canvassing the swell hotels and clubs, and expects soon to see good results. Ihe Surbrug Co., New York, for a short time are offering jobbers 10 per cent free goods on the Egyptian Arab, and all seem to be . taking ^advantage of the new deal. ^ F. ROCHA, Havana Leaf Tobacco Tabacos Finos de Vuelta Abajo, Partido y Vwili San Miiluel lOO, HABANA, CUBA. M !1 CHARLES BLASCO Commission Mercliant l^eaf Tobacco and Cigar« 1 O'Reilly St. ^f^: Habana, Cuba^ 1 i . ii GONZALMZ, BMNITMZ & CO. AlmacenistasdeTabacoenRamayViverei Amargura 12 and 14, and San Ignacio 25, Cable: "Tebenitez.* P. O. Box 396. ' ■ 5 1 ^ \ HABANA, CVBM LOMB-NUNEZ HAVANA CO. Iimacenistas iie TM en tarn 142 and 144 Consulado Street, HABANA. ['■ 1 Cable:— Rbporm. A. M. CALZADA & CO. Packers and Dealers in Leaf and COMMISSION MERCHANTS Monte 156, HABANA, CUBA. p. O. Box. S9d. Cable: "CALDA." NDBLaOBN LOOia A. aOBNBIIAflH Mendelsohn, Bornemann & Co., Importers ol HAVANA TOBACCO •nd Commission Aerchants Hmm Yatk Office 1 tee WATEI STKEBY Havaoa. Cvbai ^ ■ANUBI. SUABEZ y CA.. Aalated •# Tclcphonet 1629 Cable Addreasi DERBA. WM. Importer of Havana Tobacco 4 Burling Slip. NEW YORK A Specialty of HAVANA WRAPPERS »nd FILLERS at retail Nail orders promptly (Concluded^on>age;20) ;;_ .^. GONZALEZ Y MIGUEL Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama Especialidad en Tabaco de Santa Clara de Primera Clase Cable> "CASIN" AMISTAD 97, ^1 HABANA. M It THE TOBACCO WORLD MRNMST ELLINGER & CO. m. z6x w7ter street Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO New York ^^& -i^ l4lWaterSia^ •W PORTERS AND LEAF TOBACCO. O^riQES : DETROIT, MICH. AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. HAVANA ,CUBA. New York. 8. CANS MOSES J. CANS JEROME WAI.I.ER EDWIN I. ALEXANDRA JOSEPH S. GANS ®. CO. Packers of L^C3,I 1 O DclCCO ««i*i>hon«-346 jotaD. No. LSO WsiLter Street, NEW YORK. Starr Brothers LEAF TOBACCO IMPORTERS AND PACKERS OP Mablithed 1888. Telephone, 4027 John. No. 163 Water Street, NEW YORK. ' M. F. SCHNEIDER UIPORTEB OF Sumatra Tobacco OOWEH EUIPEMaTEBO AMSIBMDAM. .••377 JOHN." 2 Burling Slip, 1 NEW YORK. I J.BERNHEIM&:50N HAVANA TOBACCO NEW VORK . W Havana, Cuba Joseph Hirsch & Son INPOBTERS OF SUMATRA TOBACCO OFFICEi 0. Z. VOORBURGWAL 227 1 fi ^ w V Q * Amsterdam. Holland. iOO Waierot. Cable Address: "HERE." NEW YORK ^.^^^^^.^.♦♦.^♦4 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦-•-•-♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ^ New York, January 21. TOBACCO NEWS OF GREATER NEW YORK There was marked activity in the leaf market during the past week, with a general improvement noticeable. Aside from the fact that the market was being visited by a number of out of town buyers, the activity was greatly augmented when announce- ment was made of a stupendous trans- action m 1905 Wisconsin between two of the largest handlers of that class of goodsT And besides that, there was liberal buying of a variety of leaf by dealers and manufacturers to replenish stocks. Wisconsin was the most pro- nounced type dealt in last week, but there was no lack of demand for other goods. Pennsylvania leaf was also a strong factor, and the slightest shade in price quickly brought ready buyers. Offerings of light Connecticut wrappers were about the only class of domestic leaf that did not meet with quick re- sponse. ' The Havana situation is not the most encouraging, and while there appear to be large quantities in warehouses, im variety of goods. They have.been doing an extensive business. The Colonial TJobacco Co.,' composed of S. Aaron, formerly a cigarette Job- ber, and Otto R. Hartman, president of Philip Morris & Co., Ltd., cigarette manufacturers, and which firm hai been doing business at 141 Columbw avenue, has removed to 84th street and Third avenue. The United Cigar Manufacturers' Co. has now equipped a complete cigar box manufacturing plant, at New Brjnswick, N. J., which will soonbt in operation. There has been mad talk lately in New York, of alleged abuses on the part of cigar box manfr facturers, and their apparent dereli^ tion in filling cigar manufacturerf orders. It was claimed that the cigir'l box manufacturers had formed them- selves into a combination or pool for the purpose of boosting prices of boxes, but the cigar box makers' side of the story was that the prevailing condition* were owing entirely to the lumber porters and dejalers admit that much of situation, and that they were compelled irirSeingTieid by manufacturers. to pay such enormous prices for lumber In view of the fact that the new that they were practically helpless in crops in Cuba are suffering from drought, there is some uneasiness felt in fear that the crops may again be- come^stunted and a shrinkage ensue. There has been, therefore, a tendency for an advance in prices. Sumatra, too, has been fairly active, with indications that manufacturers' stocks are steadily diminishing, and some fair sized sales were reported, though not in surprisingly large indi- vidual lotsjl^ The^ trade is already beginniTTg to look forward to the possi- bilities of the early inscriptions at Amsterdam. E. Rosenwald & Bro. last week con- summated the sale of a packing of 3,000 cases of 1905 Wisconsin tobacco to Julius Marqusee, making him now, it is stated, the largest individual handler of Wisconsin tobacco. The immense volume of business done by Mr. Mar- qusee during the past year is fairly marvelous. He is credited with a busi- ness of about 75,000 cases of domestic leaf tobacco during last year. 2 Mr. Marqusee's transactions during the past year have fairly amazed some of the older dealers in this city. But this last one, which is regarded as a masterstroke, shows that he has un- bounded faith in the merits of 1905 Wisconsin. As early as two weeks ago it was rumored here that the business of L. Miller & Sons had been sold out to the American Tobacco Co., but no confir- mation has yet been made by either party concerned, yet it is now generally regarded as an accomplished fact. Several of the best known brands pro- duced by the Miller factory are the Le Roy, an all tobacco little cigar; the Grumbler cigar, and Veribest smoking tobacco. The firm has, however, quite an array of brands and makes a large HI JNTER--A Nickel Cigar Has won many races for* dealers. 2 Z^ Try it. the matter of prices and had either to obtain the advances or be virtually forced out of business. Project after project, looking to the establishment of new independent cigar box factories were broached, but there have been only one or two ad- ditional factories started so far. It seems not impossible that several of the larger cigar manufacturers may soon try the plan of equipping a box making plant as a part of their estab- lishments, if not in separate buildings, and a distinct enterprise. In fact the action of the United Cigar Manufac- turers' Co. may be a forerunner. Jos. Mendelsohn, of Mendelsohn, Borneman & Co., is still in Havana, and will probably remain there for several weeks yet. In the meantime Mr. Borneman is kept steadily busy at the firm's New York office in lookinf after the office routine and waiting ob visiting customers. Chas. Wasserman, with Max Cans A Son, has started on an extended Wei- tern trip, while M. BaumI, with tht same house, has been earnestly look* ing after the Pennsylvania trade. The A. Hussey Leaf Tobacco Co., •♦ 176 Pearl street, made a remarkably good record during 1906. There is pW* haps not a single cigar manufacturer in the United States who is not b«iiif carefully kept in touch with by thii pioneer mail order leaf house. Schroedir & Arguimbau report that they are almost overwhelmed with JD" quiries regarding their new Florida to- bacco, and that they fear the packing* will not be nearly sufficient to nJ««* the demands. In the suit brought by Nat J. Ric«» for many years 'representative of the R & W. Jenkinson Co., stogie manO' facturers of Pittsburg, against M. Melachrino, a Turkish cigarette manO* facturer of New York, by whom Rie* was more recently employed, answer (Concluded on page 18.) For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to Established I88O L. J. Sellers St Son, KEYSTONE BOX CO., SELLERSVILLE, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD A. COHN a CO. IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra PACKERS OF Seed Leaf Tobacco and Growers of Georgia Sumatra . 142 Water Street, New York EDEN CIQAR FACTORY BANCES & LOPE^ HAVANA. CUBA. Calixto Lopez & Co. 180 Water St., New Yorii Will receive and atterdtoordtsb Cigari made strictly of tke vety bug m vijELTA ABAJO TOBACCC liSabliahtd 1840. Cable "IfM|b. Hinsdale Smith & Co. luiBOt'tei of Sumatra & Havana '^ |^/vl\21/>/>l"b •^ Packers o{ Connecticut Loaf I UUoC/l^fl 125 Maiden Lane/ KT^?;'-"- NEW YORK. JOSEPH HOLZMAN SUMATRA, HAVANA X/-w K 5* /-< /^ /-k and SEED LEAF 1 UJJQdUU 183 Water St., New York (j> =0 Cigar Moisture and Moisture Proof Boxes and Cabinets <& QUERIN Office, Factory and Sample Room 115 to 121 East Thirteenth St. New York Write for Illustrated Catalogue. ^0 T. J. DUNN St CO. Makers of the BACHELOR CIGAR 401-403 E. 91st Street, NEW YORK JOHN W. MERRIAM St CO. "At the Sitfn of the Ball L>otf.'* New York Real Habana Seiiar Makers and Importers Habana Scraps and Gnttlarfs for Saia I JOSH BILLINGS I 5c. Cigar "There hain't none better than the best" — Josh Billings. This Is the Best. i\ ! t < ' ) ! ; A cigar of merit with a push behind it. The Best Little Cigars ever offered the American public. Golden Eagle Cigars They are extra large, Havana blend, and of perfect workmanship. Finest package. I. LEWIS & CO. Makers, Established 1870. N C WftF K, N.J. Z. JOHN NORRIS, Manager of the Philadelphia Office, 1 1 1 Market St. i! i ! ! ii !'•( !li! !;!1 n, li i :■ E, A. O^*-^^® <& O^- <^> Havana 123 N. THIRD ST HlLJkDCL^HIA ^ Established i5)8i ^THE Incorporated 1902 T0B/ieee World Published Every Wednesday BY THB TOBACCO WORLD PUBLISHING CO. 224 Arch Street, PKiUdelpKi«L Jay Y. Krout, J. M Bdcki,by, H. C. McManus, President and Genl. Manager. Editor. Secretary and Treasurer. Bntered at the Post Office at Philadelphia, Pa., as second class matter. TklSphones:— Bell, Market 28-97 ; Keystone, Main 45-39^ Cable Address, Baccoworld. Havana Office, Post Office Box j6t. SUBSCRIPTION-PAYABLE IN ADVANCES 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 tt deuce of merit as to entitle them to public attention. No advertisement •.nown 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 Pubi,ishing Co , 224 Arch St. , Philada. PHILADELPHIA, JANUARY 28, 1907. STUPID BLUNDERING. The daily press has been heretofore, and ; frequently, severely critisized for its apparent blundering whenever an attempt was made to handle a matter of trade news, even though it was in the shape of current events. A few days ago we were treated to an amusing notice, to the effect that 1905 tobacco was selling in the Lan- caster market for 17 cents. This in- nocent and harmless looking announce- ment appeared in one of Philadelphia's most careful and conservative daily papers, and no special censure can be placed upon its State news editor, who undoubtedly accepted it from the Lan- caster correspondent in absolutely good faith. But that does not excuse the Lancaster correspondent, who grossly misinformed his paper, perhaps owing to a lack of the sense of keen concep- tion which it is so essential for a com- petent newspaper man to possess, or possibly from wilful negligence, if not malicious intent. The facts remain that to the ex- perienced tradesman upon whose notice he announcement fell, it created con- sternation in no small degree, but the injury which it brought about, can hardly be fully appreciatted save by those who are members of the trade. It is very well remembered that at the close of the buying activities in Lancastser county in December last, the 1906 crops were being bought at around the 16 cent mark. If, there- fore, the 1905 packing should be offered at 17 cents, what a panic the market would soon be in ! It was the degree of uncertainty as to the truthfulness of the statement that caused all the mischief for the time being. The leaf man was fearful of the consequences, and the manufacturer hoping that it was correct. It was not until after several days had elapsed, that the erroneoupness of the report was fully established, and the trade once more resumed it usual equilibrium. The 1905 tobacco still remains firm. POOLING THEIR ISSUES. Several recent auction sales have formed the foundation for one of the most amusing events of the week. There have >ieen held recently a series of three sales of leaf tobacco at public auction, and this has furnished food for the thought of the enterprising would-be buyers, be it considered un- scrupulous or not. Anyway, this is what happened : At the sale most recently held there were about twenty buyers who resolved themselves into a sort of pool or combination to pre- vent the bidding up of prices. This score of buyers repaired to the office of a leaf man, disinterested, otherwise than as stake holder, and there they agreed on a modus operandi. One of the number was elected to do the buy- ing, and he appears to have carried out his work very successfully, for he se- cured all the tobacco that was offered, and at a very low figure. Then the tobacco was again auctioned off, but only members of the pool were allowed to participate. The result was that the tobacco brought more at the second sale by $550, than was paid for it at the public auction, and that amount was divided pro rata among the partici- pants, realizing them about $21, which was not a bad day's wages ; and yet each member of the pool or combination was enabled to buy such lot or lots of the tobacco as he most desired, by pay- ing whatever price it might bring, knowing at the time that he would participate in a full share of the profit accruing therefrom. The scheme worked admirably for the buyers, but as can be readily seen very disastrously for the original seller of the tobacco. It does seem that in the early dawn of the twentieth century Philadelphia's proverbial slowness has been cast to the winds. And this is not the first instance of the kind on record. It has been learned that for some little time past, a prominent down-town tobacco- nist has been prize-master in similar sales of all kinds of goods, and that his enterprise has been netting him a cou- ple of hundred dollars weekly. OVR BOSTON BUREAU. Attention is respectfully called to the faot that The Tobacco World has a bureau at 19 Devonshire street, Bos- ton, which it may be well for members of the trade in the East to make care- ful note of. The Boston bureau can be addressed upon any subject, and our representa- tive there will endeavor to meet all requirements. Our representaive will appreciate any requests for him to call, upon either a news or business matter. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦'^♦♦^ ♦♦♦ ^r* X Philadelphia Tobacco Trade. ; ♦♦♦ ^^« ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ■♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Philadelphia retailers are doing a The United Cigar Stores Co. has s*. moderately good business, and fewer cured the premises at Fifth and Market complaints are heard than was ex- streets which were until recently coco. pected would be found when the usual pied by I. Lohengrund. Mr. Loheii. round was made. It is a noticeable grund has removed his store to Fourtli fact, however, that among dealers who and Market streets. Alterations are are more centrally located, sales are now being made for the United people running largely in higher priced goods. The office building sections of the city, in which the larger financial institu- tions are generally located, are by many considered the most desirable locations for cigar stores carrying a line of the higher grades of goods. Consistent with this idea, Yahn & MacDonnell, at 15th & Chestnut streets, are soon taking possession of the 4th and Library streets corner store, for- merly occupied b y Fleck & Co. The latter named firm have not secured a suitable place up to this ti.T.e, but are hopeful of being able to find a satis- factory location at an early date. The entire trade is much grieved at the death of Mr Ed. Broomall, of the Broomall-Lafayette Cigar Co., at 111 S. 13th street. Although Mr. Broomall had been ill for some time, there seemed to be ample reason to hope that he would recover. The business, we understand, is likely to be continued by Geo. W. Worthington, who had been associated with Mr. Broomall for several years past. The N. J. Dalton Co., who are vaca- ting the Fifth and Chestnut streets store, have secured another location at 633 Chestnut street. M. Scheinfeld, who has for some time past been at 1825 Ridge avenue, doing a wholesale and retail business, has purchased a property at 1604 Ridge avenue, just two doors from the corner which had been formerly occupied by him, but which he was obliged to vacate owing to a change in owner- ship of the property. A. Reeder, of the Petite Cigar Manu- facturing Co., of New York, was a recent visitior here, and opened several desirable new accounts on the firm's El Wasco brand. Mr. Reeder intended visiting Baltimore, Washington, Pitts- burg and other points in the Middle West before returning to New York. Miguel Gonzalez, who has been as- sociated with Hilbronner & Jacobs since the formation of the firm, as superintendent of the factory, is no longer connected with the house. The new building of Frank Blatt. a well known West Philadelphia re- tailer and jobber, at Lancaster avenue and Forty-first street, is now about completed, and Mr. Blatt is in pos- session of the first floor, which is beautifully finished and furnished, and in which he will have a thoroughly up- to-date retail department. W. H. O'Keefe has taken possession of the old cigar stand under the Walnut Street Theatre, at Ninth and Walnut streets. It is one of the oldest cigar stands in the city. The store has, however, been refurnished and greatly beautified. at the Fifth and Market streeti premises as well as at the corner of Tenth and Market streets which cornet they recently secured. The Tenth and Market streets store will be but a few doors away from the retail department of Otto Eisenlohr &l^Bros. of Cinco fame. Frank Kuhn has retired from the well known up-town jobbing house of F. Kuhn & Bro. , at Fifth and Girard avenue. The business will, however, be continued by Ferdinand Kuhn, under the old firm name. Roy Emery, a bookkeeper in the em- ploy of Arthur Hagen & Co., has been for several weeks in an hospital, due to an attack of typhoid fever; he wu thought to be improving nicely, when most unexpectedly he suffered a re- lapse, and his condition now is very serious. There have been some quite active times so far during the present year at the headquarters of the El Draco Cigat Manufacturing Co. The firm ii thoroughly renovating and papering its office and making numerous other iis- provements. Col. Levine, a veteran cigar salesman, who has been witjb thii house for some time, is now coverini New York and the Eastern States, and some large orders are beginning to arrive. Chas. Heath, also with thii firm, is looking after their interesti through Pennsylvania. M. J. Casserly, who in point of service is one of thii company's oldest salesmen, is now alio following up his territory with great vigor, and many a substantial order ii the result. J. E. Matthews, who wat with this house up to January 1, is not in their service this year. Chas. Eisenlohr, of Otto Eisenlohr & Bros., leaves this week for Havana, Cuba, with a party of friends. It will be largely a pleasure trip. The selling forces of the Theobald! Oppenheimer Co. have now all returned to their respective posts, having left assurances with the house that tbe; were entering upon the most vigoroiu campaign of their lives. With tbi' determination on their part to put the T. & 0. goods even more to the front, if such a thing be possible, Mr. Spotz, the President of the company, assure! us that he is already feeling the effect of their work by the astonishing rapid- ity in which orders are coming in. J- A. Rigby, of this company, returned t» his home at Mansfield, 0., last weeit- The Sultzberger-Oppenheimer Oft has secured the services of H. ^* Ferkler, who was formeily a saleBtnan with the retiring firm of Newburgeri Co. Sig. A. Mayer & Co. have taken ov* the titles, brands, etc., of Newburgcr THE TOBACCO WORLD 16 r\ 111 J. F. REICHARD Packer and Dealer i n ALL GRADES OF Cigar Leaf Tobacco Main Office and Warehouse: CRALEY, PENNA Va \J 1« THE TOBACCO WORLD The Miami Valley Leaf Tobacco Co. . ALLEN H. REEDER DAYTON, OHIO STANLEY M. KROHN Packers of Cigar Leaf Tobacco 1903-4-5 Zimmer Spanish, 1905 Gebhardt, 1905 Dutch, 1905 Connecticut, etc. Porto Rico Ci^ar Co. r Red Lion, Pa. WHOLESALE CIGAR MANUFACTURERS Maior Paul 1 Lord Selkirk V5c. Arrow Point J Tom Lewis— 2 for 3e. Wholesale and Jobblnii Trade Only euojVQ ElOno Union Made 5 -Cent Cigars are as Good as Cigars Can be Made Chas. A. Oberly, Maker LEBANON, PA. ^ .J Wisdom on the Label Wisdom in the Cigar A dc. Smoke that is so Good It is Bound to Repeat Ohmit & Kraft East Prospect & Co., and ha\e issued notice to the trade that they will hereafter supply the trade with the Rugby, Louis Mann and Cora Tanner brands, along with others which they have been previously using. This is regarded as a very en- terprising move on the part of Mayer & Co., for the reason that there is already established quite a trade on the brands of Newburger & Co. The Perfect Bunching Machine Co., of 132 Souuth Sixth street, who re- cently placed upon the market their Perfect bunching machine, are meeting with most encouraging success. Many letters of commendation are being re- ceived, and many visits by manufac- turers and others interested are being made at their demonstrating rooms. In fact we are informed that one well- known manufacturer who had had a machine shipped to him on certain con- ditions, had the machine but two days when he sent the company a check in full payment for the machine, and re- quested that more be sent as- soon as they could be gotten ready. The com- pany hardly need a stronger testimonial than this concerning the merits of this machine. There have been Jquite a number of out-of-town visitors here during the past week, including E. E. Kahler, of Reading; S. R. Kocher, of Wrights- ville; Hiram Martin, of W. H. Snyder Zr^^/KM'40'K^T^^ Popular II Because They Please the Consumer. & Co., Windsor, Pa. ; John Fidler, yni J. W. Minnich & Son, Dallastown, Vi S. H. Durstein, Wilmington, Del, George Stumpf, of Stumpt & Bom' Lancaster ; Raymond A. Heiland, wii John F. Heiland & Co., LancasUi; together with 'Freddie" Bauer, ^ popular salesman, representing tb label lithographing house of L. I Neuman & Co., of New York. THE TOBACCO WORLD IT CIGAR HaBufactorcrs ot Bindings, Galloons, Taffetas, Satin and Gros Grain, ^ A*»irJment of Plain aiid Fancy RibbdtUk Write for Sample Card and Price hi&i to Departmeat W Wm. Wicke Ribbon Co. 56 Mast Twenty-second Street, NMW YORK. Sheip & Vandegrif t, the well kno«i ciagr box, and cigar box lumber main facturers, have incorporated tJNi business, for the purpose of its eaai perpetuation. Asa Vandegrift is Pr«i dent of the incorporated firm, uj Jerome Sheip is Secretary and Tre»| urer. Business, however, will go (| on the same well defined rules plans as heretofore, only that it _,. be even more energetically pursued, i] such a thing be possible. IN THE LEAF TRADE. John R. Young, who by reason of) prominent identification with the ]_ tional Cigar Leaf Association andl^l untiring and successful efforts ini behalf, became one of the most pop and widely known men in the trade, and after retiring from bus as a dealer opened a commission uj| brokerage office at 305 North Th street, Philadelphia, a year ago, already built up a very desir clientele and a very satisfactory ye business resulted. He was the br in a number of important transactia in this market during the year. Cigars oi Quality Sell and Repeat. Try THE DOCTOR 6 ^W!tt^ I 5c. Gi^ar WALTER S. BARE, Lititz, Penna. Make >f Hltfh Chrade Cldars Exclusively. SIZE, Ifl BY 10 INCHES-'-WEIGHT, !8 POUNDS W i "A Wonderful Nickel's Worth That's What the Consumer Says About S^^FERNSIDE For He Gets That Rich Taste and Aroma Looked For in a More Expensive Cigar Let US send you Samples of this Steady Seller GEO. W. PARR, Littlestown, Pa. p m HOW TO REDUCE EXPENSES is the foremost thought with all manufacturers just at this time The solution can be found in our Bunching Device, and this can be proven to your entire satisfaction if you will call at our offices and see it "at work." A most cordial invitation is extended. Every oppor- tunity given for close inspection, and such tests as you may care to make; or full information furnished upon I request. Adenta wanted throuithout the United states '^'^* si ■ ^_ I I^TKe Perfect BuncKiivg MgLcKiive Co^i 1 No.l laSJSouth] Sixthl Street '^ 1 PHILADELPHIA^ f K Strauss & Co. report that the year Bo'far if anything, has been a little less active than during the same period last year. Adoph Loeb, of this firm, is now lookinjf after the interests of the house through Pennsylvania, while Horace McComas, who has been for years the firm's buyer of New England tobacco, is now again in the East. ' ' Leopold Loeb, of the Loeb-Nunez Havana fio., was to have sailed for Havana, Cuba, two weeks ago, but some unexpected important transac- tions arose which have detaineu him, and he may not now get away for some time. Considerable activity is this week shown at the offices of Dohan & Taitt, one of the city's oldest houses. Chas. Crawford, the firm's buyer, who had been confined to his home by illness for several days, is again able to be out, and is this week inspecting the firm's holdings of tobacco at their up-state warehouse. The versatile Lew Mueller, who has been one of this firm's stan- dard bearrrs for many a year, is cover- ing some Pennsylvania territory this week, and as is his usual good fortune, has been snugly pocketing some good orders. T. J. Daly, another of this firm's salesmen, is also covering his territory of New York and the New England States. B. Labe & Sons have been prominent figures in the local market during the Constitution ""iL'Sla^r Made in the good old way. EL DRACO CIGAR. MFG. CO , PhiUda. past week by their purchase'of a con- siderable quantity of 1905 Pennsyl- vania. They were furthermore con- spicuous by the sale of a number of the remaining lots of their importations of Sumatra tobacco. The firm now has the distinction of being the largest handlers of Sumatra tobacco in Phila- delphia. Some very material changes are being made by this firm in its office facilities, which are being increased to almost double the former space. New and additional partitions are being in- stalled as rapidly as mechanics can do the work, and when that is completed the offices will be completely and com- modiously furnished. It is needlesi to aay that it will be the neatest suite of offices in the city, and sufficiently large to supply comfortable quarters for the several members of the firm, as well as their salesmen and the office assis- tants. Jacob Labe, of this firm, is still covering the West, but will return to Philadelphia in ample time to prepare to leave for Amsterdam, Holland, to be present there during the early in- scriptions of Sumatra tobacco. L. G. Haussermann & Sons are mak- ing some notable changes in their busi- ness this year, and during an interview of the writer with Carl Haussermann a day or two since, we were informed that a more conservative business was to be done during 1907. They are this year dispensing with the services of Sig. Strauss, who had been with this firm as a salesman during 1906. The road work will be done principally by Carl Haussermann and John F. Schnupp, who has been with the firm for several years in various capacities. This firm has the faculty of making almost Marcus Jaskulek Morris Jaskulek Robert Jaskulek M. JASKULEK & SONS Packers and Dealers in Leal Tobacco 814 and 816 East Third Street DAYTON, OHIO iui Joe Endress, Jr. A. C. Kercher Pioneer Leaf Tobacco Co. Germantown, Ohio Packers of CIGAR LEAF TOBACCO Wll ^liii High Grade Cigar Molds in any, shape, at lowest prices. ' CIGAR MANUFACTLRERS' REVENUE BOOKS 25 cents each ; postage prepaid, 30 cents. The American Cigar Mold Co., Cincinnati, 0. lilllj »') W. H. SNYDER &C0. Windsor, Pa. Manufacturers of Popular Brands of Fine- W. W. STEWART & SON Reading, Pa. jO*JNfl4y weekly a specialty of some certain piece of tobacco. This week they are offer- ing a special lot of Sumatra at appar- ently attractive prices. «/« Morris Rosenberg & Co. are gradu- ally getting into very nice shape at their new headquarters at 306 North Third street, which is directly over the offices of Leopold Loeb & Co. They re- cently vacated 117 North Third street, which premises were taken over by the Theobald & Oppenheinaer Co. P. J. Kolb & Co, have suffered con- siderable inconvenience since their re- moval to 310 Race street, owing to the fact that they were able to get only partial possession of their new ware- j rooms. New office partitions have, however, been erected, and the firm is ! now beginning to feel a little more ' comfortable and better prepared for business. Makers of the JOHN HAY LADY HELEN lOc. JOHN HAY, Jr. ELI PERKINS Hi^h Grade Seed and Havana Cigars C^orrespondenc* with Responsible Houses Solicited L. J. SMITH & CO. Wholesale Cigar Manufacturers AND Dealers in Leaf Tobacco RED LION, PA. Maunfacturers of ,>• 1. ^lQH^PUy. ■ihV. ^ M-^-^mi ^W^j^ -PAN ANNA 5c. Cigars Private Brands made to order. TWO HAVANAS Two for Five Gents Correnpondence with Responsible House* soliciled. -►• I SMITH BROS. Brolkcrs in Domestic T 17 A 17 X/^R A /^/^O and Imported LL/vr 1 KJIDjW^KJ^ No. 17 Charter Street, Dayton, O. Ohio Goods Our Specialty Formal notice was a few days sgo published of the recent transfer of the premises at 153 North Third street to L. P. Kimmig, of L. P. Kimmig & Co., packers and dealers in leaf to- bacco, but which Mr. Kimmig had really purchased some time ago at an executor's sale, and it is generally con- ceded that he got the property at a very reasonable price. %/% Julius HirschberK & Bro. will be prepared to show, in about two weeks, samples of Florida tobaccos grown on j their own plantation in Florida. Harry Hirschberg, of this firm, stated to the writer he felt confident that they would be able to show to the trade samples of the finest tobacco that had ever been grown in the Peninsular State. E. A. Calves, of E. A. Calves & Co., importers of Havana tobacco, is pre- paring for a visit to Cuba some time early next month, and may be gone for some weeks, it all depends on the con- ditions he may find to exist there. In his absence, the business here will be ably looked after by Frank Dominguez, of the firm. S. Weinberg is now very comfortably domiciled in his new building at 121 North Third street. He has completed the removal of all his stocte, and new offices have also been installed, all of which is now practically completed. ! L. Kruppenbach, at 1642 North Eleventh street, is one of the more fortunate of our leaf men, and parti- i cularly so in having quite a large sup- i ply of 1904 Pennsylvania, for which he ' is experiencing a very lively demand. Quite a few shipments have been made this week up in Pennsylvania, as well as in the local trade. Nissley d Co., Florin; A. B. Hw Lancaster ; Max Herzog, with I Dennerlein & Son, Louis Leopold, di John Leopold & Son, New York; I. E. Gheen, Jersey Shore, and Gbtt Moulter, Buffalo, N. Y., were ree«it visitors in the local leaf market. OVR NEW YORK LETTER.. (Concluded from page 12.) has been made by M. Melachifili through his attorney, by which M defense is set up that Eulalia M«li| chrino is a partner in the firm of 11 Melachrino & Co., and that he ikil cannot be held responsible for m claim made by the plaintiff. In Tiail of this a new action has been brop to recover $2,000 commission claii by Mr. Rice to be due him. On Saturday last, Mr. Sydney schild, of Rothschild & Bro., sailedc the Morro Castle for Havana. Hefi accompanied by Charles B. Camemj of the Waldorf-Astoria Segar Co. Messrs. Nunn and Buse, of recently formed St. Louis leaf tot firm of Nunn, Buse & Dienst, succeeded to the business oi B. Woeldike & Co., were recent visitfl^l the New York leaf market. SPECIAL NOTICE 112^ cents per 8-point measured ^W To Mannf adorers of Cigars: If you have any Cuttings, Scraps or Sifting to sell, write us. We are at all times in the market* | Cash Buyers of all these producta EDWIN L. KOPPELMAN CO. 7-6-lh 81 Pine St., New Yt FOR SALE.-Nice lot of 75 hogsh* good heavy Kentucky broken 1« and scraps suitable for making sr ~ tobacco. Also, nice old, well 8W« well-sized cigar fillers and wrai Buckner, Dunkerson & 7-1 Itf Louisville 1 SALESMAN of 15 years expert wishes line of Pennsylvania ci| from $10 per M. up, on commiaflioa' sis. Exclusive territory for New w New Jersey and Connecticut. Hir references. Address S. D., Box care of The Tobacco World, Phil*^ f ITHOGRAPHIC SALESMAN.. ^-^ Wanted.— Salesman to sell Labels, Bands, etc., in Pennsylvi good position for a bright man. dress N. Y. Lithographer, Box 30,< of Tobacco World. Phi la. 1-Wl J. L. Aubrey, of Gibson & Aubrey, and I. Kemper, of M. Kemper & Son, Baltimore; E. L. Nissley of E. L. "hUntersIsT is all to the front ; made by EL DRACO CIGAR. MFG. CO.. PhiUda. \A/ E PURCHASE Cigar Molds- ^ desirable shapes— such M 16,261, No. 8.832, No. 8,569. Wnti< Slating what you have and the qu*"^, Winget Mfg. Co., York, Pa. _lg> ESTABLISHED BROKER de«i«»J good line of Medium Priced* Good business for a good factory, dress J. S., Box 32, care of To-,| World, Philada. I2r\9i\ for Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to tabiished iwo, L J Sellers & Son. KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO.. SELL.ERSVILLE. PAe * * THB TOBACCO WORLD !• J. B. MILLEYSACK Manufacturer of pine Havana PinADC Hand-Made Ulwf^llO No. 821 Lake Street LANCASTER, PA. Correspondence with the Jobbing Trade solicited. J. E. SHERTS & CO. Lancaster, Pa. Manufacturer* of jligll-liraile Seed&Hiiniu Cigars CORRESPONDENCE INVITED FROM RESPONSIBLE HOUSES. The Gilt Edge Cigar Box Factory J. FRANK BOW^MAN 51 Market St. Lancaster, Pa. CIGAR BOXES SHIPPING CASES LABELS, EDGINGS, RIBBONS Cigar Manofactarers' SUPPLIES of All Kinds Daily Capacity, Five Thousand Bozea <»TA»USH£Dre7l.x Move Your Tobacco on USED BY Leading Tobacco Dealers Ciiii. W. Cif ai DALLASTOWN. PA. Manufacturer of Nickel & Medium Price CIGARS For Wholesale and Jobbinii Trade E. RENNINGER, SsUbU^sd 1889. Manufacturer of High and Medium Grad« Cigars Strictly Union- Made Goods. DCIlVCr Pft, BUILT AND SOLD BY Box Truck The Wm. F. Kramer Co. DAYTON. OHIO .•^•<^** '4"^ m^^J •«"% , 322-326 E.23RPST. '"^'-•^.^ 5AMPLE5& PRICES '^:- «« FURNI5HED .. UPON Applicatioh IN STOCK, TO ORDER CIGAR LABELS i^,^*^Y.°f'<.^nd BANDS cha8kci:« ^AVOPl It Will Remove Rankness from Tobacco Take Away Mustiness and Give Giliars Havana Flavor. CHASKEL'S SPANISH BETUNE Is Specially adapted to give that Peculiar Sourish Effect desired. - GhaskeKs Flavors the Cheapest in the I market, considering what they do, ! A Card Will Brin^ More Information and Prices* Chaskel Chemical Works 263 West Broadway, New YoA '^ CIGAR BOXES ninnsoF uTisnc CICAR LABELS SKETCHES ANI> QUOTATIONS^ niRNISNED WRITE ro» SANPLESAM^ RIBBON PRICES !] ' 'I tit I I ! i TOBACCO WORLD aad CUBANS URED BY Cigar Company manukaCTured by LEWIS SMITH. Proprietor Forbes and Marion Streets, Pittsburg, Pa. Wholesale and Jobbing Trade solicited. UMON MADE SOLD ON lis MERITS T0M BAINES Nickel Goods. Strictly a First Class Article— Equal to Any Union or Non-Union Cigar on the Market- Probably Better, You to Judge— and Prices No Higher than Others. V ^ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ t ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ » » ♦ I There Must Be 1 Something In It H. G. Burky, Maker. Reading, Pa. ♦♦♦♦♦.♦^(.♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ Cigar manufacturers who would | not consider HAVANARINE : a few years ago are now using \ it; they must find it pays. Just ! think it over and ask yourself, ♦ "Why?" We will be glad to • ♦ ♦ serve you. | 4.4.4.4 4.4.4.4 ♦■♦♦♦♦«-♦<*♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦-♦♦♦♦♦ 4444***4*********4****| Tobacco Improvement Co. ; 504 Ninth Street. N.W., \ Washington, D. C. | UNION MADE BLLE LABEL LSED 1 Sell Cheap Goods But cheap in one sense only— Price. For years I have made a specialty of making Low Priced Brands that . Smoke Like the Higher Priced Ones. V ■> WRITE ME. H. G. Barnhart, Spring Vale, Pa. I ! All Jobbers Who Handle Travellers Tips Say it Always Moves Well "A ftood Five Cent Cigar" Abbott Ci^ar Co. ABBOTTSTOWN. PA. The Ideal Ci^ar Made in an Ideal Way Stephen Day 3c. Brand Is Strictly Union Made Ideal Gi^ar Go. CENTENNIAL, PA. OUR BOSTON LETTER.. (Concluded from page 11) The Norma Cigar Co., 4 Federal street, have leased the store 2 Federal street, and have broken through, making one large grand store. For the past week marked down sales in pipes and cigars was the bait offered the passing throng. J. B. Cimmerblat is now comfort- ably situated in his new store on Tre- mont street near the Majestic Theatre. At Kleins' Pharmacy, Gene Brow», the manager of the cigar department, is very much in evidence. Gene says the Espinella cigar is a world beater. This brand was taken on less than six months ago and since that time has forged its way ahead of any other cigar they have in the case. Cobb. Aldrich & Go's, cigar depart- ment is as usual increasing its monthly business under the guidance of H. Lord. Fresh Cigarmakers' Smokers at 5 cents each have aided greatly in the increase of trade, and why' not? A cigar as good cannot be bought else- where for less than 7 cents. Alfowich Bros., manufacturers and agents of cigar store fixtures of every description, at 95 Friend street, were very busy this week when I called, having just received a carload shipment direct from their factory in Ohio. I would advise any retailer looking to make new improvements in his store to call on this firm. Ben Ali. —The best meerschaum comes from Eski-Shehr, in Asiatic Turkey, whence i60,000 pounds are exported annually. FLORIDA TOBACCO IN YORK. Rutherford, Constitution Hunter — a strong trio. I El Draco Gii^ar Mf|{. Co., Philada. Manufacturers Fairly Busy, but Flor* Leaf Has the Cfll at Present. York, Pa., Jan. 2L Matters in the trftde are in a fairil satisfactory condition, and manufit turers generally are pretty well fill up with orders. Leaf men, however, complainl tW while business ^eems pretty good wii manufacturers, they are buying *» baccos but sparingly, except that 4 demand for Florida is very strong; i fact, so much so that those whohW any are k«pt on the jump to supply far as popnible the growing demand There are two resident manager* Florida tobacco houses in this citj These are T. D. Hene, with W Bros., of Chicago, and J. Kosmin of the Florida Sumatra and Ha Co., the headquarters of which com] are also in Chicago. Both these resentatives have covered this terri about the same length of time, there is considerable rivalry bet them. So far as can be learned. ever, the honors are about even. are good salesmen, and both are by enterprising houses, and they are alike enjoying the advan of local warehouse facilities, whicfc a great help to them. Recently of these houses dispatched con able quantities of new goods to York representatives, but the were almost immediately shipped <* From this we can, at least, get an r of the conditions in the Florida a tion in this section. A couple of days ago a YorK paper published the following story cerning a couple of well known THE TOBACCO WORLD 21 Telephone Call, 432— B. DHice and W&reKouse, FLORIN, PA. X/)cated on Main Line of PennsyWania R. R. i. L. NISSLEY &C0. Growers and Packers gf FINE CIGAR LEAF TOBACCO Fine B's and Tops Our Specialty. Critical Buyers always find it a pleasure to look ove^^our Samples. Itmpltf cheerfully submitted upon request. P. O* Box 96* W. R. COOPER & CO. Packers of Penna. Broad Leaf Dealers In All Grades of 7. K. LMAMAN, Packer of and Dealer in LEAF TOBACCO 138 North Market St. United 'Phones LANCASTER, PA. Domestic Cigar Leaf Tobaccos 201 & 203 N. Duke Street LANCASTER, PA. •• H. H. MILLER, Li^t Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds Fine Florida Samatra IMPORTED SUMATRA and HAVANA AND MUCH Fine Filler Stock SB7 and 329 North Queen 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. Leaf Tobaccos UNITED PHONBS. T. E. BROOKS & CO. RED LION, PA. IVlANUFACTURERS OF ALL GRADES OF Pennsylvania Cigars FOR THE Wholesale Jobbing Trade DISTRIBUTORS WANTED ON OUR SPECIAL BRANDSt GOV. WRIGHT REGAL DUKE DON SEGNO GEN'L YORK HAVANA SWEETS and MANUEL F. DOMINGUEZ SAMPLES LPON REQUEST Cuban Licorice Casing Wine Is no longer an experiment, and your trade will be affected unless you fall in line and use this HELP TO MODERN CIGAR MAKING. Acme Extract and Chemical Works K. G. ECKERT, Proprietor. Hanover, Pa. B. F. GOOD €i CO. MCIERS DEALERS IN 142 N. Market Street, LANCASTER, PA. The York JTobacco Co. Packers and Jobbers in All Grades of LEAF TOBACCO Office and Warehouse, 13 East Clark Avenue Manufacturer a of y^ I Tfc Cigar Scrap Tobacco * OPlfcf Jt &• ^ TRUMAN D. SHERTZER Dealer in Leaf Tobaccos and Manufacturer of Scrap Filler for Cigar Manufacturing Warehouses: MAIN OFFICE: '-^ LANCASTER and RED LION, PA. Lancaster, Pa. N. D. AUEXAINDER, Packer of and Dealer in UBAF TOBACCX) 4 Jobber in Sumatra, Florida Sumatra and Havana Lemon and Arch Sts. ' i Hill (Hi ■ in THE TOBACCO WORLD m^^B ffUfvurACTURe* or ALL MINOS G8ai40CCNTRE5T HCWYORK^ Cigar Box Labels AND TRIMMINGS. Philadelphi Office, 573 Bourse Bldg. H. S. SPRINGER, Mgr. Chicago, 56 Fifth Avenue, E. E. THATCHER, Mgr. San Francisco, 320 Sansome Street, L. S. SCHOENFELD, Mgr. ►♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦^♦♦♦♦♦4 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ TOBACCO DOINGS IN LANCASTUL H. F. KOHLER Nashville, Pa. Maker of HlfSH GRADE. HAND MADE and Havana f^iAf^w^^ and Fine Nickel V^lgarS For Wholesale aod Jobblnii Trade Correspondence with Responsible Houses Invited ► ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦■♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦> ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•V •♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ •4 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Lion residents, both of whom are well known in the tobacco trade : .,-.,• i ..1 m i ••Warren L. Lock, said to be superin- A L.ttl. More Act.v.ly m Leaf Mark tendent of a Lutheran Sunday school, at «• «• Mo" Co Have Resumed. Red Lion, presented himself at the coun- Lancaster, Pa., Jan. 21. ty jail last evening and confessed having The leaf trade for the past week hu robbed his employer, John E. Detwiler, been a little more active than it vu Red Lion, of $600. After consultation during the first part of the montl with District Attorney Glessner, Alder- This applies particularly to the smalis man Owen complied with Lock's request manufacturers, who have f ound i and committed him to jail. This morn- necessary to replenish their stockii ingMr.Detwiler stated that he regarded whole or in part, and although tie Lock's services so highly that instead of buying seems to have been done 8oo» prosecuting he would retain the con- what sparingly, it has neverthel« fessed embezzler in his employ and aggregated considerable in voluai raise his salary. There have been but few large bu; "Mr. Detwiler's story is substantially here this year, as follows: 'Lock came into my em- Delivery of new tobacco is ploy several years ago and proved steadily made to the warehouses, eif { himself an invaluable worker and a one of which where there is any first class man otherwise. When I was away from town he had practically full charge of my business. Some time ago he became a partner in the Blockinger Company. This firm didn't grower is heard than was the case af.y, William Fritz. For the past 12 years I have been ployed as clerk and in other ways are on the list and it is very diffieik John E Detwiler, a box manufac- to get correct figures. The agents nH turer, of Red Lion, and for the past , . . , „,., « p„-» five years, from time to time and day ^^^^e the losses are Widmyer & Praaf to day, I have taken moneys that ley, Eckenrode & Myers, John A b«long to the above John E. Detwiler, Bausman, L H. Herr & Brother, EK which to the best of my knowledge Howell, S. D. Bausman, Allan A. H«R amount to the sum of $600, and further . ,, , ,. u -j- » w r^.*! I know that if John E. Detwiler ex- A. V. Landis, Heidig & McGov« amines the books he can see how I have Diffenbaugh & Groff, Wenger & Hai» drawn this sum. ker, the Lancaster Real Estate 0* He may have discovered this wrong doing of mine, but he trusted me, and I have taken advantage of his con- fidence in me and have embezzled the above sum, which I have appropriated for my own use. I am also the junior member of the Red Lion firm of Block- inger Co., tobacco dealers. I have lived in Red Lion for 15 years, I am 36 years of age. and I have a wife and three small children residing in Red Lion. (Signed) Warren L. Lock. Sworn and subscribed to before me this 17th day of January, 1907. (Signed) Walter F. Owen, I Everyone in' Red Lion is commending Mr. Detwiler for his action in the matter. There was never a shadow of suspicion againt Lock, and he was respected by the entire community. pany. Widmyer & Prangley havec* siderably over $100,000, Eckenrode* Myers have $50,000. The total in* ance is almost $400,000. and tbeltl' lowing companies bear the loss ww includes the cigar factory, warebo* and the contents of both, inclotSil stock, machinery, etc. Queen, $2,500; Scottish U. S. * tional, $2,500; Teutonia, $3,000 ;LoD* A., $2,500; Atlas, $2,500; Franklij $5,500; Commerce, $2,506; German* Wheeling, $2,000 ; Mercantile, $1^ CLEAR HAVAHi LEADER from the factory of El Draco Gii^ar Mi, Co., Phil«%»» %%i^i^t^>%<^^>^>%»<^^^^w%»i 'V%%t^i^ WAINTEDII Distributors for the Celebrated MOD POINTS, HAPPY PHIL and JUAN BAZAF CombiaaLtion- Filler CIGARS Samples aad Price* CiMerfiiUy Famished. BUOCHIIVOER St CO. faMken' PaTorilf Brands. RED LION. PA. INCREASE YOUR PROFIT! Columbia Straliiht Will Do It. We bousrht a large supply of Good Hav- ana and Domestic Tobacco at the right time. We are located where Good Workmen can be had at Fair Prices. These facts enable us to make our COLUMBIA STRAIGHT a Five Cent Cigar of Highest Quality, Best Work- manship, to be Sold at Good Profit. •red Schlaeger & Co., Columbia, Pa. Samples on application. HARRV A. SINVDER Littlestown, Pa. Manufacturer of Hi^h Grade Seed and Havana Cigars ilii ..d EL DODIE St. Louis World's Fair Prize Winners. Grace Cameron— Edward Hyde— Habersham - Club Brand Branch Salesroom, ENDICOTT BUILDING. St. Paul. Minn IDD. Ilii W. f^. DAUGHERTY & BRO. Dallastown, Pa. M nufjciurirs oi Fine Domestic Cigars Highest Quality Finest Packai^ei Wholes.ile ami Jobbing Tratl-eoaly. Corres;>oi dfnce with Active.! Houses Invited R. E. JACOBY Wholesale Manufacturer of Strictly Uniform Quality of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Rothsville, Pa. CorTCspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbinc Trade Invited C. E. MATTINGLY 6i CO. Manufacturers of Hi^h Grade Union Made FOR THE Wholesale Trade Only Union Chief Sopreme Union r Mc Sherpysto wn. Pa. THK TOBivCCO WORtD T.A.MYERS&co. YORK, PENN'A SAMUEL FREY Craley, Pa. Manufacturer of Cigars for the Wholesale Trade OLD JUDGE 1 Cr MILD AND PLEASANt I 7 f^- C^ THE CYCLONE j "^^^ BROWN BUCK (Banded) | ^ *"* ^^» ALLEN GOODRICH, 3 c. Samples to Responsible Houses They Smoke It and Come A^ain •U pEACOli » i BLEND, QUALITY and WORKMANSHIP to Please the Most Critical Smokers !,; Manufactured for Jobbing Trade Only The Toedtman Cigar Makers of the Highest Grade of 5c. Cigars Exclusively MIAMISBURG. OHIO. The American Tobacco Co. 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 Teutonia, $2,000 German, Peoria, $2,000; German-American, $2,500; Fire As- sociation, $1,000; British American, $1,000; Fireman's. $1,000; Royal Ex- change, $8. 500 ; Globe, Rutgers, $1 7, 500 ; German, of Freeport, $2,500; St. Paul F. & M., $7,000; Concordia, $1,000; National Union. $7,500; Camden. $7,- 000; Colonial, $2,500; Georgia Home, $3,500; Detroit, F. & M., $2,500; Ger- man Underwriters. $2,500; Aetna, $7,- 500; Alliance,. $2,500; Commercial Union, $5,Q00; Jefferson, $1,500; Liver- pool, London and Globe, $11,500; Lon- don and Lancashire, $6,500; -North American, $14,500; Orient, $4.500; Royal, $11.000 ; 'United Fir6man's, $1,500; Northern. $15,500; New Hampshire, $s^,000; Fed- eral, $4,700; Indianapolis, $&,000; Citizens, $6,500; State of Penna.,*'"$7.- 500 ; Connecticut. $9,000; Prussian Na- tional, $5.000 ; Security. $7.500 ; Boston. $2.500 ; Eagle. $10.000 ; Western. $1,000. New York Underwriters, $6,000; Palatine, $4,500; Fireman's Fund, $7,- 500; Agrieultural, $2,500; American Central. $2,500; Assurance Company of America, $2,500; Milwaukee Me- chanics, $2,500; Germania, $2,500 Metropolitan. $1,500; Home, $26,500 Hartford. $13,500; Phoenix. $8,700 American, $2,500; Sun, $5,500; Girard, $1,500; Westchester, $6,500; Norwich Union, $5,000; Phoenix, $8,500; Penn- sylvania, $4,500; Springfield F. & M.. $2,500; Rochester German, $3,500; Hanover, $2,500; German American, $1,500; Ben Franklin. $2,500; Southern, $2,500; Guardian, $1,000; German Na- tional, $5,000; Philadelphia Under- writers, $5,000; North River, $2,500; German Alliance, $2,500 Star of Louis- ville, $2,500. A. H. Hershey & Co. have secured the Sutter warehouse, at 212 and 214 North Queen street, formerly occupieid by Chas. J. Lederman. W. H. McLaughlin has lately received several crops of 1906 tobacco, and is now busily engaged in packing it. J. Frank Bowman, cigar box manu- €caturer.and known to practically every cigar manufacturer in Lancaster and adjoining counties, was honored last week by being elected Major of the Second Regiment U. R. K. of P. After the Lodge ceremonies were concluded. Major Bowman entertained the officers at his home on South Queen street, where an excellent supper was served and a generally delightful time in- dulged in. A. B. Hess, a leaf tobacco packer on North Prince street, was a visitor to Philadelphia a few days last week, where he concluded the sale of a nice lot of 1905 goods. COLOR and CANCELLING STAMPS LEAD SEALS & STENCILS QaakerGitySteDCil&StanipWh 934 AkA SC PHILADELPHIA. PA Fa-hussey lEAfMCCO THE BEST ORGANi; MOST COMPLETE LARGEST W\AIL 01 LEAF TOBACa ESTABLISHMENT AMERICA NEW YORK CHICAGO ST. LOUIS E. S. SECHRI! Dallastown, Pa. Manufacturer of Fine and Common Established 189a Capadty. Twenty Thousand p«1 YOU ARE LOSING MONEY. ? HOW ? BAD ACCOUNTS. Chargins ihem ofT to profit and loaa, Payinc Collection Agency Frea. Paying Memberahip ters. ••DO-IT-YOURSELF" The "Do It-Youraelf" collection outfit ia a fy'"* whereby you collect your bad accounta YOVKSl'W and do it in the same way ihal it ia done by Col'"'"" Agenciea, only BETTER.. ? WHY 7 It ia a better ayatem. It ia easier to operate, .,_. It keeps the accounta in YOVR OWN HAND& It bringa the money to YOU. It aaves Collection Agenciea feea. It savea Membership fees. It saves getting into the hands of unreliable agM'''' Price $1.00 Postpaid Each outfit contains everything neoe***" to collect 60 olain^s. MONEY REFUNDED if on receipt yo* are not perfectly satisfied. ORDER TO-DAY United States Collection Xi*ncl Suite 19. 163 Randolph Street . Chlcatfo. U. S. A. Agents Wanted Write for prOposlH** — THE TOBACCO WORLD 25 116-122 E. I4^»^ ST NEW YORK. BRANCH FACTOHY S'JO-SEiO W SBtmst Hi ^ CATALOGUES OF OUR STOCK CIGAR LABELS. FL^PS. BA/^DS. \ ETC .Ere, SE/Vr GRAT/5 UPON REQ.UEST PREPAID ^ WRITE US BEFORE RLACING ORDERS ^ ^^ FOR PRIVATE L>A BE LS . B ANDS . ETC . , . KAUFFMAN 6^ BRO 'W{ ri" im YORK. PENN'A, !-^-':'^^..-^^^'.-A^^it^-^ -..:::^^aa:,aL.r.**i».^>^.-^fc....^^4i ■■^■■^■^ . . ^ --^ y.^ ' 't^''f'-fi ,51! & •ssingl MAKER OF BOXES ^«Ph ^ iKel .els Established 1870 Factory No. 79 S. R. KOCHER ^^ I Manufacturer of i^ me Havana Cigars and Packer of wrightsvjlle, pa. New Orleans. Cigar Labels San Francisco. r/im/emi New York. ^ Chicago. Cincinnati. _ ^j0tablished 1877 New Factory 1904 H.W. HEFFENER, Steam Cigar Box Manufacturer Howard & Boundary Aves. YORK, PA. [NLAND CITY CIGAR BOX CO. !♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ \ Dealer in J t Cigar Box Lntnber, t X Labels, ♦ Ribbons, t Mdging, t X Brands, etc, X ♦• ♦ »♦♦♦♦ » »♦♦♦♦ Manufacturers of Gases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Edgings, etc. rie 728 N. Christian St, 1-ANCASTER. PA. ^BEN BUSEF? MANUFAOTORER OF Cigar Boxes and Cases DBALBR IN Lumber, Labels, Edging, Etc., R. F. D. No. 3, YORK, PA. }1 til ! 26 ^IMPORTERS OF^^ JOHN SLATER & CO Manufacturers of Handmade LOINQ FILLER ^XO^llF^^ Corner Columbia and Marietta Avenues LANCASTER, PA. No. 21 North Main Street, Washington, Pa. Imperial Cigar Co. Home of (he *Two Friends* Abaolnt«ly the highest lirade 2 for A CMar In the United States. Manufactured on honor and sold on its merits. %Ve defy competition, and court op- position. Sampl 'S cheerfully sent free to any part o( the United States. Sold to Jobhers only. Our mottot The best Is not too dov-d Imperial Cigar Co. Hanover, Pa. SOMETHING NEW AND GOOD WAGNER'S CUBAN STOGIES Manufactured Ouly by LEONARD WAGNER F.c.„,> No. 2 707 Ohio St., ALLEGHENY, PA GEO. STEUERNAGLE I Manufacturer of Pittsburg THE CELEBRATED XTAd* ^uCOLllC. ROelBt 3TCd. %Mn^^^pl Stories , 4^. HANDMADE ^^X Goods sold direct to ^s^/ STOGIES. ^^ Jobbers and Dealers » S143 Penn Ave., Pittsburg, Pa, 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 & BRO. Leaf Tobacco Markets. Business CKan«es. Fires. Etc. BALDWINSVILLE, N. Y. The warehousea are all actively en- gaged in asporting with full forces. M. Tobin will open his warehouse next Monday and commence receiving.— Ga- zette. CONNECTICUT VALLEY. All that is new in the tobacco busi- ness at present is to be seen in the assorting line of the industry, whence judgnient, $308.- proceeds the hauling and handling of bundle tobacco and cased goods. Every day loads of bundle tobacco may be seen going in all directions. I believe there are from sixteen to twenty shops in Hatfield, employing in the neigh- borhood of 450 men, and with this force manufacturer, chattel mortgage $1,11 a large amount of tobacco is handled. Indiana. Our correspondents write: Indianapolis.— L. G. Deschler, wb Suffield, Conn. : "I hear of tobacco sale and retail cigars, i incorporated^ California. Fresno. — Nelson Bros., cigars billiards, notice of sale to B. &Co. Los Angeles.— Sam. A. Flaj cigars, etc., notice of sale to E. Messerly. District of Columbia. Washington.— Oscar Fillab, and cigars, dead. Georgia. Atlanta. — C. S, Carnes & Co., cig — Vickery Cigar i Soda Co., charter granted. Idaho. Lewiston. — J. F. Murphy & cigar manufacturers, burned out; i insurance. Illinois. Bloomington.— John Thoenness, df buyers looking at tobacco crops, but do not hear of many sales. Shops are ruuning on full time, and some of the weed sorted early has been through the sweat and is ready to be put on the market. Almost every day we see loads of tobacco on the way to the sort- ing shops and warehouses." North Hatfield, Mass. : I report the sale of tobacco raised by Walter Lang- don, six acres, at 19 cents in cases. Mr. Towne has sold his crop of ten acres, assorted and packed, at about 20 cents E. C. Warners sold three cases of wrappers to T. Slattery, a manufac- . G. Deschler Co. Iowa. Muscatine.— Robert T. Lagrille,! gars, sold stock. Prairieburg. — C. O. Rowley, cig fire damage. Maine. Ridtonville.— N. M. McLeod, cij tobacco, etc., moved to Rumford Massachusetts. Boston.— John O. Borg & Co. (H O. Borg, proprietor) cigars and tob chattel mortgage, $150. Isaac Goldsmith, cigar manufacturer retail tobacco, petition in bankrap Hyde Park. Charles Friede, manufacturer, dead. Lynn. — Edward W. Fletcher, cig turer terms." of Northampton, at private chattel mortgage, $500. -American Cultivator. EDGERTON, WIS. The delivery of the tobacco crop is the main consideration throughout the growing sections. Packers are receiv- ing their purchases as fast as their facilities will permit and it is being taken much more expeditiously than most previous seaons, and yet they can scarcely keep pace with the wishes of growers who continue to urge their demands for an early delivery. Fully half the crop will be received by the Michigan. Alpena.— Will P. Collins, cig succeeded by Michael W. Ryan. Detroit. John Bell, tobacco cigars, chattel mortgage $150. E. Doherty & Co. (inc.), cigari facturers, damaged by fire. Minnesota. Cloquet. — A. Anger, cigars, MiU' sale. $250. Duluth. -Frank Collins, chattel) gage, $400. New York. Albany.— Francis Shields, whole tobacco, succeeded by Shields & S| Shipments, 600 cases.— Reporter. Jan. 29, 1907. H. C. McManus, THB TOBA^CCO WORLD HINNIGH BALING PRESS ^^^^^^B^^^^^ j ■ ■■ 1 ^ ^^^^^^^^M?^ ' ';,^ ' V' •• ^ -.^Si 1 1 ^^^Hk^T^^ - Mm ^ J ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Bc '".^o'^v ^^HHH HI H 3 1 PatMtcd March 0. 1897 For All Kinds of Products Requiring Baling TOBACCO STEMS. PAPER. COnON. Etc Specially Constructed ..PRESSES.. For L^e^f Tobaeeo Packeris Warranted to do more and better work in a given time, with less labor, than any Press ou the market Unsurpassed for power, strength, simplicity and durability, as well as ease and quickness in operation Various sizes manufactured. Write for prices and full particulars. They are indispensable in leaf packing and tobacco warehouses. Hundreds in use. MINNICH MACHINE WORKS Landisville, Lancaster Co., Pa. —Established 1834— WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 27 South Second Street PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday Cigars, Tobacco, Smokers' Articles Special Sales of Leaf Tobacco ^nsignments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Day of Sale ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ^ ^ 4^ ^ t METAL EMBOSSED LABELS METAL PRINTED LABELS ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4 tl« J# r leiscKKayer Cigar Labels 238 Arch Streett Philadelphia. TELEPHONE 1561 ♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦^^^^^^^^^^^^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦^^ ♦ 4> UTHOGILAPHING SPECIAL DESHWl' ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4 ^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^♦^ JACOB a SHIRK Lancaster, Pa. JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS of American Tobacco Co. American Cigar Co. American Stogie Co. Lnbrman €& Wilburn Tobacco Co. Blackwell Durham Tobacco Co. Spalding c§ Merrick Tobacco Co. Vt Wfl I PA V VniT *** ^^^ **^ PRICES before It It ILL FA I lUU ordering tfoods elsewhere. Brilliant as Diamonds Fragrant as Roses Good as Government Bonds Are the CIGARS Regis^Jed^BJSnds Brilliant Star" Clear Havana . . lOc. S. B." Half Havana ..... 5c. S. B." Little Havanas 5c. ''Honest Bee" 3c. "2— I— No" Mildest Cigar Made 2 for 5e. Special Brands Made to Order Stauff er Bros. Nfg. Co., New Holland, Pa. i( (( {( Send Your Cigar Buyer Here We Will Save You Money ' ! Par Sale by All Dealers V I R a 1 N I A P E R I Q U E I * '■■ I ' ^Tl-fcy Caveats, Trade Marks, t^XxC>S Design-Patents, Copyrights, etc. ''"''''"ZDroJB?i^in^,^hm^GTm D. c. S^ AMERICAN TOBACCO CO., NEW YORI MIXTURE 2« 123 N. THIRD ST Pmilj^del^hia JOHN SLATER & CO Manufacturers of Handmade LONG FILLER STOGIES Corner Columbia and Marietta Avenues LANCASTER, PA. No. 21 North Main Street, Washington, Pa. Imperial Cigar Co. Home of the *Two Friends' Absolutply the hidhevt ({rade <2 for 5 Clffir In the Lnited Slates. Manufactured on honor and sold on Its merits. We defy competition, and court op- position. SampI 's cheerfully sent free to any part of the Lnited States. Sold to Jobbers only. Our motto. The best Is not too ({ocd Imperial Cigar Co Hanover, Pa. SOMETHING NEW AND GOOD WAGNER'S CUBAN STOGIES Manufactured Ouly by LEONARD WAGNER K.corvNo.. lOI Ohio St., ALLEGHENY, FA GEO. STEUERNAGLE Manufacturer uf THE CELEBRATED Trade i^.arlc. '^/Vf/MCTV*^ KOglEiTilcU. . /.jP. HANDMADE ;%X I ^y STOGIES. ^^ Pittsburg Stories Goods sold direct to Jobbers and Dealers , 5143 Penn Ave., Rittsburg, Pa, Oi.DlLbT MANUF/^CTURERS OF PEACH ( ri and PRUNEliJ Also of the World Renowned and Non-Evaporating SPANISH BETUNS Cigar and Tobaao Flavors, Sweeteners, etc. Write for Free Samples and Particulars Guaranteed to be the Strongest and Best Established 1855 FRIES & BRO. Leaf Tobacco IVIarketS. Busifxess CKa.ntifs. Fires. Etc BALDWINSVILLE, N. Y. California. Fresno.- Nelson Bros., civrars The warehouses are all actively en- billiards, notice of sale to B. gaged in assorting with full forces. M. Tobin will open his warehouse next Monday and comnnence receiving.— Ga- zette. & Co. Los Angeles.— Sam. A. Flaxn cigars, etc., notice of sale to E. Messerly. District of Columbia. Washington.— Oscar Fillah, fruiii and cigars, dead. Georgia. Atlanta. C. S. Carnes & Co., cig CONNECTICUT VALLEY. All that is new in the tobacco busi- ness at present is to be seen in the assorting line of the industry, whence judgment, $308. Vickery Cigar proceeds the hauling and handling of Soda Co., charter granted bundle tobacco and cased goods. Every day loads of bundle tobacco may be Lewiston.-- J, Idaho. F. Murphy & ,, J. .• T L i:^.,„ cigar manufacturers, burned out; a seen going in all directions. I believe jngurance. Illinois. Bloomington.— John Thoenneaa, ci| there are from sixteen to twenty shops in Hatfield, employing in the neigh- borhood of 450 men, and with this force manufacturer, chattel mortgage $1,11 a large amount of tobacco is handled. Indiana. Our correspondents write: Indianapolis. — L. G. Deschler, wb Suffield. Conn. : "I hear of tobacco sale anjd retail cigars, i incorporated I buyers looking at tobacco crops, but do not hear of many sales. Shops are ruuning on full time, and some of the weed sorted early has been through the sweat and is ready to be put on the fire damage, market. Almost every day we see loads of tobacco on the way to the sort- ing shops and warehouses." North Hatfield, Mass. : I report the sale of tobacco raised by Walter Lang- don, six acres, at 19 cents in cases. Mr. Towne has sold his crop of ten Goldsmith, cigar manufacturer acres, assorted and packed, at about 20 retail tobacco, petition in bankrupt „ r^ »i; ij 4.-U Hyde Park. Charles Friede, cip cents E. C. Warners sold three cases manufacturer, dead. of wrappers to T. Slattery, a manufac- Lynn. — Edward W. Fletcher, cii turer of Northampton, at private chattel mortgage. $51)0. terms." American Cultivator. Michigan. Alpena. -Will P. Collins, cii EDGERTON, WIS. succeeded by Michael W. Ryan. , , ' , ' . Detroit. John Bell, tobacco The delivery of the tobacco crop is cigars, chattel mortgage $150. — ^ the main consideration throughout the I'l Doherty & Co. (inc.). cigar ma growing sections. Packers are receiv- facturers, damaged by tire. L. G. Deschler Co. Iowa. Muscatine. -Robert T. Lagrille, i gars, sold stock. Prairieburg. — C. O. Rowley, cig Maine. Ridtonville. — N. M. McLeod, cig tobacco, etc., moved to Rumford Fil Massachusetts. Boston. — John O. Borg & Co. (W O. Borg. proprietor) cigars and tob& chattel mortgage. $150. Isaac Clo(iuet. sale. $250. DuJuth. Minnesota. A. Anger, cigars, bill* Frank Collins, chattel) New York. Francis Shields, whole ing their purchases as fast as their facilities will permit and it is being taken much more expeditiously than most previous seaons. and yet they can gage,"$400. scarcely keep pace with the wishes of growers who continue to urge their , demands for an early delivery. Fully tobacco, succeeded by Shields &SflM hal, th. crop win be received by the ,e[i7/g"a;l^;,'e^titi;!„^"'i"„' Lkr7 close of the present month. While lyj^x Fichtenholtz. manufacfi not all the packing houses are running and retail cigars, sold out. full handed, sufficient warehouse help Pennsylvania. is employed to take care of the crop in Scranton.— Thomas H. Miles, cili due season. Warehouse handling is and news, succeeded by Miles Br* I 9a Reade Street, NS W YORK. Texas. Dallas. Remy-Nickley Co., ""* progressing smoothly and matters set- tling down to a long season's business. The only recent sales of the new sale cigars, chartered, capital si crop coming to notice are Kealey Bros., $10,000 10 acres at 15 and 8 cents, and R. L. ■"■—"■ Page, 4 acres at 13 and 4 cents. We SPECIAL NOTICE. hear of very little effort being made to 'T^HE Annual Meeting of the Stj increase their holdings by the dealers. -*- holders of The Tobacco World! Nothing new has developed in the lishing Company will be held •'' cured leaf markets. company's office ia Philadelph*' Shipments, 500 cases. -Reporter. Jan. 29, 1907. H. C. McManus, S*| -a THE TOBACCO WORLD HENNICH BALING PRESS Patcatcd March O. 1807 For All Kinds of Products Requiring Baling TOBACCO STEMS, PAPER, COHON, Etc. Specially Constructed ..PRESSES.. For Leaf Tobaeco Paekerfi Warranted to do more and better work in a given time, with less labor, than any Press on the market Unsurpassed for power, strength, simplicity and durability, as well as ease and quickness in operation Various sizes manufactured. Write for prices and full particulars. They are indispensable in \mi packing and tobacco warehouses. Hundreds in use. MINNICH MACHINE WORKS Landisville, Lancaster Co., Pa. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ tx »♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ METAL EMBOSSED LABELS METAL PRINTED LABELS ♦ ^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ XX H ♦ ♦ tl# J« f leiscKKayer Cigar Labels 238 Arch Street, Philadelphia. TELEPHONE 1561 ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦t^4^ SPECIAL DESIQNI 4- ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4 ♦ ♦ LITHOGHAPHINC ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ /♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^ X XX ¥ I JACOB G. SHIRK Lancaster, Pa. JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS of American Tobacco Co. American Cigar Co. American Stogie Co. Lubrman & Wilburn Tobacco Co. Blackwell Durham Tobacco Co. Spalding & Merricli: Tobacco Co. IT WII I PI V VniT *° ^^^ '^^ PRICES before 11 nlLL rAl lUU ordering ^oods elsewhere. I -•..• Brilliant as Diamonds Fragrant as Roses Good as Government Bonds Are the CIGARS Regis^tered Brands "Brilliant Star" Clear Havana . . lOc. S. B." Half Havana 5c. S. B." Little Havanas 5c. Honest Bee" 3c 2— I— No" Mildest Cigar Made 2 fof 5c. Special Brands Made to Order Stauffer Bros. Nfg. Co., New Holland, Pa. n\\ (( (( t( m Send Your Cigar Buyer Here We Will Save You Money —Established 1834— WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 27 South Second Street PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday Ciiars, Tobacco, Smokers^ Articles Special Sales of Leaf Tobacco ^nsignments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Day of Sale ICoTn ^T^-fcy Caveats f Trade Marks^ ^-ULi^ Design-Patents, Copyrights, etc. ffi'r " John A. Saul For Sale by All Dealers V I R O I N I A E R I Q U E ill ill MIXTURE LeDroUB^ZZ. wl'smNGTON, D. c. Bhe AMERICAN TOBACCO CO., NEW YOM I I INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE l! ; AC IMPORTERS OF^^ ^ AVANA 123 N. THIRD ~ PHILAOeL^HIA !• ♦4 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦* ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦>♦♦♦♦♦-»♦♦♦♦■»•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦•♦•♦♦♦•♦ 5 Established 1890 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ X ♦ ♦ ♦ X ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ^ Emory Martin (t 4 ♦ 4 4 4 La Imperial Ci^ar Factory J. F. SECHRIST, Proprietor Manufacturer of FINE -CIGARS Holtz, Penna. E.S. SECHRIST Dallastown, Pa. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 y/(^inof*s a- Qood Thing yvherThfi se^jg / Manufacturer of : 4 4 \ Fine and Common \ /> 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 ------ ^ ' ' \ ♦♦♦♦♦4-4->44'4>*4>44>44^4'4 4«**'r4-4>4'«>4'4-^^4>4-4>4->4'44 ♦ eiSARS Capacity, Twenty Thousand per Day ==5a 10c.===UNCLE JOSS Pretty Bessie i York Nick. . . . 5c. Best Known. .J Two Cracker Jacks (2 for 3 cents Oak Mountain Bouquet — Boston Beauties Puro — Porto Rico Crooks Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only inviteA Capacity, 25,000 per day. Telegraph— York, Pa. WARREN BECK 6i BRO. Cigar Manufacturers York, Pa. Ten-Gent Brands: Duke of Westminster Admiral Gherardl Gen. Warren La Responder Marcana La Canttdad Michael Hose A. F. Brill Manufac- turer! of LEAF TOBACCO, I 1 A. D. KILLHEFFER, .^^ MILLERSVILLE, PA| i Haket of Hi^h Grade Cigars. "^^^ No Salesmen. Coraraanicate with Fat eTrOSENWALB & BR0. THE BrtabliBhed in 1881. ) VoL XXVIL, No. 5. 1 PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK. JAN. 30. 1907. 1 One Dollar per Annum Payable in Advance. lEAF TOBACCO • CENTRAU UNION* No. 310 Race Street Philadelphia No ott er brand of Tobacoo has en^own so quickly in public favor. Reasons: Quality, Price, Union Label* Friendly Dealers* Aid, and Tobacco Trust's Hostility. United States Tobacco Co., RichmondjYa. "^ SUMATRA TOBACCO The Kind that Wraps Economically H. DUYS & CO. No. 170 Water street, New York ^ The Leading Exclusive Sumatra House Amsterdam House: — De Amsterdamsche Tabakshandelmaatschappij. Growers and Packers of FLORIDA TOBACCOS Write for Samples SCHROMDMR & ARGUIMBAU 1^8 Water Street, New York i m\\ iltl! THE TOBACCO WUKLD THE 5c. CIGAR that fOuMI say is "All to the Front." El Draco Cigar Mfg. Co. Philada. I (LORD LANCASTER, 10c.) r M k C Manufacturers 615 Market St., Philada. (NICKELBY, 5c.) I Sumot r Cireene CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Kn^ 5-cent Ci^ar Made by Morris D.Neaniana& (a PHILADELPHIA. PA. e. T. cifc SUMNER GREENE & CO. Manufacturers of ene's Cidars 2330 MARKET ST., PHILADELPHIA are Seal Factory 1830. First District Penns. CIGAIi 114 Philadelphia sumioB Oulity •Worknumship Factory No. 968. First District Penna. , m c\ P^ Madsb, K You Want to b« la HAVANA Smoke _ _ _ _ 5t CIGARS BENRY HEYMANN'S SONS Sinking Spring, Pa. M II ^ W. K. Gresh & Sons, Haken, Norristown, Pft YOU CAN BUY I WEAVER'S ORIGINAL I HAVANA SHORTS ALL JOBBING HOUSES Parmenter Wax-Lined Coupon Ci^ar Poclu ASoid PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE, HEAT ud BREAKAGE. h%<% SURBRUG FACTORY BVRNED Richmond, Va., Jan. 23. During a conflagration here today the Surbrug Tobacco Company's factory was reduced to ashes. Wm. Cameron, manager of the Sur- brug Tobacco Co., states that there was an insurance of $40,000 on stock, which he thought would about cover the loss. About 500 girls employed in the cigarette department will be at least temporarily thrown out of em- ployment. J. W. Surbrug, of New York, who is President of the company, was here at the time, and immediately telegraphed for new machiney and material, saying preparations would be set on foot to resume operations as quickly as possible. CHICAGO LEAF HOVSE BVRNED. Chicago, 111., Jan. 24. The destructive fire at the Louis Stern Liquor Company's premises also also carried down with it the premises of the Illinois Leaf Tobacco Company, which was located on the second floor of 215 and 217 Lake street. The com- pany claims a loss of $30,000. CALIFORNIA TOBACCO CVLIVRE. Sacramento, Cal., Jan. 24. J. B. Stewart, tobacco expert who is here from Washington, D. C, to m- vestigate the possibilities for the de- velopment of the growing of the wee4 on a commercial basis, and O. H. Mil- ler, Secretary of the Sacramento Val- ley Development Association, have re- turned from a trip through the vallef. Mr. Stewart said that the prospect* are that tobacco can be grown to ad- vantage in the Sacramento Valley. The many tests which have been made by individuals show conclusively that tobacco will grow anywhere here, but in many places the soil is too heary and would produce tobacco too strong for use. Mr. Miller's idea, when he asked that an investigation be made, that some of the less expensive and fertile lands could be used for the cultivation, was undoubtedly correct. Besides considerable land in the valley, much of that lying along the foothille can be made to grow a good quality of tobacco. Mr. Stewart thinks that a filler and roller tobacco can be grown best in the Sacramento Valley, and an Ameri- canized variety of the Cuban weed will be sent growers. Should this experi- ment prove as successful as expected the value of hundreds of acres of land will be largely increased, and besides a new and profitable industry will be established. TOBACCO RAISING IN IOWA. Lansing. la., Jan. 26. The first tobacco ever marketed im Lansing was brought in by E. J. Sad- ler, of Union City and Henry Frohni, of this township. The former had four loads, weighinf a trfle over 4.000 pounds, which he raised from four acres, and at 10 cents a pound it brought him $402. Mr. Frohm had 1,200 pounds, off one acre, for which he received $120. Mr. Sadler is going to plant tweM acres next year. HIGHER DUTIES FOR CANADA. Ottawa. Can.. Jan. 26. A deputation composed of manufac- turers of Canadian tobacco in Montreal, Quebec and elsewhere, waited on the government this week, asking the aboli- tion of what is Known as the greem stamp on Canadian tobacco, which is calcu ated, they cUim to prejudice the sale of this class of goods to the public. They ask also an increase of duty on imported leaf tobacco and the imposi- tion of an excise tax on Canadian leaf tobacco which at present pays no duty at all unless it goes into one of the Canadian factories to be manufactured. The deputation's request was sup- ported by Speaker Sutherland, Messrs. Parent, M P., Lachance. M. P., and Dubeau, M. P. The/ were received by Sir Wiltred Laurier. Hon W. S. Field- ing and Hon. Wm. Templeman and promised consideration of their requesL "HUNTERl^fMir is all to the front; made by EL DRACO ClOAK MFo. CO . Philads. ^^^^^S. will buy outright the plant, stock, faxtures good-will etc ot one of the Odd best and most complete Cigar Factories in the heart o Philadelphia, doing 1^^ ^^ ^^ a large business. Present working organization willing to run the busi- -ness under new control. Have on hand over Ten Thousand Dollars worth of Cigars and Tobacco. Address H P H., care of The Tobacco World, 224 Arch Street, Philadelphia. i I i THB TOBACCO WUKLD THE dc. CIGAR that fooMlsayis ••AH to the Front.*' El Brace Cigar Mfg. Co. Philada. (LORD LANCASTER, 10c.) Pbifac eipnra %^ GARS * n mmm Manufacturers 615 Market St., Philada. (NICKELBY, 5c.) l-i' ■ CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Kni^ 5-cent Gi^ar Made by Morris D.Nenmaoo&i PHILADELPHIA. PA. Snoantr Greene e. T. Ce^fe SUMNER GREENE & CO. Menufacturers of eiie's Cidars 2330 MARKET ST., PHILADELPHIA are Seal Factory 1830. First District Penns. W. Ks Gresh & Sons, Makers, Norristown, Pii Philadelphia Factory No. 968. First District Penna. , P CK \\%y K Iff You Want t« IM la HAVANA Smoke _ _ _ _ Sc CIGARS HENRY flEYIANN'S SONS sinking Spring, Pa. ^ ^ YOU CAIN BUY WEAVER'S ORIGINAL HAVANA SHOJITS ALL JOBBING HOUSES Parmenter Wax-Lined Coupon Gi^ar Pod AAotd PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE. HEAT aad BREAKAGE. ladamd hj aU Sm*k«rs. and are the MOST EFFECTIVI Advertitiag Medium known. Paper Goods Gos^Racine, WiSf 0*! Sal* Owaera aad Mi B. A. O <£ Oo H AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST 'hiladml^mim T©B/ieeO WORLB-* AU CIGAR. LEAF^CROPS GOOD l«,t Cig«re«« and Chewif»s Tob.cco. Don't Average Well Washington, D. C, Jan. 28. The January Crop Reporter contains a reoort of the condition of the tobacco Jopof the United States complied from the Bureau's special reports. It is as follows: , ... J *• The investigations for the production W filler leaf in Alabama have this past year been extended into Dallas county, in the southern part of which the Orangeburg soil appera. In Peri^ eounty the acreage increased over le^ percent. A ready market has been found for the product, and this has proved a stimulus to the growers. The tobacco produced is similar in quality to the Texas and Florida leaf, aod the cost of production is a little legs. In Ohio the work of introducing the bulk method of fermentation has been continued, and over 25.000.000 pounds of tobacco have been fermented accord- ing to the method prescribed by the Bureau of Soils. U has taken a period of five years to accomplish these re- attlts, and the sytem is now so well «jtabli8hed in Ohio that the packers should be able to proceed without fur- ther supervision by our experts. In Ohio, also, co-operative experi- ments have been conducted with the Bureau of Plant Industry in the select- ing and breeding of improved types of tobacco, with a view to securing types of leaf giving a larger yield and having a uniform quality. Selections were made of Zimmer Spanish, Little Dutch, Ohio Seedleaf, and Ohio Cuban. It is believed that by this method of selec- tion of seed native varieties of Ohio tobacco may be greatly improved, since where so many varieties are grown, as io the Miami Valley of Ohio, there is great danger of their becoming mixed. The experiments begun in Virginia in 1904 with heavy fire-cured tobacco bave been contmued during the past iscal year. In the first year of this work it was demonstarated that by the tse of carefully selected fertilizers the profits in growing this type of leaf could be increased considerably as compared with those obtained by the Virginia farmer. During the past year the same treat- ment of the asme land was followed, and, between the two crops of tobacco, rye was sown as a cover crop and plowed under in the spring of the year. The results obtained show the accumu- lative effects of the fertilizer and cul- tural methods used. The land was divided into 3-acre plats. On one the fertilizer practise common to the locality was followed, on the second a ■lightly better brand was applied, and w the third a still mote expensive application was made. The cost of production of the three plats was respectively $44,50, $63.60, and $85.49, which shows a net profit of $15.63, on plat 1, $37.01 on plat 2, and $40.10, on plat 3. It is interesting to note that the same plats of ground receiving the same treatment in 1904 netted profits of $5. $21, and $24. respectively, showing gains in 1905 over 1904 of $10.62. $16.01. and $16.10 respectively. These results are highly significant as indicating what may be done in this important tobacco district by the use of such methods as are practised, for instance, by the Connec- ticut Broadleaf growers. Investigations for the improvement of the bright tobacco of Virginia were also begun during the past fiscal year (ended June 30, 1906), in co-operation with the Virginia Experiment Station, the experimental field being situated near Chatham, in Pittsylvania county, the centre of the bright tobacco belt of Virginia, and within 20 miles of Dan- ville, the largest market for this class of tobacco. The experiment is still in progress, and it will be impossible to report definite results until next year. BVRLEY TOBACCO PLEDGED. Winchester, Ky., Jan. 26. The District Board of Control of the Burley Tobacco Society met here this week to hear the reports of what to- bacco has been assigned to the society since January 1, and to discuss plans for handling the 190S crop. They found between 60 and 70 per cent of the crop in hands on Saturday, January 12. Hon. W. C. McChord, of Springfield, addressed the board on the plan of maintaining a chartered warehouse in each county, which plan in general seems to be the one which will be adopted. The Executive Committee, composed of Messrs. C. Lebus, Chairman, Cyn- thiana; C. S. Williams, Versailles; Dr. G. W. McMillan, Falmouth; S. T. Prewitt, Winchester; J. R. Bascom, Sharpsburg; R. B. Thomas, George- town, held a long session considering the questions suggested. %^<^x^^% BRIAR-WOOD PIPE MATERIALS Washington D. C. Jan. 28. United States Consul James A. Smith, of Leghorn, in compliance with a request of a United States firm, con- cerning the manner of getting out briar wood blocks in Italy, hae submitted the following information : "The larger part of the Italian briar wood is found along the Mediterranean coast, extending from Savona on the north to Calabria on the south; the Ligurian River, Tuscany, Umbria, the Roman provinces, the three provinces of Calabria, as well as the islands of Corsica and Sardinia furnishing an abundant supply. The work of excava- ting the root of the briar wood tree is carried on from October until the end of May. A kind of grubbing spade with one sharp edxe for cutting away the large billet or heart of the root the (valuable part) from the surrounding small roots is used in this work. The billet is known as the "ciocco," After being thoroughly cleaned and trimmed it is brought to the mill and by means of circular saws cut into small blocks corresponding roughly to the shape of a pipe bowl and stem. These blocks are of various sizes, depending upon the dimension and shape of the ciocco. Af- terward they are immersed in water for a period of about twelve hours and then thoroughly dried. "This process completed, they are sorted (the imperfect pieces being thrown aside), placed in large jute bags, and are then ready for shipment. The waste pieces unsuitable for pipes are sold for firewood, being an excellent material for this purpose. Exporta- tions of briar wood from this district to the United States, have shown a de- cided increase during the past few years. In 1905 11,904 bales were shipped with a value of over $100,000, while during the first nine months of 1906 nearly 16.000 bales, with a value of over $125,000, were exported from Leghorn." OFFTERDINGCR. SETTLES STRIKE. Washington, D. C, Jan. 26. H. T. Offterdinger, the well known Washington cigar manufacturer, has effected a satisfactory settlement with his striking cigarmakers, and resumed manufacturing this week. Some months ago a general strike occurred among cigar factories in this city, and one by one the other manu- facturers gave way to the demands of their striking employes, but Mr. Offter- dinger persistently refused all overtures of an adjustment until this week, when a proposition was made that seemed to him reasonable and fair, and it was promptly accepted and his former cigarmakers were permitted to resume their old places in his factory. SURBRUG FACTORY BVRNED Richmond, Va., Jan. 23. During a conflagration here today the Surbrug Tobacco Company's factory was reduced to ashes. Wm. Cameron, manager of the Sur- brug Tobacco Co., states that there was an insurance of $40,000 on stock, which he thought would about cover the loss. About 500 girls employed in the cigarette department will be at least temporarily thrown out of em- ployment. J. W. Surbrug, of New York, who is President of the company, was here at the time, and immediately telegraphed for new machiney and material, saying preparations would be set on foot to resume operations as quickly as possible. •<*«^»aa^^ CHICAGO LEAF HOUSE BVRNED. Chicago, 111., Jan. 24. The destructive fire at the Louis Stern Liquor Company's premises also also carried down with it the premises of the Illinois Leaf Tobacco Company, which was located on the second floor of 215 and 217 Lake street. The com- pany claims a loss of $30,000. CALIFORNIA TOBACCO CVLIVRE. Sacramento, Cal.. Jan. 24. J. B. Stewart, tobacco expert who ie here from Washington, D. C, to i«- vestigate the possibilities for the de- velopment of the growing of the wee4 on a commercial basis, and O. H. Mil- ler, Secretary of the Sacramento Val- ley Development Association, have r^ turned from a trip through the vallejr, Mr. Stewart said that the prospect* are that tobacco can be grown to ad- vantage in the • Sacramento Valley. The many tests which have been made by individuals show conclusively that tobacco will grow anywhere here, but in many places the soil is too hearr and would produce tobacco too stronc for use. Mr. Miller's idea, when he asked that an investigation be made, that some of the less expensive and fertile lands could be used for the cultivation, was undoubtedly correct. Besides considerable land in the valley, much of that lying along the foothill* can be made to grow a good quality of tobacco. Mr. Stewart thinks that a filler and roller tobacco can be grown best in the Sacramento Valley, and an Ameri- canized variety of the Cuban weed will be sent growers. Should this experi- ment prove jas successful as expected the value of hundreds of acres of land will be largely increased, and besidee a new and profitable industry will be established. TOBACCO RAISING IN IOWA. . Lansing, la.. Jan. 26. The first tobacco ever marketed im Lansing was brought in by E. J. Sad- ler, of Union City and Henry Frohn, of this township. The former had four loads, weighing a trfle over 4.000 pounds, which he raised from four acres, and at 10 cents a pound it brought him $402. Mr. Frohm had 1,200 pounds, off one acre, for which he received $120. Mr. Sadler is going to plant t^^^ acres next year. %a^a^a^% HIGHER DVriES FOR CANADA. Ottawa. Can., Jan. 26. A deputation composed of manufac- turers of Canadian tobacco in Montreal, Quebec and elsewhere, waited on the government this week, asking the aboli- tion of what is Known as the grecni stamp on Canadian tobacco, which ia ealcu ated. they claim to prejudice the sale of this class of goods to the public. They ask also an increase of duty ob imported leaf tobacco and the imposi- tion of an excise tax on Canadian leaf tobacco which at present pays no duty at all unless it goes into one of the Canadian factories to be manufactured. •The deputation's request was sup- ported by Speaker Sutherland, Messrs. Parent, MP., Lachance. M. P., ani Dubeaa, M. P. The/ were received by Sir Wiltred Laurier. Hon W. S. Field- ing and Hon. Wm. Templeman and promised consideration of iheir requesL "HUNTERlf^Hr is all to the front; made by EL DRACO Cll«AK MFo. CO . PhiUda. |H^ ^ ^^ ^% #^ will buy outright the plant, stock, faxtures good-will etc of one of the Jbl # O O O best and most complete Cigar Factories in the heart o Philadelphia, doing ^■^ ■ ■ f^^ ^^ ^^ a large business. Present working organization willing to run the busi- •a.^S8 under new control. Have on hand over Ten Thousand Dollars worth of Cigars and Tobacco. Address H. P. H., care of The Tobacco World, 224 Arch Street, Philadelphia. • :'l INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE . A. C>!'-''es H AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST. MILADSLRHIA J. Vetterlein & Co. Importers of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF Tobacco 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia FOUNDED 1855 J«hn T. Dohan Wm. H. Dohan >>y &.Tr^ ^ FLOR ^t^^ de DOHAN & TAITT 0 &T Importers of Havana and Sumatra Packers of ^^^^^^^^lO^ ArcJl St. Leaf TobaccoK ^mk ) philada. m i> ••#—■■• ** ■ /^— ■ K. STRAUS f> A.tjOKB IMPORTERS OF UUbllshed 1825 LEWIS BREMER'S SONS IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra AND PACKERS OF Leaf Tobacco 322 and 324 North Third Street, Philadelphia Julius Hirschberg & Bro. Importers of Havana and Sumatra and Packers of Seed Leaf Tobacco 125 North Third St., Philad-i. L. BAMBERGER & CO. TOBACCO 111 Arch Street, Philadelphia ^ JPa«k«ra and Dealers in ;^V.H.«„r SEED LEAF HAVANA andSLMATRA Warchonsea: Laacastcr, Pa.; Milton Junction. Wis.: Baldwinsvlllc. N. Y. /4^Mrhin/St, PhiAi4M^a,fik», The Empire Leaf Tobacco "^yi"*^ importers and Dealers in ALL KINDS OF SEED LEAF. Go< SUMATRA I) II 118N.3dSt.,Phlla. aai&908i^oMis98iv I^WIL A DELPHIC ii' ': t •> >mI» j Benj. Labe Jacob Labe^^' ^ • Sidney Labe BENJ. LABE & SONS IMPORTERS OF ^ . u.i ;;.:.,:, . . Sumatra and Havana I Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco 228 North Third St., Philadelphia liEOPOUD bOEB & CO. Importers of Sumatra aod Havana and Pacl(ers of Leaf Tobacci 306 North Third St., Phila. GEO. BURGHARD Importer of Sumatra and Havana and Packer of LeAF TOBACCO 238 North Third Street, Phila. J. S. BATROFF 224 Arch St., Philadelphia Broker in LEAF T0BAee^ m p /\. (^AL.]/Es ^ 0°- <^^^ Havana 123 n. third &r IMPORTERS OF^^ HILADML^HiA *' i. EXPORT STAMP ISSUED BY CUBAN CIGAR MANUFACTURERS Authorized by the Government of the Republic of Cuba ^rca5lJEIlBf^|li;M;<3lJlimM^ UUniondeF^bRICantesdeTabacosyCicarros ^ISLAdeCUBA ulonzadaporel Gobierno delaRepablica Garantiza que los tabacos.cigarrosy paqaefes Je plcadu^aq(iellevo^es^ap^eci^U son fabncados por HABANA 1_REPL BLICA DE CUBA c LA PROPIEOAD:ARTISTICfli;iHDUSTRIIlL ISTAiREGISTRflDflTNJODOSiOSPAISES V Eitlier the name of the Manufacturer or that of his Brand will appear printed in the blank space of this precinta or stamp. . . . I M RO RTA NT NOTICE... "i The preceding: cut is a fac-similp. in its actual size, of the new PRECINTA or warranty stamp which, as authorized by the Governmentof the Republie> 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 cat tobacco packages which bear these stamps were manufactured in Cuba. v , •^ The consumers of these goods, who wish to acquire the jrenuine article made in CUBA from pure CUBAN LEAF, should buy no other cigars, cignv ettes. or cut leaf packages but those which have this PRECINTA or stamp of the Cigar and Cigarette Manufacturers' Union of the Island of Cuba, whdw Jointly with the Government of the Republic of Cuba, or separately, will prosecute before the court-;, anyone who may attempt to counterfeit, imitate, or in any way render useless the guarantee covered by this stamp. The Colors of the PRECINTA fac-simile : black with pale blue ground ; fac-simile of tba Presidency of the Rebublic : dark blue. y The Old Salesman's Musings. >-[ ^11 II \Ull\< idfMii A FATHER-ANU -^UN PAKTNEKSHIP Po you remember what I said a week or two ago about the tendency of partnerships between father and son to tvrp out badly? What a lamentably fine example of the truth of that has occurred during the week! About two years ago a father and son entered into partnership in a good sized town in Ohio. The business was that of a general store, and it was considered the finest in that section of the State. As usually happens, the business was owned and built up by the father, and he took the boy into partnership on his twenty-first birth- day. I knew the family well. Oh ! but that father was tickled the day his son came int . the firm ! He had been wait- iOB for it for years, doting on his son, wrapped up in him, longing for the day when he could share with his boy the growing burden of his business ! You know the teelngs some men have toward their sons as if there never had been such a boy born? Well, this father, although the son was not par- ticularly notable, had that feeling toward his boy in a greater measure than I have ever known a father to have it before. Under these favorable auspices the new fima started. To-day it is a wreck, the two partners hopelessly estranged, J«e business run down, and the family broken up. All because the partners were father *n/-/Ay/*/V>> '23 /v. THIRD ST IMPORTERS OF^^^ 'HiLJiDBL^HIA t-'TlEALM OP PETAILETJS TIMELY TALKS WITH EN- TERPRISING DEALERS. A RETAIL TOBACCONIST in the business section of Philadelphia is Asplayins a sign over a wall case, just back of the main cigar case in his store, whkh reads as follows ;— THE DISASTERS Thlit happened to Three of My Customers : One of them said: "I'll pay Saturday night, if I live." He's dead. Another said: "I'll see you to- morrow". He's blind. Still another said: "I hope to pay this week, or go to Hell." He's gone. Of course, there is a mora! even to tiie vernacular. The dealer undoubt- edly means to convey the idea that if lie had not extended a credit in these instances, he would have saved himself noney, and adopted this way of remind- inirthe casual visitor that he has gained in wisdom by sad experience. Again it may be construed to mean that since ao many credit customers of his store have been ill-fated, it would be ex- tremely unwise for others to ask similar favors for fear of a possible similar visitation of dire disaster. At any rate, it should serve to remind dealers generally that it is exremely hazardous to do business without exer- cising a reasonable degree of discrimi- aation in the matter of credit. When a pipe burns it is invariably make them of dark color. Boiling is the fault of the smoker by not adhering not done to clean meerschaum pipes. to the above directions. The chip meerschaum is an imitation. To make a new pipe taste as sweet The encasing of meerschaum pipes as an old one, put a pinch of salt in with chamois will prevent them from filling of tobacco. In real getting scratched, but will help to heat pipes, the tobacco should them, and therefore retard the coloring by BO doing the process.- From "Hints to Smokers and M SNOKCR'S WISDOM. ETAl. used inside of any pipe. when smoked wUl corrode and is therefore poisonous. No pipe less than four inches long ■hould be smoked,- because it is too short to allow the smoke to cool before reaching the mouth. Tobacco used m the pipe should be •omewhat damp to avoid biting of the tongue. When filling a pipe.'press the tobacco tight, especially on the side next to the ■tem, as by doing so you will cause the tobacco to burn evenly and prevent the baming of the bowl. A new pipe should have the inside Moistened with water for a minute or two before smoking. This moistening of the inside of the bowl will prevent the burning of the pipe and cause the tobacco to form a crust inside of the bowl. A good many pipes are burned at the bottom of the bowl. This is caused partly by the smoker trying to consume all the tobacco in the bottom of the pipe, and partly by lighting the tobacco and drawing the flame to the bottom of the bowl. By lighting a pipe over a gas light the edge of the bowl is frequently the first meerschaum be pressed tight, as heat is evenly distributed and the pipe will color accordingly. A meerschaum pipe ahould always have a meerschaum" featton inside of the bowl, as this will insure better coloring of the pipe. By drawing slowly, especially in a new meerschaum pipe, you will prevent over-heating the meerschaum and the pipe will color much quicker than by fast smoking. Pipes made of soft wood burn readily with the tobacco, and it is the burning wood and not the burning tobacco which bites the tongue. Of times the best pipe may get strong, but if it is packed tight with grass or hay and laid aside for a lew days it will be as sweet as ever. Genuine briar is a hard wood. Amber burns slowly with a yellow flame, emitting a pungent aromatic ■moke. It costs more in a raw state, per ounce tharTpwe silver. Imitation amber burns fiercely, being quickly consumed. Imitation meerschaum pipes will not color, and, if submerged in water thirty-six hours, they will dissolve to a powder. The genuine meerschium pipe is carved of the natural block. Meer- schaum pipes are boiled in wax even after having been used for some time, to make them color faster. Meerschaum pipes are boiled in oil to Dealers in Pipes", a pamphlet adver- tising the products of Francis Edler & Co., Chicago. • * • Written for The Tobacco World THE OLDEST AMERICAN By Walter S. Smith. There's an Indian at Lynn, who never knew sin. Though for years on the highway of strife. None knoweth his age, though ev'ry Lynn sage Hath known the man all of his life. It is true, we are told, this hero was old When Washington, George, was a boy And as tall, even then, as other red n en With never a grief nor a joy. He hath stood on the street, often covered with sleet Nor ever came in from the cold. And his raiment so strange, hath never known change Though over two hundred years old. Though an Indian, he came over the sea From Leyden, or Zurich or Berne, And his blanket of red, with the plume on his head, Marks the warrior, silent and stern. His tribe is unknown ; he seems all alone And the bow at his side is unstrung, DRYING STOGIE FILLERS THE TOBACCO WORLD ckly made. The idea that 1905 facturing business, but have since dis- ennsylvania tobacco could be sold at solved partnership. The suit was cents, as the news item in] question brought in the old firm name, because P" »t, had a very exciting effect on it is an old partnership claim, they say. ^ !?^" ^^'^^^' *"^ ^^^''y o"e ^ehe- S. R. Moss has been held liable for ently declared that there was not the the sum of $10,333 as a bondsman for 1905 occasion to sell any of the Chas. H. Locher, President of the de- was ^T^^ ^^^ ^"^^ prices, unless it funct City Trust Co., of Lancaster, by B , ^^*^'?*^' opinion handed down by Judge Hassler. cert*^ P^'ferinsr correspondent of a The action was brought by Receiver tnvth" ^^^^^' P°*^'^'y ^o"* ^^^ w*'*' o^ J- H. Rathfon, of the Trust Co.. claim- inac * ^^^^^^ ^^^^ "^^^^^ ^^ ^" "P *"8: Moss's responsibility on the bond «. sent the flagrant stuff to his (Concluded on page 11) ^m.ms Established 1895 Telephone Connectioa T. L. ADAIR Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Red Lion, Pa. Special Lines for the Jobbing Trade SIGNS! Designers. Printers, and Lltho- tfraphers of CLOTH. ROPE FIBER and CARDBOARD SIGNS. AND PAPER POSTERS. In Weatherproof Colors We have Something Ne-w In FOLDED EDGE SIGNS. I UNION LABEL on Work When Dcslrad Write for Prices and Sample, We Furnish QUALITY AND SERVICE THE MASSILLON SIGN L^ POSTER CO. MASSILLON, OHIO. THB TOBACCO WORLD COCO. W. BREMER, Jr. BREMER BROS IH N. IhM St, PHIUDEIPIIU WALTER T. BREMER Importers, Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Hippie Bros. & Co. Importers and Packers of and Dealers in Leaf Tobaccos 231 Arch St, Philadelphia Our Retail Department is Strictly Up-to-Date LOUIS BYTHINMR & CO. kd Tobacco Brokers 308 RaCe St. p- lUA^i^Ul, and Commission Merchants. rllllaaCipilll Long Distance Telephone, Market 3035, CabU Addrcsa. "Hellanci. Lancaster' Tclepbon* Sarvtca JOHN F. HEILAND & CO. COMMISSION MERCHANTS AND DEALERS Leaf Tobacco Eastern Agents MaGee Tobacco Case Representing rtfe H. Ramrtll. Janesvllle. Wis.; ^O IJl P*!*-^-^!-*--! Qiwrn^^i Miami Valley Leaf Tobacco Co.. YO His ^OcSinUl l3ir6<6l John U. Fehr Established 1883 Geo. N. Fehr ■ J.U.Fehr&Son I Importers and Packers of I Leaf Tobacco I 700 Franklin St., 101 to 107 S. 7th St., 1 READING, PA. S. Weinberg 120 North Third Street PHILADELPHIA Importer of SUMATRA and HAVANi Dealer in all kindsof SEED LLI Tobaccc H. VELENCHIK S. VBLBNCmi VELENCHIK BROS. ""•"tr'in LEAF TOB/iee Sumatra and Havana 134 N. THIRD ST., PHILADELPHU Dayton, O.; Vha Krohn TobaccoiCo.. Windsor, Ct.i •ownard A Koklntf. Cincinnati. O.t F. W. Dobrmann A Son, Cincinnati. 0.| ■•Isbey & Helland. LitllE, Pa. r. O. Box 1 78 LANCASTER, PA. HENRY RINDSKOPF Packer and Importer of Sumatra. Havana ¥ 1^ A 1? fmD k f*C*f\ and Domestic LLAT iUljALlLlU N. E. Cor. Fifth and Washington Sts. Reading, Pa. A L AARON B. HESS Packer of and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Pennsylvania. Seed B's and Tops READY FOR THE MARKET. Write for Prices. Office and Warehouse: 630^^6 N. Prince Si Lancaster, Pa. Bell 'Phone : 77-X. Independent 'Phone : 1464-A. tm ?«F L. O. HAEUSSERMANN CARL L. HAEDSSERMAINN EDWARD C. HAEUSSERMANN U. O. H Importer A of ANN Sz SONS Packers and Exporters of and Dealers in Sumatra and Havana Leaf Tobacco LARGEST RETAILERS IN PENNSYLVANIA No. :240 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. THB TOBACCO WORLD R/BAVTISTA y C A.- Leaf Tobacco Warehouse-HABANA, CVBA. CkblB— RoTiSTA. NEPTUNO I70--I74, special Partner— Gumersindo Garcia Cubrvo. * MORE BUYING IN HAVANA LEAF MARKET. Remedies Second Capaduras is in Special Demand and Some Large Transactions Were Noted. Factories Busy, But Where to Get the Needed Leaf is a Puzzling Question. Special Correspondence Transactions during the past week ahow quite a large total as compared with the previous five weeks. There has been a particularly good demand for 2d capaduras of Remedios, and it was stated to me that one house alone had purchased about 2,0q0 bales, al- though as this tobacco has not all been registered it has not been included in the weekly sales. Besides I have rea- son to believe that one large transac- tion hai been consummated by a Wes- tern concern which, however, neither does figure in the transactions reported by me, as I considered it merely a previous purchase. Several of our manufacturers have also been picking IP a few vegas of Vuelta Abajo, and some low grades have been sold to our cigarette manufacturers. The outlook for the coming crop, as far as Vuelta Abajo and Partido is concerned, has not improved, although the farmers are doing everything in their power to supply the missing moisture from the clouds, and have taken to watering pots. The scarcity of iron pipes for irrigation purposes, to be used by the wealthy farmers, still continues, al- though I hear that some have sent orders to New York for immediate shipment, and are paying double the prices asked last year. Ist capaduras of Remedios are mov- ing very slowly, and there seems to be quite some stock yet on hand ; still the way matters look it may be only a question of time before they also dis- appear from our market. One dealer assured me that he could sell all his holdings at once if he were only willing to make a reduction of 5 per cent in his asking price. Sale* during the past week sum up to 4,614 bales, divided into 1,487 bales of Vuelta Abajo, 92 of Partido and 3,035 bales of Remedios. For the United States 3,182 bales were traded in and 1,432 bales were taken by our local cigar and cigarette manufacturers. Bayers Come «nd Go. Arrivals: E. A. Kline, of E. A. Kline & Co., A. Winterberg, of Monte- viemo & Co., Tampa ; Sol Hamburger, of Hamburger Bros., & Co., New York ; John Leavitt, of Thompson & Leavitt, Boston, cigars; M. Heyman, of S. Heyman, Ltd., Montreal, cigars; J. Samuel, of Joseph Samuel & Son London, cigara; J. Solaris, of Solaris & Co.. Chicago; H. D. Shivers and ^•Isaacson, of H. D. Shivers Co., Inc., Philadelphia. Uepartures :-David Delmonte and E. ^'T"" ^°'' ^®^ Y^*"^' ^- Winterberg and Francisco Diaz for Tampa. Hav»n« Cluar Mann fact arcr> '*'" J'ave fair orders, although the smaller manufacturers are daily more wnfronted by the problem of where to : , the necessary leaf to keep their wctoties running. H. Upmann & Co. shipped 800,000 "Bars during the past week. Business u tip top with them. of The Tobacco World.) Havana, Cuba, January 21, 1907. Partagas continues to work with full hands, as Cifuentes, Fernandez & Co., besides the many orders still unfilled^ are constantly in receipt of new ones. Sol is working regularly upon fair orders, and Behrens & Co. continued buying a few hundred bales or more of old goods during the past week for the needs of their factory. Ramon Allones and Cruz Roja has an exellent demand for the United Kingdom, Germany and South America, while Rabell, Costa, Vales Co. are experiencing a less urgent call from the United States. Eden reports a good business, and a steady demand from all consuming countries. Unytngf Selllngr and Other Notes of Interest. Sobrinos de A. Gonzalez sold 983 bales of Remedios and Vuelta Abajo during the past week. Don Antero Prieto Gonzalez sailed yesterday from Spain and is due to arrive here about February second. J. F. Berndes & Co. report buying 2,000 bales of tobacco during the past week, although they have not received and examined all the bales as yet. Gonzalez, Benitez & Co. sold 700 bales of Remedios. M. Suarez & Co. are busy. They exported last year 15,446 bales, packs and barrels of stripped leaf tobacco, which is equivalent to 18,800 bales of leaf. A. Pazos & Co. sold 432 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Partido. Loeb-Nunez Havana Co. must be doing a very big business in the North, as they are always shipping large quan- tities of leaf from their stocks here to their Northern customers. Rz. Bautista & Co. closed out 400 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Remedios. Ernest Ellinger during his stay here purchased 500 bales of choice leaf foJ his Northern customers. Grau, Planas & Co. turned over 400 bales of Remedios. Montevierno & Co. secured through A. Winterberg one very good vega of VueltalAbajo, of 161 bales. Suarez Hnos. & Co. sold 300 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Remedios. Lewis Sylvester & Son have bought the celebrated vega of Felipe Quintero, about 1,000 acres, at Santiago de las Vegas, and are now also putting up an escojida building of stone, in an up-to- date fashion, which will have a capacity for storage of 5,000 to 6,000 bales. Work on the same is being pushed actively forward, so that it will be ready when the packing season com- mences this year. They have an irriga- ting plant on their farm, and are there> fore in hopes of having as fine a crop as anybody, according to the year. Mr. Max Stern arrived here with his family HUNTER 3c. Cigar is successful with succfssful dealers. El Draco Giijar Mii, Co., Phila. I I I I CSTABtlSHEQ 1844 H. Upmamn & Co. HAVANA. CUBA. ^ Bdctvkers and Commission Merchscnts ;; i SHITTEP^^ OF CIGAP^^ and LEAF TO'BACCO kANUPACTVRBRS OP The Celebrated Ci^fLf BreiAdi FACTORYt PASEO DE TACON 159-169 OFFICEt AMARGI/RA I HAVANA. CUBA* III PABLO PEREZ CANDIOO 0BE80 Perez & Obese S. en C. (Sobrinos de G. Palacios) [Leaf Tobacc VUELTA ABAJO FACTORY VEGAS a Specialty Proprietors of famous Lowland Vuelta Abajo Veitaa Prado 121, Entrance, Dragones St HABANA, CUBA. Cable: **Sodecio. Lewis Sylvester Sl Son HAVANA. CUBA || NEW YORK Monte 56 II 165 Front Street ^ Packers and Importers of Vuelta Abajo, Partidos, Remedios 10 THE TOBACCO WORLD BEHKENS & eO Mannfacturem Celebrated Brands, if^B/^'^h ^OL and '^ffJswi^X'f^ LUIS MARX A«aAi»^ Consulado 91, HAVANA. Sobrinos de A. Gonzalez LEAF TOBACCO MERCHANTS Principe Alfonso 116 y 118 Habana, Cuba '^^■■ GUSTAVO SALOMON V HNOSc Especialidad en Tabacos Finos de , Vuelta Abajo,Partidos y Vuelta Arriba * Monte 114, Habana. ^(F. O. Box) Apartado 270. Gable: Z^lbzoon. Diaz ^ Rodrigvvb HpAKTA6ASH Independent Cigar Factory The Oldest Brand 'ARTAGAS I02I YC? 4MBAt4fc. Cifuentes, Ferne!?4*f y€fc Proprietors 174 Industria Street Cable: CiPBR. Habana, Cuba AVBLINO PAZOS & CO. Almaeenistas de Tabaco en Rami PRADO 123, oifiLBTa. HabBfia SUAREZ HERMANOS. (S. ea C.) Growers, Packers ¥ C nP 1^ and Dealers In LCai iOtiaCCO riQURAS 39-41. CaUo: 'CMiani" HAVANA, CUBil J.^H. CAYRO & SON Dealers In Leaf Tobaoo«| specialty: Vuelta Abajo and Partido • Warehouse and Offiee, 92 DriL^cmee SUttt^ HAVANA, CMI Cable AddreM: "JoaacATao.* CoCT— pcndenoe ■olicited in B. DIAZ & CO. Growers 8Lf\d Packers of VueltdL Abajo and PdLfiido Toba.cc-ZAiDco HABANA, CUBAr > S. Jorge Y. P. Castaneda JORGE & P. CflSTRl^EDfl Growers, Packers and Exporters of Havana Iicaf Tobacco Igido, Corner Dragones Street, H A V A N A HENRY VONEirr y t. VIDAL CIN VONEIFP Y VeOXL CRUZ 'Eto7ter,-of LEAF'TOBAeeO 73 Amistad Street, HAVANA, CUBA. Br4ncK Houaea:-616 W. Ballimore Streel, Baltimore, Md.; ^ O. Box 433, TaLiniM^in** BVARISTO GARCIA JOSB M. GARCIA ^ J. M. GARCIA Y CIA. • Almacenistas de Tabaro Partido y Vuelta Ab4^ CON VBOAS PROPIAS ^^^ I San Nicolas 126 y 128. cable: 'joiiA«AaciA" HABANA, CW Cimx Capacity for Manutacmring Cigar Boxes Al.vays Room for Onb Morb Good Cut THB TOBACCO idlers m, ^eilersvjlle, Pa. orthe'flteamBhip Mexico laat Wednea- j.. and contemplates carrying on an algresaive business campaign when the -oper season begins. E A Kline has been making some ifood purchases during his stay here. B«-«*»P«» V'rnm the Cowntry for week ending January 19, 1907 : Jan. 19 Since Jan. 1 Bales ▼oelta Abajo 351 Remedies & S.Clara Santiago de Cuba 194 Bales 359 129 2.367 229 Total 674 3.084 Constitution Seed and ^ ^ ^ , Havana Itands for Quality and Workmanship. Remember that. COLD WEATHER «l SNOW IN BOSTON &^l« of the Diacomfofl, Ihe Cigar Men Nknale to E«ep Moving [Boston Bureau "The Tobacco World" 19 Devonshire Street] ' Boston, Mass., Jan. 28. We have had quite a spell of cold weather accompanied by snow during the past week, and of course trade was ^uiet, but the prospects for a good early spring trade look very favorable. The condition of our streets was filthy after the snow storms, and I noticed entrances leading to many of our retail «igar dealers' stores in such bad shape that their business might have been better if they had spent a few cents to have some one clean off the side walks or gutter as the case might be. The new United Cigar Store, corner School and Washington streets, opened for business Saturday, and it took ten or more clerks to wait on the cus- tomers. The opening was well adver- tised, souvenirs and double certificates were the usual bait. This store will probably be a good paying one, as the location is excellent. The 16th United Store here will be at the corner of Broomfield & Washington streets, and is now nearing completion. The American Tobacco Co. has put on two free deals this week, viz : Ten packages of Hassan cigarettes with every thousand Sweet Caporal or Turk- ish Trophies cigarettes. D. B. Bendheim, with the Metropoli- tan Tobacco Co., New York, and J. Kroog, the Eastern representative of Wm. Demuth & Co., were two pipe salesmen working the Boston trade this week. George Melhado, the South End wholesaler and retailer, has been giving his customers a handsome pocket match «afe bearing his advertisement as a reminder of his store. It is not neces- sary to state that George is "all to the candy" in the South End. Geo. A. Lea, Jr.. and Geo. W. Farant, representing the Ware-Kramer Tobacco Co., Norfolk, Va., are in town workir g White Rolls cigarettes. This cigarette is strictly union made, and trom reports IS making good in every town in which it has been worked, and from what I can learn the concern will have five or six men here to make an attractive campaign, such as numerous window displays and the free distribution of many thousands of samples. All of the leading jobbers are ordering a quantity of the White Rolls, of which the salesmen guarantee the sale. expect to see something doing be- fore long. This is a hard market for a ^lon made paper cigarette, but as the .Movement will have the hearty co- operation of the retailers and many of the wholesalers, the success of this cigarette in this market lies with the consumer. D. C. Vaughn, who had charge of the sale of the Bairam in this market, has been transferred to New York. F. A. Driscoll, who worked under Mr. Vaughn, is now plugging on Fatima, a 20 for 15 cents cigarette. Driscoll is a fine fellow, and he has the writer's best wishes in his new undertaking. Sam. Berenson, wholesale tobacconist of Fitchburg, Mass., has filed a petition in bankruptcy with liabilities $4,598.70 and assets $2,286.08. Mr. Berenson was formerly in business in Salem, Mass., where he failed some time ago. Ralph M. Gan", of Gans Bros.. Ntw York. makers of the William the Fourth and El Cura, clear Havana, who spent several days in town, left on Wednesday for Fall River and New Bedford. Carl Berger, with fcam Frank & Uo., pipe manufacturers, is here going the rounds. The Khedivial Co. New York, through its Boston representative Mr. Marcu- son. is working very hard on the Kozack. 5 cent mouth piece cigarette in this market, and from all accounts the brand is taking hold very nicely. L. Miiler & Sons, makers of Leroy little cigars and other brands of cigars, tobaccos, cigarettes, etc., have notified the trade by means of a circular letter that they have sold out to the American Tobacco Co., and in the future all in- quiries and orders should be addressed to that company. 111 Fifth avenue, New York- Under date of January 21, the Hilson' Co. notified the wholesale trade that "Beginning Feb. 1, and ending March 10, on all shipments of Hoffman House Magnums and other short smokes made by them for 10,000 or over they will allow an extra discount of 2 per cent, and on all purchases between the dates of March 11 and April 15, a special allowance of 4 per cent, provided the wholesaler's purchases during the pe- riod are double those made in the first period. The jobber can only purchase this double increase on the second period. M. Chapman, formerly a salesman with the Marlboro Cigar Co., has severed his connection with that firm and gone into the wholesale cigar busi- ness with John W. Doty, a tobacconist of Lynn, under the firm name of J. W. Doty Tobacco Co. Mr. Chapman and Mr. Doty have had years of experience in the tobacco and cigar line, and their many friends hope to see them make good. Louis Jeselsohn, the wholesale to- bacconist, announces the engagement of his daughter Emma to E. Phillip Finn, of Chelsea. Mr. Finn is a promi- nent member of the bar, and a brother of Geo. F^inn, manager of Mandell's cigar store on Cambridge street. Ben A^. LUIS MUNIZ MANUEL MUNIZ HILA RIO NONIZ VENANCIO DIAZ. Special Partner MUNIZ HERMANOS y CIA S en C iirowers and Dealers of VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDO and REMEDIOS TOBACCO "Angel!" Havana Reia^L 20, HaVaildL P. O. Box 98 OUR LANCASTER LETTER (Concluded from page 7.) given by Locher on which Moss was bondsman, and which bond was condi- tioned for the faithful performance of his ( Locher 's) duties. And the plain- tiff alleged that Locher did not faith- fully perform his dutes, and that through his dishonesty, fraud and negli- gence the trust company lost large sums of money. In the affidavit of defense the defendant sets forth that it is not a case in which the Act of As- sembly requires an aflfidavit of defense ; that the receiver having sworn to the statement in a representative capacity, the defendant is entitled to proof of all the facts as alleged therein, before judgment can be obtained, etc. Judge Hassler, however, entered judgment for the plaintiff for the sum of $10,333. being the face of the bond, and interest from date of the suit, holding that t"he Act of Assembly does not require an affidavit of defense to be filed in such case to prevent judg- ment; that the defendant could not be relieved of liability on the bond, for the reason that the bond was given to secure the stockholders and creditors of the City Saving Fund and Trust Co. etc. JOSE F. ROCHA, Havana Leaf Tobacco MmmiaMU Tabacos Finos de Vaelta Abajo, Partido f San Miiluel lOO, HABANA, CUBA. ! I : ;■ CHARLES BUASCO Commission Mercliant Leaf Tobacco and Ciftara 1 O'Reilly St. gr^ Habana. Cuba" GONZALMZ, BBNITMZ & CO. AlmacenistasdeTabacoenRamayVivercs Amargura 12 2nd 14, and San Ignacio 25, Cable: "Tebenittx.* P. O. Box 396. HA BANA, CUBA. \ /. LOEB-NUNEZ HAVANA CO. macenistas lie Talaco en tania 14a and 144 Consulado Street, HABANA. Cable:— Rbvokm. A. M. CALZADA & CO. Packers and Dealers in Ueaf and COMMISSION MERCHANTS Monte 156, HABANA, CUBA. p. O. Box. S9S. Cablet *'CALDA." NDBUOHN MMin A. ACNMBHANR Hendelsohn, Bomemann & Co., Importers of HAVANA TOBACC0 ^ Aerchants and n9m T»dk Office I 196 WATEB STKER MJABEZjrCA. Gabl* Addrasst DERBA. Tclephoaat 1620 \S/M. BADER Importer of Havana Tobacco 4 Burlinii Slip. NEW YORK A Sp.«Ully of HAVANA WRAPPERS and FILLERS »t r«taiL MM ord«ra prompOf GONZALEZ Y MIGUEL Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama Especialidad en Tabaco de Santa Clara de Primera Clase CabUi ••CASIN" AMISTAD 97, HABANA* V^'* , a IS THE TOBACCO WORLD ERNEST ELLINGER & CO. No. jOi wZer Stre« Importers of HAVANA .TOBACCO New York ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ LEAF TOBACCO. OFFICES : DETROIT, MICH. AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. HAVANA ,CUBA. New York. PM.S.CANS MOSES J. CANS JKROMB WALWR EDWIN I. ALKXaND«B JOSEPH S.GANS«lCO. •SS:^ o1 Leaf Tobacco fchrhn- :i- John. No. 150 yfeAer Street, NEW YORK. Starr Brothers LEAF TOBACCO IMPORTERS AND PACKERS OP ■Hablhhed 1888. Telephone, 4027 John. No. 163 Water Street* NEW YORK. M. F. SCHNEIDER IMTOBTEK or Sumatra Tobacco OCNUVEB EUirEISTBBO AMSIEKDAM. . "377 JOHN." 2 Burling Slip, NEW YOBK. J.BERNHEIM&50N HAVANA TOBACCO • NEW VORK. Havana. Cuba Joseph Hirsch & Son IMfOITERS OF SUMATRA TOBACCO 0. Z. YOORBURGWAL 227 OPFICEt Amsierdam. Holland. 1 8 3 Wa 1 6 F S t. Cable Address: "HERE." NEW YORK ♦♦^ ^^^^^.^4.'^^-^'^4 ♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ : TOBACCO NEWS OF GREATER NEW YORK ^♦♦* ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦*♦ ♦♦♦♦♦****•♦♦♦. New York, January 28. The local leaf maiket was somewhat ments. Quite a few additional 8t«| less animated during the last week than have been secured in New York Uti^^ for several weeks previoup. There and they have also added to their Ili were fewer buyers in the city. While in Philadelphia. Buffalo, Columb^^ there has not been the slightest break in maiket prices, it is nevertheless in a much easier condition. OflFerings have been more made freely and some slight concessKons, when necessary, were more willingly consented to. The Sumatra market was normal, a moderate volume of business only having been done. Importers are now turning their attention to necessary preparations for their annual visit to Holland. The Havana market has experienced a greater demand than it could supply for the reason that importers' stocks are being so rapidly depleted that in view of the present conditions in Cuba, what remains in their hands they are obliged to ask such prices for that buyers are simply holding aloof. The situation is said to be most serious, particularly in the Vuelta Abajo dis- trict, anu clear Havana cigar manufac- turers who suffered severely in conse- quence of last year's failure of the crops in that district, are again con- fronted with conditions equally as bad, owing to the failure last year in con- sequence of excessive rains, and a threatening danger this year by drought. The cigar manufacturing industry is quite active, and business generally is reported to be nic*>ly ahead of the average January month. There is still more revival in the talk of price- raising but it is believed that in only excep- tional cases can this action be safely and wisely taken. Instead of attempt- ing to raise prices. Rosenthal Bros., a well known up-town cigar firm, have taken an entierly different course to overcome, in a measure, the increased cost of production, viz : The discon- tinuance of free deals, and in conse- quence there has been issued to the trade a letter as follows : "It is a matter of general knowledge that in the past year there has been a universal advance in the cost of all manufacturing material. "Perhaps no line has felt such in- crease more than our own, as tobacco, boxes and labels, and in fact all the material and supplies necessary to the up a good batch of orders in New i» production and marketing of a cigar, State New Brunswick, San j. Francisco elsewhere. The National Cuba Co., who art United States selling agents for well known Cuban brands of Sol, consfield. Ramon Allones, Blaseoi others, have completed arrangemtpiij for a most thoroifghly aggressive paign on their line of imported for the present year, and some sizes are soon to be shown to the of several of their importatioru,Jit| which sizes, it is declared, there bi, strong and growing demand. The annual meeting of the Ui Cigar Manufacturers Co. will be Mil on February 7. at which time four rectors are to be elected. E. Regensburg & Sons are baviat exceptiopally fine business on American, but some additional terrj is still being developed. Several their representatives are now on field and very satisfactory reporta coming in. Joseph Raubitscheck, of the cigr jobbing firm of Raubitscheck Bro8.,(i! Pittsburg, ha» been a visitor in Gotba during the past week. Numerous passages have alreid; been booked for the steamer AnieriU which sails on February 16 for Emu by members of the trade who will|i to Amsterdam to be present at tk early Sumatra inscriptions. AoMi those who have already taken pant|i we find Messrs. Benno Neuberger.d E. Rosenwald & Bro., Howard E.9ik venson. with the same house; A. Ok of A. Cohn & Co., and Leonard! Cohn ; John H. Duys ,of H. Doyi Co., and Richard By thiner, a saletti with the same house; E. Spingan, E. Spingarn & Co., and J. Rosenbei| of J. Rosenberg & Co. The T. H Dunn & Co. factories v well filled with orders and many MR are coming in from their large font of salesmen who are now out covent their respective territories. Viet Thorsch has been particularly succi* ful at Chicago and other West* points, while Wm. Catlin has rouii*i show advances all the way from twenty to fifty per cent, and even higher. "This condition prevailed during nearly all of 1906, and as there seems to be no reason for expecting a better- ment, but rather the contrary, we find it necessary lo withdraw the conces- sions of free goods or otherwise, pre- viously offered by us, and hereby notify you that such will be discontinued on and after February 15, 1907. "We take this opportunity to express our thanks for favors kindly extended to us in tho past, a continuance of which we hope for and shall endeavor to merit." The United Cigar Stores Company are still continuing to make additions to their chain of stores, not only in New York city, but all over the country, and it is not unlikely that by the time this letter gets into print they will have a total of 500 retail establish- The salesmen of John W. Merria^ Co. have been very successful of I* on that firm's high grade produA which shows the increased populaHV with which the goods are meetai throughout the United States. BUSY CIGARr FACTORIES IN YOll A General Tour of the DistricI Re*"* 8k. Very Satiafaclory Situftlion. York, Pa., Jan. ttj Business with the manufacturert York county is exceptionally 8£>0^ •^ Packers d Connecticut Leaf 1 UOoC^C^QI 125 Maiden Lane^ NEW YORK. SDMUKD H. Sioni ■two* 8»anr JOSEPH HOLZMAN SUMATRA, HAVANA TPrx K C* /^ /-< i-k and SEED LEAF WJXjdK^K^Kj 183 Water St., New York (^ o Cigar Moisture and Moisture Proof Boxes and Cabinets BUBECK «& OUERIN Office, Factory and Sample Room 115 to 121 East Thirteenth St. New York Write for Illustrated Catalogae. Havana 123 IMPORTERS Or^'^ N. THIRD &r Pmilaoml^hia s Bttablished 1881 v-THE Incorporated 190a Wef^LD Published Every Wednesday BV THB TOBACCO WORLD PUBLISHING CO. 224 Arch Stree<. PKiladelpKicL Jav Y. Krouu •" buciu.it Y, H. C. McMawus, iHent and Oenl. ManH^er Bditor Secretary and Treasurer. Entered at the Post Office at Philadelphia, Pa. . as second class matter. TKMtPHONES:— Bell, Market 28-97 ; Keystone, Main 45-39^ Cable Address, Baccoworld. Havana Office, Post Office Box jfta. SUBSCRIPTION-PAYABLE IN ADVANCES 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 ¥ dance of merit as to entitle them to public attention. No advertisement ^nown or believed to be in any way Oilculated 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 Pubushino Co , 224 Arch St., Philada. ♦♦♦ ♦ 'k Pbiladelpbia Tobacco Trade. PHILADELPHIA, JANUARY 80, 1907. DEATH OF OUR EDITOR. It was with a shock of painful sur- prise and regret that the friends and employes of The Tobacco World heard on Monday morning that our editor, Mr. JohnM. Buckley, had died of pneu- monia on Sunday evening, January 27, \m St. Joseph's Hospital. Some days ago Mr. Buckley, appar- ently in his usual health, started on a ■hort business trip in the interest of The Tobacco World, expecting to be absent only a day or two at the most. But during that trip he must have met with some exposure which brought on the dread pneumonia, and his already delicate system failed to withstand the •hock, and "The place which knew him kere shall know him no more forever." on some New York dailies. He also contributed at times to magazines and trade publications. Early in Septem- ber. 1904. Mr. Buckley became editor of The Tobacco World, and during the 28 months of his connection with this paper devoted his best energies toward advancing its interests. Of the effici- ency of his work it is unnecessary to speak here ; our readers can judge of that for themselves, and The Tobacco World has no doubt that the general verdict will be "Well done." Naturally of a rather reticent dis- position. Mr. Buckley may have seemed somewhat distant to those who had not learned to know Kim. but to the inner circle of his friends he was a choice companion, and his sympathy and assis- tance could be cpuiited on in case of need. t ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦}« ▲▲.^ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ X ♦ * There is more complaint heard this J. Langsdorf s Sons deny the Btati- week among Philadelphia retail dealers ment published in one of the tn* than since New Year's week, notwith- papers recently, which was to % standing that we had several beautiful effect that they had had a strike. M, days this week so far, during which Langsdorf stated that they had )^ the stores did a nice trade, but the sales absolutely no difficulty with tbdi had fallen off so on Friday and Saturday cigarmakers, but that they did havei last, when there was such very bad foreman at one of their factories «ko weather, that dealers failed to accumu- was not entirely suitable for the poi late the average week's business during tion. and that they had closed the fit the one or two fine days we have had tory down for a few days until anothn so far this week. foreman had been secured, and thtt **> not only had their hands not left tJNit It is a notworthy fact that there places, but that every one returuedd have been fewer changes among re- their respective benches upon receinn tailers this year than is generally the word that they were prepared to it case, from which we must take it to sume. He stated that they p'.efemJ mean that they were pretty well satis- to do this, rather than take the chanca fied with old locations and therefore of turning out unsatisfactory goodi were not looking for new ones. Be- Business is rerported exceptionally gwi sides, there have been fewer retire- with them this month, and in fact thtj ments of note. declare that they have been obliged h ** turn down a number of accounts «ki A man, very prominent in retail and wanted their goods, because they feani jobbing trade circles, was recently a they would not be able to meet tin candidate for magisterial nomination demands that would likely arise if tn on the Republican ticket, but at the many additional accounts were taka primary election which was held on Saturday last he was snowed under. A number of retailers have since intimated that it was because it could not be firmly established whether he was really they could gently, and for this reason he failed to get the number of votes necessary to win out. on. Robert Klee, at Thirteenth ul Girard avenue, is also having an nnpn- cedented run on his Olga Netherwli a Republican or not, that and Sapho de Nethersole brands in boli therefore not act intelli- city and out of town trade. The yer 1906 established an excellent record fe this factory, but present indicalia are that it will be splendidly eclipMi during 1907. JOHN M. BUCKLEY Mr. Buckley, who was 29 years of age, was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Buckley, of Mt. Holly, N. J., where his father is the editor and pub- lisher of a weekly paper. A brother, Mr. Elton J. Buckley, is editor of he Crocery World, published in Philadel- yhia. Rev. James M. Buckley, editor •f the Christian Advocate, is an .uncle •f the deceased. As will be seen, Mr. Buckley came •aturally into editorial work. During kis short career he opent some time on reportorial work for the Inquirer and North American in Philadelphia, and INCONGRUITY OF THE LAW. In the State of Nebraska there is a law which forbids any "person, firm or association" to furnish tobacco in any way to minors under eighteen years of age. and the law seems to be pretty well observed and obeyed. The incongruity of this Act of the Legislature of Nebraska was made apparent, however, some days ago, when one Louis Kasderf was arrested for "bootlegging," as it is called there. The evidence against Kasdorf seemed to show that he had given away whiskey to minors, an offense finable to the amount of $25 when committed by a licensed liquor dealer. The defen- dant in this case was operating with- out a license, however, and a search of the statutes failed to find anything to forbid an unlicensed liquor purveyor from giving away liquor to minors. The defendant was accordingly dis- charged. Thus it is shown clearly that punish- ment is inflicted in that State for the "crime" of giving away tobacco, and on the contrary a premium is virtually placed upon the giving away o( liquor to minors. The glaring inconsistency can only be overcome by the passing of a proper Act of Legislature making it at least as much an offense to give away alco- holic beverages as it is now to give to- bacco to a minor. This would be only common decency toward the cigar dealers of Nebraska, as well as to the other citizens of the State. The first prosecutions under thew Anti-Cigarette law came up befoR Much interest has been aroused in a new anti-coupon bill which was recently introduced in the State Legislature. The new bill provides for their redemp- tion in money and the stamping upon them of the cash value placed upon them. Another provision is for a revenue tax to be placed upon all cou- pons issued. There is a division of opinion as to the efficacy of the bill, even if passed in either of the two forms. It is said that the Trades League, however, a very influential body, composed of the principal com- mercial houses of the city, has taken a decided and determined stand against the coupon theory. Charles K. Sterner, who about two years ago removed from 418 Market Street to Arch street above Ninth, has seiured a new store at 33 North Ninth Judge Ferguson, in Quarter ScBuid stjfeet, which is now undergoing ex- Court No. 2. last week, when halfi tensive alterations. Mr. Sterner dozen storekeepers were arraigned ui hopes to take possession about the first pleaded guilty to selling cigarettati of the coming month. minors The defendants were Cbarki Phillips, a grocer, of 130 West Ti!« road ; Joseph Sundel. a barber, of 1* West Tabor r<»ad; Harry A. KalbiA a druggist, of 210 East Tabor roii Robert Ingram, a barber, of Fisb^r^ Lane and Second street pike; Mn Ray Graham, a cigar dealer, of Mi Clinton street ; Gottlob Waldner, » tions, of 210 Clarkson street; AnniC Wray. c nfectioner. of 5540 North Fit* street, and William Forbes, a grot*. of Asylum pike and the Newi s I HATHUSELEH 'Old AscYEkts The Storv ! Wholesale Cigar Manufacturer r 4^2^^^^^ Red Lion; Penna. liitii < L ^ \ % ^ Get our prices, and make a fair comparison with ^those of other factories. Correspondence invited with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade. Samples Free to Responsible Houses. 16 THK TOBACCO WORLD The Miami Valley Leaf Tobacco Co. ALLEN H. REEDER DAVXON OHIO ITANLEY M. KROHN Packers of Cigar Leaf Tobacco 1903-4-5 Zimmer Spanish, 1905 Gebhardt, 1905 Dutch, 1905 Connecticut, etc. Porto Rico Ci^ar Co. f Red Lion, Pa, AVHOLESALE CIGAR MANUFACTURERS IVlaior Paul V Lord Selkirk [3c. Arrow Point J Tom Lewis — 2 for Sc. Wholesale and Jobbing Trade 'Only el' ^NTQ ElOno Union Made 5 -Cent Cigars are as Good as Cigars Can be Made Chas. A. Oberiy, Maker LEBANON, PA. ^ Wisdom on the Label Wisdom in the Cigar A 5c. Smoke that is so Good It is Bound to Repeat Ohmit & Kraft East Prospect Pa. Cigars of Quality Sell and Repeat. THE DOCTOR 3c. Ci^ar WALTER S. BARE. Lititz, Penna. Maker of Uldh Grade Clears Exclualvely ^ "A Wonderful Nickel's Worth" That's What the Consumer Says About GAe FERNSIDE For He Gets That Rich Taste and Aroma Looked For in a More Expensive Cigar Let US send you Samples of this Steady Seller GEO. W. PARR, Littlestown, Pa. John Moeckle, of the Lebanon Cigftr Manufacturing Co., of Lebanon, pg., was a visitor in Philadelphia this week, and secured several good sized orders for his product. John Bege, who was formerly en- gaged in manufacturing and jobbing at Manayunk, was, about two months ago, made manager of the cigar and tobacco department of the United News Co., which has become one of the city'H largest distributing factors. Mr. Bege has brought about several important changes, one of the most important of which is that the company no«v handles every variety of the independant manu- facturers which there is any call lor. while heretofore only the products of certain factories with which special arrangements had been made were handled. As a result we are informed, the volume of business has already been increased perceptibly. A special effort s now about to be made on cigars, and some well formulated plans are about to be carried out. The United News Co. claims an active mailing list of 7,000 establishments to supply in Phila- delphia county, of which over 5,000 are active accounts with them. They lay special stress upon their superior delivery service, which insures the prompt delivery of all orders each morning. At least a vague idea of the volume of busin ss done can be gleaned from the fact that they are the largest buyers of Pure Grape in Philadelphia. I T. E. Wilderseim. who several years ago was associated with Jos. Heyman. son of the late Henry Heyman in the cigar manufacturing firm of Henry Heyman's Sons before its incorporation. is said to be now interested in a siiL enterprise at Guthrie, Okla., where | Carlton Club (tobacco manufactar was incorporated with a capital $20,000 by Willis R. Roberts, Frank fl Hayes and T. E. Weiderseim, all J Philadelphia, and H. W. Pentecost m G. V. Pattison, of Guthrie. W. S. Conrad, a prominent .^ jobber of St. Paul, who has beeTJ visitor in Philadelphia for the m| week or ten days, returns to his boa| tonight. Frank Toppin, a city salesman ' the Theobald Oppenheimer Co., been confined to his home several ^ last week, but is now able to be aboill «« I Jno. J. Boltz, of Boltz, Clymer&Oi,| left on Saturday last on a business tii|l through the West. It is to be a Ml of a tour of inspection rather thancil of selling goods. A circular letter has been recelTeil by the trade here from the Americal Tobacco Co., announcing that theyinl now prepared to make shipments ofil new brand of cut plug tDbacco, whidl is packed in lunch boxes containing «| pound each. Less than two years ago the Batcbektl Bros. Tobacco Co. was organized untol the laws of New Jersey, arrangetretkl having been made to take over tlii| brands of Bumble Bee, etc., whidl Constitution ^*f„.*cfg^l Made in the good old way. EL DRACO CIGAR. MFG. CO . Phili4| ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 4 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ►♦♦♦♦4* Established 1890 (1) Emory Martin^ I E. S. SECHRIST ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ I Dallastown, Pa. Manufacturer of Fine and Common eiQARS Capacity, Twenty Thousand per Day ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•«♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ THB TOBACCO WORLD 17 Largest mams CIGAR KIBBONS. ""'''^"^" ^l^i'^ ^nd Fancy Ribboaa, , ,. „, ^^^« ^or Sample Card und Price UBt to Department W (|^»»uf«ctorer» of ^-w^- many years ago had a tremendous sale in this city and adjacent territory, but which were latterly owned by the Ed. Batchelor estate. Considerable com- ment was occasioned at the time when the new company did sonie extensive advertising on the sale of its stock and in which they are said to have succeeded to some extent. The brands are said to have been taken over on a deferred payment plan, which deferred pay- ments were represented by notes, but not all of which, it is said, have been paid. Recently two judgments were recorded against the Batchelor Bro«. Tobacco Co. in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia county, one by the car advertising company for want of a defeftse for $191.78. another by the Frieder Printing Co., for want of a defense for $516.09. "Jack" Fowler, representing the United States Tobacco Co., of Rich- mond, Va., is still away on his Western trip, and reports received at his office in this city indicate that he has so far bad a very satisfactory business. Theobald & Oppenheimer Co. have decided to erect, as soon as practicable, a large new building which will be built entirely of concrete and designed forits special purposes. It is intimated that it will be the most unique structure of its kind used for cigar manufactur- ing purposes that can be found any- where in the country. In fact, plans have been already drawn, but a satis- factory location has not yet been ob- tained. When interviewed this week by a Tobacco World representative Mr. Spotz, the President of the company. admitted that the current report was practically true. When questioned as to the location, he stated that it was their desire to remain in the down- town district, and that they would certainly not be willing to go farther wast than Thirteenth street, as the limit, and intimating that considerably east of 13th street would be preferable. H. Dolinsky & Son, leaf dealers at 147 North Third street, recently bought a property at the S. E. corner of Third and Race streets, upon which it is an- nouced they contemplate ultimately erecting a new and commodious build- ing for bonded warehouse purposes. The building has an excellent frontage on Third street, a good depth on Race street and an L wing running from Race parallel with Third for a consider- able distance. It is quite suitably located for warehouse purposes, and the trade is somewhat elated with the prospect of additional bonded ware- house facilities in this city. Present lacilities, they say, are scarcely adequate. %^ Jacob Teller, formerly a member of the leaf tobacco firm of Teller Bros., of this city, was circulating in the leaf trade this week. D. Pareira & Co. have engaged S. A. Pyser as a salesman, and he is now covering Pennsylvania territory secur- ing very satisfactory busintss. Leopold Loeb, of the Loeb-Nunez Havana Co.. sailed for Havana. Cuba, on Monday last, and will spend several weeks on the island. Marcus Jaskulek Morris Jaskulek Robert J askulek M. JASKULEK & SONS Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco S14 and 816 East Third Street DAYTON, OHIO Joe Endress, Jr. A. C. Kercher Pioneer Leaf Tobacco Co. Germantown, Ohio Packers of CIGAR LEAF TOBACCO J I IM High Grade Cigar Molds in any shape, at lowest prices. CIGAR MANUFACTURERS* REVENUE BOOKS 25 cents each ; postage prepaid, 30 cents. The American Ci^ar Mold Co..Cincinnati,0 W. H. SNYDER &C0. Windsor, Pa. Manufacturers of Popular Brands of Fine-<«Medium Priced Cigars Correspondence with Wholesale and Jobbing Trade only invited. Particulars cheerfully given to responsible inquirers. Our Leaders Include: Honeysuckle, Rose Show, Jumbo, Libby Dear, Verelda, Charles Fay, Carisima, Gov. Pattison, Model American, and Others. 18 '^ SjH/vAV^^iioau won Oinf lio&B Good Cdstoicxx. , L» J* oCllCrS & oOfly oCil6rSV1116| lO* THE TOBACCO WORLD For Gentlemen of Good Taste ^S^N FELieE-5 B ^ A HIGH GRADE « ^ c-)C# C I G A R , FO R c-M^# Sold Extensively by Leading Cigar Dealers and Druggists Throughout the United States SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES THE DEISEL-WEMMER C0.» Mallei's ; >i/ ij LIMA, OHIO ■^■■"■p J. F. REICHARD Wholesale Dealer in LEAF TOBACCO M. a Miller, packer of leaf tobacco The Sumatra transactions of the wil at Hartford, Conn., arrived in toWn a were of a "hand to mouth" few days ago with a fine line of Con- No deals of any note were co of All Grades Craley, Penna necticnt goods. Jacob Labe. of B. Labe & Sons, arrived in Philadelphia from his West- ern trip on Saturday last. He will remain at the office headquarters until I about February 20, when he leaves for I Amsterdam, Holland. mated, but maintained. former prices were nil SPECIAL NOTICE ( I2>i cents per 8-point measured Uii)| pOR SALE. ■*- short filler bunching W. W. STEWART & SON Reading, Pa. Makers of the JOHN HAY LADY HELEN lOc. JOHN HAY, Jr. ELI PERKINS Rulherford One Columbus {WiiM madad twelve Miller's (M. D. & P.) loi«i ^^ short filler hand bunching mach&K| „. ^^ - , ,. rj. u one Excelsior (Kline) long Harry Hirschberg, of Julius Hirsch- buncher, one Duplex (Borgfeld) berg & Bro., announced today that filler buncher, seven Keyes-Baker their new Florida tobacco would be here rolling machines, three Keyes-, »nd ready for inspection by the 10th of rw^ETeGa^rirpro^^d^Empl?, February. cutters Nos. 1 and 3i. sixty M. D. *^ shapers, one iron mould presi, eight moulds No. 7, one 90 mould] wood and iron, one 86 mould press, ' and iron, one large cylinder roti sifter, one Excelsior re sweater, i hold a full case, one large prMl cigar boxes, a large quantity of & P. cigar, cheroot and cit moulds, any shape or number yotti L. G. Haussermann, of L. G. Hausser- mann & Sons, has returned from a short business trip through Pennsyl- vania, upon which occasion he visited the trade in Quakertown, Allentown, etc., renewed many old acquaintances, and made a number of new ones as well desTre, 'and' other articles and as secured a goodly number of orders, for manufacturing cigars, sud John F. Schnupp, also with this house. Packers' presses, binder cutteri. T i. ,. t. A hned filler boxes, large zmc hnea( IS now covering Lancaster county trade. ;;;j^^heel8, etc. wlll sell extrt ^, __ cheap. If interested in any of^l Clear Havana address at once P. O. Drawer P| Cigars are sold by successful dealers. There m a Reason. Rochester. N. Y. l-ltk JHli^h Grade Seed and Havana Cigars CorrrnpiiodeDC* with N<>spon9lble Houses Solicited PIHLA1>£LPH1A LEAF MARKET i<^ L. J. SMITH & CO. Wholesale Cigar Manufacturers AND Dealers in Leaf Tobacco RED LION, PA. Maunfacturers of -PAN ANNA 5c. Cigars Private Brands aiade to order. TWO HA V ANAS Two for Five Gents CorresponHcncr with Kesponnible Houftea solinited. ■►• SMITH BROS. The past week was only moderately active in seed leaf tobaccos, and trans- actions consisted mostly in small deals, there having been no large offerings ; yst. business continued steady and prices remained firm on.all lines. The spring trade is considered to be looking generally encouraging. There can be little doubt that the large manufac- turers have been gradually depleting their stock, and that in the near future they will h^ve to begin to replenish. From present indicatons, however, is a matter of conjecture where large supplies, which will necessarily be needed, can be obtained. During the - . . nast week there were but few offering Slating what you have and the past week tnere were out lewotterings y^-^j^^^^ j^jfg Co., Yotk, Pa of Pennsylvania, Zimmer Spanish and Gebhart. pSTABLISHED BROKER *«• The Havana nnarkets during the past Z,%°S^il^ t'i'^'Z U^ week showed no large deals, but dress J numerous small ones, which in the ag- gregate represented a considerable number of bales. The manner of the To Manafadarers of Cigars: If you have any Gnttin^s, Scraps or Siftinii to sell, write us. We are at all times in the marketf I Cash Buyers of all these prododl [ EDWIN L. KOPPELMAN Ctt 7-6-lh 81 Pine St., New tl pOR SALE. -Nice lot of 75 hogu ■*■ good heavy Kentucky broken * and scraps suitable for makings) tobacco. Also, nice old, well swi well-sized cigar fillers and wrau Buckner. Dunkerson & C*;! it 7-1 Itf LouisvilU \A7 E PURCHASE Cigar Molds- ^ desirable shapes— such as 16,261, No. 8,832, No. 8,569. Wntejl ■ iquanOSJ S., Box World, Philada. 32, care of To Brokers in Domestic I 17 A 17 XOR A f^f^C^ and Imported L^LLiW 1 V^D/VV-^V^V^ \ No. 17 Charter Street, Dayton, O. \ ' Ohio Goods Our Specialty ^ "pXPERIENCED MAN wants J in cigar factory. Capable ol« transactions indicated that the goods \^^ f^]l charge. Twenty ye*^; were bought for almost immediate use. perience. Address, Experience Prices remained firm and , though there 28, care of The Tobacco World, were more or less inquiries for goods at 'ZZTZ7Z~ZZZZZ77Z, '^ •-♦ ,.we. figure,, holder, seeded inclined C'?,^„«f„°£™.*?<,°fefor'Tt to accept nothing but their stated understanding of clear Havana «{l prices. Address Box 27, care of Tobacco " l^or Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to tab^sbec tecb. 1^ J. Sellers & Son, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO., SELI.ERSVILLE, PA. ' THB TOBACCO WORLD- 1» J. B. MILLEYSACK Manufacturer of Fine Havana PinARQ Hand-Made WlUf^lBV No. 821 Lake Street LANCASTER, PA, Correspondence with the Jobbing Trade solicited. EE. SHERTS & CO. Lancaster, Pa. ( Manufactnrert of fllgH-ilraile SeedfiHatm Cigars CORRESPONDENCE INVITED FROM RESPONSIBLE HOUSES. The GUt Ed^e Gi^ar Box Factory J. FRANK BOWMAN 51 Market St. Lancaster, Pa. CIGAR BOXES SHIPPING CASES LABELS, EDGINGS, RIBBONS Cigar Mannfactnrers' SUPPLIES of All Kinds Dally Capacity, Five Thousand Boxea &i| Move Your Tobacco on USED BY Leading Tobacco Dealers BUILT AND SOLD BY Box Truck The Wm. F. Kramer Co. DAYTON, OHIO DALLASTOWN, PA. Manufacturer of Nickel & Medium Price CIGARS For Wholesale and Jobbinii Trade E. RENIMINGER, 2s:abiisisd 1889, lidanufacturer of High and Medium Grad» Cigars Strictly Union- Made Goods. DdlVGr P&^ E.23«PST. SAMPLES &PRICE3 , ?. UPON I T Application \ IN STOCK - TO ORDER CIGAR LABELS S^^'B.^n'' BANDS chaskeu's ClOAR\o9'^^ It Will Remove Ranliness from Tobacco Take Away Mustiness and Give Cigars Havana Flavor. CHASKEL'S SPANISH BETUNE Is specially adapted to give that Peculiar Sourish Effect desired. Chaskers Flavors the Cheapest in the ^ market, considering what they do. A Card Will Brin^ More Information and Pricei* Chaskel Chemical Works. 263 West Broadway, New York CIGAR BOXES milTEIISOF iwrisnc CIGAR LABELS SKETCHES Al» QUOTATiOIO FURNISHED WRIT! f Oft 3ANPU:3AN» RIBBON PRICES HI iiiilli >iiiiii m THE TOBACCO WORLD 4^^«^4>^^«^^^^^^4^>^^«-4^««^^^> ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦44. ■ i i MANUFACTURFD BY Central Cigar Company LEWIS SMITH, Proprietor Forbes and Marion Streets, Pittsburg, Pa. Wholesale and Jobbing Trade solicited. UNION MADT SOLD ON ITS MERITS T0M BAINES Nickel Goods r ^ Strictly a First Class Article — Equal to Any Union or Non-Union Cigar on the Market- Probably Better, You to Judge— and Prices No Higher than Others. V J H. G. Burky, Maker, Reading, Pa. UNION MADE BLUE LABEL USED COWIWCltes;^ H. G. BARNHART Citiar Manufacturer Springvale, Pa. One of Our Leading Brands : Cuban Duchess Only High Grade Tobacco Used Cigars always duplicate All Jobbers Who Handle Travellers Tips Say it Always . Moves Well A 6ood Five Cent Cigar" Abbott Ci^ar Co. ABBOTTSTOWN, PA. The Ideal Ci^ar Made in an Ideal Way Stephen Day dc. Brand Is Strictly Union Made Ideal Gi^ar Go. CENTENNIAL, PA. : There Must Bej \ Something In It ♦•»♦♦♦♦•*-•▼♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Cigar manufacturers who would not consider HAVANARINE a few years ago are now using it; they miist find it pays* Just think it over and ask yourself, ''Why?" We will be glad to serve you. •^♦♦•« ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦-♦■• ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ^4..^^^^ ^^^4 ♦♦♦♦♦^^4^444^ 4 Tobacco Improvement Co. i 504 Ninth Street, N.W., j Washington, D. G. ! BIG TEXAS CROP. Palestine, Tex., Jan. 26. W. M. Hinson, government tobacco expert, was at Montalba, this county, this week, and he says several farmers there have joined the ranks of the to- bacco planters, and that a good acreage will be put in in filler tobacco. The tobacco movement is under good head- way in this county now, and a big crop is expected the coming season. Leaf Tobacco Markets. requirements and an occasional rejei tion made where satisfactory settle ments cannot be agreed upon. Warehouse handling of the crofi being crowded along as rapidly aseit ditions will permit at all the packiv points The tobacco is coming to Ik tables in such uniformly good packiv condition that it is being prepared f« the cases with a lighter labor costtti usual. The market for cured leaf haidfr veloped no news. Shipments, 350 cases. —Reporter. BALDWINSVILLE, N. Y. Deliveries have continued during the last week and the warehouses all have full forces actively engaged in handling the tobacco. —Gazette. Constl!ution«;„'^!,J EDGERTON, WIS. Receiving of the 1906 crop is still under full swing throughout the grow- ing districts. An evidence that the dealers are exerting every effort to satisfy the urgent demands of the growers for an early delivery date, is found in the fact that 83 carloads of bundle leaf from outside points have been received in this market alone during the week. This, in addition to the hundreds of wagon loads received by teams at the local warehouses, brings the delivery of the week close to $300,000 worth of leaf at this point alone. At the present rate of receiv- ing, the great bulk of the crop will be out of farmers' hands before March 1. The work of receiving, however, is attended with some unpleasantness. Deductions are demanded when the tobacco does not come up to contract ;Hli' CigiD are the Best that can be made. Do you sell them? Recent Incorporations, Etc. — M. Linkman & Co., of Chic«» have been incorporated to manufactBij and deal in tobacco with a capittliii $85,000, by Genevieve Ward, Dun* Moore and Simon Lagrono. —The Montolair Cigar Co., of N«« York, has been incorporated to dm* facture cigars, with a capital of $26,01* by Moses Steinthal. William A. Moo" and others. —The Henry Mugge Cigar Co.,«l Brooklyn, has been incorporated f manufacture and sell cigars, tob»e* etc., with a capital of $70,000 by^ Mugge, T. Kansegra and T. E- ^ man, of Hempstead. —The Connecticut Cigar Co., of Nf] Haven, Conn., has filed a certifiwU* organization. -The Bloomfield Tobacco Co.. of NJ York, has been incorporated for V^^ ing and manufacturing tobacco, *'' I a capital of $150, 00 J, by Charles » Noyes, Edward Tietz, John Bohw* Francis M. Burke and Carl W. Mf* THE TOBACCO WORLD 21 Telephone Call, 432—8. Affice tiHl Warehouse, FLORIN, PA. I/)cated on Main Line of PenntyWania R. R. i. L. NISSLEY &C0. Growers and Packers o^ FINE CIGAR LEAF TOBACCO Fine B's and Tops Our Specialty. Critical Buyers always find it a pleasnre to look overyear Samples, fffipt— cheerfully submitted upon request. P« O* Boz 96* J. K. LMAMAN, Packer of and Dealer in LEAF Tobacco 138 North Market St. "^ LANCASTER, PA. W. R. COOPER & CO. Packers of Penna. Broad Leaf Dealers In All Grades of Domestic Cigar Leaf Tobaccos 201 £t 203 N. Duke Street LANCASTER. PA. ' H. H. MILLER, Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds Fine Florida Sumatra IMPORTED SUMATRA and HAVANA AND MUCB Fine Filler Stock SB7 and 320 North Queen Street, LANCASTER, PA. B. F. GOOD A CO. J. W. BRENNEMAN, jNcker and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Packing House ^ ^ Millersville, Pa. Office & Salesrooms, Oi* 112 W. Walnut St., LANCASTER, PA. fMOERS and SCALERS IN UNITED PHONBS. TRUMAN D. SHERTZER Dealer in Leaf Tobaccos and Manufacturer of Scrap Filler for Cigar Maoofacturiog l^trehouses: MAIN OFFICE: LANCASTER and f i. 11 RED LION, PA. Lancaster, ra. Leaf Tobacc 142 N. Market Street, LANCASTER, PA. The York ^Tobacco Co, Packers and Jobbers in All Grades of LEAF TOBACCO Office and Warehouse. 13 East Clark Avenue Maaufacturcra of y^ I V^ Cigar Scrap Tobacco 1 OrKf Rtkm W. B. HOSTETTER a,r-HII3S OcEICDCUIhHCIiS- PRIVATE BRANDS OFORIGINAL DESIGN Fi F? /v ^NJ e: *> AfJ r W A ISIt The Tobacco Sample Binder The only machine manu- factured for the purpose that is perfect in every detail. The only machine of the kind Sold Outright. $10 buys it, and it is your property. We are also Dealers in Samplers* Supplies: Non-elastic Webs, Tapes, Copperized Sta- Addr... •' pies, Sealing Wax, etc. ©fe Sample Binder Co., West Milton, 0. PYRRHUS. 15,271 For Cigarettes. Registered De- cember 21, 1906. at 9 a. m.. by H. Yulsman, Philadelphia, Pa. MI PENZIL. 15,272 For Cigars. Registered December 24. 1906. at 9 a. m.. by Hidalgo Havana Co.. Philadelphia, Pa. GEN. JAMES WILSON. 15.273 For Cigars. Registered December 29. 1906 at 9 a. m., by C. E. Robin- son. North Wales, Pa. METROPOLITAN CLUB. 15,274 For Cigars. Registered January 2, 1907. at 9 a. m., by Abe A. Levitt, Philadelphia. Pa. INDIAN WEED. 15,275 For Cigars. Registered January 2, 1907, at 9 a. m., by Harry E. Bral- lier, Lancaster, Pa. EKAR. 15.276 For cigars. Registered January 2, 1907, at 9 a. m.. by Edward Berger, Lebanon. Pa. COLONIAL FIVE. 15.277 For cigars. Registered January 3, 1907, at 9 a. m., by Hogg & O'Con- ner, Philadelphia, Pa. CAMPAIGN. 15,278. For Smoking Tobacco. Registered January 5, 1907. at 9 a. m., by I. Mogulesky. Philadephia. Pa. KEER-BASINA. 15.279 For Smoking Tobacco. Registered January 5. 1907. at 9. a.m.. by I. Mo- gulesky. Philadelphia. Pa. DUKE OF DREAMLAND. 15.280 For cigars and all kinds of Manu- factured Tobacco. Registered Jan- uary 7, 1907. at 9 a. m., by Jacob G. Shirk, Lancaster, Pa. WREX. 15,281 For cigars. Registered January 7. 1907. at 9 a. m., by Wm. Rexroth, Harrisburg. Pa. EL DIGNUS. 15,282 For cigars. Registered January 7. 1907. at 9 a.m., by Hogg & 0 'Conner, Philadelphia, Pa. SUMMAS. 15,283 For cigars. Registered Jan'iary 7, 1907. at 9 fl. m.. by Hogg & ©'Con- ner. Philadelphia. Pa. JAPEANS. 15,284 For cigars. Registered January 8, 1907, at 9 a. m.. by J. A. Shuhart & Co., York, Pa. GENUINE ROSE. 15,285 For cigars. Registered January 10. 1907. at 9 a. m., by Rosenfeld Bros., Philadelphia, Pa. ALEKSI WIRTAMO. 15,286 For cigars. Registered January 11, 1907, at 9 a. m., by Aleksi Wirtamo, Conneaut, O. CONNEAUT. 15,287 For cigars. Registered January 11, 1907, at 9 a. m., by Aleksi Wirtamo, Conneaut, 0. SARAMIRO. 15,288 For cigars. Registered January 11, 1907, at 9 a. m., by Aletaj Wirtamo, Conn<>aut, 0. % ^, FINLAND'S LIBERTY. 15,289 ^ For cigars. Registered Janaai| 11, 1907. at 9 a. ra., by AleJdj Wirtamo, Conneaut, 0. \ RUSSIAN NAROD. 15.290 For Cigarettes. Registered Ji^ uary 14, 1907, at 9 a. m., by M. Ra|, paport. Philadelphia. Pa. KNOCKS-ALL. 15.291 For cigars. Registered Januuf 14. 1907, at 9 a. m., by C. S. Turwt Co., Philadelphia, Pa. LA PULVEDA. 15.292 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroo(i slogies and tobacco. Registod January 15. 1907, at 9 a. m., by Cft Michener, Philadelphia, Pa. r EL OKAY. 15,293 For cigars. Registered Jan 15, 1907, at 9 a. m., by John Schmidt, Cincinnati, 0. NOKS-ALL. 15.294 For cigars. Registered Janaiij 19, 1907. at 9 a. m., by C. S. Turner Co., Philadelphia, Pa. UNION LASS. 15,295. For cigarettes. Registered Jam- ary 19. 1907. at 9 a. m., by I. Mogi- lesky, Philadelphia. Pa. SQUAW MAN 15.296. For cigars. Registered Jannair 21. 1907, at 9 a. m.. by Hogg* O'Conner. Philadelphia. Pa. GREEN STANDARD. 15,296i For cigars. Registered Januaryfl, 1907, at 9 a. m., by P. M. Hani Son, San Francisco, Cal. SAVORY BOUQUET. 15,297 For cigars, cheroots cigaretUi tobacco, and stogies. RegistenI January 21, 1907, at 9 a. m., by Soto Cigar Co., Cincinnati, O. i REJECTED. Perfect, The Senate, Corcico, Co«< House, Comfort, Flat Iron. Twenti«4 Century Quakers, The Dip, Lord M» tan, Superiores, El Imparcial, Tb Eagle, The Owl, Sampa. E. W. Sd» man. High Art. Bully Boys. Coloniil Colonial Bouquet, Extra. Telephone. Justina, Consonia, Dona Rosa, I> Fidacia, Success, Society. Libenl Nivo, Sweet Rose. Rodino. NaroA Black Watch. Daily Call. Amerie» Girl, Tiger. PATENTS RELATINC to TOBACCO,^ 842.064 Tobacco box; Marcus ^■ Behrman, Baltimore, Md. 842.065 Tobacco box; Marcus I Behrman, Baltimore, Md. 842,143 Cigar vending machi*: Isaac H. Garson, Rochester, N. Y. 841.685 Printing and bronzing i* chine; Fred R. Harris, New York,*' signor to American Tobacco Cooip** 842.038 Combined watch fob ^ match receptacle; Charles F. WsU* stedt, St. Louis, Mo. 841.754 Tobacco stemming ma^jj Jesse H. and L. P. Whitaker, Wi» ington, D. C. THB TOBACCO WORLD JOHN D. uoisa OFFICES g^ • FACTOlYi No. 118 Mifflin Street Manufacturer of |^ 1 g^ £1 PS Cor. Maple 6k Plum AvcNk. Lebanon, Penna. A Specialty of Private Brands. Telephone Connection Samples Sent to Responsible Houses. ^y^uetm HERMAN DEUUE York, Penna. Maker of Delman 10 and 5c. Herdel 5c. Alex. Martin 5c. UNION MADE CIGARS Sold to Wholesale & Jobbing Trade only Samples to Responsible Houses HARRY A. SNVDER Littlestown, Pa. Manufacturer of Hifih Grade Seed and Havana Bear Bros. Manufacturers of FINE CIGARS R.F.D.No.8,YORK.PA. A specialty of Private Brands for Iho Wholesale and Jobbing Trades. Correspondence solicited. Samples on applicatiov. Brands:— 5iV Bear, 6^ Cub. Essie, and Matthew Carey C. E. MATTINGLY A CO. Manufacturers of Di^h Grade Union Made Cigars 1?I rwOTMl^ Branch Salesroom, and EjL liULIllL ENDICOTT BUILDING. St. Louis World's Fair Prize Winners. St. Paul, Mian. Grace Cameron— Edward Hyde — Habersham — Club Brand "^ W. R. DAUGHERTY & BRO Manufacturers of Fine Domestic Cigars Dallastown, Pa» HIGHEST QUALITY FINEST PACKAGES Wbolcaale and Jobbing Trade mOp Corrcape*«dence witb Aoltva ^ Booses Invited FOR THE Wholesale Trade Only Union Chief Supreme Union Mc Sherry stown. Pa. INCREASE YOUR PROFIT! Columbia Straiiiht Will Do It. We bougrht a large supply of Good Hav- ana and Domestic Tobacco at the right time. We are located where Good Workmen can be had at Fair Prices. Thpse facts enable us to make our COLUMBIA STRAIGHT a Five Cent Cigar of Highest Quality, Best Work- manship, to be Sold at Good Profit. Fred Schlaeger & Co., Columbia, Pa. Samples on application. HAVANALLIN ^^ Guaranteed to be the Most Powerful and Laating BavaDa Cigar Flavor ever produced. We Sell It. Acme Extract & Chemical Works ^ G. ECKERT, Proprietor. Hanover, Pa. R. E. JACOBY Wholesale Manufacturer of Strictly Uniform Quality of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Rothsville, Pa. Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbine Trade InviiedL i%»»»»»^<^^^^^^% John McLaughlin. J. K. Kauffma*. JOHN McLaughlin ®. co. Wholesale Dealers in All Kinds of f I i Plug ®, Smoking Tobaccos Also. All Grades of Fine Cigars QH Leaf Tobacco No. 307 North Queen Si || LANCASTER. PA. %^^%»»»»i^^^^^^^%<^^%^»%^< i^»»^^^^» ^y%^t^^^m^/iWt/9f9^M mw I \ 1 THK TOBivCCO W O R 1. 0 T.A.MYERS&co. YORK, PENN'A. SAMUEL FREV Craley, Pa. Manufacturer of Cigars for the Wholesale Trade OLD JUDGE } C^ MILD AND PLEASANT I 1 f^- C^ THE CYCLONE | ^^* BROWN BUCK (Banded) j ^ *"» «^^« ALLEN GOODRICH, 3c. Samples to Responsible Huus<-.s They Smoke It and Come A^ain ^KlkADE BLEND, QUALITY and WORKMANSHIP to Please the Most Critical Smokers ' Manufactured for Joobing Trade Only The Toedtman Cigar Co. Makers of the Highest Grade of 3c. Cigars Exclusively MIAMISBURG. OHIO. The American Tobacco Co, 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 ifACfc. MLLlnii of A I tXroAilltiM Applications for space in the New York Exposition are coming in rapidly and a number of exhibitors have been added to the number who have signed contracts this year. From the general interest at this early date, the trade may see Madison Square filled in every available foot of j-pace. The William Wicke Ribbon Company have this week cloiied contracts for space for their exhibit. This concern has been long in the ribbon business, being the first to manufacture cigar ribbons in the United States. They opened a factory, the first, in 1872, beginning with six looms in operation. They are now operating six hundred looms, ar)d turn out about a million cigar ribbons per week. The exhibit of this concern at the Exposition next September will be in the form of a display of pillows, cushions and other articles made from silk cigar ribbons. A. B. Newman, of 288 East Houston street, has also signed contracts for space. That the last Exposition was of benefit to him is evidenced by the fact that he has taken just twice as much space as last year, Mr. Newman is agent in America for manufacturers of cigarettes and tobacco in Austria, Hungary, Holland, FVance and Russia. He also controls for the United States, a line of German and Austrian playing cards and novelties, and these will be included in the exhibit. RUTHERFORD "'^^^Ia^dII^^''^ from the factory of EI Draco Gi^ar Mf^. Co., Philada. IRISH DEMAND REPEAL OF LAW. Mr. William Redmond, M. P., pre- sented to the Prime Minister a huge petition demanding the repeal of the law prohibiting tobacco growing in Ireland. It is signed by every member of Parliament in Ireland of every shade of politics and never before has there been such unanimity among the Irish members. The petition summarizes the situation as far as tobacco growing is concerned. It claims that the Irish are merely asking for a privilege which was theirs until deprived by a statute as late as the reign of George Hi., when growing of tobacco in the coun- try was a prosperous and progressive industry. Success had been achieved and further development assured when a demand rose in England for its sup- pression, and then the industry was suppressed without the slightest con- sideration of the injury inflicted in Ire- land. The petition winds up with a repeal of the unjust prohibition and points out that the people are of one mmd on the subject. The Prime Minister promised to give the matter his attention. MORE CIGARETTES CONSUMED IN AUSTRIA. The government tobacco monopoly in Austria jShows an enormous increase in ^cigarette smoking in that country, i A.HUSSEy, THE BEST ORGANI MOST COiViPLETE LARGEST MAIL 01 LEAF TOBACa ESTABLISHMENT SSr AMERICA NEW YORK CHICAGO ST. LOUIS E. S. SECHRII Dallastown, Pa, Manufacturer of Pine and Common inufacturer of Cigai Established 189a CftfMdtr. Twenty Thousand |Nrl YOU ARE LOSING MONEY. 7 HOW ? BAD ACCOUNTS. Charging ihetn off to profit and loaa. Paying Collcclion Agency Feea. Paying Memberahip (eei. "DO-IT-YOURSELF" The "Do It-Youraelf" collection outfit '• ••CTi whereby you collect your bad accounia lOVK-J"'^ and do it in the aame way that it ia done by CoD— •* Agenciea, only BCTTCR.. ? WHY 7 It ia a better ayatem. It ia eaaier to operate, .uM It Iceepa the aecounta in YOVR OWN EAW' It bringa the money to YOU. 1 1 aavea Collection Agenciea feea. ll aavea Memberahip feea. j^ It aavea getting into thehandaoC unreliabla att*** Price $1.00 Postpaid Eaoh outfit oontalns everything ntoM**" to oolleot 60 claims. MONEY REFUNDED if on reotlpt f^ are not perfectly satisfied. ORUER rO-DAY United States Collection AtfencT Suite IB. 163 Raadoiph Slr««( Chlcatfo. U. S. A. Agents Wanted Write for propolNI* THE TOBACCO WORLD \uMSTErNER,SONS a Co (16-122 E.14TH ST, NEW YORK.^ > BRANCH FACTOHY 5^0-550 W SaTMStNr ' QATALOGUCSQF OUR STOCK CtGAR LABELS. FLAPS, BANDS, i gTC^ETC, SENT GRATIS UPO/V REQUEST PREPAID h . -^^ write: us BEFORE PLACING ORDERS '. FOR PRIVATE L-ABELS. BANDS. ETC. ^ I KAUfFHAN^eRd rr*i ^y j^ IPtft Y^m^^MM^'k •~,m^./.^;»^tMaumm-»mii»mtmmm-t»atrmm,i>^ ^taWished 1870 Factory No. 79 S. R. KOCHER ■|^ I Manufacturer of i! me Havana Cigars and Packer of WRIGHTSVJLLE, PA. Ill C^^«>^;ti,: LA BILLS i,STOCK CARDS ;^8tabUshed 1877 New Factory 1904 I ; H.W.HEFrENER, Steam Cigar Box Manufacturer Howard & Boundary Aves. YORK, PA. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Dealer in J \ Cigar Box Lumber, t Labels, ♦ Ribbons, X Mdging, I Brands, etc, X »♦♦♦♦»»<♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦>♦♦♦♦ 9111 INLAWD CITY CI&AH BOX Oft Mantifactnrers of Cigar Boxes^Shipping Cases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Edgings, etc. ^16—728 N. Christian St. J-ANCASTER, PA, 7IBEN BUSER MANUFACTOKER OP ^ Cigar Boxes and Cases DBALB& IN Lumber, Labels* Edging, Etc., R. F. D. No. 3, YORK. PA^ E.A.O <& Co.H AVANA N. THIRD ST PMILADML^MiA JOHN SLATER & CO Manufacturers of Handmade UONO FILLER STOGIES Corner Columbia and Marietta Avenues LANCASTER, PA. No. 21 North Main Street, Washington, Pa. SLATERS STOGIE FACTORY. if" Imperial Cigar Co. Home of the *Two Friends* Absolately the hidheat tfrade 2 for S Clda<- in the United States. Ilaaaf actured on honor and aold on It* merits. Wa defy competition, and court op- position. SampI n cheerfully sent free to any ymwi of the United States. Sold to obhers only. Our motto. The best is not too aood Imperial Cigar Co. Hanover, Pa. last year's i^ercapita being 145.5, while the consumption of cigars decreased from 49 to 44 per capita. The countiy 's smoke bill was $50,000,000, and the profits of the company amounted to $30,000,000. Rutherford, Constitution, Hunter — a strong trio. El Draco Ciijar Mj. Co.. Philada. Busii\ess Changes, Fires, Etc. SOMETHING NEW AND GOOD WAGNER'S CUBAN STOGIES Manufactured Oaly by LEONARD WAGNER r.c.„oNo.. 7070hioSt,ALLE6HENY,PA GEO. STEUERNAGLE THE CELEBRATED Ze»g:Lat3TC ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦• tl« J* f leiscKKauer Cigar Labels 238 Arch Street, Philadelphia. P.l I TELEPHONE 1661 ♦ ♦ UTHOGHAPHINti ^^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ XX ♦♦♦♦♦^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ SPECIAL DCSIGII& < * ♦♦♦♦4 /♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦4 »^ #M% iiiiJ! ! , PaiMt*rf Hwok 0. IS07 For All Kinds of Products Requiring Baling TOBACCO STEMS, PAPER, COnON, Etc . Specially Constructed ..PRESSES.. For Leaf Tobacco Packers Warranted to do more and better work in a given time, with leu labor, than any Press on the market Unsurpassed for power, strength, simplicity and durability, as well as ease aad quickness in operation Various sizes manufactured. Writa tot prices and full particulars. They are indispensable in ]mi packing and tobacco warehouses. Hundreds in use. HINNICH MACHINE WORKS Lcmdisville, Lancaster Co., Pa. —Established 1834— WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 27 South Secx)nd Street PHILADELPHIA ^ Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday Cigars, Tobacco, Smokers' Articles special Sales of Leaf Tobacco **a«ignments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Day of Sale JACOB a^SHlRK Lancaster, Pa. JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS of American Tobacco Co. American Cigar Co, American Stogie Co. Lnbrman & Wilbnrn Tobacco Co. Blackwell Durham Tobacco Co. Spalding 4& Merrick Tobacco Co. ffWlf f DAV VAIT <*» O*^ ^^ PRICES bcfor* IT ILLi TA I I UU ordcrlatf tfoods elscwhero. ■ SS m Brilliant as Diamonds Fragrant as Roses Good as Government Bonds Are the CIGARS Regisle^^l^db "Brilliant Star" Clear Havana . . Itii. •*S. B *' Half Havana \ 5%. "S. B." Little Havanas ' S^ •*Honest Bee" ...... 3t. '<2— I— No" Mildest Ci^r Made 2 Uf 5%. Special Branda Mad* to Ordar !ii Stauffer Bros. Nfg. Co., New Holland, Pa. Sand Your Cigar Buyer Her* Wc Will Sav* Yoa M«n«y Patent Caveats, Trade Marks, iS Design-Patents, Copyrights, etc. '^a"'* John A. Saul U Droit BuUdint, WASHINGTON, D. C. For Sale by All Dealers V I R O 1 N I A R E R 1 Q U I ; ; Ml MIXTURE £t^ AMERICAN TOBACCO C0.,1NEW YOtt !«HIII m\\\ :|H!l| Will M E.A.O <&. Co H IMRORTERS OF^^ AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST Philadbl^hia . i I 'i I ! , 1 t JOHN SLATER & CO Manufacturers of Handmade UOINO FILLER STOGIES Corner Columbia and Marietta Avenues LANCASTER, PA. No. 21 North Main Street, Washington, Pa. SLAIEiT STOCIE FACTORY. Mfc Imperial Cigar Co. Home of the 'Two Friends* Absolutely the hldli«st drade 2 for 5 Clliaf la the United States. Manufactured on honor and sold on Its merits. We defy competition, and court op- position. SampI 4 cheerfully sent free to any part of the United States. Sold to Jobbers only- Our motto. The best Is not too ito«>d Imperial Cigar Co. Hanover, Pa. last year's per capita being 145.5, while the consumption of cigars decreased from 49 to 44 per capita. The count: y's smoke bill was $50,000,000. and the profits of the company amounted to $30,000,000. Rutherford, Constitution, Hunter — a strong trio. El Draco Ci^ar Mf^. Co., Philada. Business Changes, Fires, Etc. SOMETHING NEW AND GOOD WAGNER'S CUBAN STOGIES Manufactured Ooly by LEONARD WAGNER ^.c...>^o.. 7070hioSt,ALLEfiHENY,PA "^ GEO. STEUERNAGLE THE CELEBRATED Trad., italic. ^cn4ivr , /4>. HAND-MADE (^X I

! I ! ! f . I . I i I ' ; I ! I ■ 1) I INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE il E. A. C AVANA 123 N. THIRD P. ^S GOODy\S THE NAME Constant Growth signifies iConstant Merit! i ^^^ la^oi Mark. "^TT^^^f^^^^^^^ Recstcred^^^ Havana Cigars NONE GENUINE UNLESS TH OURTRADI MARK IN C s Cigars that hold the confici' ace ot their smokers pay dealers best. DIAMOND JOE CIGAR FACTORY brands stand pre-emi- nently in a class of their own. H. FEINDRICH Evansville, Ind. 3c WARE or IM/TATIONS. IE EVERYWHERE WARREN BECK £i BRO. '•^S;'o'l;j?^.L.„...r Cigar Manufacturers York, Pa. Adoilrf^l GherardI Gen. Warren La Respoikder Marcaaa La Cantidad ' A. D. KILLHEFFER, ,j;^:ii3;|a^].i,,; Michael Hose A. F. BrilM Manufac* turenof LEAF TOBACCOi Id laket of Hi^h Grade Cigars. MILLERSVILLE, PA.| ^JV. 'W-.-,v^ No Salesmen. Commonicate with Fa ?••» R RPSEN.WALB & BR0, V TPHIE FEBir.^or V EaUbliBhed in 1881. ) Vol XXVII., No. 6. I PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK. FEB. 6. 1907. { One Dollar per Annum. Payable in Advance. lEAF TOBACCO *"''>^ iwwwiimnj'nJiMJ'*"." w' " .J»^ ■*■'■' "W . ■ ii^»« ' mi* -J -— No; 310 Race Street Philadelphia • OENTRAU UNIONS Ko otl- er brand of Tobacco has srrown so quickly in public favor. Reasons: Quality, Price, Union Label, Friendly Dealers* Aid, and Tobacco Trust's Hostility. \ CENTRAL i UNION Dnited States Tobacco Co., Ricbmond,?!. ^ SVMATRA TOBACCO The Kind that Wraps Economically H. DUYSTCO. No. 1 70 Water Street, New York The I^eading Exclusive Sumatra House Amsterdam House: — De Amsterdamsche Tabakshandelmaatschappij. Growers and Packers of FLORIDA TOBACCOS Write for Samples SCHROMDMR & ARGUIMBAU 178 Water Street, New York iiij »'■ '-'li .i ."-S i :ii I 'S itill THE TOBACCO WUKLD THE 5c. CIGAR that fonMl say is ••All to the l^ront." i^MH'0^:"^'J- m. £1 Draco Cigar Mfg. Co. Philada. (LORD LANCASTER, 10c.) Olliir Bit k ft M inufacturers 615 Market St., Philada. (NICKELBY, 5c.) gSENLOHR'S € m ui dfelpbi MMMi^WiMilMri iutelM .^ MiHiMMWrfiiAMi I I Sumotr Greene CHALLENGES COMPARISON | White Kni| 5-cent Cigar Made by Morris D.Neumann SI PHILADELPHIA. PA. E. T. SUMNER GREENE & CO. Manufacturers of ene's Cijiai 2330 MARKET ST., PH/LADELPHIA Gre Seal Factory 1839. First District Penoa. 114 N 7^^ Si W. K. Gresh & Sons, Makers, Norristownji SUPERIOR Quality and Workmanship Factory No. 968. First District Penna. u if You Want to b« la HAVANA ^ Smoke CN ^ ^ Mad* by K BENRY HEYMiNN'S SONS Sinkintt Sprlnit, Pa. YOU CAIN BUY WEAVER'S ORIGINAL HAVANA SHORTSI ALL JOBBING HOUSES Parmenter Wax-Lined Coupon Ci^ar PocI Afford PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE, HEAT aad BREAKAGE. Indoraed by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTlVt Advertising Medium known. Racine Paper Goods Go.,Racine, WiSf D*! S«la Owaars aad Maaalactarars. g /\ C^ALVES f^ C^O. /—f AVANM 123 N. THIRD ST HILAOmL^MIA THE T©B/ieeO WORLB-* SCRANTON CO. MAKES STAND Against Invasion by the United Ci^ar Stores tompany. Scranton, Pa., Jan. 31. No business announcement made in this city for many y< are past has drawn forth quite as much comment as the reported commff ol the United Cigar Stores Company lo this city. The Scranton Tobacco Company, aroused over the s-itualion. is working overtime to make an effective fight against the monopolists who are stead- ily but surely cornering the cigar trade of the country, in ihe more important oiiies. The Scranton Toiacco Company agrees to buy the stock of goods on hand in small cigar stores, barber shops, drug stores, etc., and to luinish new cases back fixtures and other attractive features, all free of charge, provided a contract is made for one year. These fixtures are not the property of the atore keeper, however, they are loaned or leased and are at all times the property of the lessor. Then the company puts in a stock of cigars and smoker.^' articles in general, and the store keeper handles them on commission accepting as his remunera- tion twenty per cent, of the gross sales. In this way he has no liability, except for the goods that have been disposed of, and the real owners will have to keep the stocks in good condition, or suffer the loss of trade. Thus a new trut-t is to be formed to fight the bigger and older one. Some people say that they can see a lot of money in the little combine that is being framed up, and they figure it this way. The little trust will control sufficient trade to make it worth while for the big one to buy out its inter sts, and then there will be a grand moni p- oly, with practically all the cigar trade of the city in the hands of one concern. The story is too far fetched, however. It takes for granted something that has not happened, and may never happen. But where have the cigarmakera' anions been in this fight that we hear 80 much of and see so little in results? Lying down as usual. It is true, a meeting was called— perhaps there were two, but nobody did anything but talk * little, and the attendance was so slim that nothing tangible could follow. From inquiries made in other towns where the United Cigar Stores Com- pany have settled down to do business, we find that the higher grade cigar •tores are still doing business at the old stands, and that the places affected most are the small dealers who look for their patronage to the working and middle classes. As a matter of fact, there are more non-union ciagrs sold right here in the city of Scranton, which is supposed to be a stronghold of organized labor, than there are union cigars, but if you care to ask any honest man who carries a «mon card, yet buys open shop cigars why he does so, he'll tell you just what they all say. But the United Cigar Stores Com- pany have not got a monopoly any- J'nere. and they won't get it here. Let «« trust come. Its two finely fitted HAVANA TV.3ACC0 COMPANY LOSES Appeal to Board of General Appraisers for Cuban Duties Twenty Per Ce.it. Less than Philippine. The Treasury Dtparmi' i ; h i-.-ued a report on the decision tn , lie B-ard of General Appraisers, in ih' rti..tur of protests of the Havani Ttbitcio Co. et al. against the as-eMiuriL oi tiuiy by the Collector of t us om- at ihe Port of New York as t«ilU>.vs : "The protests raise a questioi' us to the construction to ue piacs .. upon cer tain paragraphs of the n « ai y tu iv\ et n the United States of Am rita ami the Republic ot Cuba, as ihe .same' was approved by Congress on D.-ct mher 17, 1903. The protestanis' i-onuntion is that, by the provisions of this tieaty, certain cigars and other commoiiities imported fror Cuba should beaiirniited into the ports of ihis country upnn the payment of cu>tomri iluti' s 20 p^jr i-ent. less than the rates paid upon lik< com- modities coming fiom the Philippine Islands, which, umlt-r existin>j: lawf, pay 75 per cent, of the laies provide not included in ihe toregoin^' Aricle I and b^ing th • p oduct ot the sod .u in- dustry ot th ' Ret-ublic of Cuba, im- ported into the Unitid States shall b^' adm.lied ai a reduciion of 20 per centum ot the rates of duiy thereon as provi.ied by 'he laritF act of the Uniiol vSiates approved July 14, 1897. or as may i.e provided by any tariff law of the United Siatt-s subsequently enacted. The pertinent part of Article VIII reads as follows: Art. VIII. The rates of duty herein granted tiy the United States to the Republic of Cuba are and shall continue during the term of this convention preferential in respect to all like im- ports from other countries, and, \n return for said preteiential rates of duty granted to the Republic ot Cuba by the United States, it is agreed that the concession herein granted on the part of the said Reputtlic (if Cutia to the products of the United States shill likewise be, and shall continue, during the term of this coveniion, prefertniial in respect to all like imports from other countries. (The remainder of this article relates entirely to the importa- tion of sugar.) The contention of the importer is that the stipulation of Article VIII that the rates ol duty granted by the United States to the Republic of Cuba are and 3^all continue during the terms of the convention preferential in respect to all like imports from other countries, must influence and control all other stipulations of the treaty, and that the Philippine Islands are another country within the meaning of this article. It was pointed out that this conclusion was sustained by the proviso of Article VIII, which has no bearing upon the case now under consideration, as it refers entirely to sugar. So far as it has application to the Wav-liir moo. D. C, January 30. question involved in these cases, we are unable to see any difference be- tween the phrase "a foreign country" as used in these decisions and the phrase "niht-r countries" as used in Article VIII of the Cuban treaty. Other coun ri'-s means countries other than the Unned States. To be a coun- try other than the United States that country mu-i be a country foreign to the United States that is, a country "exclu.'^ively without the sovereignty of the United States." The Philippine Archipelago is no more another country than Ala-ka. Hawaii, or Porto Rico. None of tht in are Siatts of the Ameri- can Union; bit the government under which the peop e of each live is pre- scribed by the American Congress and all are with n the sovereignty of the United S a •■-. Commodities from Alaska. H^i»aii. and Porto Rico are all admitted into the United States free of duty, the same as commodities from Florida are admitted into New York or Pennsylvania. It would be as reason- able. th»refote, to ask that the com- modities of ( uba be admitted at 20 per cent lets than ihe commodities of Porto Rico, which are admitted free of duty, as that they should be admitted at 20 cent less than the products of the Phil- ippine Archipelago, which are admitted at 75 per cent, of the duties prescribed by the act oi 1897. This, we ihink. is conclusive and dis- poses of the importers' contention so far as the s iine is based upcn the pre- ferential Philippine tariff. But there is another aspect of the case which we think not t.n y disposes of that conten- tion, but also of the contention that the alcohol covered by the protests should be ailmiited at 20 percent below the rate charged under reciprocity agreements on alcohol coming to the United Stat»s from France, Germany, Italy, or Portugal. The provi>ion8 of Article VIII do not, in our judgment. In any way vary or affect the clear and express stipulations of Article II. These provisions could not act aummatlcally. and. in the absence of It gislation giving force and effect to them, the question as to whether or not the products of the soil or industry of Cuba should, under the language of that article, be admitted at a rate preferential in respect to like imports coming from countries with which we have reciprocal agreements reducing the regular rates is apolitical one of which this Board and the courts have no jurisdiction, and which can be settled only by the high contracting parties through the channels ot diplo- macy. The protests are overruled." This it is believed will be a final dis- position of the case, alth.iugh it would be the Havana Tobacco Co'a. privilege to carry the case to the courts, but no further contioversies conceining the terms of the Cuban Convention are ex- pected. —Louis Pool has opened a cigar fac- tory on N. Walnut street, Centralia, III. stores will undoubtedly do some busi- ness— perhaps a great deal of business at first. They will not wipe out the earnest, aggressive dealer, however, who cares to stand his ground and offer the best values he can get hold of. There's room enough for all on thii sphere of ours, and the man who ia willing to get his brains down to busi- ness, if he knows enough, can pull through and hold his own, if he only keeps up his courage and tries hard enough. DETROIT FACTORY EXPANDS. Establishes Bl Branch Cigar Factory at Lansinff. Mich Lansing. Mich., Jan. 30. Gustav A. Moebs & Co., of Detroit, Mich., manufacturers of the widely known Ben Hur 5 cent cigar, have practically completed arrangements for opening: a branch factory here. Quarters have been secured and opera- tions are expected to begin February 1. Mr. Moebs was in the city a short time this week and signed leases with A. C. Bird for the second and third floors of the Bird block, opposite the Michigan Central and Pere Marquette depot. He arranged for the installa- tion of certain skylights so as to pro- vide the work" rs with the best light. In return for the co-operation of the Business Men's Association the Moeba company agrees to employ not less thai fifty people and it is hoped to start with seventy five, increasing the force as soon as the additional help can be se- cured. Some fifty girls have been se- cured in and about Lansing and more will be brought from Detroit. The employment of five hundred per- sons is not beyord the hopes of the management and when it has been de- termined that the help can be secured in this city the company, which has ample means, will erect a factory es- pecially suited to its purposes. DEATH OF CHARLES L MARBURG. Baltimore, Md , Feb. 'A. Charles L. Marburg died at Walters Park, Pa., today of grip. He wan a brother ot Theodore, Albert and Wiliiam A. Marburg, composing the firm of Marburg: Bros., one of the orig- inal firms of the American Tobacco Co. During the civil war he was a mem- ber of the Bahimore Light Artillery and was a prisoner in Libby. A few weeks ago Mr Marburg gave $25,000 to build a monument to Francis Scott key, a Eutaw place and Lanvale street, in this city. NLW (M L» AMS Vfc,ll-RAN Dh AI>. Ni w Orleans, La., Jan. 31. P. D Mayer, one of the pioneers of the cigar and tobacio trade in this tity, and one o! the best known ano most in- fluential liiizend. (lied at his resiOer.ce, 1822 Magazine Place, this week, lium an ailment irom which he had bi eM suffeiing lor the past two years. Mr. Ma.ver was iiorn in Worms. Ger- many, in 1841. and received his early education in Germany, and then at the commercia' college of BrU3.- PbifaJelpbia CHALLENGES COMPARIS0||| White Kni^ 3-cent Gi^ar Made by Morris D.Neumaoa&l PHILADELPHIA, FA. I I Sumnkr Greene SUMJNER GREENE & CO. Manufactnrera of E. T. Gre Seal Cijiai 2330 MARKET ST.. PH/LADELPHU Factory iS30, First District Penna. - c * r r -r ^. / whi If '/If Iff/' J^ '•"" Philadelphia SUTEBIOR Pulity and Workmanship Factory No. SKXIf First District Penna. U ' 1 Iff You Want to ba la HAVA Smoke ^ CN k P •" ^w ClOAR tx BENKY BEYIiNN'S SONS Sinkinik Spring, Pa. n W. K. Gresh & Sons, Makers, Norristown, YOU CAIN BUY I WEAVER'S ORIGINAL HAVANA SEORTSI ALL JOBBING HOUSES Farmenter Wax-Lined Coupon Gi^ar P( Motd PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE, HEAT ud BREAKAGE. ladwMd b]r all Siii«k«ra, tni an the MOST EFFECTIVI Advartiainf Madlam known. Paper Goods Co., Racine, WiSf Sou Owaws aa4 Meaaf g /\ C^AL.VE3 f^ Go. ard uf General Appraisers, in ihi miitier of protests of ihe Havana T» bimo Co. et al. against the as-e-Mntr-ni ot ituiy by the Collector of lu.s um- at ihe Port «>f New York as tolluAs: "The protests raise a question as to the construction to tie place. i u^jon cer tain paragraphs of the utaiy tietween the United States of Am ncu ami the Republic of Cuba, as (he same/ was approved by Congress on Dt-cemtier 17, 1903. The protestanis' contention is that, by the provisions of this treaty, certain cigars and other commothties imported fron Cuba should be aiiiniited into the ports of this coumry upon the payment of cu>toms cluti> t» 20 per rent, less than the rates paid upon liki com- modities coming fiom the Philippine Islands, which, under existing \awf, pay 75 per cent, of the rales provided for in the tariff act oi 1897. The rates of duty applied to all ot such menhan- dise by the collector in the cases now before us were 20 per cent, lesn than the regular duty provided therefor by the act of 1897 The stipulations of the treaty which touch upon the questions here under consideration are contained in Articles II and VIII. Article II reads as fol- lows: Art. II During the term of this convention, all articles of merchandise not included in (he toregoin^ Article I and being th ■ p oduci ot the soil or in- dustry ot th'^ Republic of Cuba, im- ported into the Unittd States shall h*^ admitted ai a reduction of 20 per centum of the rates of daiy thereon as proviiied by 'he tan tf act of the Unitai States approved July 14. 1897. or as may t.e provided by any tariff law of the United States Hubsequently enacted. The pertinent part of Article VIII reads as follows: Art. VIII. The rates of duty herein granted by the United States to the Republic of Cuba are and shall continue during the term of this convention preferential in respect to all like im- ports from other countries, and, in return for said preferential rates of duty granted to the Republic of Cuba by the United States, it is agreed that the concession herein granted on the part of the said Republic of Cuba to the products of the United States sh-ill likewise be, and shall continue, during the term of thiscovention, preferential in respect to all like imports from other countries. (The remainder of this article relates entirely to the importa- tion of sugar.) The contention of the importer is that the stipulation of Article VIII that the rates of duty granted by the United States to the Republic of Cuba are and 4iall continue during the terms of the convention preferential in respect to all like imports from other countries, must influence and control all other stipulations of the treaty, and that the Philippine Islands are another country within the meaning of this article. It was pointed out that this conclusion was sustained by the proviso of Article VIII, which has no bearing upon the case now under consideration, as it refers entirely to sugar. So far as it has application to the WathitiKion. D. C. January 30. question involved in these casefl, we are unable to see any difference be- tween the phiase "a foreign country" as used in these decisions and the phrase "other countries" as used in Article Vill of the Cuban treaty. Other count ri^'S means countries other than the Unned States. To be h coun- try other itian the United States that country must be a country foreign to the United States that is, a country "exclusiveb without the sovereignty Of the United States." The Philippine ArchipelaRo is no more another country than Alaska. Hawaii, or Porto kico. None of thern are Siatis of the Ameri- can Union; bit the government under which the peop e of each live is pre- scribed by the American Congress and all are with>n the sovereignty of the United S a es. Commodities from Alaska. Hawaii, and Porto Rico are all admitted into (he United States free of duty, the same as commodities from Florida an- aH EXPORT STAMP ISSUED BY CUBAN CIGAR MANUFACTURERS Authorized by the Government of the Republic of Cuba UUniondeF^bRICANtesdeTabacosyCigarros ^^^^^- utonzadaporel Gobierno delaRepablica Garantiza 'qije los tabacos.cigarrosy paqoefes cie picadura quellevon es^aprecinU son fabncados por 5f( RfPLBLiCA DE CUBA - Lfl PROPIEOAD ARTISTICA EilNDUSTRIflLiSTAIREGISTRAOUTNJODOSlOSPAISES v repubucaoecuba)!!^^;:' U HABANA Either the name of the Manufacturer or that of his Brand will appear printed in the blank space of this precinta or stamp. ...IMPORTANT NOTICE... The preceding: cut is a fac-simile. in its actual size, of the new PRECINTA or warranty stamp which, as authorized by the Government of the RepobU* «£ 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 eafc tobacco packages 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 cisrara, cigar- ettes, or cut leaf packages but those which have this PRECINTA or stamp of the Cigar and Cigarette Manufacturers' Union of the Island of Cuba, wbob jointly with the Government of the Republic of Cuba, or separately, will prosecute before the court-', anyone who may attempt to counterfeit, imitate, or i) any way render useless the gna'-antee covered by this stamp. The Colors of the PRECINTA fac-simile: black with pale blue ground; fac-simile of tha Presidency of the Rebublic: dark blue. one of the first cigar manufactories in tJMcity. in Tchoupitoulas street. The business proved very successful atid Mr. Mayer continued in it up to two years ago, when failing health forced him to retire, and every since he has lived at home with his wife and daughters. He is survived by his wife, four daughters, Misses^Pauline, Anna, Helen and Mathilda Mayer, and three sons, Julius H.. George C. and Charles Wil- liam, all of this city. SOLD YOUNG GIRL CIGARETTES. CKeiter Dealer Prosecuted by the Boftrd of Education. Chester, Pa., Jan. 31. The Board of Education instituted its ftrst prosecution yesterday against the iale of tobacco and cigarettes to minors by having L. Rosenblatt, a local dealer, arraigned before Alderman Smith, charging'him with selling a package of cigarettes to Greta Mathews, a 13- year-old girl, who according to the testimony of her mother, Mrs. George Mathews, has been smoking cigarettes for some time. Rosenblatt was fined wand costs, the warrant being sworn out under" the^'Acrof .1901. Solicitor George M. Booth, who conducted the prosecution, stated that hereafter he would have warrants sworn out under the Act of 1905, the penalty of which '■ ^'om $100 to $300 and thirty days in jail. DENATURANT FOR TOBACCO. iMerwl Revenue Office Issues FormuU *or Use of Tobkcco Manulacturers. Washihgton, D. C, Jan. 31. Commissioner Yerkes, of the Internal Revenue Bureau, has written an im- portant letter to M. K. Lowry, Col- 'ector of Internal Revenue at Rich- mond, Va., relative to a denaturant or use in the manufacture of smoking jna chewing tobacco. The letter is as lollows : ■Zf" ?'" P^^ase inform Messrs. , trict th l''"^" of tobacco in your dis- 80nf. , " accordance with section lorm„W*!'°"3 No. 30. the lollowing denah . A''^®" authorized as a special of urul- ^"'" ""^ in the manufacture "To ff ^1^ ch„-wing tobacco ; Ao 100 gallons of alcohol there shall be added one gallon of the following solution : Twelve gallons of an aqueous solution containing 40 per cent nicotine ; 0.4 pound acid yellow dye (fast yellow) 0.4 pound tetrazo brilliant blue, 12 B. Conct. ; water to make 100 gallons. "The tobacco denaturant must con- form to th«i following analytical re- quirements : "Determination of nicotine. — It> must contain not less than 4 5 per cent, of nicotine when tested by the following process : "Ten cc. of the solution are measured into a 500 cc. Kjeldahl flask, provided with a suitable bulb tube, 10 cc. of N-10 alkali added, the liquid made up to 50 cc, and distilled in a current of steam until the distillate is no longer alkaline (about 500 cc). The distillate is then titrated with N-10H2SO4, using rosolic acid as an indicator. Not less than 27.8 cc. should be required for the neutralization. "Test of coloring matter. — Take one cc. of the denaturant and make up to 100 cc. with water, acidulating with a few drops of H2S04. Immerse in this solution a piece of white cotton cloth and boil the solution Continue the process, adding more cloth and more water if necessary, until all the blue color in the solution is fixed on the cloth. Then add a piece of white wool- en cloth, and boil the bath as before, until all the yellow color is fixed upon the cloth. Both the cotton and woolen cloths should show decided colors — the cotton blue and the woolen yellow. "Intensity of color. — ,The denatur- ant solution, when observed in an eight-inch cell of Lovibond's tinto- meter, must show a color of an inten- sity not less than No. 24 yellow, com- bined with No. 3 blue." DEARSTYNES ELECT OFFICERS Albany, N. Y., Jan. 31. The stockholers of the Dearstyne Bros. Tobacco Company, at its annual meeting, elected the following direc tors: Charles Dearstyne, Edmund C. Dearstyne, and William E. Fitzsim- mons. The dirtctors elected : President, Charles Dearstyne ; Vice-President- Treasurer, Edmund C. Dearstyne ; Sec- retary, Alfred J. McAvoy, Jr., and Counsel, William E. Fitzsimmons. —Oscar Swanson is fitting up a new retail cigar and tobacco store in Syca- more, III. It is to be thoroughly modern in every partticular. Rutherford ''"si^rr"" are sold by successful dealers. There is a Reason. A Good Pair to Two of Our Popular Five Cent Brands. Our Goods are Made of Best Selections, Made Carefully, and Made to Duplicate. Well, Neff & Co. RED LION, RA. T. E. BROOKS & CO. RED LION, PA. iViANUFACTURERS OF ALL GRADES OF Pennsylvania Cigars FOR THE Wholesale Jobbing Trade DISTRIBUTORS WANTED ON OUR SPECIAL BRANDSt GOV. WRIGHT REGAL DUKE DON SEGNO GEN*L YORK HAVANA SWEETS and MANUEL F. DOMINGUEZ SAMPLES UPON Rt'OLCST i'lll ,-«f V THB TOBACCO WORLD W. A. LAHR Old Act Tllls THt Siory Wholesale Cigar Manufacturer •^'^eASHls pA^i>'^^^ , Red Lion, Penna. S-V V i %?£T4 Get our prices, and make a fair comparison with 'those of other factories.' Correspondence invited with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade. Samples Free to Responsible Houses. 5. AC iMPORTERa or^^ AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST HILAOML^HIA Gieske & Niemann, Packers & Dealers in Leaf Tobacco No. 204 South Charles Street Baltimore, Md. SAMPLES 9r GOVEKNMENT TOBACCO Bi.lribuled to the Trade to Ascertain Market Value. WashirRton, D. C. Feb. 4. The latest report of the Secretary of Agriculture contains the following interesting matter on the experiments which the Government's experts are laaking. • 4. i j During the fiscal year just closed the Bureau of Soils has continued its investigations for the improvement of tobacco in Texas, Alabama. Ohio, and Virginia. The tobacco grown in Texas during the preceding year was distributed to the trade for the purpose of ascertain- ing its commercial value. In all 300 samples were sent out, and from the numerous replies received it can be positively stated that the tobacco pro- duced in Texas meets the requirements of the trade as a high class domestic filler. About 200 acres are now being grown on the Orangeburg soils in Nacogdoches, Anderson, Houston and Montgomery counties in east Texas, while in central Texas, in Lavaca and Lee counties, experiments were con- Ucted on similar soils. The industry is now assuming a commercial status, at a ready market has been created for the leaf. Great interest has been shown by the trade, by railroads, and by local interests in east Texas as a tobacco-producing region, and with the promiiing beginning made in thtf counties mentioned, there is every reason to believe that this section of the State will soon be recognized as an important factor in uur tobacco indus- try. Constitution ^nrv'n. stands for Quality and Workmanship. Remember that. KY. TOBACCO MEN FORM POOL. The site for the barn here has not yet been located, but a committee has been appointed to select it. The society is very enthusiastic in its work and feels sure that all growers who join will be able to get much better prices for their tobacco than they have gotten in years. The operations of the society in this county will be financed by the Louis- ville Tobacco Warehouse Company. TOBACCO SUIT DISMISSED. Newark, N. J. Jan. 30. Vice Chancellor Pitney today heard argument on the form of the deeree to be entered in a suit brought by Richard T. Dana, of New York against the American Tobacco Company to have set aside the combine by which that corporation was formed out of the origi- nal American Tobacco Company, the Continental Tobacco Company, and the Consolidated Tobacco Company. After prolonged discussion the Chancellor de- cided to dismiss the bill without costs and without prejudice to an action at law. CHILEAN TOBACXO IMPORTS- iawling Green and Richardaville Each to Have %. Big Warehouse. Bowling Green, Ky., Jan. 3L . The Society of Equity in this county i* to inaugurate a campaign of organi- Mtion throughout the entire county. They are already arranging to handle this year's crop of tobacco and the President of the organization in this ^ ^^. y ? '/(' f Elg£>» ijlli: % M THE BEST rUNJON MADE 5 i CIGAR ' ontheMarket ''M.STEPPACHER Manufacturer 1 Reading PA Write for Samples ^Prices I ' 1 ; i mot %mm\ii Established 1895 Telephone Connecti«« T. L. ADAIR Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Red Lion, Pa. Special Lines for the Jobbing Trade i; SIGNS! Designers, Printers, and Litho- graphers of CLOTH. ROPE FIBER and CARDBOARD SIGNS, AND PAPER POSTERS. In Weatherproof Colorm We have Something New in FOLDED EDGE SIGNS. UNION LABEL on Work When Dc»Im4 Write for Prices .nd Samples We Furnish QUALITY AND SERVICl THE MASSILLON SIGN L^ POSTER CO. , MASSILLON. OHIO. ^ M THE TOBACCO WORLD COBO. W. BREMER, Jr. BREMER BROS. m N. TliinI St, PHIUMLPHU WALTER T. BREMER Importers, Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Hippie Bros. & Co. Importers and Packers of and Dealers in Leaf Tobaccos 231 Areh St, Philadelphia Our Retail Department is Strictly Up-to-Date John U. Fehr Established 1883 Geo. N. Fehr LOUIS BYTHINBR & CO. ImI Tobacco Broken 308 RaCC St. p, .. . . . • »nd CommUsion Merchant.. rKliaOelphir Long Distance Telephone, Market 3025. J. U. Fehr & Son Importers and Packers of Leaf Tobacco 700 Franklin St., 101 to 107 S. 7th St., READING, RA. (3afcU Address. "HellancJ. Lancaster* Telephone Service JOHN F. HEILAND & CO. COMMISSION MERCHANTS AND DEALERS Leaf Tobacco Eastern Agents MaGee Tobacco Case Sepreaentlarf Mimi Valley Leaf Tobacco Co.. 40 JU* lj06Stllllt l3tr66t Dayton. 0.1 _ _ _ - __ ■rohn Tobacco Co.. Windsor. Cl.i ■^* "* ■*" "*' •.wn^d & Koklni Clnc.nn.tl. O., LANCASTER, PA. V.W. Dohrmann A Son. Cincinnati. O.t ' ■■iahey & Helland. LitltE. Pa. S. Weinberg 121 North Third Street PHILADELPHIA Importer of SUMATRA and HAVANA | Dealer in all kinds of SEED I Tobacci H. VELENCHIK S. VELENOB 1 VELENCHIK BROS. ""-"tX'in LE AF TOBfl(BQ^ Sumatra and Havana 134 N. THIRD ST., PHILADELPHIA! HENRY RINDSKOPF Packer and Importer of ^-T^-blr.: LEAF TOBACCO N. E. Cor. Fifth and Washington Sts. Reading, Pa. AARON B. HESS Packer of and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco PennsylvanidL Seed B's and Tops READY FOR THE MARKET. Write for Prices. Office and Warehouse: ii^M N. Prince St Lancaster, Pa. Bell 'Phone : 77-X. Independent 'Phone : 1464-A. L. O. HAEUSSERMANN CABL L. HAEUSSERMANN U. a. HA Importers of AININ & SONS Packers and Exporters of and Dealers in Sumatra and Havana Leaf Tobacco LARGEST RETAILERS IN PENNSYLVANIA No. 240 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. -THE TOBACCO WORLD l|i R/BAVTISTA y C A.- Leaf Tobacco Warehouse-HABANA, CVBA. *rhl RoTiSTA. NEPTUNO I70--I74. special Partner— GumerSindo Garcia Cukrvo. * SMALL SALES IN THE HAVANA LEAF MARKET. |^< liiiili The Long-Desired Rain Has Fallen in the Vuelta Abajo, and Pros- ects Are Better for the 1907 Crop. Exports for the Past Year. Special Correspondence of The Tobacco World.) • Havana, Cuba, January 28, 1907. Whle the market has not been as Cuesta, of Cuesta, Rey & Co., and Jose t" e as the week before, at least as Escalante, of J. Escalaiite & Co., u as the number of bales traded in is Tampa; Julius Fecht, Ottumwa, la.; oncerned, still there have been quite Francis Taylor, Jr., New York cisar 8 number of small transactions which '- - -^ -u.^ ..,.,, io figure up. The stocks are decreasing Bteadily, and the general opinion is that everything will be sold long before the packing season of the new crop will ^mmence. At last the long hoped for rain has fallen in the Vuelta Abajo, on Friday last, the 25th inst., as the show- ers which had fallen in Havana some (Jays previous had not extended into the interior, and only touched the ports on the coast. The situation for the local and the Northern clear Havana •igar manufacturers has improved, and making up for the difference. while even under the most favorable H. Upmann & Co. again shipped circumstances the 1907 crop cannot be 800.000 cigars during the past week. considered as a large one, it is possible Sol is working as usual, having no that there may be enough to go around lack of orders from all parts of the to supply the needs of our manufac- world. tnrers as well as those in the United Partagas is also doing a good busi- States. In the Santa Clara province ness, particularly for Great Britain no showers of any magnitude have fal- and Germany, although the United kn, but it is still time enough until the States is also playing an important beginning of next month, and prospects role with Cifuentes, Fernandez & Co. there cannot be considered as hopeless Ramon Allones and Cruz Roja is busy. importer, and Theo.Will, of Will Gebru- der, Hamburg. Departures:- -Julius Fecht, for Ot- tumwa ; I. and A. Kaffenburgh, for Bos- ton ; Louis Goldsehmidt, Richard Haas and Captain Mike Flaherty, for New York. Ilnvann Clicar Mnnnfactnrcra are fairly busy, because although there may be a slight falling off in the de- mand from the United Stfltes at pres- ent, other countries, like Great Britain, Germany, South America, etc., are EDWARD C. HAEUSSEBM*'^'' ■ Iggt lor the present. t w w t ». t t- r- ¥-» El Tobacco, in its edition of January J^LIIN 1 £li\ — ^ Nickel Cigar Has won many races for dealers. Try it. Burlnv, SellinHT and Otber Note* of Interest. Grau, Planas & Co. sold 800 bales of Remedios during the past week. Fred Opp, of Weinheimer & Opp, St. Louis, who left last week for his home, was the party who registered 2,000 bales of Remedios and which were already mentioned in my last report. A. Pazos & Co. never seem to get left in the matter of sales, as Don Avellno disposed of 315 bales of Partido and Vuelta Abajo to their various cus- tomers. J. B. Duke and his general staff of the Henry Clay y Bock y Cia, Ltd., arrived here last week and went over to the Vuelta Abajo to inspect their plantations. Gonzalez y Mig'iel turned over 228 bales of Remedios to Northern buyers. Loeb-Nunez Havana Co. are shipping regular quantities every week from their stocks to their American custom- 104 bales were engaged, 279 were taken ers and it seems that for this reason by the home manufacturers, and 1,300 Don Leopold Loeb has been prevented were said to be destined for Austria, from making his usual appearance here The transaction I referred to in my at this season of the year. report of 2,t 00 bales, it is now Sobrs. de A. Gonzalez sold 207 bales •tated, was purchased by the buyers of Remedios and Vuelta Abajo and are almost cleaned out. Don Manuel Lopez, of the Eden fac- tory, was also a departure by the steam- ship Morro Castle. He told me that the Eden factory was marching along, , ..wv. „x. .*^.»^e, -* and having over 4,000 bales of leaf on ^nnerlein & Co., New York ; Sidney hand, Calixto, Lopez & Co. can look «J^li9child, of Rothschild & Bro., into the future with nonchalence.as far *w York and Havana ; F. W. Lincoln, as the new crop is concerened *pj' ^^^^^^^^ & Co., Key West ; Joseph A. M. Calzada & Co. closed out about ^edeles, of Wedeles Bros., and Henry 100 bales of Remedios from their choice ^•u*, of Cohn Bros., Chicago; A. L. holdings. 25, gives some very interesting statis tics as regards the exports of leaf to- bacco and also of cigars, cigarettes and cut tobacco. The total exports of leaf for 1906 amounted to 277.426 bales, against 317,087 bales in 1905, which ibows a decrease of 39,661 bales. Not- vithstanding this the United States has taken 11,885 bales more than during the previous year, so the shrinkage has been principally in the exports to Ger- nany and Spain. The cigar exports in 1906 were 256,738,029 cigars, showing an increase of 29,709,508 cigars over 1906, and of this increase the United States participated with 14,802,150 cigars. At the same rate that the United States is increasing its imports, it will soon be the first consuming country as it is now only 13,000,('00 cigars behind in the exports from Jiere to Great Britain. Sales this week amounted to 2,683 bales, ere), and it would seem as if this •tore has been increasing its business since the opening of the School street •tore. The jobbers have been doing extra business the past week, the cause of it being the new gratis deal of ten packages of Hassan cigarettes with «very 1,000 Trophies or Sweet Caporals. This deal is of great value to the re- ^ilers and many of them tell me before the deal goes off they will order 25,000 «J the Sweet Caporal to get the gratis Hasaans. which, by the way, are selling just as good as the Sweet Caporals in «i8 section. Fore 'n Aft. the new sliced plug of «e American Tobacco Co., is being P»«hed with vigor here, and from all reports the package is selling nicely. Mr. Gifford, who has charge of this tobacco for this territory, has a crew of capable salesmen under him who are bringing in plenty of orders. Some attractive advei'tising is being done in connection with the Fatima cigarettes. M. Barnett & Co., leaf tobacco deal- ers at 164 Milk street, informed me that trade has been very good with them since the first of the year. They are doing a specially nice Sumatra business both wholesale and retail, and any cigar manufacturer would do well to look them up. M. Barnett expects to leave shortly for Amsterdam, Hol- land, to attend the first inscription there next month. S. Rose, cigar manufacturer, 164 Milk street, although in business only a few months, is doing a nice trade on Barnett's Havana Smoker. E. E. Steeves, formerly the New England agent for the R. A. Patterson Tobacco Go's, various brands of smok- ing and chewing tobacco, and who a short time ago resigned his position to go into the cigar manufacturmg line with Schubert Bros, here, has sold his stock in the latter concern and is now back in his old position with the Pat- terson Company. Mr, Dubreil. who has had charge of the Boston end of the business for the Patterson Com- pany, will probably be given some other territory to look after. Gans Bros,, New York, are meeting with grand success here on their new pony size of the William the Fourth brand. The cig>r is being well dis tributed by Rosenthal Bros,, the New England selling agents. The business of John W. Doty, of Lynn, has been incorporated under the name of J. W. Doty Tobacco Co. They will push the sale of various cigars put up under their own brands. The Baltimore Dairy Lunch cigar stand, 249 Washington street, had a window display this week consisting of a miniature theatre, and incidentally advertising a few sizes of their own brands of cigars. The display created the desired effect, so Brother J. P. Mahoney, the genial manager, tells me. There are certain retailers here who make a practice of giving every drum- mer who calls an order through their jobber. These orders usually find their way into the waste basket when the jobber receives them. Ben Ali. LUIS NUNIZ MANUEL NUNIZ HILARIO MUNIZ VENANCIO DIAZ. Special Partner MUNIZ HERMANOS y CIA S en C J Growers and Dealers of YUELTAABAJO, PARTIDO and REMEDIOS TOBACCO Cable : "Angel." Havana Reiaa. 20, HavansL p. o. box 98 JOSE F. ROCHA^ Havana Leaf Tobacco fiipmlifiiliil Tabacos Finos de Vaelta Abajo, Partido y f San Mii&uel lOO, HABANA, CUBA. CHARLES BLASCO Commission Merchant Leaf Tobacco and Ciftani 1 O'Reilly St. Sr^ Habana, Cuba GONZALMZ, BENITEZ & CO. Almacenistas deTabaco en Rama y Yiveres Amargara 12 and 14, a^** San Ignacio 25, Cable: "Tebenit.!.- P. O. Box 396. HABANA, CUBA. LOMB-NUNEZ HAVANA CO. 142 and 144 Constilado Street, HABANA. Cable:— RxvoRM. Ml 11^ CLEAR HAVANA CIGARS Are Popular Because They Please the Consumer. RUTHERFORD A. M. CALZADA & CO. Packers and Dealers in Li and COMMISSION MERCHANTS Monte 156, HABANA, CUBA. p. o. Box. aea. CabUi "CALDA.** hdbloobn -MNIIS A. MMMBANII —The Schmitt Bros. Tobacco Co., of Milwaukee, Wis., has increased its capital from $20,000 to $50,000 and added two new members to its board of diretcors. which is now composed of C. M. Schmitt. M. F. Schmitt, C. W. Walter. W. T. Armstrong, Sheboygan, and Charles Bergman. Calumet Harbor. —Fire destroyed the cigar manufac- tory of P. E. Noll on East Ninth street, Shawnee. Okla.. with all its contents, includmg a big stock of tobacco and cigars, tools, etc. The damage is $1,800. with $1,000 insurance. —Schwartz & Co., who have fitted a large cigar factory at 109 West Third street, Wilmington. Del., will start the plant with a large number of operatives. It has been fitted with the latest ma- chinery and^facilities. Hendelsohn, Bornemaim & Got Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO a«d Commission Aerchants I T«vk Offic*! WATEl STKER ■avaaa. Caba* ■AMtH. MiAMEL y CA Cabl* Addr«aat DERBA. Talaphoaat 1639 WM. BADER Importer of Havana Tobacco 4 Burllnii Slip. NEW YORK A SpMUHy of HAVANA WRAPPERS and FILLERS »l rrtaiL M.U ordan proouXly MkA II GONZALEZ Y MIGUEL Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama Especialidad en Tabaco &e Santa Clara de Primera Claaa . C.W.. "CAW HARANA AMISTAD 97. HABANA* Ifl THE TOBACCO WORLD ERNEST ELLINGER & CO. no. lOi water street Importers of HAVANA^TOBA CCO New York LEAF TOBACCO. orriccs : DETROIT, MICH. AM8TEPOAM .HOLLAND. HAVANA. CUBA. New York, fM.S.GANS MOSES J. CANS JKROME WALI.HR EDWIN I. ALEXANDKE JOSEPH S. CANS 1 ' u T^Uono^r"/^ nn Julius Marquseo and Joseph r. Cat The Royal Turkish Tobacco Co .on ^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ February 1, removed from 104 Green ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^ inspection of tU \^'"^^f ^^wlttlnf th?v Lv hid be Ohio packings, and both are im street, which action th-y say had be ^j ^^ jj pleased with the meriUd come necessary owing to the increase ^JJ^ J^^^ goods, in their business. j,^^ ^^^^^^ ^{^^^ business of IhisciU The t usanges & Censor Tobacco ^^g y, ^^ seriously interfered with* Co. has been incorporated to manufac- - . . ,. . 1. i. ture cigars, tobacco, etc., with a capi- tal of $25,000. by I. W. Schenker, M. Schenker. C. Dushkind and H. K. Arnoldi, all of New York city. Samuel Goldbach. 221 West Forty- first street, formerly a cigar manufac- turer, has been granted a discharge in b&nlcruDtcy • — — ^ Several new cigar box factories the time of the year, they are which were started recently are now quite good Their peatest concen. expanding their business and making the miserable supply of raw ma aj prompt shipments. Plate & Uietz. ac and the attendant high prices o(iI 328 30 East Twenty- sixth street, have varieties of leaf. day, uwing to the extremely bal weather. Dealers generally aree»l plaining of the present conditions, mI| are doing a comparatively small bii«[ ness. , No complaint is heard from the cijtil manufacturers of the city, alraostdl of whom report business conditionsil be fairly satisfactory and, consideiiuj QUItT RULES LANCASTER MARKET. Transactions Small. Buyers Lo..kir| for Lower Prices. Which Uo Not Appear. Lancaster, Pa . Feb. 4. There has been but little change in the local leaf market during the past week. No particularly large transac- tion was recorded, and the business was made up of a number of smaller deaU. No activity has been revived in the buying of the remainder of the 1906 crops. What little was done was on a basis of lower prices than was paid for goods last fall. The balance of the crops would no doubt be soon bought up if farmers were willing to make the concession in price which buyers feel, under present conditions, they should have, but growers appear to be still holding out in the hope of getting pretty nearly the prices paid last fall. The leaf man argues that such hope is now out of the question, and that is what apparently has caused a compara- tive standstill. Enormous quantities of tobacco are being delivered to warehouses, a con- siderable portion coming in by rail from stations throughout the county and adjacent territory. Considerable leaf is also being brought from points in York county, which is said to be the finest gotten from there in years. Already farmers are discussing the possible 1907 acreage, with indications of an increase in some few sections, and an acreage at least equal to 1906 in.all other sections. , . .. iThe cigar factories throughout the county can be said to be fairly brisk ; orders are coming in steadily and e»«I factory is running about the full low of its usual capacity. The last of the large walls of » Moss cigar factory was thrown. «• last week. It was the one on * eastern end of the building, to wW the high chimney was attached. Uw under the direction of Conir^ Shaub. butW. S. Michael, B. D.W and John Harner did the "SgiM ^ other preliminary work. The wallW in without doing any damage, andtW is no longer any danger. ^. On Friday the Moss company ««■■ the large warehouse at Ja™*',' Prince streets, which they will «J as a drying and stripping depaTtni* and many hands will be put to •• The Internal Revenue receipu" January, in the Ninth District, uj an excellent progress in the oo^ of cigars during the month, as *"■ pared with December preceding. • with January, 1906. Following i» table of cigar stamp sales : ^ January. 1907. $202.25^; December. 1906. 195 943.» January. 1906, 194,y35.» In round numbers, therefore, the put of cigars was as follows: ^ January, 1907. f.J Jj December, 1906, ^^3o'Si January, 1906, ^i,f- And consequently we find that * (Concluded.on page 17) Constitution ^^t^\ Made in the good old way. EL DRACO CIGAR. MFG. CO . P>>il For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to Esublisbed 1880 L. J. Sellers & Son, KEYSTONE BOX CO., SELLERSVILLE, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD 10 A. COHN Si CO. IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra PACKERS OF Seed Leaf Tobacco and Growers of Georgia Sumatra 142 Water Street, New York EDEN CIGAR FACTORY 9f BANCES & L0PE2 HAVANA. CUBA I JOSH BILLINGS J Calixto Lopez & Co 180 Water St. New Yo4 Will receive and attetd to ordaxi Cigtti made strictly of the rery bii 0 VTJELTA ABAIO TOBACCO AHibUthtd 1840. CabU "MMgO.' 3c. Cigar "There hain't none better than the best" — Josh Billings. This Is the Best. Hinsdale Smith & Co* kgfloriers of Sumatra & Havana' |^^1^^^^^^ •^Packers o{ Connecticut Leaf I ULFC1V/\^V 125 Maiden Lane, Zr^^*^ NEW YORK. JOSEPH HOLZMAN SUMATRA, HAVANA 'Tr\ K a r^ /^ r\ and SEED LEAF IKJUQKj\^\J 185 Water St., New York ^ Mai "'^•>. u A. G^^^^^ IMPORTERS <^H AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST ^HILAOeL^HIA Established i88z ■ THE Incorporated 1902 W0RLD Published Every Wednesday BY THE TOBACCO WORLD PUBLISHING CO. 224 Arch Street. PhiladelpKia. Jay Y Krodt, J. M Bucki^hy, H. C. Mc Mantis, President ati'1 Oenl. Manager. Editor. Secretary and Treasurer. Batered at the Post Office at Philadelphia, Pa., as second class matter. Tblephones:— Bell, Market 28-97 ; Keystone, Main 45-39A Cable Address, Baccoworld . Havana Office, Post Office Box 3^2. SUBSCRIPTION-PAYABLE IN ADVANCES 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 i^ dence of merit as to entitle them to Dublic attention. No advertisement ^nown or believed to be in any way ^Icnlated 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.i> PubwshinG Co , 224 Arch St., Philada. could not realize as much per pound for their crops as some others had, and as they had expected to get. The night raids have subsided to a great extent, but Kentucky's trouble does not yet appear to be at an end. There has been some strife among local warehouse men, alleged independent associations are forming to combat with the supposedly covetous eye of the warehouses, and now comes news from Lexington and other central Kentucky towns to the effect that a new policy in regard to employing help for warehouse establishments and which may bring to an issue the employment of child labor, and afford an opportunity to test the child labor law of the State : "It is proposed to employ „ women and girls to perform ig labor that does not require mag(^ line strength alone. It is claiQ|| that the women and girls will p^,, form as much work for from;2k $4 a week as the men. who haii been receiving from $1 to %\,y^^ day. It is believed that a test cas will be brought in order to defim the limitations of the right of boft sides." And 80 it appears that the which have been inflicted by the] lessness of marauders is to falli heavily upon the poor laboring and his possibly illy kept child, forced to attempt to sustain bio \ the meagre pittance of $2 per w« per head ! THE TOBACCO WORLD 15> THE TOBACCO TRADE IN PHILADELPHIA. PHILADELPHIA. FEBRUARY 6. 1907. BUYER. VS FARMER. The leaf tobacco branch of our indus- try will find in our Lancaster corres- pondence of this week matters of special interest to them, and special attention is called to the abstracts which our correspondent took of a re- port in the local daily press, but upon which we think he very discreetly ab- stained from making any comment, al- though not restrained by the editor, who knows that he is the best posted and most sincere correspondent in that important market, one whose position is, and always has been puch that he has no occasion to either favor or fear anyone in the trade, and the only sug- gestions ever made him from head- quarters were to the effect of urging reasonable care and diligence in the collection of his matter, and to refrain as far as possible from personalities. That he has done so is fully shown by kis own work as published from week to week in our columns for some years. This week's Lancaster correspon- dence, however, contains some matter 80 latent that we venture a few re- narks. It appears that, to put it mildly, con- siderable contention has arisen in the Itancaster market, owing to the fact that now that the receiving is on, Imyers are found to- be very exacting in receiving tobacco, and insist upon its being in the condition that it should be in when delivered to them, and free from the objectionable features which are so generally stipulated in the form of contract now so generally used by Lancaster buyers. Of course, there are two sides to all natters of contention between con- tracting parties. The buyers claim to be justified in their action of rejection or docking, and growers allege that un- fair advantage is attempted to be taken of them, and as it is human nature to be able to find in every occupation peo- ple of unscrupulous tendencies, we re- gret to have to admit that the leaf trade is not without them, and likewise with the farmers. The 1906 crops were bought for the nost part at high prices, and as we have endeavored to show heretofore, nnwarranledly high prices were paid, which high prices, as can be readily seen, are the "bone of contention." Buyers are more than ordinarily ex- acting when receiving tobacco, and (rowers may have found in the high prices incentives to attempt certain concealments in order to realize the greatest amount possible for their crops. The speculative nature of the market conditions last fall, when the major portion of the crops were bought, brought into the field a number of ir- responsible buyers, who have found their present position vulnerable and are ready to adopt all manner of means to escape liability. We venture the opinion that there is scarcely a responsible packer in Lan- caster who is not living up to his con- tract to the letter, and is willing to stand a financial loss, if such should be the ultimate unfortunate outcome, rather than default on his word or con- tract. At the prices paid packers are fully justified in uemandirg that crops shall be delivered to them in the condition stipulated in their contract. It is well remembered how furtively growers were awaiting the arrival of the buyer who would offer them an excessive price for their crops, and giving too little heed to the matter of the finan- cial responsibility of the buyer. We not only do not condone any un- fair act of the buyer, but we do also somewhat blame an apparent selfish- ness on the part of the farmer, who by a few simple rules can save himself a heap of trouble and doubtless bring ad- ditional dollars into his coffer : Don't sell your tobacco before it is properly ready. Sell only to buyers of known re- sponsibility. Have your tobacco in honest and proper condition when delivering. HIGH JINKS IN KENTUCKY. Certain citizens of the State of Ken- tucky, not a few of whom were in sorr.e manner or other identified with the to- bacco industry, have been lately in the lime light, owing to the fact that they have been taking liberties with the theory of civil government, and to which certain other citizens of the Blue Grass State strenuously objected. Tobacco warehouses were maliciously burned in night raids in a drastic though erroneous effort to injure the so-called tobacco trust. It appoars that at the bottom of the lawlessness was not so much the idea that the trust was really oppressing the citizens of the State of Kentucky, as it was that a certain clique of far- mers became disgruntled because they The annual inspection of his office has caused Collector of Internal Reve- nue William McCoach pride that his oflSce is again given the highest rank in efficiency and condition that it is possible to attain. The Philadelphia office has so often, under Collector McCoach, received the highest praise of the Washintgon heads of the De- partment of Internal Revenue that it is almost placed beyond competition with the other offices. The Collector has been informed that so hiph is the grade of his office that it has been fixed at No. 1. , . u Revenue Agent Fletcher, from the department at Washington, has just completed the annual inspection of the local office The Government regula- tions require that such offices be ex amimdat stated intervals, to ascer- tain their condition. The volume of business, correctness in keeping ac- counts and extent of perfection is ex- amined into. As a result of this particular exami- nation. Commissioner of Internal Reve- nue Yerkes has advised Collector McCoach not alone that all his accounts were found in balance and the records neatly kept and written up to date, but that the general standard of effici- ency was so high that the grade of his office has been fixed at No. 1. Since he has been Collector of this district, on every occasion that Collector McCoach's office has been examined its grade has been fixed at No. 1. The office collects aoout seven mil- lions a year. A Quakertown news letter ioi Allentown, Pa., 'newspaper annoo that a meeting of the citizens of < kertown has been held intheintu of a proposed large cigar factory] Roig & Langsdorf , the plans of wV call for a building, 40 by 120 feet, I stories and basement, which would| vide sufficient room for 200 b« The firm now employs 77 hands at I point. An organization was fon, which will erect the building atani timated cost of about $8,000, onthei derstanding that Roig & Langsdorfi, lease it for a period of ten years it| annual rental of $640. being 8 pen on the estimated cost of the prop W. C. Miller, tho PhiladelphiiL presentative of The Khedivial CoJ New York, manufacturers of Tori" cigarettes, has just returned to his! headuarters in this city, after i| tracted visit to Atlantic coast and portions of Pennsylvania. Miller is highly enthusiastic overJ success of the Turkish Delights n by his firm, and their rapidly incr ing sales, in both plain and cork qj as well as their fine line of morei pensive goods. J. Wesley Thomas. Collector of I Port at Philadelphia, was lasti elected President of the Repub Central Campaign Committee, m the request of President Roos«r through Secretary of the Treii Shaw, he has withdrawn from office. A fire in a water tank sounds like a joke, but that is what happened Tues- day on the roof of Boltz, Clymer & Co.'s cigar factory. Fifteenth street and Lehigh avenue. About 500 men and women were worKing in the four- story building. The women were greatly frightened, but the foreman allayed their fears and none of them quit the buildmg. They were pre- pared, however, to do so, and for about twenty mmutes none of them did any work. They crowded the windows and watched the fire engines which had been summoned and which quickly ex- tinguished the flames. A water pipe connection beneath the tank had frozen and a workman had placed a lighted lamp beneath it to thaw it out. The lamp's flame set fire to the wooden bottom of the tank. C. S. Turner & Co., of 45 South Second street, who have also establish- ments in New York city, and in Scranton. Pa., have decided to open a cigar factory of their own in this city, and for that purpose have secured the upper floors of the premises they are now in. A. J. Yinger, lately engaged in the cigar manufacturing business at Camden. N. J., has been secured to take charge of the factorjr, and will henceforth give up manufacturing in Camden, although he will continue a selling agency there, which will be supplied with goods from the factory of C. S. Turner & Co. C. S. Turner & Co. opened the Phila- delphia branch of their business about six months ago, and rapidly built up a big trade on the product of W. W. Stewart & Sons, of Reading, Pa. The Chas. P. Mullen Co. ha?« bMil corporated in Camden, N. J., byWJ Eds -n, C. P. Mullen and J. AJ Peak, with a capital of $25,0(lftj manufacture cigars, cigarettes, and tobacco. ., The office of Chas. P. Mullen 4| is at 60 North Fourth street, Phijr phia, and we are informed nocM in this respect is anticipated, boti the business is being shaped for> aggressive work, and an expansidl its operations. %% A. D. Engel, who for many was superintendent of the c'88.f tories of Gumpert Bros, in tbi»< and Reading, has become associi with Frank Teller & Co., at 429 W street. Both parties are to W gratulated on the new order of tnu A movement has been started in city by A. Pareira. of D. Pareira** looking toward the formation of »• sociation of local leaf Jobber"' mutual protection and advanceipe"" social intercourse and otherwise,^ to remedy so far as possible w alleged trade evils. Mr. Par®'''' that he has already enlisted w operation of a goodly number oi jobbers and is hopeful of securiw of them ere long. .1 One of the complaints made oy tradesmen is that packers are co into this market with their oner and make sales of certain Quan"J jobbers, and then also sell ot"^'.' , manufacturers at the same pricv the jobber was charged whoisexr tj carry goods in stock, 9^\A small lots and yet be handicaps llllli Look Out rOH YOVR OWN INTERESTS! Never mind what the other fellow says. He may tell you certain tobacco is too cheap to be good. Let Us Convince You by sending you a sample that will prove the PRICE is the only thing that is Cheap, and that THIS SUMATRA is a rich, medi- um color, of fine quality and good yield, At Only $2.35 a Pound. Less For Bale Lots L 6. HAEUSSCRMANN & SONS Importers, Packers, Wholesalers and Retailers of CIGAR LEAF TOBACCO - ArcK Street Philadelphia i 11 I If THE TOBACCO WORLD -THB TOBACCO WORLD IT The Miami Valley Leaf Tobacco Co ....H «e.o.a DAYTON, OHIO sr..... .. ..o.. Packers of Cigar Leaf Tobacco 1903-4-5 Zimmer Spanish, 1905 Gebhardt, 1905 Dutch, 1905 Connecticut, etc. Porto RicooCi^ar Co. Red Lion, Pa. AVHOLESALE CIGAR MANUFACTURERS IVIaior Paul ] Lord Selkirk ^OC. Arrow Point J Tom Lewis— 2 for So. Wholesale and Jobblnd Trade Only ev.OArot ElOno Union Made 5 -Cent Cigars are as Good as Cigars Can be Made Chas. A. Oberly, Maker LEBANON, PA. j Wisdom on the Label Wisdom in the Cigar A 5c. Smoke that is so Good It is Bound to Repeat Ohmit & Kraft East Prospect Pa. ■A packers selling in a similar manner, and on similar terms and conditions. It is not the first time that such an association has been attempted here, but so far no very brilliant success has been made of the undertaking. Mr, Pareira, however, is ve»y enthusiastic over the project, and thinks that con- ditions generally were never before so favorable to such an undertaking. L. G. Haeussermann & Sons have for some days past experienced a very active demand for Florida Georgia wrappers, of which they consider themselves fortunate in having se- cured quite a good supply recently. A large number of shipments of this class of goods was made by the firm within the past week. Friends of Seigfried Strauss, lately a salesman with L. G. Haeuseermann & Sons, but now representing a New York house, are extending him their fullest sympathy at the loss of a young daughter who was an exceptionally bright and beautiful girl and his only child. A Tobacco World representative was today shown around the new offices and sample room of Morris Rosenberg & Co. at 306 North Third street. The offices have been very beautifully decorated with metal ceilings apd con- tain very comfortable fittings. - The sample room is one of the best lighted in the city and very inviting in its ap- pearance. Altogether the firm is now very comfortably domiciled. PHILADELPHIA LEAF NARKltj The condition of the seed leaf ma. has been quite normal this week, ^1 neither large offerings aor sales )«|l been recorded. The apparent hanuBtl ing of the seed leaf market at LaD(»| ter by one of the Philadelphia daili|| has apparently had no ill eflfect int^l market, for as we have said, offeriJ were not large and prices reinaiiri| firm. I There have been some inquiries M out-of-town dealers and manufactottl for various grades of goods, which m result in the ultimate consuramatial of more or less important transacticil Several Philadelphia houses J earnestly engaged in packing 1906^ baccos, and they report deliverieii their respective warehouses heavy. There was considerable movenenti Florida tobacco, one house reports quite a number of single bale saliii Sumatra has been fairly active,! like Florida the transactions were( fined largely to small lot sales. In Havana tobaccos there ia pr cally no change, and although re„ reports from Havana have beeoi couraging, prices are very firm. FIRE DAMAGE IN HARRISBURC A recent disastrous fire at Han burg Pa., completely destroyed thej gar establishment of Miles D. _., who claims a loss of $4,000 with|l,| insurance, and George M. Harry, \ sustained a loss of $5,000, and wasi insured. Cigars of Quality Sell and Repeat. THE DOCTOR 5c. Ci^ar WALTER S. BARE. Lititz, Penna. "A Wonderful Nickel's Worth" That's What the Consumer Says About me FERNSIDE For He Gets That Rich Taste and Aroma Looked For in a More Expensive Cigar Let US send you Samples of this Steady Seller GEO. W. PARR, Littlestown, Pa. SIZE, ie BY 10 INCHES- -WEIGHT. "8 POUNDS HOW TO REDUCE EXPENSES is the foremost thought with all manufacturers just at this time The solution can be found in our BunchiOii Device, and this can be proven to your entire satisfaction if you will call at our offices and see it "at work." A most cordial invitation is extended. Every oppor- tunity given for close inspection, and such tests as you may care to make; or full information furnished upon request. Agents wantad throughout the United Statea The Perfect Bui\cKii\g MaLcKiive CoJ No. 132 South Sixth Street PHll^ADELPHIA prr'Aj? J^TBBONS A:yr;meot>f Plam ana Fancy RibbaatK C' ^ iX-^^l-^ -1. V K:^ • ^^^^ ^^^ Sample Card and Price LM to Department W Wm. Wicke Ribbon Co. 36 East Twenty-second Street, NEW YORKi Hs^ufactorers ®' Bindings, Galloons, taffetas, Satin and Gros Grain. (Concluded from page 12.) — 1007 shows an increase in output ;7;r December, 1906. of 2.105.400. and January.' 1906. of 2.441250. nurinjr the month of January tV'ere «9 also collected $2,672.19 on manufac- tnred tobaccos, and $19.92 on snuff. A local daily came out recently with a lengthy report on field operations, or more plainly speaking the buying of the remaining crops, which follows : "Tobacco buyers are busy. They are traveling the country trying to buy the crops they bought last fall for 15 to 16 cents at prices two or three cents Uss ; and they are getting some of them. "If the information received from the growers is to be credited, not over half of the farmers who were induced to sell last fall are getting the prices their contracts called for. Some, upon delivery, are docked ; some have been notified before delivery that their to- bacco would noc be received at the contract price, and some have seen the contract brazenly torn up in their presence." "A few days ago a Lancaster buyer called on an Amishman whose crop he had purchased last fall at 15 and 5. He looked at the tobacco, and said: 'I cannot receive this tobacco, it is not properly assorted. You will have to go over it all and re-sort it. ' He probably expected to re-buy it at a lower price, but as the grower's re- ligion did not permit him to go to law over it, he permitted the buyer to cancel the contract, and now has it for ttle "The experience of this year is going to bring about some radical changes in tobacco trading in the future. Some buyers will have to hunt sections of the county where they are not known, if they want to make contracts another year. Many growers have been heard to express the determination of never selling their goods until it is stripped and ready to deliver, no difference how they are importuned nor how high the price offered. Some farmers say that hereafter there must be some 'down money' ; in other words, that when a buyer purchases a crop, he should put up a forfeit of $25 or $50 an acre, as is done in almost all other business trans- actions. "There are, of course, exceptions to the rule. Some buyers are taking the crops they bought without a word when delivered in sound condition. And some growers deserve to be docked ; but in a large majority of the cases, it is a pure and simple matter of buyers lay- ing down on their contracts because they believe they paid too much for the goods. Last year, when they bought tobacco early and the price went up several cents before it was delivered, they were glad to get it ; but this year, when the market has gone against them they are welshing. "Some crops are still selling in the northern section of the county and. as nearly as can be learned, pricep range from 13 to 15 cents. For a 20-acrecrop grown close to Lancaster, the owner has been offered 16 cents though within the last couple of weeks, so it would seem that the bottom has not fallen entirely out of the market, as buyers would have farmers believe." Rutherford, ConstitutioD, Hunter — a strong trio. El Draco Gifiar Mi, Co., Philada. Marcus Jaskulek Morris Jaskulek Robert Jaskulek M. JASKULEK & SONS Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco 814 and SIB East Third Street DAYTON, OHIO Joe Endress, Jr. A. C. Kercher II lllli Pioneer Leaf Tobacco Co, Germantown, Ohio Packers of CIGAR LEAF TOBACCO High Grade Cigar Molds. in any shape, at lowest prices. CIG4R MANUFACTURERS' REVENUE BOOKS 25 cents each ; postage prepaid, 30 cents. The American Ci^ar Mold Co., Cincinnati,0. W. H. SNYDER &C0. Windsor, Pa. Manufacturers of Popular Brands of FIne-<'Mediunv Priced Cigars Correspondence with Wholesale and Jobbing Trade only invited. Particulars cheerfully given to responsible inquirers. Our Leaders Include: Honeysuckle, Rose Show, Jumbo, Libby Dear, Verelda, Charles Fay, Carisima, Gov. Pattison, Model American, and Others. ill !!f1 ; I GaxMMlty tot ManolftctttTlng Cigar Boxes *£!!UAw''RTOif foe'OniTmoiui Good Coitoiom. THE TOBACCO WORLD . L J. Sellers & Son, Sellersville, Pa. For Gentlemen of Good Taste J-SAN FELieE^ (5 _ A HIGH GRADE R ^ 3C.CIGAR FOR iJt>. Sold Extensively by Leading Ciear Dealers and Druggists Throughout the United States SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES THE DEISEL-WEMMER CO., Makek-s LIMA, OHIO YORK'S JANUARY TRADE WAS GOOD J. F. REICHARD Wholesale Dealer in LEAF TOBACCO cf All Grades Craley, Penna. W. W. STEWART & SON Reading, Pa. %^)flN ffi^y- Makers of the "^ JOHN HAY LADY HELEN lOc. JOHN HAY, Jr. ELI PERKINS Sc. Hi^h Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Corr«>.«p<>iiilencr %vlih Responsible Houses Solicited •^ L. J. SMITH & CO. I Wholesale Cigar Manufacturers AND Dealers in Leaf Tobacco ;ijO»i£|»»-tY FJED LION, PA. Maunfaclurars oi an \ -PAN ANNA 5c. Cigars TWO HAVANAS Two for Five Gents Private Brands aaadc to order. %Vitb .Specially Designed Bands. Corre.ponJenrc with Re.pon.iblo Hou»«» ■olicited. SMITH BROS. "™^*".id Z^ LEAF TOBACCO No. 17 Charter Street, Dayton, O. Ohio Goods Our Specialty lutern&l Revenue Receipts Exceed Those of December by $10,000. York, Pa., Feb. 4. The past month has been a booming one in the tobacco trade throughout the county, the receipts at the York in- ternal revenue office from the sale of stamps amounting to $10,000 more than those of December, and to $2,000 more than those of January last year. Twenty-six new cigar factories were established. During the early part of the month the outside deputies of the revenue offit-e made the rounds of the factories and inventories were taken according to the requirement of the law that this be done annually in January. The report of the deputies is not yet in shape for submission. The receipts at the revenue office from the sale of stamps in January amounted to $107,- ODO For December. 1906, they amounted to $97,000. and for January of last year to $105 000. Following is the list of new factories established: Mary E. Debbs, 274 West College avenue; Joseph Hoch- berger. 257 W«st Market street; Liz- zie Ness, York ; Norman P. Bentz, 19 Seward street. North York; Custes H. Conrad, M. W. Diehl, and C. C. Schmuck. Felton; Erwin C. Strayer and C. A. Theophee. Red Lion ; How- ard Leber and Maude M. Filmore, East Prospect; Harvey C. Little and Annie B. Busbey, McSherrystown ; Cassie M. Glatfelter, George W. Con- way and Noah E Metz. Dallastown ; Ida Geisler and William Geisler, Thomasville, Robert W. Hummer, Dover ; Samuel A. Smith, Yoe ; Emma J. Grim, Springvale, Sterner Bros., Bandana; W. A. Lahr, Craleyville; Shearer & Co., Windsor. The sudden death of the editor of The Tobacco World is deeply regretted by the hundreds of friends of the paper in York county. The news came aa a complete and shocking surprise. J. Greenewald, of Philadelphia, was a visitor in York this week, showing the trade some fine samples of his lines of goods. , ... H. C. Little, formerly a bookkeeper 'with the Keystone Cheroot Co., at Hanover, has engaged in the cigar I manufacturing business at McSherrys- town. H. F. Kohler, of Nashville, manufac- I turer of the 144, Happy Jim and a I large line of other brands of nickel and ' ten cent cigars, recently placed his 144 ' brand with B. F. McNeaV, Jr., of Steelton, who is doing both a wholesale and retail business on Mr. Kohler's line of goods. CIGAR. CABINET DISPLAY. Bubeck & Guerin, of 115 East Thirteenth street. New York, who have made an enviable reputation with their unique line of cigar cabinets and moist- ening devices, have again taken space at the Madison Square Garden for the Tobacco Show to be held next Septem- ber. Their goods constituted one or the most attractive lines of specialties at last year's show, and that of the before at the Grand Central Pi and the attention which their di«. have been attracting has beei thoroughly satisfactory that even i elaborate preparations are being i for this year's exhibit than bef«ii| The line will include cigar cabin cigar moistening devices, bridge i poker sets, wine cabinets, etc., int- profusion, and besides, the showiil be attended daily by some membtii the firm. SPECIAL NOTICE. (12^ cents per 8-point measnred Ml| FOR SALE.— One Columbua(Wij short filler bunching mad twelve Miller's (M. D. & P.) loi«« short filler hand bunching raachr one Excelsior (Kline) long buncher, one Duplex (Borgfeld) filler buncher, seven Keyes-Baker( rolling machines, three Keyes-B wrapper cutters and a quantity ol< two DeGarmo improved Empire i cutters Nos. 1 and 3i, sixty M. D.ll] shapers, one iron mould prew, eight moulds No. 7, one 90 mould pr wood and iron, one 86 mould press. i and iron, one large cylinder « sifter, one Excelsior re sweater,! hold a full case, one large preiil cigar boxes, a large quantity oI lU & P. cigar, cheroot and cigMi moulds, any shape or number yooi desire, and other articles and mW for manufacturing cigars, 8«i packers' presses, binder cutter* lined filler boxes, large zinc ImedJ on wheels, etc. Will sell extrr cheap. If interested in any ol i address at once P. O. Drawer Rochester, N. Y. ^■*' To Manufactarers of G^ars: If you have any Cuttings, Scraps or SiMl| to sell, write us. We are at all times in the mwWJI Cash Buyers of all these prodo^l EDWIN L. KOPPELMAN Oft 7.6-lh 81 Pine St., N«w V FOR SALE. -Nice lot of 76 he good heavy Kentucky broken i and scraps suitable for making 80 tobacco. Also, nice old, well swb well-sized cigar fillers and wW Buckner. Dankerson » >- , 7.11tf LouiBVii*; WE PURCHASE Cigar Mok desirable shapes— such J 16,261, No. 8,832, No. 8,569. wl stating what you have and the( Winget Mfg. Co., York, Pa^ PSTABLISHED BROKER ^ -*-' good line of Medium PnceO* Good business for a good facto'Ij dress J. S., Box 32, care of J' World. Philada. ^ TO RENT.— Upper floors for f^ . purposes. Apply 121 N.8d»fc »or Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to ' ^^'^'^ LI Sellers A Son. KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO.. SELi-ERSVlLLE, Pi^ THE TOBACCO WORLD- 1% il J. B. MILLEYSACK Manufacturer of Fine Havana PinilRS Hand-Made l#llJ^iltP No. 821 Lake Street LANCASTER, PA. Correspondence with the Jobbing Trade solicited. J. E. SHERTS & CO. Lancaster, Pa. DALLASTOWN, PA. Manufacturer of Nickel & Medium Price CIGARS For Wholesale and Jobbing Trad« Manufacturers of Cigars E RENNINGER, ii-.;Lblii::td 1889, Skdanufacturerof High and Medium Grad^ Cigars Strictly Union-Made Goods. DgnVCr, CORRESPONDENCE INVITED FROM RESPONblBLE HOUSES. 322-326 V E.23«PST. JAH(>us& PRICES ; FURHISHED J.' UPON Applicatioh ? ,0 IN STOCK , TO ORDER CIGAR LABELS The Gilt Edge Cigar Box Factory J. FRANK BOWMAN 51 Market St. Lancaster, Pa. CIGAR BOXES SHIPPING CASES LABELS, EDGINGS, RIBBONS Cigar Manufacturers' SUPPLIES of All Kinds Daily Capacity, Five Thousand Boxes CHASKEt'S C|OAR«'to9A^ CSTABUSHCO 1671. ..m^^^Z Hove Your Tobacco on USED BY Leading Tobacco Dealers BUILT AND SOLD BY Box Truck The Wm. F.Kramer Co. DAYTON, OBIO It Will Remove Rankness from Tobacca Take Away Mustiness and Give Cidars Havana Flavor. CHASKEL'S SPANISH BETUNE Is specially adapted to give that. Peculiar Sourish Effect desired. Chaskel's Flavors the Cheapest in the • market, considering what they do. A Card Will Brin^ More Information and Price&~ Chaskel Chemical Works 363 West Broadway, New York CIGAR BOXES mtmi OF urrisnc CIGAR UBELS SKETCHES ANi» QUOTATIOKS FURNISNED WRITE rot SANPlt3 AM^ RIBBON PRICES CKARMBBONS ilii ! ; I \i t lili ■ " V IS. tl THE TOBACCO WORLD .,.-'•1.' '•^ 'i ♦ ♦ ♦ ilY 1 T ♦ and CUBANS URED BY Cigar Company MANUFACTURED BY LEWIS SMITH, Proprietor Forbes and Marion Streets, Pittsburg, Pa. Wholesale and Jobbing Trade solicited. UNION MAur: SOLD ON ITS MERITS T0M BAINES Nickel Goods. f ^ Strictly a First Class Article— Equal to Any Union or Non-Union Cigar on the Market- Probably Better, You to Judge— and Prices No Higher than Others. V J J ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ : • 1 that we sell more HAVANA- RINE every year? It must be a good thing for the cigar manu- facturer and a good thing for the smoker. Why is it that you have not adopted this kasing fluid in your factory? Stop and think for a moment: ''Is it a good thing forme to make my cigars taste better? Write us about it. : *♦♦♦-♦♦♦♦♦♦>♦♦♦♦•'♦■•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦■♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ^ H. G. Burky, Maker, Reading, Pa. ♦ ♦ Tobacco Improvement Co. 504 Ninth Street, N.W., Washington, D. G. M* IN AND AROUND RCADING. L'NION MADE BLUE LABEL USED .J (jDlMMGaes;; H. G. BARNHART Cidar Manufacturer Springvale, Pa. One of Our Leading Brands : Cuban Duchess Only High Grade Tobacco Used Cigars always duplicate All Jobbers Who Handle Travellers Tips Say it Always Moves Well "A Good Five Cent Cigar" Abbott Ci^ar Co. ABBOTTSTOWN, PA. f cjisPBEirxt^. l! The Ideal Ci^ar Made in an Ideal Way Stephen Day *5c. Brand Is Strictly Union Made Ideal Gi^ar Go. CENTENNIAL. PA. Factories Working !»teadi)y. and No Sign of (he Usual Afte> -Holiday Dullness. Reading, Pa., Feb. 4. Every factory in this section is work- ing steadily, and the usual holiday aftermath was not experienced to any appreciable extent this year. In fact, many o** the factories are still well filled with orders booked before the holiday season, and yet more are coming in. No special complaints are heard from among the leaf dealers, who say that while business at present is perhaps not quite so active as it might be, yet there are many indications of a healthy condition among cigar manufacturers. John U. Fehr, of J. U. Fehr & Son, packers and dealers in leaf tobacco, is of the opinion that the farmers in Berks county, in common with those of Lan- caster, Lebanon and Chester counties, will grow a larger acreage of tobacco this year, in consequence of the stim- ulating effect of the generally high prices obtained for the 1906 crops. Hildebrand & Adler, Reading's new- est leaf house, is now getting well under way, and considerable business is already being done. Mr. Adler has had to practically retire from his old business before it was entirely closed out, in order to give his personal at- tention to the new business, which in the absence of Mr. Hildebrand, who does most of the road work, is looked after by Mr. Adler personally. The Fleck Cigar Co., has started the new year under better prospects than .ever before, even though 1906 was the (banner year of .the firm. ^^^ W. W. Stewart & Sons are gettiat highly encouraging reports from thn jobbers, and the factory is running M handed. E. E. Kahler reports that he cooU not do more than he is doing, becaoM his several principal distributon in keeping so filled up with orders tint he is kept constantly busy to maki prompt shipments. George W. Lehr is this year devotiv his time more closely than e'sr to tti manufacturing department, havingnoi in his employ several good salesna who have been keeping him well «V plied with orders for his product The Sheridan Cigar Company b» transferred Michael Coughlin fromtb road to their local department, andbi will attend to the building up oftkt firm's sales in this city. He repw sented the firm on the read for fi'* years and traveled in many Stat* Charles W. Potteiger, Sixth and Wiwk- ington streets, has been chosen as «• firm's local distributor. The firm oper- ates one of the largest factories in tto city. For 1906 the firm had a big ««» in its output. The leading brands «« the Otis Skinner, New America vi Samuel J. Tilden. Since assuming l» new work, Mr. Coughlin has placed* firm's leaders on sale in 65 storesu this city. ^>a%%^^ —P. KroU, a cigar box manufactni* of Traverse City, Mich., was laatwe* instantly killed by the explosion of * steam boiler in his factory. The tir tory building was in no way damage Consntution^Sl are the Beat that can be made. Do you sell them? THJl TOBACCO WORLD Telephone Call, 432— B. jMfice vbA Warehouse, FLORIN, PA. I/)cated on Main Line of FenntyWania R. R. i. L. ISISSLEY &C0. Growers and Packers of riNE CIGAR LEAF TOBACCO Fine B's and Tops Our Specialty. Critical Bayers always find it a pleasnre to look ove«'^nar Samples. itnplas cheerfully submitted upon request. P. O. Box 96. W. R. COOPER & CO. Packers of Penna. Broad Leai Dealrrs in Atl Grades of Domestic Cigar Leaf Tobaccos 201 & 203 N. Duke Street: LANCASTER. PA. J. K. LMAMAN, Packer of and Dealer in lEAF TOBACCO 138 North Market St. LANCASTER, PA. H. H. MILLER, Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds Fine Florida Sumatra. IMPORTED SUMATRA and HAVANA AND MUCH Fine Filler Stock SB7 and 320 North Queen Street,. LANCASTER, PA. Valted llienes B. F. GOOD Si CO. J. W. BRENNEMAN fucker and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Packing House, Millersville, Pa. Office & Salesrooms, m 112 W. Walnut St., LANCASTER, PA. MCKERS DEALERS IN Leaf Tobacco 142 N. Market Street, LANCASTER. PA. UNITBD PHONBS. TRUMAN D. SHERTZER .j,t; Dealer in Leaf Tobaccos and Manufacturer of Scrap Filler for Cigar IHaaufacturing Warehouses: MAIN OFFICE: *%mj'uoN, PA. Lancaster, Pa. The York •Tobacco Co. Packers and Jobbers in All Grades of LEAF TOBACCO Office and Warehouse, 15 East Clark Avenae Cigar Scrap Tobacco * Om, A a* W. B. HOSTETTER ®. CO. PACKERS and DEALERS in LEAF TOBACCO Georgia Wrappers Packed Like Sumatra We Make SCRAP Filler, Ready for Use Vork, Pa. fi I mil D. ALEXANDER, Packer of and Dealer in LEAF TOBACCO Jobber in Sumatra, Florida Sumatra and Havana Lemon and Arch Sts. h THE TOBACCO WORLD liJKMUrACTUfnLO €ft AIL Kinos or I38&I40CCNT^^ NEW YORK^ Philadelphi Office, 573 Bourse Bldg H. S SPRINGER, Mgr. CIGAR BOX LABELS AND TRIMMINGS. Chicago. 56 Fifth Avenue, E. E. THATCHER, Mgr. San Francisco, 320 Sansome Street, L, S. SCHOENFELD, Mgr. ^ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ -♦ ♦ ^^♦^ ♦♦♦♦►♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦^♦'•♦♦'^^'^ ^^.^"^msQif 1 i H. F. KOHLER Nashville, Pa. Maker of HIGH GRADE. HAND MADE ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ : Seed and HaN ana Cidlir^ t : and Fine Nickel V^lS«r* ; ♦ ♦ ♦ For Wholesale and JobblDii Trade Correspondence with Responsible Houses Invited ^^♦.♦♦♦♦♦♦^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^^^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦* ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 4 ♦ ♦ 4 4 4 OLSCHWENCXELITHOCRAPHICCOi CLARENDON ROAD & E.37 T « ST. BR OOKLYN . N Y. ^^V FINE CIGAR LABELS -''^ ' ^.^r-HCDS 6c EZ CD C3 I r-4 Cli s • PRIVATE BRANDS OFORIGINAL DESIGN TOBACCO CROP BY TYPES-AVER AGE PRICE. I CigaLf T. pe«. New England. -Reports from this district indicate an average price of 18.1 cents per pound, an increase of 1.1 cents over last year. The quality of this crop is very much superior to that of last year on account of the absence of pole sweat, which caused such serious damage to the crop of 1905 There will be a smaller per cent of low grades than for several years. A large per cent of the Havana seed has been contracted for, but only a small per cent of the broad leaf has been sold. New York.— Nearly the entire crop in New York has been contracted for at prices ranging from II to 16i cents per pound, with an average of 13.8 cents, as compared with 10.5 cents for the 1905 crop. The crop is the best raised in a num- ber of years and is practically free from pole sweat or other damage, and will yield a larger per cent of wrappers and binders than the 1905 crop. Pennsylvania. — Almost the entire crop in this district has been contracted for at from 5 to 7 cents for the low grades or bottom leaves up to 13 and 16 cents for the best grades, the aver- age price being 13.7 cents, which is an increase of more than 25 per cent over the average price for the 1905 crop and higher than has been paid for a number of years. Ohio -Miami Valley.— The average price of 12.3 cents per pound in this district is an increase of about 35 per cent over that of 1905. On account of being put too close in the sheds at cur- ing time, it is showing more damage from pole sweat than was thought to exist earlier in the season. The crop, .wever, is much superior to that of 05 and is one of the best produced in lis district for a number of years. istnci^ onM than that of 1905. The crop is prcdj. cing only a small per cent of colory grades, and crops contain these grades are selliing at from lOli 15 cents per pound. Dark Districts of Kentucky Tennessee Paducah district.-' average price of 6.3 cent per pound this district is about the same asW paid last year. The weather has very favorable for handling the Stemming or Henderson di Reports from this district indicate ij average price of 6.4 cents perpooBt which is an increase of about 10 pj cent over that paid for the 1905 cm Not all of that delivered has bea sold. A great deal of damage done to the crop in the field and scaffold, and there was more burn than for a number of years. Upper Green River district, price of 5.8 cents per pound re from this district is an increase little more than 15 per cent above paid for the crop grown in 1905. Upper Cumberland district.— Report from this district indicate an averiji price of 5.5 cents per pound, whichi an increase of a little over 10 per MB above that paid for the crop of M The quality of the crop is inferior ti that of the previous year, trict.— The average price of7.5ceB!i per pound reported for this districti the same as was received for thelS»! crop. The quality is inferior inferior quality was caused by w damage and the heavy and conti rains that fell during September wl the crop was being harvested Virginia Sun Cured District- price of 6.8 cents per pound is a small increase over the price p«i from hail or storms in the field than ^j^^ jggs crop, although the ave usual, cured remarkably free from pole quality is much inferior. sweat or stem rot, and will yield a ^^^ Belt, North and South larger per cent of wrappers and binders ijna.— The average price ef 10-2 than last year. per pound for this district is an »d Georgia and Florida.— Shade-grown ^f more than 15 per cent over that tobacco in this district was contracted ^^^ ^^^ ^905 crop. for at 60 cents per pound, and the sun- »•>%<»»%>»» grown at 18 to 20 cents, making an average of 35 cents. II. Chcwinl. SmakiMg, Snuff, and fe xport Type*. Burley District.— The average of 8.5 cents in this district is an advance of 1 cent per pound over last year. Simi- lar grades are selling at from 1 to 3 cents higher, but the crop contains a much larger per cent of low grades THB TOFACCO WORLD FACTOHYs JOHN D. UONQ OFFICE t /^ • rAUivmi No. 118 Mifflin Street Manufaclurer of \^ X^GiVS Cor. Maple 8i Plum Aves» Lebanon, Penna. A Specialty of Private Brands. Telephone Connection Samples Sent to Responsible Houses. \ Leaf Tobacco MarkeU.] CONNECTICUT VALLEY. At the present time there is noi I the tobacco market. Thiaj;^ HUNTER 5c.CWl is successful with successful dealers. , El Draco Citfar Mfrf. Co., Ph'» in HERMAN DEUUE York, Penna. Maker of Delman 10 and 5c. Herdel 5c. Alex. Martin 5c UNION MADE CIGARS Sold to Wholesale & Jobbing Trade only .-^umples to Responsible Houses HARRV A. SNYDER Bear Bros '€> Manufacturers of FINE CIGARS R.F.D.N0.8.Y0RK.PA. A specialty of Private Brands for tlw? Wholesale and Jobbing Trades. Correspondence solicited. ^M.Ki^ Samples on applicatJ0!«. Brands:— fl^ Bear, S6e Cub. Essie, and Matthew Carey Pa. I Manufacturer of I Hi^h Grade I Seed and Havana I Cigars * ..dEL DODIE St. Louis World's Fair Prize Winners Grace Cameron- Edward Hyde— Habersham -Club Brand Branch Salesroom, ENDICOTT BUILDING, St. Paul, Minn. C. E. MATTINGLY & CO. Manufacturers of Hi^h Grade Union Made FOR THE Wholesale Trade Only Union Chief Supreme Union W;H- DAUGHEHTY & BRO. Dallastown, Pa. M, nuf !( urtrsof Fine Domestic Cigars Hiiihest Quality Finest Packade Wholesale and Jo .bing Trade only Correspondence with Active. Houses Invited Mc Sherry stown. Pa. INCREASE YOUR PROFIT! Columbia Straiiiht Will Do It. We bought a large supply of Good Hav- ana and Domestic Tobacco at the right time. V.'e are located where Good Workmen can be had at Fair Prices. Thpse facts enable ua to make our COLUMBIA STRAIGHT a Five Cent Cigar of Highest Quality, Best Work- manship, to be Sold at Good Profit. Fred Schlaeger & Co., Columbia, Pa Samples on application. Spanish Betune ■ extenBively used in Cuba for Toning Tobaccos. It removes all mustiness w other objectionable properties, giving the desirable uniform effect con- sidered indispensable in Leaf. It is largely used in Damaged or Defective Leaf, being an Excellent Restorer. Acme Extract and Chemical Works, Hanover, Pa. E. G. ECKERT. Proprietor. R. E. JACOBY Wholesale Manufacturer of Strictly Uniform Quality of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Rothsville, Pa. Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade InriteA p John McLaughlin. J- K. KauffmaB. JOHN Mclaughlin ^ co. Wholesale Dealers in All Kinds of 1 Plug ^ Smoking Tobaccos ' Also. All Grades of Fine Cigars Qi Leaf Tobacco UNo. 307 Norih Queen Si LANCASTER, PA. >»»»t^^^^ ^/WVWWWtt^^fi^/WWk ■ m\\ , THK TOBA.CCO W O R 1, D T.A.MYERS&co, YORK, PENN'A. SAMUEL FREY Craley, Pa. Manufacturer of Cigars for the Wholesale Trade OLD JUDGE 1 Cr MILD AND PLEASANT I 7 f^^ C^ ?5f f YCi one i 3C. BROWN BUCK (Banded) I ^ 1^1 *'^- ALLEN GOODRICH, 3c. Samp'es to Responsible H«.us-i» They Smoke It and Come A^ain peACOfi ^ensjADEWiit'''^^ BLEND, QUALITY and WORKMANSHIP to Please the Most Critical Smokers Manufactured for Joobing Trade Only The Toedtman Cigar Co. Makers of the Highest Grade of 3c. Cigars Exclusively MIAMISBURG, OHIO. 1 \ I The American Tobacco Co. 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 owing to a scarcity of the commodity known as tobacco. Not that a very large amount nf the goods still remains in the hands of the farmers. Not many lota are left, although some of them were among the largest of the crops crown in this vicinity. Some riding has been done in the past week and more will be done when the weather moderates sufficiently to allow of the goods being shown to advantage. It ( needs warm, moist weather to have a 1 crop of tobacco show up in good form. Not even the colors can be fully seen when the leaf is cold and fulled up, as it i ivariably is at such times. Oar correspondents write: East Deerfield. Mass. : "A little stir in tobacco here lately, and a number of sales ha\e been made at 15 and 16 cent3 in the bundle. Only two crops are left unsold here now, and one of them is bein^' assorted by O. Belden & Son, of North Hatfied; five acres of fine light leaf that ought to run well to light wrappers." Cor way. Mass.: "I wi^h I could le port more sales, but cannot. The buyers seem to be holding cff, wail- ing for the growers to get sick enough to sell at the buytrs' prices. 1 do not understand why todacco cannot] Sill at a good price when Ml^rs are' selling at 10 and 11 cents." | Conway: "We have been having] quite a cleaning up of the tobacco crop here this week. I have to report the sale of Charles Parsons & Sons, five acres; Boyden Brothers, twelve acres; H. T. Newhall. seven acres; Gordon H. Johnson three acres; J. B. Packard five acres, the above to Meyer & Mendle- sohn. A. R. Cranson sold two acres ; W. Bemont. IJ acres; D. Childs, three acres, these to Katz. M. Stearns & Son sold four acres to Katinsky, Adler & Co." North Hatfield, Mass.: "I have to report the sale of 9,400 pounds of to- bacco in bundles by John Slattery to McHugh, of Hatfield." Addison. Conn. : "Tobacco is mov- ing rather slowly in Glastonbury, Buyers are scarce ; not many sales. Manning, of Hillstown, has bought a few crops at 20 and 5 cents assorted. There seems to be a great demand for the poor grades.— American Cultivator. LEAFMCO THE BEST ORG MOST complete; LARGEST MAIL G LEAF TOBAC ESTABLISHMEl r AMERICA NEW YOKK CfflCAGO ST. LOUIS E. S. SECHRI Dallastown, Psu Manufacturer of Fine and Common Established i89(x Cftpttdtf , Twenty Thousand p» inufacturer of Ciga BALDWINSVILLE, N. Y. E. C. Monroe, the local representative of the American Cigar Company, re- ceived Monday the compan>'8 ware- house. A force of about 75 are busily engaged at this warehouse handling the new crop. F. M. Dunham, the local representative of Taussig & Co., of Chicago, has a force of about 50 at work at the company's warehouse here, ' and Cusick & Son. representing Kiser & Boasburg, of Buffalo, has a large : ' force at work in their warehouse. A ! ' good sized force is engaged at J. W. j RUTHERFORD ^'^^J^IaI.e^/''^ from the factory of El Draco Cijiar Mttf. Co., Philada. YOU ARE LOSING MONBT 7 HOW ? BAD ACCOUNTS. Charging iHem off to profit and loai. Paying Collection Agency Fee*. Paying Memberihip fec». ••DO-IT-YOLRSELF" The "Po Il-Youraelf" collection out«li«'jj3 whereby you collect your bad accounta ' V pjif'l and do it in the aamr way that it ia done by W"^ Agenciea, only BE I TfcR.. 7 WHY 7 It ia a belter ayatem. It ia eaaier to operate. ^^.,„ f.^^U|m It keepa the accounta in YOVR OWN l*^ It brings the money to YOU. It aavea Collection Agenciea fee*. It aavea Membership feea. ,. It aavea getting into the handa of unreliaD" Price $ 1 .00 Po»tp«««« Each outfit contains everything nw to collect 50 claims. ,. MONEY KE»UNI)ED if on reo«tP' are not perfectly satisfied. ORUER IO-D4Y United Stales Collection Aj« Suite 19. 163 RaodolphS«^ Chicago. L). S. A Agents Wanted Write for Pf«l THE TOBACCO WORLD MSTElNER,SONSaco ^X5> ers, v-i^c, 116-122 E.I4^"ST NEW YORK. BRANCH FACTORY S40- 51^0 W satM ST NY ^ WRITE US BE r ORE RLAC/NG ORDERS KaAiai: taSil vni 5-.. ,■-. rj«-^,jireir-ii4-^-iWl't'A; 1 oT S\amt^\wM4 aTOCK CARDS ■ratabUshed 1877 New Factory 1904 H.W. HEFFENER^ Dealer in Steam Cigar Box Manufacturer Howard & Boundary Aves. YORK, PA. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ t Cigar Box hnmher, X I Labels, X i Ribbons, X I Mdging, I X Brands, etc, X »♦<»♦♦ » »» » ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦>♦♦♦♦ 1 1 [NLAJSID CITY CIGAR BOX CO. Manufacturers of Cigar Boxes^Shipping Cases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Edgings, etc* ifie— 728 N. Christian St, LANCASTER. PA. and Packer of WRIGHTSVJLLE, PA. /IBEN BUSER MANUFAGTORER OF Cigar Boxes and Cases DBALER IN Lumber, Labels, Edging, Etc., R. R D. No- 3, YORK, PA. f I' — *-" • ' *• ^^ IMPORTERS O^^^ AVANA 123 N. THIRD - PHILADML^HiA fl! JOHN SLATER & CO Manufacturers of Handmade l^ONG FILLER STOGIES Corner Columbia and Marietta Avenues LANCASTER, PA. No. 21 North Main Street, Washington, Pa. SLftURS STOGIE FACTORYlitOi Imperial Cigar Co. Home of the *Two Friends' Ahaolntely the highest iradi 2 for S Cilia'' In the United States. Manufactured on honor and sold on tts merits. %Va defy competition, and court op- Sosltton. ampi -s cheerfully sent free to any part of the Lnlted States. Sold to Jobbers only. Our motto. The best Is not too liocd Imperial Cigar Co. Hanover, Pa. SOMETHING NEW AND GOOD WAGNER'S CUBAN STOGIES Manufactured Only by LEONARD WAGNER r.c.o,. No. 2 707 Ohio St., ALLEfiHENY, PA GEO. STEUERNAGLE Manufacturer of CELEBRATED 1 Pittsburg Stories Goods sold direct to Jobbers and Dealers 3143 Penn Ave.^ Pittsburg, Pa, K«si.at3tcdL HAND-MADE STOGIES. 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 & BRO. Upson's warehouse, and M. Tobin, who opened his warehouse last week, has a force busy handling his purchases. More help is wanted at nearly all the warehouses. The tobacco received so far has been in excellent condition and bears out the promise at the time of harvesting that the 1906 crop would prove to be the best harvested here in many years. The good prices received and success attained in this crop h«ive greatly im- proved- the conditions here and next year there will undoubtedly be a large increase in the acreage. Many grow- ers who have not grown tobacco for several years are planning en raising a crop next year.— Gazette. 1^ EDGERTON, WIS. A week of storms and zero weather has interfered somewhat with the de- livery of the tobacco crop, though buyers are still making their purchases as rapidly as circumstances will permit. In sections where much shed damage has been sustained the plan of visiting the farms and arrangmg for such de duction as may be necessary, after examining the crops is being followed which is apparently the most satisfac- tory method of adjusting differences. For the first time in the season to- bacco is coming to the warehouses in a frozen condition, which almost pre- cludes as close an examination as is desired, and is another reaton why re- ceiving on the farms is preferred. In all 72 car loads of bundle leaf from out- side points were received in this mar- ket during the week. A few out of town buyers have visited local markets this week, but we have yet to learn of any important transaction of cured leaf. An occasional crop of the new is lifted but at prices somewhat uhaded from previous quotations. Shipments. 500 cases. —Reporter. HUNTER Till^ is all to the front; made by EL DRACO CIUAK MFO. CO . PhiUda Business ChaLnges. Fires, Etc. 92 Reade Street, NE W YORK. Connecticut. Hartford.— L. S. Bradley, manufac- turer and retail cigars, damaged by water ; insured. Illinois. Chicago.— Fred Barker, cigars, chat- tel mortgage, $10,000.-Levy & Lipsay, cigars, etc., dissolution announced. Frank Shapero, leaf tobacco, damaged by fire; insured. William J. Sin- clair, cigars, bill of sale, $5,000. Clinton.— F. S. Bartram, cigars, acid out. Springfield.— Frank W. Welii cigar manufacturer, sold out Indiana. Indianapolis.— Frank R. Overs cigars, etc., canceled chattel mottji $150. Iowa. Sioux City.— L. W. Jordan, succeeded by George Aardo. Massachusetts. Boston. — Minas Minasian, mortgage, $200, discharged. — Wi B. Phinney, cigars, chattel mop $1,400. Michigan. Ellis B. Pall, tobacco, cigan, chattel mortgage, $406. New Jersey. Jersey City. — Gusman Ken cigars, bill of sale. $1. Charia^ loney, cigars, bill of sale, $3,800. New York. New York City.— J. Epstein, damaged by fire. Ohio. Tippecanoe City.— Tipp Leaf Tol Co., (not inc.), succeeded by Eli la Van Wert.— Ziegler & Van Vo cigars, tobacco, etc., dissolved Pennsylvania. Reading.- -Charles A. Meyer, etc., burned out; insured. Scranton.— Robert D. LandonM wholesale cigars, diaeolved; Rob Landon succeeds. Texas. Dallas.— L. Aschner & Son, etc., L. Aschner, individually, mortgage, $600. Virginia. Richmond.— Surbrug Co., b> turers of smoking tobacco, etc, out. Washmgton. Oakesdale.— Frank Lewis, etc., sold to McCabj & Tucker. Tacoma.— J. E. Hawkins, cigtf] tobacco, deed, $500. PATENTS REl \TING to TOBACCOJ 842.613 Combined cigar and cii holder and ash receiver; Sani»| Bigelow. Ann Arbor. Mich. 942.618 Cigar bunching o*" Richard A. Bright and A. W. Cranston, R. I. 842,621 Match safe; Harry sheim, Washington, D. C. 842.171 Tobacco curing apP John L. Bullock, Hester, N. C. 842.530 Cigar perforator ; J» Doherty, Waterbury, Conn. 842.634 Drier for cigaw*"^ chines; Napoleon Du Brul, Ci»» Ohio. THB TOBACCO WORLD HINNIGH BALING PRESS III ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦'♦^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦±i'^.^±t.±±^,^ti^Jtt^*^'** 4> ♦ METAL EMBOSSLD LABELS METAL PRINTED LABELS . t . t . . %♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•» ♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦-♦♦♦'•'♦♦♦♦-♦i tJ H* J* r leiscKKauer Cigar Labels f\ 238 Arch Street, Philadelphi t X TELEPHONE 1661 ^^ ♦ UTHOGILAPHlNti ^ SPECIAL DESWHS ^f < ► »♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦<»■»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ^♦♦♦♦-♦♦♦^♦♦♦♦♦♦' ^t IT 1^ 1 t « • ' f 4 iil : . k j ratMt«d Umrch 9. I«97 For All Kinds of Products Requiring Baling TOBACCO STEMS, PAPER, COTFON, Etc Specially Constructed ..PRESSES.. For Leaf Tobacco Packers Warranted to do more and better work m a given time, with less labor than any Press ou the market Unsurpassed for power, strength, simplicity and durability, as well as ease and quickne>s in operation Various sises manufactured. Write for prices and full particulars. They are indispensable in leaf packing and tobacco warehouses. Hundreds in use. MINNICH MACHINE WORKS Lancaster Co.. Pa. JACOB G.^SHIRK Lancaster, Pa. JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS of American Tobacco Co. American Cigar Co, American Stogie Co. Lttbrman <& Wilbum Tobacco Co. Blackwell Durham Tobacco Co. Spalding & Merrick Tobacco Cik. IT WII I PAY YOIl *** ^^^ ^^ PWCES b«for* orderlnft ^oodm elsAwher*. lllli li — Eatabliahed 1834— WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merclianls 27 South Second Street PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday Cigars, Tobacco, Smokers^ Articles Special Sales of Leaf Tobacco Consignments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Day of Sale Patents Caveats, Trade Marks, Design-Patents, Copyrights, etc. """ffler" John A.Saul Le Droit Building, WASHINGTON, D. C. Brilliant as Diamonds Fragrant as Roses Good as Government Bond& Are the CIGARS 'R'e^?.',i;2!fSi. "Brilliant Star'* Clear Havmna . . lOl^ *'S. B *' Half Havana 5*^ "S. B.'* Little Havanas ..... 5e^ "Honest Bee*' At^ 2— I— No'* Mildest Cigar Made 2 tw 5%k ;-' ! I! (( Special Brui4« Mad* lo Ordcv Stauffer Bros. Nfg. Co., New Holland, Piu Sand Your Cigar Buyer Here We Will Save Yo« NMiey I i ■ ■ 5 I For Sale by All Dealers V I R a I N I A '! E R 1 Q U E i 4! MIXTURE SAe AMERICAN TOBACCO CO..LNEW;f Ott ;"!.' 26 AC IMPORTERS O >>H AVANA 123 N. THIRD - Phiu^dbl^hia JOHN SLATER & CO Manufacturers of Handmade UOINO FILLER STOGIES ( I Corner Columbia and Marietta Avenues LANCASTER, PA. No. 21 North Main Street, Washington, Pa. suTESysTOGIE FUCTORY. SUIOi Imperial Cigar Co. Home of the *Two Friends' Absolutely Ihe hiiihest iraAt 2, for S Cliiar in the Lotted States. Manufactured on honor and sold on 4ts merits. We defy competition, and court op- SOSltlOD. ampi s cheerfully sent free to any part of the Lnited States. Sold to Jobbers only. Our motto. The best Is not too iioed Imperial Cigar Co Hanover, Pa. SOMETHING NEW AND GOOD WAGNER'S CUBAN STOGIES Manufactured Only by Factory LEONARD WAGNER N„.. 707 Ohio St., ALLEGHENY, PA Upson's warehouse, and M. Tobin, who opened his warehouse last week, has a force busy handling his purchases. More help is wanted at nearly all the warehouses. The tobacco received so far has been in excellent condition and bears out the promise at the time of harvesting that the 1906 crop would prove to be the best harvested here in many years. The good prices received and success attained in this crop h^ve greatly im- proved the conditions here and next year there will undoubtedly be a large increase in the acreage. Many grow- ers who have not grown tobacco for several years are planning en raising a crop next year.— Gazette. GEO. STEUERNAGLE Manufacturer of THE CELEBRATED I Trado 3>^arlc. L^*^" . '^^ , /^. HANDMADE (^X [

Springfield.— Frank W. Weill cigar manufacturer, sold out. Indiana. Indianapolis.— Frank R. Oversti cigars, etc., canceled chattel raor $150. Iowa. Sioux City.— L. W. Jordan, ci| succeeded by George Aardo. Massachusetts. Boston. — Minas Minasian, ck mortgage, $200, discharged. — Willi B. Phinney, cigars, chattel mon $1,400. Michigan. Ellis B. Pall, tobacco, cigars, chattel mortgage, $406. New Jersey. Jersey City. — Gusman Kemn cigars, bill of sale, $1. Charla^ loney, cigars, bill of sale, $3,S New York. New York City.— J. Epstein, cij damaged by fire. Ohio. Tippecanoe City.— Tipp LeafW Co.. (not inc.), succeeded byEliW« Van Wert.— Ziegler & Van Voori cigars, tobacco, etc., dissolved. Pennsylvania. Reading.- -Charles A. Meyer, dj etc., burned out; insured. Scranton.— Robert D. LandoniS wholesale cigars, dissolved; Rob Landon succeeds. Texas. Dallas.— L. Aschner & Son, ci| etc., L. Aschner, individually, ch mortgage, $600. Virginia. Richmond. Surbrug Co., m* turers of smoking tobacco, etc., bo out. Washington. Oakesdale.- Frank Lewis, etc., sold to McCabj & Tucker. Tacoma.— J. E. Hawkins, c\gi»\ tobacco, deed, $500. PATENTS REl \TING to TOBACCO] Business Changes, Fires, Etc. Connecticut. Hartford.- -L. S. Bradley, manufac- turer and retail cigars, damaged by water ; insured. Illinois. Chicago.— Fred Barker, cigars, chat- tel mortgage, $10,000.— Levy & Lipsay, cigars, etc., dissolution announced. Frank Shapero, leaf tobacco, damaged by fire; insured. William J. Sin- clair, cigars, bill of sale, $5,000. Clinton.— F. S. Bartram, cigars, sold out. 842,613 Combined cigar and cil holder and ash receiver; S8ini»| Bigelow, Ann Arbor, Mich. 942.618 Cigar bunching i»»J Richard A. Bright and A. W. Cranston, R. I. 842,621 Match safe; Harry sheim, Washington, D. C. 842.171 Tobacco curing apP» John L. Bullock, Hester. N. C. 842.530 Cigar perforator; J» Doherty, Waterbury, Conn. 842,534 Drier for cigarette chines ; Napoleon Du Brul, CiBCir Ohio. THB TOBACCO WORLD ' I', HINNICH BALING PRESS ♦ ♦ tt ♦ ♦ METAL CMBOSSLD LABELS M^TAL PRINTED LABELS ♦♦^^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^►♦^ y H. J* F leiscKKauer J Cigar Labels |it f\ 238 Arch Street, Philadelphia. I| X I TELEPHONE 1661 t < ► Xt <» ill I Hi ! i •c ,1 Patcateil M«rcb 9. 1897 For All Kinds of Products Requiring Baling TOBACCO STEMS, PAPER, COTTON. Etc. Specially Constructed ..PRESSES.. For Leaf Tobaeco Packers Warranted to do more and belter work m a given time, with less labor than any Press ou the market Unsurpa>sed for power, strength. smipUcity and durability, as well as ease and quickness in operation Various sixes manufactured. Write for prices and tull particulars. They are indispensable in leaf packing and tobacco warehouses. Hundreds in use. MINNICH MACHINE WORKS iiandisville, Lancaster Co., Pa. JACOB G.^SHIRK Lancaster, Pa. JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS of American Tobacco Co. Cerican Cigar Co. American Stogie Co. tuhrman & Wilhurn Tobacco Co. Blackwell Durham Tobacco Co. Spalding & Merrick Tobacco Co. WILL PAY YOU orderln|{ fjoods elsewher*. -Established 1834- WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 27 South Second Street PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday Cigars, Tobacco, Smokers^ Articles Special Sales of Leaf Tobacco Consignments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Day of Sale Patents Caveats, Trade Marks, Design-Patents, Copyrights, etc. ""'ffier" ToHN A.Saul le Droit Building, WASHINGTON, D. C. Brilliant as Diamonds Fragrant as Roses Good as Government Bonda Are the CIGARS Regutirid''^!!lSdft ^'Brilliant Star" Oear Havana . . lOlk ♦'S. B " Half Havana ' 5«^ "S. B.'* Little Havanas 5e«v **Honest Bee*' 3th **2— I— No" Mildest Cigar Made 2 f Of 5«i^ Special Brands Made to Order Stauffer Bros. Nfg- Co., New Holland, Pa. i«s2ii.rii-i 'i-s.^ti.-' mtt J. WtirKn M.xunuA talc, ^M 1 I Send Your Cigftr Buyer Here We Will Save You MMiey For Sale by All Dealers li V I R a I IN I A P I R I Q u E MIXTURE 6/ie AMERICAN TOBACCO CO.,LNEW|¥0tt INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE ■ IMPORTERS <^f-f '}\S GOOD/5 THE/(AME I t m i-vi Growth = signifies m m m m Havana NONE GENUINE UNLESS BEARIf ' Pf r.f NSBUHfjK SONS UJ WITH OURTRADE MARK IN COLORS » V«..^.v^«-x.^ .*.•<-.■» ^^■^ ■^'^- " -, J^ THE AMERICAN Constant Merit! Cigars that hold the confidence of their smokers pay dealers best. DIAMOND JOE CIGAR FACTORY brands stand pre-emi- nently in a class of their own. F B N D R I C H Evansville, Ind. ^£LV\/AR£ OriMtTATtONS, ON SALE EVERYWHERE WARREN BECK £i BRO. '•^o" w.tL.....« Cigar Manufacturers Admtrnl Ghcrardl Gen. Warren Y^«lr Pa La Eespohder Marcana JL l_f ITllkf M fOLm La Oantidad I A. D. KILLHEFFER, Michael Hose A. F. BriUhm Manufac* turenof LEAF TOBACCO, i, / i met of Hidh Grade Cigars. "^^^" No Salesmen. CommnnicatewithFactetfi RQSEN.WALB THlE TFR 161557 gmbUahed in 1881. ) Vol. XXVII., NoJ^_J PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK. FEB. 13. 1907. { One Dollar per Anniini. Payable in Advance. lEAF TOBACCO ♦No. 310 Race Street Philadelphia y^450M • OENTRAU UNION* United States Tobacd Co., Richmond,?!. Ko other brand of Tobacco has srrown so quickly in public favor. Reasons: Quality, Price, Union Label, Friendly Dealers* Aid, ■ad Tobacco Trust's Hostility. V "■-/J =^ SUMATRA TOBACCO The Kind that Wraps Economically H. DUYS & CO. No. 170 Water street, New York Tie heading Bxclusive Sumatra House MILLERSVILLE, PA.I^ Amsterdam Honse:— De Amsterdamsche Tabakshandelmaatschappij. 0 Growers and Packers of FLORIDA TOBACCOS Write for Samples SCHROMDMR & ARGUIMBAU 1^8 Water Street, New York r ! ii THB TOBACCO WUK1.D pMi'llsayis ••AH to the Front/' (lord LANCASTER, 10c.) Diir Ml k Cn. Manufacturers 615 Market St., Philada. (NICKELBY, 5c.) CHALLENGES COMPAIISON White Kni^ 5-cent Gi^ar Made by Morris D.Neomaoo&l PHILADELPHIA, PA. Sumot r Greene £. T. SUMNER GREENE & CO. Manufacturers of y"^ .^"^ I Cidani 2330 MARKET ST., PHILADELPHIA Factory 1830, Firsi Dl»trlct Peep.. W. K. Gresh & Sons, Makers. Norristowii,Pfc ^^^Philadelphia sunaioi Onmlity "Warkmanship Factory No. 968, First District Fenna. ^ I. V If You Want to ba la HAVANA Smoke M ij YOU CAIN BUY WEAVER'S ORIGINAL HAVANA SHORTS ALL JOBBING HOUSES BENRY HEYIANN'S SONS Sinking Sprint^, Pa. ^ E. A. O cSOo.H . IMPaRTERS Or^^ CHANCE AT LANCASTEK. Lancaster. Pa.. Feb. 9. Jacob Albright & Bro.. one of Lancas- ter's oldest cigar manufacturing firms, ^vesold out their business to G. H. Sachs the manufacturer of the Lew Morris 5 cent cigar, in Lancaster, who before engaging in the business on his INDEPENDENT MANUFACTURERS Sixth Annual Meeting of the Association Held in Washington, cers and Committees for the New Year. Offi- Parmenter Wax-Lined Coupon Ci^ar Pocfe Afford PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indorsed by all Smokert, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE Advertising Medium known. Racine Paper Goods Cor,Racine, WiSf "• . Sola Owaara aad Maaafactarara. Washington, D. C, February 9. The Independent Tobacco Manufac- Bloch Bros. Tob. Co., Wheeling, W.Va. turers' Association of the United President Miller made a very admir- own account was for twenty years states held its sixth annual meeting able address, and was much applauded manager of a factory for an out of town at the New Willard Hotel here this upon the conclusion of his well chosen house. Among the brands of J. Al- - ■ " " ' bright & Bro.. which were taken over by the new proprietor is the Lawyer's Daisy, which is claimed to have the largest sale of any brand in Lancapter and other local territory. Some months ago un arrangement was effected between Mr. Sachs and J. G Shirk, the well known Lancaster wholesale dealer and jobber, by which be took the United States selling agency of the Lew Morris brand, and it is stated that the same arrangement will be made on the Lawyer's Daisy and other brands made at the Albright factory. It is notable that this is the week, and in addition to the election remarks. He stated that he felt that of officers for the coming year, trans- the Independent manufactuurers had acted considerable business of much reason to be much more hopeful now interest to the Association and the than ever before; that the results of cause of the independent movement, the recent licorice cases could be re- The election of officers and com- garded as only initial victories, and mittees resulted as follows: that more important movements were ., • , . TT r^ nffii c' • 1 ,*v, likely to follow. President, H. D. Miller, Frishmuth Bros & Co., Philadelphia; Vice Presi- He referred to the fact that some dent, Hugh Campbell, President United members had been lost, but new ones ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^j "^ ^^^^^ g^^ds from the ILLEGAL CIGARETTE SALES. Packalea Bear No Revenue Stamps, and Owner is Arrested. St. Louis. Mo., Feb. 9. A quantity of cigarettes packed in foreign-looking boxes and bearing the picture of Capt. Dreyfus, the French army officer whose trial was a world sensation, were seized this week by Special Agent O. G. Forrer of the in- ternal revenue office. Forrer arrested S. Snitzer, a meat dealer at 830 Can- street, who had the cigarettes in his shop. The cigarettes bore no tax stamp, and Snitzer was charged with a violation of the revenue law. When arraigned before Commissioner Chase Morsey, Snitzer stated that he bought the cigarettes about three had been gained, commended the trade journals upon the attitude they were taking, thanked the legislative com- mittee for the earnest work it had done, and further said : States Tobacco Co., Richmond, Va. ; Secretary and Tresurer, R. F. Whalen, of R. Whalen & Co., Rochester, N. Y. Directors :—S. S. Bloch, of Bloch Bros. Tobacco Co., Wheeling, W. Va. ; SthTactory the products of which Mr. Wm. E. Strater, of Strater Bros. Shirk has taken selling control of in Tobacco Co.. Louisville. Ky ; Geo. F. four years Jacob Albright will re- Brown, of Brown & Williamson, Win- main with the new house, as manager ston, N. C. ; C. D. Larus, of Larus & bill, which you will of the factory. ert, of Weisert Bros, lobacco Co., St. Louis, Mo. Membership Committee: — C. D. La- rus, of Larus & Bro. Co., Richmond, Va; W. F. Axton, of Axton-Fisher To- bacco Co., Louisville, Ky. ; Frank D owner of a shop at «28 Carr street. The cigarettes bear his name and ad- dress. Snitzer went to the internal revenue collector's office two weeks ago to buy stamps to place on the cigar- "There is at the present time a bill gj-tes, but, not being a manufacturer of before the Senate, which has passed tobacco, they were refused him, and the House, known as the Free Leaf his efforts led the officers to investigate. CIGAR. DEALERS MEET all readily see is Bro. Co.. Richmond, Va; Albert Weis- greatly against the interests of every tobacco manufacturer in the United States. Besides it reduces the revenue of the Government, without materially aiding any one. We should as a body enter our protest against the passage of this bill, which I understand is now In Annual Convention at Chicago. Tampa Chosen for 1908. Chicago. 111., Feb. 9. , . . Col M W Diffley. President of the Kramer, of Ware-Kramer Tobacco Co. ; before the Senate Finance Committee. Cigar Dealers' Association of America. Norfolk. Va. A protest agamst the bill was called to order the annual meeting of Legislative Committee : Hugh Camp- adopted, in the form of a resolution ihe association on Tuesday morning bell, of United States Tobacco Co., addressed to the Senate Finance Com- last. at the Hotel Bismark. A fair at- Richmond ; Benj. Pearson, Byfield Snuff mittee. and a committee was appointed tendance was present. Considerable Co, Bfiyeld, Mass; S. S. Bloch, of to present it. routine business was transacted, and "^^ Commissioner Morsey said he believed Snitzer had violated the law uninten- tionally and released him without bond for future appearance. This was to give the revenue agents time to bring in the former owner of the cigarettes. «<%«^>%%i«i% DISASTROUS CINCINNATI FIRE. wme interesting reports were received. Sidney J. Freeman, a delegate from New York, gave an extended account of the work being done in the East among independent dealers, and ex- pressed the belief that the organization would grow stronger with each suc- ceeding year, and that a wholesome effect would eventually be felt through- out the country HEARING ON "FREE LEAF" BILL. Protests of Independent Manufacturers and Others Filed. Washington. D. C, Feb. 7. States Tobacco Co., Richmond, Va., and Vice President of the Independent Tobacco Manufacturers' Association ; Total Destruction of the Day <& Night Co.'s Scrap Factory. Cincinnati, O., Feb. 9. The scrap factory of the Day & Night Tobacco Co., at Plum and Gen- nesee streets, was destroyed by fire this week, and is a total loss of over $50,000. It was only partially insured. The fire started in the boiler room, and made rapid headway, which was H. A. Allen, Jr., of Allen & Kyle. Lynchburg. Va., John L. Wingo and augmented by the cold weather which Frank Williams, on behalf of the Rich- made free movements by all The Richmond Tobacco Exchange re- The Senate Finance Committee yes terday began its hearings upon a bill mond Tobacco Exchange, were now before the Senate, and which has Present, but will be heard at a later already passed the House, which is hearing. All of the former Board of Directors, calculated to remove the restrictions a ,a ^ ..aoinfjnn ^^fHno- whichconsistedofM.W.Diffiey, Henry upon the sale of leaf tobacco by far- cently adopted a [^^^^^^^^^^ ^ Leopold, JohnJ. Dolan. Edward Kol- mers, and has become known as the '°",^ ,J" ; "„*^^^^ manufacturer who of the Red Devil factory, and the fact •nan. 0. B. Eisendrath. Jacob Bermar. Free Leaf bill, but which tobacco man- ^'J^'^^^^^/g^^^^^^^^^ that considerable tobacco was already •-bat . * ... stored there was an undoubted saving firemen al- most impossible. Since the merger of the Day & Night factory recently with four other fac- tories preparations were being made to remove all machinery to Sixth and Baymiller streets, the lormer location measure aaer. Aioerc ureiiung. jacoD ui«^cuxc.o v.^^.»*^ ... « ...^„»-.^ w.— „^„j^„^ „_ .i,„ mamifnr-HirprH for his Stored there was an unuouDCCQ sa m, and Joseph Freeman, all will probably benefit in only a very P^"!^;"^ °" 'J^^^^ a law be passed a^'o of an otherwise much greater loss. 0 and^ E. L. Smith. Grand small degree, a small proportion of the J^f ^j^^/.^^^^f ^J^^Jha^ aTew m Operations, however are contii Otto Schrader. Albert Breitung. Jacob ufacturers declare is a Berolzheim I of Chicago, and E. L. Smith. Grand small degree, a small proportion oi tne ""7. "'"";::" "7.." ^V",^ Operations, however, are continued Rapids. F.B.Ashner. Brooklyn. N.Y.. tobacco growers chiefly in the States ^^^^^^^^^^ at the former Duwel faatory. which R G. Fisher. Minneapolis, and S. J. of Tennessee and Kentucky. ° ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^.^^ demoralized and was also recently merged with the Day Freeman, W. W. St. John. T. J. Doni- A delegation was present represent- ^.^^^ ^^ affected that it would injure & Night Co.. and the company will «nand R. E. Lane, of New York city, ing the Independent Tobacco Manufac- ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ would take advantage continue to supply the trade from this were re-elected, with the exception of turers'Association of the United States, ^ .^ ^^.^^ would tend to lower the factory until their new building is fully J- J. Donigan and R. E. Lane of New the Richmond Va., Tobacco Exchange; °. ' f tobacco completed. "^ It is evident that a spirited fight is F. W Galbraith. Jr forrnerly Pres- on. but tobaco men are hopeful of be- ident of the Queen City Tobacco Co ing able to make their claims so clear and later Vice President of the Day & and convincing as to bring it to a con- Night Tobacco Co., elusion favorable to them. pork, who were succeeded by J. A. the Cigar Manufacturers' Association «oo8. of Chicago, and J. S. Parry, of of America; the Havana Cigar Manu- 1 ^° ^''"ncisco. facturers' Association, and the Na- Ihe following were elected ofl^cers tional Cigar Leaf Tobacco Association wr the ensuing year : President. M. W. of the United States. Sd ' ^*''^*^°"' First Vice President, Strong protests were made by W. E. idney J. Freeman, New York; Second Strater, of the Strater Bros. Tobacco L'^Y'*8ident, Ed. Kolman. Chicago; Co., of Louisville, Ky., W. E. Massie, Isalp^"^^ President. John S. Parry, of the Ryan-Hampton Tobacco Co., l!*!\™<^'8co; Secretary, Henry Leo- and W. F. Axton. of the Axton-Fisher rV ^^^'cago; Treasurer, Jacob Be rolzheim. Chicago Tobacco Co., of Louisville, Ky. H. D. Miller, of Frishmuth Bros. & VIRGINIA PLANT GOES TO WINSTON. The R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Com- pany, of Winston, N. C, is busy at Martinsville, Va. making the necessary arrangements for transferring the busi- ness of D. H. Spencer & Sons, inc., to fi^^ow^PrS^,«°'i^>t^ i-.^^- Co'.V Phiirde7phia,\nd PresTdent o7the ^Tns ton. 'ThVhave recently p^ East. Chamh , '°^"t of the Tampa, Fa., , . ^ .. rr • «* r »..=• this business, which was one ot the jj^ Eight Chamber of Commerce, it was decided Independent Tobacco Manufacturers j^rgest tobacco faciories in Virginia. ' ". ^.^f. ' has retited from the latter and accepted a position with the American Tobacco Co., at New York, and has left for the East. J. H. Braman. Secretary of the Day & Night Co., has also resigned, but has not yet announced his intentions as to the future, although it is said that he also has had an excellent offer from the Hour Tobacco Company toholHtk ^""""erce. It was aeciaea ——--- — - --~— - 77; / jargesc looacco laciunco m ».!».". «, !,»« Hpph incornorated with Charles G the .1 ^^^ next annual convention of Association of the United States ; Hugh having an outpt when in active opera- has been incorporatea wiin ^.naries u. « association at that pi lace. Campbell, President of the United tion of 2.000.0U0 pounds a year. Boalt, President, and August Schroer, 3 THB TOBACCO W U K L, D El Draco Cigar Mfg. Co. Philada. ■-It i V pmm [S ENl ,0H p ■"«•*«# ^mmmm] m/^ Fi ^^^^1^ (lord LANCASTER, 10c, ) Oi®r Ml k h Manufacturers 615 Market St., Philada. (NICKELBY, 5c.) PHilaJelpbia GARS CHALLENGES COMPAIISQH White Kniq 5-cent Ci^ar Made by Morris D.Neamaon&l U PHILADELPHIA, PA. Suatnt r Green* E. T. SUMNER GREENE & CO. Manufacturers of /""^A. ^'^ I Cidars 2330 MARKET ST.. PHILADELPHIA Factory 1830. Fir^t DiatHct Penna. ""Philadelphia W. K. Gresh & Sons, Makers, Norristown^ P^^ sumioi OoaHfr llfcrlDBaiiship Factory No. 968. First District Penna. ^ riff You \> lo ba la HAVAl Smoke In HENRY HEYHANirS SONS Sinking Spring Pa. Parmenter Wax-Lined Coupon Gi^ar P( Afibrd PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. ladoned by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE Advertising Medium known. Racine Paper Goods Go^ Racine, Wis.*!'' ■ Sola Dwaar* aad Maaafaotarara. £.A. dS O®- <^o^> Havana 123 n. third TriE T©B/ieeO WORLB-J- Sixth Annual Meeting of the Association Held in Washington, cers and Connmittees for the New Year. Offi- CBANCE AT LANCASTEK. Lancaster, Pa., Feb. 9. Jacob Albright & Bro. , one of Lancas- ter'8 oldest cigar manufacturing firms, Lve sold out their business to G. H. Lhs the manufacturer of the Lew Morrii 5 cent cigar, in Lancaster, who before engaging in the business on his own account was for twenty years factory for an out o IwuBC. Among the brands of J. Ai- vveek, and in addition to the election remarks. He stated that he felt that bright & Bro., which were taken over ' of Q^jgers for the coming year, trans- the Independent manufactuurers had by the new proprietor is the Lawyer's acted considerable business of much reason to be much more hopeful now Daisy, which is claimed to have the interest to the Association and the "'- ■-' "'— ' *^ ""''^" "* largest sale of any brand in Lancaster cause of the independent movement. Washington, D. C, February 9. The Independent Tobacco Manufac- Bloch Bros. Tob. Co., Wheeling, W.Va. turers' Association of the United President Miller made a very admir- States held its sixth annual meeting able address, and was much applauded YOU CAIN BUY WEAVER'S ORIGINAL HAVANA SHORTSI ALL JOBBING HOUSES INDEPENDENT MANUFACTURERS. illegal cigarette sales. Packales Bear No Revenue Stamps, and Owner is Arrested. St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 9. A quantity of cigarettes packed in foreign-looking boxes and bearing the picture of Capt. Drey/us, the French army officer whose trial was a world «"" — . . r .,*. ..f 4^ ^,^ , , , , .. .. 1 • i. 1-- II u sensation, were seized this week by manager of a factory for an out-of-town ^t the New Willard Hotel here this "PO" <;he concJusionj)f h^s we^^^^^^^ Special Agent O. G. Forrer of the in- temal revenue office. Forrer arrested S. Snitzer, a meat dealer at 830 Carr street, who bad the cigarettes in his shop. The cigarettes bore no tax stamp, and Snitzer was charged with a violation of the revenue law. When arraigned before Commissioner Chase Morsey, Snitzer stated that he bought the cigarettes about three months ago, with other goods from the owner of a shop at 828 Carr street. The cigarettes bear his name and ad- dress. Snitzer went to the internal revenue collector's office two weeks ago to buy stamps to place on the cigar- ettes, but. not being a manufacturer of tobacco, they were refused him, and his efforts led the officers to investigate. Commissioner Morsey said he believed Snitzer had violated the law uninten- tionally and released him without bond for future appearance. This was to give the revenue agents time to bring in the former owner of the cigarettes. w be and other local territory. Some months ago an arrangement was effected between Mr. Sachs and J. G Shirk, the well known Lancaster hilesale dealer and jobber, by which took the United States selling agency of the Lew Morris brand, and it JB stated that the same arrangement will be made on the Lawyer's Daisy and other brands made at the Albright factory. It is notable that this is the fifth factory the products of which Mr. Shirk has taken selling control of in four years. Jacob Albright will re- main with the new house, as manager of the factory. CIGAR. DEALERS MEET In Annual Convention at Chicago. Tampa. Chosen for 1908. Chicago. 111., Feb. 9. Col. M. W. Diffley, President of the Cigar Dealers' Association of America. called to order the annual meeting of the association on Tuesday morning last, at the Hotel Bismark. A fair at- tendance was present. Considerable routine business was transacted, and some interesting reports were received. Sidney J. Freeman, a delegate from New York, gave an extended account I of the work being done in the East among independent dealers, and ex- pressed the belief that the organization would grow stronger with each suc- ceeding year, and that a wholesome effect would eventually be felt through- I out the country. Ail of the former Board of Directors, which consisted of M.W. Diffley, Henry I Leopold, John J. Dolan, Edward Kol- man, 0. B. Eisendrath, Jacob Bermar, jOttoSchrader, Albert Breitung. Jacob jBerolzheim, and Joseph Freeman, all of Chicago, and E. L. Smith, Grand Rapids. F. B. Ashner. Brooklyn, N. Y., R G. Fisher, Minneapolis, and S. J. Freeman. W. W. St. John. T. J. Doni- Iwn and R. E. Lane, of New York city, were re-elected, with the exception of T J. Donigan and R. E. Lane of New York, who were succeeded by J. A. Moos, of Chicago, and J. S. Parry, of [San Francisco. The following were elected officers Vffl ^* «"8u>ng year : President, M. W. J'ffley, Chicago ; First Vice President, The election of officers and com- mittees resulted as follows : President, H. D. Miller, Frishmuth Bros & Co., Philadelphia; Vice Presi- dent, Hugh Campbell, President United States Tobacco Co., Richmond, Va. ; Secretary and Tresurer, R. F. Whalen, of R. Whalen & Co., Rochester, N. Y. Directors :—S. S. Bloch, of Bloch Bros. Tobacco Co., Wheeling, W. Va. ; Wm. E. Strater, of Strater Bros. Tobacco Co., Louisville, Ky ; Geo. F. Brown, of Brown & Williamson, Win- ston, N. C. ; C. D. Larus, of Larus & Bro. Co., Richmond, Va; Albert Weis- ert, of Weisert Bros. Tobacco Co., St. Louis, Mo. Membership Committee : — C. D. La- rus, of Larus & Bro. Co., Richmond, Va ; W. F. Axton, of Axton-Fisher To- bacco Co., Louisville, Ky. ; Frank D. Kramer, of Ware-Kramer Tobacco Co. ; Norfolk, Va. Legislative Committee : Hugh Camp- bell, of United States Tobacco Co., than ever before ; that the results of the recent licorice cases could be re- garded as only initial victories, and that more important movements were likely to follow. He referred to the fact that some members had been lost, but new ones had been gained, commended the trade journals upon the attitude they were taking, thanked the legislative com- mittee for the earnest work it had done, and further said : "There is at the present time a bill before the Senate, which has passed the House, known as the Free Leaf bill, which you will all readily see is greatly against the interests of every tobacco manufacturer in the United States. Besides it reduces the revenue of the Government, without materially aiding any one. We should as a body enter our protest against the passage of this bill, .which I understand is now before the Senate Finance Committee. " A protest against the bill was adopted, in the form of a resolution addressed to the Senate Finance Com- DISASTROUS CINCINNATI FIRE. Richmond; Benj. Pearson, Byfield Snuff mittee. and a committee was appointed Co, Bfiyeld, Mass ; S. S. Bloch, of to present it. HEARING ON "FREE LEAF" BILL. Protests of Independent Manufacturers and Others Filed. Washington, D. C, Feb. 7. The Senate Finance Committee yes- terday began its hearings upon a bill now before the Senate, and which has already passed the House, which is calculated to remove the restrictions upon the sale of leaf tobacco by far- mers, and has become known as the Free Leaf bill, but which tobacco man- ufacturers declare is a measure that will probably benefit in only a very small degree, a small proportion of the tobacco growers chiefly in the States of Tennessee and Kentucky. A delegation was present represent- ing the Independent Tobacco Manufac- turers'Association of the United States, the Richmond Va., Tobacco Exchange; the Cigar Manufacturers' Association of America ; the Havana Cigar Manu- facturers' Association, and the Na- tional Cigar Leaf Tobacco Association of the United States. „ =- . . .^^ * .^^,^^,.^, Strong protests were made by W. E. S'dney J. Freeman, New York; Second Strater, of the Strater Bros. Tobacco ^•ce President, Ed. Kolman. Chicago; Co., of Louisville, Ky., W. E. Massie, of the Ryan-Hampton Tobacco Co., and W. F. Axton, of the Axton-Fisher Tobacco Co., of Louisville, Ky. H. D. Miller, of Frishmuth Bros. & Co., Philadelphia, and President of the Independent Tobacco Manufacturers' Association of the United States ; Hugh Campbell, President of the United p.. . — ....Iman, >.^...w..b^, »hird Vice President, John ' S. Parry, »n Francisco; Secretary, Henry Leo- » a. Chicago ; Treasurer, Jacob Be- O'zheim, Chicago. IBi5il?V*™®'' solicitation of T. J. L. Kber of' r'"' °^ ^^^ '^^'"P^' ^'^-Jl ItohnM Vu ^on^merce, it was decided |th« wli .°®*'^ annual convention of pWBociation at that place. States Tobacco Co., Richmond, Va., and Vice President of the Independent Tobacco Manufacturers' Association; H. A. Allen, Jr.. of Allen & Kyle, Lynchburg. Va., John L. Wingo and Frank Williams, on behalf of the Rich- mond Tobacco Exchange, were all present, but will be heard at a later hearing. The Richmond Tobacco Exchange re- cently adopted a resolution setting forth in the main that it was mani- festly unfair to the manufacturer who paid taxes and to the dealer who is de- pendent on the manufacturers for his trade that such a law be passed ; also that the little good that a few might derive from it would be over-balanced by the trade being demoralized and prices so affected that it would injure even those who would take advantage of it, as it would tend to lower the price of tobacco. It is evident that a spirited fight is on, but tobaco men are hopeful of be- ing able to make their claims so clear and convincing as to bring it to a con- clusion favorable to them. %%a%%^^ VIRGINIA PLANT GOES TO WINSTON. The R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Com- pany, of Winston, N. C, is busy at Martinsville, Va. making the necessary arrangements for transferring the busi- ness of D. H. Spencer & Sons, inc., to Winston. They have recently purchased this business, which was one of the largest tobacco factories in Virginia, having an outpt when in active opera- tion of 2,000,000 pounds a year. Total Destruction of the Day ii4!5^iiMJM=»i^J'HJ"'™i"'" l| UUmiondeFabR'^^anksdeTabacosyCigabros II I S L A D E C U B A uLonzada porel Gobierno dela Republica Garantiza que los tabacoscigarrosy paqoefes de picaduraqoellev«nesl"aprecinfa son fabricados por 7a:yjrt:»tJjJJItfl[AWHJ:I.IJId.ri.Hl-Wk4JM.|ill!l.llk^<:IIJIi'^<:W;W.|f>'ii;|;|.[:H^!ti HABANA Either the name of the Manufacturer or that of his Brand will appear printed in the blank space of this precinta or stamp. . . . I M PORTA NT NOTICE .. . The preceding cut is a fac-similt^. in its actual size, of the new PRECINTA or warranty stamp which as authorized by the Government of t^heRepnWIj rfCuba 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 eat »nKanco Ddckages which bear these stamps were manufactured in Cuba. ^^tt^.^t t^-iati u u v tv -.: - -: *"''* The consumers of these goods, who wish to acquire the genuine article made in CUBA from pure CUBAN LEAF should buy "« f J^ J«"«- «8jr- ^tPs or cut leaf packages but those which have this PRECINTA or stamp of the Cigar and Cigarette Manufacturers' Union of the Island of Cuba wh^ ffl'v with the Government of the Republic of Cuba, or separately, will prosecute before the court-;, anyone who may attempt to counterfeit, imitate, or Kv way rendPr S.« the gna'-antee covered by this stamp. The Colors of the PRECINTA fac-simile: black with pale blue ground; fac-simile of th» Presidency of the Rebublic : dark blue^ _^^___.__.^_.^^_____._._.«.^-^_------- — ——-—-—-— ^--^--—^-—-^—-—-— ^^—^--^^--——-i— Vice President. The company will be- groceries. Mr. Kelley is the exclusive gin to manufacture in the old Kindel handler in Burlington of the famous 1 atenue factory. Mr. Schroer recently Marksman five cent cigar and the sold out his business to the new Day Poet, a ten cent cigar of wide popu- 4 Night merger. larity. He has a large trade in both The A.'T. Morris Cigar Co. has es- these brands as well as in other makes tablished a branch at Crookstown, he keeps in stock. He has an exten- MiDD.. which is in charge of W. A. sive patronage from the city and all of Wilson, to whom the first consignment the surrounding region, and is well i of goods has been already made, and is known to every one in the cigar busi- ■ow soliciting business in Crookstown ness in those parts. Mr. Kelley was born in the State of New York. He has been a resident of Burlington since 1864. He has been a Deputy Sheriff of the county since was organized last week. Samuel 1902 and a member of the Board of (Jreenwold was elected President, Max Water Commissioners since 1905. HOFFMAN SUES FARMERS. A Good Pa and surrounding towns in Minnesota. The Independent Tobacco Company, anew $50,000 corporation which has «Btered the local scrap tobacco field. Greenwold, Vice President, Harry Greenwold, Secretary. Sig. Freiberg, Treasurer and Sol. H. Bernard and Harry Freiberg, Directors. This is the company which has stepped into the fight and secured the use of the uion label after it was taken from the other concerns, which combined. Some recent developments in the •crap tobacco situation are looking very significant, and some further develop Alleges that Grower* Did Not Keep Con tract «k.t Stipulated Price. I Dayton, O., Feb. 9. The Hoffman Leaf Tobacco Company, of Richmond and Greenville, Ohio, brought suits against Joseph Sink and W. S. Hadley, tobacco raisers of Darke county, Ohio. The plaintiff alleges ments of a highly interesting character that the defendants entered into an m«y be looked for in a short time. agreement to sell it their 1906 tobacco The E. 0. Eshelby Tobacco Co., at c»"0P8 «' 8 cents per pound, and now re- Newport, is now beginning to show f"«« ^o make deliveries. The petition signs of unusual activity, and has a^ks that the defendants be restrained recently put on the market a new brand f"'*'"^ celling their products to any of scrap tobacco, under the name of ^^^^r firm. ^^^^^^^^^^^^ yuincy. NEW YORK GROWERS TO MEET. Baldwinsvillc, N. Y., Feb. 9. The annual meeting of the New York State Tobacco Growers' Associa- tion will be held at the village hall, Baldwinsville, on February 16, at 10 Samples of tobaccos grown RUTHERFORD ^^'-^^cfc^^I^''* Are Popular Because They Please the Consumer. BUKLINGTON. VT.. SUCCESS. For the long period of thirty years, o'clock. <5eorgeW. Kelley has been one of the last year will be shown and a discus- 'eading wholesale and retail cigar and s'on ^^'^ ^^^^ P'^^® ^^ ^^ *^® ^^^^ ^^^' tobacco merchants in Burlington, Vt., tilizers to be used. All growers who his business having been established in can do so are urged to bring samples. ^76 by the firm of Chawin & Kelley. There will be speeches by well known Tbe establishment at 10 Church street growers and by G. W. Harris who has 'as been under the sole control of Mr. charge of the government's experi- ^elley since 1878. The ground floor mental work here. Two of Our Popular Five Cent Brands. Our Goods are Made of Best Selections, Made Carefully, and Made to Duplicate. Wolf,Neff&Co. RED LION, PA. J"d the basement are occupied for rosinesa purposes, being 22 by 60 feet ^dimensions. The store contai *J*vy stock of the standard and pop- •Iw brands —J. M. Farmer became a partner The store contains a with Frank P. Strigel, at Newark, 0., in the manufacture of cigars. The . . - of cigars, smoking and new firm is known as Farmer & Srtigel, «^ing tobaccos, pipes and smokers' and will continue its business in the "wcles of every description and some Burt block. ! T. E. BROOKS <& CO. RED LION, PA. Manufacturers of All Grades of Pennsylvania Cigar» FOR THE Wholesale Jobbing Trade DISTRIBUTORS WANTED ON OUR SPECIAL BRANDSt GOV WRIGHT REGAL DUKE DON SEGNO GEN'L YORK HAVANA SWEETS and MANUEL F. DOMINGIJEZ SAMPLES UPON REQUEST D » THB * Siivking Spring, Pa^. Established 1891 6 eA.C IMPORTERS OF^'^ 123 N. THIRD 8T Philaoml^hia Gieske & Niemann, packers soeate in Leaf Tobacco No, 204 South Charles Street Baltimore, Md. THE CUBAN SITUAIION. A recent issue of Dinero. a Cuban fi,ancial Journal.^ contains an from W. A banker, on the tke island. article Merchant, a leading financial condition of He says : Cuba in some respects enters upon the new year under more auspicious circumstances than at the beginning of 1906 as in January of that year great damage had been done to the sugar and tobacco crops, upon which the com- Biercial life of the island depends. On the other hand the financial condition MOKE EXPOSITION SPACE TAKEN, Just what the Tobacco Exposition means to the trade far removed from New York is impossible to imagine, as seen through the eyes of the man in the West or South, or even in the States nearer New York. But it is patent that the Exposition has vital interest for the trade of New York and the imme- diate vicinity, as well aa the various factories that have offices in New York city. 1 he men at the head of the larger houses are discussing the details of the tbeotherhandtne nnanc... .u„u._. and suggest, if possible. ,.f the country is not as good as a year ^^.^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ assistance to in- ^'"The sugar crop harvested in 1906 dependent manufacturers, jobbers or re- was made at a ^°"«*^,%^^'%^°;^V.nn ^^The'' independent manufacturers are the same statement relative to tobacco ^^^.^.^ ^^ ^^^.^ holdsgood. H-^y»°.-^\7:^.\"^oX goods at the next great Tobacco Ex- by the late insurrection ^n^ the Octo- j,i^„ ^^ ^e held at Madiso- «— ber cyclone. A number ^t sug^res- P September 2 to 14 tates began grinding prior to Decern- ,j^^ ,^^;^, J^, ,^ ^o this i: ber 15, 1906. with very poor results ^^^^^ independent tobacco house of the Falk Tobacco Company, with fac- tory at Richmond, Va., and whose con- fidence in the enterprise is shown by the large amount of space they have taken for their exhibit of 1907, and by • J 1. .u Tu^ «r;,.o ia the generous manner in which they are .„ to grind all the cane Th« Pnce s «j^^^ representation during the wmewhat lower than expected aU P « ^^^.^ .^^^^^.^^ ^^^^ thooghonthe basis of four reales la ^^^ ^^ ,^^ fi^m will be on arroba(20cents for 25.36 pounds.) well '^l^l^^' ,^, with a full corps managed estates are able to realize a ^^^"/^,^^^ J;„ ,^^^ ^.^ ,,,,, Thfl experience of 1906 at the Expo- sition demonstrated to the Falk To- bacco Company that numbers of their Madison Square One of do this is the well ip to the latter part of the month, ow- ing to the very poor yield and deficient train service. Experts estimate the tanecrop sufficient to produce l.SOf^,- 000 tons of sugar, but it remains to be Been whether there are suflRcient labor- profit. "Stocks of Cuban tobacco abroad are fery low, and there is little on hand here, consequently high prices are ex- pected. There is every reason to ex- pect heavy investments of foreign cap- ital during 1907." Tifbftcco Crop and Exports. According to figures furnished by the Cuban legation at Washington, the production of leaf tobacco in 1905 was 473,617 bales and in 1906 286.288 bales. The exportation of tobacco was as follows : 1905. 1906. Leaf pounds 32.575.793 27,859,483 Cut •• 263.093 373,154 Cigars 227,028.521 256.738.029 Cigarettes pkgs. 11.829,076 16,643,275 regular trade from out of town called upon them, besides a lot of new trade. Wishing to extend to the trade and to their friends every hospitality of a cor- dial welcome, it has been deemed wise this year to have the representatives of the firm in different sections of the country in daily attendance, that each may care for the visitors from his own respective territory. Park & Tilford, one of the oldest and best known houses in the inde- pendent cigar trade, have recently made arrangements for representation in the Tobacco Exposition of 1907. Ever active and aggressive in the cause of independent cigars, this house , „ handles a fine line of high grade cigars England imported 92,459.687 Cuban made exclusively by well ^n^^n inde- . . ^« ,.«- ,>/^/^ • npndent Havana factories. Iheir own •igars m 1906. against 90.505,906 in ^^J^/vVest brand. Mi Favorita, is very 1905, while the United States imported ^gH (^nown throughout the cigar trade. 79,483,125 and 64,860,975, respectively. Park & Tilford believe in the To- bacco Exposition and in its benefits to , " " , the independents, and have added their if I if inn ^®®^ *"" name and influence to the great demon- ,»l'-*l*^-'* * Havana gtration for and by independent manu- •tands for Quality and Workmanship, facturers. the Tobacco Exposition. Remember that. a. N. Barson & Co., manufacturers ' of Turkish cigarettes, have secured NEW BOX FACTORY IN INDIANA. space, twice as much as in 1906, to ex- w . 1 T ^ iToK 7 hibit their Blue Nile and other branda Waterloo, Ind., Feb. 7. ^^ cigarettes. This firm has exhibited A new cigar box manufacturing es- their cigarettes prominently at other Const exhibitions, and at the St. Louis World's Fair a familiar package of this concern was handled by one of the cafes on the famous "Pike," this thoroughfare being to the St. Louis Fair what the Midway was to the Chi- cago World's Fair. It was a Turkish cafe, and dainty cups of black Turkish -— ^. coffee were served by Turkish attend- It is expected that enough tradtf can ants. The whole atmosphere was very wnes in Waterloo and some nearby ^ ^^^ ^^ cigarettes manufactured by Turkish coffee cup. toblishment has been projected for Waterloo. It will be conducted by a partnership formed between Walter Vaughn and Frank Brand. They have "wured a location in the Flack building on Sheridan street north of the Opera House. -^ n^ ',«»: y I W \l^ ^^Am i THE BEST l^UNIONIAADE WW I* v\ //,i § k ontheMarket M.STEPPACHER Manufacturer I Reading PA y^'^v^Z Samples ^Prices Established 1895 Telephone Connectl«« T. L. ADAIR Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Red Lion, Pa. Special Lines for the Jobbing Trade SIGNS! Designers. Printers, and Litho- graphers of CLOTH. ROPE FIBER and CARDBOARD SIGNS, AND PAPER POSTERS. In Weatherproof Colof We have Somethina New In FOLDED EDGE SIGNS. UNION LABEL on Work When D«»l» «_. A *.,«„l.. We FumUh QUALITY AND SERVICl Write for Prices tnd Simple. ^"^'^^ _ nr^C'T-Ti'D m THE MA5SILLON SIGN tr' POSTER CO. MASSILLON, OHIO. THE TOBACCO WORLD GEO. W. BREMER, Jr. BREMER BROS. m N. Tbird St, PHIUDELPHU WALTER T. BREMER Importers, Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Hippie Bros. & Co. ^fc ^" Y._^^_4'^<.a on/I 'PonlrAra nf Importers and Packers of and Dealers in Leaf Tobaccos 231 Arch St., PhUadelphia Our Retail Department is Strictly Up-to-Date LOUIS BYTHINER & CO. ImJ Tobacco Brokers 308 RaCC St. p|^.|^ j t j^.^ and Commission Merchants. Long Distance Telephone, Market 3025 John U. Fehr Established 1883 Geo. N. Fehr J. U. Fehr & Son Importers and Packers of Leaf Tobacco 700 Franklin St., 101 to 107 S. 7th St., READING, PA. CaJbU Address. "Helland. Lancaster' Telephone Service S. Weinberg 121 North Third Street PHILADELPHIA Importer of SUMATRA and HAVANAl Dealer in all kinds of SEED I Tobacci H. VELENCHIK S. VBLBNCII JOHN F. HEILAND & CO. COMMISSION MERCHANTS i AND DEALERS Leaf Tobacco Eastern Agents MaGee Tobacco Case Representlnd *. J:J; ;rr i~r;.r.':; c^ 48 E. Chestnut Street Dayton. O.t p^ q^ l^ox. 178 Tha Krolin Tobacco Co.. Windsor. Ct.t B.wnard & KoUlni. Cincinnati. O., LANCASTER, PA, P. W. Dohrmann & Son. Cincinnati. O.t ■•iakcy & Helland. Litltz. Pa. VELENCHIK BROS. ""n::i:"'in LE AF TOB/iee< Sumatra and Havana 134 N. THIRD ST., PHlLADELPHUl HENRY RINDSKOPF Packer and Importer of '""■rDllr." LEAF TOBACCO N. E. Cor. Fifth and Washington Sts. Reading, Pa. AARON B. HESS Packer of and Dealer in Lea£ Tobacco Pennsylvania. Seed B's and Top» READY FOR THE MARKET. Write for Prices. Office and Warehouse: 630-=636 N. Prince SL Lancaster, Pa. Bell 'Phone : 77-X. Independent 'Phone : 1464-A. •<: L. O. HAEVSSERMANN CARL L. HAEl]SSf:RMANN EDWARD C. HAEUSSEIMANK U. O. HAEUSSERMANIS & SONS 1 nn porters of Packers and Exporters of and Dealers in Sumatra and Havana Leaf Tobacco LARGEST RETAILERS IN PENNSYLVANIA No. 240 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 8 -THE TOBACCO WORLD R^BAVTISTA y C A.- Leaf Tobacco Warehouse— HAB AN A, CVBA. • RoTisTA. NEPTUNO 170"! 74. special Partner— Gdmersindo Garcia Cuervo. ^. ^\ QUIET PREVAILS IN THE HAVANA MARKET. « arcity of Suitable Tobacco Restricts Number of Transactions. Rain Still Needed for the New Crop in Some Sections. Special Correspondence of The Tobacco World.) Havana, Cuba, February 4, 1907. tferoua to expecf prices to fall, at least to any; extent. " »• Sales ,thi8 week amounted to 1,672 bales in all, of which 553 consisted of Vuelta One Tampa "lanufactui^er cortjplaiiitd Abajb, and 1,U9 of Remedios. Of this to me last week that he had been here quantity 1,199 bales were purchased by ten days already, and had been unable Americans and 473 were taken by the The market during the past week las been only moderately active, and while there seem to be enough buyers i, town most of them have been buying tnly, so to speak, from hand to mouth. I !1I ESTABLISHED 1844 to find a single vega of Vuelta ^l^jo trPartido that woulid ablt Kim. Of- loorse this ought not to occasion any gorprise, as the stocks for • the clear Havana cigar manufacturers dan be laid to be almost exhausted, and what is still left here does not appeal to any manufacturer who wants a sound and at least somewhat aromatic leaf. I will leave the question of prices out entirely, as most of the manufacturers would be willing to make almost any sacrifice if they could only find what they need for their purposes. As far IS making money is concerned times are dead against them, and the only aim which they can poasibly have in tiew is to keep up the credit of their products among their customers. Of Remedios there is still some fair laantity on hand, but as it consists ihiefly of 1st capaduras, and for which the holders are asking from $75 to $80 perqq. all the dealers from the United States seem to be fighting shy in lay- ing in large stocks, and are buying only to a limited extent. For 2nd cap- aduras there has been a very good call, and if our almacenistas had been will ing to sell them separately, every bale would have been sold long since. Of Ird capaduras there is nothing left here to speak of as all the stocks have been lold at top notch prices. The so-called 4a have also disappeared, and most of them have done service to the clear Havana cigar manufacturers in the North, in place of Vuelta Abajo fillers. As far as the new crop is concerned reports have been very contradictory, and it is now claimed that only some ihowers of no long duration have fallen in the Santa Clara province, and did not extend all over the tobacco growing districts. Likewise our dealers assert that the rains in the Vuelta Abajo, while very beneficial at •ome points, have not been uniform »11 over this section. In those places where rain has fallen, and not all the ground had been occupied with tobacco plants, the vegueros have now set to work to put out new seedlings. Sum- ning up the present situation, it strikes ne that we will not know anything definite about the 1907 crop until the «>dof March, and that it will depend «"rely upon whether the weather conditions are favorable how many wles can be produced in the island of ^Jba this year. Owing to the scarcity w "tocks held by dealers and manufac- 'ers, and a constantly increasing de- ^^^^_[^^^«tobacco, it looks prepos- .Consliiutiont\^*«?r '• «e Best that can be made. ^0 you sell them? local cigai: and cigarette manufac- turers. - ' ilnyera Come and Go. Arrivals :- Peter Wohl and J. H. Comstock, of Wohl & Comstock, E. Hecht and Walter Hecht, of E. Hecht & Son, Abe Landfield, of Randell & Landfield, Chicago; Joseph Loeb and Irving Loeb, of the Loeb-Nunez Havana Co., Philadelphia and Havana. Cigar importers :— J. E. Blais, of S. S. Pierce Co., Boston; E. Lowenhaupt, of Moss & Lowenhaupt, St. Louis ; B. Wasserman, of the B. Wasserman Co., Charles B. Cameron, of the Waldorf- Astoria Segar Co., Joseph Leopold, of New York ; Godfrey S. Mahn, of Phila- delphia, and A. E. Morris, of Montreal. Departures :- M. Herzog, for New York ; Charles Landau and M. Hey man, for Montreal ; Harry Cohn, Sebastian Solaris, Peter Wohl, J. H. Comstock and Joseph Wedeles, for Chicago. Havana ClKar Mannfactorcra continue to be occupied in filling the old orders on hand, although the de- mand has slackened somewhat. Still this may be only temporary, and orders may soon begin to come in again as heretofore. Excepting a few manufacturers who have been fortunate enough to buy largely, and are holding enough stock, the majority will soon begin to feel the pinch of not having enough leaf to- bacco to fill existing orders, and may have to wait until the new tobacco comes in and is ready to be put upon the cigarmakers' tables to be worked into cigars. H. Upmann & Co. shipped 750,000 ci- gars during the past week, and they report business as still being tip top. Partagas, Sol, Ramon Ailones and Eden are all working to the satisfac- tion of their owners. Durlnvr, Selling and Other Notes of Interest. Don Antero Prieto y Gonzales, of the well known firm of Sobrs. de A. Gon- zales, arrived here on the 1st inst. by the Spanish mail steamer Reina Maria Christina from Spain, and was wel- comed by a large number of his friends and acquaintances, who were glad to see him back again. Sobrs. de A. Gonzales sold 623 bales of Remedios and Vuelta Abajo, the majority of which went to a couple of our local ci- garette manufacturers. ■ Cuesta, Rey & Co., of Tampa, repre- sented by A. L. Cuesta, have been lucky enough to find some 400 bales of good Vuelta Abajo. Rz. Bautista & Co. closed out 250 bales of Vuelta Abajo. E. and Walter Hecht stocked up wjth 200 bales of leaf tobacco. H. Upmann & Co HAVANA. CUBA, BdctYkers and ^ Commission Merchsciits SHITTEP^jy OF CIGAP^^ and LEAP TO'BACCO The Celebrated MANUFXQTURBRS OP ^SU CUtLff FACTORYt PASEO DE TACON 159-169 OFFICE: AMARGURA I HAVANA, CUBA. •MIMI PABLO PEREZ OANDIDO OBEM Perez & Obeso S. en C. (Sobrinos de G. Palacios) I^Leaf Tobacco J VUELTA ABAJO FACTORY VEGAS a Specialty Proprietors of famous Lowland Vuelta Abajo Veiia« Prado 121, Entrance, Dragones St HABANA, CUBA. 1 ). Cable: **Sodecio. Lewis Sylvester Si Son HAVANA. CUBA 11 NEW YORK Monte 56 II 163 Front Streel Packers and Importers of Vuelta Abajo, Partidos, Remedios THE TOBACCO WORLD BEriRENS& eO. Havana, Cuba Manufacturers of the " SOL" Brand PARTAGAS Independent Cigar Factory Finest f velta Abajo Tobacco Exclusively %m '^/'Ki NO BETTER GOODS MADE IE PARTAGAS los YC a A 4^BA^ The Best Cigars QUALITY ALWAYS RELIABLE Sole RepresentativeB for the United States and Canada: National Cuba Co., 147 Water Slreet, New York Cifuentes, Fernandez y Ca. Proprietors i<^4 ladustria Street cMe: ciFBR Habaua, Cubi Sobrinos de A, Gonzalez LEAF TOBACCO MERCHANTS Principe Alfonso 116 y 118 Habana, Ouba AVELINO PAZOS & CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Ram PRADO 123 Habann Cable: ON I LEVA CaU«: *'Astero' SUAREZ HERMANOS, •"^^rsJS^i: Leaf Tobacco f IQURAS S9-41, gbu«: ••CMten" HAVANA* CI)Bi| GUSTAVO SALOMON Y HNOS, Especialidad en Tabacos Finos de Vuclta Abajo, Partidos y Vuelta Arribi* Monte 114, Habana. (P. O. Box) Apmrtado 270. Cable; Z\lbzoon. Diax T(. Rodrigvti J. H, CAYRO & SON Dealers In Leaf Tobaoo Specialty: Vuclto Abajo and Partido Warehouse and Office, 92 Dn^oivee Street ^J^^i Cftbl* AddreM: "JotWUYBO." Con^poodenoe •oUctted in B. DIRZ 8t CO. Growers a-nd Packers of ,-, - VoeltsL Abajo and PsLftido TobaLCCt PRADO 125, HABANA, CUBA. HENRY voNCirr 0«r Capacity for Manufaciurlng Cigar Bozea ALvVAYS Room for On« Mokb Good Cut' THB TOBACCO WORLD L J. Sellers & Son, Sellersville, Pa. Mi Hogar cigar Grau. Planas & Co. disposed of 200 ^.leBo'f Remedies P p Cordero, of fj'tory. in New York, picked up 150 >^|P8 of fine leaf. Tnzalezy Miguel sold 139 bales of Pemedios from their choice holdings. The Loeb-Nunez Havana Co,, is do- DK a very good business with its large ^jcle of customers who are constantly depleting the large stocks held by this left last week for fortunate was firm. Harry Cohn, who big Chicago home, <,ough to find some fine lots of Vuelta Abajo. Receipt" Krom Oi« Cowntry Vuelta Abajo Partido Matanzas Remediosfi S.Clara Switiago de Cuba Week ending Since Feb. 2 Jan. 1 Bales Bales 290 650 — 130 17 17 ara 804 3,721 a — 477 Total 1,111 wwvtnn 4.995 F. VIDAL CK VONEIFF Y VIDAL CRUZ LEAF'TOBAee( Cable}— 2AIDCO *:j S Jorge ^' ^' Castaneda JORGE 8t P. CflSTAflEDfl Growers, Packers and Exporters of Havana beaf Tobacco Bpdo. Comer Dragones street, HAVANA Packers and Exporters of ^..«. 73 Amistad Street. HAVANA, CUBA. BrancK ilouMa:-616 W. Baltimore Stre«l. Baltimore, Md.: "* O Box 433. T«.«P*.'*' BVAKISTO GARCIA JOSB M. GARCIA J. M. GARCIA Y CIA. Almacenistas de Tabaco Partido y Vuelta CON San Nicolas 126 y 128, VEGAS PROP! AS o aNA. C Cable: "Jomaoaecxa 10 PREPARING FOR. SPRING TRADE. Boston Cigar Men are Clearing Up in Expectation of «l Busy Season. IBoston Bureau "The Tobacco World" 19 Devonshire Street] Boston, Mass., Feb. 11. The large cigar manufacturers are irorking their usual number of cigar- makers. The jobbers are doing their us'ial quota of business, and are finding it bard to fill prders for Dill's tobacco as the shipments from Richmond have been very tardy for the past two weeks. Trade was much better this week with the retailers. They have been cleaning out their odds and ends a'ld getting ready for the spring trade. It seems as if the little cigars or rather abort smoke packages have seen their Dest days; outside of two or three popular brands there is nothing doing in that line. Turkish and other brands of paper cigarettes are greatly on the increase. For the past few weeks the Boston retailers and wholesalers have been besieged by cigarette salesmen, every- one eager to get his firm's products on a good footing ; plenty of advertising matter is being distributed, and can- vassers representing all the leading cigarette manufacturers are here to Bake a campaign of the trade. The American Tobacco Company, probably fearing a drop in their busi- ness, have been extra good to the re- tailers by giving them a free deal with Tropies. Sweet Caporal and Tolstoi cigarettes, and in addition to this there ^.8 some gratis goods being given on a drop shipment of 2.500 cigarettes. The Ware-Kramer Co.. Norfolk. Va.. ^s a crew here selling the White Rolls cigarettes. The Menashi Khoury Co, had a better Msiness last month than in any other month since they began business. R- M. Ellis, formerly manager of we of the cigarette departments of the American Tobacco Co.. who resigned disposition the first of this year to ac- cept the position as general representa- »'e for M. Melachrino & Co.. manu- iwturers of high grade Egyptian owrettes. ig here on his first trip for ^^'8 house. Melachrino cigarettes are JoSV n°"^*' with many of the Har- »»rd College students. The drug ^•tional Nestor Gianachis Co., makers of the popular Nestor cigarette, have a corps of salesmen visiting the retail trade. They are putting out some nice adver- tising matter in the shape of ash re- ceivers, booklets, show cards, etc., and are liberally giving out samples of the famous Nestor cigarette. C. H. Wil- liams, who was formerly with the Menashi Co. here, is one of the Nestor crew, and as he has had a lot of ex- perience with the high class trade, 1 expect he will make good in his new undertaking. The Nestor cigarette, although made in Boston, has never been canvassed in its home town, but now that some local work is being done on it, the Nestor ought to soon be found well up with our leading brands. The Turco Egyptian Cigarette Co., New York, are making many window displays about town on Egyptian Straights and Pall Mall cigarettes. Murray's Special Blend is a new brand of Turkish cigarettes being placed around this vicinity. Omega and Kef cigarettes, made by the Turco American Tobacco Co.. New York, are selling well here. The 5 cent pony size of the William the Fourth brand is catching on nicely. Retailers tell me that they are satisfy- ing their customers, which is going some for a practically new cigar on this market. A. Shadoff. representiny^rye Bros.. Dover. N. H., was a recent visitor to this market. A. ChertofT, 43 Cross street, a to- bacco and cigarette manufacturer, has just returned from a successful trip to Salem, Lynn, Lawrence and Brock- ton. Mass., where his Smyrna, a 5 cent mouthpiece Turkish cigarette, is a great seller. M. H. Wolfson, a live retailer with two stores on Friend and Traverse streets, is using the El Cura clear Havana cigar as his leader. Mr. Wolf- son has worked up an enviable retail business, and much of the credit is due to his young lady assistant, who through her courteous and winning ways has greatly helped to swell his daily receipts. J. Pearlstein, representing the short smoke department of the American Cigar Co., spent several days this week calling on the trade in Providence, R. L J. S. Brown, 8 Washington street, has been offering his trade this week the Union League cigar at 6 for 25 cents. H. J. Mandel intends shortly to inaugurate his own coupon system in both of his stores. Harry is a little timid of using other concerns' coupons, as so many of the coupon companies have gone under in the past few years. Geo. Harris & Co. are doing well with the Strawberry cigar. Jack Joseph, formerly with the Bieringer Bros. Co., wholesalers here, is at pres- ent on the road for Geo. Harris & Co. Charlie Ellis, New England represen- tative for the Kaufman's Smokecraft and Cortez Cigar Co. 's cigars, has re- turned from a very satisfactory trip. The Smokecraft is put up in a very handsome box, and the cigar being a good one it never fails to duplicate. El Fanal, a ten for a quarter package of clear Havana cigarros, made by the Colonial Tobacco Co., New York, has made its Boston debut. The package is (Concluded.on page 13) LUIS NUNIZ MANUEL NUNIZ HILARIO MUNIZ VENANCIO DIAZ. Special Partner MUNIZ HERMANOS y CIA stores here operating the .^ _. * ■ _,, „ '•t«H.,E'tr'r''^ l"? "" """ Rutherford ^'"Sf.fr'" that r»fo 1 * ' * Turkish cigarette are sold by successful dealers. reiaiia for 20 cents a package. There is a Reason. S en C Growers and Dealers of VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDO and RENEDIOS TOBACCO ReiasL 20, HavansL p. o. box 93 Cable : "Angel," Havana JOSE F. ROCHA, Havana Leaf Tobacco Eipadalidad Tabacos Finos de Vaelta Abajo, Partido y San Miguel lOO, HABANA, CUBA, CHARLES BLASCO Connnnission Merchant Leaf Tobacco and Clears I O'Reilly St. 4^- Habana, Cuba GONZALMZ, BENITMZ & CO. AlmacenistasdeTabacoenRamayVivercs Amargura 12 And 14, and San Ignacio 25, Cable: -Tebcnitez.' P. O. Box 396. HABANA, CUBA. LOEB-NUNEZ HAVANA CO. mmaGemstas iie TaliaGO en laina 142 and 144 Consulado Street, HABANA* Cable:— RxPORM. A. M. CALZADA & CO. Packers and Dealers in Lreaf and COMMISSION MERCHANTS Monte 156, HABANA, CUBA. p. O. Box. 595. Cable: "CALDA." NDBI30BPI U>UIS A. Mendelsohn, Bomemann & Co., importers of HAVANA TOBACCO >»■ Commission' Aerchants , 11 «l«w T«vfc Office t 196 WATEK STKEEI SUASEZ y CA.. Cable Addreasi DERBA. Telepbonei 1629 J« \VM. BADER Importer of Havana Tobacco 4 Burlind Slip, NEW YORK A Spaeialty of HAVANA WRAPPERS and FILLERS at rataiL Mail ordara promptly GONZALEZ Y MIGUEL Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama Especialidad en Tabaco de Santa Clara de Primera Claae Cablet "CASIN" AMISTAD 97, HABANA. I I THE TOBACCO WORLD ERNEST ELLINGER & CO. no. loi water stt,, Importers of HAVANA^TOBACCO J^ew York LEAF TOBACCO. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦^♦♦♦♦♦t OFnccs : DETROIT, MICH. AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. HAVANA .CUBA. New York. «.^^4 4.^4^4^ ♦^♦•^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦* t TOBACCO NEWS OF GREATER NEW YO ^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦* New York, F.bruaryli The New York leaf market has ex- stockholder in the company. Hit perienced another week of compara however, was refused by lively quiet business. Transactions creditors, and the project fell thtt^ have not been so small in number, but It seems only reasonable that n^ they have been mostly in smaller quan- creditors now wish they had aeee|it^ titles. In comparison with the volume the . ffer volunteered by Mr. Ud«. of business done last year at this time. The Prudential Tobacco Co., oee^, there is a marked contrast. There is ing an upper floor at 133 to 137 U not the same eagerness to get goods beny street, was damaged liatui that there was last year. It is not by fire to the extent of 13.000. bolieved that manufacturers generally Word received here to the effeetti have such stocks on hand as will enable the steamer tSw^litz, on her wayfei them to refrain from replenishing Penang to Amsterdam, with a cii|i< some, yet they seem to hesitate in buy- 13.000 bales of Sumatra tobaceo^li ing. apparently in the hope of a possible entered a port m Ceylon, withafc change in prices favorable to them, raging in her hull, caused consiiitii The market shows no present indica- uneasiness in the market. Thetoam gMLS.OANS MOSES J. CANS JBROME WALLER KDWIN I. ALEXAKDW JOSEPH S. CANS <& CO. "rr." f. Leaf Tobacco «u«phone_346 John. No. ISO Waier Street. NEW YORK. Starr Brothers tions of weakening ; we refer, of course, to seed leaf. Sumatra tobacco has had a fair sale, but the manner of buying is regarded as indicating that the buyers wanted the goods for early use, and goods were it is believed, was calculated tortd its destination in time for the inscription at Amsterdam, whidi si-heduled to take place on Maiigjili R. M. Ellis, formerly with American Tobacco Co., is now (K«t IMPORTERS AMD PACKERS OF LEAF TOBACCO vjindbliihed 1888. Telephone, 4027 John. No. 163 Water Street* MEW YORK. promptly withdrawn from warehouses, mg a position as general represenlA M. F. SCHNEIDER mroRTEM or Sumatra Tobacco "^iSir™* 2 Burling Slip, "377 JOHN." NEW YOEK. The Havana market shows some im provement. There have been more liberal offerings, and purchases were also more numerous and larger than for some time previous. The cigar manufacturing trade is in a healthy condition, and as the time for spring business approaches, the more enterprising are pushing with re- newed vigor to get a full share of the trade. The returns for January show a very satisfactory month's bu-*iness and February, it is believed, will show still greater gains. As it is now. every factory is employing a full complement of hands, who are kept steadily at it. with regular shipments about eating up the production. With the retail trade the business has not yet fully recovered from the effects of the recent severe storm, and only the stores in the best locations did a com- paratively fair volume of business during the week. There is one thing which some of our dealers have not yet for M. Melachrino & Co. manufaetm of Turkish cigarettes at 8 WeatTwif ninth street, vice Nat J. Rice, respii but who it is stated contemplate! m engavring in the manufacture of dn ettes on his own account. Frank L. LeCompte, formerly of I Philadelphia cigar jobbng firmofU Compte, Dusel & Goodloe, has joo^ the selling forces of H. Anton Ml Co., manufacturers of clear Hin cigars. The American Tobacco Co. bMk clared a regular quarterly dividdi 2i per cent, on its common stock, |» able March I. Transfer books lillli closed from February 15 to MarehU When the big steamer Ameriki sail on Saturday next, for Eur^i will have on board one of the lots of tobacco men that could eaiiljii found. Many of them will takt* vantage of the brief interval fort* sage to Europe, as • period of * and recreation after a strenuous J«^ j:BERNH£lM^'50(f* HAVANA TOBACCO which some of our dealers nave noc yei —- --■ - „,«„.„ fgrtk learned all about, and that is the faculty work, and to better P«P««^ of getting people into their stores, more exciting tiries at the W when they can hardly help but buy while others are solely on pa r^^ something, and which is the department --^_^:T'rJ\lt ;!". ?llbl store's long suit. They certainly do know how to get people to their stores, in the duller seasons as well as the bet- ter seasons. Once the retailers have successfully solved this important NEW VORK. ": Ki*^ HAVANA, Cuba they can, and there is a reasoniw* Burance that they will get all the« coming to them. Carl Leder, of the P. L. NoveltjU at 113 East Fourteenth street " ■ -^ ^- -^ Joseph Hirsch & Son IMPORTERS OF SUMATRA TOBACCO OFFICEt O.Z.VOORBURGWAL227 183 Water St. Amsterdam, Holland. Cable Address: "HERE." NEW YORK c«r r.enulne Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to Established 1880 f J Sellers & Son. KEYSTONE BOX CO.. SELLERSVILLE, PA. ^' ' THE TOBACCO WORLD ■I . ,1.., . .k.» It 0Ut.3lrt thai! ioVf KeU Ait 5 « A. COHN 8i CO. IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra PACKERS OF Seed Leaf Tobacco and Growers of Georgia Sumatra 142 Water Street, New ;i(;ork rMH^iw^'-*^ .ofSfcifa^il"''' ;Jpwyor! incorporated at BinghamtoD, « to manufacture cigar boxe«. capital stock is $5,000, and W corporators were E. Van N«»«» M. Shallue. and M. M. Hill.»" Binghamton. , D. B. Bendheim, representiM pipe department of the A""*" u^ bacco Co., is at present cov^nng ^^ and other New England bw^ -■ various points of which he n a very good business. Conslitution ^'tJ.'?'' 12 Isadore Steiner, of Wm. Steiner, Sons 4 Co., the well known Fourteenth itreet lithographing house, and Chas. Feis, who recently became associated with this firm in the formation of a new and additional department for manufacturing a unique line of adver- tising goods and novelties, will sail daring the early part of March for the purpose of looking over the European markets for the newest ideas in adver- tising novelties. It is expected that they will bring to this country some of the very best novelties that have ever been introduced in the United States. Park &Tilford are sending out to the trade a new price list of the high grade goods carried by this well known house, which is gotten up in a most attractive manner, and which is calculated to be a very striking and profitable medium. The price list now being sent is for the wholesale branch of their house, a retail price list being in the course of prepa- ration, but which will not lack inany of the artistic features embodied in the brochure just issued. The American Can Co. is placing upon the market a new cigar moistener which is designed for the home use of •mokers, but which is also to be offered to manufacturers for premium pur- poses, for which it is thought to be well calculated. A reception was recently given at the home of Julius Marqusee, on Madi- son avenue, in honor of the engagement «f his daughter, at which a large num- wrof guests were present, many of ttero being prominently identified with «e leaf trade. Jweph S. Gana & Co. will open this *e«k their Lancaster warehouse and packing operations will be started forthwith. Ed. Alexander, of this ^^ left on Monday for Lancaster, and jsMbllahttd 1840. Hinsdale Smith & G)« iiaxaonuB el Sumatra & Havana "I^^L^^^^^ •^Packsncl Connecticut Leaf I UUO V^V^tJI J25 Maiden Lane, NEW YORK.- VDMI7KD H. Smm Mmff Surtr will be present at the formal opening of the warehouse. The firm reports a very satisfactory business so far this year. They are also still packing in Connecticut. The cigar factory of I. Rosenberg, 173 Pearl street, was badly damaged by fire recently, but operations are to be resumed. Albert Cooper, of the Sumatra brokerage firm of Bruce & Gransberg, Amsterdam, Holland, but who has for several weeks been visiting in the United States, sailed for home last week on the steamer Potsdam. If all goes well he will have returned in ample time to be present at the early inscriptions. JOSEPH HOLZMAN SUMATRA, HAVANAT^^.^U.^^^1^ and SEED LEAF lUUai^l^V^ 185 Water St., New York 0 o HUNTER 5c. Cigar is successful with successful dealers. El Draco Cii^r Mfij. Co., Phila. OUK BOSTON LETTER. (Concluded from page 11.) a very handsome affair, and the smokes are all that is claimed for them. F. H. Swick, with the Khedivial Co., New York, is at present doing some tall hustling in Providence, where the Oxfords. Naturels and Turkish Delights are all good sellers. Emil Abrahams is at presant in Baltimore ard making his headquarters with A. M. Pacholder & Co., which firm he represents in New England. M. Barnett & Co.. leaf tobacco dealers, 164 Milk street, are lucky owners of some choice old Zimmer fillers, and any cigar manufacturers in need of such goods should communicate with them before buying elsewhere. Ben All. — Wm. Leuckel will soon open a cigar factory at Bonaparte, la. Cigar Moisture and Moisture Proof Boxes aod Cabinets BUBEOK St OUERIN OflUce, Factory and Sample Room 115 to 121 East Thirteenth St. New York Write for Illustrated Catalogue. -e T. J. DUNN <& CO. Makers of the BACHELOR CIGAR 401-405 E. 91st Street. NEW YORK ERRIAM & CO. Ball Crfoi." New York Makers and Importers nd Cnttlnda for Sal* 18 /\^ C^ALVES (Sc OO- IMPORTERS O ^vr- AVANA 123 N. THIRP r^H/LAOeLRHIA Bstablished 1&81 Incorporated 1902 T0B/ieee Wep^LD Published Every Wednesday BY THR TOBACCO WORLD PUBLISHING CO. 224 Arch Street. PKiUdelpKicL JAV Y. Krodt, J. M Bdcki.j«y, H. C. McManto, ''^ President and Genl. Manager. Editor. Secretery and Treaaurer. Entered at the Post Office at Philadelphia, Pa., as second class matter. TEWtPHONSS:— Bell, Market 28-97 ; Keystone, Main 45-39^ Cable Address, Baccoworld. Havana Office, Post Office Bar jfi*. SUBSCRIPTION-PAYABLE IN ADVANCES 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 t^ dence of merit as to entitle them to public attention. No advertisement Unown 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. THE TOBACCO TRADE IN PHILADELPHIA. PHILADELPHIA. FEBRUARY 13. 1907. AS TO THE DUTY ON SUMATRA. A member of a York county. Pa., cigar manufacturing company has ad- dressed a letter to the Hon. Daniel Lafean, congressman from his district, urging him to use his influence in hav- ing the $1.85 duty on Sumatra tobacco repealed by Congress. His letter was as follows : "As you have pledged yourself to support anything that would he a bene- fit to the people of your district. I know of no better time for yoa to act than right now and on the tobacco question. Unless we get some relief, and very soon, there will be hundreds of small manufacturers of cigars com- pelled to close up their factories right here in your district. Now what 1 would suggest is this : Go for the tariff on Sumatra tobacco; have it come in free of duty and not have us pay $1.85 per pound as duty on this. "Now you have the support of every manufacturer in the entire United States. The only objection would be by a very few men who have cornered the wrapper tobacco of Florida and Georgia. Their tobacco costs them 30 to 40 cents per pound to produce ready for market, and they sell it at from $1 to $3.50 per pound, and we are forced to buy it. Whereas, if there was no duty on Sumatra, we could buy it for a very reasonable price. This would give us a chance Now see if you can give the relief I ask for in the name of the cigar manufacturers of your district. Awaiting results, lam, yours, etc." The letter was undoubtedly well meant, but that it was untimely, and must fall short of any material good. is not diflicut to see. It is more difficult to understand what the correspondent eould even hope to accomplish by urging such an action at this time. The tariff question is not up for considera- tion by Congress, and there is no present indication that it is likely to come up, and it is reasonably certain that the influence of a single congressman would not be sufficient to open such an im- portant matter since the people's repre- sentatives are so deeply engrossed in a myriad of other and also important matters. It would hardly be fair to accuse that congressman of not having ful- filled any pledge that he would support ' anything that would be a benefit to the people of his district, because it is a question whether the majority of the voters in Congressman Lafean 's home di8tri.:t would favor a decrease of duty on Sumatra tobacco, notwithstanding that the section is thickly settled with cigar manufacturers. There is also the farmer element and others to be taken 14 into consideration, and that is after all where the congressman's coniitituency lies. Lafean. although a very suc- cessful business man, is however, also now a politician, and politicians usually look upon the vote making side of a question put up to them before taking active steps. The request was, therefore, untimely and illogical. THE MEDAL THEY DIDN'T GET. At a meeting of the Lancaster County Tobacco Growers' Association, held at Lancaster. Pa., on Monday last, f'resi- dent B. Ezra Herr, in his opening re- marks to the assembled members, said he was proud of what had been accomplished, and that it was even more than the (department at Washing- on had expected. He continued by saying that at the St. Louis Exposi- tion, Lancaster county took all the medals for fine tobacco grown. The society was awarded the gold medal, but that the packers' association have it in their possession on the pretext that the growers owe them a certain sum of money. This matter was so fully aired some months ago in the news colunins of The Tobacco World that little further remains to be said, except that after the Lancaster Leaf Tobacco Board of Trade had made out a prima facie case against the growers, it was up to the latter body to satisfactorily explain how they can figure it out that they owe no further share of the necessary expense of making the exhibits, but that they seem to have failed to do. It may be that President Herr could attempt an explanation by claiming that the tobacco donated by the grow- ers' association, which was then worth 6 cents, had advanced so materially that 18 cents, m. w., is now a fair price for it, and that this increased valuation represented an amounn more than enough to offset the amount claimed of them. We don't know if such an explanation would satisfy the Leaf Board of Lan- caster, but we do know that it looks like a empty honor for the growers to have been "awarded" a medal, which for reasons they didn't get. The Tobacco World is in receipt of the hand book published yearly by Henri Dentz, a well known broker in Sumatra tobacco at Amsterdam. Hol- land. This book may be said to be a compendium of Sumatra inscriptions and the trade in Sumatra generally. It is much prized by all who have a real interest in Sumatra and its opera- tions and progress. Thanks to Herr Dentz. Although Philadelphia has experi- enced several severely cold days during the past week, the retailers have fully recovered from th«» set back inflicted by the recent enow storm. There is noted a general improvement all along the line, and business appears to be bright- ening up each day. There has been a very steady trade among manufacturers- no rush, but a good comfortable business is reported. They have suffered from impeded traflRc facilities and the free movement of the heavier teams used for cartage pur- poses. The jobbing houses have per- haps suffered more severely as a result of the storm than any branch of the business, for rot only has it seriously interfered with the delivery of goods locally, but with freight receipts quite as much. In fact, it is stated that from tDttme^opointB of the country it had almost been imi^ossible to get in any goods. It is a confimon practice of the larger houses to be receiving shipments regularly of certain quantities of goods, and when they fail to arrive promptly stocks may run very low. if they are not entirely exhausted. It is really not an unknown thing for jobbers to receive certain quantities of goods at various terminals and deliver them direct from there to customers' stores, which is done for the purpose of saving, as far as possible, the handling. This is not to be undertsood as a common practice but those who have employed that sys- tem found it very inconvenient of late to carry it out satisfactorily, owing to the irregular receipt of goods. E. D. Schaeffer, representing J. G. Spatz & Co., of Reading, Pa., visited the jobbing trade of this city and was introducing the El Volcano. American Empire, and other well known brands of that house. «^ D. E. Woodmansee, a cigar manu- facturer of Spring Grove, Pa., was a recent visitor among the Philadelphia trade, and was showing a very attrac- tive line of medium priced goods. He is greatly pleased with the liberal num- ber of orders which he secured while here. Along the "Tobacco Rialto" rumors were afloat this week to the effect that agents of the United Cigar Stores Co. are approaching the owners of good paying cigar stores in various parts of the city, offering to buy the stores at a good pric - on condition that the pres- ent owners would remain under a cer- tain contract for one or two years, as managers. There is. however, no tangible conflrmation of the report. I. Lowengrund, at Third and Market streets, continues to make special drives on his Red and Blue Dainties, and is showing a unique window display of them this week. His Adelina Patti brand is also coming in for a good share of business at this stand. The special deal of three packages of Hassan cigar- ettes with each 500 Sweet Caporal or Turkish Trophies cigarettes, is on in full force. "The sales have increased perceptibly, it is said. E. F. Law. a cigar manufacturer of Lancaster, was a visitor in the city this week, and reports a good business for his factory. He is devoting his attention largely to the manufacture of high grade five and ten cent goods, and is meeting with encouraging suc- cess in this undertaking. «« R. Johnson, of the Consumer's Match Co.. Passaic. N. J., was in Philadelphia this week, looking over the situation in the jobbing trade, and returned ap- parently pretty well satisfied with the present conditions as he found them to exist. At the office of P. C. Fulweiler & Bro. Co. we were informed that there was no cause for complaint with them. Business is in a very satisfactory con- dition for the present time of year, and indications as a whole are most promising. The newly proposed cigarett which has been inirodacedin thTe"''' Legislature, is causing justaiittu ** easiness. There is not so mnl. entertained that it will realK sed. but it may be necessary font; most vitally interested to mabSU effort to resist its further progrey?!!! possibly develop into a more tatoS form of agitation. ^* A. S. Valentine & Son are « busy as at any time during laJt^IjJ except possibly just immediatel/!!: ceding the holidays. They have hli ever, just launched a new brandnilu the name of Our Field, which £. label of appropriate design emboZl a miniature map of the United Su2 as the central figure of attraction. J. T. Reynolds, of Farnham^RB nolds, Addison, N. Y., was a r«ett visitor in this city and marie big heii quarters at the brokerage office of W R. Young. Seviittil -very satJafetm transactions are reported as IhtjZ been made during his visit here. Mr. Williams, of the West BaltimoK Tobacco Co., at West Baltimore, 0. was recently showing the trade id» cellent line of Ohio tobaccos of tkv packing. Howard E. Stevenson, with E. Ron. wald & Bro., of New York, wislft week making his final visit in thekei market before his intended ttipk Amsterdam. He is scheduled to oi from New York on the stcur Amerika, on February 16, in compBf with Benno Newberger. of that &e Harry Vetterlein. with J. Vettolii & Co.. has been lately on a tooriil inspection at the firm's packing Ikmb in Wisconsin, and reports conditios there very satisfactory. He beliws they will have an excellent packiv this year. John Phillips, a leaf dealer and di» facturer of Buffalo. N. Y.,'wa8a» spicuous figure in the Philadelphia W market this week, and bought (S- siderable quantities of goods. Bremer Bros, have had quite iH business since the first of the ?W and have been visited by a Durobertf out of town manufacturers. OjJ Michener is now out covering his «»' territory. Within another week or tendWB,f Hirschberg & Bro. expect to hi«> hand a considerable quantity of tt* new Florida tobacco, which they * dare is the finest that has ever W grown. Mr. Bauer, one of the tn«^ ing salesmen with this ^^^ anxiously awaiting the arrival of • new goods, as he has many app'"*' to whom he wishes to show sampw* them as soon as practicable. S. Weinberg, now at 121 NorthJJJ street, reports a very nice i""***^ his business since his removal » new building, which hehasjw" modeled for the purpose. Max Herzog. with P. Dennerlefl* Sons, of New York, has been cow^ the Philadelphia market this weei,r unblushingly pocketed a nice 8li«»j^ the week's business in t^^^^'^tuj happened to strike a week ^}fVZ was scarcely a competitor K"™" around." Fred Hippie, of Hippie Bros. A^J has been spending the week "■ caster county, where the firw good following of customers. ^m/^t^^^m A new cigar factory hn ** opened at Albion, Mich., by A A. W. Behling, Bros. trading as id FOR. YOVH OWN INTERESTS! Never mind what the other fellow says. He may tell you certain tobacco is too cheap to be good. Let Us Convince You by sending you a sample that will prove the PRICE is the only thing that is Cheap, and that THIS SUMATRA is a rich, medi- » um color, of fine quality and good yield, At Only $2.35 a Pound. Less For Bale Lots L 6. HAEUSSERMANN & SONS Importers, Packers, Wholesalers and Retailers of CIGAR LEAF TOBACCO 240 Arch Street Philadelphia THB TttBJLeCO WORLD THE TOBACCO WORLD The Miami Valley Leaf Tobacco Co. DAYTON, OHIO Packers of Cigar Leaf Tobacco 1903-4-5 Z.mmer Spanish, 1905 Gebhardt, 1905 Dutch, 1905 Connecticut, etc. ALLEN H. REEDER Porto Rico Ci^ar Co. Red Lion, Ra. WHOLESALE CIGAR MANUFACTURERS IVlasor Paul 1 Lord Selkirk ^ OC« Arrow Point J Tom Lewis— 2 for Sc. > Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only LANCA&TfcH LI 1GA1I0N. ^UrOJVCX ElOno Union Made 5 -Cent Cigars are as Good as Cigars Can be Made Chas. A. Oberly, Maker LEBANON, PA. Wisdom on the Label Wisdom in the Cigar A 5c. Smoke that is so Good It is Bound to Repeat Ohmit & Kraft East Prospect =►• Clears of Quality Sell and Repeat, i iS^^'*^>'?!ai~n THE DOCTOR 3c. Ci^ar WALTER S. BARE. Lititz, Penna. Maker of Hlih Grade Clears Exclusively. ^. 'A Wonderful Nickel's Worth" That's What the Consumer Says About &Ae FERNSIDE For He Gets That Rich Taste and Aroma Looked For in a More Expensive Cigar Let us send you Samples of this Steady Seller GEO. W. PARR, Littlestown, Pa. Walter S. Bare Oei» favorable Verdict. Inspector's Tickets Didn't Stand. Lancaster, Pa., Feb. 11. A suit was brought in Common Pleas Court last week, before Judge Hastier, by Hoffman Bros., leaf tobacco packers and dealers of Bainbridge, against Walter S. Bare, a well known cigar manufacturer at Lititz, which resulted in a complete victory for Bare. The action was brought to recover $723.25 alleged to be due for twenty- three cases of tobacco (Pennsylvania Broad leaf) weighing 6,575 pounds, for which he was to pay 11 cents a pound. The sale was made upon the inspector's samples having been drawn by I. R. Smith, the representative of Ruscher & Co., of New York. When the goods jvere received by Bare and looked over, they were rejected and settlement re- fused. Hoffman refused to take the goods back, and then Bare put the goods up at public auction and sold them, tendering to Hoffnmn Bros, the amount realized at the public sale. Hoffman Bros, would not accept the tender of that amount of money, some $31)0, and brought suit against Bare for the lull amount of their invoice. Hoffman Bros, tried very hard to set up the claim that Bare had recourse only against the inspection fiim, but it would not stand, and after Bare's wiinessLti were ail heard, (and it may be remaiked that there were just thirteen uf them, includii g the following, J. F. deiland, leaf merchant at Lancaster, 1. H. Weaver, M. Rosenthal, Jacob Hoober, E. M. Cohen, Samuel Sesil, E. B. Slote. all touacco men of Lancas- ter; H. S. Meisky and William Amer, packers at Lititz, and others.) the jury rendered a veruict in favor of Bare, who had established his conten- tion that the goods were not up to the sample, in fact, that they were quite unsound, if not very seriously damaged. The plaintiffd were represented by C. Eugene Montgomery, while Bare was represented by W. U. Hensel, the Napoleon of the Lancaster bar. The unique point in the case was that the court took no cognizance of the inspactor'8 tickets, when Bare offered the testimony of so many well known and thoroughly responsible tobacco men. WHITE ROLLS MAKE PROGRESS. Ware Kramer Compai\y Pays sc Ten Per Cent. Uividcnd. Norfolk, Va., Feb. 9. The annual meeting of the stock- holders of the Ware-Kramer Tobacco Co. was held last week, when the fol- lowing officers were re-elected: President. F. D. Ware; Vice Presi- dent, Samuel Kramer; Secretary and Treasurer, V. C. Leftwich. This company manufactures the White Rolls cigarettes on which, according to the officers' reports a phenomenally large sale has been built up. Although I the company suffered an interruption of business for several months during 1 1906, owing to the removal of its plant from Wilson, N. C, to Norfolk, Vi, the sales for 1906 more than doublei those of t^e previous year, and eoabid the company to declare a dividend oH per cent. The company now contemplate* lb erection of a new building at Norfolk, which is to be the largest of itskindii the world. They are taking advanUji of every possibility to exploit tbdr goods, and have recently signed {« space at the Jamestown Exposition, « well as at the Tobacco Trades Expoj. tion to be held at Madison Square G» den. New York, next September, when they had a very attractive display la year. PHILADELPHIA LEAF NARU! The local market this week hki fairly good volume of business iith aggregate, but transactions wa mostly the small lot sales which y been characteristic of the market lH week, although the aggregates probably in excess of the prewa week's transactions. The seed U business was confined largely toP» sylvania, Connecticut, ZimmerSpiul and Gebhart. The transactions of the week w undoubtedly curtailed by the prevaili* high prices, as inquiries for all dwi of goods were plentifully made. Ttai was no change whatever in m which were uniformly maintained Florida inquiries were again greitli in excess of offerings, of which tkfl were practically none at all thii««t indicating that the market is ptW SHKCIAL NOTICE ( I2H cents perS-point measured «« To Mannfactnrers of G^aw; If you have any Cnltin^s, Scraps or Sifti to sell, write us We are at all times in the market" Cash Buyers of all these producti EDWIN L. KOPPELMAN Ca 7-6-lh 81 PineSt.. N*wT^| FOR SALE. -Fixtures of a comiE-^ equipped cigar factory : !" i*^ whole. 65 Miller, D. & P. suctiootj" Borgteld bunching tables. ne»^ all kinds. Electric Motor, t^J-^ Tables, Office-desks, etc. APPJe* addres^, 125 South Second "t"^ Philadelphia, Pa. _^____^^ P0RSALE.-Nice lot of 75 hog*jJ ^ good heavy Kentucky brokenig and scraps suitable for making^J tobacco. Also, nice old, well JJJJ well-sized cigar fillers and wwr^ 7-lltf izeu ciK«^ Illicit - — - Buckner. Dunkerson » Louis WE PURCHASE Cigar Mol*^ desirable shapes-sucb J , 16.261. No. 8.832, No. 8.669. Pj Slating what you have and the q««jj|j Winget Mfg. Co.. York^P^^^j:^ -pSTABLISHED BROKER^ ^ good line of Mediurn Pnj*L"> Good business for a good f^^^^'l^ dress J. S., Box 33, care ol »j^ World, Philada. T Largest r/^ J o i^TJifiOWS A..ort»enff PlaiTi aud Foiicy RibbatUK i I yjJ^J^ J^ ^ -^ -^ Vy J-lf O • y^rite for Sample Card and Price hUt to Bepattmen t W SdS^ Galloons, Wtii. Wickc Rlbboii Co. taffetas, Satin and GrOS Grain. 56 Bast Twenty-seeond street, NMW YORKL ,ell cleaned up of supplies immediately 'ne^'sumatra market was again rtaracterized by small lot sales, but Le were fairly numerous, and the Mgregate volume of business was com- n»ratively good. ^. ^ Havana market conditions continue to diow improvement, and several 100 bales sales were reported. Prices, (Soever, were well maintained. LANCASTER. FACTORY SOLD. J E. SherU ling» r. Marcus Jaskulek Morris Jaskulek Robert Jaskal«k. M. JASKULEK & SONS Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco 814 and 816 East Third Street DAYTON, OHIO Hi i Joe Endress, Jr. A. C. Kercher Pioneer Leaf Tobacco Co. Germantown, Ohio Packers of CIGAR LEAF TOBACCO High Grade Cigar Molds in any shape, at lowest prices. CIGAR MANUFACTllRERS' REVKMJK I\0()KS 25 cents each; pusta^je prepaid. .10 centp. The American Ci^ar Mold Co., Cincinnati,©, W. H. SNYDER &C0. Windsor, Pa. Manufacturers of Popular Brands of Fine»«pecially Desldned Bands. Cnrr«iiDondenc>t with Responsible Housas •olicitml. SMITH BROS. Brokers in Domestic I 17 A 17 T/^D A r^i^r\ and Imported LIl/\r 1 WD/\l^V^<^ No. 1 7 Charter Street, Dayton, O. Ohio Goods Our Specialty 18 Oihen. IS Called Upon to Enforce Them York. Pa., Feb. 11. The local revenue office in this city has made its report for the close of 1906, which shows a remarkable pro- gress during that time. One factory in York turned out 20,000.000 cigars changed to such an extent that proal during 1906, notwithstanding that a prices for leaf will not warrant the w strike was in progress during several ing of the famine prices that prevaiM months, but it did not seem to affect when the contracts were made, ut them very severely as far as business buyers in a number of instances hivi was concerned. as a result backed down, totheloi W. H, Raab & Sons, of Dallastown. and disgust of growers, contemplate opening a factory at Glen Buyers who made purchases in the Rock, in order to improve their faciU- fields last fall for the crop harvested ties and increase their output. Their in this section say that the failureoi business has been increasing steadily and greater facilities are said to be urgently needed. Last week R. C. Liggitt. deputy revei ue collector, released the cigar factory of Seaton E. Heindel, at Dal- lastown. which had been in the custody leaves separate, the good from the W of the United States Revenue Depart- it was bunched anti in consequeiWiB ment since August 28. The factory of it was damaged and the purchMW was seized by order of Special Revenue refused to take it. While ^^etobiw Agent Alexander for violations of the that was only slightly injured cow revenue laws. The difficulty has been have been used by home ^^»'®''|*" satisfactorily adjusted by Mr. Heindel they kept it separate and dispoted* paying a fine and costs. The factory the good, wholesale dealers could l* was re-opened by Mr. Heindel, who place it properly on the market will continue the manufacture of cigars of the growers in Windsor on a larger scale than ever. Heavy deliveries of tobacco were, despite the bad condition of the roads, made to M. H. Engle, by York county farmers, at Mt. Wolf last week. Teams operate with the Sabbath ObsernW continued to bring the leaf from early Association in the enforcement of W in the morning until 4 o'clock in the old Blue Laws of 1794, prohibitingw evening. conduct of all business on Sundsj. All of the tobacco was in fine condi- and it is questionable whether the Mo- tion though one crop was refused be- ciation will go any further in an acO»^ cause of careless handling. Since the beginning of the season, Mr. Engle has purchased over 1 400 acres of tobacco in York and Lancaster counties, and more than 500,000 pounds of this was purchased in York county. All of the goods will be packed in Lan- caster, for A. Cohen & Co., of New York. J. F. Sechrist, cigar manufacturer, at Holtz, was last week surprised by I a sleighing party, among whom were some members of the Red Lion trade. ! Allen O. Weiser,a former Yorker, who for several years past has had charge I of a large cigar factory in New Bruns- wick, N. J., has removed to Okete, this county, where he will open a factory of his own. Quite a few tobacco growers in the separated their tobacco, keeping thit injured for their own use, andselliU the other. Mayor McCall has declined toec- campaign against present conditi«» At a conference between the rs»* and the members of the associatiw. the former made it plain that he foo» nothing in the law to indicate thattw mayor of a third-class city has more» do with the enforcement of thisl*' than any private citizen and tb^ shall act accordingly. At the *■ time he gave his visitors somethim the nature of advice. Compared wi many cities, he said, York is very derly upon the Sabbath, and be JJ minded the association that Bomel* are most likely to be broken ofMW" by being too rigidly enforced. RUTHERFORD "'^^"^1*"^^ from the factory of . El Draco Gitfar M«. Co., W^ ^-.r Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to ^^^^r.rT^^^ ScHer " & Son, KEYSTON E. CIGAR BOX CO.. SEL1.ERSVILLE. PA. -THB TOBACCO WORLD J. B. MILLEYSACK Manufacturer o£ ^rSlZf"^ CIGARS No. 821 Lake Street LANCASTER, PA. Correspondence with the Jobbing Trade solicited. DALLASTOWN. PA. Manufacturer of Nickel & Medium Pric« CIGARS For Wholesale and Jobbinii Trade J. E. SHERTS & CO. Lancaster^ Pa. ICantifactuiien OB jUgt-M M&Haiaiia Cigars CORRESPONDENCE INVFTED FROM RESPONSIBLE HOUSES. I f.'e.'^^ R RENNINGER, SsutlsaLsd 1889. "Manufacturer of High and Medium Grad% Cigars ^^trictly Union^Made Goods. DCIlVer, PfiU The Gat Ed^e Ci^ar Box Factory J. FRANK BOWMAN 51 Market St. Lancaster, Pa. CIGAR BOXES SHIPPING CASES LABELS, EDGINGS, RIBBONS Cigar Manofadorers' SUPPLIES of All Ktads DMj Capacity, Five ThooMnd Boxes it SAMPLES & PRICES ' ' FURHI5HED ;. UPON Applicatiom IN STOCK. TO ORDER CIGAR LABELS NEWYORK, and BANDS It Will Remove Rankness from Tobacco Take Away Mustiness and Give Ciiiars Havana Flavor. CHASKEL'S SPANISH BETUNE Is Specially adapted to give that Peculiar Sourish Effect desired. Chaskel's Flavors the Cheapest in the market, considering what they do. A Card Will Bring More Information and Prices. Chaskel Chemical Works 265 West Broadway, New York CHA8KCL'« ^NO OOKf ^fARTMESt. OTABUSHEO I07I> love Your Tobacco on USED BY Leading Tobacco Dealers CIGAR BOXES ^IHTERS OF ARTISTIC c BUILT AND SOLD BY B^ox Truck The Wm. F.Kramer Co. DAYTON, OHIO IGAR LABELS SKETCHES AND QUOTATIONS FURNISHED WRITE fOI ISANPLtSAM^ RIBBON PRICES CIMRWBBOIIS THE TOBACCO WORLD 96 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦44^ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ There Must Be Something In It THB TOBACCO WORLD ..-THREE CUBANS MANUFACTURED BY Cigar Oompany Forbes atid Marion Stree^ Pittsburg, Pa. >'' Wholesale and Jobbing Trade solicited. • _...^w. ,*- UNION MADE SOLD ON ITS MEpITS^ ' 1^ . .' " T0M BAINES" Nickel Goods 1 r ■^ Strictly a First Class Article — Equal to Any Union or Non-Union Cigar on the Market- Probably Better, You to Judge— and Prices No Higher than Others. v^ y t • r ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ■X ♦ ♦ — 'Gififar manufacturers who woiild not Goiisiaer {I.4yA:NA- RINE a^fev ^afe-^agfO'^re now i^yniustfind itpayiB. Vd;/-.- using i^t; .^'' ■ ■.■■'^, .Just thiaktiit oyer and ask :|pu^ seifT^^Whlf '^ 'We will be gial to serve y0u. /■ •. v ■-/y(f "Iffi •.r>. f\ J ♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦ ^♦* ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦■♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦4«» .-I H. G. Burky, Maker, Reading, Pa. UNION MADL BLUE LABEL USED Tcrf^acco Improvement Co. ^j04 Ninth Street, N. W., Mfajshin^toii) 0. G. v\ »♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦«-♦♦♦ fc^*** ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ^^ LfcAF MARKET QUIET IN LANCASTER T CCBMDCQfiSS H.G. BARNHART C i ^ ii r Manufacturer Sprinfjvale, Pa. One of Out' Leading Brands: Cuban Duchess Only High Grade Tobacco Used Cigars always duplicate All Jobbers Who Handle Travellers Tips Say it Always Moves Well A (io«d Five Cent Cigar" Abbott Ci^ar Co. ABBOTTSTOWN. PA. ti The Ideal Ci^ar Made in an Ideal Way Stephen Day 5c. Brand few points one hears of a nvl ^- 1. '"' f desultory trade. There are perlNil As ••Setllein€At--D«y"'Appro*cKe«. it is few, if any, idle factories, but te| Likely There Will be Something Doing, are some throughout the countytH Lancaster, Pa., P^eb^ 11.' are at present in no way pressed fit The past week was a^rather quiet one orders. j in the local leal niarke't so far as sales Recent visits to Lancaster coirtf'i of cased goods were concerned. While experimental stations gaveriset** the. transactions infold goods were not report in the blundering Philadelpla numerous and only comparatively small daily that "Lancaster grows Sumitn in volume, there is 'not yet any ap- tobacco; thus we observe somen* parent sign of aft ea«ly break in the misleading statements from this Pw market. Notwithstanding the recent delphia daily's Lancaster corn** onslaught of a Lancaster correspondent dent. Lancaster county notonljf*' of a Philadelphia daily, prices still re- not, but, in the opinion of rim\ main firm. Some of the packers were the older and thoroughly experi** slightly chagrined at the time but have members of the trade, Lancastereo* again recovered their usual composure, cannot grow Sumatra tobacco to a* Although our warehouses have not mercial extent. In the opinionofW' been busy in stripping goods, there is members, Lancaster county fW* evidence of much activity at every would be well off if they would ««* place in receiving and packing the new themselves with giving careful «»• crop. The deliveries during the past tion to the cultivation of a highd*** week were very heavy. Nearly all the mestic tobacco, and earn for thein"^ crops have been stripped, and farmers more profit than they could by«w . . j„,: ;. away their time in tryi are now getting anxious to deliver it ^^^^ ^^ fancier leaf. and have it off their hands. Our leaf market was visited do* The widespread reports of the very the past week by I. K^^c^jJjJLi critical inspections being made by the g^aler of Richland Station. Georr , . J . , , < . „4. Schnath, representing A. vonn •r packers and the more or less frequent ^^ ^^^ 'yo^f^ j Creenewald, ofljj instances of docking, if not refusal to delphia, representing G. Falk « ^^ receive the crop, is thought to have had of New York, Sam Kauffmao,^ a wholesome effect. It is reported that Wm Steiner Sons & Co., lithoW;i| igC^VEMiJi^ Is Strictly Union Made Ideal Ci^ar Go. CENTENNIAL, PA. of New York, S. S. Watts, and bothfl«|l some growers are going more careiuiiy ^Veaver, of Weaver & Bro„ boi^J over their tobacco and that as a result manufacturers at Terre Hill, and" it is coming in in much better shape. Wanner, a York, Pa., ^^*^/^®f 'iritri There is still very little buying of ^ '^'^e '««"'" ^ne^^'"* «M^aS»'«' ^. . . ,n^c - ^» T* ;„ i,« County Tobacco Growers Assw j the remaimng 1906 crops. It is be- ^ju be held this afternoon at 2 ojfj wii» is lieved, however, that with the ap- in G. A. R. Hall, when officers proach of the first of April, growers elected for the ensuing year will be more willing to consider all reasonable prices offered. nuinenoru, ^uu»..-. I The cigar industry seems in a fairly Hunter — a strong i/f,. prosperous conditibn.' although from a El Draco Gi|{ar Mf|i. Gom '■'"'^j Xdeptaone Call, 432— ■« «j«»ii(l Warehouse, FLORIN, PA. {^ocated on Main Line of PenntyWania R. R. f, L NISSLEY & CO. Growers and Packera of im CIGAR LEAF TOBACCO Fine B's and Tops Our Specialty. Critical Bayers always find it a pleasnre to look oyer .onr Samples. %ttplc» cheerfully submitted npoa request. P. O. Boz 9S« 7. K. LEAMAN, Packer of and Dealer in lEAF Tobacco 138 North Market St. ^ LANCASTER, PA. J. W. BRENNEMAN, hxktT and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco facking House, Millersville, Pa. Office & Salesrooms, •4112 W. Walnut St., LANCASTER, PA. UNITED PHONBS. W. R. COOPER & CO. Packers uf Penna. Broad Leaf '■, Dealers In All Grades of Domestic Ci^ar Leaf Tobaccos 201 & 203 N. Duke Street LANCASTER, PA. H. H. MILLER, Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds Fine Florida Sumatra IMPORTED SUMATRA and HAVANA AND MUCH Fine Filler Stock: B87 and 329 North Queen Street. LANCASTER, PA. B. F. GOOD 8i CO. Leaf Tobacco 142 N. Market Street, LANCASTER. PA. r«CKERS SCALERS IN TRUMAN D. SHERTZER Dealer in V ■> UL^caici III ^ , at Tobaccos and Manufacturer of '-' v^ - Scrap Filler for Cigar Nanafactaring ' Vtrehouses: MAIN OFFICE: UNCASTERand or w . ■ w^ RED LION, PA. Lancaster, T a. The York -.Tobacco Co. Packers and Jobbers in All Grades of LEAF TOBACCO Office and Warehouse, 15 East Clark Avenue Manufacturers of "^T 1 l<^cfc ^.;.,i^ Cigar Scrap Tobacco 1 OFM, MU* .•.*-ti I- :: I / ■• W. B. HOSTETTER Jobber in Suma^a, Florida Sumatra and Havana Lemon and Arch St$^. ; . -~'» V- ^l■^■»l•^•>• THE TOBACCO WORLD ^iR l«»MurACTuireB or all hinos or O8ai40CCNT()E:5T. NCW YORK« Cigar Box Labels AND TRIMMINGS. Philadelphi Office, $73 Bourse Bldg. H. S. SPRINGER, Mgr. Chicago, 56 Fifth Avenue, E. E. THATCHER, Mgr. San Francisco, 320 Sansome Street, L. S. SCHOENFELD, Mgr. I Cigar Boxes ♦ ^ Cigar Box Lumber WISCON!»lN'i TOBACCO CAPITAL. : ♦« I? i i| Largest stock of ' Sawed Mexican and Cuban Cedar, Veneered Cedar, * Imitation Cedar. ^ WRITE FOR PRICES C0LDM6IA AYENDE and SIXTH STREET PHILADELPHIA. O.L SGHWENCK.E LITHOGRAPHIC CO CLARENDON ROAD&F 37- T^ ST. BR OOKLYN . N Y. -hv fine cigar labels -^^^ PRIVATE BRANDS OF ORIGINAL DESIGN, _^ n • <-. /\ c: o !»»»»%>»%» <^^^^^^^ i»»»»»»»%%»»l»%>%%%^^^^^^^ John McLaughlin. J. K. Kauffman. I JOHN Mclaughlin Edgerton, Wis., Feb. 8. The warehouses here are now all busily engaged in packing the 1906 crops, and it is estimated that the weekly payroll of the Edgerton ware- houses is fully $10,000. There seems to have been some good tobacco grown this year in a portion of Minnesota. Andrew Norman has just been on a tour of inspection through Filmore county. Minn., and has highly encouraging reports from there. The Otto Eisenlohr & Bros.' ware- houses have been receiving lately con- siderable crops of the 1906 tobacco. Harry Vetterlein, with J. Vetterlein & Co., Philadelphia, has been in the Statu lately looking after the pack- ing interests of his (aiher. The Scotton-Dillon Tobacco Co., of Detroit, has been a heavy purchaser of low grades in this State, and Mr. Walter Scotton was in the local market last week. Articles of incorporation of the Wisconsin Tobacco Growers' and Deal- ers' Association of Janesville have been filed with the Register of Deeds. The purpose is to foster the growth of cigar leaf. etc.. and there is no capital stock. G. H. Rumriil. A. L. and E. C. Fisher, S. B. Heddles, E. M. Calkins, F. A. and M. F. Greene. J. A. Ryan, W. M. McGee, and F. E. Fifield are the in- corporators. Andrew Norman, who is the local agent for C. H. Spitzner & Son, tobacco dealers at New York, concluded not to open a warehouse for sorting at Stough- ton, as the work can be done with the force employed by them at Edgerton. From Virginia comes the report that the tobacco delivery is at its height and hundreds of loads are being hauled to the warehouses in that city daily where the facilities for handling are taxed to their utmost. The local banks are paying out to the farmers an aver- age of $20,000 per day. and the condi- tion bids fair to continue for several weeks if the weather and fine roads permit. There is a scarcity of help in the warehouses. If the other tobacco growing districts produce as good a quality of the weed as this vicinity the tobacco growers in the State will clean up over $6,000,000 in profits for the 1906 crop. Two crops of tobacco were delivered to the Pomeroy warehouse here the other day. TRADE NOTES. of which was known to be betweenj and 40 years. The fragrant weed m the last of a box which had belonKJ to his uncle and which had beenta gotten and covered up. — A project is on foot to establiik new leaf tobacco warehouse at Hami burg, Ky., and a fund of $12,000 « subscribed at a recent meeting of h|. ness men of the town and fannend the surrounding country. —Frank Richards will open a dm factory above the store formerly oces- pied by A. Armstrong on Militiij street. Port Huron, Mich. — A new cigar factory is soon toti started at Aledo, III., by C. A. Loolq and Ivan G. Reed, formerly ofH* mouth. 111. HUNTER- A Nickdop, Has won many races for dealen Try it. Recent Incorporations, Etc — Martinique Tobacco CJompany » manufacture cigars, cheroots, littk cigars and cigarettes. Office. 110 Fi» street, Jersey City. Capital, $20,i divided into 200 shares of the parvjta of $10. Incorporators, C. T. HiiglH W. B. Carlton and G. P. Stacy, of 111 First street, Jersey City. —The Nacogdoches Tobacco Groii« Company, of Nacogdoches, Tex.> been incorporated with a capital li $6,500, by E. A. Blount and D. I Cason, of Nacogdoches, and H* Taussig, of Taussig & Co., leafdailn Chicago, 111. —Colonial Cigar Company. StU« has been incorporated by Ben » son. Louis Mueller, Samuel PhiHn* and Charles Mueller, to manufactB' and deal in cigars and tobacco. C* tal stock, fully paid, $2,000. Alao. All Gr«dM of Fine Cigars ^ Leaf Tobacco No. 307 North Queen Si. LANCASTER. PA. —The Imperial Tobacco Company of Great Britain and Ireland declared a dividend of 10 per cent, on its deferred ordinary shares for the year ended December 31 last and carried £250,000 to reserves and £179,000 forward, which includes reserve for customers' bonus.. The American Tobacco Co. is the controlling power in the Imperial. —Gilbert Aldrich, of Charlton, Mass.. enjoyed a cigar the other day. the age J. H. LIEFTINCK & ZOfl« Sworn Tobacco Broleii Office and Sample Rooms: Brakke Grond and FrBSC." AMSTERDAM. HOLLAND;^ STOKHUYZEN & BRO« Sworn Tobacco Brobis Office and Sample Rooro«. Nes. 84-86 (Opposite Fratci AMSTERDAM, HOLLAfjJi. NIENHUYS & HESTERMll Sworn Tobacco Broke" Brokers to the Deli MaatiohWW AMSTERDAM, HOLLA"" Office and Sample ^^orot^. 87 Rokin Wholesale and Jobbing Trades. Correspondence solicited. Samples on applicatioir. ■66fi Bear, G^ Cub. Essie, and Matthew Carey C. E. MATTINGLY Sl CO. Manufacturers of Hi^h Grade Union Made FOR THE Wholesale Trade Only lloioo Chief Sipreme Union « * ^ N!Jt«^ A Mr^ ^^k 'S. ** k ^^.t' • , " jB ^ ';)X. , . , • .^..fciii Jj^HV ' Is ■it^:*^?-'!^^'^ " *^^S^K^' W^^^PISS y [/ L^ Mtj^jMhTilil/ "^■■l pB^ ^\ j Mc Sherrystown, Pa. INCREASE YOUR PROFIT! Columbia Straiiiht Will Do It. We bought a large supply of Good Hav- ana and Domestic Tobacco at the right time. We are located where Good Workmen can be had at Fair Prices. Those facta enable \)s to make our COLUMBIA STRAIGHT a Five Cent Cigar of Highest Quality, Best Work- manship, to be Sold at Good Profit. rred Schlaeger & Co., Columbia, Pa. Samples on application. • • Any Flavor Vou INeed . . We'll Turn Out in Our Laboratory Under Our Guarantee. We'll Make Your Troubles Ours. Acme Extract & Chemical Works *• G. ECKERT. Proprietor. <' Hanover, Pa. HARRY A. SINVDER Littlestown, Pa. Manufacturer of Hifih Grade Seed and Havana ..dEL DODIE St. Louis World's Fair Prize Winners. Cigars Branch Salesroom, ENDICOTT BUILDING. St. Paul, Minn. Grace Cameron— Edward Hyde — Habersham — Club Brand i r* W. R. DAUGHERTY & BRO. Manufacturers of SVOBBHn^^ Fine Domestic Cigars Dallastown, Pa. HIGHEST QUALITY FINEST PACMAGES Wholesale and Jobblnii Trade aailV' Correspondence with Ac^v« r Houses invited ^s Reikith R. E. JACOBY Wholesale Manufacturer of Strictly Uniform Quality of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Rothsville, F*a. Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Inritedl H Established 1870 Factory No. 7ft S. R. KOCHER Manufacturer of Fine Havana Cigars and Packer of WRIGHTSVJLLE, PA. 23 I Hi THE TOBA.CCO W O R 1. D T.A.MYERS&ii YORK, PENN'A SAMUEL FREY Craley, Pa. Manufacturer of Cigars for the Wholesale Trade OLD JUDGE ] Cp MILD AND PLEASANT t 7 fof 5c THE CYCLONE i ^'C. BROWN BUCK (Banded) [ ^ *"» *^^' ALLEN GOODRICH, 3 c. Samples to Responsible IIows x They Smoke It and Come A^ain peAcoji ^E TRAIWE WIHN^ BLEND, QUALITY and WORKMANSHIP to Please the Most Critical Smokers Manufactured for Joobing Trade Only The Toedtman Cigar Makers of the Highest Grade of 5c. Cigars Exclusively MIAMISBURG, OHIO. [ '— —!■-■■■ The American Tobacco Co, 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 Leaf Tobacco .♦i<»rKcit>. BALDWINSVILLE. N. Y. Deliveries have continued and the local warehouses are scenes of activity, larjje forces beirg engaged at all the warehouses in handling the tobacco. - Gazette. lEAfMO CONNECTICUT VALLEY. ( There is considerable talk in tobacco circles in relation to the tag law. and the ca'-rying of tobacco raised in Mas- sachusetts into Connecticut, and selling the samn for Connecticut tobacco. Whdt will be the outcome of tobacco assorted in a shop one-half mile from my home? The manager told me that he had tobacco to be assorted in this shop from Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Connecticut, and it was being put up without any regard to the State which grew the crops. When one lot was finished another was brought in and the cases which were partly full were filled up with this next lot, whether from one State or from another. All the attention paid the matter was to select a crop that would in a measure match with the previous crop in color and texture; and as it is done in Massachusetts and Connecticut alike, no distinction will be made where the tobacco was raised, even if it should ue raised in Pennsylvania or Ohio, Now York or Wisconsin ; and to say that none will be brought from any or all of the above States would be putting it very strong. We know that it has been done in preceding years, and there is no presumption in saying that it will be again. And, finally, to say that tobacco raised in Connecticut is any bettei than the tobacco raised in Mas- sachusetts is putting the case more strongly than it will bear. I think the growers of the State of Connecticut will not be wronged in the least from calling all the New England tobacco ' Connecticut tobacco, and tkie tag will not change the quality of their tobacco, nor will the quality of our tobacco be improved by calling it Connecticut to- baco, nor does it need that to make it good tobacco. Our correspondents write : Suffield, Conn. : "I report the sale of three crops of tobacco, one crop of 6 acres at 18i cents and two crops at 20 cents in the bundle. Later, two sales of tobacco, one crop at 18 cents in th ■; bundle, and the other at 15 cents in the bundle. Oneof our Suffield warehouses has closed, but all of the other ware- houses are running with a large force of workmen." North Hatfield, Mass. : "I have heard of butr~one sale of tobacco the past weekrE. B."" Dickinson has sold about li aTr'es of hail cut at private terms. Mr. Hulden has closed his shop after J sorting his own crop and one or two THE BEST ORGAN! MOST COMPLETE, LARGEST WIAIL a LEAF TOBAO ESTABLISHMEl AMERICA NEW YORK CHICAGO ST. LOUIS E. S. SECHRIi Dallastown, Pu, Manufacturer of Pine and Common Established 189°^ Capadty, Twenty Thousand p«*M RUTHERFORD CLEAR HAVANA LEADER from the factory of El Draco Ciiiar Mi, Co., Philada. YOL ARE LO*iIING MONEY. 7 HOW 7 BAD ACCOUNTS. CharsinK tKem off to profit and Ion. Paying Collection Agency Feea. Paying Membership fees. "DO-IT-YOLRSEir" TTie "Do ll-Youraelf" collection <«"*'q'A|I55I whereby you collect your bad accounta lU rX^\ and do it in the same wny that it is done br ^'*^| Agenciea, only BE i TCR.. 7 WHY 7 It ia a better syatem. It is eaaier to operate, <%«i>i lllill It keep, the account, in YOVR OWN I*^! It bringa the money to YOU. It aaves Collection Agenciea fee.. It .avea Membership fee.. |. ^ It .avea getting into the hands of unreliao* Price $1.00 **«»"*•"' .„--(il Each outfit contains everythino n**^ I to oolleot 60 claims. .^t MONEY REFUNDED if on reoei»"'| are not perfectly satisfied. ORUER TO-DAY United States Collection A<« Suit* 19, 163 Raodolpb SU««' Chicago. U. ». A. ^^1 Agents Wanted Write for proP^I THE TOBACCO WORLD 116-122 E. I4^"ST. NEW YORK. ' 4 >' BRANCH TACTOKY S40-5SOW bUTMSTNr FTC ETC, SENT GRAT/S UPON REQ.UEST PREPAID WRITE US BEEORE RLAC/NG ORDERS FOR PRIVATE L-ABELS. BANDS. ETC.^ %m.h, B HI r: :-1 <^3>^^ :.. ^CWW'A, le si! & '§ MAKER OF BOXES 'Telephone 'Us \ Hci Weidman Bros. & Moy er Manufacturers of Ci^ar Boxes '"°"'|5"""''"G0LD LEAF EMBOSSING HIGH GRADE Work -^ Factories: womelsdorf . Pa., Sinkinii Sprinii, Pa. Established 1801 New Orleans. San Francisco. Cigar Labels me/7emi: Chicago. New York, X^^ ^' Cincinnati. LABS.L&I ^V\\\\V\\vv\% 2♦♦♦♦ 24 Mannfacttirers of Cigar Boxes^Shipping Cases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Edgings, etc* '^16—728 N. Christian St, L.ANCASTER, PA yiDEN BU8ER MANUFACTORER OP Cigar Boxes and Cases DBALBR IN Lumber, Labels, Edging, Etc., R. R D. No. 3, YORK, PA, 2( i AVANA 123 N. THIRD Pmiu^dbl^hia JOHN SLATER & CO Manufacturers of Handmade LONO FILUER-.STOfllFS Corner Columbia and Marietta Avenues LANCASTER, PA. No. 21 North Main Street, Washington, Pa. SLMlFsStOCIE FACTOR Y.ISlJitai;!»! Imperial Cigar Co. Home of the *Two Friends* Absolutely the hiiihest lirade 2 for 5 Cliia'- In the Lnlted States. Manufactured on honor and sold on tts merits. We dpfy competition, and court op- Soslltoa. ampi s cheerfully sent free to any part o( the Lnlted States. Sold to Jobbers only. Our motto. The bestlsnot too tfocd Imperial Cigar Co. Hanover* Pa. others cropp. Mr. Swift has today finished sorting the crop of Charles Bardwell, a very nice fine crop, run- ning largely to light and medium leaf, of good size being large and leafy."— American Cultivator. SOMETHING NEW AND GOOD WAGNER'S CUBAN STOGIES Manufactured Only by LEONARD WAGNER r.c.«,> No. 2 W Ohio St., ALLEGHENY, PA THE CELEBRATED GEO. STEUERNAGLE Manufacturer cf Pittsburg Stodies • ^^irlc Goods sold direct to Jobbers and Dealers , /^. HAND-MADE ;%X I S0. Springfield.- W. E, & W. S. Dill gars and pool, chattel mortgage, Klj John W. Hoi ton, cigars andpni sold out. Michigan. Detroit.— T. A. La Belle & Co., » gars, etc., sold out. Minnesota. Minneapolis.- J. W. Pauly Ci|r| Manufacturing Co corporation with stock of $100,000. MissouTt- Kansas City.— Rose Jones Cigat wholesale and retail, Samuel R.Ji dead. St. Louis.— Colonial Cigar Co., articles of incorporation, capitalsi $2,000. New Jersey. Jersey City.— Samuel Rice, ci chattel mortage, $875. New York. Middletown.— George W. Broie,» bacco and cigar, sold out. New York City.— H. Deutscb, gars, damaged by fire. Schreie Schenker, cigars, damaged by fire. Poughkeepsie.— Joseph Stem, cipn| etc., closed out. Pennsylvania. Harrisburg. -Miles D. Fry, and pool, damaged by fire and D. D. Harry (Mrs. George i; retail cigars and tobacco, danngei fire and water Slatington— Richard H. Scholl, manufacturer, judgment, |200 South Bethlehem.— Garber & Ri cigar manufacturers, succeeda Howard Ritter. Tennessee. Nashville.— Parker & Hunter, cii etc., J. P. Hunter, individually, estate mortgage, $2,000. Washington. Spokane. -S. D. Beekley, d confectionery, etc., succeeded by ^ Davenport. —Harry Monroe and Chris Rom- prietors of the Lion billiard have purchased the cigar box i recently owned by Corrie P. K' Traverse City, Mich., who met from a boiler explosion there* morning of January 20. The new owners will conduct th« ness at the same location, eropw same help and gradually iropro'* plant. Mr. Monroe will beontw a part of the time and will P^ take the active management "* factory. u THB TOBACCO WORLD HINNICH BALING PRESS ^« IP Hi «?!^??^Rrj^R^^B ^HPm ^^^^^1 X Jif^l^\ ij»-. )9 ^^^^^^^^^^^M. . '. vT'^H ^^M ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^mF^^'' ^ ^ *^j . ^Hp' ' m ^M ^^^^^^^^^^^^^E; . i0 ^ V 1 H 1 : *' ih .< '. ^^1 1 c ..^-^^^i^feii^j^^i ^'■Mtt 1 J*g^ig ■"•'t^M . 'Mm 1 «^^ri[llH ♦ 41 ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦.♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ^ 4> ♦ METAL EMBOSSLD LABELS NETAL PRINTED LABEL- ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦••♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•^♦♦♦♦♦^ Ml. 4l# r leiscKKa\ier Cigar Labels 238 Arch Street, Philadelphia. TELEPHONE 1561 ♦ ♦ UTHOCRJirHim^ SPECMJ. DESIGIir^ it t ■m '—.' rat»at«d Marck 9. 1A97 For All Kinds of Products Requiring Baling TOBACCO STEMS, PAPER, COHON. Etc Specially Constructed ..PRESSES.. For Leaf Tobacco Packers W^rranied to do more and better work m a given time^ with lesh labor than any Press ou the market Unsurpassed for power, strength, smiplicity and durability, as well as ease and quit kne>s^ m operation Various sixes manufactured. Write for price> and full particulars. They are indispensable in laaf packing and tobacco warehouses. Hundreds in use. MINNICH MACHINE WORKS Landisville, Lancaster Co., Pa. —Established 1834— WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 27 South Second Street PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday ^i^rs, Tobacco, Smokers' Articles j^ . Special Sales of Leaf Tobacco *^8igiiments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Day of Sale JACOB G.^SHIRK Lancaster, Pa. JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS of American Tobacco Co, American Cigar Co. American Stogie Co. Lubrman & Wilbum Tobacch Co. Blackwell Durham Tobacco Co. Spalding & Merrick Tobacco Co. ^11^11 f PA V Vnil **> ^^^ ^^ PRICES before ttILL iAI IUU orderinil iooda elsewhere. Brilliant as Diamonds Fragrant as Roses Good as Government Bondft Are the ClbAKo RegiBtewd**Br»il^ "Brilliant Star" Clear Havana . . H^ "S. B " Half Havana ..... Sc^ "S. B." Little Havanas 5^ ••Honest Bee" 3b. «2— I— No" Mildest Cigar Made 2 foT 5«« Special Brands Had* to Order Stauffer Bros. Nfg. Co., New Holland, Pa. Send Your Cigar Buyer Here We Will Save Yo«i Money ^Sff^n-fc^ Caveats, Trade Marks, • . "^'^ Design-Patents, Copyrights, etc. ''Sir.^r'" John A. Saul U Droit Building, WASHINGTON, D. C. For Sale by All Dealers V I R O I IN I A P E R 1 Q u 'M ? MIXTURE &ie AMERICAN TOBACCO CO.. NEW YME f '» A. O ^ IMPORTERS OF^^ AVANA N. THIRD JOHN SLATER & CO Manufacturers of Haivdmade LONG FILLER STOGIES Corner Columbia and Marietta Avenues LANCASTER, PA. No. 21 North Main Street, Washington, Pa. Imperial Cigar Co. Home of the 'Two Friends* Absolutely the hiiihest lirade 2 for 5 CAiit- In the llolted States. Manufactured on honor and sold on (ts merits. We defy competition, and court op- positton. Sampi s cheerfully sent free to any part nf the Lnited States. Sold to Jobbers only. Our motto. The best is not too liood Imperial Cigar Co. Hanover, Pa. others crop?. Mr. Swift has today finished sorting the crop of Charles Bardwell, a very nice fine crop, run- ning largely to light and medium leaf, of good size being large and leafy." - American Cultivator. SOMETHING NEW AND GOOD WAGNER'S CUBAN STOGIES Manufactured Only by LEONARD WAGNER ,.«..,> No. . 707 Ohio St, ALLEGHENY, FA GEO. STEUERNAGLE Manufacturer cf 1 Pittsburg THE CELEBRATED line OL s^.-i" Stories , ^i.^. HAND-MADE :«\ Goods sold direct to I -yQ/ STOGIES. ^^ Jobbers and Dealers 3143 Penn Ave., Pittsburg, Pa EDGERTON, WIS. Zero weather, which has prevailed the greater portion of the week, proved quite a handicap to the receiving of the crop which is still the principal order of the day throughout the tobacco sec- tions of the State. A good many dealers, however, have braved the rigors of the weather, put up with the discomforts, to satisfy the urgent de- mands of growers. Reports continue to reach us that considerable deductions are demanded in some localities in re- ceiving crops not up to contract re- quirements, leading to the belief that there was more damage in the crop •han was first suspected. Where satis- factory agreements cannot be reached, rejections follow. Something like sixty carloads of bundle leaf have been re- ceived from outside points at this mar- ket during the week. While no effort is being made to take over the unsold fraction of the crop, an occasional sale is reported. The market for old leaf has no new features, yet some movement is all the time taking place. One dealer reports his January sales exceeding $30,000. mainly in small lots on manufacturers' orders. Warehouse handling is under full swing at all the packing points, and bids fair to last for some weeks yet. Shipments. 350 cases. —Reporter. HUNTER OLDHST 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 & BRO. 92 Reade Street, 26 BEST FOR A NICKEL is all to the front ; made by EL DRACO tIGAR. MFG. CO . Philad* Business CKa.nges, Fires. Ltc. NEW YORK. Florida. Jacksonville. Broward & (lustafson, retail cigars, chattel mortgage, $2,700, purchase money. Georgia. Savannah.- J. A. Gomam, soda water, cigars, etc., J. H. Furber suc- ceeds. Indiana. Indianapolis.— George T. Gest, cigar manufacturer and retail grocer, can- celed real estate mortgage, $2()0. Charles Vogel, retail cigars, sold out. Ligonier. -Kahn Meyer, cigars, etc., dead. Massachusetts. Boston.— J. H. Kaplan, tobacco and confectionery, chattel mortgage, $500, discharged. Lowell.— George Patenaude, fish, J bacco and cigars, chattel mortgmj $1'>0. Springfield.- W. E. & W. S. Dilla.] gars and pool, chattel mortgage, {Gil John W. Holton, cigars andpoiil sold out. Michigan. Detroit. -T. A. La Belle & Co., fr| gars, etc., sold out. Minnesota. Minneapolis.- J. W. Pauly dpi Manufacturing Co. filed articles of»j corporation with authorized cgpili| stock of $100,000. Missouri Kansas City.— Rose Jonea Cigar(X| wholesale and retail, Samuel R.J« dead. St. Louis. Colonial Cigar Co.. i articles of incorporation , capital8t(i4| $2,000. New Jersey. Jersey City.— Samuel Rice, cig chattel mortage, $875. New York. Middletown.— George W. Bros*, bacco and cigar, sold out. New York City.— H. Deutsch, gars, damaged by fire. Schreieil| Schenker, cigars, damaged by fire Poughkeepsie.— Joseph Stern, cign| etc., closed out. Pennsylvania. Harrisburg. -Miles D. Fry, cij and pool, damaged by fire and«« D. D. Harry (Mrs. George M retail cigars and tobacco, daraagedr fire and water Slatington -Richard H. Scholl.cir manufacturer, judgment, $200 South Bethlehem.— Garber & Ri" cigar manufacturers, succeeded Howard Ritter. Tennessee. Nashville.— Parker & Hunter, a etc., J. P. Hunter, individually, estate mortgage, $2,000. Washington. Spokane. -S. D. Beekley, oi confectionery, etc., succeeded by t* Davenport. -Harry Monroe and Chris Ross-' prietors of the Lion billiard have purchased the cigar box J»^ recently owned by Corrie P. ^^^ Traver.se City, Mich., who met da from a boiler explosion there oa morning of January 20. The new owners will conduct the ^ ness at the same location, efflF' same help and gradually improv« plant. Mr. Monroe will be on the a part of the time and will pr" take the active management factory. (J THB TOBACCO WORLD HINNIGH BALING PRESS *♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ METAL EMBdSSLi) LABELS NET At PiUNtED LABELS ♦ ^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^►♦4^ tl« J. r leiscKKa\ier Cigar Labels n 238 Arch Street, Philadelphia. I TELEPHONE 1561 ♦♦♦♦♦ ^^^^♦♦♦^ SPECIAL DESMSW 4 #♦♦■♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ v>4*444^^*44^*4 ♦ •^ UTHOGRAPHINti SPECIAL DESMSItf 4 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ^♦♦^ ♦♦♦♦♦■■»♦♦♦♦ tt X rataated March 9. lftB7 For All Kinds of Products Requiring Baling TOBACCO STEMS. PAPER. COHON. Etc. Specially Constructed ..PRESSES.. For Ueaf Tobaeco PactcerA WATT^inted to do more and better work m a given time, with less labor than any Press on the market Unsurpassed for power. !ith, simplicity and durability, as well as ease and quu.kne>s^ m operation Various sizes manufactured. Write for price> artd full particulars. They are indispensable in leaf packm^ and tobacco warehouses. Hundreds in use. MINNICH MACHINE WORKS Landisville, Lancaster Co^ Pa. —Established 1834— WM. F.COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 27 South Second Street PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday ^^ars, Tobacco, Smokers' Articles ^ . Special Sales of Leaf Tobacco ^nsignments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Day of Sale JACOB G.^SHIRK Lancaster, Pa. JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS of American Tobacco Co. American Cigar Co. American Stogie Co, Lnhrman & Wilburn Tobaccb Co. Blackwell Durham. Tobacco Co. Spalding & Merrick Tobacco Co. IT WIf T PA V Vnil **> ^^"^ ^^ PRICES before 11 TTILLi rAI lUU orderln|{ ^oods elsewhere. -•••- p Brilliant as Diamonds Fragrant as Roses Good as Government Bonds Are the LlbAKo RegiBtered^BraL "Brilliant Star" Clear Havana . . "S. B " Half Havana ..... 5*^ *'S. B." Little Havanas J^ ♦'Honest Bee" 3e, "2— I— No" Mildest Cigar Made 2 Un 5%^ Special Brands Made to Order Stauffer Bros. Nfg. Co., New Holland, Pa. Send Your Cigar Buyer Here We Will Save You Noney Caveats, Trade Marks, "^'^ I>esign-Patents, Copyrights, etc. '^rr John A. Saul It Droit Building, WASHINGTON, D. C. For Sale by All Dealers V I R a I IS I A I '■, 'M 1 -J? y.1 m M fK-l M B R 1 Q U B MIXTURE ^>^ AMERICAN TOBACCO CO.,' NEW YWE '. < .''•1 INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE 123 iV. THIRD MILJkOmL^HiA Jk. >S QOOD^kS THE JvfAME Constant Growth sign if ies ^.xg^ RCCISTtRCO ///I VAN A Cigars NONE GENUINE UNLESS (kRING THIS BAND WITH OURTRADE MARK IN COLORS ( Riot NSBUh&S SONS u^ V».i' > THE AMERICAN 3c WARE or iMfTAT/ONS, ON SALE EVERYWHERE iConstant Merit! Cigars that hold the confidence of their smokers pay dealers best. DIAMOND JOE CIGAR FACTORY brands stand pre-emi- nently in a class of their own. i' F E N D R I C H Evansville, Ind. 1 WARREN BECK & BRO. Did.. of'w..tini..t.r Ci^QF Maiiufacturers Admlrnl GhcrardI Gen. Warren "^i^ i v^ La Respouder Marcana 1. OITlCy Jt &.• La Oantldad Michael Hose A. F. BrilUuil DalliiiiCiprti Manufac* turenof LEAF TOBACCO, iUi, Fa %H.tl.tiVMV>"l1i1f*'>iT*'»">'*V>Vl'''^T^TnT>"> --'------ ««««««»« .■.^^^^^ %%%<^^)i>t%»fc%»a^^^>%%^»^,%v»^(%^^»^^. .. ^^WVWWMWWW^^0t/W¥W^^IVW^I¥t/h<^M^nMi^^ a: d. killheffer. ^ MILLERSVILLE, PA. Met of Hi^h Grade Cigars* "^^^ No Salesmen. Communicate with Fact«! * i<»aao»i^»»<^a^^^^%t^^^^aa%%^a^^^%ai%^aw^^^%<^^^^^^^<^i^^^^^a ^%»^»^»% if%i>%^i^^^i^^^^^v>v>vt^%%^^iv^%nj^%^%^ft%t%wtf%^^ vanmrtriufi/t/r - %jia.%w>Ti-^^^ ETrOSENWALB & BR0., I TMIE 1/ BaUblished in 1881. ) Vol. XXVII., No. 8^ I PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK, FEB. 20. 1907. { One Dollar per Annam. Payable in Advance. ^EAF TOBACCO ^"-nT I mi iii'MWi|i,'mW(j[j'».W W'l'Hl-... ^ No. 310 Race Street Philadelphia •OEINiTRAU UrSIOIS* No otY er brand of Tobacco bad grown so quickly ID public favor. Reasons: Quality, Price, Union Label, Friendly Dealers* Aid, and Tobacco Trust's • Hostility. CENTRAL UNION I CUT PLU5. United States Tobacco COn Richmond,?!. n SUMATRA TOBACCO The Kind that Wraps Economically H. DUYS & CO. No.1 70 Water Street, New York The Leading Exclusive Sumatra House Amsterdam Hoase: — De Amsterdamsche Tabakshandelmaatschappij. p Growers and Packers of FLORIDA TOBACCOS Write for Samples SCHROMDJER & ARGUIMBAU 178 Water Street, New York lift ! I f / THB TOBACCO WORLD THE 5c. CIGAR that foa*ll say is ••AH to the Front.** El Draco Cigar Nfg. Co. Philada. A] X ^ ^^^Hp^^ ^^^^^H ) (lord LANCASTER, 10c.) iBi Bras, k I Mjnufacturers 615 Market St., Philada. (NICKELBY. 5c.) I I CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Kni^ 5-cent Gi^ar Made by Morris D. Neumann &Ci PHILADELPHIA, PA. Auinut r (irevne £. T. CoUti i^MPERT I BROlS. 'Xaniifacturers CIGAli 114 '""^Philadelphia SUMNER GREENE & CO. Manufacturers of eiie's Cidars 2330 MARKET ST., PHILADELPHIA Gre Sea) Factory 1839. First District Tenna. W. K. Gresh & Sons, Makers, Norristown, Pai SUPERIOR Ooality aod Workmanship Fadory No. 968. First District Peona. L^ If You Want to b« In HAVANA Smoke V CN X ^ Mad* by K HENRY HEYMANN'S SONS tl Sinkini^ Sprlndt. F'a. r \ YOU CAIN BUY WEAVER'S ORIGINAL HAVANA SHORTS ALL JOBBING HOUSES U Parmenter Wax-Lined Coupon Ci^ar PockelJ Afford PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. ladofMd by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE Advertising Medium known. Racine Paper Goods Go.,Racine, WiSf D*^^ Sola Owners and MannfactnrcrS' E. A O IMPORTERB O^y^ - 123 N. THIRD STT MILAOmu^HtA TriE T©B/?eeO WORLB-* UP CONNECTICUT WAY. A news dispatch to the New York loUrcial says that "The tobacco layers are still looking for good crops !od are buying when they can do so at 1 prevailing prices. The quality of tbe crop this year does not seem to aai^e as much difference in the price as one would natuially suppose, as the knyers do not go above certain figures aoder any circumstances. "In two or three of the warehouses part of the packing has been put through the sweat-room, bas been sam- pled and is ready for the market. If tbis tobacco meets with a ready sale, it is more than likely that the buyers vill take the money that they receive for the goods and put up another pack- ing-house. They will be in a position to Icnow what the demand is and what prices can be obtained. If the sweat goods sell well it will be of considera- ble benefit to the growers that have ■ot sold, as it may bring the price up a little to have a half-dozen buyers anxious to get enough to fill their «weat-rooms. "The outlook tor the growers, how- erer, is rather dubious for high prices this season or perhaps future seasons, Bsiesa they get together in some way. All the oratory that has been expende^ ID accusing the dealers of organization, combining to keep down prices and a dozen other thmgs, has been wasted. The only way that the growers can bold their own is either to organize and itick together or else put up their own crops and sell direct co the manufac- tarers. The latter plan works all right for the man that raises 30 or 40 acres «f the weed, but for the small grower it is impracticable. Perhaps the new hybrid tobacco which gives so much promise will open a new field for the trowers in this section, and the Florida bugaboo be scared away. At present the buyers seem to control the situation." TOBACCO GROWERS FEAR COLLUSION. ohio packers to invade Florida At Annual Meeting in Lancaster, Pa., They Appoint Commission to Investigate Alleged Combine to Lower Prices. East Hartford. Wm. L. Huntting & Co. have begun lacking in their new warehouse, which is one of the most, commodious in the Jtate, if not in the country. The building is a three story and basement structure, in which all modern appliances will be installed, including «lectric elevators, etc. In the basement the sorting and Wcking is done, while the first floor is devoted to offices and sample rooms, With some storage room to spare. The second and third floors are used entirely lor storage purposes. The offices are most tastefully and ««mfortably furnished. Watched the bookkeeper. Clifford H. Prior, for several years Jr ^kkeeper for L. P. Bissell & ^', cigar manufacturers of Suffield. ,"":• ^*" presented with a solid gold »«ch before leaving, by Mr. Bissel as wKen of his faithfulness. The watch « engraved on the outside of the case ta ...;"*'« ''C-H. P.*' and on the 2; ^'^^'d H- Prior, from L. P. l^,^'J«''ruary2, 1907." Mr. Prior % J^k"^" ^^® manufacturing busi- «0««ll ^'•<^»o«8 Bros., in West At a meeting of the Lancaster County Tobacco Growers' Association, which was held in this city this week, quite a number of instances transpired which are clearly indicative of the dread and fear which the growers are entertaining concerning an alleged col- lusion of leaf tobacco packers to lower the price of Pennsylvania leaf. The fact that the growers were "fleeced," as they allege, out of the possession of a gold medal, the highest award for exhibiting the finest tobaccos at the St. Louis Exposition, gives much color and credence to the story, augmented as it is by the fact that a committee was appointed which was given the powers of a full-fledged commission to make thorough and exhaustive investi gations, as is shown by the following resolution which was unanimously adopted : — "Whereas, Within the last year it has been alleged by many persons that the American tobacco trust, so called, has attempted to crowd out the local buyers and dealers, and thereby pre- venting competition, and "Whereas. It is also alleged that some of the dealers have organized for the purpose of discrediting the value of the tobacco grown by our farmers by exacting impossible conditions and ig- noring contracts, therefore, "Resolved. That a committee of five, of which the president of this organi- zation shall be one. shall be appointed to investigate these allegations includ- ing the way in which the farmer pre- pared his crop for market, and if they be true, shall report at a subsequent meeting of the society a plan for the tobacco growers to protect themselves against unjust discrimination and un- fair treatment in the future." The following committee was ap- pointed: M. L. Greider. George H. Hibshman, J. S. Wise and J. H. Hos- tetter. In the committee is included President B. Ezra Herr, as a member ex oflficio. Mr. Herr stated that at the last meeting a committee had been named to inspect the shade grown tobacco at Milton Grove and Cocalico. In report- ing he said : The tobacco is much finer and better than any heretofore raised. The wrappers are surprisingly fine. The expert cigarmakers made it into Lancaster. Pa.. Feb. 16. cigars and the tobacco was given a practical test. He stated that his re- port would be supplemented by others who knew more of the value of cigars. In conclusion, he said that more had been accomplished than there had been any thought of. Some 1905 Cocalico shade grown to- bacco was shown and inspected. It was stated that 685 wrappers had been made out of a pound of the tobacco, usmg only about two-thirds of the leaf, i. e., excluding the butt end of the leaf. Some Georgia tobacco selling at $3 per pound was shown in contrast. A cigarmaker. A. W. Zook, said he cut 834 cigars out of one pound of stripped stuff, leaving 4 ounces of stem and 1^ ounces of waste. Sumatra tobacco, he stated, runs heavier than this. This tobacco was very light and the cigars had a good taste, although when they got very dry they be:ame very brashy. Lack of gum was the cause of this. When a coarser grade was used the tobacco retained more gum. One piece of Dutch— the 1906 bulk sweat— he declared was as fine as silk. Mr. Greider said that the 1906 crop would have plenty of gum in it, and he also further agitated the forming of an association to grow Sumatra. The old officers were re-elected as follows, by the secretary casting the ballot: President. B. Ezra Herr; Vice President. M. L. Greider. and Secre- tary. Geo. H. Hibshman. The committee appointed, as per above referred to resolution, has not yet set a date for the beginning of its hearings, but it is humorously stated that some members of the trade have engaged eminent counsel to defend them and their action in not offering the growers more money for their to- bacco than they are now willing to pay for it, if willing to buy it at all. One member in particular. Mr. Joseph Gold- berg, is expecting an ordeal of severe grilling by the chairman and president of the growers' highest tribunal, if he appears before that body. It is claimed, however, that in view of the fact that none of the committee are qualified to act as legal counsel, Mr. Goldberg will claim the right of de- fence by a layman, and that he has chosen as his second Wm. DeHaven. Henry Meyer Re elected Aasoci^tioa President. Dayton, 0., Feb. 16, In the formation here of the Quincf Sumatra Co.. by W. J. Lucas witz. C. B. Wolf, Theo. Sternman L. L. Werner and George W. Ozias, it is shown that Dvityon leaf men are feeling much interested in the possibilities of grow- ing and marketing Florida tobacco. Messrs. Wolf & LucasA'itz are among Dayton's most successful and promi- nent leaf men, and it seems quite likelf that they are the pioneers in the present movement of organizing a Florida company, the operations of which will be in the vicinity of Quincy. Their wide experience in handling tobacco well qualifies them for the successsful operation of a Florida plantation. They have the best wishes of the en- tire trade. Henry Meyer, of Cincinnati the well known leaf tobacco packer whose warehouses are at Webt Alexandria, was recently re elected President of the Miami Valley Leaf Tobacco Packers' Association, at a meeting of that organization held in Dayton. GLOBE TOBACCO CO.'S BRAND "Wolverine Scrap." with Union Label. Claims tu Lead the Market. Detroit, Mich., Feb. 15. The Globe Tobacco Co. reports that the Union men are showing their loyalty in a marked degree by demand- ing its scrap tobacco ; in fact. January proved to be the banner month in the sales of Wolverine Scrap more of this brand being sold in Detroit than all other scrap tobaccos combined. Wolverine Scrap is the only selling Union-made scrap on the market put up in 2i ounce packages, other scraps being only 2 ottncea in weight. NEW STOKl!. IN SPUKANL. WASH. Spokane, Wash., Feb. 15. Mason, Ehrman &. Co,, of Portland, Ore., wholesale and retail tobacconists, have opened a branch store in Spok- ane, on Wall street. The firm now has branch stores at San Francisco, Seattle. Baker City and Spokane, the parent house being at Portland. Meyer Abraham has been placed in charge of the Spokane store as mana- ger. Mr. Abraham has traveled over this section for the firm for the last 18 years The new store here has been fitted with a giant humidor for storing cigars^ which has a capacity of 750,000 cigars. WAS STANLEY DECEIVED? Washington, D. C Feb. 16. Members of Congress from the to- bacco growing States were much per- turbed when they heard that the Senate Committee on Finance was giving hear- ings to opponents of the House bill removing the tax of 6 cents a pound on unstemmed and unmanufactured leaf tobacco. They had been assured, they claimed, by Senator Aldich that the bill would soon be reported favorably by his committee, and the fact that hearings had been resumed indicated to their minds that the chances were very slim that any such action would be taken at this session. It was by accident that Senator Mc- Creary, of Kentucky, happened to step into the Finance Committee room and discovered that a hearing was going on. He inquired whether Representatives James and Stanley, of his State, had been notified, so as to enable them to cross examine the witnesses. Mr. Aldrich replied that it was not usual to send out such notices, whereupon Mr. McCreary declared he would notif j them himself. "If they were here they would not be permitted to question witnesses," Mr. Aldrich said. Messrs. James and Stanley, when they heard of the inci- dent said they would be on hand at later meetings and make the attempt. NEW COLLECTOR. AT NORFOLK. Washington, D. C. Feb. 14. The President sent to the Senate to- day the nomination of P'loyd Hughes as Collector of Customs for the District of Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va. GOOD SHOWING IN KrNTUCKY. Loaisville, Ky., Feb. 15. February promises to be one of the largest, from the standpoint of collee- tions, in the history of the oflfice of the Collector of Internal Revenue for Xhm \\\ II •d li / THB TOBACCO WOKLD El Draco Cigar Mfg. Co. Philada. (lord LANCASTER, lOc.) ill Bl k C Manufacturers 615 Market St., Philada. (NICKELBY. 5c.) I I CHALLENGES COMPAIISON White Kni^ 5-cent Ci^ar Made by Morris D.Neumaon&Ci. PHILADELPHIA, PA. Sumoi r tirerna C- T. C«iiM SUMNER GREENE & CO. MSNgrociGAii (UMPERT BROS. ianufacturers Manufacturers of Gre Seal eiie's Cidaps 2330 MARKET ST., PHILADELPHIA Factory I839, First District Joanna. 114 N 7^^ St I ■ r - «^. -■ ^-;i^ C ' c c 'c § ;*. -''- % ffU'j I SUPEUOB Quality and Workmanship Fadory No. 968, First District Penna. rif You W€ to ba la HA VAN Want A M Smoke CN i ^ Mada by K \x HENRY HEYMANN'S SONS Sinkinik Sprlnit, Pa. r W. K. Gresh & Sons, Makers, Norristown, ^ YOU CAIN BUY ^ WEAVER'S ORIGINAL HAVANA SHORTS 4 ALL JOBBING HOUSES Parmenter Wax-Lined Coupon Ci^ar Pockfll» Afford PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indoraed by all Smokeri, and are the MOST EFFECTIVS Advertising Medium known. Racine Paper Goods Goa^Racine, Wis^IL^ Sola Owaara aadi Maaalactavara* 5. A O^^"^^^ « manufacturing busi- ^witt Haatingi Bros., in West TOBACCO GROWERS FEAR COLLUSION. At Annual Meeting in Lancaster, Pa., They Appoint Commission to Investigate Alleged Combine to Lower Prices. OHIO PACKERS TO INVADE FLORIDA At a meeting of the Lancaster County Tobacco Growers' Association, which was held in this city this week, quite a number of instances transpired which are clearly indicative of the dread and fear which the growers are entertaining concerning an alleged col- lusion of leaf tdbacco packers to lower thft price of Pennsylvania leaf. The fact that the growers were "fleeced," as they allege, out of th6 possession of a gold medal, the highest award for exhibiting the finest tobaccos at the St. Louis Exposition, gives much color and credence to the story, augmented as it is by the fact that a committee was appointed which was given the powers of a full-fledged commission to make thorough and exhaustive investi- gations, as is shown by the following resolution which was unanimously adopted : — "Whereas, Within the last year it has been alleged by many persons that the American tobacco trust, so called, haa attempted to crowd out the local buyers and dealers, and thereby pre- venting competition, and "Whereas, It is also alleged that some of the dealers have organized for the purpose of discrediting the value of the tobacco grown by our farmersliy exacting impossible conditions and ig- noring contracts, therefore, "Resolved, That a committee of five, of which the president of this organic- zation shall be one, shall be appointed to investigate these allegations includ- ing the way in which the farmer pre- pared his crop for market, and if they be true, shall report at a subsequent meeting of the society a plan for the tobacco growers to protect themselves against unjust discrimination and un- fair treatment in the future." The following committee was ap- pointed : M. L. Greider, George H. Hibshman, J. S. Wise and J. H. Hos- tetter. In the committee is included President B. Ezra Herr, as a member ex officio. Mr. Herr stated that at the last meeting a committee had been named to inspect the shade grown tobacco at Milton Grove and Cocaiico. In report- ing he said : The tobacco is much finer and better than any heretofore raised. The wrappers are surprtaingly fine. The expert cigarmakers made it into Lancaster, Pa., Feb. 16. cigars and the tobacco was given a practical test. He stated that his re- port would be supplemented by others who knew more of the value of cigars. In conclusion, he said that more had been accomplished than there had been any thought of. Some 1905 Cocaiico shade grown to- bacco was shown and inspected. It was stated that 685 wrappers had been made out of a pound of the tobacco, using only about two-thirds of the leaf, i. e., excluding the butt end of the leaf. Some Georgia tobacco selling at $3 per pound was shown in contrast. A cigarmaker, A. W. Zook, said he cut 834 cigars out of one pound of stripped stuff, leaving 4 ounces of stem and li ounces of waste. Sumatra tobacco, he stated, runs heavier than this. This tobacco was very light and the cigars had a gfood taste, although when they got very dry they be :ame very brashy. Lack of gum was the cause of this. When a coarser grade was used the tobacco retained more gum. One piece of Dutch — the 1906 bulk sweat — he declared was as fine as silk. Mr. Greider said that the 1906 crop would have plenty of gum in it, and he also further agitated the forming of an association to grow Sumatra. The old officers were re-elected as follows, by the secretary casting the ballot : President, B. Ezra Herr ; Vice President, M. L. Greider, and Secre- tary, Geo. H. Hibshman. The committee appointed, as per above referred to resolution, has not yet set a date for the beginning of its hearings, but it is humorously stated that some members of the trade have engaged eminent counsel to defend them and their action in not offering the growers more money for their to- bacco than they are now willing to pay for it, if willing to buy it at all. One member in particular, Mr. Joseph Gold- berg, is expecting an ordeal of severe grilling by the chairman and president of the growers' highest tribunal, if he appears before that body. It is claimed, however, that in view of the fact that none of the committee are qualified to act as legal counsel, Mr. Goldberg will claim the right of de- fence by a layman, and that he has chosen as his second Wm. DeHaven. GLOBE TOBACCO CO.'S BRAND "Wolverine Scrap," wiiK Union Label, Claims to Lead the Market. Detroit, Mich., Feb. 15. The Globe Tobacco Co. reports that the Union men are showing their loyalty in a marked degree by demand- ing its scrap tobacco ; in fact, January proved to be the banner month in the sales of Wolverine Scrap more of this brand being sold in Detfoit than all other scrap tobaccos combined. Wolverine Scrap is the only selling Union-made scrap on the market put up in, 2i ounce packages, other acrapi being only t ottncea in weight. «' NEW STORl!. IN SPOKANE. WASH. Spokane, Wash., Feb. 15. Mason, Ehrman dli Co,, of Portland, Ore., wholesale and retail tobacconists, have opened a branch store in Spok- ane, on Wall street. The firm now has branch stores at San Francisco, Seattle, Baker City and Spokane, the parent house being at Portland. Meyer Abraham has been placed in charge of the Spokane store as mana- ger. Mr. Abraham has traveled over this section for the firm for the last 18 years The new store ' here has been fitted with a giant humidor for storing cigarBd .which bM> oaiwcity of 750,000 cigara. ^"^'^^ - Henry Meyer Re elected A880ci%.ti«a President. Dayton, 0., Feb. 16, In the formation here of the Quincf Sumatra Co., by W. J. Lucaswitz, C. B. Wolf, Theo. Stemman L. L. Werner and George W. Ozias, it is shown that D..tyon leaf men are feeling much interested in the possibilities of grow- ing and marketing Florida tobacco. Messrs. Wolf & Lucas A'itz are among Dayton's most successful and promi- nent leaf men, and it seems quite likely that they are the pioneers in th« present movement of organizing a Florida company, the operations of which will be in the vicinity of Quincy. Their wide experience in handling tobacco well qualifies them for the successsful operation of a Florida plantation. They have the best wishes of the en- tire trade. Henry Meyer, of Cincinnati the well known leaf tobacco packer whose Wiirehouses are at Wobt Alexanoria, was recently re-elected President of the Miami Valley Leaf Tobacco Packers' Association, at a meeting of that organization held in Dayton. WAS STANLEY DECEIVED? Washington, D. C Feb. 16. Members of Congress from the to- bacco growing States were much per* turbed when they heard tbat the Senate Committee on Finance was giving hear- ings to opponents of the House bill removing the tax of 6 cents a pound on unstemmed and unmanufactured leaf tobacco. They had been assured, they claimed, by Senator Aldtich that the bill would soon be reported favorably by his committee, and the fact that hearings had been resumed indicated to their minds that the chances were very slim that any such action would be taken at this session. It was by accident that Senator Mc- Creary, of Kentucky, happened to step into the Finance Committee room and discovered that a hearing was going on. He inquired whether Representativea James and Stanley, of his State, had been notified, so as to enable them to cross examine the witnesses. Mr. Aldrich replied that it was not usual to send out such notices, whereupon Mr. McCreary declared he would notify them himself. "If they were here they would not be permitted to question witnesses." Mr. Aldrich said. Messrs. James and Stanley, when they heard of the inci- dent said they would be on hand at later meetings and make the attempt. NEW COLLECTOR. AT NORFOLK. Washington, D. C. Feb. 14. The President snnt to the Senate to- day the nomination of Floyd Hughes as Collector of Customii for the District of Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va. GOOD SHOWING IN K/NTUCKT. Louisville, Ky., Feb. 15. February promises to be one of tha largest, from the standpoint of collee- tions, in the history of the office of th« Collector of Internal Revenue for \hm 8 ! r INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE i 1. ■ I i i 'J i A Calves c& 0>- <^^> Havana 123 n. third st. IMPORTERS Or^"^ HILADBL^HIA J. Vetterlein & Co. Importers of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF Tobacco 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia FOUNDED 1859 lobn T. Dohan Wm. H. Dohan ^yeLT^< FLOR "^K^ de DOHAN 6i TAITT D &T Importers of Havana and Sumatra Packers of /^^^^5^\ J^^7 ^^^^ St. LeafTobaccoK .J» ) philada. H.STRAUS i^.i^€y^i@$^<^)^ A.bOCB IMPORTERS OF 45rib^ Batabllahed X — 1 II Y S ^LEWIS BREMER'S SONS IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra B AND PACKERS OF 90la^908j;bl^l3^9^ II5«IL A DELPHI^ Leaf Tobacco 522 and 324 North Third Street. Philadelphia Julius Hirschberg & Bro. Importers of Havana and Sumatra and Packers of Seed Leaf Tobacco 125 North Third St., Philada. L. BAMBERGER & CO. TOBACCO 111 Arch Street, Philadelphia Warehouses: Lancaster, Pa.; Milton Junction. Wis.; Baldwlnsville. N. Y. Pavkers and Dealers In i-^rt.,.oi SEED LEAF HAVANA and SUMATRA Benj. Labe Jacob Labe Sidney Labe BENJ. LABE 8l SONS IMPORTERS OF Sumatra and Havana Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco 228 North Third St., Philadelphia rhiriil'fill^i:i'l'h Either ihe name of the Manufacturer or that of his Brand will appear printed in the blank space of this precinta or stamp. . . . I M RO RTA NT NOTICE... The preceding cut is a fac-simlle, in its actual size, of the new PRECINTA or warranty stamp which, as authorized by the Government of the RepabMe «,f 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 eat tobacco packages 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, cigar- ettes, or cut leaf packages but those which have this PRECINTA or stamp of the Cigar and Cigarette Manufacturers' tJnion of the Island of Cuba, wbo^ jointly with the Government of the Republic of Cuba, or separately, will prosecute before the court-!, anyone who may attempt to counterfeit, imitate, or in any way rendpr useless the gnai-antee covered by this stamp. The Colors of the PRECINTA fac-simile: black with pale blue ground; fac-simile of th« Presidency of the Rebublic : dark blue. Fifth District of Kentucky. The record kept by J. A. Craft, the collector, dwwed that the collections for five working days of the month amounted to $295,356.43, an average of nearly $60,000 daily. The collections of these five days show a gain of $80,876.78 over the corresponding period a year ago. Judge W. G. Bearing, Collector of CBstoms, recently received invoices from Cuba for one hundred bales of leaf tobacco for cigars consigned to a local firm. The importation duty on the consignment will amount to be- tween $5,000 and $7,000 LANSING GETS ANOTHER FACTORY. Lansing, Mich., Feb. 15. Arrangements have been perfected by the Business Men's Association for the establishment in Lansing of another ci «ar factory. This will be conducted by Barry & Scully, a firm that has been in operation in Ionia for a long time and has built up a prosperous prices, 100 pounds, $50 ; lots at $35, $30, $25. $18. $16. $13 50. $12.75, $12.50, $12.- 25, $12. $10, $9.50 and $8,75. This makes a fine average price of $18.89 a hundred pounds. The leaf breaks were fairly large this morning at all the warehouses, and whenever a pile of wrappers was offered it brought a good price. RAID ON DAY <& NIGHT PACKERS The third floor of the Dr. Ranney building at Michigan avenue and Cedar street, has been engaged for the firm, which will begin operations here March 1. with a force of twenty emplo>es, and it is said that the business of the firm is in such a condition that its ca- pacity will be greatly increased. High grade cigars, including several well known brands, are to be manufac- turerd here and the force will be made "P mostly of men. The new factory of Moebs & Co., in ^beBird building opposite the Union ^epot, IS ready to begin operations. VIRGINIA LEAF AT $50 PER 100. Richmond. Va., Feb., 15. Jje record price of the season on the •Jchmond tobacco market was made y "^oniing. when W. D. Butler & ^.proprietors of the Stonewall ware- to Est * ^"® °^ tobacco belonging the R A ^'^®^' °^ Louisa county, to forSK« v^*"®"°" Tobacco Company E^ "^hundred pounds. DonnH- f®^'" ®"tire crop of 3,400 !!;?^'datthe following splendid ■^WBERFORD CLEAR HAVANA CIGARS the Consumer. Rivalry in Scrap Tubacco Brands. Visitors in Cincinnati. Cincinnati, 0., Feb. 16. Disregarding the danger of being struck by huge swayir.g icicles sus- pended from network of telephone and electric wires, several hundred men, boys and girls made a picturesque raid on the ice-covered and fire-ruined plant of the Day and Night Tobacco Co., Genesee and Plum streets last week. Almost the entire front of the build- ing was a solid mass of glittering ice, and hanging from window ledges were icicles that apparently weighed over 100 pounds each. These were in danger of toppling to the ground at any moment, but the impending danger did not frighten the hundreds of "raiders". Through doors and windows, almost completely obstructed by ice, the eager bands crawled, and in the dim light of dickering candles selected undamaged cartons of chewing tobacco. The unique raid commenced immedi- ately after the last relay of overworked firemen and police had been withdrawn from the scene, and after every vestige of fire had been extinguished. There were no police officers in the vicinity at that time, and the curious spectators who made cursory inspections of the interior of the gutted plant discovered that in the central portion of the build- ing there were large boxes containing tobacco. One youth gave the signal that was followed by a rush that re- sembled an exciting finish in a foot ball game. Slipping and sliding over the ice-covered window ledges the daring youths invaded the structure. The news spread like wild-fire throughout that portion of the West End district, and in less than half an hour the crowd was greatly augmented. Several boys secured oMer^WK'packaged' !:l m Two of Our Popular Five Cent Brands. Our Goods are Made of Best Selections, Made Carefully, and Made to Duplicate. Wolf, Neff & Co. RED LION, PA. T. E. BROOKS & CO. RED LION, PA. Manufacturers of All Grades of Pennsylvania Clears for the Wholesale Jobbing Trade distributors wanted on our special brandst GOV WRIGHT REGAL DUKE DON SEGNO GEN'L YORI HAVANA SWEETS and MANUEL F. DOMINGUEZ ■.-..■■ - SAMPLES UPON REOUBST 0 I V. II ■^^, '^■■^:a THB TOBACCO WORLD- W. A. LAHR »*»l~-' **. jiiAxJ'V:^ . J.. f MATI 1US£ LEH ■- , .''■*^ > JJ^^^^^mH^h 5^- i T: ■WM l^^^^H ■ ,•'■ Old Aet Teuus The Stokv • -■,.,.»■ ; *'> ' ■ ' -*« . Wholesale Cigar Manufacturer 0OODAtt ^xslSonoTHr -^ .^ i?ed L/ion, Penna. Ji '»• Get our prices, and make a fair comparison with ^those of other factories.' ' Correspondence invited with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade. Samples Free to Responsible Houses. ^ • ' ^^mm^^-^— IMPORTERS O^^ - 123 N. THIRD ST MILADBL^MIA Gieske & Niemann, Packers s Deate in Leaf Tobacco No. 204 South Charles Street Baltimore, Md. ,f chewing tobacco and did.a Hourish- Ibusiness along Central avenue dis- posing of the tobacco at a penny a Ikage The raid continued for over Jhree hours, and during that tinne it is egtimated by an observer that over 5000 packages of tobacco had been cirted away. The raid will undoubt- dely deplete the sales of many small tobacco sellers in the West End during the next month. Independent tobacco manufacturers are making strenuous efforts to popu- larize their goods in this market at present. The Blue Moon people are pishing vigorously their new product here, and in more central points of the State, with indications of much success. Some extensive advertising is also be- ing done here by bill boards and other liieans to further exploit Mail Pouch wrap tobacco of Block Bros. Tobacco Co.. Wheeling W. Va. The Globe Tobacco Co., of Detroit, Mich., last week commenced an active campaign here on the Globe brand of scrap tobacco, by sampling many sec- tions of the city. The brand is a com- paratively new one for the house, and ii put up in 2^ ounce pouches. The Uncle Sam Tobacco Co. will loon be ready to begin to market its new brand of Uncle Sam, another new piece of scrap .tobacco. The factory bdiiding which has boen undergoing alterations is nearing completion, and machinery is being installed. Jos. B. Westheim, of the Jose Lovera Co. and E. M. Schwarz & Co., New York, has been among the jobbing trade lately, and will proceed from here to the coast. Emil Kleiner, of E. Kleiner & Co., New York, was here recently and scheduled a nice lot of orders for his finn'a products, including the Lord Macauley and La Aurora brands. i. H. Braman, formerly Secretary of tke Queen City Co., before its merger with the Day & Night Co., bur who was liter offered a position in New York, IJisdecided. after much deliberation, to remain in Cincinnati. A. Kauffman, with A. G. Kauffman « Co., New York, was also a recent visitor among the trade in the Queen City. TOEDMAN CIGAR CO. EXPANDING. Miamisburg, O., Feb. 5 . ^^^ Toedman Cigar Co., of this place, »* one of the most progressive concerns '" '^' ^^'ckeye State, is making rapid Progress in its policy of expansion. ifie company was established quite woeyearsago, by Chas. Toedman. the P'«»ent president of the company, but Mr T "T """' ^^''y ^««t fall when LinHo * ""*" "^^^ J°'"ed by W. D. j^n^er formerly engaged exclusively that fV , ^"«'"^ss at Miamisburg, carrA ''''"' ^^ich are now being hZA^' ^®'* ^""y formulated. Mr Tni " *° ^°'^'"« the presidency tne Beat that can be made. -- Uo you gel! them? who is vice president, is also manage' of the leaf department. They havi completed a new three story building, which is being used in addition to foi mer premises, which cover nearly s block. The demand for their produc has grown at such a rapid rate that th« additional facilities became almost im peratively necessary; LOW STOCKS IN LANCASTER. Packers Nearly Sold Out. and Stocks art Decreasing. Lancaster, Pa.. F f^,,;{. *.. ,^. Rodriguez, Bautista & Co. closed Mt 150 bales of Remedios. Loeb-Nunez Havana Co. is dong a fery fair business, and is shipping mjjteanunibar of balep weekly. Don Uopold Loeb, the president of the jompany took a trip to the country in an nutomobile. going all over the Par- tido an a goodly portion of the Vuelta Abajo Bection. in order to post himself thoroughly, as far as the new crop is concerned. KecelpU Prom Ui« Caantry Week ending Since Feb. 9 Jan. 1 Bales Bales Vuelta Abajo 2 652 Pirtido — 130 Matanzas 1 18 Remedios & S.Clara 352 4.073 Santiago de Cuba 174 651 Total ' 529 5.524 WHAT IS DOING IN BOSTON. Tr*de Show* Some Improvement Over U«t Week. But is Still Slow. [Boston Bureau "The Tobacco World" 19 Devonshire Street] Boston. Mass.. Feb. 18. Retail trade with the better class of stores showed a slight improvement over the previous week, but the (eneral consensus of opinion in the trade indicates that business is a trifle ■low. Retailers have been taking ad- nntage of the many gratis deals being offered by the American Tobacco Co., and also have put in trial orders for inany new brands of cigarettes, etc. tbat are being pushed by independent wncerns. The outlook for a prosper- oaa spring business is brightening daily. but the weather we have been endur- ing of late has been the cause of the duiinesB of trade, although if it con- tinues to remain like the past few ^yi, business this season will yet be wtisfactory to all. Jobbers are finding collections quiet bot are doing their usual business. 'here is the usual competition going on »mong some of our jobbers, one con- «« in particular, on Hanover street. Jas been doing a slashing business for «• past few months. They are re- nted to be selling many of our promi- nent retailers the popular brands of ci- Wrs, tobacco and cigarettes on a one W' cent, profit basis. Just how long "ey can exist on such piofits is a question, and many of our wholesalers ^e wondering how long the thing will ' noticed a news item today in one of ?■ local dailies stating that the trust r; purchased three independent snuff ^actoi "ea in Baltimore and now con- businens in the New England States, and are gaining ground every day. The White Rolls cigarette is being advertised considerably here, and many attractive window displays can be seen about town. One of the advertising show cards of White Rolls consists of the picture of an Egyptian maiden dressed in Hoochee Coochee fashion, and I understand that the Watch & Ward Society are after the Boston representatives of the Ware Kramer Tobacco Co.. makers of the White Rolls cigarette, to stop the distribution of this picture. George Melhado, a South End whole- saler, is now giving away a handsome cigar cutter and lighter with every 500 of his Donate, a Porto Rican 5 cent cigar, made up in five different shapes. The cigar is really a good one and ought to be a big seller before long. The Goodwin Sisters, Scollay Square, are selling a lot of Cans Bros.' little 5 cent pony William the Fourth cigars over their counter and say it's a winner. Sam H. Kitses. a retailer on Tremont street, near Berkeley, is on the sick list. Al Blum and a crew of salesmen have started in, doing some right good work on Egyptian Straights and Pall Mall cigarettes. H. K. Kerstein, proprietor of Charak's branch cigar store, corner of Chambers and Cambridge streets, will hold a celebration on the 25th. If you see him, ask him why. Albert F. Hocknell, who is now drumming the retail trade for Jos. McGreenery, is working on the Poet and Marksman cigars, and reports trade as being very good with him the past few weeks. Man. Gold, who was connected with the firm of Benn Lett & Co., has ac- cepted a position as city salesman with Bieringer Bros. Co., and for the next few weeks will endeavor to place the Flor de Franklin cigar with the trade. This is the latest 5 cent cigar taken on by Bieringer Bros., Co., and it is said to be a cracker- jack. A new retail cigar store will shortly open for business at 9 Merchants' Row. H. White, who conducts a retail store in Roxbury, will be proprietor of the new store. E. M. Davis, formerly with the American Tobacco Co.. is now repre- senting the R. &. W. Jenkiinson Co., Pittsburg, Pa., makers of high grade stogies. Mr. Davis is well acquainted with the wholesale trade and he is doing very nicely, having opened up some new and very desirable accounts for his firm. Herbert Nelson, representing Durlach Bros., of New York, importers of Porto Rican cigars, is in town. George Finn manager of one of Man- del's Union cigars stores was an im- portant government witness this week in the Federal Court, R. J. Hancock, a prominent retailer in East Boston, has applied for a license to manufacture cigars in the rear of his stored on Meridian street, in that city. D. Bendetson, the wholesale tobac- conist has just taken on two new brands Aguila de Cuba and The Tray cigar. With the latter brand a handsome (Conclujed on page 18.) wriV*"! ^'*^®- '^^'^ •« probably an „ . , _. ^, „ Sd';T ''\^^'^^' ^"""^^°- Rufherford ^^^Sg^r"^ ^Twjq "™**'®" of the popular "P Snuff, are doing an extensive are sold by successful dealers. There is a Reason. LUIS NUNIZ MANUEL NUNIZ HILARIO NUNIZ VENANCIO DIAZ. Special Partner IVIUNIZ HERIVlAINOSyCIA S en C Growers and Dealers of VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDO and REMEDIOS TOBACCO Cable: "Angel." Havana J ReiasL 20, Havana. p. O. Box 98 JOSE F. ROCHA, Havana Leaf Tobacco Ea^aMldmi Tibacos Finos tie Vaelta Abajo, Partido j Vuite ^ ^ San Miftuel lOO, HABANA, CUBA. - CHARLES BLASCO Commission Mercliant L^eaf Tobacco and Clears 1 O'Reilly St. S'^ Habana, Cuba GONZALEZ, BMNITMZ <& CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama y Yiveres Amargara 12 and 14, and San Ignacio 25, Cable: "Tebenitez.' P. O. Box 396. HABANA, CUBA. LOEB-NUNBZ HAVANA CO. %\miM de Taliaco eii tania 14a and 144 Consulado Street, HABANA* Cabl*:— RxvoKM. A. M. CALZADA & CO. Packers and Dealers in Lreaf and COMMISSION MERCHANTS Monte 156, HABANA, CUBA. "! i ( P. O. Box. S9S. Cablet "CALDA.** NDBUOm iODIS A. BflMMBHAim Mendelsohn, Bomemann & Co., Importers ol HAVANA TOBACCO ■Bd Commission' Aerchants «i«w T«vk Office I 196 WATEI STIEET ■avaaa. Cabai ■AHUBI. SUABEZ y CA. Cable Addreast DERBA. Telepbonei 1629 Jc WM. BADER Importer of Havana Tobacco 4 Burlind Slip. NEW YORK A Specialty of HAVANA WRAPPERS and FILLERS at retail. Mail ordan promptly GONZAI-EZ Y MIGUEL Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama Especialidad en Tabaco de Santa Clara de Primera Claae Cablet "CASIN" AMISTAD 97, HABANA. M: THE TOBACCO WORLD OfSce: ERNEST ELLINGER & CO. m. ,„. water S,r.et Importers of HAVANA TOBA CCO New York LEAF TOBACCO. orriccs: DETROIT, MICH. AM8TeROAM,HOLLANO. HAVANA, CUBA. New York, im t. OAMS MOSES J. CANS JSROMB WALLER BDWIN I. ALBXANDSB JOSEPH S. CANS m. CO. Flickers of 1^63.1 1 O D3,CC0 Mqiiiimc-34« John. No. LfO WsLter Street, NEW YORK. Starr Brothers LEAF TOBACCO IMPORTERS AND PACKERS OP HMibUshed 1888. Telephone, 4027 John. No. 163 Water Street, NEW YORK. M. F. SCHNEIDER IMPOBTBB OP Sumatra Tobacco OOBNETi EUIPEBSTEEO AMSIEKDAM. ••377 JOHN." 2 Burling SUp, NEW YOIK. J.Bei^ ^^ON HAVANA TOBACCO Mll^MAJOeN LANE taa;c:o'^5 de 5dnc"o<:^, VANA,CUBA4 „l^\_.r-'^:*;-.--." Joseph Hirsch & Son IMPORTERS OF SUMATRA TOBACCO OPFICEt 183 Water St. Cable Address: "HERE." NEW YORK 0. Z. VOORBURGWAL 227 Amsterdam, Holland. IS ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^♦■» ♦♦♦♦♦♦•»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ > X < ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^^ t TOBACCO NEWS OF GREATER NEW YORK ♦ New York, February 19. A more than ordinarily quiet market the Atlantic seaboard. The Southen has been experienced by the New York Pacific, Old Dominion and Savannaii leaf trade during the past week so far Lines being the only Atlantic coin as seed leaf is concerned. True, there trading lines that are not aligned witi were a few out-of-town buyers in the the Morse interests, market, but what purchases were made. The largest vessels of the newly «. seem to have been done with a view to quired fleet are the Carolina, which ii adding just sufficient stock to carry 5,100 tons and is 404 feet long; tin \yem over for a short time, and in the Coamo. 5.000 tons and 386 feet long, hope of being able to buy a little later the Ponce. 3.500 tons and 335 feetloni, on at a possibly lower price. In view the San Juan, 3,500 tons and 335 f«it of the fact that the cigar industry has long, and the Santurce, 1,900 toni «( not only not felt any appreciable falling 255 feet long. off in trade, but on the contrary, it Morse interests also control the Clyd» showed substantial progress this year. Line, with twenty-two vessels; tb it seems plainly apparent that manu- Ward Line, with eighteen, and th facturers must be using up as much of Mallory Line, with eleven vesseli, d their stock as is possible, and buying ot which are employed in Soutim no more at present than they absolutely coastwise shipping; the Metropolitii must, to keep going. Consequently Steamship Company, with four veneii, the leaf houses while doing some busi- plying between this port and Bortoo; ness, of course, found that it consisted the Maine Steamship Company andtiie in the aggregate of a number of small Eastern Steamship Company, withfif^ quantity sales. The progress of the teen vessels, together with the Hadw cigar industry is shown by the returns River Navigation Company, from not only the chief manufacturing For years Mr. Morse was interested districts, but nearly every district of »n the New England steamship tradt. the country shows a fairly wholesome and but lately began to extend hisii- condition to exist. terests to the Southern trade. Hewil The Sumatra market has also suffered P'^obably rnerge in the Consolidated during the past week, according to Steamship Company of Maine, as s«« current reports, but to a lesser extent as the details can be arranged, the seve. than the seed leaf. It is stated, how- ever, that stocks are pretty well de- pleted and both importer and manufac- turer are turning their attention to and awaiting with deep interest the arri- val of early reports concerning the new goods steamship companies whose total capi talization amounts to more than $80, 000,000. The Consolidated Steamship CompaBj is capitailzed at $60,000,000. Retail dealers report trade to be in 1 comatose condition but not exactlydull, In Havana tobacco, the market has ^"^ ^^e only news causing much cos- ment was the rumor of the pro" " been about normal as t) the amount of business done, and while there has been no material change in prices, the , , , , . market is. to say the least, a little Jects. but some of the best posted m« easier. Goods are being more freely '" ^^^ ^""'^^ ^^"'^^ *" knowledge o( new retailers' association which wastt have ample capital for pushing its pro- offered and buyers are readily found. The recent acquisition of a controlling interest by the purchase of 20,000 of the 25.000 shares of the stock of the New York and Cuba Mail Steam- ship Co.. by Charles W. Morse, caused no little comment in trade circles, for the reason that it was reported tl at there was soon to be oiganized a new corporation with a capital of $20,000,000 to take over the present company, which is capitalized at only $2,500,000, and for a time some fear was enter- tained of a possible raise in freight rates, but it was later stated that this was without foundation of fact. The New York & Cuba Mail Steam- ship Co. is perhaps better known to the such a movement, although retailen since the collapse of the New Yort Retailers' Association, feel theneedrf some active co-operative methods for the protection and advancement 01 their interests. The matte*- of some anti-coupon leziJ- lation is being somewhat agitated » New York, and it has already be* brought to the attention of one i»- aemblyman who has promised totiit the matter up, but as he is not a New York City member, he felt that 't should be fathered by a Gothanitt He had been informed of contemplaW action of the PennsyUania LegislatiW and was provided with a copy oftK bill now before that body. ♦ 1 „» ♦»,« "u/o..,! T in^ " K„ „,k;„v> It is stated that the National Cigtf trade as the Ward Lme, by which ^ , ^ , , . , , jj « N« :^ ,,„ .„r A *„ T* Stands Co. has decided to add a m of pipes to their stock, but independeiit pipe manufacturers deny having bookea any orders for pipes for the Natioi* stands, and it is therefore believed tW if it shall become a fact that th National stands add a line of piP**" their stock, their supplies will lik« name it was generally referred to. It was also rumored as early as last week, that Mr. Morse had entered negotia- tions for the purchase of the New York & Porto Rico Steamship Line, but it was not until today that any reliable information could be had. It was to- day announced that Mr. Morse had se- , ..,.'' D.;arPiti( cured control of the New York & Porto ^'^'"^ ^'"O'" ^^^ Manhattan Briar np Rico Steamship Co.. just before sailing for Cuba on Saturday last. The culmination of the negotiations virtually gives the Morse interests control of the coast- wise shipping of (Continued on page 18) Constitution «'r„.'S?J5." Made in the good old way. EL DRACO CIGAR. Mf G. CO , ?!«•••* For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to Esubllahed 1880 L. J. Sellers St Son, KEYSTONE BOX CO., SELLERSVILLE, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD A. COHN & CO. IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra PACKERS OF Seed Leaf Tobacco and Growers of Georgia Sumatra 142 Water Street, New York EDEN CIOAR FACTORY BANCES & LOPE;^ HAVANA. CUBA. Calixto Lopez & Co. 180 Water St. New YofI will receive and attet'dtootd«L Cifiin «a4e strictly of tkt Tety Isri VIJU'l'A ABA)0 TOBACCO HMuldwl 1840- C.U* "Naqra." Hinsdale Smith & Co. Ingortcn of Sumatra & Havana '|^^.^1^^^^^^^^ •^Pacfcers of Connecticut Leaf I UUClVl^ll, 125 Maiden Lane, KTS^*^ NEW YORK. JOSEPH HOLZMAN SUMATRA, HAVANA T-/^ K 5» i-> /^ /-W and SEED LEAF 1 \jVjOi\^\^\J 185 Water St., New York 0 — = o Cigar Moisture and Moisture Proof Boxes and Cabinets & aUERIN Office, Factory and Sample Room 115 to 121 East Thirteenth St. New York Write for Illustrated Catalogrue. ^0 T. J. DUININ <& CO. Makers of the BACHELOR CIGAR 401-405 E. 91st Street. NEW YORK JOHN W. IVlERRIAIVi St CO, "At the Sitfn of the Bull L>otf.*' New York *eal Habana Seiiar^ Makers and Importers Habana Scraps and Cuttlniis for Sale • JOSH BILLINGS 5c. Cigar "There hain't none better than the best — Josh Billings. This Is the Best, >• A cigar of merit with a push behind it. The Best Little Cigars ever offered the American public. Golden Eagle Cigars I \ They are extra large, Havana blend, and of perfect workmanship. Finest package. I. LEWIS 8z: CO. Makers, Established 1870. JN CWaFK, N . J . Z. JOHN NORRIS, Manager of the Philadelphia Office, 111 Market St. AC dS O- H .^IMPORTERO Or^^ AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST HILAOML^HIA Bstablished 1881 Incorporated 190a T0B/ieee W0RLD Published Every Wednesday BY THB TOBACCO WORLD PUBLISHING CO. 224 Arch Street. PKiladelphift. Jay Y. Krout, H. C. McManits, President and Genl. Manager. Secretery and Treasurer. Bntered at the Post Office at Philadelphia, Pa., as second class matter. Tkwphones:— Bell, Market 28-97 ; Keystone, Main 45-39^ Cable Address, Baccoworld. Havana Office, Post Office Box j6«. SUBSCRIPTION-PAYABLE IN ADVANCES 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 snch «^ dence of merit as to entitle them to public attention. No advertisement >nown or believed to be in any way calculateid 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., 324 Arch St., Philada. PHILADELPHIA, FEBRUARY 20, 1907. CONCERNING THE CIGARETTE BILL- The Grocery World, of Philadelphia, a paper circulating largely among re- tail grocers and gf-neral stores through- out the country, has the following to Bay concerning the cigarette bill now before the State Legislature : "Another fool bill has been intro- duced in the Pennsylvania Legislature this year, which will vitally aflfect practically all general merchants in the State if it passes. The bill forbids all manner of traffic in cigarettes under penalty of fine or imprisonment. In discussing the righteousness of such a bill as this, the personal ethics of the cigarette habit are not even re- motely relevant. The question is not whether a man should or should not smoke cigarettes ; that he must settle with himself. The question is whether the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania should attempt to interfere with his smoking them if he likes. The Grocery World says it should not. Where is the consistency in permitting a man to drink, and even authorizing the existence of saloons to enable him to drink, while at the same time for- bidding him to smoke? In all proba- bility such a law would be unconstitu- tional anyway, yet that is not the point. The point is that even thinking of such a law shows that our modern tendency is danaerously near to posi- tive interferencs with personal liberty." Announcement was made last week by the United States AttorneyGeneral that J. C. McReynolds, formerly Assistant Attorney General, but who resigned on the first of the year and removed to New York to practice law, had been retained by the Government to take charge of proceedings under the Fede- ral an ti- trust laws, against the tobacco combine, and to succeed to the position of assistant to the Attorney General, from which Henry W. Taft recently resigned. This office was created by an Act of Congress, which appropriated $500,000 to enable the Attorney General to carry out the provisions of the Anti- Trust and Inter-State Commerce Laws. Much comment was made concerning the change, and later developments be- came obviously more interesting in view of the fact that Mr. McReynolds is a member of the law firm of Cravath, Hendersun & DeGersdorf, who are said to be the attorneys for Thos. F. Ryan. Mr. Ryan, it cannot be denied, is a 14 dominant power in the trust directorate, and already there is beginning to be entertained a fear that the end sought may not be any more speedily accom- plished than under the old regime in the Attorney General's department. The cigarette crusade seems to be contagious, and at last has attacked Pennsylvania. Representative Savidge, of Phila- delphia, has introduced a bill in the State Legislature, which would have the effect of virtually prohibiting the sale of cigarettes, as well as cigarette paper, and forbids any person, directly or indirectly, upon a n y pretense or by any device, to manufacture, dispose of or give away, or keep for sale any cigarettes, cigarette wrappers, cigar- ette papers, or any paper made or pre- pared for the purpose of being filled with tobacco for smoking; or keeping, owning or be in any way connected, concerned, engaged or employed in handling or keeping any cigarettes, cigarette wrappers or cigarette papers. It is to take effect June 1, next, and imposes a penalty for violation of a fine for each offense of not less than $25 and not more than $100. About the only things which the bill lacks are life imprisonment and decapi- tation. JAPANESE LEAF TOBACCO. In 1896 the Government of Japan created a Government monopoly of the sale of leaf tobacco. It required every grower to bring his product to the Government officials by the last day of March at least, and the Government after inspecting and judging the qualities and classes of these leaves, pays an appropriate compensation to their cultivators, according to a schedule previously fixed and notified by the Government. The tobacco leaves are then sold to manufacturers at prices previously fixed, and these manufac- turers cannot buy under any circum- stances direct from the growers. The Government also imports and sells foreign leaf tobacco. That the business has become a profit- able one is shown by the latest figures, which give the profit for last year at 22,000,000 yen, or about $6,000,000, a profit which has been growing from year to year. The cultivators num- ber a quarter of a million. THE TOBACCO TRADE IN PHILADELPHIA. Conditions in the retail trade are hard to define this week, for the reason that in different localities and for some cause or other, the business has varied to such an extent that we cannot say it is good, bad or indifferent, because it might be a correct report for one sec- tion of the city, while quite the con- trary would be the actual fact in another section. Yet, generally speak- ing the retailers do not seem to be faring so badly. With the exception of one day the weather conditions have been rather more favorable for the past week. We have had two holidays or rather sort of semi holidays within the past week— Lincoln's bi»-thday and Election day -with still another, Wash- ington's birthday, coming on this week yet. Lincoln's birthday did not affect the retail trade very much, and yester- day, election day, it is declared by many dealers who are located in the residential sections of the city, that business actually took a spurt with them. In some of the West Philadelphia sections, the retail dealers are doing very well, and with the rapid building up that is going on out that way, it i fair to assume that some time in the near future West Philadelphia will claim the distinction of having as fine cigar stores as any in town. West Philadelphia is progressing, and the cigar men are fully awakened to the fact. Out Woodland avenue for instance as far as Darby, you will find it well filled with cigar stores some of which look exceptionally prosperous. And that reminds us of Jas. I. Hasson, who is one of the most popular dealers in this section. Mr. Hasson has lately adopted a coupon system of one of the coupon companies, which he says is working very well, and that he believes it is beginning to make a noticeable differ- ence and increase in his sales. He also experienced a pretty lively trade on election day. We have noticed fewer window decorations with the approach of Wash- ington's birthday this year than usual, although one would think that among the 7,000 establishments of the city there would be many more than we have noticed, and that dealers would much more generally take full advan- tage of approaching holidays for special window dressing, and thereby draw the attention of many passersby to their respective stores. There is a very noticeable dullness among jobbers. In fact one of the largest houses in this city stated that it was awfully fiat, and collections were very tardy, from which we must judge that the retail dealers are not as a rule in the best financial condition just pow, or that they have felt the effect of winter dullness so severely that they cannot pay up promptly. Living ex- penses are usually the first thing that is provided for out of the cash drawer, and then if there is enough left the jobber gets his, and if not, the chances are that he has to wait and depend on the debtor's honesty to make good. The jobber, of course, has long since gotten wise to the situation, and as a consequence, the dealer who has let his reputation suffer finds his sup- ply cut short. There was a ripple of commotion i| jobbing trade circles a few weeks aan when T. A. Carroll, a special agent of the Bureau of Corporations, of the De. partment of Commerce and Labor visited the city, for an investigation It is said that his investigation pretty clearly indicated that the trust hi^ about 96 per cent, of the busineRg ji manufactured tobacco, cigarettes, etc «<% Cigar manufacturers as a rale are busy. Healthful reports are comint in from salesmen, and February promises to be a very good month. The excellent showing of 55,358,5()() cigars manufactured in the First b ternal Revenue District of Pennsyl- vania for January was highly gratify ing. as it broke all January recordi ^« Dixie cut plug, rec^tly introduced in the market by Arthur Hagen & Co., ha» met with much success. Roy Emrey, bookkeeper for the aboK firm, has been very ill with typhoid fever, but is now convalescent and recuperating in Atlantic City. He will resume his duties by thelatts part of this month. F. W. Hoch, & Co , 1519 Columbii avenue, are making rapid progress ii getting into their new quarters at Twelfth street and Columbia avenue Pent Bros, are pushing their Aspho^ del, and have a great display of theie cigars in their show window, in tk Reading Terminal building. James Howard, of 121 Union street, was held in $1,000 bail for court, b; Commissioner Craig, last week on tile charge of passing counterfeit money. One morning the prisoner went into Isaac Biben's cigar store, at 712 Reed street, and gave a counterfeit silver dollar for a five cent cigar. After get- ting ninety- five cents change he left the store and went to Morris Brisc;'i cigar store, at 1308 South Seventk street. He had just tendered another bogus dollar to Briscy when he ww arrested by Policeman Ferris, of the Moyamensing avenue and Dickinson street station house, who was told of the man's visit in the neighborhood and passing counterfeit money b; Biben's son. Dusel, Goodloe & Co. are making t special drive on the Cremo cigars now, and Mr. Goodloe has interviewed » number of Philadelphia jobbers for tb« purpose of interesting them in hand- ling this brand. Frank Le'^yompte, formerly of tie cigar jobbing firm of LeCompte, Dosel & Goodloe, but who after his retire mentfrom that firm, joined thesUffof salesmen of .H. Anton Bock & Co.. clear Ha 'ana manufacturers, of Net York, has visited the trade here re- cently and met with much Bucceft The goods of H. Anton Bock & Cft are already well and favorably knowi in the trade here. j, Meyer Bayuk, at 826 Chestnut street* hae a very pretty window display tbi' week. The central figure of attractioj is a handsome oil painting. entitW "Fragrance". The painting portr*/* a small table on which is restinflr a ^ of Havana Ribbon cigars, a vase con- taining flowers, and half burned cig*" and matches. THE TOBTACCO WORLD WARNING! In the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania A Permanent Injunction was granted to the MXMCUTORS of the ESTATE of ISA- DORE LIBERMAN, deceased, and against WILLIAM F. RUWELL and BENJAMIN WILLIAMS, trading as the Penn Cigar Machine Company, restraining said parties from manufacturing or offering for sale any Cigar Rolling Tables, Wrapper Cutters or Pres- sure Rolls upon whicli patents are claimed by tlie above named Executors. Legal process will be taken against all Infringers and Users of Macliines Infringing upon these Patents. LIBERMAN MANUFACTURING CO. 814 Winter Street PHILADELPHIA I' \ « u ^ THE TOBACCO WORLD The Miami Valley Leaf Tobacco Co. DAYTON, OHIO Packers of Cigar Leaf Tobacco 1903-4-5 Zimmer Spanish, 1905 Gebbardt, 1905 Dutch, 1905 Connecticut, etc. Porto Rico Ci^ar Co. Red Lion, Ra. WHOLESALE CIGAR MANUFACTURERS Mlaior Paul ] Lord Selkirk ^ OC. Arrow Point J Tom Lewis— 2 for 3c. Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only e»- ojvq ElOno Ualon Made 5 -Cent Clears are as Good as Cigars Can be Made Chas. A. Oberly, Maker LEBANON, PA. ^ Wisdom on the Label Wisdom in the Cigar A 5c. Smoke that is so Good It is Bound to Repeat Ohmit & Kraft East Prospect ' Pa. Jacob Labe, of Benj. Labe & Sons, sails today by the steamship Staaten- dam from New York, for Amsterdam, Holland, to attend the Spring inscrip- tions of Sumatra. S. Ojserkes' Smokers' Paradise, at Ninth and Chestnut streets, has seven windows, all of which are tastefully decorattd and a variety of goods uniquely displayed. It reflects credit upon the window dresser. Godfrey S. Mahn, of the Godfrey S. Mahn Co.. will soon visit Cuba on his regular annual trip. Robert M. Yahn. of Yahn & Mc- Donnell, ia now in Havana, as a guest of W. H. Taylor, the Philadelphia rep- resentative of the Cuban American Manufacturing Co., of New York and Havana. H. Bellringer was a rceent visitor in this city in the interest of the Nestor high grade Egyptian cigarettes, and reported a very large sale of his goods. Geo. W. Bushnell, representing the Scotton-Dillpn Co.. of Detroit, recently returned to Philadelphia after a six weeks trip through the South and West, wher^, he reports, he had an excep- tionally good business on his firm's products. . - F. B. Robertson, of Match It fame, has returned from a ten days sojourn at Atlantic City. Mr. R. had been ill for some time, bordering on an attack of pneumonia, but by the advice of his physician made hasty exit for the City by the Sea. and is now fully con^i. escent. Gus Eisenlohr. of Otto Eisenlohti Bros., left on Saturday last, for A» sterdam. Holland, as a guest of Boi Neuberger. of E. Rosenwald & Bbl of New York. Howard E. Stevenan the Philadelphia representative of tin house, was also one of the party. John M. Kolb, superintendent o{| Theobald & Oppenheimer faciorieg.B' pects to sail on the 26th inst. forA» sterdam. where he will attend th Sumatra inscriptions. E. H. Young, of E. H. Yotnijl Bro.. Farrandsville, Pa.. W. W. St» art, of W. W. Stewart & Sons, Reaifiii Pa., and Herman Heilbron, Mt. HoBj, N. J., all cigar manufacturers, mn visitors in the leaf market thisvei The announcement of the Liberal Manufacturing Co., on page 15ofi issue, should be carefully noted b;iil cigar manufacturers. J. Hirschberg & Bro. arenowinp* session of Florida wrappers and rejol that they are very busy at the prent time. H. Bauer, their repreaentitifii has gone on a ten days trip throtk Pennsylvania. Sickness has severely invaded i leaf trade. A small child of Sud Grabosky, of the Empire Leaf Tohw Co., has been dangerously ill fori* time. Harry Dolinsky, of H. Doling & Son, has also been confined toil home by illness. Chas. Hippie, (rfl| TBB TOBACCO WOKLD j)| Cigars of Quality Sell and Repeat. Try THE DOCTOR 3c. Ci^ar WALTER S. BARE, Lititz, Penna. Maker of Uitfh Grade Cltfars Exclnalvely. M "A Wonderful Nickel's Worth" | That's What the Consumer Says About ^p Bhe FERNSIDE For He Gets That Rich Taste and Aroma Looked For in a More Expensive Cigar Let US send you Samples of this Steady Seller GEO. W. PARR, Littlestown, Pa. •IZE. 16 Br 10 INCHES- •WEIGHT, "8 POUND* HOW TO REDUCE EXPENSES is the foremost thought with all manufacturers just at this time The solution can be found in our Bunching Device, and this can be proven to your entire satisfaction if you will call at our offices and see it "at work." A most cordial invitation is extended. Every oppor- tunity given for close inspection, and such tests as you may care to make; or full information furnished upon request. Aifents wanted (hroudhout the United States iTKe Perfect Bunching NdLcKine No. 132 South Sixth Street PHILADELPHIA C.lCAR Ribbons. Ayo:;L,t or Plam ana Fancy RibbamM, v/'^ ^^ * Write for Sample Card and Price Liat to Department W ^nSsl Galloons Wtu. Wickc Ribboii Co. faffetas, Satin and Gros Gram, ^5 j^^^^ Twenty-second street, nmw YORXi 1 Rrnfl & Co.. has been ill since last tlv i Greenwald. representing G. J2k&Bro..of New York, was also PHILADELPHIALEAF MARKET ni« market is devoid of excitement ♦h^week and only a moderate amount K new was done in domestic to^ hir Of coarse, there was some busi- .Anne but it was of a hand to Suture and did not aggregate S J-town buyers here w^ looked 7^\he market, but who bouglitlittle. Sdthat most spanngly. It is the Socensos of opinion that manufac- Zrs are converting all available ^8 now in hand into use with the ST that they will replenish later at Sereater cost than now, and have a Since on possible lower price on some mdes of goods. Hence the continuing frequent inquiries, but comparatively few purchases. Florida tobacco has been selling this week in goodly lots, and jobbers ap- pear to be laying in t'tocks if the goods S be gotten at any th ng like an ap- parently equitable price. Sumatra has also been moving freely, but like last week, in small lots only. Several retail leaf houses have dis- poied of quite a few bales in small parcels. Rutherford, ConstitutioD, Hunter — a strong trio. El Draco Ciijar M(^. Co., Philada. To Mannfactarers of Q^ars: If you have any Cuttings, Scraps or Sifting to sell, write us. We are at all times in the market as Cash Buyers of all these products. EDWIN L. KOPPELMAN CO. 7-6-lh 81 Pine St.. New York. Th OR SALE. — Fixtures of a completely "*- equipped cigar factory : in part or whole. 65 Miller, D. & P. suction tables, ^orgield bunching tables. Presses of air tt1nds< £]ectric Motor, Chairs, Tables, Office-desks, etc. 'Apply or address. 125 South Second street, Philadelphia, Pa. c MOTICE-That on February 11, 1907, •^^ Zimmerman & Grimes, Newmane- town. Pa., bought all the riyhis, title and interest in the brand "Kismet." originally registered tor cigars by the late D. W. Crouse. of Reading, Pa., and all persons are cautioned not to use said title, under penalty of the law. pOR SALE.-Nice lot of 75 hogsheads ; ■*■ good heavy Kentucky broken leaves and scraps suitable for making smoking tobacco. Also, nice old, well sweated, well-sized cigar fillers and wrappers. Buckner, Dunkvrson & Co., 7-lItf Louisville, Ky. \A/ E PURCHASE Cigar Molds— un- desirable shapes — such as No. 16,261, No. 8.832, No. a 669. Write us. Slating what you have and the quantity. Winget Mfg. Co . York. Pa. 12 12tf Marcus Jaskulek Morris Jaskulek Robert Jaaktileki M. JASKULEK & SONS Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco 814 and SIG East Third Street DAYTON, OHIO A. C. Kercher Joe Endress, Jr. Pioneer Leaf Tobacco Co. Germantown, Ohio Fackers of CIGAR LEAF TOBACCO High Grade Cigar Molcl^ in any shape, at lowest prices. CIG4R WANUFACTLRERS' REVENUE BOOKS 23 cents each ; postage prepaid. 30 cents. The American Ci^ar Mold Com Cincinnati^Q. W. H. SNYDER &C0. Windsor, Pa. Manufacturers of Popular Brands of Fine-<'Mediunv Priced Cigars Correspondence with Wholesale and Jobbing Trade only invited. Particulars cheerfully given to responsible inquirers. Our Leaders Include: Honeysuckle, Rose Show, Jumbo, Libby Dear, Verelda, Charles Fay, Carisima, Gov. Pattison, Model American, and Others. 1/ ^AY8 Room »or OniTMowi Good Cu«Toi«m. , L«U»b6U6rS & oOIli oCllCrSVIllC| 1 ■• THE TOBACCO WORLD- V CapMclty Xor Manolactanng Cig*r Boxes to — For Gentlemen of Good Taste FELieE^ D ^ A HIGH GRADE » ^ OC.CIGAR FOR iJU. Sold Extensively by Leading Cigar Dealers and Druggists Throughout the United States SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES THE DEISEL-WEMMER CO., Makei^ LIMA, OHIO ubiisned ^880, ; If'' J. F. REICHARD Wholesale Dealer in LEAF TOBACCO of All Grades Craley, Penna. W. W. STEWART & SON Reading, Pa jOHNHAV Makers of the JOHN HAY LADY HELEN lOc. JOHN HAY, Jr. ELI PERKINS 5c. Hi^h Grade Seed and Havana Cigars CorrrnpondcDC* vrilh Responsible Houses Solicited •<<- >>• L. J. SMITH & CO. Wholesale Cigar Manufacturers AND Dealers in Leaf Tobacco RED LION, PA. Maunfacturers of I^Qll^WipUY I. -PAN ANNA 5c. Cigars TWO HAVANAS Two for Five Gents Private Brands niada to order. With .Specially Designed Bands. Correapondence wiik Reiponaible Houaes Bolicite«i, SMITH BROS. Brokers in Domestic T 17 A 17 T/^D A f^i^f^ and Imported Lll/Vr 1 WD/\*^V^Vj No. 1 7 Charter Street, Dayton, O. Ohio Goods Our Specialty 18 OUR NEW YORK LBTTCR. (Continued from page 12) Co. , which has long been regarded as a subsidiary concern of the American Tobacco Co. One of the chipper younger members of the leaf trade is Richard H. Bythiner, who for some six years past has been a member of the selling force of H. Duys & Co . the well known Water street Sumatra house, and whose territory has been Greater New York. Young Bythiner made a very satisfac- tory record as a leaf salesman last year, and was given a leave of absence by his firm for a period of two months. During his «ojourn through Europe, he will visit among other places of interest Berlin, which was the birthplace of his father, Louis Bythiner, a well known leaf tobacco broker of Philadelphia. In addition to those having taken passage on the steamer Amerika, which sailed on Saturday last and which was published m last week's New York correspondence, there were also in- cluded Sigmund Rothschild, of Roths- child & Bro., and Max and Ben Meyers, of Meyer & Mendelsohn. On Wednesday next per steamer Staatendam, there will sail William Quanjier. with Hinsdale, Smith & Co., Harry Spingarn, of E. Spingarn & Co., Max Adler,of Leonard Friedman &Co., and Kauffman Falk, of G. Falk & Bro., will also take their departure this week. M. F. Schneider, of 2 Burling Slip, expects to take passage on the 27th, per steamer Ryndam. L. Schmidt, of L. Schmidt & Co., will sail on the 22nd, per steame'" Campania. Sol Hamburger, of Hamburger Bros. & Co., returned from Havana on Wed- nesday last. Mr Hamburger had spent but a few weeks in Cuba, and devoted most of his time to the Vuelta Abajo and Partido districts. This firm has been extensively engaged in stripping tobacco in Cuba and supplying Ameri- can manufacturers with booked fillers. Joseph Merdelsohn, of Mendelsohn, Borneman & Co., has just returned from a six weeks' visit to Cuba. OUR BOSTON LETTER (Concluded from page U.) banded ash tray is being given free for the returr of twenty-five bands of j these cigars. Mr. Bendetson is meet- I ing with much success on the Gladora, a union made nickel cigar. Walter H. Kemmerly, formerly with Estabrook & Eaton, is now doing miss* ionary work on the Egyptian Arabs, around Boston. J. Levy has been working Providence this week with Arabs and did remarkably well. A. M. Pacholder & (3o., Baltinm^ Md., manufacturers of Q. T. and!, Bet A, cigarros, announce an advanceitf 15 cents per M., on Y. Bet A'g, «» mencing March 1. ••' George Flattaner, of G. Flattm Sl Co., New York, makers of thepo(» lar Union League, 5 cent cigar, wish this city this week for a few daygiii went the rounds in company with Will; Rosenfield. their Eastern represeoti. tive. Fred A. Junisky, the hustling sab man for T. J. McCarthy, is meetJii with much success placing the Aid» can League. 10 cent cigar with tltt» tail trade. Another cigar called PUym Best, is the latest brand put out by ii concern. Sam Marcuson. of the Khediral Co., New York, is on a few daystiij to New York, visiting headquarters. Geo. Warren Lord, the genial mi» ger of the cigar department of Colik, Aldrich & Co., is quite an artist fid the camera. Many interesting exhilili were recently displayed in the Aw windows of the firm. H. J. Mandel is now offering bii» tomers a new shape of the WiHim* Fourth brand of clear Havana cigm ^^mfn^%m/^ TRADE NOTES. — C. W. Rowe, has commenced* manufacture of cigars at Trenton, d and begins operations with eight 1 —The W. H. Magrath Cigar Ca * incorporated in Boston with aciliw of $25,000, by W. H. Magrath, bwi B. Vose and Herbert R. Dymond. -The American Sunff Companyjj purchased the three independentfr tories in Baltimore and now contiw the trade. -Clayton Rabb. a cigar m«m*^ turer at Farmington, la., has refflow into a new building recently ereeW by him for manufacturing P^'^P"**. —The cigar factory of L. A. BocUj at Nashua, la., was destroyed by »• last week. —A deal is on whereby Neil Shanil* and Will Utley expect to take pojf sion of the cigar manufacturing ^ lishment of W. T. Ege, at Del«'» Wis. — C. A. Hines has opened »«^ factory at Bristol, T«nn. Mr. B»» is removing to Bristol froinAbing; HUNTER ScCigflf is successful with successful dealers. El Draco Gidar Mftf . Gon r^^ \79T Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar t5oxes» go to (U J. Sellers & Son. ^^X?T9^^ CIGAR BOX CO.. SELLERS VILLE. PA THE TOBACCO WORLD J. B. MILLEYSACK manufacturer of Fine Havana PinARQ Hand-Made VlWf^ilO No. 821 Lake Street LANCASTER, PA. r Correspondence with the Jobbing Trade solicited. J. E. SHERTS & CO. Lancaster, Pa. I Manu^Ktuten of Cigars CORRESPONDENCE INVITED FROM RESPONSIBLE HOUSES. The Gilt Ed^e Ci^ar Box Factory J. FRANK BOWMAN 51 Market St. Lancaster, Pa. CIGAR BOXES SHIPPING CASES LABELS, EDGINGS, RIBBONS Cigar Manafactnrers' SUPPLIES of All Klnda Dailj Capacity, Five Thousand Boxes love Your Tobacco on USED BY Leading Tobacco Dealers BUILT AND SOLD BY ftox Truck The Wm. F.Kramer Co. DAYTON, OHIO DALLASTOWN, PA. Manufacturer of Nickel & Medium Pric% CIGARS For Wholesale and Jobbioff Trade R RENNINGER, Manufacturer of High and Medium Gradt^ Cigars Strictly Union-Made Goods. DeHVCr Pft, 5AMPLE5& PRICES FURHISHf.D '. UPON Applicatioh IN stock; TO ORDER CIGAR LABELS I NEWYORK and BAN b 5 Chaskel'S CleAR*To9AC^ It Will Remove Rankness from Tobacco Take Away Mustine&s and Give Cigars Havana Flavor. CHASKEL'S SPANISH BETUNE Is specially adapted to give that Peculiar Sourish Effect desired. GhaskePs Flavors the Cheapest in the market, considering what they do. A Card Will Brin^ More Information and Prices^ Chaskel Chemical Works 265 West Broadway, New York CfGAR BOXES nunERsoF ARTisnc CIGAR LABELS SKETCHES AND QUOTATIONS niRNISHED WRITE fOB 'SAMPLES AN» RIBBON PRICES I THB TOBAC -THREE CUBANS MANUFACTURED BY Central Cigar Company LEWIS SMITH. Proprietor Forbes and Marion Streets, Plttsburfi, Pa. Wholesale and Jobbingr Trade solicited. UMON MAI>i: SOI-D ON ITS MERITS s a GO T0M BAINES Nickel Goods Strictly a First Class Article — Equal to Any Union or Non-Union Cigar on the Market- Probably Better, You to Judge— and Prices No Higher than Others. V / H. G. Burky, Maker, Reading, Pa. J UNION MADE BLUE LABEL LSCD ^mwcHsss H. G. BARNHART Ci^ar Manufacturer Sprin^vale, Pa. One of Our Leading Brands : Cuban Duchess Only High Grade Tobacco Used Cigars always duplicate All Jobbers Who Handle Travellers Tips Say it Always Moves Well "A (iood Five Cent Cigar" Abbott Ci^ar Co. ABBOTTSTOWN, PA. The Ideal Gi^ar Made in an Ideal Way Stephen Day 3c. Brand Is Strictly Union Made Ideal Gi^ar Go. CENTENNIAL, PA. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^J helps to make good cigars. cC3 Are you using it? if not, why? Write us for sample and full particulars. I ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦••♦♦♦♦♦.♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦■♦♦♦♦♦♦ Tobacco Improvement Go. j 504 Ninth Street, N.W., j Washington, D. G. ; M« Trade-Hark Register. Crowned Prince. 15,298 For cigars. Registered January 24, 1907, at 9 a. m., by M. Kivatinos, Philadelphia, Pa. Trooper. 15,299 For cigars. Registered January 25, 1907, at 9 a. m., by United News Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Bright Boy. 15,300 For cigars. Registered January 25, 1907, at 9 a. m., by United News Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Mr. Goodhue 15.301 For cigars. Registered January 25, 1907, at 9 a. m., by United News Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Thatsus. 15,302 For cigars. Registered January 25, 1907, at 9 a. m., by United News Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Colonial Belle. 15,303 For cigars and cheroots. Regis- tered February 1, 1907, at 9 a. m., by H. C. Little, Hanover, Fa. Col. James M. Briscoe. 15,304. For cigars. Registered February 4, 1907, at 9 a. m., by A. H. Nauman, Ephrata, Pa. Digby. 15,305 For cigars. Registered February 4, 1907, at 9 a. m., by George DeNiea, Philadelphia, Pa. College Sport. 15,306 For cigars, cigarettes, stogies, to- bacco and snuff. Registered Febru- ary 6, 1907, at 9 a. m., by Robert Kenyon, Jr., Wilmington, Del. I Two Havanas. 15,307 For cigars. Registered February 6, 1907, 9 a. m.. by L. J. Smith & Co., Red Lion, Pa. Patsy Dudley. : 15,308 For cigars. Registered* Febraif 7, 1907, at 9 a. m., by Martin I Slater, Reading, Pa. Union progress. 15,309. For cigars. Registered Febniv 9, 1907, at 9 a. m., by A. H. N» man, Ephrata, Pa. Criolla. 15,310 For cigars. Registered Febmuf 14, 1907, at 9 a. m., by Franciio^ Alvarez & Co., Cincinnati, 0. Reading Londress. 15,311 For cigars. Registered FebmW 15, 1907, at 9. a. m., by Gea K Williams, Reading Pa. Hinke D. 15,312 For cigars, cigarettes, cberooti, stogies and tobacco. Regifltera February 15, 1907, at 9 a. m., by R- S. Goddard, Camden, N. J. Puritan Rose. 15,313 For cigars. Registered FebruW 18, 1907, at 9 a. m., by Martin I Slater, Reading. Pa. Immense. 15,314 For cigars. Registered FebrurJ 18, 1907, at 9 a. m.. by Martin I Slater, Reading, Pa. Our Emblem. 15,815 For cigars. Registered Febroifl 18, 1907, at 9 a. m., by Martin K- Slater, Reading, Pa. REJECTED. Esko, Brown Boy, Dandelion. P^l»%%%% John McLaughlin. J. K. KaufTman. JOHN McLaughlin ^sl co. Wholea»le Dealers in All Kinds of 1 Plug ®, Smoking Tobaccos > Also, All Gradea of Fine Cigars Qi Leaf Tobacco No. 307 North Queen Si LANCASTER, PA. 22 ^f^^W^W%^f¥¥9^¥¥¥%m*n^f^ftf¥% Bond of the Carver A Jackson Factory ia Still Misaing. York, Pa., Feb. 18. There has been another stimir? up at Red Lion, were the failure to locate a bond, which is said to be in existence, r the Carver & Jackson cigar fac- iry, has caused considerable specula- on among the tobacco men. At the in- ance of Special Representative Alex- ider, of Philadelphia, who claimed that the factory hid not been bonded, the place was closed on Friday last by Deputy Payne. In the shut down was included the box factory, which is an adjunct. The representative of the American Surety Company, of Phila- delphia, one of the strongest in the country, holds that the factory was bonded for $500, and the bond placed in the hands of the manufacturers for filling at the district office at Lancas- ter. This they say was done through a deputy. That office was visited by a representative of the bonding company and assurance was given that the bond was all right and that the company was liable. Commissioner Yerkes was also ing business under the name of tin Royal Cigar Box Co., and later ala re-entered the cigar manufacturin field. A movement to increase the member- ship to seventy-five was started !»« week at the semi-monthly meetim of York Council, No. 351 U. C. T, held in the club's new headquartenii Odd Fellows' hall. The Council wanti to increase the membership to seveDt^ five in order that it may have two rep* sentatives to the Grand Council whid meets at Altoona, June 7 and 8. Th local Council was only instituted! short time ago and has madenpiii stiides. The session last week •■ well attended and several applicatJm for membership were received. Am» class was also taken in. The toeetingi J. H. LIEFTINCK & ZOON Sworn Tobacco Brokers Office and Sample Rooms: Brakke Grond and FrascaU. AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. ^i%<^^^^ STOKHUYZEN & BROl| Sworn Tobaao Brokefi Office and Sample Rooms: Nes. 84 -86 (Opposite FrascaU) AMSTERDAM. HOLLAjiD^ NIENHUYS & HESTERMA«| Sworn Tobacco Brokers Brokers to the Deli Maatschappy . AMSTERDAM, HOLUANO Office and Sample Rooms: 87 Rokin ■'■*•<' , EL DRACO CIGAR. NFG. CO . PhiUda. B;|4 Arak SW PHILADELPBU. THB TOBACCO WORLD OFFICE I JOHN D. UONQ No. 118 Mifflin Street Manirfactarerot |_^lg£irS Cor. Maple & Plum Lebanon, Penna. A Specialty of Private Brands. TcUphoae Coaa«ction Samples Sent to Responsible Houses. HERMAN DEUUE York, Penna. Maker of Delman 10 and 5c. Herdel 5c. Alex. Martin 5c. UNION MADE CIGARS Sold to Wholesale & Jobbing Trade only Samples to Responsible Houses Bear Bros Manufacturers of FINE CIGAl^S R.F.D.N0.8.YORK.PA. A specialty of Private Brands for dK Wholesale and Jobbing Trades. Correspondence solicited. Samples on application. Gfiff Bear, S^ Cub. Essie, and Matthew Carey C. E. MATTINGLY 6i CO. Manufacturers of Hi^h Grade Union Made FOR THE Wholesale Trade Only Union Chief Sapreme Union HARRY A. SNVDER Littlestown, Pa. Manufacturer of Hlfih Grade Seed and Havana Cigars and EL DODIE St. Louis World's Fair Prize Winners. Grace Cameron— Edward Hyde — Habersham— Club Brand Branch Salesroom, ENDICOTT BUILDING, Si. Paul, Mina. W;H. DAUGHEHTY & BRO. iDallastown, Pa. •jSHIRtf,, ^ Mc Sherry stown. Pa. INCREASE YOUR PROFIT! Columbia Straiiiht Will Do It. We bougrht a large supply of Good Hav- ana and Domestic Tobacco at the right time. We are located where Good Workmen can be had at Fair Prices. Thfse facts enable us to make our COLUMBIA STRAIGHT a Five Cent Cigar of Highest Quality. Best Work- ^ manship, to be Sold at Good Profit. "ed Schlaeger & Co., Columbia, Pa. Samples on application. •Any Flavor Vou Need.. We'll Turn Out in Our Laboratory Under Our Guarantee. We'll Make Your Troubles Ours. Acme Extract & Chemical Works ^ G. BCKERT. Proprietor, o Hanover. Pa. M/5--.3 THE BEST ORGANi: MOST COMPLETE LARGEST MAIL 01 LEAF TOBAC ESTABLISHMENT r AMERICA H NEW YORK CfflCAGO UiT. LOUIS E. S. SECHRISl Dallastown, Pa. Manufacturer of Fine and Common Established 189a Capadtv. Twenty Thousand P**^ YOll AKL LOSINCi MONEY. ? now ? BAD ACCOUNTS. Charging ihrm off to profit and loai. Paying Collection Agency Feca. Paying Meinbprahip fcrs. ••DO.IT-Yt)llRSKLF" The "Do It-Your.elf" collection outfit iJ«W»jJ whereby you collect your bad account* '^\^i |^ and do it in the some wny that it ia done by W" Agencies, only BCITKR.. ? WHY 7 It is a belter system. If is easier to operate, ^— ,-, uiNDi It keep, the accounts in YOVR OWN BAH"* It brings the money to YOU* It aaves Collection Agencies fees- It saves Membership fees. ^„ It saves getting into the hands o( unreliabw** Price $1.00 Postpaid Each outfit contains everythino neo««»«^ to collect 60 claims. MONEY REFUNDED if on reo«IP« »«• are not perfectly satisfied. ORDER TO-DAY United States Collectioo M'*^ Suite 19. 163 Randolph StrHt Chlcatfo. V. S. A. Agents Wanted Write for propo''^^ YORK, PEM[n!''A. Weidman Bros. & Moyer Manufacturers of Ci^ar Boxes "-'•',;«"' ""GOLD LEAF EMBOSSING HIGH GRADE Work Factories : ^omelsdorf. Pa., Sinkinii Sprinii. Pa. Eetabllshed 1801 LABELS "^S? '^stabUshed 1877 New Factory 1901 H.W.HEFFENCR, Steam Cigar Box Manufacturer » ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Dealer in X f Cigar Box Lumber, t Labels, • t Ribbons, t Edging, ♦ ^f Brands, etc. ♦ »♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ »4 ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ >♦♦♦ ♦ Howard & Boundary Aves. YORK, PA. INLAND CITY CIGAR BOX Cft Mannfacturers of Cigar Boxes^SMpping Cases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Edgings, etc. ^16—728 N. Christian St, I.ANCASTER. PA. /IBEN BUSER MANUFAOTOllBR OF Cigar Boxes and Cases DBALBR IN Lumber, Labels, Edging, Etc., R. F. D. No. 3, YORK, PA. AC <£ O H AVANA 123 N. THIRD PMILJkOmL^MiA JOHN SLATER & CO Manufacturers of Handmade L-OINQ FILUER STOGIES Corner Columbia and Marietta Avenues LANCASTER, PA. No. 21 North Main Street. Washington, Pa. Imperial Cigar Co. Home of the *Two Friends* Absolutely the highest tfrade 2 for 5 CUa>- la the Lnlted States. Manaf acturcd on honor and sold on Its merits. Wa defy competition, and court op- Sosltlon. nmpi 'S cheerfully sent free to any part of the United States. Sold to Jobbers only. Our motto. The best Is not too dood imperial Cigar Co. Hanover, Pa. SOMETHING NEW AND GOOD WAGNER'S CUBAN STOGIES Manufactured Only by LEONARD WAGNER F...OO N.. 2 707 Ohio St, ALLE6HENY, PA GEO. STEUERNAGLE Manufacturer of Pittsburg THE CELEBRATED T'imd* l>g»Tlc. rase* &,wss& %FAm«» RagLatsictl , A^ HAND-MADE 1

i Buffalo.— Fred W. Gerking. off manufacturer, judgment, $100. Johnstown.— William F. Verltl* cigar manufacturer, dead. New York City. -Herbert He8««.«> tail cigars, sold out. Ohio. Cincinnati.— The Day & Ni«bt> bacco Co., damaged by fire. Dayton.— Louis Chakeres, cil** chattel mortgage, $460, refiled, Pennsylvania. Allentown.— Henry J. Ritter, oP manufacturer, judgment, $800. Montrose.— L. B. Hollieter, oj and tobacco, burned out; iwnrw" $1,500. ^ Wilkes-Barre.— Imperial Cigg* cigars and tobacco, judgment, I** Texas. Dallas. -Yale & McCormick. og and billiards, chattel mortirag«. ♦^tB i Wisconsin. Manitowoe.-^ol)ii^Biirits, eistf' ofaetnrer, dead. THJt TOBACCO WORLD ,\jq HINNICH BALING PRESS *♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦1 ♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ^^^^44^^^^^>.*.4.^^.^ ♦^^^ ^♦^♦^HETAU InBOSSLD LABELS METAL PRINTED LABI •♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦<»♦♦♦♦ ml. 4l# r leiscKKa\ier Cigar Labels 238 Arch Street, Philadelphia. TliLFJ>HONE 1661 ♦ ♦ LITHOGRJkPHlNU SPECIAL DESHSIil ♦ < > ^♦♦♦♦♦♦'^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^ /♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦^♦♦4 ♦4< Patmt«4 Haroh 9. lAOr For All Kinds of Products Requiring Baling TOBACCO STEMS. PAPER, COHON, Etc Specially Constructed ••PRESSES. • For Leaf Tobaeco PacjKer^ Wtfraiited to do more and better wurk m a given time, with less labor than any Press on the market Unsurpassed for power, sren^th, simplicity and du> ability, as well as ease and qui(kne~!> in operation Varioub sizes manufactured. Write for pricr^ and full particulars They are indispensable in lasl packing: and tobacco warehouses. Hundreds in use MINNICH MACHINE WORKS Landisville, Lancaster Co., Pa. —Established 1834- JACOB G.^SHIRK Lancaster, Pa. JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS of American Tobacco Co, American Cigar Co, American Stogie Co, Lnhrman & Wilburn Tobacco Co, Blackwell Durham Tobacco Co, Spalding & Merrick Tobacco Co, rr WIT f PA V vniT *<* ^^^ ^^ prices befoM 11 TTlLii rAI lUU ordering tfoods cUcwher*. -•••■ Brilliant as Diamonds Fragrant as Roses Good as Government Bonds AretheClGARS Regis* ered**Br51l» ♦'Brilliant Star" Clear Havana . . "S. B " Half Havana 5o. "S. B.'* Little Havanas ..... 5e^ "Honest Bee" 3«* «2— I— No" Mildest Cigar Made 2 fof 5t« Special Brands Made to Order Stauffer Bros. Nfg. Co., New Holland, Pa. Send Your Cigar Buyer Here We Will Save Yo« M«ney WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchanls 27 South Second Street PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday Cigars, Tobacco, Smokers' Articles . Special Sales of Leaf Tobacco ^signments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Day of Sale Pat fxti-fcy Caveats f Trade Marks, CU Co Design-Patents, Copyrights, etc, tSr John A. Saul It Droit Building, WASHINGTON, D. C. For Sale by All Dealers V I R O I N I A P E R I Q U E 1 ^ ( .■■■ f: ^ 1 1 .4 .■*^ MIXTURE G6e AMERICAN TOBACCO CO., NEW YOU •'A I i , t AC cSOH IMPORTERm or^^ AVANA N. THIRD ST. Pmiladml^hia JOHN SLATER & CO Manufacturers of Handmade UOINO FILLER STOGIES Corner Columbia and Marietta Avenues LANCASTER, PA. No. 21 Nortli Main Street, Washington, Pa. Imperial Cigar Co. Home of the *Two Friends* Absolutely the biiihest tfrade 2 for 5 dia' In the United States. Manufactured on honor and sold on Its merits. Wa defy competition, and court op- position. SampI >s cheerfully sent free to any part of the Lnited States. Sold to Jobbers only. Our motto. The best is not too tfoed Imperial Cigar Co. Hanover, Pa. m If ^ 1^ l|| ;^^^^ ma^mmm .ve3i* SOMETHING NEW AND GOOD WAGNER'S CUBAN STOGIES Manufactured Only by LEONARD WAGNER Factory No. 'i Ohio St, ALLEfiHENY, PA ^t^iL! GEO. STEUERNAGLE THE CELEBRATED Tr&d* 2.£&l]c. %fACT#^ X!egl«t3rcdL , /V". HAND-MADE [

j gars, etc., out of business. Mason City.— D. L. Waldron, eipt] manufacturer, sold out. Savannah.— T. S. Griffin, cigars,! ceeded by Wm E, Lesvelle. Indiana. Lafayette.— Charles A. Mullerll Co., cigars, succeeded by Mrs. John?. [ Gagen. Muncie.— Canfield & Morgan, cigw] chattel mortgage, $100. SouthBend.— HullinKer&Cccigia] succeeded by Nare & Runjan. Iowa. Walcott.— Roman Meinhardt, cig«| succeeded by William Pahl. Michigan. Detroit.— Charles Menot, tobaccofflil cigars, dead. Waldorf -Astoria Sfjjf Co., Ltd., manufaturers and reuil»| gars, damaged by fire ; insured. Montana. Havre.— J. W. Hyndmai. cipa| etc., succeeded by Ling & McHani)* New Hampshire. Concord.— S. Wardner & Co., cil»| and tobacco, sold out. New York. Buffalo. -Fred W. Gerking, opi\ manufacturer, judgment, $100. Johnstown.— William F. Verl«l«| cigar manufacturer, dead. New York City.— Herbert Hess*,*] tail cigars, sold out. Cincinnati. The Day & Nigbti»l bacco Co., damaged by fire. Dayton.— Louis Chakerea, cig»ft| chattel mortgage, $450, refiled. Pennsylvania. Allentown.— Henry J. Ritter, oP'\ manufacturer, judgment, $800. Montrose.— L. B. HoUister, cig and tobacco, burned out; insorw"! $1,500. , Wilkes-Barre.— Imperial Cigw^l cigars and tobacco, judgment, l»* Texas. , .. Dallas. -Yale & McCormick, e«?l and billiards, chattel mortgage! Wisconsin. Manitowoe.-Jolw^,Biirit», &P^^\ ufactarer, dead. TH3 TOBACCO WORLD HINNIGH BALING PRESS ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ as ^♦^♦^METAL ENBOSSLD LABELS METAL PRINTED LABELS ♦ < 7^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^ ►♦% - H. J* r leiscKKaver Cigar Labels I f 238 Arch Street, Philadelphia. rsJ *4t t ♦ TELEPHONE 1661 ♦ ♦ LITHOOILAPillNa SPECIAL OESIGI ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦'^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4 ^^^^^^^^^^^' xt -•••■ Patratsd March 9. 1807 For All Kinds of Products Requiring Baling TOBACCO STEMS. PAPER, COHON, Etc Specially Constructed ..PRESSES.. For Leaf Tobaeco Packer^j W^ranted lo do more and better wurk m a given time, with less labor than any Press on the market Unsurpassed for power, s ren^th. simplicity and duiabihty. as well as ease and quukne-s in operation Various sizes manufactured. Write for pricr^ and full particulars They are indispensable in leaf packing and tobacco ^arehoubes. Hundreds m use MINNICH MACHINE WORKS Landisville, Lancaster Co., Pa. —Established 1834— WM. F. COMLY & SON ktioneers and Commission Merchanls 27 South Second Street PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday Ciiars, Tobacco, Smokers' Articles -^ special Sales of Leaf Tobacco ^signments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Dav of Sale JACOB G.^SHIRK Lancaster, Pa. JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS of American Tobacco Co. American Cigar Co, American Stogie Co, Lubrman & Wilburn Tobacco Co, Blackwell Durham Tobacco Co, Spalding & Merrick Tobacco Co, rr WIf f PA V VATI ^o ^^'^ ^^ PRICES bcfor. 11 TTlLL lAI lUU ordering ifoods elsewhere. ■ ■■ — ^^^ I Brilliant as Diamonds Fragrant as Roses Good as Government Bonds Are the CluAKo RegiB%red*'BrS!d» ''Brilliant Star" Clear Havana . . lOo^ "S. B " Half Havana 5e» ''S. B." Little Havanas 5o» ♦•Honest Bee" 3^^ *«2-I~No" Mildest Cigar Made 2 fof 5«* Special Brands Made to Order Siauffer Bros. Nfg. Co., New Holland, Pa. Send Your Cigar Buyer Here We Will S«vc You Non.j For Sale by All Dealers M f^tli-c^ ^^^^^^^f ^^^dc Marks, CIIC^ Design-Patents, Copyrights, etc, '^Sr John A. Saul U Droit Buildint, WASHINGTON, D. C. V 1 R a 1 IS I A E R I Q U E TV '^fjt/ ■ MIXTURE G6e AMERICAN TOBACCO CO.. NEW YORK INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE ■\.-*. E. A. O^'-^^^ %%»<^^<^^^»<^^^W^^^^^^<^^^^^^%%»<^^^^^^^<^^^^^^'%*«*>»%< « '•»*%%%%»»» %0»1»0»1»»%»»»»»»»%»»^. m^ #»»»»»»»%»»»»»»»%»»»%»»%%»»»»»»>%*I*'M>W^ a: d. killheffer. ^^.•ifH:<^fi.i-,,,.,, Iiket of Hi^h Grade Cigars. MILLERSVILLE, PAJ No Salesmen. Communicate with fdM M»%»^»t^i,^^^fc,<>^^^^,,i, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,«««,,, mi E. ROSEN WALB & BR0, fMB V" . y^ •*!'>■ V^* ;W i^' »5J^^ *e* ggUblished in 1881. VoL XXVIL. No. 9. PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK. FEB. 27. 1907. 1 One Dollar per Annam. Payable in Advance. lEAF TOBACCO \ ^^ No. 310 Race Street Philadelphia •CENTRAL UNIONS No oti- er brand of Tobacco has grown so quickly ID public favor. Reasons: Quality, Price, Union Label, Friendly Dealers* Aid, and Tobacco Trust's Hostility. CENTRAL UNION -^e- CUT P*,Uu. i Tur utiTRnsTi.rKSToii/icco c . ^1 Doited states Tobacco COn Riclimond,ya. H. fendriohIIi? =n SUMATRA TOBACCO The Kind that Wraps Economically H.DUYSTCO. No. 170 Water Street, New York The Leading Mxclusive Sumatra House Amsterdam House : — De Amsterdamsche Tabakshandelmaatschappij. iJ Growers and Packers of FLORIDA TOBACCOS Write for Samples SCHROMDMR & ARGUIMBAU 1/8 Water Street, New York '•'*3 THB TOBACCO W U K U D THE 5c. CIGAR that f ooMl say is "All to the Front." ^UNTJB^ (fc>,^;>f^,^ El Draco Cigar Mfg. Co. Philada. r~— — \ ^^^■a^^i ^^^^^H (lord LANCASTER, 10c.) iii M k I Mdnufacturers 615 Market St, Philada. (NICKELBY, 5c ) I ABQRQS CIGARS # # ■^ *5i- Jelpbi CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Kni^bl 5-cent Ci^ar Made by Morris D. Neumann &(a| PHILADELPHIA, PA. .Suiuut r Urerne SUMNER GREENE & CO. £. T. Colifti Manufacturers of Gi-e Seal eiies Clears 2330 MARKET ST.', PHILADELPHIA Factory 1839. First District Penna. ^UMPERT BRO'5. _ llanofacturers """- 114 ^^^Philadelphia SUPERIOR Quality and Workmanship Factory No. 968, First District Penna. K it You Want Itu be In HAVANA Smoke \ CN NV^> N 5a CIGARS HENRY HEYMANN'S SONS bL Sinkini^ Spring, Pa. W. K. Gresh & Sons, Makers, lNorristown,Pa> ^ VOU CAIN BUY WEAVER'S ORIGINAL HAVANA SHORTS ALL JOBBING HOUSES / i^armenter Wax-Lined Coupon Cigar PockeH Afford PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indorsed by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE Advertising Medium known. Racine Paper Goods Co., Racine, Wis« Sol* Owners and Manufacturers* AVANA 123 N. THIRD PwLAOmL^MIA TriE T©B/ieeO WORLB-* fORCiNC DOWN PRICES. leporled Break in New England. Low Figures fur Broadleaf. Springfield, Mass., Feb. 23. Frequent sales of 1906 crops of broad- leaf at low prices in the past ten days In Enfield and other towns near Spring- leld indicate that the market has broken, as has been predicted for Bontbs. Such prices as 18 and 20 cents a pound for wrappers are way down and the quality of the tobacco war- anted no such reduction in price. It was freely stated early in the win- ter that there was a combination of kuyers backed by the American Tobacco Company which was bound to break iownthesoHd front presented by the kroad leaf growers to maintain high prices. With few exceptions the buy- ers have made no effort to secure crops this season, although sales in different parts of the vallt-y have been made It fair prices, 29 cents in the South Windsor section being reported for four ♦rfive crops. In other sections the trust has bought at 18 cents with "10 cents a pound for delivering", which was done to deceive the neighboring powers, the extra 10 cents being kept IS a secret by the buyer and seller. The number of sales recently reported at the low figure does not indicate that the entire valley has fallen into the trap set for growers, for many local frowers will hold their crops indefin- itely rather than sell at 18 cents. The weak hearted have thrown up the sponge, but the fight is not yet over iDdand when the demand for broad- leaf asserts itself in the spring or early summer, the prices will go up aod those who have withstood the win- ter and spring will be repaid by the increased price. The expensive season for the grower is about to commence when fertlizers have to be purchased and planting has to be done. It is, therefore, now that the severest strain is coming on the growers who need to tura last year's crop into cash to pay for this year's cultivation. WW YORK STATE GROWERS MEET. Baldwinsville. N. Y., Feb. 23. The annual meeting of the New York State Tobacco Growers' Association 'as held at Baldwinsville on February 16, and was largely attended by tobacco powers from the Onondaga section, *nich comprises Onondaga, Oswego, j-ayuga and Wayne counties. J. W. Upson, a prominent farmer, was one of the principal speakers of the day. G. w- Uarris, who is to have charge of «e Wernment experiment station to reinstalled at Baldwinsville, addressed e meeting and explained at length y« nature of the Government's work. "e experimental work the first year the hT"" '" '^® ">»*" o^ selecting „J'"*yPea adapted to the soil of the I^rimen't"*^ '^« c''matic conditions, ex- feitiiiz '"* ^''^ ^^^ "™°^^ promising andai!!" ^^P*"^"""® the best results, •afar ^^^P^'n* to local conditions, »l08t an' ^'"*'"'*' ^y ^'^'^^^ WO^**' ^*»« •nethodV T/"^ ^"'^ generally accepted »'^««icedt !i;''"^ ^""^ handling as JStatet, , ^^^^^ ^^^^^ tobacco DES MOINES DEALERS FIGHT TRUST TOBACCO FIRE AT DAYTON. Preparing to Block Progress uf United Cijar Stores Co. Des Moines, la., Feb. 23. Several cigar dealers of this city recently took certain steps by which they hope to effectually prevent the entrance of a chain of stores by the United Cigar Stores Co. in this city. They were aroujed by the fact that the United Co. 's stores have entered must of the larger cities of the country and their success is considered to be due, in a large measure, to the ex- tensive coupon or.' premium sys em with which they push the sales of their wares. It is also stated that the United peo- ple have several times tried to get good. locations for stores in Des Moines, but that they have so far failed in getting locations which seem satisfac- tory to them. Imbued, however, with the idea that a coupon system was the real secret of their success, seven of our local dealers have closed arrangements with an Eastern coupon company to use the latter's premium system of coupons and certificates, by the use of which they hope to accomplish their purpose, feeling that they are taking from the trust stores the force of their strongest appeal for business. The dealers who have thus far signal- ized their willingness of undertaking the proposition are as follows: A. Crocker Cigar Store, Citizens' Cigar Store. The Capital Cigar Store, W. S. Hall, W. J. Price. Frank Newman and H. A. Frankel. TRUST EXPANSION IN NiCW OKLEANS. New Orleans, La., Feb. 23. Substantial improvements, entailing the employment of 500 or 600 additional workers and the erection of a box fac- tory of a capacity more than suflficient to supply local demands, are features in a programme of extension that has been inaugurated by the Hernsheim cigar factory of this city, a branch of the American Tobacco Co. General Manager C. G. Hester is a visitor in the city, having arrived last Sunday night from New York. He will remain here some days. The office of the factory, which has been located on the second floor, is in course of removal to the f^^^t floor where the warehouses a id shipping depart- ment were previously established. The space on the second floor, previously occupied by the offices and other de- partments, is being arranged for cigar- makers. The increase in the output of the factory will be approximately 50 per cent, as the number of employes at the present time is about 1200. The present box factory, located in the main building, is sufificient to sup- ply the demands of the local factory, but the company has in contempla- tion the erection of a new factory on the lot in the rear of the Hernsheim buildmg. The factory will be four stories in height and 60x90 feet. This factory will employ about seventy-five men, and one-third of the output will be shipped to various points outside of New Orleans, the balance being consumed by the Hernsheim branch. ^. Haas Brothers' Factory Damaged by Fire and Water. Dayton, O., Feb. 23. A fire caused by an over-heated stove, broke out in the plant of the Haas Brothers' Tobacco Company. 132 North Canal street, entailing a loss of from $12,000 to $15,000. The blaze was discovered by the watchman at the building, and was not of a serious nature when he turned in an alarm. However, by the time the department arrived a number of pine crates, which contained tobacco, had caught fire and the blaze was a stubborn one. At 1 o'clock a second alarm was turned in, and by this time the entire third and fourth floors were in flames. The depa'tment quickly extinguished the fire on both floors, but found that scores of crates of tobacco were on fire. The extinguishing of this was a most diflSculttask. and it was about 3 o'clock when the out taps were sounded. The offices of the company were wrecked and water soaked but the valuable papers had all been locked in the safe. Hundreds of pounds of tobacco were water soaked, and mot^t of it will be a total loss. Employes stated that the loss would probably reach $15,000 or more. The insurance carried on the building and stock amounts to $185,000. and is placed with various insurance firms about the city. The Haas brothers reside in Cin- cinnati, and had but recently branched out in their business, controlling one of the largest tobacco plants in the State. They announce through their represen- tatives that they will take an inventory of the loss at once, rebuild that part of the plant destroyed by fire, and will, within a few weeks be working a full force again. UNITED CO. WANTS FACTORIES. Sunbury to Have $20,000 Plant; Ta- maqutt. Sounded. But Declines. Sunbury, Pa., Feb. 21. The United Cigar Manufacturers' Co.. of New York, has decided to erect a factory here at a cost of about $20,000. which will give employment to three hundred people, mostly girls and women. The factory will be opreated in addition to those at Harris- burg, York, Lancaster and other points in Pennsylvaiii. Tamaqua. Pa.. Feb. 21. The United Cigar Manufacturers' Company sent a communication to the Tamaqua Business Men's Association stating that they would locate a large factory here, and ask no concessions whatever, except that the association guarantee them 250 female employes. As female help is scarce the associa- tion was compelled to decline the offer. CAMDEN'S LATEST FACTORY. Camden, N. J., Feb. 25. Architect Herbert Moffett, son of Collector of Internal Revenue Moflfett, is preparing plans and specificat ons for Frank Hartman, the cigar manu- facturer, for the erection of a $12,000 building at the northwest corner of Third and Arch streets. NEW STORE IN ATLANTIC CITY. Harris Bros. Will Erect ». Handsome New Building. Atlantic City, N. J., Feb. 25. Harris Bros., the well known whole- sale and retail tobacconists and cigar dealers of this city, will erect a fine large new establishment on their lot at Virginia and Atlantic avenues, the building on which was recently torn down. It will be a beautiful five story structure, on the first floor of which will be located the firm's wholesale and retail departments, but which will be effectually separated and operated as two distinct establishments. The remainder of the first floor will be divided into stores, of which there will be five. The upper floors will be made into suites of apartment, and many of them have already been leased to waiting tenants. NEW AMERICAN FACTORY. Chicago to Have a Million Dollar PlaA< Chicago, 111., Feb. 23. Buildings to cost $800,000 are to b built by the American Tobacco Com- pany in Chicago. It was disclosed to- day that the tobacco company's plans for improvement of its recently ac- quired ten and one half acre tract, between 42nd and 44th avenues and Colorado avenue and the Chicago Ter- minal Transfer Company's tracks, are more extensive than has been under- stood. The company paid $120,000 for the site a year ago. The mam building of its factory will be 535 feet long and 109 feet wide, five stories and base- ment, with a tower nine stories high. When equipped the plant will have cost more than $1,000,000 CHICAGO DEALER. FINED $500 Charge of Dealing in Obscene Litera- ture Brings Heavy Penally. Chicago, 111., Feb. 23. Charles D. Arndt, a cigar dealer, who was arrested early in the week with Charles S. Wright, charged with having in his possession obscene litera- ture and pictures, was fined $500 and costs by Judge Newcomer at the Harrison street Court last week. The men were arrested in a cigar store at 73 Harrison sti'eet, where about a ton of objectionable literature was found. Wright was taken into custody by the Federal authorities on a charge of using the mails for his illegal business, and will be examined by the Federal Grand Jury. Attorney Durand. representing Arndt, tried to clear his client on the ground that Wright was the only responsible party, as he was in charge of the store where the literature was found. The court held that although Arndt might not have received a share of the profits he must have known what was going on. —Joseph Patrick has purchased a half interest in the Aurora Cigar Fac- tory, at Aurora, Minn., from Mr. Belliveau, formerly sole owner. — The cigar factory and residence of Joseph Young. McDonald, Pa., was almost entirely destroyed by fire last week. The loss was over $2,000. 3 THE TOBACCO W O K t, D E. A. G^^^is^ <& Co- C O •"^ ■ .iMPORTeitm o AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST MiLAOmWMIA THE 5c. CIGAR that fooMl say is "AH to the Front." El Draco Cigar Nfg. Co. Philada. i (lord LANCASTER, lOc.) im Bi k C Mdnufacturers 615 Market St, Philada. (NICKELBY, 5c.) I SMDKE mm ^.^M^^'-^^^^ I CIGARS A PiSEKLOHlOS xeBTieeo woiilb+ I Pl^ilaJelpbia rORCiNG DOWN PRICES. UfOtUi Break in Hew England. Low Figwres fur Broadleal. Springfield, Mass., Feb. 23. Frequent sales of 1906 crops of broad- ugf at low prices in the past ten days h Enfield and other towns near Spring- jeld indicate that the market has DES MOINES DEALERS FIGHT TRUST TOBACCO FIRE AT DAYTON. i^Hf^^^^^H: CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Kni^bl 3-cent Ci^ar Made by Morris D.Neumaflo&l PHILADELPHIA, PA. broken, as .Suutiji r Grerne SUMNER GREENE & CO. ^- T- c«ii»| Manufacturers of Gre >o Sea ] eiies Cidars 2330 MARKET ST.', PHILADELPHIA Factory 1839. First District PeoDa. 114 Hanofacturers "^^^^^^^S^Ptiiladelphia W. Ka Gresh & Sons, Makers, Norristown,Pii SUrERIOR Quality aad Workmanship Factory No. 968. First District Penna. j> If You Want to be in HAVANA ^ Smoke CN ^ ^ Mad* by K \X HENRY HEYMANN'S SONS Sinking Spring, Pa. ^ YOU CAIN BUY WEAVER'S ORIGINAL HAVANA SHORTS V ALL JOBBING HOUSES i^armenter Wax-Lined Coupon Ci^ar Pock( Afford PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indorsed by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE Advertising Medium known. Racine Paper Goods Co.,Racine, WiStfl)'' Sola Owners and Mannfactnrers* has been predicted for Bonths. Such prices as 18 and 20 cents , pound for wrappers are way down ttd the quality of the tobacco war- BDted no such reduction in price. It was freely stated early in the win- ter that there was a combination of boyers backed by the American Tobacco Company which was bound to break 4own the solid front presented by the Itroad leaf growers to maintain high prices. With few exceptions the buy- ers have made no effort to secure crops this season, although sales in different parts of the valley have been made at fair prices, 29 cents in the South f iDdsor section being reported for four «r five crops. In other sections the trust has bought at 18 cente with "10 lentsapound for delivering", which was done to deceive the neiKhboring powers, the extra 10 cents being kept ti a secret by the buyer and seller. The number of sales recently reported «t the low figure does not indicate that the entire valley has fallen into the trap set for growers, for many local frowers will hold their crops indefin- itely rather than sell at 18 cents. The weak hearted have thrown up the ipoDge, but the fight is not yet over udand when the demand for broad- leaf asserts itself in the spring or early sumoier, the prices will go up and those who have withstood the win- ter and spring will be repaid by the increased price. The expensive season for the grower is about to commence when fertlizers have to be purchased ud planting has to be done. It is, therefore, now that the severest strain ii coming on the growers who need to turn last year's crop into cash to pay for this year's cultivation. «W YORK STATE GKOWCRS MEET. Balcjwinsville, N. Y., Feb. 23. The annual meeting of the New York State Tobacco Growers' Association »M held at Baldwinsville on February i6. and was largely attended by tobacco powers from the Onondaga section, •hich comprises Onondaga, Oswego, ^im and Wayne counties. J. W. JJpwn, a pronainent farmer, was one of «e principal speakers of the day. G. **• a«rri8, who is to have charge of «8Govemment experiment station to J» installed at Baldwinsville, addressed «e meeting and explained at length »e nature of the Government's work. ne experimental work the first year the hl?*"*^ '" ^^^ "**^" °^ selecting owt types adapted to the soil of the t^ril^ *""* '''^ Climatic conditions, ex- 5*"'aent.ng with the most promising andii'^" '° Procure the best results, ^'«o adapting to local conditions, fcosta"^'**^''''''''^ actual work, tha 'nethod?'^*^ ^^^ generally accepted *^ticed in !!!""' *"^ handling as jgtate,^ ^^^^^ fif*"®*^ tobacco Preparing to Block Progress of United Cijar Stores Co. Des Moines, la.. Feb. 23. Several cigar dealers of this city recently took certain steps by which they hope to effectually prevent the entrance of a chain of stores by the United Cigar Stores Co. in this city. They were aroujed by the fact that the United Co. 's stores have entered most of the larger cities of the country and their success is considered to be due, in a large measure, to the ex- tensive coupon or,' premium sys em with which they push the sales of their wares. It is also stated that the United peo- ple have several times tried to get good. locations for stores in Des Moines, but that they have so far failed in getting locations which seem satisfac- tory to them. Imbued, however, with the idea that a coupon system was the real secret of their success, seven of our local dealers have closed arrangements with an Eastern coupon company to use the latter's premium system of coupons and certificates, by the use of which they hope to accomplish their purpose, feeling that they are taking from the trust stores the force of their strongest appeal for business. The dealers who have thus far signal- ized their willingness of undertaking the proposition are as follows: A. Crocker Cigar Store, Citizens' Cigar Store. The Capital Cigar Store. W. S. Hall, W. J. Price. Frank Newman and H. A. Frankel. TRUST EXPANSION IN NiLW ORLEANS. New Orleans, La., Feb. 23. Substantial improvements, entailing the employment of 500 or 600 additional workers and the erection of a box fac- tory of a capacity more than sufficient to supply local demands, are features in a programme of extension that has been inaugurated by the Hernsheim cigar factory of this city, a branch of the American Tobacco Co. General Manager C. G. Hester is a visitor in the city, having arrived last Sunday night from New York. He will remain here some days. The office of the factory, which has been located on the second floor, is in course of removal to the fint floor where the warehouses a id shipping depart- ment were previously established. The space on the second floor, previously occupied by the offices and other de- partments, is being arranged for cigar- makers. The increase in the output of the factory will be approximately 60 per cent, as the number of employes at the present time is about 1200. The present box factory, located in the main building, is sufficient to sup- ply the demands of the local factory, but the company has in contempla- tion the erection of a new factory on the lot in the rear of the Hernsheim buildmg. The factory will be four stories in height and 60x90 feet. This factory will employ about seventy-five men, and one-third of the output will be shipped to various points outside of New Orleans, the balance being consumed by the Hernsheim l^ranch. .. Haas Brothers* Fsclory Dama|ed by Fire and Wster. Dayton, O., Feb. 23. A lire caused by an over-heated stove, broke out in the plant of the Haas Brothers' Tobacco Company, 132 North Canal street, entailing a loss of from $12,000 to $15,000. The blaze was discovered by the watchman at the building, and was not of a serious nature when he turned in an alarm. However, by the time the department arrived a number of pine crates, which contained tobacco, had caught fire and the blaze was a stubborn one. At 1 o'clock a second alarm was turned in. and by this time the entire third and fourth floors were in flames. The department quickly extinguished the fire on both floors, but found that scores of crates of tobacco were on fire. The extinguishing of this was a most difficult task, and it was about 3 o'clock when the out taps were sounded. The offices of the company were wrecked and water soaked but the valuable papers had all been locked in the safe. Hundreds of pounds of tobacco were water soaked, and moet of it will be a total loss. Employes stated that the loss would probably reach $15,000 or more. The insurance carried on the building and stock amounts to $185,000, and is placed with various insurance firms about the city. The Haas brothers reside in Cin- cinnati, and had but recently branched out in their business, controlling one of the largest tobacco plants in the State. They announce through their represen- tatives that they will take an inventory of the loss at once, rebuild that part of the plant destroyed by fire, and will, within a few weeks be working a full force again. UNITED CO. WANTS FACTORIES. Sunbury to Have $20,000 Plant; Ta- maqusL Sounded. But Declines. Sunbury. Pa., Feb. 21. The United Cigar Manufacturers' Co., of New York, has decided to erect a factory here at a cost of about $20,000, which will give employment to three hundred people, mostly girls and women. The factory will be opreated in addition to those at Harris- burg, York, Lancaster and other points in Pennsylvaiii. tamaqua. Pa,. Feb. 21. The United Cigar Manufacturers' Company sent a communication to the Tamaqua Business Men's Association stating that they would locate a large factory here, and ask no concessions whatever, except that the association guarantee them 250 female employes. As female help is scarce the associa- tion was compelled to decline the offer. CAMDEN'S LATEST FACTORY. Camden, N. J., Feb. 25. Architect Herbert Moffett, son of Collector of Internal Revenue Moffett, is preparing plans and specificat ons for Frank Hartman, the cigar manu- facturer, for the erection of a $12,000 building at the northwest corner of Third and Arch streets. NEW STORE IN ATLANTIC CITY. Harris Bros. Will Erect n. Handsome New Building. Atlantic City. N. J., Feb. 25. Harris Bros., the well known whole- sale and retail tobacconists and cigar dealers of this city, will erect a fine large new establishment on their lot at Virginia and Atlantic avenues, the building on which was recently torn down. It will be a beautiful five story structure, on the first floor of which will be located the firm's wholesale and retail departments, but which will be effectually separated and operated as two distinct establishments. The remainder of the first floor will be divided into stores, of which there will be Ave. The upper floors will be made into suites of apartment, and many of them have already been leased to waiting tenants. NEW AMERICAN FACTORY. Chicago to Have a Million Dollar Plant Chicago, 111., Feb. 23. Buildings to cost $800,000 are to b built by the American Tobacco Com- pany in Chicago. It was disclosed to- day that the tobacco company's plana for improvement of its recently ac- quired ten and one- half acre tract, between 42nd and 44th avenues and Colorado avenue and the Chicago Ter- minal Transfer Company's tracks, are more extensive than has been under- stood. The company paid $120,000 for the site a year ago. The main building of its factory will be 535 feet long and 109 feet wide, five stories and base- ment, with a tower nine stories high. When equipped the plant will have cost more than $1,000,000 CHICAGO DEALER FINED $500 Charge off Dealing in Obscene Litera- ture Brings Heavy Penalty. Chicago. Hi.. Feb. 23. Charles D. Amdt, a cigar dealer, who was arrested early in the week with Charles S. Wright, charged with having in his possession obscene litera- ture and pictures, was fined $500 and costs by Judge Newcomer at the Harrison street Court last week. Tbv men were arrested in a cigar store at 73 Harrison street, where about a ton of objectionable literature was foukid. Wright was taken into custody bj the Federal authorities on a charge of using the mails for his illegal business, and will be examined by the Federal Grand Jury. Attorney Durand. representing Amdt. tried to clear his client on the ground that Wright was the only responsible party, as he was in charge of the store where the literature was found. The court held that although Arndt might not have received a share of the profits he must have known what was going on. x^^l^^*. —Joseph Patrick has purchased a half interest in the Aurora Cigar Fac- tory, at Aurora. Minn., from Mr. Belliveau, formerly sole owner. — The cigar factory and residence of Joseph Young, McDonald. Pa., waa almost entirely destroyed by fire Ia9t week. The loss was over $2,000. 3 li INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE •— • *»• ^""^ IMPORTERS O AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST Philmdbl^hia Importers of HAVANA and SUMATRA J, Vetterloin & Co. ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ °^ domestic leaf im Arch Street, Philadelphia Tobacd FOLNDED 1859 John T. Dohan ^d?'' DOHAN & TAITT D &T Importers of Havana and Sumatra ^^^*p4Xior Arch St. Packers of Leaf Tobacco^ K.STRAUS i!^.€;s€^s^js$^^ A.faOU IMPORTERS OF 4^Riefc> FHILADA. ■•tabllshed 1825 L ^^B Y S LEWIS BREMER'S SONS IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra AND PACKERS OF Leaf Tobacco aai&908j^iiicHisdsik mHILADELPHia^ 322 and 324 North Third Street, Philadelphia Julius Hirschberg & Bro. Importers of Havana and Sumatra and Packers of Seed Leaf Tobacco 125 North Third St., Philada. Benj. Labe Jacob Labe Sidney Labe BENJ. LABE & SONS IMPORTERS OF Sumatra and Havana Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco 228 North Third St., Philadelphia L. BAMBERGER & CO. Fackers and Dealers In . , , SEED LEAF Importers of i-*-*- HAVANA and SUMATRA TOBACCO liEOPObD bOEB & CO. Importers of Sumatra and Havana and _ Packers of Leaf Tobacw 306 North Third St., Phlla. GEO. BURGHARD Importer of 111 Arch Street. Philadelphia ISuMATRA and HAVANA and Packer of LeAF TOBACCO 238 North Third Street, Phila. IVarchonses: Laacaster. Pa.; Milton Junction. Wis.; Baldwinsvllle. N. Y. /4/MrhrrHmana t* • ' nil .—- ^p~p— .^ Ol^^^ ~ N. THIRD PHILAOmi^MiA 'gXPORT STAMP ISSUED BY CUBAN CIGAR MANUFACTURERS Authorized by the Government of the Republic of Cuba rat4!iJii:iiiif.ii^^i|:y.atti|ji|i|^y,CTagBEaj)||^ UUniondeF]^R''^a'*"?'^^TabacosyCicarros DEM utonzadaporel Gobierno delaRepablica Garantiza que los rabacos.cigarrosy paqoefes ie picaduraquellevones^aprecip^a son fabricadospor HABANA 7a:HJIi:lllJJJil4U:MMJ:I.IJIJ.IJ.Wl-4^L4ilrf,.M*l!l.llktJ:iMli^<.H:W»ik'ti!l,.|.rHdl^!.l^ Either ihe name of the Manufacturer or that of his Brand will appear printed in the blank space of this precinta or stamp. ... I M RO RTANT NOTICE... The preceding cut is a fac-similf, in its actual size, of the new PkEClNTA or warranty stamp which, as authorized by the Government of the Repablic llCuba 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 eat tobacco packages which bear these stamps were manufactured in Cuba. . i. • . The consumers of these goods, who wish to acquire the genuine article made in CUBA from pure CUBAN LEAF, should buy no other cigars, cigar- ettes 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, Stntly with the Government of the Republic of Cuba, or separately, will prosecute before the court-, anyone who may attempt to counterfeit, imitate, or anv way rend'^r uselpi^a the guarantee covered by this stamp. The Colors of the PRECINTA fac-simile: black with pale blue ground; fac-simile of tlM Presidency of the Rebublic : dark blue. ■> ; ■ :. ■ 'v PRICES EASIER. IN LANCASTER.. FMirteen Cents Now Accepted by the Sellers. Suit Started. Lancaster, Pa., Feb. 25. The local trade has experienced .another very quiet week, and with the exception of some nearby manufac- tvers there were very few buyers in tewn. There has again been some buying of the new crop, and on the other hand there have also been a number of re- jections by packers of crops offered for delivery at the warehouses. Prices, however, seem to be going down a little, and not over 14 cents was paid during the week. Some purchases have been made at as low as 12 or 13 cents. More litigation is arising as the result of rejections or attempts at docking by packers. A suit was brought on Satur- day of last week against L. P. Kimmig AC«., bjrW. T. Killinger, whose crop had been raised on the farm of Deputy Sheriff A. B. Landis. The plaintiff claims that he sold six and one- half acres of tobacco to the defendants for 15i cents per pound. The tobacco sold aggregated $1,394.07. The tobacco was taken to the warehouse last week, but the defendants refused to receive it. The plainiiff notified the defendants that he would sell the tobacco for the beat price obtainable and hold them for the difference. He sold the tobacco w $1,088.76, and now sues to recover $305.31, the amount lost by the failure of the defendants to take the tobacco. This case, if brought to an early Jecision, may prove very valuable to both farmer and packer, in having the fine points of such contracts more f'wrly expounded by the court, and it "also to be hoped that it may result "the saving of possibly many later "tJgations. Among our visitors during the past K.Vt 1- Latzar, representing E. ^jcht& Co.. of Ch.cago, Sam Kauff- i p' '■^Pfesenting Wm. Sterner, Sons Gporni: 'l^'ioKraphers, of New York, ^eorge p. Sehnath, with A. Cohn & t W« ^«^,York. C. M. Clime and E. Jt Weaver. Terre H.ll. and A. N. Wolf, TK« ' """lufaclurers. tbenw 2*'"®*'"^"t 150 men at work on iuKT^n '"..^"''d'OK last week, tear- • wwn walls and getting things into inant ftV^ generally for the commencfi- •«' 01 rebuilding operations. IND AN GO^DS AT TOBACCO SHOW. Moore & Gibson, of 121 Franklin street. New York, have taken a very large space and will make an exhibit of the various odd and useful articles made by the Indians at their homes, at this year's Tobacco Exposition. These will include a full line of every- thing required to build up an Indian smoking den. which is a popular room in many modern homes. Anumber of squaws from the reservation will be brought to the Exposition, and will make the baskets, beaded goods and other articles daily during the two weeks of the Exposition. A Good Pair to Go On . RUTHERFORD CLEAR HAVANA CIGARS Are Popular Because They Pleabe the Consumer. —Fuller & Jones, cigar manufac- turers at Bourbon, Ind., are removing to Washington, Ind. —The Clermont County Tobacco Warehouse Company, of Felicity, Cler- mont county. O.. has been incorporated by J. E. Swope. H. W. Denniston, Warren C. Sargent. O. C. Chapman, James Semar, J. H. Gates and Elmer Taylor. J. H. LIEFTINCK & ZOON~ Sworn Tobacco Brokers Office and Sample Rooms: Brakke Grond and Frascati. AMSTERDAM. HOLLAND. STOKHUYZEN & BROM Sworn Tobacco Brokers Office and Sample Rooms : Nes. 84 -86 (Opposite Frascati). AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. NIENHUYS & HESThRMAN Sworn Tobacco Brokers Brokers to the Deli Maatschappy AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND Office and Sample Rooms: 87 Rokin fH 100 Nn. opposite Frascali CULUK and CANCELLING STAMPS LEAD SEALS & STENCILS QaakerCityStencilftStanipWk Ba4 SL» PHILADELPHIA, PA. Two of Our Popular Five Cent Brands. Our Goods are Made of Best Selections, Made Carefully, and Made to Duplicate. Wolf, Neff & Co. RED LION, RA. ii'i T. E. BROOKS & CO. RED LION, PA. Manufacturers of All Grades of Pennsylvania Cigars FOR THE WHOLESALE JOBBING TRADE DISTRIBUTORS WANTED ON OUR SPECIAL BRANDSt GOV. WRIGHT REGAL DUKE DON SEGNO GEN*L YORK HAVANA SWEETS and MANUEL F. DOMINGUEZ SAMPLLS UfON KtUUESr If THE TOBACCO WORLD Look Out FOR YOVH OWN INTERESTS! Never mind what the other fellow says. He may tell you certain tobacco is too cheap to be good. Let Us Convince You by sending you a sample that will prove the PRICE is the only thing that is Cheap, and that THIS SUMATRA is a rich, medi- um color, of fine quality and good yield. At Only $2.55 a Pound. Less For Bale Lots L 6. HAEUSSERMANN & SONS Importers, Packers, Wholesalers and Retailers of CIGAR LEAF TOBACCO 240 ArcK Street Philadelphia 6 £•. A. O^^^^s c& Go H AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST HILADML^HIA Gieske & Niemann, Packers & Dealers k Leaf Tobacco No. 204 South Charles Street Baltimore, Md. TIE JACKSON >e- In fact. Mr. JacksOn. in »>^k>n8 for his firm, said ; e feel the insinuations cast upon wm very sensitively and also the .r*; '"^"I'ed by our factory being M\v T . ""'"^ redress we are not yet ^y deeded as to the course we will are o-w"* ?' *^'*''" 'o^ damages but ^"ously considering the matter." -;^-i!?!!lg^Jaken by the revenue We the Ro-f .u *"* Cigars ^ne Best that can be made. ^ you sell them? official was that Jackson and Garver, the proprietors, were responsible for the trouble, while Jackson and Garver hold that they were bonded and were in- nocent of any violations of the law, as th« recently developed facts have proved. Matters like these have had the effect of damaging the reputation of Red Lion as a cigar centre and thus possibly handicapping the cigar men for a long time. In order to fully discuss the forma- tion of a plan for the enforcement of certain features of the 1794 law, about twenty ministers and lay delegates of the York branch of the Sabbath Obser- vance Association met in the parlors of the Y. M. C. A. last week. The meet- ing was by far one of the most impor- tant that has been held by the associa- tion. Since the conference with Mayor McCall the lines ot action for the as- sociation have been more clearly drawn and the members will be more de- termined than ever to accomplish what they have set out to do. D. H. G. Beecher. a cigar manufac- turer on Prospect Avenue, was elected last week on the Republican ticket, by a majority of 268. to the ofhce of assessor. Michael Hose, of Dallastown. a well known cigar and cigar box manufac- turer, was last week elected on the Republican ticket as Burgess of the borough. READING TRADES SPREADING OUT. ThalKeimer Co. Will Make Cigar Box Lumber. Additions to Factoric*. Reading, Pa., Feb. 25. James F. Schnader, of Mohnton. brought to Reading 1,000 cigars, which he desired to have stamped at the revenue office in the post office building last Tuesday. He found the office closed on account of the day being election day. He was informed that he should leave them at the revenue office and that they would be stamped next day. These cigars were manufactured 47 years ago. They were made by a man by the name of Fisher, of Gouglers- ville, from tobacco raised by Mr. Schnader's father. FrankMn K. Schna- der, who died about one year ago. Mr. Schnader's son is one of the executors of his father's estate and he intended offering them for sale at Mohnton, on Saturday last. The A. Thalhiemer Manufacturing Co.. which is one of the largest cigar box manufacturing concerns in this section of the country, has installed a modern equipage of machinery for manufacturing cigar box lumber, in both veneered and imitation cedar. It is claimed that they will have an output of 100,000 feet per day. The lumber question has been a most vexatious matter for the box manufacturers to contend with of late, and many will no doubt be cheered at learning this good news of a possible additional source of supply. (Concluded on page 22.) ^^> ^ ^ 'V. f ¥ W^t^ m r^Hiii VSQ M THE BEST CUNION MADE 5 4 CI GAR ontheMarket /M.STEPPACHER Manufacturer 1 Reading PA !,>''S YG a 4MBAHfc. The Besi Cigars Cifuentes, Fernandez y Ci Proprietors i';^4 Industria Street Cable: ciFER Habaiia, Cubsi AVELINO PAZOS & CO. AltnacenistHS de Tabaco en Rami PR ADO 123 Habana Cable: ONILEVA Habana, Cuba Cable: "Antero' GUSTAVO SALOMON Y HNOS. Especialidad en TABAGOS FINOS de VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDOS y VUELTA ARRIBA Aonte 114 P. O. Box, Apartado 270 Cable: ZALEZGON Habana SUAREZ HERMANOS (S. en C.) Growers, Packers ¥ £ T^^L^^^^ and Dealers in Leat 1 ODaCCO FIGURAS 39-41, Cable: •Cuetara- HAVANA, CUBA MVNO DIAZ R. RODRIGUEZ B. DIAZ 8t CO. Growers and Packers of Vuelta Abajo and Partido Tobacco PRADO 125 Cable: ZAIDCO HABANA, CUBA S. Jorge Y. P. Castaneda JOHGE 8t P. CflSTAjSlEDA Growers, Packers and Exporters of Hsivana licaf Tobacco lf;ido. Corner Dragones Street, H A V A N A 10 J. H. CAYRO & SON Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Specialty: Vuelta Ab»|o and Partido Warehouse and Office: 92 Dragones Street, HAVANA, CUBA Cable Addressi "JOSECAYRO" Correspondence Solicited lo Ea^Hik HENRY VONEIFF F. VIDAL CRUZ VONEIFF Y VIDAL CRUZ PACKERS ^ncj^^^^ of LEAF TOBACCU 73 Amistad Street. HAVANA. CUBA ^^ Branch Houses: 616 W. Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Md. P. O. Box 433. Tampi, EVARISTO GARCIA JOSE M. (iARCIA JOSE Ditf J. M. GARCIA Y CIA.^ Almacenislas de Tabaco Partido y Vuelta'AbaF CON VEGAS PROPIAS San Nicolas 126 y 128 cabie: "jonagarcia" HABANAj CUB* Our Capacltj for Manufactnrlng Cigar Boxes it— Al«vats Room for Ons Mo&b Good Cu9' L J. Sellers & Son, Seilersvllle, Pa. THB TOBACCO WORi^ii ' TOBACCO TRADE AT THE HUB. Inclement Weather Depretsea the Retail Tride- United !»torea' Competitiun. [BoBton Bureau "The Tobacco World" 19 Devonshire Street] Boston, Mass.. Feb. 25. Conditions here are generally very quiet, owing largely to the fact that nearly every other day we have snow or extremely cold weather, which natur- ally atfects the receipts of the retail trade very much. All of them are now anxiously awaiting warmer weather. In fact they will be much cheered by the approach of Spring and the open- door season. Notwithstanding the fact ^at business is slow wilh the trade at the present time, in consequence of the unfavorable weather, there is much courtesy show the traveling fraternity, insistent as some of them may seem at times, and actually some orders are given as mere compliments. Tbe United Cigar Stores seem to be doing their full share of business. Once in a while a retailer complains to me that the United or one of the larger cut price druggists are doing lots of harm, and asks my advice and opinion of some possible way of overcoming the ap- parent obstacles. My advice almost invariably is that they offer the cus- tomers of their respective establish- ments the very best line of goods that the market affords, and that they exercise more care, if such a thing be possible, in the selection of goods to be handled, for my personal obsetvations have led me to believe that the fault most often lies with the dealer himself, in offering customers goods that are perhaps a little cheaper in cost than what some others are offering for 5 or 10 cents, or whatever the case may be. When a customer enters a store and asks for a good cigar, he leaves it to the judgment of the dealer, feeling confident that he knows more about the line he carries than the casual passer- by. It is absolute shortsightedness to offer him the brand that costs the least money, if it is known not to be up to the highest standard for the price at which it IS sold at retail. Such prac- tices will not only not attract trade but in many instances have driven away much which might otherwise have re- mained with that particular dealer. Washington's Birthday was a very iiuiet one in local trade circles, and most of the retail establishments in the business section of the city were closed throughout the day. It was a most unpleasant day, and they are not likely to have missed much business by not having kept open doors. The jobbers seem to be now pushing the sales of private brands very ear- nestly. 89 far as cigar sales are con- cerned. Aside from that, there is quite •lively cigarette war on here between tie trust products and those of a num- ber of mdependent manufacturers. jeariy every cigarette concern which at.!! u"**"'" to develop this territory J. a 1 has now a corps of salesmen jrking their retail trade here, making Burrr'"^'"'*^'«P>«^«'«*^' Butler- the* ' *" *^® particularly active in the city "^'^^"^"^ displays throughout Jaynes & Co «>w dispia this ^,,k of the Menashi «f ^^ZZ ""'*'*"^ • «^«*' ^"*^ ^'l«ch& Kopf, the Court street cigar in their up-town and pipe emporium, are doing an ex- tensive pipe business. The repair end of the business just at present is enor- mous. They have three or four capable men in one of their chow wmdows. who are constantly busy during lunch hours when they usually attract to the win- dows a crowd of curious passers-by who remain for some time. I understand the cigar store business formerly conducted by the Flashman Bros, at the corner of Green and Stan- ford streets has changed ownership. George W. Lord, manager of Cobb, Aldrich& Go's, cigar department, after a three weeks illness is again at his desk and his many friends will be pleased with the news. Al Blum and a crew of men are making a good showing on the Pall Mall and Egyptian Straight cigarettes. J- Riggy, formerly with the Surbrug Co., is now one of the live salesmen under Mr. Blum, and as usual is doing some good work. George A. McKenny has sold his cigar and perodical store on Columbus avenue to Kittredge & Lorden. Rosenthal Bros., the Hanover street wholesalers, are meeting with much success in placing their 326, a union- made 5 cent cigar. With every thous- and of these cigars purchased, a hand- some cigar cutter is being given to the retailer. Baker Bros, are now offering their customers Paragon Park in a perfect© size. Mr. Weiss, representing Kaufman Bros. & Bondy, New York, was here calling on the trade and showing a nice line of new pipes. J. Weislow, representing Hull, Grum- mond & Co., Binghamton. New York, manufacturers of the Rail Splitter, Flor de Franklyn and other brands, is here, Mr. Weislow succeeded in get- ting Bieringer Bros. Co. to take the agency for the latter brand, and has a crew of men out working the trade and offering the retailers a package of play- ing cards bearing the advertisement of the cigar as the bait to interest them. Julius O. Cohen, a Hanover street retailer, has a neat window display of the White Rolls cigarette. N. Alfowich. of Alfowich Bros., spent several days this week in Provi- dence and other towns in Rhode Island. An exquisite display of the Pall Mall cigarettes can be seen this week in the windows of George Harris & Co., on Pemberton Square. The sign over the store at Chambers and Cambridge streets bearing the title "Ctarak's Branch Store" will shortly be removed to make room for a new one bearing the following inscription, "Kerstein's Up-to-date Cigar and Va- riety Store." There is no let-up in the 999 cigar at the Mandel cigar store; it is selling better every day, so I am told. The Prime Cigar Depot, 121 Hanover street, reports trade as fairly good for this time of the year. Mr. Banard the proprietor, evidently believes in pelling a good line of cigars and tobaccos. I notice he keeps only the highest grade of goods. Weiss & Park, retailers, with a nice store in the Beacon Chambers, have just completed arrangements for a cigar and confectionery booth at Revere Beach. thi3 coming summer. The new show case of the National Cigar Stands Co. at KUin's Pharmacy has increased the cigar business won- derfully at that place. M. Cohen & Co.. makers of the Arneri- can Smoker, are extra busy cigar is duplicating nicely. . This Ben AH. ->C-1J1 LUIS NUNIZ NANUCL NUNIZ BILARIO NUNIZ VENANCIO DIAZ. Special Partner MUNIZ HERMAINOSyCIA S en C Growers and Dealers of VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDO and REMEDIOS TOBACCO i Cable : 'Angel," Havana ReiixaL 20, Havana. p. 0. Box 96 M' JOSE F. ROCHA, Havana Leaf Tobacco fipiriilidad Tabacos Finos tie Vaelta Abaio. Partido j VmMi San Mii^uel lOO, HABANA, CUBA. II CHARLES BLASCO Commission Mercliant i^eaf Tobacco and Cif^arv 1 O'Reilly St. -i^- Habana, Cuba GONZALMZ, BBNITMZ & CO. AlmacenistasdeTabacoen Rama y Yiveres Amargura la and 14, and San Ignacio 25, Cable: "Tebenitez.* P. O. Box 396. HABANA, CUBA. LOMB-NUNEZ HAVANA CO. Iiwuistas de TM en tarn 142 and 144 Consulado Street, HABANA. Cable:— Rbvorm. A. M. CALZADA & CO. Packers and Dealers in Lreaf and COMMISSION MERCHANTS Monte 156, HABANA, CUBA. I p. O. Box. 999. Cable: -CAIDA." NDBISOBN ■.ODIS A. ■ANVI Mendelsohn, Bornemann & Co., Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO •nd Commission Aerchants ««w Y«rk Officii I9« WATEI STREET Hav«aa, Cakai ■AMUBI. SU AAEZ y CA.. AalatM I Cable Addressi DERBA. Telephones 1629 J< WM. BADER Importer of Havana Tobacco 4 Burling Slip, NEW YORK A Specialty of HAVANA WRAPPCBS and FILLERS at retail Mail order* prompUy GONZALEZ Y MiGUEL Aimacenistas de Tabaco en Rama Especialidad en Tabaco de Santa Clara de Primera Clan Cablet "CASIN" AMISTAD 97, HABANA. II z r-x .y.i "r.v.A.i THE TOBACCO WORLD ERNEST ELLINGER & CO. No. iOj WaterSU Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO New York eet LEAF TOBACCO. OPriCES: DETROIT, MICH. AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. HAVANA .CUBA. New York. |ML ». CANS MOSES J. CANS JWOMB WALI.HR KDWIN I. ALEXANDKE JOSEFH S. CANS (& CO. "■nr. t, Leaf Tobacco |»ta|>iione-346 John. No. 150 WaL» were recently visiting the ^f?* , - market. Mr. Goldberg will i» shortly for Amsterdam. CHANGE OF OLD FIRM NAMt New York, Feb. » On March 1, the name pt u* Sylvester & Son. packers and im^^ ot Havana tobacco, at 165 ''^'^^c^ will be changed to Sylvester* 1 wiiiconsist of A. L.. ay The firm 12 little apprehension that possible, even if only somewhat slight, changes may be made that would mean an increased cost in freight. Referee Lanier McKee has filed an and Max Stern. Constitution ^'fna'Sy Made in the good old w*?-^ EL DRACO CIGAR. MFC.CO.n For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to Establisbed I88O L. J. iSellers & Son, -- KEYSTONE BOX CO., SELLERSVILLE, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD A.GOHN&CO. IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra PACKERS OF Seed Leaf Tobacco K ' .- and Growers of Georgia Sumatra 142 Water Street, New York EDEN OIOAR FACTORY BANCES & lope; HAVANA. CUBA. Calixto Lopez &Cc ISOWater St., NewYofI Will receive and attet d to ofdetr Cigtrs A^de strictly of tke Tcry b^ VTJtLl A ABAJO TOBACCO artibilAhtd 1840. Cable *'lfM|l." Hinsdale Smith & G)« bflortert ol Sumatra & Havana " i^^^l^^^^^^^ •>< Packers ol Connecticut Leaf I UUCll^OfJ t25 Maiden Lane^ NEW YORK. iDinTHD B. Slavs Imt 81CXTF JOSEPH HOLZMAN SUMATRA, HAVANA 'Tg^ V\ar^r^r\ an4 SEED LEAF lUUQUdU ' 18S Water St., New York 0= Cigar Moisture and Moisture Proof Boxes and Cabinets BUBECK <& aUBRIN Office, Factory and Sample Room 115 to 121 East Thirteenth St. New York Write for Illustrated Catalogue. e 'Q T. J. DUININ & 00. Makers of the BACHELOR CIGAR jOl-403 E. 91st Street. NEW YORK .m-o\[ JOHN W. IVIERRIAIVI & CO. ^ "At the Sitfn of the Bull L^otf." New York *^^ Habana Seiiar^ Makers and Importers Habana Scraps and Cuttlorfs for Sala I JOSH BILLINGS ) - 5c. Cigar "There hain't none better than the best — Josh Billings. This Is the Best. »f A cigar of merit with a push behind it. The Best Little Cigars ever offered the American public. Golden Eagle Cigars They are extra large, Havana blend, and of perfect workmanship. Finest package. I. LEWIS & CO. Makers, Established 1870. N CWaf k, N.J. Z. JOHN NORRIS, Manager of the Philadelphia Office, HI Market St Batablished 1881 THE Incorporated 190a TeB/ieee World Published Every Wednesday BV THB TOBACCO WORLD PUBLISHING CO. 224 Arch Street. PKiUdelpKicL Jay Y. Kkout. « ^' ^ McMantw, President and Genl. Manager. Secretary and Treaaurer. Entered at the Post Office at Philadelphia, Pa., as second class matter. TewphonES:— Bell, Market 28-97 *. Keystone, Main 45-39^ Cable Address, Baccoworld. Havana Office, Post Office Bos jff*. SUBSCRIPTION-PAYABLE IN ADVANCE I One Year. $1.00 ; Six Months, 75 Cents; Single Copies, 5 Centfc In all countries of the Postal Union, $2.00 per year, postage prepaid. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION. Advertisements must bear such ¥ dence of merit as to entitle them to public attention. No advertisement Unown or believed to be in any way odcnlated 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 Pubwshino COc , 224 Arch St., Philada. with T. H. Hart & Co., well known replenish their stocks and jobbersi^ cigar importers and dealers, met with naturally feeling the effects of it a painful accident on Sunday last, while Manufacturers throughout the city u, riding in the Philadelphia street cars with his little daughter. having an excellent businese, jn fi(t, number of them are reporting an -^ crease in their sales over the con* ponding period of last year. A m-st noticeable instance of stren- uous demand occurred a few days ago, when the retail store of S. Goldstein, at Fifth and Locust streets, was visited street, report that their sales on tlM by four men in the wee hours of the Sabaroso, which is their leading Sti morning. They were each clamoring cent product, have increased over 8 so vociferously for a package of Pall Mall cigarettes, that Mr. Goldstein was awakened from his slumber, and when the men were confronted by him in front of the show window, they re- newed their demands for Pall Mall cigarettes, of which four packages were in shipping goods, handed them through a hole which was found in the window. Vetterlein Bros., of 114 North Pifft have percent, over last year's sales for tl» months of January and February The Penn Tobacco Co., at Sixths Cherry streets, say they have been a- ceptionally busy during the past wed I PHILADELPHIA, FEBRUARY 27, 1907. MORMONS vs CIGAR rlTES. Representative C. M. Croft, of Mor- gan county, Utah, has introduced a measure making it a misdemeanor to sell, or give away cigarettes, cigarette papers or the "makin's." Section 1 of the proposed law reads : "Hereafter no pereon or persons in this State shall sell, keep for sale, give away or furnish to any person or persons cigarettes or cigarette papers in any form whatever." The penalty proposed for a violation of the act is "a fine of not less than $300 or not more than $500, and the costs of the prosecution." So Mormonism seems more tolerable in Utah than the harmless cigarette, which is to be driven into exile from that State, and the f ?nd worshippers grievously mistaken, and yet he de- clares it to be his personal observation. Until it can be satisfactorily shown us to the contrary, we prefer to believe his statements. Japan now proposes to raise her own tobacco, and cease importing the product from the United States, as soon as the island farmers can be tauprht how to grow and care for it. With that object in view, a represent- ative of the Japanese Government is now in this country to investigate and study the American methods of tobacco culture, for the purpose of imparting the knowledge in his native land and encouraging the production of tobacco there. R. K. Staley. representing the Day & Night Tobacco Co.. of Cincinnati, was a recent visitor in this city, inter- viewing the jobbing trade on the pios- pects of his goods without the blue label attached. He found that the blue label was not so much in demand here, and it would not make any material difference if the Day & Night's pack- ages were so distinguished. At the Thirteenth and Arch streets store of the M. J. Dalton Co., quite an attractive display is being made this week of the R. & W. Jenkinson Co.'s Red Label stogies. M. J. Dalton, President of the M. J. Dalton Co., will sail on Saturday next from New York, per steamer Havana for Cuba, and will spend Sv me time on the island. The firm will, some time in March, take poss^ession of their new store, at 533 Chestnut street, which is of My Lady Nicotine will be compelled Pllil^dslphifl TobflCCO TffldC not yet quite ready for occupancy to seek solace in secret, like the de spised unfortunate dope fiend, who hunts his darkened bunk to "hit the pipe." Attention is called by our Boston correspondent to the fact that a con- temporary which boasts of having no free, fake or fraudulent circulation, for the past year, when he had occasion to mention the name of a member of the trade there in his correspondence, the publication referred to would send free copies of the paper to those people at frequent intervals. And further, that lately the paper has been received every week by some of the Boston people mentioned in The Tobacco World from time to time, and without solicita- tion on their part. The people in the trade generally are perhaps not thoroughly posted con- cerning the agitation aroused among second class mail users, as a result of the ofliciousness of Bureaucrats of the Postoffice Department who have been urging the adoption of radical changes in those privileges, and a possible in- crease of postage. Under present regulations, pub- lishers are permitted to send out each week, if their papers be weekly issues, • certain percentage of sample copies, but it is clearly against the spirit of the ruling to send a paper, even as a sample copy, with any degree of regu- larity to the same person or persons. Tha most important point at issue at the present moment, however, is the fact that either our contemporary is grossly falsifying in its boastful weekly statements of having no free circula- t D, or our Boston correspondent is 14 With the exception of the intercepting holiday on Friday last, the retail trade has had a very fair week's business in nearly all sections of the city. A noticeable improvement in box trade has very nicely swelled the retailers' receipts. A rather amusing incident occurred (we say amusing, because no one was hurt, although not a little scared), a few days ago to W. H. Bailey, a well known downtown dealer who conducts a store at Twelfth and Mifflin streets, and who met with a very peculiar ac- cident by the ignition of some matches which he had been carrying in his pocket. The flames had made some progress, badly burning his clothing, and had virtually penetrated to the undergarments before he discovered he was on fire. He was a pretty badly scared man. however, as he related it himself after having recovered from the shock. It happened that he was near the offices of Arthur Hagen & Co., on Third street, into which he ran almost breathlessly and where he was promptly taken in hand by J. Harvey McHenry, a junior member of the firm, who with two weeks of practical ex- perience had pretty fully informed him- self of the good effect of soothing syrup in emergency cases, and to this good Showers of congratulations are being heaped upon J. Har ey McHenry. the popular junior member of the well know tobacco and cigarette selling agency of Arthur Hagen & Co.. since the arrival of a plump heiress at the family wigwam, just two weeks ago last Sunday. The little newcomer is being much admired by the neighbors for squares around. She has been named Grace Ellis McHenry. It will be noticed that the initials of her name spell "Gem", and so she is. The Consumers' Cigar Store Coupon Co. , whose offices are 887 and 889 Drexel Building, is meeting with excellent success among Philadelphia retailers in introducing their coupon system, and quite a few of the more progressive dealers have already adopted this com- pany's coupons. It is claimed that the success is due to the fact that this company is offering an excellent line of high grade premiums with their coupons. W. C. Steel, a very enterprising dealer at West Chester, Pa., has written the Consumers' Cigar Store Coupon Co. that since he adopted the use of their system of coupons he had increased his trade 40 per cent. Another cigar dealer iu the vicinity of Ninth and Juniper streets, this city, also re- George Snodgrass, a salesman wjtji the Penn Tobacco Co., fell dead at tie corner of Germantown ^venuejil Sharpnack street, this morning. Itji supposed that death resulted from it affection of the heart. The Perfect Cigar Bunch MaehiM Co. continues to receive highly es- couraging letters from cigar mm facturerswho have given their macbim a trial, with the almost invariable result that the use of the device knon as the Perfect Bunching Machine wh adopted, and a number of machineiji some instances are installed. Oi manufacturer at Lancaster, has writta them that a machine which he tried bii practically paid -for itself in tin months time. «^ F. Eckerson & Co. were among tb most conspicuous figures' in theHavin leaf trade this past week, baTJii closed out several vegas of their i» portations. Adolph Loeb, of K, Strauss & Co., sailed this week per steamer Staatai- dam, for Amsterdam, to attend tin inscriptions, George Caufman, a 8»1» man with this house, is now visitin the Baltimore trade, after hm covered Richmond and other Soutben points. John N. Kolb, of the Theobald 40^ penheimer Co., and H. C. Gresh, off K. Gresh & Sons, Norristown, alsolrf here this week for Amsterdam. E. A. Calves, of E. A. Calves 4Ct arrived in Havana yesterday. Broker Louis Bythiner received 1 telegram on Tuesday from bis t» Dick, announcing his safe arrivilii Hamburg, Germany. The trade was visited here thi«w«J by Max Sondheim, of Leonard FrieJ man & Co., Emile Auerbacb. of ^ Auerbach & Co., A. Beckmann, «J B. Van Lear, and Louis Leopold." John Leopold & Sons, all of New Yort L. G. Haeussermann. of L. G. Hi* sermann & Sons, has been visitioj t» trade in Baltimore, where he ba» J extensive acquaintance. '^"''V^ Schnupp. a salesman with thiiW* is again covering his P^^f^^T luck Mr. Bailey owes his quick recovery ported that his trade had been greatly territory, and some very ^'^f^JJJI of self composure. Knowing ones have increased since his adoption of this are received from him at rreqoP stated since, however, that a snug company's system, little "wad" had been consumed before bis predicament was discovered intervals. Business is said to have improved nicely among the jobbers this week. George W. Newman has neca account of Leonard red* Friedman *C»I W. H. Nicely, the head salesman Dealers are evidently now beginning to of New York, importers of THB TOBACCt) WORLD I3^C WARNING! In the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania A Permanent Injunction was granted to the EXMCUTORS of the ESTATE of ISA- DORE LIBERMAN, deceased, and against WILLIAM F. RUWELL and BENJAMIN WILLIAMS, trading as the Penn Cigar Machine Company, restraining said parties from manufacturing or oftering for sale any Cigar Rolling Tables, Wrapper Cutters or Pres- sure Rolls upon which patents are held by the above named Executors. Legal process will be taken against all Infringers and Users of Machines Infringing upon these Patents. LIBERMAN MANUFACTURING CO. 814 Winter Street PHILADELPHIA THK TOBACCO WORLD The Miami Valley Leaf Tobacco Co. ALtEN H. REEDER DAYTON, OHIO STANLEY M. KROHN Packers of Cigar Leaf Tobacco 1903-4-5 Zimmer Spanish, 1905 Gebhardt, 1905 Dutch, 1905 Connecticut, etc. SIZE, t6BY 10 INCHES- -WEIGH r. ! 8 POUNDS HOW TO REDUCE EXPENSES is the foremost thought with all manufacturers just at this time The solution can be found in our Bunching Device, and this can be proven to your entire satisfaction it you will call at our offices and see it "at work. " A most cordial invitation is extended. Every oppor- tunity given for close inspection, and such tests as you mny care to make; or full information furnished upon request. Aiienl« waatt-d ihrouiihout the United States The Perfect Bui\cKii\g M^LcKine Co. No. 132 South Sixth Street PHILADEL^PHIA and Sumatra tobaccos, and was visiting the trade of Philadelphia this week in company with Max Sondheim of that firm. Charles Hippie, of Hippie Bros. & Co., left early on Tuesday, for a week's visit in York and Lancaster counties. J. Greenewald, of this city, represent- ing G. Falk & Bro., of New York, has recovered from an attack of illne88,and this week left for points in Pennsyl- vania. MUST CHANGC CORPORATE NAME Wisdom on the Label Wisdom in the Cigar A 5 c. Smoke that is so Good It is Bound to Repeat Ohmitfic Kraft East Rrospect Pa. Cigars of Quality Sell and Repeat. Try THE DOCTOR *: Common Pleas Court Sustaiivs Ple«L of Infringement. A highly interesting suit, involving trademarks, has been decided this week, when Judge Von Moschzisker in the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Philadelphia, handed down an opinion in the case of the Juan F. Portuondo Cigar Manufacturing Com- pany vs. the Vicente Portuondo Cigar Manufacturing Company, in which he decided that the latter was an infringe- ment upon the rights of the former, in the use of the respective corpoiate names, in the present form of the latter, which is restrained by the opinion handed down from further use of that title in its present form, and that it must be changed so as not to be an infringement of the title of the first named company. The Court also decided that the Portuondo label known as the Portuondo Plantation label, was an infringement of a label in use of the plaintiff com- pany, and its further use is also pro- hibited, except in the case of the de- fendant company the use of a picture of Vicente Portuondo, deceased, is not restrained from being used on a label. The ''long stroke" as it was described in the bill in equity, which was long used by Juan Portuondo under his name, as a component part of his signature but which was also adopted by Vicente Portuondo, was found by the Court to be an infringement of the original, and its further use was re- fused by the opinion of the Judge. The Vicente Portuondo Company was particularly solicitous about the use of the picture of Vicente Portuondo on a label and from which they were not enjoined, but will merely be required to change the title on the label bearing the picture referred to, as well as the Plantation label and the company name. WANTS ACCURATE STATISTICS. Bureau of Statistics, Department i Agriculture, in securing reliable it. formation as to the entire producti«i of leaf tobacco in the United Stata each year, collectors are hereby ig. structed to secure from each dealer it leaf ttbacco in their respective dii- tricts, a statement which may be writ ten across one of the blank pageiii their book 59. at the close of the (m- ter ending March 31, 1907, and whick shall show in the aggregate the nuit- ber of pounds of leaf tobacco purchaiil or received by such dealers from far mers during the quarter for which the report is made. Similar informatitt will be secured from manufacturentf tobacco and cigars, and to obtain tb information from them it will benee» sary to have the manufacturers ente, under special heading in their montbl; returns, form 62 and 72. respectively, for the months of March, June, Se|)- tember and December, the total num- ber of pounds of leaf tobacco purchase^ or received by them directly frorofw- mers during each quarter, and if p such purchases have been made H^ will so state. "Collectors will as soon as possibk after the close of each quarter, prepart from books 59 and frum the tobacco and cigar manufacturers' monthly re- turns, a statement of the aggregiU number of pounds of leaf tobacco pf- chased by dealers in leaf and by mv^ factures in their districts directly froa farmers during the quarter for wbidi the report is rendered, and forwalJ same promptly to this office. "1 realize that this will causesoffle trouble and inconvenience, but in tie interest of the public good and in order to secure some reliable data as to tin production of leaf tobacco, which » tributes so largely to the wealth of t>i country, the prosperity of the fannw and growers of tobacco, as well aatlie TBB TOBACCO WOLD 5I^ADCI|E|^ 5c. Q^ar WALTER S. BARE, Lititz, Penna. Maker of ttlrfh Grade Cltfara Ezclnalvely. spkcial no tick ' 12 ^ cents per S p »int meamireH Hn»l To Manafadnrers of Cigars: If you have any Cattin^s, Scraps or Sifting . to sell, write us. We are at all times in the market ai Cash Buyers of all these products. EDWIN L. KOPPELMAN CO. 7-6-lh 81 Pine St., NewYo* FOR SALE.-Nice lot of 75 hogahea*: good heavy Kentucky broken lea« and scraps suitable for making smoKW tobacco. Also, nice old, well sweaw well-sized cigar fillers and wrapp» Buckner. Dunkerson « y*3 7.11tf Louisville. M MODERATE CAPITAL DESIRjj) to introduce improved cig« J*^ simple and inexpensive: aPP'^'fJ the Government; a fortune-maKH. ground floor proposition to "sn'P* j Address P. H, Larkin, Norfolk, va. >l 10 The Commissioner of internftl Revenue Issues instructions to Collectors. Washington, D. C, Feb. 21. With a view to gathering more accu- rate information concerning the pro- duction of leaf tobacco in the United Slates, Commissioner of internal Reve- nue John W. Yerkes has issued a letter of instruction to the various revenue collectors, which is as follows :— "In order to co-operate with the Rutherford ^"si,?;.""" are sold by successful dealers. There is a Reason. "PSTABLISHED BROKER desiij* ^ good line of Medium Priced booj Good business for a good factory- dress J. S., Box 32, care of iwjj' World, Philada. ______-i----' WJ E PURCHASE Cigar MoWflrJ ^^ desirable shapes-such aa* 16,261, No. 8.832, No. 8,569. Wn«» stating what you have and thequw^ Winget Mfg. Co., York, Pa^__Jf^ VA- ANTED. -Position as C'K»[^J ^^ man for New Jersey; e« years experience : reference i"J"p jji Address E. A.B.. care of Tobacco Wor* SITUATION WANTED. -Cifirif^oj man or Superintendent is opj" a position ; best of reference, ^u- , Box 25, care of Tobacco Woria iGAJi HIBBONS. Ay.:?L.t.> Plain and Fancy Ribbaaa. Write for Sample Card mnd Price I,i9t to Departmeatt W Wm. Wieke Ribbon Co. j6 Mast Twenty-second Street, NEW YORRi ji^aMfactorers of findings, Galloons, faffetas, Satin and Gros Grain. -Aoernment revenues, I trust dealers Sand manufacturers will give this matter their earnest attention and Sdeavor to make the returns as com- plete and accurate as possible ''Collectors will be careful to in- struct all dealers in leaf tobacco arid manufacturers of cigars and tobacco in their respective districts ttiat in mak- 5n«r these special quarterly reports m airegate of leaf tobacco purchased d rect from farmers, they are not m any way relieved from the necessity of entering daily on their books and monthly returns the names and resi- dences of the persons from whom the tobacco is purchased, as required by seciion 3.360, revised statutes, in the case of leaf dealers, and as provided from the headings 'name and resi- dence' on the books and monthly re- turns of manufacturers." ^/^^mff*^^/* WILL PRESS TOBACCO CASE. Washington, D. C. Feb. 27. A decision was reached at a con- ference at ihe White House today that the prosecution began some time ago in New York against the tobacco trust ihould be continued. Annoucement lo this effect was made at the conclusion ftf the conference, which was partici- pated in by Attorney General B»>na- parte. Henry W. Taft;. of New Yoik. a brother of the Secretary of War. who until recently was in charge of the prosecution of these cases, and H^nry L Stimson. United State's Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Messrs Taft and Stimson left for New York after the conference. Mr. Taft's place in the conduct of thf> prosecution has been taken by Mr. McReynolds. Trade-Walk Regisier E. R. V. 15.316 For cigars. Regist^^ered February 19, 1907, at 9 a.m., by Edward Berger, Lebanon, Pa. Chas De Price. 15.317 For cigars. Registered February 20. 1907. at 9 a. m., by C. W. Price, York. Pa. Doc. Jim and Me. 15,318 For cigars. Registered February 20, 1907, at 9 a. m., by C. W. Price, York, Pa. Col. Andy. 15.319 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, tobacco and stogies. Registered February 21, 1907, at 9 a. m., by W. A. Hall, Washragton. D. C. Cream of Wheat. 15.320 For cigars. Registered February 23, 1907. at 9 a. m., by R. R. Beidle- man & Co., Tiffin, 0. Admiral's Favorite. 15,321 For cigars. Registered February 23. 1907, at 9 a. m.. by R. R. Beidle- man & Co.. Tiffin, 0. Cousm Henry. 15.322 For cigars. Registered February 23. 19U7. at 9 a. m.. by George N. Williams. Reading, Pa. Country Dude. 15.3.:3 For cigars. Registered February 26. 1907. at 9 a. m., by S. R. Kucher, Wrightsville. Pa. REJECTED. National Sports. El Rico Big Stick, Flyinp Colors, Avondale, Paul Revere, Zenith, The Twentieth Century Zenith. ammt Marcus J askulek Morris Jaskulek Robert J askulek M. JASKULEK & SONS Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco 814 and 816 East Third Street D4YTON, OHIO Joe Endress, Jr. A. C. Kercher Pioneer Leaf Tobacco Co, Germantown, Ohio Packers of CIGAR LEAF TOBACCO High Grade Cigar Alolds in any shape, at lowest prices. CIGAR MANITFACTURERS' REVENUE BOOKS 25 cents each ; postage prepaid, 30 cents. The American Ci^ar Mold Co., Cincinnati, 0. W. H. SNYDER &C0. Windsor, Pa. Manufacturers of Popular Brands of Fine-iMediunv Priced Cigars Correspondence with Wholesale and Jobbing Trade only invited. ^^^^ ?Hi «Hr ^■A^t*^ ^^JhI •■ i phw^'^ey^se Particulars cheerfully given to responsible inquirers. Our Leaders Include: Honeysuckle, Rose Show, Jumbo, Libby Dear, Verelda, Charles Fay, Carisima, Gov. Pattison, Model American, and Others. ^^K / ^ ..V l>'^' "' \, 17 ZTv^vt^RooiTFOB On« lioui Good CutTOMSx. « L* U« dCUCFS (l oOIlf oCIICrSVIllCf ro. THE TOBACCO WORLD — For Gentlemen of Good Taste p5 ^ a high grade h ^ CjC.cigar for iJC* Sold Extensively by Leading Cigar Dealers and Druggists Throughout the United States SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES THE DEISEL-WEMMER C0.» Makew LIMA, OHIO PHILA DELPHI A LEAF MARKET J. F. REICHARD Wholesale Dealer in LEAF TOBACCO cf All Grades Craley, Penna. W. W. STEWART & SON Reading, Pa. Makers of the JOHN HAY LADY HELEN lOc. JOHN HAY, Jr. ELI PERKINS 5c. Nothing of special interest has trans- pired in the local leaf market during the past week, although a moderate volume of business was done in seed leaf tobaccos. The strangest features of the market were perhaps the fact that but a short time ago practically no business could be done on Zimmer Spanish, whereas recently it was a type of tobacco which was most actively traded in. The 1905 Pennsylvania to- baccos are beginning to be looked upon by manufacturers with much more favor, since it has been pretty definitely Itarned that paekev:^ will be unable to secure the 1906 crops at a lower aveiage price than the 1905 was secured for, and it is an established fact the 1905ii a good tobacco, and there remains still a serious question as to how the 19IX will turn out after the sweating procea There has been no change in price for 1905 Pennsylvania, and large traniac- tions have been consummated. Ttu» actions as far as other seed leaf t» baccoR are concerned, are only ofu ordinary nature. Sumatra has been moving fairly well, and again a number of small lot Biki are reported. In Havana tobacco the market wit slightly more active than last week, and one importer reports the clowiii out of four vegas. Prices have b«a uniformly firm. %»^^'%>%^-» Rutherford, Constitution, Hunter — a strong irio. El Draco Ci^ar Mf^. Co., Philada. —A. E. Eisenhart. for 35 years et paged in cigar manufacturing at Toledo, O., is retiring from business. HUNTER 5c. Cigar is successful with succt^ssful dealers. ElDracoCidarMf^.Co..Pbila. ^^^^ ii"*J[JBl'il||*,Ji, » : / . ///^ \ Hi^h Grade Seed and Havana Cigars CorrrspoodcDC* with Kesponslble Houses Solicited •><- h^ L. J. SMITH & CO. Wholesale Cigar Manufacturers AND Deaierai in Leaf Tobacco RED LION, PA. Mauafacturers of -PAN ANNA 5 c. Cigars TWO HAVANAS Two for Five Gents Private Brands aiade to order. With .Specially np.vldord Rand.v. Corrpspondenrr with Responnible Houiei lolicited. 'V- '-N >(oU Cant ROB It ilrt:."Buttfiat •to Ire KeM a\ > ^ '^^ ■►• SMITH BROS. Brokers in Domestic ¥ 17 A 17 T/^D A r^r^r\ and Imported Lll/\r 1 VJD/\V^<^U No. 1 7 Charter Street, Dayton, O. Ohio Goods Our Specialty IB ABijSviccesS .^ N0>*/.".«2:^!£.%'^S'' «wyort«in- ■^,.^:?:^^, f^^or Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to taDiuiie:xr-Hi=>s 6c EI CD AUo, All Grades of Fine Cigars ^ Leaf Tobacco No. 307 North Queen St. LANCASTER. PA. 20 WHITE ROLLS TO BE AGAIN EXHIBITION. The Ware- Kramer Tobacco Co., of Norfolk, Va., has within the last few days made contract for space for an exhibit of their famed White Rolls cigarettes at the coming Tobacco Ex- position. Everyone who attended the Exposition last year noticed the white booth and became acquainted with the dainty white and gold package of cigar- ettes, and visitors to the Garden this year will again see the familiar booth and the representatives of the company, who will be there to welcome their many friends. BADGER. STATE ITEMS. Edgerton, Wis. .Feb. 23. The tobacco warehouses throughout this State are now working full blut in packing the 1906 crops. The American Cigar Co. contemplaUi increasing the size of its sorting rooii at the Edgerton warehouse in tht early spring. Charles J. Waxelbaunr, of A. Cola & Co., of New York, was in this Sute recently inspecting the firm's holding and appeared much pleased with cm- ditions generally. M. F. Greene & Son, of Janesviili, are this year packing considerable tobacco. At a special meeting of the Commer- cial Club at Brodhead, last week, aboot $500 was contributed for a fund aii bonus to the American Cigar Co., for the building of a storage warehouse it that place. An attempt will be nude to raise the amount to $1,000. An organization to be known as the Brodhead Tobacco Growers' Associatioi has just been formed at Brodhead. From Janesville comes a report thit the moderate weather that has prt vailed of late has had a tendency ti loosen all kinds of business that seeined to have been frozen up by the cold spell that prevailed the early partaf the month, and among those soatfectei was the leaf industry. While the » ceiving end of this industry kejt steadily moving in spite of the len weather, the selling and shipping d was most conspicuous by its absew until this warm spell struck town, and now this part of the trade bids fairti continue at a right smart pace for bow weeks to come. Those who have shipped f rom thii market in the week or so past were A. N. Jones two oars, J. A. Ryan, one or of 1906 fillers and S. Grundy, two can of 1905 leaf. Receiving is yet a main factoring trade here and if evidence would comt much it would seem that all the leaf grown in Wisconsin was being unload* at this market, as it is a daily seaj to see long processions of wagons load* with bundled leaf passing through tli« city's streets, while at many of * warehouses cars are standing fiHw " the brim, being unloaded at a pacetW was glorious to watch. The ganp*' the icehouses were no match for tb* tobacco handler8,and it has been a W gait with the icemen. —The Tibbeta Cigar Co., »t G»J Junction, Col., has been incorponW with a capital of $5,000. by J«o« Hamilton, Chas. H. Robinson. » Frank. J. Tibbets. PATENTS RELATING to TOBACCO for curing * DixoB, Geoif I UI TMXCD BEST FOR jllUlH 1 IlK A NICKEL is all to the front ; made by EL DRACO CIGAR. MFG. CO . PhiUda. V 844.583 Apparatus bacco ; Benjamin L. town, Ky. . 844.783 Paper - cigarette vi^ Napoleon Du Brul, Cincinnati, u- 844,610 Electric cigar-li«htiD« JJ^ ratus; Svend M. Meyer. New Yo^ THB TOBACCO WORLD Telephone Call, 432— B ^Skit and Warehouse: FLORIN, PA. Located on Main Line of Pennsylvania R. R. E. L. NISSLY Growers and Packers of Fine Ci^ar Leaf Tobacco Fine B's and Tops Our Specialty Critical Buyers always find it a pleasure tu look over our Samples staples cheerfnily ■abaittcil apon request P. O. Box 96 J. K. LMAMAN, Packer of and Dealer in lEAF Tobacco 138 North Market St. LANCASTER, PA. w. R. COOPER & ca Packers of Penna. Broad Leai Dealers In All Grades of Domestic Cigar Leaf Tobaccos 201 & 203 N. Duke Street LANCASTER, PA. Uiited Umbm J. W. BRENNEMAN Packer and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Packing House, Millersville, Pa. Office and Salesrooms, 110 and 112 West Walnut St. LANCASTER, PA. ^^s TRUMAN D. SHERTZER Dealer in Leaf Tobaccos and Matiufacturer of Scrap Filler for Cigar Maoofactarioi: ^■rehouses: MAIN OFFICE: UNCASTERand f 1 1% RED LION, PA. Lancaster, ra. H. H. MILLER, Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconch Fine Florida Sumatra IMPORTED SUMATRA and HAVANA AND MUCH Fine Filler Stock •■7 and 329 North Queen Street, LANCASTER, PA. B. F. GOOD & CO. Leaf Tobacco 142 N. Market Street, LANCASTER. PA. rACKEKS •EALEKSIN The York Tobacco Co. Packers and Jobbers in All Grades of LEAF TOBACCO Office and Warehouse. 15 East Clark A venae York, Pa. HMiufactarara of Cigar Scrap Tobacco W. B. HOSTETTER •' INCREASE YOUR PROFIT! Columbia Straiiiht Will Do It. We bought a large supply of Good Hav- ana and Domestic Tobacco at the right time. We are located where Good Workmen can be had at Fair Prices. Thpse facts enable ua to make our COLUMBIA STRAIGHT a Five Cent Cigar of Highest Quality, Best Work- 1". manship, to be Sold at Good Profit. "ed Schlaeger & Co., Columbia, Pa. Samples on application. GEO. W. PARR I Manufacturer of FINE CIGARS Littlestown, Pa. MAKER OF 5c.!THEFERNSIDEl3c. Sold to the Jobbing Trade only Correspondence invited W. R. DAUGHERTY & BRO. Manufacturers of Fine Domestic Cigars Dallastown, Pa. HIGHEST OUALmr FINEST PACKAGES Wholcaaie and Jobbing Trada •■!» Correspo-tdence wltb AcUvv Houaea lavltMi R. E. JAGOBY Wholesale Manufacturer of Strictly Uniform Quality of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Rothsville, Pa. Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbini^ Trade InriiedL Established 1870 Factory No. 1% S. R. KOCHER Manufacturer of Fine Havana Cigars and Packer of WRIGHTSVJLLE, PA. Describe the Flavor You Want and our Laboratory will fit you out with complete satisfaction. Acme Extract and Chemical Works E. G. F.CKERT, Proprietor HANOVER, PA. 23 THP rOBt^Cr «^ R 1 1 SAMUEL FREY Craley, Pa. Manufacturer of Cigars for the Wholesale Trade OLD JUDGE 1 Zr MILD AND PLEASANT ) 1 f^- C^ THE CYCLONE ) ^^^ BROWN BUCK (Banded) ( ^ *"» ^^* ALLEN GOODRICH, 3c. . - \ [ t } Samples to Bcspoii«lbl<> ili>n9-.t They Smoke It and Come A^ain •i"»»».«^ BLEND, QUALITY and WORKMANSHIP to Please the Most Critical Smokers Manufactured for Jobbing Trade Only The Toedtman Cigar Co. Makers of the Highest Grade ot 5c. Cigars Exclusively MIAMISBURG. OHIO. The American Tobacco Co. 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 Leaf Toba«*(*o ^arkett». BALDWINSVILLE, N. Y. Deliveries have been heavy at the lijcal warehouses this week. Local hiiyers are still buying and several sales have been reported during the past tew days. A large number of growers from ill parts or the tobacco territory of Central New York a'tenddd the meet- ini? of the ^ew York State Tobacco Growers'. Associatipnj held here last Saiurday and muyh enthusiasm was manifested in the prospects for im- proved conditions in New York State. E L. Beebe i? 8t;ill in the, field for Kood tobacco, buying' for. Cbas. ^. Lederman of Lancaster, Pa.— Gazette. PA-HUSSEY- lEAFTHM THE TOBACCO WORLD 24 CONNECTICUT VALLEY. There is very little if any stir in the tobacco world, or that part of the to- oacco world that relates to the buyers ^nd the farmers. I have not heard of i single lot of bundle tobacco having oeen sold in this vicinity for the past veek. nor have 1 heard of a buyer rid ing who was looking for bundle tobacco. But wherever there is a lot of tobacco out into the .*ihop to be assorted, there are buyers enough to look at such crops. One lot that I have in mind was n the shop but a very few days before it was heintc watched, and theprobabil icy is that it will be bought as soon as ic is ready ; no offer has ever been made on it so far as I have heard. Where sales of this class have been made it has brought more than was offered for the same crop in the bundle. Our correspondents write : Bradstreet, Mass. : Sale is reported of 86 cases of tobacco sold to Miller of Hartford. Ct.. by E. W. & S. H. Field; price not given. W. H. Belden sold a part of his packing to the same party. Feeding Hills, Mass. : There are about sevtniy acres of tobacco remain- ing unsold and in the hands of the far- mers. That sold early has nearly all been delivered, though a good deal of that sold didn't go to packing houses until this month. About the same number of acres will be raised another year. Wethersfield. Ct. : The tobacco is all i taken from the poles and stripped, but very little sorted or sold. It is the best crop grown here in a good many years. Have to report the sale of the following crops: C. E. Adams, G. F. Warner, E. J. Bulkely and J. L. Weller to Hartford parties at a reported price of 18 to 20 cents in the bundle. North Hatfield, Mass. : The news re- lating to tobacco is very slow in this vicinity, only such tobacco as has been i assorted being sold at all. Mr. Willis Holden has reopened his shop and is now engaged in sorting the crop (has li tons sold hail cut) of Ed B. Dickin- son of North Hatfield, about 12 tons. This has been called the finest, lightest crop raised in this vicinity. — American Cultivator. RUTHERFORD "'^"^LUl^*^* from the factory of El Draco Ciiiar Mf|{. Co., Philada. THE BEST ORG MOST COMPLETE, LARGEST iV\AIL a LEAF TOBACCO! ESTABLISHMENT r AMERICA NEW YORK CfflCAGO ST. LOUIS u E. S. SECHRISIJ Dallastown, Pa, Manufacturer of ^j Fine and Common inufacturer ol ^1 Cigan Established 189a Capadtr. Twenty Thousand p«I* YOL ARK LOSINO MONEY. 7 HOW 7 BAD ACCOUNTS. Chargint ihem off (o profit and low. Paying Collection Agency Fee». Paying Memberahip fees. ••DO-IT-YOURSELF" The "Do ll-Your.elf collection ""'iUftl'Sf whereby you collect your bad accounia ' , |~ j^ and do it in the same way that it ia done br W"^ Agenciea, only BE I T£R.. ? WHY 7 It ia a better ayatem. It ia eaaier to operate. amiu I It Iceepa the accounta in YOVR OWN I It bringa the money to I OU. It aavea Collection Agenciea feea. It aavea Memberahip feea. ,, It aavea getting into thehandaol unr«l>aW« Price SI. 00 Po»tp«l«« Each outfit contains everything neotM^I to collect 50 claims. ibIihI MONEY REFUNDED if on reo«iP«''| are not perfectly satisfied. ORUER lO-DAY United States CollectioD ^V^\ SuHe 19. 163 Raodolph S«rt« Cblcatfo. U. S. A. , Write for proP**"! iiAii^ =rS9MM« 116-122 E. I4^« ST. NEW YORK. BRANCH FACTORY .S40 -5SO W SO tm^t N r CATALOGUeS Of^ OUR STOCK CfGAR LABtLS. FLAPS. BAf^DS ETC. ETC., S£/Vr GRAT/5 OPO/y /?£QU£ST PREPAID . WRITE US aeroRE rl^c/ng orders '^ FOR PRIVATE UABELS. BANDS, ETC.. BRO 9^ A /■7 .\ y 'P^ YORK, PENN'A le 51! & '§ .3.W MAKEROF BOXES Telephone >IIS \ flel .els II ; :itt*bUsbed 1877 New Factory 1904, H.W.HEFFENER. >♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ l Dealer in J I Cigar Box Lnmher, X % Labels, ♦ i Ribbons, X ^ Edging, X I Brands, etc, X > ♦ Weidman Bros. & Moyer J Manufacturers of ^^^ Ci^ar Boxes '"'"''»"'""°"GOLD LEAF EMBOSSING ""'V,?*"^ »^ Factories: *VoineIsdorf. Pa., Sloklnii Sprlni^, Pa. Established 1891 Steam Cigar Box Manufacturer Howard & Boundary Aves. YORK, PA. miMD CITY CIGAR BOX CO, Mannfactnrers of Agents Wanted Cigar BoxeszHBiShipping Ca^-^es Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Edgings, etc. »^I6- 728 N. Christian St. L.ANCA3TER. PA, >qDEN BUSER MANUPACTORBR OP Cigar Boxes and Cases DBALBR IN Lumber, Labels, Edging, Etc., R. F. D. No. 3, YORK, PA. 26 j AC IMPORTERS Or^-^ N. THIRD JOHN SLATER & CO Manufacturers of Handmade UOINO FILLER STOGIES Corner Columbia and Marietta Avenues LANCASTER, PA. No. 21 North Main Street, Washington, Pa. sufEfS STOGIE FACTORY SUin; Porto Rico Ci^ar Co. Red Lion, Ra. AVHOLESALE CIGAR MANUFACTURERS IVIaior Paul 1 Lord Selkirk [ 3c. Arrow Point J Tom Lewis — 2 for So. Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only SOMETHING NEW AND GOOD WAGNER'S CUBAN STOGIES Manufactured Only by LEONARD WAGNER F.c.o,> No. ^ 707 Ohio St., ALLEfiHENY, PA GEO. STEUERNAGLE Manufacturer of Nor Hi. PI -vsLiPittsburd %f4mvffJI THE CELEBRATED 'Tra.dL* TxCwtJc. T»_.X^ Ze«rlat3XCdL. , /^^. HAND-MADE 1

ters, cigars, etc., judgment, $400. Rhode Island. Newport.— Blagio Gianfriddo.cigj tobacco, etc., chattel mortgage,** discharged. South Carolina. Spartanburg.— A. C. Johnson, cil»* etc., succeeded by J. D. HumphreJ* Washington. Sprague.— J. H. Linder, cigtn confectionery, deed, $250. Tacoma.— George Hewitt, cigtf»»j confectionery, dead. Tekoa.— L. L. Miller, cigawand fectionery, real estate mortgsge. ♦'* Wisconsin. Madison.— Martin Ellingwn, m manufacturer, chattel mortgage, . B. Fenner, bi Hards, cigar*. ^ soldout to F. E. Rotchka. TT'^S^ W. Heyl, cigars, bill of sale, $2.J» New Richmond.— T. F. Martin^ manufacturer, Martin Btoe. 8uc«w» I ? THB TOBACCO WORLD ''I HINNICH BALING PRESS 'm^.^'^:'9miivm}4: ♦ ♦ n I' tl« Jm t leiscKKayer Cigar Labels 238 Arch Street, Philadelphia. 1 . I 4 I i ■ \ > TliLEPHONE 1561 ^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4 SPECIAL design! /♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦4< ! ! ( , I ! ; I < ^1 Pataiiteil March 9. 1897 For All Kinds of Products Requiring Baling TOBACCO STEMS, PAPER. COHON. Be. Specially Constructed ..PRESSES.. For Leaf Tobacco Packers WarraMcci lo do more and better wurk in a given time, with lesb l.ibor rhan any Fress ou the market. Unsurpassed for power, s r tn opeiation Various sizes manufactured. Write tor price- and fi.li particulars They are indispensable in leaf packing «nd tobac».o Aarehou&es. Hundreds in use. WINNICH MACHINE WORKS Landisv ille, Lancaster Co., Pa. •—• JACOB G. SHIRK Lancaster, Pa. JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS of American Tobacco Co. American Cigar Co. American Stogie Co. Lnhrman & Wilburn Tobacco Co. Blackwell Durham Tobacco Co. Spalding iSt Merrick Tobacco Co. IT WILL PAY YOII '** ^^^ ^^ prices befor* u ordering iooAa elsewhere. Brilliant as Diamonds Fragrant as Roses Good as Government Bonds Are the CIGARS Cle';ii"SJ^ '•Brilliant Star" Clear Havana . . lOe. "S. B " Half Havana 5^^ "S. B.;' Little Havanas . . . ! ! 5c. "Honest Bee" 3^, "2-1— No" Mildest Cigar Made 2 for 5c. Special Brands Made to Order Stauffer Bros. Mfg. Co., New Holland, Pa. \ Send Your Cigar Buyer Here We Will Save You Money —Established ISGl - WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merclianl ^ 27 South Second Street PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday . ^i^ars, Tobacco, Smokers' Articles J, . Special Sales of Leaf Tobacco "^signments Solicited Advances Made ^ettlemenis Made on Day of Sale For Sale by All Dealers Pat Pfjf-Q Caveats, Trade Marks,, p ^^f-^^ Design-Patents, Copyrights, etc. 'Sfr John A. Saul le Droit Building, WASHINGTON, D. C. V I R a I N I A P E R I Q U E MIXTURE 6Ae AMERICAN TOBACCO CO., NEW YOU ' ' i y\ C^AuvEs c& 0°- <^> Havana 123 n. third st ^ ^IMPORTERS Or^^ JOHN SLATER & CO Manufacturers of Handmade UOINO FILLER STOGIES Corner Columbia and Marietta Avenues LANCASTER, PA. No. 21 North Main Street, Washington, Pa. SUTEirs STOGIE FACTORY aMi Porto Rico Ci^ar Co. Red Lion, Ra. WHOLESALE CIGAR MANUFACTURERS IVlaior Paul ] Lord Selkirk 3c. Arrow Point J Tom Lewis — 2 for 5c. Wholesale and Jobbinii Trade Only SOMETHING NEW AND GOOD WAGNER'S CUBAN STOGIES Manufactured Only by LEONARD WAGNER 4; Made .onS (^1! racio.vNo.. 707 Ohio St., ALLEGHENY, PA ^^l^^^^l^ *» GEO. STEUERNAGLE THE CELEBRATED Manufacturer of Trada Tv^arlc- %A^ACTV^^ Ze*eiat3rcd. , A^. HAND-MADE ^^ t

bacco and cigars, burned out. Syracuse,- David Whelan, cigutd news, burned out. Ohio. Wapakoneta. — David Herscb, dP manufacturer, real estate mtge., $5^ Oregon. Oregon City.— W. A. Bush, ci|i» sold to Woodaid & Son. Pennsylvania. Plymouth.— Thomas P. Noon, «!► ters, cigars, etc., judgment, $400. Rhode Island. Newport. -Blagio Gianfriddo,cigiJ tobacco, etc., chattel mortgage,** discharged. South Carolina. Spartanburg.— A. C. Johnson, cig«» etc, succeeded by J. D, Hampbnii- Washington. Sprague.— J. H. Linder, cig»» • confectionery, deed, $250. Tacoma,— George Hewitt, cigW* confectionery, dead. Tekoa,— L. L. Miller, cigars andj fectionery, real estate mortgage, »!* Wisconsin. Madison.— Martin Ellingsoo, jjj manufacturer, chattel mortgage.™! B. Fenner, billards, cig«r«- soldout to F. E. Rotchka. — —^5, W, Heyl, cigars, bill of sale, $2,^ New Richmond.— T. F. Martin. manufacturer, Martin Bros. suc«e«* THB TOBACCO WORLD BINNICH BALING PRESS ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦• tit tl* cl« f leiscKKauer Cigar Labels |1 238 Arch Street. Philadelphia, f | J I TtLEFHONE 1661 ♦ * ^^-^•^-^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦* Patented March B. 18B7 For All Kinds of Products Requiring Baling TOBACCO STEMS. PAPER, COTTON, Etc. Specially Constructed ..PRESSES.. For Leaf Tobacco f^acker^ Warraiiecj lo do more „nd beuei w.rk in a given time, with lesb i.ibor inan any ^'res^ on the maiket. Unsurpassed for power, s r. r,.ih, iirn,,!K!t> and duab^hly, as well as case and qui in ope.ation Various sues manuuaured. Whte »or priff a,:d f. ii partirulars 1 hey are indispensable in lea/ packing «r.d tobacco Aarehouso Hundreds in use. MINNICil MACHINE WORKS Landisville, Lancaster Co., Pa. •—• JACOB G. SHIRK Lancaster, Pa. JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS of American Tobacco Co. American Cigar Co. American Stogie Co. Lubrman & Wilburn Tobacco Co. Blackwell Durham Tobacco Co. Spalding & Merrick Tobacco Co. IT WILL PAY YOU o".^^^ "^"^ '^'^'^^^ '**'^- orderlnij ^oods elsewhere* Brilliant as Diamonds Fragrant as Roses Good as Government Bonds Are the CIGARS "R'e^!',1i;S7r„'d. ^'Brilliant Star" Clear Havana . . I^ **S. B " Half Havana 5c. •'S. B.!' Little Havanas . . . ' ' 5c. -Honest Bee" \ ^ "2--I— No" Mildest Cigar Made 2 f Of 5c« Special Rrands Made to Order Stauffer Bros. Mfg. Co., New Holland, Pa. Send Your Ci^ar Buyer Here We Will Save You Money — Eritablished ISoi - WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchanl. 27 South Second Street PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday ^^^ars, Tobacco, Smokers^ Articles ^ . Special Sales of leaf Tobacco ^^signments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on ])av of Sale For Sale by All Dealers Caveats, Trade Marks, ^f^ntS Design-Patents, Copyrights, etc. 'Sfr John A.Saul le Droit Building, WASHINGTON, D. C. V I R O I N I A E R I Q U E MIXTURE me AMERICAN TOBACCO CO., NEW YORK : il t ■^^ INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE E. A. G^^^^s c& O- H ^jmm^^^^ IMPORTERS Or^^ ^S GOOD^S THEJVfAME AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST. PniLJiDmL^HIA h.imm 9k m^ / -V^x3 Trace Mark =5^0 i"* Re6!STCR£0 ^"^ Ha van a Cigars NONE GENUINE UNLESS ifc^ BEARING THIS BAND // WITH OURTRADE .MARK IN COLORS 0£V\/AR£ or IM/TAT/ONS, ON SALE EVERYWHERE Cigars that hold the confidence of their smokers pay dealers best. DIAMOND JOE CIGAR FACTORY brands stand pre-emi- nently in a class of their own. P E IN D R I C H Evansville, Ind. ^^^^^S^J5sSOi ^.^^wwlEAF TOBACCO ^ .<.<^ ••. >«U»WMBii*^>'«*K No. 310 Race Street Philadelphia •CEINTRAL UNION* No oth er brand of Tobacco has firrown so quickly in public favor. Reasonsi Qualify, Price, Union Label, Friendly Dealers* Aid, and Tobacco Trust's Hostility. Doited States Tobacco Co., Richmond,?!. 1 WARREN BECK £i BRO. D«kAf wyiLinster Ci^QF Maoufacturers York, Pa. Admlrnl GherardI Gen. Warren La Reapokder Marcana La Canddad Michael Hose A.F. BrilM Manufac- turers of LEAF TOBACCO, tB i a: d. killheffer. BMP IRS^IiH ^/ ^Hk/vT, ^^y-- ^^HBbib'v .'£1. * ^^^H^^^^B mH^^^^i ^^^^Bfe- XI* ." ••■ "*'' ^bh Met of Hi^h Grade Cigars. MILLERSVILLE, PAl SUMATRA TOBACCO The Kind that Wraps Economically H.DUYS&CO. No. 1 70 Water Street, New York the Leading Exclusive Sumatra House Amsterdam Hoase: — De Amsterdamsche Tabakshandelmaatschappij. a h- n^..H (lord LANCASTER, lOc.) Oil M. k ti. Manufacturers 615 Market St, Philada. (NICKELBY, 5c.) I CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Kni^ 5-cent Ci^ar Made by Morris D.Netiinann& (4 PHILADELPHIA, PA. Stuuiut r (ireme e. T. Coiia V SUMNER GREENE & CO. Manufacturers of ene's Cidars 2330 MARKET ST., PHILADELPHIA are Seal MSNSM'GAI^ Factory 1839. First DUtrtct Pepoa. I^UMPERT BRO'5. j^eniand for tobacco of all grades" he ja'd. "there is now a strong demand °f high grade and the other grades wemtohavebuthttle, ifany,market. eaf Ik' J"^'' ^'" '^"^^ h*«h grade Z: .! , " ""^'^ '^"'^ "^o'-e trouble than the lower grades, he will be bet- ter repaid for his effort. cigarrhav'p^r'^^^u ^^^t«'" ^'^^^^ of lea is as L» V".V^*^ the Maryland StJ es and , P'"^'^ ^^ that of ither •ild ;j? Ir," "« reason why they «^fenif the nff""l. *° patronize us "OPS next yea? '' ^^^'^« ^° ^ave full »>EATH OF FEODORE FRITZ Peodore pj;;"'*""«^'' O- March 2. ^^ fritz Bros * ^^^^^"^ "f the firm TREATMENT OF TOBACCO PLANT SOIL FOR BED ROT. deiselwemmik company Applications of Formalin Have Proved of Advantage in Keeping Down the Disease in Ohio. Last spring the writer inaugurated some small experiments tu ttst the effects of solutions of foimalin(4() per cent formaldehyde) in water, as a drench upon old tobacco beds to dt si roy thebed rot Rhizoctonia. In ihiswotk a strength of one and one-half pints formalin to fifty gallons of water was employed, and the applicaii 3 THB TOBACCO WOKI^D ' THE 5c. CIGAR El Draco Cigar Mfg. Co. PhUada. (lord LANCASTER, lOc.) Oiir is. k Co. Manufacturers 615 Market St, Philada, (NiCKELBY. 5c.) CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Kni^ 5-cent Ci^ar Made by Morris D.Neumaon&Cit PHILADELPHIA, PA. Stuiuui r (irerna '• T. C«iiH^ SUMNER GREENE & CO. Manufacturers of Ore Seal etie'^ 2330 MARKET ST., PHILADELPHIA 114 Factory 1839. First Diatrlct Penoa . jgB^^^'''y%Mf^^ *v 41.' 1 ^^n^Lpv^^^ P^-"^B IHi^^Hli Ml h^^^^^H riff You Wc to b« la HA VAN Want A ^ Smoke 5& Ci BENRY HEYHANN'S SONS Sinking Sprlnil, Pa. W. K. Gresh & Sons, Makers, Norristo\vn,Pfd PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE. HEAT »lid BREAKAGE. . Udecwd br sU Smokeri, and are th« MOST EFFECTIVE Advartifing Medium known, Racine Paper Goods Co., Racine, Wis.*'''' I %o\* Owaara sad Haaalactarov*' /v. THIRD 87: PHILAOmU^HIA T©B/ieeO WORLB+ MARYLAND TOBACCO ADVANCING. Baltimore, Md., March 2. Maryland tobacco is today selling for tBore money than at any time during the past few years, and the demand for the better grades is much stronger than the demand for the cheaper and inferior quality- According to quotations last week leaf was selling at from 3i to 11 cents, the latter figure being the jigh water mark, and there are indica- tiona that the figures will slightly ad- Tince within the next few weeks. The reason for this is said to be due to a ibortage of the "seed" crop of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Wisconsin and other States, and to manufacturers o/ cigars turning their attention to the Maryland produc :. For a number of years manufacturers have paid but little atttention to Mary- land tobacco, and that was largely because their supply came from the States named, but now that the supply ii short the manufacturers have been compelled to seek elsewhere, and by experiments they have found that the leaf grown in this State is really superior to what they gave it credit of being. Much of the tobacco that has been Mid recently has gone to the great cigar factories in Pennsylvania. Ohio and New York, and the sale occasioned by the demand has naturally strength- ened prices. A local broker declared that the prospects are more encouraging than they have been for many years. In his opinion, however, it is not likely that there will be a falling off in the demand for some time and that it is possible that prices will advance even bigher than they now are, although there is a wide range dependent on grade. With the demand for the higher grade «f tobacco there has been a decline in that fof the commoner quality. The low grades were in great demand for a Bumber of years by Holland and Ger- Jnany, but of late the market has fallen. The broker said that he feels sure that the Maryland planter will have a prosperous season next year if he pays «w«€r attention to his crops and will «Meavor to cultivate only the very •►^t grades. "While there is always more or less oemand for tobacco of all grades" he ttid. "there is now a strong demand M' high grade and the other grades w«m to have but little, if any,market. If \^I!"''' ^"' "'■«« high grade W. which .8 very little more trouble tttn the lower grades, he will be bet- t«ir repaid for his effort. >*»? is as L«n?"M ^^^' ^he Maryland sWs and i'F^^^'« «^ that of other Aid IS? 1 '^^ "° "-eason why they •'fe" if the othi'""«^ ^° patronize us «^P8 next yei?' ' ^'*'^" ^^ ^^^^^ ^ "» TREATMENT OF TOBACCO PLANT SOIL FOR BED ROT. DElSELWEMMtR company Applications of Formalin Have Proved of Advantage in Keeping Down the Disease in Ohio. Last spring the writer inaugurated some small experiments to test the eflFects of solutions of formalin (40 per cent formaldehyde) in water, as a drench upon old tobacco beds to dt siroy the bed rot Rhizoctonia. In ihis woik a strength of one and one-half pints formalin to fifty gallons of water was employed, and the applications were made just before sowing the t^etd. This caused delay in seeding the plant beds, as th^- formalin must be allowed to evaporate before the seed is sown, and was somewhat disadvantageous. The results were doubtful in some cases, and decidedly favorable in cer- tain old, infested beds at Germantown. In one instance the difference between the treated and untreated portions of the bed was very decided, amounting to a very great saving in plants, estim- ated at about four times as much btd rot in the untreated as in the treated parts of these old beds. Other in- stances gave apparent gains of a less marked character. In treated beds at Wooster the common damping off fun- gus of greenhouse plant beds (Pythium) occurred to a limited extent but not the bed rot (Rhizoctonia). Owing to the water filled condition of the plant bed soil in early spring the results are possibly as favorable as could be expected, since the efficiency of the formalin drench has been thoroughly proved on greenhouse let- tuce upon the rosette (Rhizoctonia) in- festing them. To overcome the disad- vantages of the spring applications, is now the object. It is believed that fall applications of a stronger solution will be desirable. While steaming the soil will proba- bly be effective upon tobacco beds, few growers are so situated as to practice the steaming without first securing a steam boiler and bed pipes for that purpose. It is more convenient to apply the formalin solution, since only a sprink- ling pot (with rose) will be needed in addition to the chemical. The formalin (40 per cent, formaldehyde) may be o Gained of local or wholesale druggists, and, in carboys of 100 pounds, may be purchased at a cost of 12 to 15 cents per pound, f. o. b,, with added charge for container. In smaller lots the cost is much higher. Growers may arrange to purchase the carboys. Before applying the solution the bed should be fairly moist and friable, or made so by watering, and spaded up to the usual depth with the incorporation of any fertilizer of the nature of manure, before drenching. Mineral fertilizers may be applied in spring. The bed thus prepared and raked over is drenched with the solution at the rate of one gallon to each foot of surface ; a bed 50 feet long and 6 feet wide would accordingly require 300 gallons of the solution and use 12 to 15 pounds of formalin in its preparation. So heavy an application will need to be applied at intervals of a few hours so that the liquid is equally absorbed by all parts of the bed soil. After treatment which should be made before freezing weather begins, the beds are to be left without disturbance until spring, when prepared for seeding. A thorough trial of this method of treating old and badly diseased tobacco beds, is recommended. It should re- sult in keeping down bed rot and damp- ing off as well as black rot in the plant beds. A. D. Selby. Wooster. O. Take Another Advance Step; LecLte of AmericsLn Cig8k.r Co. Pla.nt. Lima, O., Feb. 28. The enterprising firm of The Deisel- Wemmer Company, one oi Lima's main- stays in the industrial world, continue! to expand and do good for Lima. It will be recalled that, owing to an ap- parent scarcity of labor, the company last fall opened branch factories in Wapakoneta and Van Wert, abandoning a plan to erect an addition to their big plant,;Main street and the Pennsylvania railroad, where from twelve to thirteen hundred people are given employinent every working day of the year. However, the branches, while being fully up to the expectation of the com- pany so far as facilities are concerned, have not resulted in helping the com- pany out of the wilderness in the mat- ter of accumulating orders, and the pressing necessity for enlarged manu- facturing facilities spurred them to an action that the progressive citizena of Lima look upon with the greatest favor. This is the leasing of the Hawisher block or American Cigar Company fac- tory building at Main and Elm streetB, where, as soon as the big block can be made ready for the business, another San Felice factory will be opened an^ filled with employes just as rapidly as they can be secured. The Hawisher block was erected especially for the cigar manuufacturing business, is large, excellently ventilated, and has an abundance of natural light on all sides above the second floor, while it is isolated on three sides of its first and second stories. The building is four stories in height and is capable of giv- ing accommodations to froni six to eight hundred employes. HOUTZf NROEOER'S BRANCH. «>EATB OF FEODORE FRITZ. Peodore Pr?tf ""*'■' ?-^*'°^ 2- ®' Fritz Rrnl • * '"^'nber of the firm i'«^ of uropmif'*" .fnanufacturers. ^"levue ave?u« m.^'^ ^"'"«' 2659 3l He wa« : L^l- Auburn, last *P^'5. wht 'J''^ b"^ two weeks. ?*•' citfiks J!*%P''0"''"ent »n ^usi- '**'««»wid;,- *. ^^year-8 old. and •«ow and five children. STIRRED UP OVER. THE MERGER. Pittsburg Views of the Rumored Deal by the U.C.M.Co. and the A.T.Co. Pittsburg, Pa., March 2. Pittsburg cigar men are much wrought up over the rumored merger of the United Cigar Manufacturers'Co. with the American Tobacco Co., but which negotiations are since said to have been broken off, and there is now less possibility of their ultimate con- summation than ever before. Dealers, however, declare that a merger of the big independent firm with the 80-called trust would have a big effect throughout Pennsylvania and the domestic tobacco world in general. In speaking of the merger Joseph Raubitschek, the well known Wood street dealer, had the following to say : "The negotiations which have been on between the companies have been watched with much interest in this city. The United Cigar Manufacturers' Company is the only big rival of the trust left and the merger would natur- ally mean a whole lot. If the merger really took effect the next biggest firm left would be that of Otto Eisenlohr & Bros., of Philadelphia, which firm turnaout 4,000,000 cigars of one brand alone every year. Of this brand our firm here handles 1,000,000 of the out- put. The biggest deal was about three years ago, when the trust took over all the imported cigars, a deal which in- volved many millions of dollars." The Pittsburg representatives of the United Cigar Manufacturers' Company is the R. & W. Jenkinson Co. The United has been the fiercest competitor of the trust since the inception of the former in 1904. The question of price is the only one which has proved a bar and a handicap. That the figure will be a substantial one no person doubts. Of the capitali- zation of the United, $5,000,000 is 7 per cent, cummulative preferred and $15,- 000,000 in common stock. The earnings of the company in 1905, after the pay- ment of all charges, were $1,262,787. Samuel Untermeyer, one of New York's best known lawyers, is counsel in the deal, but has maintained a strict and dignified silence up to date. —Krueger Bros, have purchased the cigar manufacturing business of Birke- myer Bros., at Granite Falls, Minn. —A. P. Zender, cigar manufacturer at Kenton, O., recently opened a fac- tory at Lima, and , now contemplates removing his entire manufacturing ide- partment to that place. New Cigar Factory Opened Last Week at Galion. O. Galion, O., March 2. The cigar factory of the Houtzen- roeder Company, in the Gear Works building, on Primrose street, is now in operation. The company began work last week by putting on six girlf» a day. This will be kept up right ;along and as new applicants are accepted they will be taught the work and ere long a large number will be employed. The company is now advertising for one hundred girls wh;) will be put to work as speedily as they make satis- factory application. The stripping department of the con- cern will continue in opt^ration as here- tofore and the two departments will work in the fine quarters now occupied by the company in the Gear Works building. EXPLOITING NEW INVENTIONS. Binghamton Concern incorporated for that Purpose Binghamton, N. Y., Feb. 28. The Cigar Device Manufacturing Co., recently incorporated with a cap- ital of $50,000. has filed their certificate with the County Clerk. This concern has been formed ^to ex- 3 INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE E. A. O^ <&. Co. H I im PORTERS or^-^ AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST Philadelphia J. Vetterlein & Co. Importers of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF Tobacco 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia FOUNDED 1853 Mm T. Dohan Wm. H. Dohan FLOR ^^^ de DOHAN & TAITT D &T Importers of Havana and Sumatra Packers of /^^^^P*N JO/ AtCh St. heaf Tobacco\ ^S^ ) philada. B«tebllshed ^LEWIS BREMER'S SONS IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra AND PACKERS OF JL *^B v^S^ Leaf Tobacco 322 and 324 North Third Street, Philadelphia fl.9TRAUS u A.UttB IMPORTERS OF 90ta^908J^iiidilS58^ MHILAI3ELPHI03J Julius Hirschberg & Bro. hnporters of Havana and Sumatra and Packers of Seed Leaf Tobacco 125 North Third St., Philada. Benj. Labe Jacob Labe Sidney Labe BENJ. LABE £4 SONS IMPORTERS OF Sumatra and Havana Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco 228 North Third St., Philadelphia L. BAMBERGER & CO. TOBACCO 111 Arch Street, Philadelphia Warehouses: Lancaster. Pa.; Milton Junction. Wis.; Baldwinsvllle. N. Y. rs and Dealers in »|,orters of SEED LEAF HAVANA and SUMATRA ^^^ ^-'^^/4jrM Third St, PhihdeJ^ihio,Pti. Importers and Dealers in ALL KINDS OF SEED LEAF, The Empire Leaf Tobacco «^y.r^ SUMATRA Co., 118N.3dSt.,Phila. liEOPOLD bOEB & CO. Importers of Sumatra and Havana and Packers of Leaf Tobacci 306 North Third St., Phlla. GEO. BURGHARD Importer of Sumatra and Havana and Packer of LeAF TOBACCO 238 North Third Street, Phila. UPPENBAC 1642-44 N.ELLVEf H. ST Philadelphia <^H EXPORT STAMP ISSUED BY CUBAN CIGAR MANUFACTIIRFR? Authorized by the Government of thJ^^ep-JJue of cuba ^^ lC[^ll@ UUniondeRbRICantesdeTabacosyCicabros utorizada porel Gobierno dela Republica Garantiza qtje los tabacos.cigarrosy paqaefes ae fHcaduraquellevBneshoprecipfa son rabricadospor af( RrPLBLICADCLLKA' HABANA MJ.t.r..»..,.....:i,^;^||^|j|.llt>>t|;j|.|^4.^^.H;|^rik^^:fl.l.yjl^.lJ.l^l^^^ E.ther the name of the Manufacturer or that of his Brand will appear printed in the blank space of this precinta or stamp. ^, ^ . . --.IMRORTANT NOTICE... rfCubl'fs^wtef b?\hrm'emb^s'of JhJa^ar\'L"aka^Vttl M7nu^fL^SVnio^oTtt^^rr/'i^^\- '^"^^^"^^^ "^'"^^ Government of the RepaNI. tobacco packages which bear these stamps wefe manufactSrld in Cuba ^® ^^^*°** ""^ ^"*'* *^ * guarantee that cigars, cigarettes aS^™ fkit and market such devices as may from time to time be invented to im- prove workmanship on cigars or to facil- itate their manufacture. Patent rights «f an invention which promises to rerolutionize the manufacture of cigars with special reference to shapes, have recently been acquired by this new «ocern, but for the present it is not ^ired to say much concerning it until a working model has been completed. When the manufacturing of this Bichine is begun, working models will be exhibited at different places. The Erectors are F. E. Barnes, A. B. Smith a«i S. M. Frechie, of the Barnes-Smith Cigar Co, CIGAR DEALERS' LICENSE LAW UNDER ADVISEMENT. Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. 25. Once again the city councilmen have Wged action on Mayor Harper's wdinance providing a license for cigar . are now receiving some tobacco from the lower end of the county. Charles Roseman, for some time en- gaged in cigar manufacturing in York, on Saturday sold his stock and fixtures, together with a quantity of his house- hold goods. Mr. Roseman has accepted the management of a farm of 300 acres near Emigsville, owned by George N. Bacon, of York, and will move there some time this week. Established 1895 Telephone ConneetUNi T. L. ADAIR Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Red Lion, Pa. Special Lines for the Jobbing Trade SIGNS! Designers. Printers, and Litho- grapiicrf. of CLOTH, ROPE FIBER and CARDBOARD SIGNS. AND PAPER POSTERS. In Weatherproof Colors We have Somethintf New In FOLDED EDGE SIGNS. Write for Prices and Samples UNION LABEL on Work When D We Furnish QUALITY AND SERVICI THE MASSILLON SIGN L^ POSTER CO, MASSILLON. OHIO. r THE TOBACCO WORLD GEO. W. BREMER, Jr. BREMER BROS. m N. TUid St, PHIUDELPIIU WALTER T. BREMER Importers, Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Hippie Bros. & Co. Importers and Packers of and Dealers in Leaf Tobaccos 231 Arcli St, Philadelphia Our Retail Department is Strictly Up*to*Date LOUIS BYTHINMR & CO. Leaf Tobacco Brokers 308 RaCC St. p- .| - . - . and Commission Merchants. T lillaaelplll ,^ Long Distance Telephone, Market 3025. C!abl« Address. "Helland, Lancaster* Telephone Service JOHN F. HEILAND & CO. COMMISSION MERCHANTS AND DEALERS Leaf Tobacco Eastern Agents MaGee Tobacco Case Sepresentlnii ie H. Rumrlll. Janesvllle. Wis.i ^O 1? |^1« 1 i. Cl I The Miami Valley Leaf Tobacco Co.. ^O Jj* IjOBSUllII tJlFCCt Dayton. O.; Vka Krohn Tobacco Co.. Windsor. Ct.i **• ®' ^°* ' ^* Bownard & Koklnii. Cincinnati, O.t ¥ A 1\J^ A d^FIPD 1> A F. W. Dohrmann tk Son, Cincinnati, O., l^Ai^ V-i All 1 HiKy T A. Walshey A Helland. Litlts. Pa. HENRY RINDSKOPF Packer and Importer of Sumatra. Havana ¥ El A 17 rrtf~k1> k C*f^f\ and Domestic LLiAl 1 UdALiIjU N. E. Cor. Fifth and Washington Sts. Reading, Pa. John U. Fehr Established 1883 Geo. N. Fehr J. U. Fehr & Son Importers and Packers of L^af Tobacco 700 Franklin St., 101 to 107 S.7th St., READING, PA. S. Weinberg 121 North Third Street PHILADELPHIA Importer of SUMATRA and HAVANil Dealer in all kinds of SEED LEil Tobacco H. VELENCHIK S. VELBNCni VELENCHIK BROS. '"""tx'in LEAF TOB/ieee Sumatra and Havana 134 N. THIRD ST., PHILADELPHIA A AARON B. HESS Packer of and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco PennsylvanidL Seed B's and Tops READY FOR THE MARKET. Write for Prices. Office and Warehouse: 630=^636 N. Prince Si Lancaster, Pa. Bell 'Phone : 77-X. L Independent 'Phone: 1464-A. r L. O. HAEUSSERMANN CARL L. HAEUSSERMANN U. O. HA Importers of EDWARD C. HAEUSSBWA''N AINIV & SONS Packers and Exporters of and Dealers in Sumatra and Havana Lea£ Tobacco LARGEST RETAILERS IN PENNSYLVANIA No. 240 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 8 -THE TOBACCO WORLD R/BAVTISTA y C A.- Leaf Tobacco Warehouse-HABANA, CVBA. NEPTUNO 170-174. CkblB-RoTISTA Special Partner— Gumkrsindo Garcia Cubrvo. DULL WEEK IN THE HAVANA LEAF MARKET. Sales Few and In Small Lots, Owing to Scarcity and High Prices. Little Prospect of Immediate Relief. Special Correspondence There is no denying the fact that the marlcet during the past week has been dull, and that the buyers in town have been picking only a few small lots in order to have something on hand, or to keep their factories running. While sellers are trying to keep up the previ- ous ruling prices for Remedios, a few wide-awake dealers, however, seem to be more disposed to meet the views of buyers, and are making some slight concessions in price. As tobacco cannot be classed as a sta- ;)le article of food, and strictly speaking is not absolutely necessary, although the majority of habitual smokers would consider it so, there is no denying that there are substitutes for Havana to- bacco in the United States, and if prices should rule too high these will be used to the detriment of the Cuban veguero in the Santa Clara province. The lines cannot be drawn so sharply 80 far as the clear Havana cigar indus- try is concerned, unless the manufac- turers of the goods should also try to employ other kinds of leaf, which, however, I think they would not dare to attempt, as it would ruin their brands at once in the eyes of the smokers. The prospects for the growing crop are still more or less doubtful, and while the Vuelta Abajo and Partido sections may be counted upon to give U8 a larger crop than last year, the same does not hold true of the tobacco raised in the Santa Clara province. Some timely rains might work wonders, but as we are now in the season when the trade winds are blowing briskly, there is small hope of any such felicitous occurrence. Under these circumstances It is impossible to say what the final outcome may be, and anybody who «hould claim to predict with any accu- racy what the coming crop will amount to is simply guessing. Sales this week only figure up to 619 bales, which are divided into Vuelta Abajo, 09 bales, Partido, 131, and Remedios, ^^ bales. Of this quantity the Ameri- can buyers are credited with 426 bales. ana the local manufacturers with 193 wles. Bnyera Come and Go. Arrivals.- Joseph Hirsch. of Joseph «'»ch & Sons. Isidore Jacoby, of ««yer& Mendelsohn, Louis Cantor, of ^- Friedman & Co.. Henry Bernheim, of ». Bernheim & Sons, Mort Regensburg. *;. Kegensburg & Sons, Billy Taylor, ^P esentative of the Romeo y Julieta J^«c tory. and S. Freeman, of New York ; fac or„ T °""^' °^ ^he Cortez cigar Man* ^l' Martinez, of the Luis Yahn of v'i ' °^ ^^'"^^"= ^"^«^^ frey s M " * McDonald, and God- PJ^laclelphia "*"' importers, of ^OnStitlltinnSeed&Hav- »re the R.Vfu ' a"a Cigars «e Best that can be made. ^0 you sell them? of The Tobacco World.) Havana, Cuba, February 25, 1907. serman, Leonard Friend, Isidore Jac- oby, Billy Taylor and Francis Taylor, Jr.. for New York; Jose Lovera and E. Kline, for Tampa; J. Boasberg, for Buffalo; Robert Yahn, for Phila- delpeia, and Gustav Mueller, for Chi- cago. Havana ClKar Mannfactnrcra are not lacking orders, notwithstand- ing that there is hardly one of them who is still giving any discount, as the few who still did so have lately issued circulars saying that all their prices would be net after the first of March. The meeting last week, which was only of an informal nature, of the Union of Cigar Manufacturers has come to no conclusion in regard to raising their prices collectively, as there is still some difference of opinion held by several of the larger firms whether such a step would be wise and achieve the desired result. Under these cir- cumstances each manufacturer is at liberty to pursue the policy which he deems best for his own interest, either to raise his prices or leave them as they are. H. Upmann & Co. shipped 600,000 cigars during the past week. The H. Upmann factory has all its cigar- makers' tables filled and there is hardly a vacant seat, as I can testify to from my own knowledge gained when I visited the factory. Partagas is doing nicely.as Cifuentes, Fernandez & Co. experience no let up in the amount of orders which are com- ing to hand. Behrens & Co. are busy in the Sol factory. Ramon Allones and Cruz Roja issued a circular that it will discontinue all discounts after March 1. Eden is still receiving all the orders that Calixto Lopez & Co. care to fill. BurtnfK, Selling and Other Notes of Interest. Jose F. Rocha sold 200 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Partido. Leonard Friend, after having gone over our market very carefully and selecting only such soods as were A 1 in every respect, and not held at pro- hioitory prices, has. I understand, pur- chased about 250 bales of different kinds of leaf. The customers of Friend & Co. will certainly find as good tobacco at 129 Maiden Lane as can be found any- where in New York city. Sobrs. de A. Gonzalez, from their small holdings, disposed of 97 bales during the past week. Gustav Mueller, the Chicago cigar manufacturer, made some purchases to satiaiy the pressing needs of his fac- tory, although the quantity is not known. Gonzalez, Benitez & Co. closed out some venas of Remedios. Joseph Hirsch. J. Boasberg and Isidore Jacoby could have made only some small and insignificant purchases, as far as could be learned, as they considered the.ruling prices too high to allow them to turn them over with any profit. I =1^ ESTABLISHED 1844 I I I I I I H. Upmann & Go HAVANA. CUBA. B^actYkers and Coininission Merchadits IK SHIPPEP^S OF CIGAP^^ and LEAP T03ACC0 The Celebrated tIAMUFACTURBRS Of ^M4 L'^ CigKf Bra.adi FACTORYt PASEO DE TACON 159-169 OFFICEx AMARGURA I HAVANA. CUBA. Representative of our "H. UPMANN" Brand for the United States and Canada CHARLES LANDAU New York Office: 82 Wall Street Montreal. Canada: Board of Trade Building SYLVESTER & STERN SUCCESSORS TO LEWIS SYLVESTER & SON Growers, Packers and Importers of Havana Tobacco HAVANA, CUBA Monte 56 NEW YORK 165 Front Street PLANTATIONS and ESCOJIDAS: In VUELTA ABAJO at PUERTA de GOLPE PARTIDOS REMEDIOS SANTIAGO de las VEGAS SANTA CLARA " QUINTA CAMAJUANI " SANCTI SPIRITUS FACTORY VEGAS A SPECIALTY CHARLES BLASCO Commission Merchant Leaf Tobacco and Ci^arii 1 O'Reilly St, gf^: Habana, Cuba GONZALEZ Y MIGUEL Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama Especialidad en Tabaco de Santa Clara de Primera GlaM AMISTAD 97, Cablet "CASIN" HABANA. 9 I -THE TOBACCO WORLD- BEHRENS& eO. Havana, Cuba Manufacturers of the ^^ SOL" Brand Finest Vaeka Abajo Tobacco Exclnsively Mf. NO BETTER GOODS MADE QUALITY ALWAYS RELIABLE Sole Representatives for the United States and Canada: National Cuba Co., 147 Water Street, New York Sobrinos de A, Gonzalez LEAF TOBACCO MERCHANTS Principe Alfonso 116 y 118 Habana, Cuba Cable: "Aatero" GUSTAVO SALOMON Y HNOS. Especialidad en TABACOS FINOS de VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDOS y VUELTA ARRIBA Aonte 114 P. O. Box, Apartado 270 I— 1 5^ Kv c:» n Cl Cable: ZALEZGON riCllJClIlCl BMUIVO DIAZ R. RODRIGUEZ PARTAGAS Independent Ci^ar Pactory .« BRTAGAS IC« YC? 4^BAt^ The Besi Cigars CifuenteSy Fernandez y Ca Proprietors 1^4 Industria Street Cable: ciFBR Habana^ Cuba A VELINO PAZOS & CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rami PRADO 123 Habana Cable: ONILEVA SUAREZ HERMANOS (S. en C.) Growers, Packers ¥ £ nP 1_ and Dealers in LCai 1 ODaCCO FIGURAS 39-41, cw.: -Cuefr.- HAVANA, cm B. DIAZ & CO. Growers and Packers of Vuelta Abajo and Partido Tobacco PRADO 125 Cable: ZAIDCO HABANA, CUBA J. H. CAYRO & SON Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Specialty: Vuelta Ab* jo and Partido Warehouse and Office: 92 Dragoives Street, HAVANA, CUBA Cable Addressi "JOSECAYRO ' Correspondence Solicited In t»0t* S. Jorge Y. P. Castaneda JORGE 8t P. GASTAflEDR Growers, Packers and Exporters of Havana Lieaf TobacGO ?pdo. Corner Dragones street, HAVANA 10 HENRY VONEIFF F. VI DAL OMl VONEIFF Y VIDAL CRUZ LEAF TOBACCO PACKERS and EXPORTERS of 73 Amistad Street, HAVANA. CUBA Branch Houses: 616 W. Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Md. P. O. Box 433, !•«»•• "^ EVARISTO GARCIA JOSE M. GARCIA JOSEDU*' J. M. GARCIA Y CIA. Almacenistas de Tabaco Partido y VueltaJAbajt CON VEGAS PROPIAS -. San Nicolas 126 y 128 cabi«: "jonagarcia" HABANA, CU^ ^yu Capacity for Mannfactnrlng Cigar Boxes Is— Alvvats Room for Ons Mokb Good CdS' r„. X.,. L. J. Sellers & Son, Seilersvllle. Pa. THB TOBACCO WORLD ' Loeb-Nunez: Havana Co. has been -ceiving some good orders from their -^towers in the United States. The Trust has a strike in its cigar factory, as the cigarmakers insisted receiving the same scale of wages . ^nierican money as they had been j^iving in Spanish gold, and which ^mand the present manager, J. N. jtaples. would not accede to. H. Upmann & Co. have appointed Cballes Landau as the representative if their H. Upmann brand for the United States and Canada, and he has ipened offices at 82 Wall street, New Tork, ?ind at the Board of Trade Build- ^ in Montreal. Beceipta From the Conntry Week ending Since Feb. 23 Bales Yuelta Abajo 9 partido « Matanzas 4» Remediosfi S.Clara 259 Santiago de Cuba — Total 326 Jan. 1 Bales 671) 139 97 4,524 850 6.280 SOMETHING DOING IN BOSTON. •ealerf Preparing to Take Hold. Some Improvement Can Be Noted. (Boston Bureau "The Tobacco World" 19 Devonshire Street] Boston, Mass., March 4. There was a slight improvement in the cigar trade the past week, and last Saturday's business with retailers was mucb better than that of the previous Saturday. The independent cigarette manufac- turers are still making a play for a slice of the Boston patronage. Sales- nen galore are canvassing the Hub aod its vicinity, and with gratifying results. The White Rolls cigarette is being pushed with vigor. Mr. Lea, who re- presents the Ware Kramer Tobacco Co., has secured temporary headquarters at II Central street. He informed the writer that their Waxman, which has taused considerable comment wherever «xhibiled, will shortly exhibit in fhe windows of a number of our prominent «gar stores, and it will boom the White Kolls for further orders. The crew working on the various Butler-Butler, Inc., products are doing "icely. Pall Mall and Egyptian Straights sales are greatly on the in- ffease. Sam Marcuson, with The Khedivial U, who has been away for two weeks, MS just returned all prepared to com- mence an active spring campaign on Oxfords, Delights, etc. The Oxford is •ow being put out in a handsome 25 «ent package, and the wholesalers al- feady handling same say they are a Winner. H- L. Ruth, of the Allen Tobacco Co., Mjretumed from a trip to headquar- •ff»; ! *"' ^^« following deal to mT . every I.OOO Allen's Havanas ^"Chased: Abox of 100 Telonetles Zk -^ given gratis. The Telonette lellpr.*^'*^".^ "® "^"^ °^ Boston's best S J . ^""^ ^^« "°t been any free '"eil just as well as ever. ft. • • "O Wl 'ase? tho ,^'""^*"n Cigar Co. pur- 8on« T ^"''"^^« of L. I &g r'^^ ''' Leroy littl 'nt^ts of L. Miller & e cigars e winir nyr.^- "ciuy iiiiie Cigar UniK '"'"^'y ^'«P'»yed in all th. ,ge '°'«8 here at 12 cents a pack called the Ma^'aroff Russian cigarette, is being placed with the finer class of trade. They retail at 15, 20 and 25 cents a package. A number of cut price drug stores are featuring in their windows dis- plays of S. S. Pierce. Co's La Mora, a 10 for a quarter package of clear Havana short smokes. Freeman Bros. Co., of Baltimore, have their various brands of cigars well distributed here. They put out some attractive lookng packages. Their trade, however, consists mostly of drug stores. J. Burns, representing the Globe To- bacco Co., Detroit, Mich., reached here after working the principal cities and towns in Connecticut and Rhode Island. Their Fame and Nervy navy plug tobaccos are their leaders in this market. The Norma Cigar Co., on Federal street, have been offering their patrons some extra inducements in the pipe line. In fact their prices are exceed- ingly low, and they have been doing a big business for the past two weeks. The Boston friends of Frank Lopez will regret to learn that he is no longer representing the Ruy Lopez Co. Daniel Frank & Co. are doing a nice conservative business. They have two accounts which are bringing them in lots of revenue. They are Regens- burg's American and Celestino Costello & Co.'s Barrister. A recent visitor was Max Silverthau, of the Manhattan Island Cigar Factory, makers of union- made cigars exclu- sively. Their leaders are the Ruth Benton and La Mayoria. Mr. Silver- thau has a host of acquaintances here in the cigar trade, and never fails to get his share of business when he visits Boston. A new retail cigar and confectionery store here is that of Gordon & Miller, 465 Tremont street, which opened for business this week. Rosenthal Bros, report trade as very brisk. Their new 326 Cigar is selling "great ", to use their expression, and their William the Fourth clear Havana cigars are rapidly forging to the front in popularity. L. M. Jacobs has given up the cigar stand in T. J. Boles & Co.'s cafe on Newspaper Row. Messrs. Boles & Co. are now running it on their own hook. H. W. Kerstein will shortly install in his store, on Cambridge street, a handsome soda water fountain with all the modern appliances. There is only one liner in Boston, and that is the fountain in H. Siegel & Co.'s depart- ment store. I had occasion to call at Cobb, Al- drich & Co. 's store this week, to see Manager Lord, of the cigar depart- ment. While there I heard the usual number of funny stories, but one in particular, about the Irishman at the circus, was a corker. M. Cohen & Co., makers of ihe Amer- ican Smoker, report busmess good. This and the Levenson Bros. Boston Smokers are among the best 5 cent ci- gars to be had in this city. S. Rose, cigar manufacturer on Milk street, has put on two m(»re cigar- makers. His leaders are the Noxdll and Barnett's Havana Smokers. The former brand is selling nicely in Chel- sea, and the latter goes nicely here. Edgar C. Copp. cigarmaker of Wal- den, Mass., has filed a voluntary peti- tion in bankruptcy. Liabilities, $588, and no assets. Ben Ah. PABLO PEREZ OANDIOO 0BC80 Perez & S. en C. (Sobrinos de G. Palacios) Leaf Tobacco VUELTA ABAJO FACTORY VEGAS a Specialty Proprietors of famous Lowland Vuelta Abajo VeiEas Prado 121, Entrance, Dragones St Cable: -Sodecio." HABANA, CUBA. LUIS NUNIZ MANUEL NUNIZ VCNANCIO DIAZ, Special Partner HILARIO NUNIZ MUNIZ HERMANOS y CIA S en C Growers and Dealers of VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDO and REMEDIOS TOBACCO ReiiYdL 20, HavanaL p. o. box as Cable "Angel," Havana JOSB F. ROCHA, Havana Leaf Tobacco Kipiriitfalid Tabacos Finos de Vnelta Abajo, Partido f VnMi San Mli^uei lOO, HABANA, CUBA. GONZALEZ, BENITEZ & CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama y Yivercs Amargura 12 and 14, and San Ignacio 25, Cable: "Tebenitez.* P. O. Box 396. HABANA, CUBA. LOEB^NUNEZ HAVANA CO. mwiiistas de Tafiaco eq lama 142 and 144 Consulado Street, HABANA. Cable:— Rbvokm. A. M. CALZADA & CO. Packers and Dealers in Leaf and COMMISSION MERCHANTS Monte 156, HABANA, CUBA. p. O. Box. 59a. Cablet *'CALDA.' Anew Rulherlord «'«wette made here in Boston Clear Havana Cigars are sold by successful dealers. ^^There is a Reason. NDBLSOBN U>I)IS 4. BOBNCMANN ■ANVBA Mendelsohn, Bornemann & Co., Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO •nd Commission Aerchants N«w T»rfc Offlcri 196 WATEI STIEET n.v.n., Cabai ■LAMUBL SUAMEZ y CA.. Ai Cbl. Addressi DERBA. Telephonei 1629 J« WM. BADER Importer of Havana Tobacco 4 Burlind Slip, NEW YORK A SpMialty of HAVANA WRAPPEBS and FILLERS ftt retail N4il ordara prompUy 11 I For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to -THE TOBACCO WORLD- L. J. Sellers St Son, EsUbliBhed 1880 -THE TObIJS'^KlS^"^-' SELLERSVILLE, PA. ERNBST ELLINGER & CO. m. .6, w7ter sJ Importers of HA VA NA TOBACCO New York LEAF TOBACCO. OFFICES: DETROIT, MICH. AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. HAVANA .CUBA. New York, 9M.B.GANS MOSES J. CANS JEROME WALLER EDWIN I. ALEXANDER JOSEPH S. CANS lit CO. *rr, «1 Leaf Tobacco i^i^phone— 346 John. No. l.'>0 Wattef Street, NEW YORK. \tELPV Brothers LEAF TOBACCO IMPORTERS AND PACKERS OF )3)tablished 1888. Telephone, 4027 John. No. 163 Water Street, NEW YORK. M. F. SCHNEIDER ; IIIPOBTER OF Sumatra Tobacco CX>INEM lUirESaTEBO AMS1ERDAM. •377 JOHN." 2 Burling Slip, NEW YOMK. J.BQ^HEINte^ HAVANA TOBACCO ,^__^_ ^^......_-^,,..^^^^^,^^^^^^ mm^mr^'^^' ;i^^«f^ ^^a ft. N EW \^^ ■▼ ■ ^^ ^^^B^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^K. 1 . ^^ L, H A V A N ATtrulA " Joseph Hirsch & Son IMPORTERS OK SUMATRA TOBACCO OFFICE! 183 Water St. 0. Z. VOORBURGWAL 227 Amsterdam, Holland. Cable Address: "HERE." NEW YORK not ti« I TOBACCO NEWS OF GREATER NEW YORk| {^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦l New York Bureau of The Tobacco World New York, March 5, Local Havana business.although quite account of their long service in hise brisk from the importers' point of view, ploy and the fact that they we« is after all. merely a banking business, financial distress, he would Vegas, consisting of first and second them to a keg of beer, capaduras of choice Remedies, have A defective electric cigar li been changing hands. Yet, as a matter suspended from a ceiling in the cigj of fact, importers made as a margin of factory of E. Regensburg & So profit the difference represented by the Elizabeth and Canal streets, manof^ exchange. turers of the widely known Ameri* Somewhat different, however, is the clear Havana cigars, started a irek situation in Sumatra tobacco. On the Saturday morning, which created i surface business seema extremely dull, denser volume of smoke than New ?b| and importers will tell you that they has seen in many a day. The dum are doing a hand-to-mouth trade, while by fire and smoke is estimated atft in reality they are ditposing of their stock at a rapid rate. They are ap- parently afraid to tell the truth, im- agining perhaps, that it n ay affect the specting their holdings of U 000. Mortimer Regensburg,' the buyer of this well known and perous house, is still in Havana P* market in Amsterdam. The real reason for the virtual boom in Sumatra to- bacco is the extremely high prices asked for Florida, and the unusually small stock of Sumatra held by manu- facturers. Having been compelled to lay in large Abajo purchases made last fall. The corner building at 161 and Water street, at present occupied Ernest Ellinger & Co.. importers Havana tobacco, Starr Bros., and dealers in seed leaf tobacco, Fritz Jacoby, the genial cigar quantities of domestic tobacco during broker, has been sold and thepr« last fall, manufacturers bought Suma tra tobaco in a hand to-mouth sort of a way, and probably necessarily so, in order to make their financial ends meet, and having apparently met their obli- gations, they are now ready to lay in a supply sufficiently large to last until next fall, and until which time the new crop will not be actually fit to work. The first inscriptions will be held in Amsterdam the end of this week. Type samples were received by importers daring the past two weeks. As far as can be judged from these samples, the new tobacco somewhat resembles last year's crop, and while some of the undermarked are fine, elastic and silky, others show natural holes, stem rot and tenderness, important factors and bound to be recognized. If importers do not develop cases of emotional insanity, as some almost ap- pear to have donu last year, when they paid unheard of prices for ordinary parcels, there is still every possibility he extremely occupants were obliged to lookforotk quarters. Starr Bros, have aM secured the upper portions of 131 fm street. Sam Levy and Charles McDonald, the Enterphse Cigar Co., of Treiui N. J. hap, returned to New Yorki the btearner Merida, after a twowei sojourn in Havana. They fiaythej cured a year's supply of choice tolM and are apparently highly satisfiedrt their trip. Nussbaum & Bauer, one of the* Water street leaf houses, will eooi» move their offices from 184 to 192»w street. Gustav Salomon & Bros. bave» cured a verdict againat E. Garcia to & Co., in the Supreme Court it $1,157, the amount of damage cUiiW' have been sustained by them i»i purchase of a certain quantity vana tobacco from the latter fini 1900. The particular lot in <\Vf> consisted of 72 bales, which IkP tiff firm claimed were represefltf them as being sound, but after w 12 that figures will again ..„^... „„ „ high. The European market is prac- p^^.^j f^r the tobacco, so they »11* tically bare of Sumatra, more so than ^.^ey found that the tobacco «•• it ever was before, and it is also said gound. The goods were tbfl« that the union cigarmakers in Germany shipped to Europe, and sold f* have declared they will not work any highest price obtainable, but whio' more "stueckblatt." If this proves to $1^57 less than the amount tW be a fact, Germany will figure as a p^jd for the tobacco, hence tbfl' keen competitor in second and even in ^-q recover this amount, and for first sizes. Rosenthal Bros., the E. Seventy-third street manufacturers, who had been affected by a strike during the last two weeks, are gradually getting all their hands back again. A long and hard winter does not seem conducive or offer any special inducements to sympathetic strikers. A peculiar incident occurred at the cigar factory of A. Engel & Sons, a jury verdict was given in their The annual meeting of the holders of the American Tob»c» will be held on March 13. Tb* ^ transfer books of the comp«« closed on February 15, and wi» opened March 14. John W. Merriam & Co. have^ a perpetual injunction against"^ Yochum. a cigar manufactaj- Toledo, 0., restraining the 1» INDEPENDENT CIGAR DEALERS! The Sperry & Hutchinson Company's Cer- tificate exactly meets the requirements of you who would make use of effective *' Pre- mium" advertising. It costs less and assures your patrons more than any co-operative or individual plan yet presented to you. They are redeemable in lots of IQO and upwards with the most complete line of premiums in existence. For particulars, address The Sperry & Hutchinson Co. THOS. A. SPERRY, Pres. Fully Paid-up Capital, $1,000,000. Home Office, 320 Broadway, New York City. cigar lactory 01 /\. EinK«i ot ouuo, iv^.cviv., v^., •-- p n Dog " where, a few weeks ago there had been the use of the name ^"" L a three days' strike. A committee called upon Mr.Sam Engel, stating that the strike was not of their volition, but that they were compelled to go out with the others. They asked him if on nection with cigaj^ Yochum h" ConsUTulion f stands for Quality and WorM Remember tnai- doing business under the name of The Bull Dog Cigar Co., and one of the brands of this company was El Belmont Bull Dogs. This restraining order was given with damages. Mr. Merriam, of John Merriam & Co., left on Saturday last for Havana. Cuba. Lewis P. Sutter, of Lewis P. Sutter 4 Bros., will sail on March 13, for A msterdam, Hollpnd, where he will attend the remaining inscriptions of Sumatra tobacco. The annual meeting of the stock- holders of tie American Snuff Co. will be held at the Jersey City offices of the company tomorrow afternoon. Louis Hirsch will leave some time during next week for Amsterdam, Holland, and is hopeful of securing «ome especially desirable lots of Suma- tra tobacco fo! the American trade. Eddie Alexander, of Jos. Cans & Co., between looking atferhis Pennsjlvania trade, and other places, and attending 10 the requirements of the packing jiouae at Lancaster, has been exceed- "igly busy. Jerome Waller, of the wme firm, returned last week from a tnpthrough the Southern Statf^H. wheie , ^''"^ secured a very satisfactory volume of busmess. Ed. Mi,hael. son of C. E. Michael, "'e well known tobacco resweater on llT^'''.!''^^«''«'=''ver.dfromafour ^eeks spell of pneumonia. Dale S. Hill. WAREHOUSE K^prs INCREASE. """T. !"•'-' -nd Conxin, SeUle- ^ Lancaster, Pa., March 4. before f! . ^^ "'^''*' anxieus than packers iinri troubles between •ofreQu!nn''°''""'''*h"^^' have risen le„en ' r'"'"''^' ^" "°^ ^^^"^ *« *'''«lihood of ""'^ ^^^"^^ ^^"^"^^ ''"'® ^^ wjy great improvement unless the remaining crops are brought in in a very much better condition than many of thi.se thus far delivered. There is no denying the fact that some of the crops were in a shameful condition, when offered for delivery to the warehouses, and as time goes on the greatest interest is being aroused by the suit brought by W. T. Killinger against L. P. Kimmig & Co., for failure to accept the crop at the price agreed upon, and a great deal of ill temper has been stirrtd up. Killinger is a tenant on the farm of Deputy Sheriff A. B. Landis, who, it is generally believed, will, by reason of his personal acquaintance in the county be able to bring a great deal of influence to bear on the case. On the other hand, Kimmig has re- tained the services of W. U. Hensel, one of Lancaster's best known and most capable lawyers, and there is every indication that the case will be bitterly contested, even so far. should it be deemed expeditnt. as to ak tor a change of venue, by which the case could he carried to another couniy if, it should be feared that a truly impar- ! tial vtrdict could riot he had in Lancas- ' »-er County, y.t it is not considertd very lik»ly I hat such a course will really be fuunci necfssiry. ('h irles Pul aek. a leaf tobacco dealer of N.w Yoih. purchased the toliacco in the ruins of the Moss building, and engaged Henry Sqhaub to remove it. A price was agreed upi n for wapes (f men and hire of horses and drav.«. Wht-n a bill was prest nte i. it is alleged Pullaeek refused to pay the amount, and therHuprs of the BACHELOR CIGAR 401-403 E. 91st Street. NEW YORK JOHN W. MERRIAIVl Sc CO. **At (he Siiin of the Bull ijoi," New York Real Habana Sedar Makers and Importers L Habaaa Scraps and Cnttinrfa for Sale 13 -THE TOBACCO WORLD- TPIE TOBACCO WORLD- Bstablished 1881 Incorporated 190a i^BiBUUBucu 100* \_T H F *— ».v.4^— .->- -M — T0B/iee0 World Published Every Wednesday TOBACCO WORLD PUBLISHING CO. 224 Arch Street. PKiUdelpKi«. JAV Y. Krout, H. C McManits, President and Oenl. Manager. Secretary and Treasurer. Entered at the Post Office at Philadelphia, Pa., as second class matter. Tki^phones:— Bell, Market 28-97 ; Keystone, Main 45-39^ Cable Address, Baccoworld. Havana Office, Post Office Box j6«. SUBSCRIPTION-PAYABLE IN ADVANCES 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 mnst bear such «^ dence of merit as to entitle them to pnblic attention. No advertisement >nown 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 World Publishing COc, 224 Arch St., Phllada. PHILADELPHIA, MARCH 6, 1907. American Society of Equity says : "The organization has the power to make a reduction in ihe acreage for 1907. Controlling production is the keynote of the song of success in this movement. I cannot urge too strongly the great importance of curtailing this year's tobacco production." The Society of Equity has already been given some little consideration by no less prominent a person than Senator Aldrich, who. during one of the hearings of the Senate Finance Committee on the Free Leaf Bill, took occasion to say that if the Society of Equity sought to curtail the production of tobacco, it was actually in restraint of trade, and in view of Mr. Daven- port's letter to the grqwers of Kentucky and Tennessee, there seems much in- dication that such is the real object of the society, and which, if persisted in, may subject the organization to a Con- gressional investigation. %««A«*^%<%/% THOSE WAREHOUSE RECORDS. The ruling of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, requiring all tobacco warehousmen to keep revenue bocks at their warehouses, and making such demands as were considered by the trade as most unjust, if not almost im- possible, at least in some instances, and which was to have gone into effect on the first of the present year, remains in status quo. The hearings given the leaf interests are now believed to have been most effective, and the prolonged delay in receiving the Commissioner's final, or rather reconsidered, decision is not looked upon as alarming, but only as ominous. It is believed that the Commissioner has been enabled to see that a strict enforcement of his original ruling would work an injustice and hardship upon the leaf trade without a gain to the Government. At the same time the trade indicated its willingness to make any reasonable concessions from its attitude to have the whole ruling reversed, and this it is believed had also a very wholesome effect upon the ideas of the Commis- sioner, and has clearly established that the trade's contentions are prompt- ed only by a desire for justice for the trade as well as an effective revenue service. The requirement to make daily entry of tobaccos received and sold, is very satisfactory, but strenuous and justi- fiable objection was made to the new regulation demanding that a separate record be kept at every warehouse, instead of at the main office of the con- cern as heretofore. Intimation has been lately received, from a semi-official source, that a faverable decision may be looked for. SPUR NOT THE LABORING HORSE. Cigarmakers at various points in New York State, belonging to local unions, are, according to reports re- cently received, becoming restless, and have begun the agitation of an advance in the wage scale. If, in view of the marked advance in the cost of leaf tobacco, cigar boxes, and in fact everything that enters into the production of a cigar, manufac- turers are now to be confronted with a demand for a further increase in an ahready high scale of wages, the manu- facturers' troubles seem indeed to be multiplying at a rapid rate. 14 The agitation for an early advance in wages by union cigarmakers may have been prompted by the effort (but only in some instances, and even then only partially successful) of manufac- turers in securing a material advance for their product since the advent of the rapidly higher price tendency. The fact, therefore, should not be used as a basis of justification for such action at this time. The greater consolation which the manufacturer of union made goods probably has, lies in the fact that before a claim for an increase in the scale rate of wages can be actually demanded, it must be acted upon favorably by the International Union in executive meeting — although there is nothindj to hinder the agitation of the movement by local unions, and, if suf- ficient strength can be developed, it can be forced upon the attention of the men "higher up". It is well remembered that a some- what sinnilar effort was made only last fall, when the low rate of $7.00, which was applying in Pennsylvania, was raised to $8 00. But \\ hen the matter came up before the National organiza- tion, it was adveisely acted upon, due probably to the shrewd foresight of the organization's executive officers. It was strongly intimated at the time by some of the most extensive manu- facturers of c.gars working under the union system that an $8.00 low rate, if promulgated at that time, would in all probability prove most disastrous, to the cause of unionism in the Key- stone State, if it did not indeed prove its complete undoing and possible dis- integration. It is to be hoped the cigarmakers of New York State will act with saneness and reason, considering that the in- dustry is already over burdened in the matter of cost in the production of its wares. In spite of the current reports that the Government proposes to push its in- vestigation of the so-called tobacco trust operations, the Society of Equity, recently formed in Kentucky, openly declares that it proposes to decrease the acreage and increase the price of tobacco. From the face of its state- ments it would not seem that it should be a difficult matter to show that such a movement was little short of a con- spiracy and in restraint of trade. In an open letter to "the tobacco grow- ers", President E. L. Davenport, of the THE NEV SUMATRA SAMPLES [Special to Tobacco World] Amsterdam. March 5. The samples of the new Sumatra to- bacco indicate that it will prove a poorer crop than that of last year, as they are to a large extent brittle, nar- row, somewhat holey and tender, with a small percentage of light colors. H. Philadelphia Tobacco Trade Business with retailers shows a some- what healthy improvement this week. Transient sales have not only been much larger, but box trade was also much better than for some weeks past. Jobbers are also finding a noticeable impr penheimer. Mr. Oppenheimer ig ^ in the Northwest, and is sendinti. some very excellent orders for thefc ducts of this popular house. The Dalton Company's new store ss Chestnut street was opened forL ness March 5. The store is not fitu up as ye^ in its entirety, bot «^ finished will be one of the prettjM stores on Chestnut street. It jg]* feet long, and the fixtures are tm elaborate. In the middle of the floors a humidor, 36 feet long and I5 f,, wide. Back of the store is a W somely fitted up room, where prjvij, customers can select their cigare. | Fred Worthington, well known Id tit cigar trade, is the manager of the m store. George Weaver, of the well kam old firm of Henry M. Weaver & Sm at Sixth & Race streets, retantedii this city a few days ago, from a )i\ satisfactory business trip tbroD(i Pennsylvania. Sam Bayuk, of the Bayuk Bros, 6 gar Co.. 50 North Third street, Ibw on a trip through New Jersey, ai among other places he will spend aou time at Plainfield, where they havea extensive patronage. The 44 Cigar, made by the 44 Co.. at 44 North Twelfth street, i!» ported by th^m to be on sale at aixx: forty-four hundred and forty-foar» tablishments in this city. This is ail to include nearly every drugstorei town. They have again increased tliK factory space commensurate with I rapid strides they are making on the product. A. S. Valentine & Sons inform 1 that the sales of their products aretii year far in excess of any JanuarjsJ February months that they have* perienced in their long career inbtt ness. Particularly notable amoDgtki brands are their Tirador clear Hans Paul Jones seed and Havana, si Betsy Ross, a five cent product Herman Steinberg, who hasbea* gaged in the cigar manufacturing b» ness for several years, and atprexf located at 1223 North Marshall »ti* has formed a partnership with F. J* a Market street hotel man, and 4 business will he. conducted under > firm name of Steinberg & Jones. Th contemplate an early removal of tta: factcry to some desirable downt««i location. From the United News Co., cijir*' tobacco distributors at ISthfiFiW streets, we learn that their \f^ has been increased during the flnf*" months of this year over I2,000*J than during the corresponding pe""* last year. They announce tbattj are now so thoroughly co^*"""! city that they are branching out »i; the view to covering io • •"" good way the States of Penwyl^* and New Jersey. Much credit fofj increase is due to John Bege, th«r ent manager of the cigar »nd f*" department, for the aggressive »^ in which he has handled tb«t«J^ the business. They recently tt*^ the Slater stogie line, and •»• building up a very noteworthy «^ on that product. WARNING! In the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania A Permanent Injunction was granted to the EXECUTORS of the ESTATE of ISA- DORE LIBERMAN, deceased, and against WILLIAM F. RUWELL and BENJAMIN WILLIAMS, trading as the Penn Cigar Machine Company, restraining said parties from manufacturing or offering for sale any Cigar Rolling Tables, Wrapper Cutters or Pres- sure Rolls upon which patents are held by the above named Executors. Legal process will be taken against all Infringers and Users of Machines Infringing upon these Patents. LIBERMAN MANUFACTURING CO. 814 Street PHILADELPHIA '^■'•-'- ■THE TOBACCO WORLD- The Miami Valley Leaf Tobacco Co. ALLEN H. REEDER DAYTON OHIO STANLEY M. KROHN Packers of Cigar Leaf Tobacco 1903-4-5 Zimmer Spanish, 1905 Gebhardt, 1905 Dutch, 1905 Connecticut, etc. I ♦ ♦ • ♦ ■ ♦ ■J ♦ -. ♦ t ♦ ■♦ ♦ •4 •♦ •♦ ■♦ ♦ ■^♦♦•♦■♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4 4 Established 1890 { ♦ 4 4 4 4 4 4- 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 (1) Emory Martin (I 4 4 4 4 4 ^ 4 4 E. S. SECHRIST j Dallastown, Pa. Manufacturer cf 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 I Fine and Common I ♦ 4 4 4 •4 •4 I6ARS Capacity, Twenty Thousand per Day 4 4 4 4 4 4 ^ 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Wisdom on the Label Wisdom in the Cigar A 5c. Smoke that is so Good It is Bound to Repeat Ohmit & Kraft East Prospect Pa. f Cigars of Quality Sell and Repeat. Try THE DOCTOR 5c. Ci^ar WALTER S. BARE, Lititz, Penna. Maker of Hlrfh Grade Clears Excloalvely. Among the especially attractive win- dow displays this week was that of E. Y. Sterner Sons, at 20 North Twelfth street, which was given up to a gen- eral line of the goods handled by them. The Khedivial Co., manufacturers of Turkish Delights, Arabs, and other Turkish cii^areties, has promulgated a special 10 per cent, gratis deal on some of their products in this city for a short time only. Last week seems to have been some- what of a cigarette week at any rate. The Nestor-Gianaclis Co., of Boston, manufacturers of the Nestor Egyptian cigarettes, are engaged in an extensive advertising campaign in this city. They have placed quite a number of window displays in the show windows of many prominent cigar stores. Schinasi Bros., manufacturers of Schinasi Natural cigarettes, of New York, are also engaged in an advertis- ing campaign on an extens ve scale in this city. It is announced that they have secured a number of large bill boards on which they will do some at- tractive poster work. p. L. Reid, of the Larus & Bro. Co., of Richmond, Va., was a recent visitor in this city. W. W. Russell, an old time and well known salesman with this house, who has frequently visited this city, has transferred his headquarters temporarily to Chicago. Thumas E. Bowen, representing V. Guerra, Diaz & Co., of Tampa, Fla., K. M. Ellis, representing Melachrino & Co., cigarette manufacturers of New York, S. R. Kocher, cigar manufac- turer at Wrightsville, Pa., and Hiram Martin, of W. H. Snyder & Co., cigar manufacturer at Windsor, Pa., were all recent visitors in this city. The annual meet^ing of the Philadel- phia Leaf Tobacco Board of Trade will be held at the Harris Club, this city, March 12. A call for the meeting was ritnt out today by Secretary Batroff. PHlLAliELPHlA LLAF MARKET prices, thus placing dealers inapoii. tion of not knowing with any degr* of safety what to do in the matter j( buying largely, it seems reasonaiif certain that the present lethargic co*. ditions must change ere long. If manufacturing interests cansul, Stan tiate the position they areauai^ ing, for an indefinite period, itigpoj. sible that a change in price maybe brought about. But if, on the othe hand, the manufacturers' position siuH be found untenable, and they beso* practically forced to buy, it willlun all the more buoyant effect on the mar- ket, if not actually bringing aboutu advance rather than an decrease. Tin whole matter seems to hinge upon tin quantity of leaf that manufacturen have or have not actually got on hand There is no abatement in theactivitj of the cigar industry as shown by tlit internal revenue returns, which report a wholesome increase over a similii period of last year. An increase ii production necessarily means an it crease in consumption of new materiil Consequently the pertinent query: How long will the manufacturers' pr» ent supply last? The Sumatra market has not under- gone any material change, notwith- standing the approach of the 1907 in- scriptions in Holland. There are still some stocks in the hands of local housei, but they are being gradually depM and detailed information concenisi the new goods is now eagerly awaited Havana tobacco has experienced > normal sale, but no particularly Dot» worthy transactions were reported Advices from Cuba, which weretotiu effect that growing crops are nowpr> gressing nicely in must districts, han had a wholesome effect in this market There has not been any change in pria Importers declare supplies are onl; about sufficient to enable them to loot after the needs of their present trad* EMPLOYMENT FOK WAK VCTERAft -THE TOBACCO WORLD- It has been anot. tr very quiet week in local trade circlet, so far as saks of domtsiic cigar leaf todacco are con- cerned. There were offerings of con- siderable quantities of Pennsylvania tobaccos durinw the week, but buyers did not seem highly attracted by the prices asked for the goods. It has been definitely learned that there are considerable quantities of 1905 to be had from packers, in fact, more than was some weeks ago thought to be the case. Of Wisconsin, Ohio and Connec- ticut there was also a fair amount of tobacco offered in this market, but in consequence of the price it met the same fate at the hands of the trade here, as did Pennsylvania. It is rather a complex situation. Dealers generally are not overstocked, but in view of the fact that the manu- facturers so steadfastly refuse to buy in any volume at the present prevailing Reading Manufacturer InlereiU HimK" Practically in Their Behalf- Reading, Pa., March i A. Thalheimer, of the A. Thaiheinier Mfg. Co., and one of the wealthiermei of the town, is again giving mucbit- tention to philanthropic work. Thu time he has taken up the cause of Civ" War veterans, who have lost their places of employment by reason of oM age or partial disability, but who J" not entirely unfit for some light work- A score or more \ eterans have alre»« been found places of employoM^ mostly in cigar factories, where tbef strip tobacco, and the manufacturer" who have tried the idea of employ'"' partially disabled veterans forstrippiM services, have found the plan ^^^^ satisfactory, and the men find th«W» to be paying better than they hid* pected. and appear to be highly f«WjJ with a kind of employment that""' can do well. ■ ^ The cigar factory of F. A.^WePg^ HUNTER- AJiL'^'i^ Has won many races for_de»le'* Try it Largest CIGAR KIBBONS. aU'.:;l..,.c Plam and Fancy RibbamM. Write for Sample Card and Price Limt to Department ?f rf«''< expecting to get back about the middle of the mon'h. W W. S evAHM. . f W. W. Stewart Marcus Jaskulek Morris Jaskulek Robert Jaskulek. M. JASKULEK & SONS Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco 814 and 816 East Third Street D4YTON, OHIO Joe Endress, Jr. A. C. Kercher Pioneer Leaf Tobacco Co, Germantown, Ohio Packers of CIGAR LEAF TOBACCO High Grade Cigar Molds in any shape, at low st prices. C1G4R MANUFACTURERS* REVENUK I\OOKS 23 cents each ; postage prepaid, 30 cents. The American Ci^ar Mold Co., Cincinnati, 0, W. H. SNYDER &C0. Windsor, Pa. Manufacturers of Popular Brands of Fine»"<'Medium Priced Cigars Correspondence with Wholesale and Jobbing Trade only invited. Particulars cheerfully given to responsible inquirers. Our Leaders Include: Honeysuckle, Rose Show, Jumbo, Libby Dear, Verelda, Charles Fay, Carisima, Gov. Pattison, Model American, and Others. 17 'Jfr C«pa«lt7 tor Manolactarliig Cigar Boxes to — LwATt Room vom On« Mors Good Customsx. « L* U« ^CllCrS & ^OIli oCUCrSVlllCf I 8» THE TOBACCO WORLD For Gentlemen of Good Taste ^S^N FELieE^ O ^ A HIGH GRADE H ^ »JCr#CIGAR FOR iJC. Sold Extensively by Leading Cigar Dealers and Druggists Throughout the United States SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES THE DEISEL-WEMMER C0.» Makei^ LIMA, OHIO J. F. REICHARD Wholesale Dealer in LEAF TOBACCO of All Grades Craley, Penna, W. W. STEWART & SON Reading, Pa. Makers of the JOHN HAY LADY HELEN lOc. JOHN HAY, Jr. ELI PERKINS 3c. Hi^h Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Corrrnpnndence %vith Kesponslble Houses Solicited •^ L. J. SMITH & CO. Wholesale Cigar Manufacturers AND Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Red Lion, Pa. Manufacturers of tfJ»nM«R?BS k^- -PAN ANNA 3c. Cigars Two Havanas Two for Five Gents Private Brands nade to order. ft With .Specially Desliined Bands. Correspondence with Responsible Houses solicited, \ SMITH BROS. Brokers in Domestic ¥ 17 A IT T'/^IU A /^^/'^/^ and Imported LtL/Ar 1 ULJ/\1^\^VJ No. 1 7 Charter Street, Dayton, O. Ohio Goods Our Specialty 18 & Sons, recently visited the jobbing trade in Harrishurg, York, etc., and rp.orts that business is opening very nicely in those sections. George N. Fehr of John U. Fehr & Son, leaf dealers of this city, recently visited the trade in Richland Station, Sheridan, Newmanstown, etc., with gratifying results. H. G. Burky recently concluded a contract with an important jobbing house, which will take up a very large ostput of his goods. He informs us now what he needs is more room, so that more hands may be employed. H. Roy Nissly, with E. L. Nissly & Co., leaf packers at Florin, Pa., was recently visiting the trade in Reading, Sinking Springs and vicinity, in the in- terest of his father's business. F. J. Ritter, Boyertown, recently erected a building in that borough in which he will open a retail cigar store which he will operate together with the manufacturing business. A new cigar factory is being erected at Schaefferstown for Mock Bros. It is to be ready for occupancy about April 1. "Hand him a lemon" is a new slogan now being used by the Lebanon Cigar Mfg. Co., at Lebanon, Pa., in adver- tising their trick cigars, which are now being turned out in large quantities and sold extensively in Texas and the Western States. The firm has all the business it can handle, but is desirous of securing more cigarmakers. Henry F. Fidler, a well known cigar manufacturer of Womelsdorf, through his counsel, H. P. Keiser and C. H. Ruhl, issued a warrant before Alder- man E. I. Sandt in this city, charging S. V. Nagle, President of the Miller Pure Rye Distilling Company, located near Womelsdorf, with criminal libel. The warrant was served by Constable Wagner. Mr. Fidler alleges that Mr. Nagle is the publisher of a liquor trades paper in Philadelphia, in which Mr. Fidler is the subject of a cartoon. A few dpys ago, Mr Nagle brought suit against Mr. Fidler to collect $500 alleged to be due on a stock nubscrip- tiorTin the Miller Rye Company. ^ Mr. Fidler was a signer to a remon- strance against the application of the Miller Company for a distiller's license. Are Popular Because They Please the Consumer. —Cigarmakers' Union No. 6, of Sj» cuae, N.Y., has deposed Matthias Boluj as secretay and treasurer, and elettd in his place Jacob Siegel. Mr. 3oliij has been treasurer 20 years. Imn larities in his accounts are now allegt^ which Mr. Boland claims are menir errors in bookkeeping. The sum ii> volved is stated as between $300 ui $400. —David M. Wallace has purcbwi an interest in the cigar business of E V. Groesbeck, at Mt. Clement, Mi4 The firm name will be Groesbeck I Wallace, with headquarters at 21K Gratiot avenue. A general line ol cigars and tobacco will be carried, iti the firm intends to cover the eotin State. —The Jersey Cigar Co., of Foft Wayne, Ind.. contemplates Iccatingit Huntington in the near future. Sevenl locations are under consideration, bit nothing definite has yet been decided SPECIAL NOTICE x^% cents perS-piint mgasgredllMJ To Mannfactarers of Cigars: If you have any Cattin^s, Scraps or Siftinji to sell, write us. We are at all times in the marketii Cash Buyers of all these product* EDWIN L. KOPPELMAN CO. 7-6 Ih 81 Pine St., New Y«A "pOR SALE. -Nice lot of 75 hogsheidil -*■ good heavy Kentucky broken leij and scraps suitable for making smow tobacco. Also, nice old, well swest* well-sized cigar fillers and wr»pp« Buckner, Dunkerson & t^ 7-1 Itf Louisville, W; QITUATION WANTED-ByaSilJ ^ man of wide experience. WouWw cept line of Manufactured Tobacco J Cigars. Thoroughly qualified to bajj a staple line, or would do mission iw on a new product. Ptiiladelpm* "J adjacent territory preferred. Twoyew in present posiiion. Address balesmw, Bjx 24, care of Tobacco World^^ CSTABLISHED BROKER desire* ^ good line of Medium Priced W«J Good business for a good factory. dress J. S., Box 32, care of Toy World. Philada. ^^^ \A/E PURCHASE Cigar Molds-J ^^ desirable shapes-such Mf^ 16.261, No. 8.S32. No. 8.569. WnJ».J siatmg what you have and t«6 <*'',? i«( Winget Mfg. Co^ork^_Pa^_Jf:i:: WAN TED-A line of cheap Penj} vani4 goodd on a brokerageMJ Address Broker. Box 23. care oi ^ Tobacco World. Phila. ^^ To RENT.-Uppjr floors ioxi^^ ^ purposes. Apply li^l N.Sd St. ror Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to ubiished sso. |^<|. Sellers & Son, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO., SEL1.ERSVILLE, Pa. THE TOBACCO WORLD J. B. MILLEYSACK Manufacturer of Fine Havana PIHADQ Hand-Made UlUHliO No. 821 Lake Street LANCASTER, PA. Correspondence with the Jobbing Trade solicited. f J. E.SHERTS & CO. I Lancaster, Pa. I fBH^HMPm^^^^. J^^^Bi^HI Manufactorert of jjigd-lrraile Send&HaTiiin Cigars CORRESPONDENCE INVITED FROM RESPONSIBLE HOUSES. The m Ed^e Cigar Box Factory J. PRANK BOWMAN 31 Market St. Lancaster, Pa, CIGAR BOXES SHIPPING CASES LABELS, EDGINGS, RIBBONS Cigar Manufactorers' SUPPLIES of All Kinds Daily Capacity, Five Thousand Boxes "ove Yonr Tobacco on USED BY Leading Tobacco Dealers BUILT AND SOLD BY ^ox Truck The Wra. F. Kramer Co. DAYTON, OHIO DALLASTOWN, PA. Manufacturer of Nickel & Medium Price CIGARS For Wholesale and Jobbinij TratW E RHNNINGER, :d 1889. Manufacturer of High and Medium Grad* Gig, ars ^ctly Union- Made Goods. DdlVGr Pa, \^ •*"»•«_» •*-% ,^ *'~^"-., IN STOCK ; TO ORDER 5AMPLE5& PRICES FURHISHED .. UPON Applicatiom CIGAR LA3ELS .'*!!'.!??!^..^"=' BANDS It Will Remove Rankness from Tobacca Take Away Mustiness and Give Ciiiars Havana Flavor. CHASKEL'S SPANISH BETUNE Is Specially adapted to give that Peculiar Sourish Effect desired. Ghaskel's Flavors the Cheapest in the market, considering what they do. A Card Will Brin^ More Information and Prices. Chaskel Chemical Works 263 West Broadway, New York CHASKEL'S CIGAR *ToaAC^ rLAVOPS CIGAR BOXES ^lirURS OF ARTISTIC SKETCHES AND QUOTATIONS FURNISHED WRITE fOft SAMPIES m RIBBON PRICES CiaRMBBONS 19 -THE TOBACCO WORLD- lijift u r ACTU Rev or ALL MINOS or l38ai40CCNTPE5T. NCW YORK., Cigar Box Labels AND TRIMMINGS. Philadelphi Office, 573 Bourse Bldg. H. S. SPRINGER, Mgr. Chicago, 56 Fitth Avenue, E. E. THATCHER, Mgr. ban Francisco, 320 S.nsoii.c btreet, L. S. SCHOENFELD, Mgr. CONVLNnOM OF KbTAlLbKS. ♦ ♦ ♦ 4 ♦ ♦ •♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ that we sell more HAVANA- RINE every year? It must be a good thing lor the cigar manu- facturer and. a good thing for the smoker. Why is it that you have not adopted this kasing fluid in your factory? Stop and think for a moment: ''Is it a j^^ood thing forme to make my cigars taste better? Write us about it. ♦ ♦ ♦ •4 ♦ Tobacco Improvement Co. 504 Ninth Street, N.W., Washington, D. G. SI^Uil»dUriSLildrA CLARENDON ROAD & £.37" T^ 5T. BR OOKLYN . N Y. FINE CIGAR LABELS _ir-*4CJ_ PRIVATE BRANDS OFORIGINAL DESIGN *iAKI »"»-*AISI<_ __ 0»»»X»^%%%%%%%»'V»%%^^^'*l John McLaughlin. J. K. Kauffman. JOHN McLaughlin (t co. P Wholcaal« Dealera in All Kinda of 1 Plug Ql Smoking Tobaccos ' Alao, All Gradea of Fine Cigars ^ Leaf Tobacco No. 307 Norih Queen St. LANCASTER. PA. t %»%%%^%%1 Big Gathering of Independent Cigarists Suggested During Irades Exposition. A movement has been started in New York to have an enormous convention of independent cigar retailers through- out the United States, this convention to be held during the Tobacco Exposi- tion next September. The object in naming this date is to give dealers an opportunity to visit the Exposition while attending the convention. The vital question now facing all re- tailers in the larger towns and in cities is the competition of the chain of stores with their cut prices. It has been urged by prominent independent dealers that the individual dealers get together and discuss the situation in detail, and it is suggested that every dealer in at- tendance have something to say or some idea to proffer that shall be help- ful to the others. It is also aimed to have a large num- ber of jobbers and manufacturers at- tsnd this convention. It is well under- stood that the interests of the jobber and manufacturer are id ntical with those of the retailer, and by such a joint convention, with everyone taking part in the discussion of questions, it is hoped many difficulties may be elimi- nated and a strong harmony estab- lished. As a result of this convention, it is presumed a national organization of retailers will be formed, which shall remain a permanent, active body to further independent interests. Wm. B. Turk, president of the To- bacco Exposition, has offered to this proposed convention the free use of the large concert hall in Madison Square Garden for ^two days, September 9 and 10. He has further offered to furnish a free ticket of admission to the Exposi- tion and to the concert hail for those two days to every retailer desiring to attend. Every retailer interested is requested to send his name and address on a let- terhead or business card, as evidence that he is a retailer, to the Tobacco ! Trades Exposition Company, 710 Flat- iron Building, New York, and a certi- I ficate of membership will be sent him. ' Upon presenting this certificate at the box ofhce at Madison Square Garden it will be exchanged for a member's card and for an admission badge to the Exposition and to the concert hall for the two days of the convention. It is hoped that every Independent dealer, large and small, will send in his name for a certificate, and become active in the movement that shall help him to protect his bu8iness against the encroachments of chain stores and cut- price goods. It will cost him nothing out a postage stamp. An accurate list will be kept of all dealers sending in their requests, and from this list the roll will be called at the opening of the convention. N£W SUNDAY LAW IN CANADA Prohibits the Sale of Liquors, Cigirtu^ Foreign Newspapers. Montreal, March 3. All Canada except the Province d Quebec, came under the terms of tin new Sunday law today. Public entertainments, baseball, foot, ball, gambling, racing, hunting, shoot ing, fishing, sale of intoxicating liqooti, except on physician's prescription, be- tween the hours of 7 o'clock on Sato- day night and 6 o'clock on Mondi; morning: sale of cigars, bringing isti Canada or selling of any foreign nm papers, or the employment of any pa- son to do so, are prohibited by the an enactment. * Work of necessity or mercy is per- mitted, and the act gives a list of tn dozen kinds of work that are permitted HUNTER 5c. Cigar is successful with successful dealers. El Draco Gi^ar Mfi^. Co.. Phila. —A. Ogden & Co., at Owego, I Y., last week closed their cigar i» tory. M. J. Murray, formerly foremn of the factory, has opened a factory 01 his own account in the same buiWini on Lake street. px mmm il THB TO B A ceo WORLD Telephone Call, 432— B ^ and Warehouse: FLORIN, PA. Located on Main Line of Pennsylvania R. R. E. L. NISSLY u* ' .L.A -. .* . W. R. COOPER & CO. Packers of Penna. Broad Leaf Dealers In All Grades of Domestic Cigar Leaf Tobaccos 201 & 203 N. Duke Street LANCASTER, PA. H. H. MILLER, Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds Fine Florida Sumatra IMPORTED SUMATRA and HAVANA AND MUCH Fine Filler Stocic Sar and 320 North Queen Street. LANCASTER, PA. B. F. GOOD Si CO. \ THE BEST ORGANIZS MOST COMPLETER LAEGESTMAILOf LEAF TOBACCO ESTABLISHMENT r AMERICA NEW YORK CHICAGO ST. LOUIS J. W. BRENNEMAN Packer and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Pacl(in^ House, Millersville, Pa. Office and Salesrooms, 110 and 112 West Walnut St. LANCASTER, PA. Kl fAClERS and SCALERS IN Leaf Tobacco 142 N. Market Street, LANCASTER, PA. The York Tobacco Co. Packers and Jobbers in All Grades of TRUMAN D. SHERTZER Dealer in Leaf Tobaccos and Manufacturer of Scrap Filler for Cigar Manufactaring Warehouses: MAIN OFFICE: UNCASTER and ¥ i. O RED LION, PA. Lancaster, xa. LEAF TOBACCO Office and Warehouse, 15 East Clark Avenue Manufacturers of '^7* 1 "Wk Cigar Scrap Tobacco * OFK, f &• W. B. HOSTETTER • em tobacco firms by May I, when tin tax is levied, and none will be \^'^ any State. At a meeting of the tobacco grow* held at Cambridge last week, thepj position to organize a tol)accogro«eB association within the^ Society Equity was brought up. After sever* propositions were discussed it "*' ally decided that one man be appointj as a manager and he was to soi" crops with the idea of having allun» tobacco assorted at some *"*||i where it could be stored, C. ^' * , son, a leading merchant of R"" . was elected as manager. If r^ ^ secure enough crops to make up Rutherford, Constitution, ^ble to hire a gang of assortershewj Hunter — a strong trio. instructed to hire a foreman toatte £1 Draco Gii{ar Mf|{. Co., Philada. to the assorting, and farmers 1»" OFFICE 1 JOHN D. UONa urriuist g^ . FACTORY: No. 118 Mifflin Street Manufacturer of |^ 1 g a TS Cor. Maple 8k Plum Aves., Lebanon, Penna. A Specialty of Private Brands. Telephone Connection Samples Sent to Responslble Houses. HERMAIN DELLE i^^WUCS^ York, Penna. Maker of Delman 10 aad 5c. Herdel 5c. Alex. Martin 5c. UNION MADE CIGARS Sold to Wholesale & Jobbing Trade only Samples to Responsible Houses ex •M«. Bear Bros. Manufacturers of FINE CIGARS R.F.D.No.8,YORK.PA. A specialty of Private Brands for tku Wholesale and Jobbing Trades. Correspondence solicited. Samples on appIic3iitio;«. Brands:— Sfe Bear, Bhe Cub, Essie, and Matthew Carey C. E. MATTINGLY & CO. Manufacturers of Hi^li Grade Union Made FOR THE Wholesale Trade Only Union Chief Supreme Union .V^K^^IJEHSI^^ Mc Sherry stown. Pa. el- ^^^ot ElOno ' Union Made 5-Cent Cigars are as Good as Cigars Can be Made Ghas. A. Oberly, Maker LEBANON, PA. INCREASE YOUR PROFIT! Columbia Straiiiht Will Do It. We bought a large supply of Good Hav- ana and Domestic Tobacco at the right time. We are located where Good Workmen can be had at Fair Prices. These facts enable us to make our COLUMBIA STRAIGHT a Five Cent Cigar of Highest Quality, Best Work- p manship, to be Sold at Good Profit. '^fea Schlaeger & Co., Columbia. Pa. Samples on application. '%<%*^ •- GEO. W. PARR Manufacturer of FINE CIGARS Littlestown, Pa. MAKER OF 5c.;thefernside;5c. Sold to the Jobbing Trade only Correspondence invited •%> W. R. DAUGHERTY& BRO. Dallastown, Pa. lift; SHIRtey M nuf c uf' TS oi '"I » »i mmimlmr Fine Domestic Cigars Highest Quality Finest Packa^e^ Wholesale and Jo )bing Trace onljf. Corres"oi df nee with Active Houses Invited R. E. JACOBY Wholesale Manufacturer of Strictly Uniform Quality of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Rothsville, Pa. Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade InviteiL established 1870 Factory No. 79 S. R. KOCHER Manufacturer of Fine Havana Cigars and Packer of WRIGHTSVJLLE, PA. IT'S A WONDER WORKER Havana Tobacco Ferment Neutralizing Solution for Producing a Natural Fermeniation and Sweat in Domestic Tobaccos Acme Extract and Chemical Works E. G. ECKERT. Proprietor HANOVER, PA. 2a *i I ! I THE TOBACCO WORLD- -THE TOBACCO WORLD- I I SAMUEL FRBY Craley, Pa. Manufacturer of Cigars for the Wholesale Trade OLD JUDGE ) Zr MILD AND PLEASANT I J f^- C^ THE CYCLONE I ^^' BROWN BUCK (Banded) f ^ >"> *^^' ALLEN GOODRICH, 3c. Samples to Responslblo Huus-s They Smoke It and Come A^ain I^BACOH '*'::'i\-, .- y>'>v-/'^,>->i-.'* ^E TRADE WIHHCB BLEND, QUALITY and WORKMANSHIP to Please the Most Critical Smokers Manufactured for Joobing Trade Only The Toedtman Cigar Co. Mukers of the Highest Grade ot 5c. Cigars Exclusively MIAMISBURG, OHIO. F The American Tobacco Co. 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 their crops assorted undtr his manage- ment, were to pay the actual cost of having the work done. After all the crops are finished, an advisory board is to be appointed to act with Mr. Tellef- son in establishinvr a fair price for the crops handled under his management, and alter t u said cn)p9 are stored the «ales fhall be made through Mr. Tellef son. As compensation for his services Mr. Teilefscn is to receive at the rate of $2.00 per day with expenses added. TOBACCO AND GERMS. Some men seem to be terribly squeamish. A few days ago it was re- ported that maliKnant germs in great variety were contained in the ice har- vested from the Hudson river. The president of the American Ice Company replied that the ice was perfectly pure. Puultney Bigelow went t? see for him- self. As germs are invisible to the naked eye, Mr. Bigelow naturally didn't find any What he did discover is told in his own words: "In a house which waa desrcibed as holding only pure ice, I found sixty seven men at work chewing tobacco and ejecting it in graceful streams over the surface of the ice which we are invited to melt into our drinking water." Mr. Bige- low was deeply disgusted. And yet thtie is a compensating thought. Even as a minute quantity of nicotine will put an end to the nine lives of a cat, may it not be that the floods of tobacco juice ejected by the sixty-seven men will prove fatal to the disease germs contained in the ice? Possibly the ice consumers of New York have reason to be grateful to the tobacco chewers. Pouliney should learn to look on the bright side of things.— Rochester, N. Y. Chronicle. A liberal amount of tobacco isiug joming to receiving points and a e» aiderable amount of deductions allowances are consenteJ to settlements are effected. Wan handling is being crowded along packing points as fast as possible, few concerns have already finis wc^rk of the season and others see the end. A dull market for old stock o and transactions are confined to g lots on manufacturers' orders. Shipments. 1.122 cases. —Reportet^ J. H. LIEFTINCK & ZOON Sworn Tobacco Brek Office and Sample Rooms: Brakke Grond and Frasc AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. STOKHUYZEN & BR Sworn Tobacco Brok Office and Sample Rooms Nes. 84-86 (Opposite fraa AMSTERDAM. HOLLAND. NIENHUYS & HESTERMiili Sworn Tobacco Brokers Brokers to the Deli Maatschappy AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND Office and Sample Rooms: 87 Rokin ^ 100 Nrs, opposite Fraiai COLOR and CANCELLING SUm LEAD SEALS & STENQLS QQakerGitySteDCil&Stampfli hioorporatad 234 AmA m^ PHILADELPHIA, fl RUTHERFORD '^^^^IaI)!^/''* from the factory of El Draco Ciiar Mfi. Co.. Philada. Leaf Tobacco Markets. SECHRIST, BALDWINSVILLE, N. Y. Receiving has continued at the local warehouses, which are all busy in handling tobacco. E. L. Beebe is still in the field, buying for Charles .Leder- man, of Lancaster, Pa.— Gazette. EDGERTON, WIS. More effort has been made of late to take over the unsold portion of last year's crop than for some time past. Buyers are again riding the growing districts, among them some firms that have not heretofore been interested in the deal. Sales coming to notice, how- ever, indicate that the tobacco is b"ing lifted at from 11 to 13 cents for wrap- per and binder grades, which is several points under earlier quotations, while some rejected lots are bought at even \ less figures. Some low grades are also j being sold by packers for the account j of the scrap manufacturers, and these j too bring less money than earlier in the season. E. S. oc.v.«*^iw., Dallastown, Pa. Manufacturer of Pine and Common Established 189a Capacity, Twenty Thousand p«Df ainufacturer of Cigan YOL AME LOSING MONEY. 7 HOW 7 BAD ACCOUNTS. Charging them off to profit lod lo»». Paying Collection Agency Feci. Paying Memberahip (eea. ••DO-IT-YOLBSELF" The "Do It-Youraelf collection """JU^iSiS whereby you collect your bad accounia '^J' jfjlj and do it in the aame way that it ia done by Ky-*^ Agencies, only BElTER.. 7 WHY 7 It ia a belter syatem. It ia eaaier to operate, — .uu ■iMlS. It keepa the account, in YOVR OWN BAN^* It bringa the money to YOU. It savea Collection Agenciea feea. It aavea Memberahip feea. ,. ,„»« It aavea getting into thehandaot unrelitW*" Price $1.00 Postpaid Each outfit contains everything neoaiw to collect 60 olainns. ^ ^ MONEY REFUNDED if on reoaiP' >^ are not perfectly satisfied. ORUKK lO-DAY United States Collection Aie»<7 Suite 19, 163 Raodoiph S«wt< Chlcatfo. t. S. A. Agents Wanted Write for propo*'"- 24 116-122 E.I4T»^ ST. NEW YORK. BWANCH FACTORY S40-550 W 58tmst NY rcTALOGUES OF OUR STOCK CIGAR LABELS, FLAPS, BA/VOS, PTC ETC., SENT GRAT/S UPON REQUEST PREPAID " write: us BEFORE PLACING ORDERS FOR PRIVATE UABELS. BANDS. ETC., Weidman Bros. & Moyer Manufacturers of Ci^ar Boxes """"•""°" GOLD LEAF EMBOSSING "'°"w.°,S*°^ ^ Factories: '^omeisdorf. Pa., Sinkinii Sprinfi, Pa. Established 1801 New Orleans. Cigar Labels San Francisco. Cmicaco. Ne;w York. •O^ ' '^ ' Cincinnati. laublished 1877 New Factory 1904, H.W.HEFFENER, Steam Cigar Box Manufacturer Howard & Boundary Aves. YORK, PA. INLAND CITY CIGAK BOX CO. >♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ % Dealer in J I Cigar Box Lumber, t I Labels, ♦ t Ribbons, X I Mdging, I I Brands, etc. X > ♦ »♦•»••»♦ » »» < ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦■»♦ Manofacttirers of Cigar Boxes^Shipping Cases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Edgings, etc* #16—728 N. Ciiristian St. JUANCASTER. PA, yiBEN BUSER HANUFAOraitBR OP Cigar Boxes and Cases DBALBR IN Lumber, Labels* Edging, Etc., R. F. D. No. 3, YORK, PA. 2S '. : . w 'i( i £■ /\ (Halves c& O© <^> Havana 123 IMPORTERS OP^^ N. THIRD ST Phu^adblrh/a THB T0BiU^4:0 WORLD JOHN SLATER & CO Manufacturers of Handmade LOINO FILLER STOrJlFS Corner Columbia and Marietta Avenues LANCASTER, PA. No. 21 North Main Street, Washington, Pa. HINNICH BALING PRESS ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Porto Rico Ci^ar Co. Red Lion, Pa. WHOLESALE CIGAR MANUFACTURERS IVIaior Paul ] Lord Selkirk ^ OC. Arrow Point J Tom Lewis— 2 for 5e. Wholesale aod Jobblntf Trade Only CONNECTICUT VALLEY. Little can be said in relation to the bundle tobacco now in farmers' hands, not only on account of 30 little being Indiana. Fort Wayne. — Gierhart & Xookd, cigars and news, dissolved. — —On A. Tonkel, cigars, chattel mortgsgi^ left with the grower, but because of ^'^^■ the slowness pf the buyers to clean up Huntington. what is left. On the street on which 1 live, from the Northampton line to the north line of Whatley. I think there are cigars, etc., chattel mortgage. $421 Yochey Cigar Ci, -The Cappels Cig«C», manufacturers, etc., business sold. Indianapolis.— Robert F. Deiaj, only two or three crops left of those SOMETHING NEW AND GOOD WAGNER'S CUBAN STOGIES Manufactured Only by LEONARD WAGNER . 707 Ohio St., ALLEGHENY, PA Factory ISo. Muncie.— The expected to be sold in the bundle. I sold out. „ „ ^, know of two crops of ten acres or more Washmgton^-C. B. Thorp, cm each, both in Whately. owned by John etc.. sold to F. A. Buchanan. cigu^ GEO. STEUERNAGLE CELEBRATED HAND-MADE STOGIES. Manufacturer of Pittsburg Stogies Goods sold direct to Jobbers and Dealers 5143 Penn Ave., Pittsburg, Pa, M. Crafts and Michael Holloren, and both are good lots. Mr. Crafts last wetk had calls from four buyers, who wanted to look at his crop with a price of 15 cents, but were refused. He asked 18 cents, and if not sold by March 5. or thereabouts, will probably put his crop into some shop to be sorted. Well, it is time to have the stuff out of ihe way pretty soon, as the winter is passing away, by the calendar, although the weather at present seems ^^^;^{^^^^-^^ of business, wintry enough to put oflf the makng and sowing of the seed beds for two months yet. Our correspondents write : North Hadley, Mass. : "Not much doing in tobacco sales in this locality. Frank Scott fold 31 tons seed leaf at and confectionery. 13 ctnts in the bundle. Only three Cohn crops remain unsold." Feeding Hills, Mass. : "Edward M. Wright is assorting his crop of fix acres, which is proving better than he Tennessee expected. Buyers are around, as there Whitlock.—Huddleston & Wbitl* about 70 acres unsold, but they leaf tobacco, burned ; insurance, $3,* ^^^ 1 ■i" ii ■ ^ ^^^ « r Mi P % L SB ■ ^T^ n ■i'. . 1 b 1 I m^. M i. ^m ^ 1 V . \ \ .i" •1 * ! > * • i' • 0 k ^ r'" ! \ 4" 1 m ^" ■^ BW- . 1. k^ ri;*-^ ~^ii^niBi H^^ j^^l iygi^ 1 u ^\...r-^^ ' »♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦ ^.^^^^^^^.^^-♦♦♦♦♦♦^ ♦^^^ ♦^^♦^ " ♦ ♦ METAL ENBOSSLD LABELS METAL PRINTED LABELS ♦ < r y ll# J# f leiscKKauer lit Cigar Labels 238 Arch Street, Philadelphia. TKLKPHONE 1561 >♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ v*^'*^^*^^*^"^^*^ »♦♦■»♦ »♦♦♦♦»♦♦< ♦ •♦ UTHOr.lLAPHlNG SPECIAL DESKftit f I XX trntmrntrnd March B. 1897 Maine. Madison. --D. N. Sawyer, confectionery, etc., sold out. Massachusetts. Hudson. -Michael J. Doherty, iM Fof All Kinds of Products Requiring Baling bacco and confectionery, succeeded br George W. Parker & Co. New Hampshire. . Rochester.— Elkhorn Cigar Factaj (not inc.), burned out. New York. Elmira.-John W. Feeney, cigH TOBACCO STEMS. PAPER, COHON. Elc Specially Constructed • •PRESSES.. Ohio. Dayton.— George C. Albert, am and tobacco, real estate deed, (5Ji Oregon. The Dalles.— O. V. Robert, cip sold to WiltKi Rhode Island. Pawtucket.— J. P. Horton A ft. cigar manufacturers, dissolved. OLDEST MANUFACTURERS OF PEACH -PRUNE ( ESSENCES are hope to get it for about 15 cents a pound, which price the farmers do not think high enough,." East Whately, Mass. : "I report the sale of tobacco at Whately Centre, of John Donovan, about 8 acres, at private terms. Not many crops are left in Whately and those are not 15 cent crops not until the snow is all gone." — American Cultivator. Also of the World Renowned and Non-Evaporating SPANISH BETUNS Cigar and Tobaao Flavors, Sweeteners, etc. Write for Free Samples and Particulars Guaranteed to be the Strongest and Best Established 1855 FRIES & BRO. HUNTER S'cS is all to the front; made by EL DRACO CIGAR. MFG. CO . PhiUda. 92 Reade Street, 26 NE W YORK. Business CKaLOges, Fires, Etc. Connecticut. Torrington. Terry Bros., turers of cigars, etc., damaged by fire; insured. Florida. Tampa.— Bustillo Bros. &Diaz, cigar manufacturers, real estate mortgage, $18,577. Idaho. Bathdrum.— B. K. Short, confectionery, etc., deed, $500. Texas. Beaumont.— T. E. Linn, cigar«,Aj sold to C. J. Nelson. Washington. Seattle. -J. Marcuse, cigars, fj signed to Merchants' Association. Spokane. Havana Cigar Co. n>*| facturers, files petition to dw porate C. A. Lyons, cigars,' f erred assets. J. R. Timo cigars, chatetl mortgage, $150. Tacoma.- Mrs. M. A. Morton, and confectionery, succeeded by Kf| ard Johnson. Marzano & cigars, confectionery, tetc, J-M" individually, deed, $2,300.- Ott, cigars, confectionery, «tc., manufac- $220. — C. Stout, of Grand Rapids- is now in North Fort Worth, to establish a new cigar factonr' The matter is in the hands of North Fort Worth Commercial and it is probable that a manufscW cigars, industry of considerable size undertaken. -ai For Le^if Tobaeco Packers WATrarued tu do more and t>etter work \n a given time, with ' less labor tnan any Press on the market Unsurpassed for power, !> rcn^th, imiplicity and durability, as well as ease and quickne>i> in operation Various sizes manufactured. Write for price- and tul' particulars. They are indispensable in leaf packin||< and tobacco Marehouseji. Hundreds m u:>e. MINNICH MACHINE WORKS Landisville, Lancaster Co., Pa. —Established 1834— WM. F. COMLY & SON Aoctioneers and Commission Merchanls 27 South Second Street PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday • ^i^ars, Tobacco, Smokers' Articles ^ special Sales of Leaf Tobacco *^»»ignments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Day of Sale I JACOB a-SHIRK Lancaster, Pa. JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS of American Tobacco Co. American Cigar Co. American Stogie Co. Lubrman "" i I r* ■■ ' Brilliant as Diamonds Fragrant as Roses Good as Government Bond* Are the CIGARS 'R'e&'^SSfc ''Brilliant Star" Clear Havana . . lOo^ "S. B " Half Havana 5Ck "S. B." Little Havanas 5o« ♦♦Honest Bee" 3t. «2-I— No" Mildest Cigar Made 2 fo»5t« Special Brands Mada to Ordav Stauff er Bros. Mfg. Co., New Holland, Pa. Send Your Cigftr Buyer Here We Will Save Yo« Money Pat trill i f^f^-f^ Caveats, Trade Marks, t^XlCo Design-Patents, Copyrights, etc. air John A.Saul U Droit Building, WASHINGTON, D. C. For Sale by All Dealers V I R O I N I A P E R I Q U B MIXTURE S6e AMERICAN TOBACCO CO. NEW YOKE • I N. THIRD ^IMPORTERS OF I JOHN SLATER & CO Manufacturers of Handmade < • LONO FILlTbR STOfilFS Corner Columbia and Marietta Avenues LANCASTER, PA. No. 21 North Main Street, Washington, Pa. Porto Rico Ci^ar Co. Red Lion, Ra. WHOLESALE CIGAR MANUFACTURERS Maior Paul ] Lord Selkirk ^ OC. Arrow Point J Tom Lewis— 2 for 5e. Wholesale and Jobblna Trade Only Indiana. Fort Wayne - Gierhart & Tonk«l cigars and news, dissolved.—— On A. Tonkel, cigars, chattel mortgjge, $700. Huntington. The Cappels Cigar Ck, manufacturers, etc., business sold. Indianapolis.— Robert F. SOMETHING NEW AND GOOD WAGNER'S CUBAN STOGIES Manufactured Only by Factory Mo LEONARD WAGNER . 707 Ohio St., ALLEGHENY, PA >Mios CONNECTICUT VALLEY. Little can be said in relation to the bundle tobacco now in farmers' hands, not only on account of 30 little being left with the grower, but because of the slowness of the buyers to clean up what is left. On the street on which 1 live, from the Northampton line to the north l.neof Whatley. I think there are cigars, etc.. chattel mortgage, $425, only two or three crops left of those Muncie.-The Yochey Cigar Ca, expected to be sold in the bundle. I ^^'^ o"*^; know of two crops of ten acres or more Washington. each, both in Whately. owned by John etc.. sold f.o F M. Ctafts and Michael HoUoren, and both are good lots. Mr. Crafts last wet k had calls from four buyers, who wanted to look at his crop with a price of U) cents, but were refused. He asked 18 cents, and if not sold by C. B. Thorp, cim A. Buchanan. Maine. Madison. I). N. Sawyer, cigin, confectionery, etc., sold out. Massachusetts. Hudson. —Michael J. Doherty, t> bacco and confectionery, succeeded bf March 5. or thereabouts, will probably George W. Parker & Co. GEO. STEUERNAGLE THE CELEBRATED Manufacturer of \ Xiado 2-Ssalc , A^. HANDMADE ^^X [ ^y STOGIES, x-y Pittsburg Stogies Goods sold direct to Jobbers and Dealers New Hampshire. . Rochester. -Elkhorn Cigar Fartaj (not inc.), burned out. New York. Elmira. John W. Feeney, cigB and tobacco, out of business. Ohio. Dayton.- -George C. Albert, cipB and tobacco, real estate deed, $5,811 Oregon. The Dalles.-O. V. Robert, cigu sold to WiltM i 5143 Penn Ave., Pittsburg, Pa, OLDEST MANUFACTURERS OF PEACH ( and PRUNE ESSENCES put his crop into some shop to be sorted. Well, it is time to have the stuff out of ihe way pretty soon, as the winter is passing away, by the calendar, although the weather at present seems wintry enough to put off the makng and sowing of the seed beds for two months yet. Our correspondents write : North Hadley, Mass. : "Not much doing in tobacco sales in this locality. Frank Scott fold 31 tons seed leaf at and confectionery, 13 ctnts in the bundle. Only three Cohn. crops remain unsold." Feeding Hills, Mass. : "Edward M. Wright is assorting his crop of six acres, which is proving better than he expected. Buyers are around, as there are about 70 acres unsold, but they hope to get it for about 15 cents a pound, which price the farmers do not think high enough." East Whately, Mass. : "I report the sale of tobacco at Whately Centre, of John Donovan, about 8 acres, at private terms. Not many crops are left in Whately and those are not 1.") cent crops not until the snow is all gone." — American (-ultivator. 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 Establlsh(>d 1853 FRIES & BRO. 92 Reade Street, •NEW YORK. 26 HUNTER l^Jclll is all to the front; made by EL DRACO CIGAK MFG. CO . PhiUda. Business CKa.nges. Fires, Etc. Connecticut. Torrington. Terry Bros., manufac- turers of cigars, etc., damaged by fire; insured. Florida. Tampa.— Bustillo Bros. & Diaz, cigar manufacturers, real estate mortgage, $1S..577. Idaho. Bathdrum.— B. K. Short, cigars, confectionery, etc., deed, $500. Rhode Island. Pawtucket.— J. P. Horton & Ci, cigar manufacturers, dissolved. Tennessee. Whitlock.-Huddleston & WhittaA leaf tobacco, burned ; insurance, $3,1 Texas. Beaumont. -T. E. Linn, cigars, ett. sold to C. J. Nelson. Washington. Seattle. J. Marcuse. cigars, n signed to Merchants' Association. Spokane. Havana Cigar Co., o* facturers. files petition to disin* porate C. A. Lyons, cigars, tn» ferred assets. — J. R. Timberffl* cigars, chatetl mortgage, $150. Tacoma.- Mrs. M. A. Morton, ci^ and confectionery, succeeded by K ard Johnson. Marzano 4* cigars, confectionery, fete, J. Martt* individually, deed. $2,300, »" confectionery, etc.,«» Ott, cigars, $220. -C. Stout, of Grand Rapids. Mii is now in North Fort Worth. prePj™ to establish a new cigar factory t'i'jj The matter is in the hands of North Fort Worth Commercial and it is probable that a manufact" industry of undertaken. considerable size THB TOBJfc:C-CO WORLD HINNIGH BALING PRESS ^^ " — ^-"m »♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ♦•^♦^ ♦♦♦♦»i»iii ♦ ♦ METAL CNBOSSLD LaBCLS METAL PRINTED LABELS ♦ * r ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ it ♦ ♦ ll# 4l« r leiscKKauer Cigar Labels 238 Arch Street, Philadelphia. TH.LKPHONE 1561 ♦ •♦ LITHOr.R.APHING SPECIAL DESIGIti ♦ ^ Pataatcd March 0. 18B7 For All Kinds of Products Requiring Baling TOBACCO STEMS. PAPER. COTTON. Etc. Specially Constructed ..PRESSES.. For Le^if Tobacco Packers Warraiiied to do more and better work in a given time, with less (at>or tnan any Press ou the market. Unsurpa;>sed for power, b rrn^th, imif^licity and durability, as well as ease and quickne>'- in operation Various sizes manufactured. Write for ])t\c.e- and tul particulars They are indispensable in leaf packing and tobacco warehouses. Hundreds in u^e. MINNICH MACHINE WORKS Landisville, Lancaster Co., Pa. —Established 1834— WM. F. COMLY & SON ktioneers and Commission Merchanis 27 South Second Street PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday- ^ii^rs, Tobacco, Smokers^ Articles ^ special Sales of Leaf Tobacco ^signments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Day of Sale r JACOB G.^SHIRK Lancaster, Pa. JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS of American Tobacco Co. American Cigar Co. American Stogie Co. Luhrman & Wilburn Tobacco Co. Blackwell Durham Tobacco Co. Spalding & Merrick Tobacco Co. Vt WIf f PAVVftll <° G^'^ ^^ PRICES before It TTlLLf lAI lULI orderln|{ ^oods elsewhere. ■ H '« mm^^^M ■■^ftini "V-^r..iii.ii Ji Brilliant as Diamonds Fragrant as Roses Good as Government Bonds Are the ClbAKo RegiB^ered^Snllli "Brilliant Star" Clear Havana . . lOo^ •'S. B " Half Havana 5c "S. B." Little Havanas 3c ••Honest Bee" 3e. "2— I~No" Mildest Cigar Made 2 ffoi>'5c Special Brands Made to Order Stauffer Bros. Mfg. Co., New Holland, Pa. Send Your Cigar Buyer Here We Will Save You Non«f i^tl'fcy Caveats, Trade Marks, ^-U Co Design-Patents, Copyrights, etc. SeT"' TOHN A.Saul le Droit Building, WASHINGTON, D. C. Par Sale by All Dealers E R I Q u MIXTURE SAe AMERICAN TOBACCO CO^ NEW YOKE ! I INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE E. A. C c£GoH AVANA N. THIRD sr PMILAOmL^HIM ys GOODyiS THE/fAME Growth signifies "C^ TiTAOC Mark. '^g^^-O RECI8TCRCD ^^^'^ Havana NONE GENUINE UNLESS BEARING THIS BAND I- m WITH OUR TRADE MARK IN COLORS V.X'^-VO ^X-^.XXX.^'VV.J- f BEOtNlBUHG&SONS u> \>. > THE AMERICAN D£.WAR£ Or/M/TAT/O/S/S, IE EVERYWHERE M Constant Merit! Cigars that hold the confidence of their smokers pay dealers best. DIAMOND JOE CIGAR FACTORY brands stand pre-emi- nently in a class of their own. H. FENDRICH Evansville, Ind. ^^^^^^^^^ m I WARREN BECK & BRO. Ten-Gent Brands: Dak« of Westminster Admlrnl GherardI Gen. IVarren La Rcspoikder Marcana La Clanlidiid Cigar Manufacturers York, Pa. Michael Hose A.F. BriinuAj d u Manufac* turersof LEAF TOBACCO, r t THie 1/ r p BiUblished in 1881. 1 Vol XXVII.. No. 11. ) PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK. MARCH 13. 1907. { One Dollar per Annom. Payable in Advance. RTEBSaPACKtRs lit-.' J KoiB. lEAF TOBACCO No. 310 Race Street Philadelphia • CENTRAL UNION* No 0th er brand of Tobacco has GrroAvn so quickly in public favor. Reasons: Quality, Price, Union Label, Friendly Dealers* Aid, and Tobacco Trust's Hostility. r:£NTHAL UNION S&;'*! ' • United States Tobacco Co., Richmond,?!. ■Si i5 a Dttoi <% m^^WWV^^0*/ViM*/¥^'^M*Mym^^MVy^mi^%^ k«Ml%'%^ I ^%» A: D. KILLHEFFER, MILLERSVILLE, PA i SVMATRA TOBACCO The Kind that Wraps Economically H. DUYS & CO. No. 170 Water Street, New York Ihe Leading Exclusive Sumatra House Amsterdam House: — De Amsterdamsche Tabakshandelmaatschappij. p liket of Hi^h Grade Cigars. "^^^" No Salesmen. Commnnicate with FacWj Growers and Packers of FLORIDA TOBACCOS Write for Samples SCHROMDMR & ARGUIMBAU 178 Water Street, New York *•*! E. ROSENWALB, & BR0., »r THE TOBACCO WUKbD t THE dc. CIGAR that yoo*ll say is "All to the Front." El Draco Cigar Mfg. Co. Pbilada. (lord LANCASTER, 10c.) Oli Bl. k Co. Manufacturers 615 Market St., Philada. (NICKELBY, 5c.) CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Kni^ 5-cent Gi^ar Made by Morris D. Neumanns (a PHILADELPHIA, PA. I I Journal r Greene e. T. coiiM SUMNER GREENE & CO. Manufacturers of erie's Cidaps 3330 MARKET ST., PHILADELPHIA are Seal Factory 1839. First District Penna. MSNgrociGAii SUPERIOR Quality and Workmanship Factory No. 968, First District Fenna. W. K. Gresh & Sons, Makers, Norris(own,P& i^ I i If You Want to be In HAVANA Smoke ^ ON ^ " Madaby K HENRY HEYNANN'S SONS i:l Sinking Spring, Pa. n \ YOU CAIN BUY WEAVER'S ORIGINAL HAVANA SHORTS ALL JOBBING HOUSES C l^armenter Wax-Lined Coupon Cigar PockeU Afford PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indoned by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE Advertising Medium known. ! Racine Paper Goods Co?, Racine, Wis^"*^* Sole Owners and Manufacturers* £. A. C <£ Go. H IMRnRTERS O^^ COSr OF HAULING TOBACCO. The U. S. Department of Agriculture (fives the foUowmg average cost report as to the of hauling leaf tobacco to local markets or Onondaga Counly to Have a Govern* men! Experiment Station. Baldwinsville, N. Y., March 9. In getting a government experiment station the tobacco growers of Ononda- ga county will have the benefit of tests J^nnsylvania and Ohio, and highest in Virginia. North Carolina and South Carolina, where small loads are hauled long distances. The low cost in Mary- lud is due to the tobacco farms being war railroad stations or steamboat landings, so that farmers make an average of three trips a day. The large average load in Pennsylvania is partly the use of 4-horse teams by a of farmers in the tobacco iae to lumber counties. Average Cost of Hauling from Farms. O V 09 B CQ O CO o J c n u CO o aj CO §§ from the farms TaveCfarmprice in the United i a npcember 1. 1905, was equiva- ««\) oer 100 pounds, while the made upen several kinds of soil n stead *^*^ costofhauilng that quantity of the tests being restricted to one average c tract of land, as is customary, •rjlllbenotrd that the cost of haul- After an investigation of conditions ^nroduct is lowest in Maryland, during the past six months George W. ' ,'._.•_ „.,^nhin and highest in Harris, who was assigned to the Onondaga territory by the Bureau of Soils of the Department of Agriculture, submitting recommendations to the bureau which were accepted, and he was recently instructed to proceed with the work along the lines he deemed productive of the best results. Mr. Harris will make Baldwinsville his headquarers this year. He will arrange with farmers in various parts of the county to grow about an acre of tobacco under government supervision, and in all he will have six or eight plots. There will be plots for wrappers, two for fillers and two or more for an undecided quality of leaf. Each plot of ground will be accurately measured and fertilized, and seeded with materials selected and paid for by the government. The farmer agrees to do the work according to the ruling of the government representative, and owns the crop when it is harvested. The government reserves the right to take such samples as may be necessary for showing the outcome of the test. Mr. Harris said yesterday that be- cause of the diversified soil in the vicinity of Baldwinsville, he did not believe it would be possible to do the best experiment work upon any one farm and that for that reason the other course had been adopted. It has been tried in other parts of the country, but as a rule a station is established on one particular kind of soil. Mr. Harris says he believes there is a great future for the tobacco growers of Onondaga. He sees where improve- ments can be made and with the es- tablished demand for the leaf he be- lieves tobacco will become ont of the leading agricultural products of the county. Penn"8ylvania 3 4 13 23 3 2 4 .53 8 0.6 .3 1.1 1.1 .8 .6 .6 .8 .8 4.333 $2.40 $O.Ofi Maryland Virginia N. Carolina S, Carolina Ohio Wisconsin Kentucky Tennessee Counties reported 113 .8 2.248 2.28 .10 Coil of Hauling f'm Most Kemote Farms. 1,575 1,688 1,552 1,500 3,375 1,988 2,47> 1,625 .78 3.46 2.72 1.80 2.03 1.73 2.22 1.73 .05 .20 .18 .12 .06 .09 .09 .11 Pennsylvania Maryland Virginia K. Carolina 6. Carolina Ohio Wisconsin Kentucky Tennessee 1.0 .5 1.0 4.0 1.5 .8 1.0 2.0 2.0 3 500 $4.00 $0.11 2.000 1.500 1.600 1,200 4,000 2.250 1.200 1.600 1.45 2.50 8.00 3.00 2.60 3 00 5.00 5.50 .07 .17 .50 .25 .06 .13 .42 .34 BIG TOBACCO SALES AT ATLANTA. Twenty one Car Loads of Stonewall and Grapevine Twist. Atlanta, Ga., March 8. When tobacco is sold in carload lots and shipped in this manner to various Jobbers throughout the South, it shows that the tobacco has touched the pop- liar taste, and when one jobbing firm alone has sold over 21 carloads of its brands in 12 months, it is sufficient proof of the fast increasing popularity 0^ these goods which have become Jamous in so short a time. The Oglesby Grocery Company, of Atlanta, has sold «ver21carloads of Stonewall and Grape- "ne Twist within the last 12 months «nd their sales on these brands are in- "«asing daily. Stonewall and Grape- 'ine Twist are manufactured by G. ''«nn Sons Tobacco Co.. Danville, Va. ihese old and reliable manufacturers re ably represented in the South by •> W:lby, who is one of our Atlanta tituens. Mr. Wilby is one of the best own tobacco men in the South and w h«8 office in Atlanta, from "« directs an abl le corps of whence salesmen the T J^^^ °^®'' ^^® S°"'*^ selling to merchants, and these goods have 1^ thorooghly distributed with the itorr»u^*^ **>" it la difficult to find a ■^'« where they are not kept on sale. CIGARNAKEKS' WAGES ADVANCED. New Orleans. La., March 9. Officers of the local union of the Cigarmakers' International Union of America announced today that a request for an increase of $2 per thousand on cigars had been granted by a number of cigar manufacturing concerns of this city. Those who are said to have signed the new agreement and scale of wages are H. Hess, Chas Lagman, S. L. Hahn & Co., E. H. Dolbear, R. (larcia & Co., P. Bettancourt, Chas. T. Peterson, C. A. Girod and G. Faus- tina. The increase is $2 on the thous- and above the old scale. HAS SMOKED FOR. NINETY YEARS. Mrs. Elizabeth Freeman, of Madison township. Clarion Co., Pa., celebrated the one hundred and thirteenth anniver- sary of her birth on March 8. . '^ She smoked her pipe all day long, th* same as she has done during the past 90 years. so Good as in Some Years, but the Future Prospects are Bright. Da. las, Tex., March 9. After a careful compilation of all reports and data in the business. United States Internal Revenue Deputy Collec- tor R. C. Wood, in the office of Col- lector Col. P. B. Hunt, has made a summary of the cigarmaking business in the Fourth Internal Revenue Dis- trict. This includes North Texas and parts of Western and Eastern Texas. His figures are as follows, comparing 1904, 1905 and 1906 to Dec, 31 : Number of cigar factories— 1905, 45 ; 1906, 41. Number m Dallas— 1905, 9; 1906, 15. Total pounds of tobacco used— 1904, 114,9311-6; 1905, 94,540 1-6; 1906, 101,- 690 1-3. Total number of cigars made— 1904, 5,660,464; 1905, 4,756,773; 1906, 4,- 817.379. In previous years since 1892. the fourteen years in which Mr. Wood has kept these statistics, the annual num- ber of pounds used has gone consider- ably higher than in any of the three years shown and the total number of cigars in one or more years has gone as high as 7.000.000. A reason for the falling ofT is said to be the advance of trust making in the tobacco business, and the operating of the enterprises from large centers. But the advance in 1906 over the year before is said to be due to some extent to the Texas handling of trusts and to the increased prosperity in this terri- tory with its consequent natural in- crease in trade with the growth of population. This increase was more than 7.000 pounds of tobacco and 60,606 cigars. While the reports themselves do not deal in this feature of the matter, it is stated that an increasing portion of the tobaccos used in Texas are grown in the State. It is stated as a further fact that some of the best Havana filling in the world is grown in Texas and is made up in the larger centers of tobacco manufacturing in the eastern section of the country. Yet it is de- clared to be a fact that in the making of a Texas cigar, the best of Texas to- baccos are used. This is believed to be an industry that from this time on, with any so'-t of proper encouragement, will flourish and become a leading en- terprise for Texas. CANADIAN WAKEHOUSE BURNED Toronto. Can.. March 9. Fire which originated in some way unknown in the bonded warehouse of the Horrocks cigar factory, on the second floor of the building at 176 East King street, caused considerable dam- age. The blaze was going good when an alarm was turned in, and the fire- men had to be liberal with the wat r, lest the fire get away from them. Only the one fioor suffered from burning, but the stock of raw leaf tobacco was badly damaged, and the loss, it is esti- mated, will be heavy. ■■\ '—The Happy Hollow Tobacco Co., 'has been incorporated at Oklahoma City, Okla., with a capital of $200,000. Tobacco World Man Finds that Stogies are Crowding Cheap Cigars. Our representative for the retail cigar stores, on his regular rounds among the cigar dealers and drug stores, was surprised to see how nearly every cigar counter displays a large quantity of all kinds of stogies. Becoming interested, he made ft special inquiry among cigar dealers and druggists, and was astonished to learn that stogies are most essential to their business. One dealer said that stogies had nearly driven cheap cigars entirely out of the market. Three cent cigars are seldom asked for any more. Another dealer stated that he had quite a number of doctors and lawyers buying stogies by the box, the doctors claiming that when riding in their carriages from patient to patient they can smoke and throw the stogie away without any great loss to them. A prominent druggist of Chestnut street said Philadelphia is getting rapidly educated to smoke stogies, that there are as many stogies smoked here as in Pittsburg. Even such prominent stores as Finley Acker & Co. are handling stogies, having them made especially, with the firm's name oa them. After having interviewed the retail trade, our representative verified the facts by the jobbers and manufacturers. The well known representative of the Slater stogies, N. T. Weser, stated that his trade had grown to suck dimensions that the sale of only four to five million stogies a year would not be considered a very good year. The factory in Lancaster is taxed to its utmost capacity. Mr. Weser showed our representative a number of new packings, and it is surprising in what elaborate style they are gotten up. Mr. Bege, of the United News Co., said that he intended to sell at least two hundred thousand more of Slater's stogies this year than he had sold in previous years. In former years one did not smoke stogies until Pittsburg was reached, but now Philadelphia is a keen rival. FACTORY IN TENNESSEE. NEW Large Independent Tobacco Factory to be Erected in TullaKonvsk. Tullahoma, Tenn., March 9. A site has been procured for a large tobacco factory here. The parties at the*^ head of the enlerpriKe are men of jtxperience m the manufacture and cul- rtivation of the weed. Work on the buildings will be gomg on within the next ten days. It is stated by Doak Aydeloit that the factory will be a very large one and will not be in any com- bine or trust. The promoters are going to offer great inducemtnis to the far- mers to go largely into ihe cultivation of the plant. They have already an- nounced that the son of one of the parties interested in the project will be here next week with a large consign- ment of tobacco seed, which will be distributed free to all farmers who wish to put in one acre or more. The promoters will also supply a man well up in tobacco culture to give instruc- tions in the best mode of cultivation, housing and curing the crop, all free of charge. The parties interested were first led to investigate conditions here by seeing the tobacco exhibit of Doak Aydelott at the St. Louis Exposition. 3 THB TOBACCO WUKLD ^H THE PPPJ HTfi;|^ 1 4 5c. lP^^ -^^^^^^^^B— A i CIGAR '^^^^mf that ^^^^^^^^ foaMlsayis I^^^^^Bft kin.- "AH p. .t^g||MM|M|^^^| ^^^^^^H ■i to the ^^^^^^^B P Front.** IK!^ fl El Draco Cigar Nfg. Co. Philada. (lord LANCASTER, 10c.) OMir Oi. k Ci. Manufacturers 615 Market St., Philada. (NICKELBY, 5c.) T©B^eeO WORLB-* CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Kni^ 5-cent Gi^ar Made by Morris D.Neumaofl&Ci PHILADELPHIA, PA. I I CIGARS Sumair Grccu. E. T. C,^ COSr OF HAULING TOBACCO. The U S. Department of Agriculture ■ . the following report as to the «"«* . „* v,onlin.y leaf EXPERIMENTING IN NEW YORK. CIGAR. MANUFACTURING IN TEXAS. STOGIES IN PHILADELPHIA. average cost of hauling leaf tobacco from the farms to local markets or *?raveCfarmprice in the united SUies December 1. 1905 was equiva- int to $8 50 per 100 pounds, while the l^erage cost of hauilng that quantity ^as about 10 cents. . ,u i It will be noted that the cost of haul- itf this product is lowest in Maryland, P«,nBylvania and Ohio, and highest in Virginia. North Carolina and South Oiaolina. where small loads are hauled tog distances. The low cost in Mary- jind is due to the tobacco farms being Bear railroad stations or steamboat landings, so that farmers make an average of three trips a day. The large average load in Pennsylvania is partly iw to the use of 4-horse teams by a lumber of farmers in the tobacco SUMNER GREENE & CO. Manufacturers of eiie's Cidars 2330 MARKET ST., PHILADELPHIA Gre Seal Factory 1839. First District Penoa. f H/fSNgrociGAli 114 W. K. Gresh & Sons, Makers, Norristown^Ps* V SUPERIOR Quality and Workmanship Factory No. 968, First District Fenna. ly If You Want to b« la HAVANA M Smoke ON i ^ lla^a by K BENRY HEYNANN'S SONS tl Sinking Sprlnit, Pa. r\ \ YOU CAIN BUY WEAVER'S ORIGINAL BAVAN A SHORTS ALL JOBBING HOUSES J l^armenter Wax-Lined Coupon Cigar PockelJ Afford PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST "^ ^ MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. ladoned by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE Advertising Medium known. Racine Paper Goods Co?,Racine, WiSf ''•* Sola Owaera and Manufactnrara* counties. Averale Cost of Hauling from Farms. -O ro ft rt ", s-s sS ^ s OJ CO '*^'o B ft >» 3 an OQ ost p o « CO O .O O UPJ Qtf J O Ur^ Pann^ylvania 8 0.6 4.333 $2.40 $0.0H Marylaod 4 .3 1,575 .78 .Ub Virginia 13 1.1 1.688 3.46 .20 )l. Carolina 23 1.1 1,552 2.72 .18 8. Carolina 3 .8 1,500 1.80 .12 Ohio 2 .6 3.375 2.03 .06 Wisconsin 4 .6 1.988 1.73 .09 Kentucky 53 .8 2.47> 2.22 .09 Tennessee 8 .8 1,625 1.73 .11 U)uniieB reported 113 .8 2,248 2.28 .10 Cott of Hauling f m Noat Kemote Farms. Pennsylvania 1.0 3.500 $4.00 $0.11 Maryland .5 2,000 1.45 .07 Virginia 1.0 1.500 2.50 .17 N. Carolina 4.0 1.600 8.00 .50 8. Carolina 1.5 1,200 3.00 .25 Ohio .8 4,000 2.60 .06 Wisconsin 1.0 2.250 3 00 .13 Kentucky 2.0 1.200 5.00 .42 Tennessee 2.0 1,600 5.50 .34 BIG TOBACCO SALES AT ATLANTA. Twenty one Car Loads of Stonewall and Grapevine Twist. Atlanta. Ga., March 8. When tobacco is sold in carload lots ttd shipped in this manner to various Jobbers throughout the South, it shows that the tobacco has touched the pop- ular taste, and when one jobbing firm •lone has sold over 21 carloads of its brands in 12 months, it is sufficient proof of the fast increasing popularity «t these goods which have become Jamou8 in so short a time. The Oglesby vestigation of conditions during the past six months George W. Harris, who was assigned to the Onondaga territory by the Bureau of Soils of the Department of Agriculture, submitting recommendations to the bureau which were accepted, and he was recently instructed to proceed with the work along the linas he deemed productive of the best results. Mr. Harris will make Baldwinsville his headquarers this year. He will arrange with farmer* in various parts of the county to grow about an acre of tobacco under government supervision, and in all he will have six or eight plots. There will be plots for wrappers, two for fillers and two or more for an undecided quality of leaf. Each plot of ground will be accurately measured and fertilized, and seeded with materials selected and paid for by the government. The farmer agrees to do the work according to the ruling of the government representative, and owns the crop when it is harvested. The government reserves the right to take such samples as may be necessary for showing the outcome of the test. Mr. Harris said yesterday that cause of the diversified soil in vicinity of Baldwinsville. he did believe it would be possible to do the best experiment work upon any one farm and that for that reason the other course had been adopted. It has been tried in other parts of the country, but as a rule a station is established on one particular kind of soil. Mr. Harris says he believes there is a great future for the tobacco growers of Onondaga. He sees where improve- ments can be made and with the es- tablished demand for the leaf he be- lieves tobacco will become ont of the leading agricultural products of the county. N»t the be- the not CIGARNAKERS' WAGES ADVANCED. New Orleans, La.. March 9. Officers of the local union of the Cigarmakers' International Union of America announced today that a request for an increase of $2 per thousand on cigars had been granted by a number of cigar manufacturing concerns of this city. Those who are said to have signed the new agreement and scale of wages are H. Hess, Chas Lagman, S. L. Hahn & Co., E. H. Dolbear, R. Garcia & Co., P. Bettancourt, Chas. T. Peterson, C. A. Girod and G. Faus- tina. The increase is $2 on the thous- and above the old scale. HAS SMOKED FOK NINETY YEARS. Mrs. Elizabeth Freeman, of Madison townsliip. Clarion Co., Pa., celebrated the one hundred and thirteenth anniver- sary of her birth on March 8. ^.' She smoked her pipe all day long, th# I same as she has done during the past 90 yean. so Good as in Sonne Years, but Future Prospects are Bright. Da.las. Tex., March 9. After a careful compilation of all reports and data in the business. United States Internal Revenue Deputy Collec- tor R. C. Wood, in the office of Col- lector Col. P. B. Hunt, has made a summary of the cigarmaking business in the Fourth Internal Revenue Dis- trict. This includes North Texas and parts of Western and Eastern Texas. His figures are as follows, comparing 1904. 1905 and 1906 to Dec. 31 : Number of cigar factories— 1905, 45 ; 1906, 41. Number in Dallas— 1905, 9 ; 1906, 15. Total pounds of tobacco used— 1904, 114.9311-6; 1905, 94,5401-6; 1906, 101,- 690 1-3. Total number of cigars made— 1904, 5,660.464; 1903, 4.756,773; 1906, 4,- 817.379. In previous years since 1892, the fourteen years in which Mr. Wood has kept these statistics, the annual num- ber of pounds used has gone consider- ably higher than in any of the three years shown and the total number of cigars in one or more years has gone as high as 7,000.000. A reason for the falling off is said to be the advance of trust making in the tobacco business, and the operating of the enterprises from large centers. But the advance in 1906 over the year before is said to be due to some extent to the Texas handling of trusts and to the increased prosperity in this terri- tory with its consequent natural in- crease in trade with the growth of population. This increase was more than 7.000 pounds of tobacco and 60.606 cigars. While the reports themselves do not deal in this feature of the matter, it is stated that an increasing portion of the tobaccos used in Texas are grown in the State. It is stated as a further fact that some of the best Havana filling in the world is grown in Texas and is made up in the larger centers of tobacco manufacturing in the eastern section of the country. Yet it is de- clared to be a fact that in the making of a Texas cigar, the best of Texas to- baccos are used. This is believed to be an industry that from this time on, with any sort of proper encouragement, will flourish and become a leading en- terprise for Texas. CANADIAN WAREHOUSE BURNED Toronto, Can., March 9. Fire which originated in some way unknown in the bonded warehouse of the Horrocks cigar factory, on the second floor of the building at 176 East King street, caused considerable dam- age. The blaze was going good when an alarm was turned in, and the fire- men had to be liberal with the wat r, lest the fire get away from th'eni. Only the one floor suffered from burning, but the stock of raw leaf tobacco was badly damaged, and the loss, it is esti- mated, will be heavy. — Th« Happy Hollow Tobacco Co., has been incorporated at Oklahoma City. Okla.. with a capiUl of $200,000. Tobacco World Nan Finds that StogiM are Crowding Cheap Cigars. Our representative for the retail cigar stores, on his regular rounds among the cigar dealers and druff stores, was surprised to see how nearly every cigar counter displays a large quantity of all kinds of stogies. Becoming interested, he made a special inquiry among cigar dealers and druggists, and was astonished to learn that stogies are most essential to their business. One dealer said that stogiea had nearly driven cheap cigars entirely out of the market. Three cent cigara are seldom asked for any more. Another dealer stated that he had quite a number of doctors and lawyers buying stogies by the box, the doctors claiming that when riding in their carriages from patient to patient they can smoke and throw the stogie away without any great loss to them. A prominent druggist of Chestnat street said Philadelphia is getting rapidly educated to smoke stogies, that there are as many stogies smoked here as in Pittsburg. Even such prominent stores as Finley Acker & Co. are handling stogies, having them made especially, with the firm's name on them. After having interviewed the retail trade, our representative verified the facts by the jobbers and manufacturers. The well known representative of the Slater stogies, N. T. Weser, stated that his trade had grown to such dimensions that the sale of only four to five million stogies a year would not be considered a very good year. The factory in Lancaster is taxed to its utmost capacity. Mr. Weser showed our representative a number of new packings, and it is surprising in what elaborate style they are gotten up. Mr. Bege, of the United News Co., said that he intended to sell at least two hundred thousand more of Slater's stogies this year than he had sold in previous years. In former years one did not smoke stogies until Pittsburg was reached, but now Philadelphia is a keen rival. NEW FACTORY IN TENNESSEE. Large Independent Tobacco Factory to be Erected in TullsKoma. TuUahoma, Tenn., March 9. A site has been procured for a large tobacco factory here. The parties at tbe** head of the enterprise are men of experience m the manufacture and cul- /xivation of the weed. Work on the buildings will be going on within the next ten days. It is stated by Doak Aydelott that the factory will be a very large one and will not be in any com- bine or trust. The promoters are going to offer great inducements to the far- mers to go largely into the cultivation of the plant. They have already an- nounced that the son of one of the parties interested in the project will be here next week with a large consign- ment of tobacco seed, which will be distributed free to all farmers who wish to put in one acre or more. The promoters will also supply a man well up in tobacco culture to give instruc- tions in the best mode of cultivation, housing and curing the crop, ail free of charge. The parties interested were first led to investigate-conditiotis here by seeing the tobacco exhibit of Doak Aydelott at the St. Louis Exposition. 8 A i H I INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE f 1 .A.G^ <& Go H IMPORTERS OF^-^ AVANA 123 N. THIRD HIL.ADEI.RHIA J. Vetterlein & Co. Importers of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF TobaciK 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia ■•->* ' ■» • Join T. Dohan k FOUNDED 1855 >y&.T^ FLOR ^^w de DOHAN &TAITT D &T Importers of Havana and Sumatra Packers of Lrcaf Tobacco Wm. H. Dohan K.STRAUS A.LOtI J07 Arch St. PHILADA. Bfftablish \} ^LEWIS BREMER'S SONS IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra AND PACKERS OF Leaf Tobacco B 9ai&908I!too strongly is that no matter r , "*"' 'he growth, how nice ^«olor.and how sound the leaf, if «« burning quality is not present, the ^P'" worth but little. ^fi« interests of the growers and the bacco il popularity of the to- ^__^[^^J|^in this section is con- Constiiutlon^rc^r *'• the Begt that can be made. ^ you sell them? cerned, and it certainly is to their mu- tual benefit to uphold the good name and reputation of Big Flats tobacco. Now unless there is a halt, and that immediately in the seeming general tendency among the growers, to sub- stitute some poor fertilizer for stable manure, the future for both grower and packer, in this district is anything but a rosy one. It would probably impress many of the growers most forcibly if they could hear the instructions, invariably given buyers at the beginning of the season. The one on which most emphasis is usually placed i.«, "Carefully avoid con- tracting crops that are known to be grown on commercial fertilizer." Too much cannot be said of the old fashioned way of growing the leaf, and it is a fact that if the growers ex- pect to retain and occupy a foremost position against their competitors from other districts, in the cigar leaf mar- ket, it can only be accomplished by the united intelligent efforts of all inter- ested in this industry. The packers of tobacco wish to en- courage the production of better grown tobacco, better handled tobacco, and by all means, a reliable and satisfac- tory burning tobacco. With this end in view the packers would appreciate and should receive the hearty co-oper- ation of all growers, who have at heart the best interests of the principal money crop grown in the fertile farms of the southern tier. Some idea of the gravity of the situa- tion touching upon this very subject may be obtained from a "Statement of Warning" to tobacco growers. This statement is signed by practically all the tobacco dealers doing business here. NEW A. T. CO. PLANT for LOUISVILLE Louisville, Ky.. March 9. Ground has been purchased by the American Tobacco Company for a new warehouse to be built adjoining the National Tobacco Works, at Eighteenth street and Broadway. The plot pur- chased faces on Anderson street, and the purchasers will soon commence the construction of a building 200x150 feet, which is expected to cost about $50,000. The new building will be used largely for a shipping house. A Good Pair to Go On Two of Our Popular Five Cent Brands. Our Goods are Made of Best Selections, Made Carefully, and Made to Duplicate. Wolf, Neff & Co. RED LION, PA. T. E. BROOKS & CO. RED LION, PA. Manufacturers of All Grades of Pennsylvania Clears FOR THE WHOLESALE JOBBING TRADE DISTRIBUTORS WANTED ON OUR SPECIAL BRANDSi GOV. WRIGHT REGAL DUKE DON SEGNO GEN'L YORK HAVANA SWEETS and MANUEL F. DOMINGUEZ SAMPLES UPON REQUEST 6 m • ! I < III I ' i| -THE TOBACCO WORLD- FOR YOVR OWN INTERESTS! Never mind what the other fellow says. He may tell you certain tobacco is too cheap to be good. Let Us Convince You by sending you a sample that will prove the PRICE is the only thing that is Cheap, and that THIS SUMATRA is a rich, medi- um color, of fine quality and good yield, At Only $2.35 a Pound. Less For Bale Lots L 6. HAEUSSERMANN & SONS Importers, Packers, Wholesalers and Retailers of CIGAR LEAF TOBACCO 240 ArcK Street Philadelphia ^IMPORTERS O AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST) Philadml^hia Gieske & Niemann, Packets & Dealers in Leaf Tobacco No. 204 South Charles Street Baltimore, Md. DULL MARKET IN LANCASTEK. fUnuUctureri Not Inclined to Buy. and few Sale* are Noted. Lancaster, Pa., March U. Extreme dullness characterized the lical leaf market during the past week. Although the market has been visited ^ a number of local manufacturers aod others, the present prices did not leem to tempt them one whit. Manufacturers seem so thoroughly ad positively convinced that prices are bound to come down somewhat, that tbey persistently refuse to look at goods unless there is a price mentioned aiat seems rather inviting, and even lien, when they do buy, it is in such unall quantities as to make an un- noticeable decrease in stock. The pur- ibases ma(}e, it would appear, are only in such quantities as can be put to almost immediate use. j! Packers are already pointing out that fli'e new tobacco is not, in many in- stances, coming in as nice as was ex- pected, and that this fact is bound to eventually have its effect in the mar- keting and price of old goods, arguing, of course, that this in itself is gotd tfid sufficient reason to warrant the belief that the old goods are going to ^intain their old price. Rather conflicting reports are coming ia from the country sections concerning operations in the field. Some indicate that tobacco is being eagerly bought V, at prices nearly approaching those prevailing for some time last fall, while others indicate that farmers have be- lonie anxious to sell, and are now ac- cepting several cents less per pound tfcan they had been holding out for earlier in the season. The tobacco warehouse of Helter & Buck, of Lititz. was destroyed by fire, « Wednesday last. The building was a large frame structure and was valued Jrtfrom $2,000 to $2,500. The warehouse contained 100 cases of lev? tobacco. $2,000 worth of loose to- kacco. and $1,000 worth of machinery, «11 belonging to the above named firm, i»ho8e total loss on the contents of the building aggregates $10,000, about jhreefourths of which is covered by jBurance in the Mutual Insurance wmpany, of Lititz, and several stock ■ompanies. • ■■ ■■< Besides the above 130 cases of to- j'wco belonging to Henry R. Erb, of jJtitz, which were stored in the build- "W. were also destroyed, entailing a '088 of $9,000. on which there is an insuranceof $7,000 in the Mutual Insur- •nce Company, of Lititz. The origin « the fire is unknown. In one day last week, M. M. Fry & -of Lancaster, received 126,000 J'«nd8 of tobacco at Lititz, which throughout the county is reported good, and the revenue returns for the month of February clearly show how healthy the trade conditions were during that month. The total output of cigars for the Ninth District during February was 63.363.300, which as compsred with 61,440,500, for February, 1906, shows an increase of 1,922,800. It is also to be noted that it is the highest February output since 1901. A tax of $1,833 was also paid on manufactured tobacco, showing an out- put of 30,550 pounds, and $16.32 on snuff, representing an output of 272 pounds. Wolf & Hackman, of Akron, have purchased from John Sahm, a building until recently used for cigar manufac- turing purposes by W. D. Sahm. The building is to be used for storage purposes. GOODS DELAYED IN TRANi»IT. filled five cars and placed about $10,000 ™ the pockets of the While 14 growers. cents per pound was the ^ e several weeks ago, it has been JJ^ned several lots have been sold at ^ nowing that buyers are now willing ^«ive more for what yet remains of ^^^ op in that section of Lancaster ®"» with cigar manufacturers York Cigar Makers Say Shipments are Unaccountably Held Back. York, Pa., March 11. It is learned that a number of cigar manufacturers of this city and county are being much handicapped by the failure of shipments to reach their destination in anything like good time. In fact those shipping to iar western points are finding stacks of their goods delayed in transit, and in many in- stances are unable to locate them in any way. Operations at the new cigar factory of W. L. Toomey & Co., in the Jacoby Fuiniture Factory building, will be commenced this week. Jack Ryan, of the Central Litho Co., of Cleveland, is here on a protracted visit, as he expects to retire from active road work and will hereafter confine his efforts to the office end of the business. He is accompanied by a young man who is to take up the work in the future. A rumor was circulating here only last week to the effect that Myers, Adams & Co. had sold out their business to the American Cigar Co. It has been vehemently denied by the firm, who pay such a report is not only devoid of any foundation of fact, but it has been entirely inimical to their interest, and savors of maliciousness. They are exceedingly anxious to know the true origin of the report. Harry Eimerbrink, a son of John Eimerbrink, of Myers, Adams & Co., of which factory he has been superin- tendent, has resigned that position to accept a very lucrative one with Otto Eisenlohr & Bros., of Philadelphia, as general superintendent of all their factories. Kohlberg Bros. & Ruthenberg have given up their York warehouse on Clark avenue near Beaver street, and transferred all their business to their New York office. Jake Kline, formerly (Conclu jed on paye 20.) Constitution ^%rva„. stands for Quality and Workmanship. Remember that. WfiteforSaniples&PricesI Established 1895 Telephone Conneetiwi T. L. ADAIR Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Red Lion, Pa. Special Lines for the Jobbing Trade SIGNS ! Designers, Printers, and Litho- graphers of CLOTH, ROPE FIBER and CARDBOARD SIGNS, AND PAPER POSTERS. In Weatherproof Colors We have Something Ne-w In FOLDED EDGE SIGNS. Wrtte for Prices and Samples UNION LABEL on Work When De>lr«4 Wfl Furnish QUALITY AND SERVICl THE MASSILLON SIGN Lf POSTER CO. MASSILLON. OHIO. lit) 1 I f I ! THE TOBACCO WORLD QSO. W. BREMER, Jr. BREMER BROS. m N. Third St, PmUDELPgiA WALTER T. BREMER Importers, Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Hippie Bros. & Co. Importers and Packers of and Dealers in Leaf Tobaccos 231 Arch St., PhiladelpMa Our Retail Department is Strictly Up-to-Date John U. Fehr Established 1883 Geo. N. Fehr LOUIS BYTHINBR & CO, Lnf Tobacco Brokers 308 RaCe St. „, .. , . . . «Ad Commission Merchants. rhllaOelpIll*^ Long Distance Telephone, Market 3025. J. U. Fehr & Son Importers and Packers of Leaf Tobacco 700 Franklin St., 101 to 107 S. 7th St., READING, PA. CablB Addreaa. "Hcllana. Lancaster* Talaphone Service JOHN F. HEILAND & CO. COMMISSION MERCHANTS AND DEALERS Leaf Tobacco Eastern Agents MaGee Tobacco Case ■•presantlnd . B ...H... . — .... w.. . 4,3 ^ Chestnut Street 1h* Miami Valley Leaf Tobacco Co., Dayton, O.t Tka Krohn Tobacco Co., Windsor, Ct.t Dowaard & Hoklnd. Cincinnati, O.t V. W. Dohrmann & Son, Cincinnati. 0.| Naiakay & Helland. Litlti. Pa. S. Weinberg 121 North Third Street PHILADELPHIA Importer of SUMATRA and HAVANA Dealer in all kinds of SEED LEA! Tobacco H. VELENCHIK S. VBLBNCIU VELENCHIK BROS. '""^trs'in LE AF TOB/I©(90 Sumatra and Havana 134 N. THIRD ST., PHILADELPHIA p. O. Box 178 LANCASTER, PA. HENRY RINDSKOPF Packer and Importer of Sumatra. Havana Y IP A 1? T^ni) k f^f^f\ and Domestic Lli Ar i UO ALlLlU N. E. Cor. Fifth and Washington Sts. Reading, Pa. AARON B. HESS Packer of and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Pennsylvani^L Seed B's and Tops READY FOR THE MARKET. Write for Prices. Office and Warehoase: 630»63(i N. Prince St Lancaster, Pa. Bell 'Phone : 77-X. Independent 'Phone : 1464-A. L. O. HAEUSSEBMANN CABL L. HAEUSSEBNANN EDWABD C. HAELSSBBMAN" L. O. HA Importers of ANN & SONS Packers and Exporters ot and Dealers in Sumatra and Havana Leaf Tobacco LARGEST RETAILERS IN PENNSYLVANIA No. 340 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. -THB TOBACCO WORLD fi^BAVTlSTA y C A.- Leaf Tobacco Warehouse-HABANA, CVBA. RoTisTA. NEPTUNO I70--I74. special Partner— Gumkrsindo Garcia Cuervo. RAINS IN CUBA BRIGHTEN NEW CROP PROSPECT. Q 1 present Tobacco Market in Havana is Very Dull. Wanted: Some Pushing American Buyers. Special Correspondence of The Tobacco World.) Havana, Cuba. March 4, 1907. . market during the past week has all the workers in the independent fac- ■ been exceedingly dull, and, as no tories would follow the example of the new buyers arrived, it ought not to surprise any- body that there is no life at present. If the present stocks of Remedies should remain unsold it may be a bles- in disguise, as it would surely in- ir.^ of any importance have others. However, it does not seem likely that the cigarmakers will gain their point, as their claims are pre- posterous. H, Upmann & Co, Partagas, Por Larranaga, Sol, Ramon Allones, and fluence the packers during the coming Eden are working to their full capa- geason to abstain from paying ridicu- city, and have no lack of orders. lousiy high prices to the farmers for Note* of Interest. their bundled tobacco. William Bird, who used to be the There may be a difference of opinion third vice president of the old Ward whether the present holdings will be Line, which has lately been purchased needed by the cigar manufacturers of by Charles Morse, is now going to be the vice president of the new consoli- the North, or whether the later can do without them. In any event, I think, if a few large buyers from the United States should come here that they would be able to make some satisfac- tory terms with our dealers, as the latter evidently would be willing to make some sacrifices in order to utilize the money received from sales to invest in the new crop. The latest reports from the Vuelta Abajo as well as the Partido section speak in very glowing terms about the crop which is still growing in the fields, as sufficient rain has fallen in most localities to benefit the plants. Under these circumstances unless something unforeseen should occur, it might be stated that the number of bales which the 1907 crop will produce will be quite «p to the normal standard. As some showers have also fallen in the Santa Clara province, prospects there are also •omeWhat better; still it is difficult to say yet what the final outcome in vwntity may be. The quality, owing to the prolonged drought, may be ex- eeedingly heavy, and the leaf in all Kobability will be very small, although «und, as it seems that there has been »o plague of insects or worms in any •f the districts of the island of Cuba where tobacco is grown. Sales this week have been so insignificant, excepting from second hands to some ofom local dealers, that I prefer not »o quote any number of bales this time. Bayem Come and Git. Arrivals :-H. Moyer. of G. S. Nicholas. New York ; Charles C. Hoff- "an, of George Hoffman & Co., and Herman Tepper, of Tepper Bros., Chicago. Departures :-Godfrey S. Mahn. for Philadelphia; Alfredo Meyer, for Ham- burg. Hsvaaa Clarar Mannfactarers The independent cigar manufacturers wntinue to be busy, while the trust ""» been entirely shut up for the past *eek, owing to the srtike of its cigar akers. This refers not alone to the •Clones here in Havana, but also to 2?!,°^"**^ in the country. It is the K^*'*' the strikers do not wish >f brethren in the independent fac- ^;;« to foil .w suit: on the ^^^ expect that dated steamship lines. He was in town last week, visiting the shippers and his old friends, and promised them he would look out for their interests, and that the present rates on leaf to- bacco should not be changed, that is to say they would not be any higher, but that the owner and directors of the company might lower the rates later on, provided they could, through a sav- ing in expenses, obtain the same net results as heretofore. Mr. Morse was also enchanted with Havana, and has an idea of building a really first-class up-to-date American hotel to correspond to the increased demand for traveling faciities. It is also said that he is going to build a wharf where the steamers could land their passengers and discharge as well as load their cargoes right on the dock, and thus do away with the tedious lighterage system. The firm of Lewis Sylveter & Son has been changed to Sylvester & Stern, the members of which are Alli*^ Syl- vester and Maximo Stern. Candido Obeso, of the firm of Perez & Obeso. has returned to Havana after a month's stay in the Vuelto Abajo, and reports the condition as very satis- factory particularly in the lowland sec- tion, where the finest tobacco is usually grown. Angel del Valle. of the firm of Jorge y P. Castaneda. left on the 3d inst. for an extended trip to the Vuelta Abajo. Sobrs. de Antero Gonzalez. Muniz Hnos. & Co., Rz. Bautista & Co., Jose F. Rocha, in fact all of our important dealers and packers, have their different buyers out in the country, taking notes where the best tobacco is grown, and are thus preparing for the coming campaign. The elections in the German Club, (well known to every tobacco buyer who comes to Havana), resulted in the unanimous choice for president of Henrich Runken, head of the famous house of H. Upmann & Co., and Her- man Ostertag, of the firm of F. Rodri- guez & Co , as secretary. J. F. Bern- des who held the presidency for the last twenty years, and who refused to serve again, was unanimously elected honorary president. Hef^lpta Krom tli« Conntry Week ending Since contrary the latter shall sup- If th ^^''® *^®y """^ "°t working. then V^"''"^ "hould gain their point, «e Ubles might be turned and Vuelta Abajo Partido Matanzas Remedies & S.Clara Santiago de Cuba March Bales 32 2 11 28 248 Jan. 1 Bales 702 141 108 4,652 1,098 Total 321 6.601 ESTABLISHED 1844 H. Upmann & Go HAVANA, CUBA. Bdcivkers and Commission Merchscnts SHITTEP^S OF CIGAP^^ and LEAF TOBACCO I Celebrated tiANVFACTURBRS OP ^M4 l^*^ ClgKt Br«LAA FACTORYi PASEO DE TACON 159-169 OFFICES AMARCURA I HAVANA. CUBA« Representative of our "H. UPMA^^" Brand for the Lnited States and Canada CHARLES LANDAU New York Office: 82 Wall Street Montreal, Canada: Board of Trade Buildini SYLVESTER & STERN SUCCESSORS TO LEWIS SYLVESTER & SON Growers, Packers and Importers of Havana Tobacco NEW YORK 165 Front Street PLANTATIONS and ESCOJIDAS: In VUELTA ABAJO at PUERTA de GOLPE •• PARTIDOS " SANTIAGO de las VEGAS " REMEDIOS " SANTA CLARA " QUINTA CAMAJUANI " SANCTI SPIRITUS FACTORY VEGAS A SPECIALTY HAVANA, CUBA Monte 56 CHARLES BLASCO Commission Merchant Leaf Tobacco and dinars 1 O'Reilly St. ^it^ Habana, Cuba GOINZALLZ Y MIGUEL Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama Especialidad en Tabaco de Santa Clara de Primera Claw AMISTAD 97, Cablet "CASIN" HABANA. 9 W t I I I THE TOBACCO WORLD- beHrens & eo. Havana, Cuba Manufacturers of the "SOL" Brand Finest Taeha Abajo Tobacco Exclasively NO BETTER GOODS MADE //// lllll \^ QUALITY ALWAYS RELIABLE Sole Representatives for the United States and Canada: National Cuba Co., 147 Water Street, New York Sobrinos de A. Gonzalez LEAF TOBACCO MERCHANTS Principe Alfonso 116 y 118 Habana, Ouba Cable: •Antero' GUSTAVO SALOMON Y HNOS. Especialidad en TABACOS FINOS de VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDOS y VUELTA ARRIBA Aonte 114 P. O. Box, Apartado 270 I_I ^ Vv c) f-| ^ Cable: ZALEZGON i lOUai IQ BlUNO DIAZ R. RODRIGUEZ PARTAGAS Independent Cii*iir Factory f^t IE .a PARTAGAS IC/5 YG a 4yBAHfe. The Best Cigars Cifuentes, Fernandez y Ca, Proprietors i';^4 Industria Street Cable: ciFER Habatia, Cubsi AVELINO PAZOS & CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rami PRADO 123 Habana Cable: ON I LEVA SUAREZ HERMANOS (S. en C.) Growers, Packers ¥ ^^£. ^ g^\^^g-tri\ and Dealers in Jj6al 1 UDdttU FIGURAS 39-41, Cable: "Cuetara- HAVANA, CUBA J. H. CAYRO & SON Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Specialty: Vuelta Aba so and Partido Warehouse and Office: 92 Dragoixes Street, HAVANA, CUBA Cable Address: "JOSECAYRO ' Correspondence Solicited la E«<1>^ B. DiflZ & CO. Growers and Packers of Vuelta Abajo and Partido Tobacco PRADO 123 Cable: ZAIDCO HABANA, CUBA S. Jorge Y. P. Castaneda JOt^GE 8t P. GflSTAflEDA Growers, Packers and Exporters of Havana Ueaf Tobacco Egido, Comer Dragones Street, H A V A N A 10 HENRY VONEIFF F. VIOAL 0«U! VONEIFF Y VIDAL CRUZ PACKERS and EXPORTERS of 73 Amistad Street. HAVANA. CUBA Branch Houses: 616 W. Baltimore Street, Baltimore. Md. P. O. 80x433. TimP*. LEAF TOBACCO F* EVARISTO GARCIA JOSE M CiARCIA JOSE DIAl J. M. GARCIA Y CIA. Almacenistas de Tabaco Partido y Vuelta Aba)o CON VEGAS PROPIAS ^ San Nicolas 126 y 128 c*bie: "jonagarcia" HABANA, Cl/^ OttT Capacity for Manufacturing Cigar Boxes Always Room for On« Mors Good Cut THB TOBACCO WORLD L J. Sellers & Son, Sellersville, Pa. * BOSTON TRADE IMPROVING. «u, Dealer. Would Willingly Hasten Advent of Spring Weather. (BostonBureau'-The Tobacco World" 19 Devonshire Street] Boston, Mass., March 11. Trade is improving nicely, although ^any complain business is slow. Still 1 average retailer is contented and Iturday's business with all was good Ld no doubt pulled many out of the ye We had the usual weekly snow gtorins this week, and not until they disappear entirely will every retailer be satisfied. The large local manufacturers are Inding trade quiet and many cigar- aakers have been laid off in conse- Our retailers are more than ever ming their show windows the proper jttention. and I notice that many are now trimming their windows weekly, vbo formerly used to wait for some new brand of tobacco or cigarettes to De placed on the market and then they would let the advertisers dress their windows. The Goodwin Sisters, on Scollay Square, are meeting with much success with Cans Bros.' William the Fourth tlear Havana cigars. Fred Ware, of the Ware-Kramer Tobacco Co., Norfolk, Va., makers of the White Rolls cigarettes, is expected in town next week. The White Rolls m getting to be well known in this market ; the manufacturers are up-to- date advertisers and never stop at the expense. During the past week their "Wax Man," H. E. Labreque, was exhibited in the show window of Klein's pharmacy, comer Tremont and Boyleston streets, and he attracted such attention from passersby that it re- quired special oflficers in front of the store to keep the passage way clear. Gene Brown, the genial manager of the tigar department of Klein's, is always looking for some good attraction to boom the firm's cigar business, and as Klein's pharmacy is located at a busy comer, every large concern looking for a good ad. usually makes a play to get in there. During the past week over 8.000 Wnite Rolls cigarettes were sold •ver Klein's cigar counter, and that is certainly going some for a new cigar- ette in this market. George Lear, Jr., the able represen- tative of the Ware-Kramer Tobacco Co. kere, is a hustler, and has an able ciew «f workers under him, and I expect to •ee some lively times before long when the trust realizes they have a competi- tor in this market, which was always eonsidered a stronghold for the many Woducts of the American Tobacco Co. J. Kroog, representing Wm. Demuth •Co., the pipe concern, is going the rounds. The Auto and Polo pipes are freat sellers here. Ralph M. Gans, of Cans Bros., New Mr. Jones has sold his interest in the cigar stand he operated in the Chamber of Commerce Building. Van Buskirk & Bruce inform me that they are oversold on Van's Smoker, out they expect a large shipment this week, and will then be able to fill their orders. Myer Yeretsky reports a good trade on the La integridad cigars. Charlie Ellis is plugging the Smoke- craft cigar for all he is worth. The package is certainly a winner, and the new cigar bands used, representing all the Presidents of the United States, are quite a drawing oard to the collec- tors of artistic cigar bands. Estabrook & Eaton are having a good sale on the Khedivial Co. 's Ox- ford cigarette. Herman W. A. Raasch has purchased his partner's interest in the manufac- turing and retail cigar business 6f the Crimson Cigar Co., on Columbus ave- nue, and will continue the business under the old firm name. Levenson Bros., manufacturers of the popular Boston Smoker, are ex- ceptionally busy and are behind in filling orders. The Cigar and Tobacco League are still holding their usual weekly bowling contests. During the past week the McGreenery & Manning team played the Lynn Poets, and the former were the victors according to the following PABLO PEREZ OANDIDO OBE80 e: M. & M. 1 2 3 ' Fotals C'v'rse 97 91 89 277 McM'kn 80 88 91 259 Murphy 81 107 84 272 Ruth 98 89 104 291 McG'ry 88 119 89 305 Totals 444 494 466 1404 Lynn Poets. 1 2 3 ' Totals Ham'ds 71 87 74 232 Riley 73 86 75 234 Con ley 96 112 92 300 Cor'ck 115 85 108 308 Cleary 93 102 88 283 Perez & Obeso S. en C. (Sobrinos de G. Palacios) (Leaf Tobacco) VUELTA ABAJO FACTORY VEGAS a Specialty Proprietors of famous Lowland Vuelta Abajo Veiias Prado 121, Entrance, Dragones SL Cable: -Sodecio." HABANA, CUBA. LUIS NUNIZ MANUEL NUNIZ HILARIO NUNIZ VENANCIO DIAZ. Special Partner MUNIZ HERMANOS y CIA S en C Growers and Dealers of VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDO and SEMEDIOS TOBACCO Cable : "Angel," Havana York. I8tb. is expected here on or about the Beiringer Bros. Co. are now offering "leir customerB a new brand of Porto Kican cigars, Kiora, in many sizes, "■e product of the Cayey-Caguas Co.. New York and Porto Rico. Woodward's pharmacy, on Tremont eet, had a window display this week Jiie Fior de Franklin 5 cent cigar. 0" Wednesday and Saturday Totals 448 472 437 1357 Advance post cards have been re- ceived from Leo Hirschel, of the firm of Hirschel & Bendheim, St. Louis, Mo., stating he will be hereon or about March 29. This concern manufactures the Sweetheart and Old Glory corn cob pipes. J. Pearlstein, New England manager of the little cigar department of the American ('igar Co., is passing a few days this week in Providence, R. I. Floradora, the 3 for 5 cent package, has increased wonderfully in this market during tne past six months. J. L. Dubreuil, formerly Eastern representative of the R. A. Patterson Tobacco Co.. has resigned his position and accepted one with the Khedivial ('o., of New York, which concern he will in the future represent in Western Massachusetts. Connecticut and Rhode Island. Mr Dubreuil has many friends here who wish him much success in his new undertaking. The opening of the Norma Cigar Co.. at 2 and 4 Federal street, took place Friday, and handsome ash tray souve- nirs were given to all purchasers. 'There was a constant stream of cus- tomers going in and out the store all day. and it took six assistants to attend to the wants of the patrons. The artis- tic display of meerschaum and briar pipes in the window is worthy of men- tion. Among the designs was a repro- duction of the famous painting of Nymphs and Satyrs, by the great artist, Rigl. A large briar pipe inlaid artistically with silver, which will soon find its way to the Jamestown Exposi- tion, attracted much attention. ,iv.!?^^*'''*8« of playing cards was ^^ ^, ^ _i ^, u Ch^:r'""»''^«^^°^^^"^'^«^'« Rutherford ^Xarr""^ eiff.l ^ """"y thousands of these «*" were sold in this way. are sold by successful dealers. There is a Reason. ReinaL 20, HavansL p. 0. Box 98 JOSE F. ROCHA, Havana Leaf Tobacco ■iptdalida^ Tabacos Finos de Vaelta Abajo, Partido f San Miftuel lOO, HABANA, CUBA. GONZALEZ, BENITEZ & CO. AlmacenistasdeTabacoenRamayVivercs Amargura 12 and 14, and San Ignacio ^5, Cable: "Tebenitez.' P. O. Box 396. HABANA, CUBA. LOMB-NUNEZ HAVANA CO. mpenlstas (le TM en tam 142 and 144 Consulado Street, HABANA* Cable:— RxvoRM. A. M. CALZADA & CO. Packers and Dealers in lu&ed and COMMISSION MERCHANTS Monte 156, HABANA, CUBA. p. O. Box. 59S. Cablet "CALDA." NDBLSOBN lOVtBA. Mendelsohn, Bornemann & Co., Importers of HAVANA TOBACCH •nd Commission Tlerchants Hmw Hmtt Office t 106 WATEI STBEVr I. Cabal UAmnU. SUABEZ r CA.. Ai CabU Addrcaat DERBA. Telephonat 1629 Jc WM. BADER Importer of Havana Tobacco 4 Burling Slip. NEW YORK A SpMlalty of HAVANA WRAPPERS and FILLERS at retoiL Mm! ordan promptly ' ■ I ' I ' ' •■ M • i -THE TOBACCO WORLD- Bstabliflhed 1881 THE Incorporated 190a T0Bfi(BQ0 WeRLD Published Every Wednesday BY THB TOBACCO WORLD PUBLISHING CO. 224 Arch Street, rhiUdclpKicL Jay Y. Kkodt, H. C. McMakto, Pf«tident and Oenl. Manager. Secretary and Treaaurer. Bntered at the Post Office at Philadelphia, Pa., as second class matter. TaWPHOWRS:— Bell, Market 28-97 *. Keystone, Main 45-39^ Cable Address, Baccoworld. Havana Office, Post Office Boat s^«. SUBSCRIPTION-PAYABLE IN ADVANCE 1 One Year, $1.00 ; Six Months, 75 Cents; Single Copies, $ Cent*. In all countries of the Postal Union, $2.00 per year, postage prepaid. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION. Advertisement* must bear such «^ dence of merit as to entitle them to public attention. No advertisement '>nown or believed to be in any way odcnlated 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 COc, aa4 Arch St., Philada. Manufacturers scored heavily in the H. C. Gresh, of W. K. GreshiSj,, February innings, and the output during Norristown, Pa., who accompgJJ the month for the First District of John N. Kolb, of the Theobald 1 Pennsylvania shows it. The sale of Oppenheimer Co., to Amsterdam, tjkj stamps for that month indicated an a portion of the purchases made attk output of 51,085,700 cigars, which as first inscription compared with 48.750,300 for February a year ago, shows an increase of 2,- 500,000, and it was the hea\iesi Febru- ary in many years. Figures of all the products of tobacco through the State, for February are as follows :— **■ 51,085,700 A. Pareira, of D. Pareira & Co b i.iJ?:?So !::rhiTni5'tZp % '"" "'"'^^"''«' 6;i56;000 >ng his old trade. He is securing 30^^ 694,500 very good orders and finds hisstockcj 88,417 leaf diminishing at a pretty rapid nb 840, 160 __ J. Greenewald, with G. Falk&Bw of New York, has recovered from recent illness and has started on a trii Cigars at $3 per M. Little cigars at $3 per M. All tobacco cigarettes at 54c Cigarettes at $1.08 Cigarettes at 54c Tobacco at 6c (lbs.) Snuff at 6c PHILADELPHIA. MARCH 13, 1907. A FARMER'S PROSPERITY. No more thorough exemplification of the prosperity of a good tobacco far- mer can be easily shown than a recent incident which occurred in the vicinity of Middletown, 0., where a certain far- mer had delivered his crop of tobacco which netted him just $1,280, and upon getting the cash he said he was going to lift a mortgage on his farm that had been running since 1860. . The principal sum was $800, and dur- ing all those years there had to be paid annually, in interest, $56, which in the length of time it has run, amounted to more than three times the original loan. Just think of it, a mortgage on a farm for $800 for forty- seven y^ars, and yet it was paid off with one year's crop of tobacco, and even then, with one year's interest included the farmer had over $400 left. The question of raising prices on cigars is now spreading all over Europe like an epidemic. Even in the cheapest cigar producing country of the Eastern Hemisphere, the cigar manufacturers have advanced the price of cigars $2 per thousand, and more. The causes for these advances are said to be owing to conditions somewhat similar to those in the United States, viz., advanced cost of labor, raw material, boxes, labels, etc. Consul General Hoffman Philip, of Tangier, reports that American leaf tobacco is used in Morocco to a certain extent, a cheap grade of European and Algerian growth being more exten- sively employed. A quantity of Vir- ginia tobacco, called "Picadura" and "Chop cut," is now imported, a cheap grade, which ranges in price from $8 to $10 per 220 pounds. American to- bacco is imported indirectly through European firms. PHILADELPHIA LEAF MEN MEET The annual meeting of the Phila- delphia Leaf Tobacco Board of Trade was held on Tuesday afternoon, at the Harris Club, with a fair average at- tendance. Aside from an election of ofllicers and a board of directors to serve during the ensuing year, the most important mat- ter brought up was the project of a new and additional bonded warehouse for Philadelphia, and in which a con- siderable interest is now taken. The matter of credits was brought 12 A charter was granted at Dover. Del., Samuel Grabosky, of the En),«, to the Sarkees Tobacco Co., of this city, ^ea^ tobacco Co. announces quite, manufacturers of cigarettes, with a ^^"^'^^t between the business doneB capital of $25,000, to raise and sell to- January and February, which wen bacco and to prepare same for market, exceptionally busy months m^^ and engage in the manufacture of an<^ ^^^ ^"y March is running. ========================================■ cigars. M. B. Sarkees was for several *^ up, and it brought out some animated years located on Sixth street near Race. Harry W. Bremer, of Lewis Bremtf, discussion. It was finally decided where he conducted a small factory for Sons, m company with Lewis Brew, that a committee should be appointed the manufacture of Turkish cigarettes, of ". C. Nolan & Co., and a party rf to formulate plans and inaugurate a He subsequently removed to West friends spent several w^eks at Plorii credit clearing house system- Philadelphia, where he is at present Delegates to attend the convention of located, the National Cigar Leaf Tobacco As- sociation, which will be held in New York on May 6, and 7. were also to have been appointed, but in the absence of President Morris Rosenberg, it was decided that the matter be carried over a few days, to enable him to make the appointments upon his return. AH the former officers were re- elected, and they are as follows : Presi- dent, Morris Rosenberg ; Vice Presi- dent, Geo. W. Bremer: Secretary J. S. Batroff ; Treasurer, W. H. Dohan. The following board of directors was elected for the ensuing year: — Harry W. Bremer, Harry Hirschberg, Geo. Burghard, L. G. Haeussermann and S. Weinberg. The committee to urge the project of a new bonded warehouse is as fol- lows:--Geo. Burghard, E. A Calves, J. S. Batroff, Leopold Loeb and Felix Eckerson. The committee on a credit clearing house consists of : — Harry W. Bremer. E. A. Calves, John R. Young and Felix Eckerson. A final decree has not yet been enter- ed in the case of the Juan F. Portuondo Cigar Manufacturing Co. vs. Vicente Portuondo Cigar Manufacturing Co.. because the defendant company, within the time allowed for entering an ap- peal, filed their exceptions to the opin- ion of the Court, and the matter may come up fpr argument some time this week. The ultimate adjustment of the matter is awaited with deep interest by not only thos^ directly concerned, but by numerous members of the trade, as a matter of general interest. Mr. Sterner, of E. Y. Sterner's Sons, manufacturers and retailers at 20 North Twelfth street, has been confined to his home for several weeks with a mild attack of typhoid fever, but is now said to be convalescing, and it is hoped he will soon again be about as usual. resorts. They have had so enjoyable a time that they have decided to prolong their stay for at leajt i couple of weeks Philadelphia Tobacco Trade This week started out most dismally John Steigerwald, of the John Stei- gerwald Co., cigar manufacturers in Tioga, has been quite sick, but is said to be now on a fair road to recovery. H. C. Nicely, manager of the H. F. Hart & Co. store at Twelfth and Walnut streets, has fully recovered from a re- Carl L. Haeussermann is this «ed covering Reading and vicinity iotk interest of L. G. Haeussermann & Sow He had been out but a very short tiat when orders began to come io froi him. and that is now a daily occurrenet S. Velenchik, of Velenchik Bra. met with a painful accident recestlf by spraining his ankle on an icy pin- ment, and as a result he was confM to his home for several days. Adolph Loeb, of K. Strauss &Ca arrived safely in Amsterdam, but Bade no purchases at the first inscriptifli Horace C. McComas, also with ti house, is riding in Connecticut tto week looking over the leaf mark* there. Charles Hippie, of Hippie Broal Co., started on Monday foraweA'i visit in Lancaster and vicinity, fm which point some good reports c» in. Warren P. Gotwals, of thi«fi» is this week covering New Jersey. Wm. Neuburg. with Joseph Hirri for trade with the retailers. The heavy ;;nVt'rolie"y accident, in which his little & So"n. Joe sTrauss! with Rothschild I snowfall of Sunday seriously impeded daughter was also somewhat injured. Bro., both of New York, and U traffic of all kinds, and the streets are likely to remain in a horribly bad con- jack Fowler, with the United States dition throughout the greater part of Tobacco Co.. of Richmond. Va., is still the week. Although no prolonged cold away in the West, where he has been spell is anticipated, and the snow is likely to melt rapidly, with it will come an overabundance of slush, which is not at all conducive to shopping. Business was showing a good improvement dur- ing last week, and dealers generally Nissly, of E. L. Nissly & Co.. P«li«" of leaf tobacco at Florin, Pa-. '^^ visitors here this week. traveling since shortly after the new «„„ * nFI PHIA LEAFMARU^ year. He had gone as far as the Pacific rMILA Uttr MIALtAf nitn- Coast, but is now working his way Eastward. Theobald & Oppenheimer Co. figur were just beginning to take consolation ed conspicuously at the first inscription in the thought that spring and the open of Sumatra, held at Amsterdam on Fri door season was approaching. In their day last, when they secured consider- preparation for that event, jobbers, able quantities. John N. Kolb, the too, were beginning to feel the good general superintendent of the com- effect as sales were gradually growing pany's factories, is now on the Deutsch- larger and larger. From the way in land and will attend several of the which retail dealers have been buying inscriptions. goods since the new year began, it was ** evident that retail stocks were pretty Arthur Loeb, with Leopold Loeb & well exhausted, and would soon have to Co., sailed last week for Holland, and General dullness characterized * local leaf market during the past «** An exception was noted by only*'" ,„ houses. It is regarded, however, J' i. counter action of the rather aco period of January and February, dorw which rather an exceptionally WJ volume of business was done. ^^ these conditions prices have renJW" uniformly high. Collections are »J what tardy, and consolation i» * only in the fact that manufacturers continuing to be busy. ^ Sumatra transactions do not setf" TT»,.. ^.<%.,auo.,^u, o.iu YTuuivj Duuij nave lu (jo^^ sauea last weex lor rtoiiana. ana oumaira iransaununo «« .-- ^ HmZTI^^I tXlt'Hy %^ will attend the remainder of the yi„. h.ve been jnaterially affec.«i j-^ show at all with the approach of spring inscriptions, m the interest of his results of the first >n8criy^ business. father. (Continued on page ^^1 THE TOBACCO WORLD- 1 WARNING! In the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania A Permanent Injunction was granted to the EXECUTORS of the ESTATE of ISA- DORE LIBERMAN, deceased, and against WILLIAM F. RUWELL and BENJAMIN WILLIAMS, trading as the Penn Cigar Machine Company, restraining said parties from manufacturing or offering for sale any Cigar Rolling Tables, Wrapper Cutters or Pres- sure Rolls upon which patents are held by the above named Executors. Legal process will be taken against all Infringers and Users of Machines Infringing upon these Patents. LIBERMAN MANUFACTURING CO. 814 Winter Street PHILADELPHIA 1 f I IS «! -THE TOBACCO WORLD Office: ERNEST BLLINGER <& CO. m. ,<,. W^er s„ Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO New York LEAF TOBACCO. OFnCES: DETROIT, MICH. AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. HAVANA .CUBA. New York, IMLS.GANS MOSES J. CANS JBROMB WALI.ER EDWIN I. ALBXANDBB JOSEPH S. GANS (H CO. P&ckers of 1^63.1 1 O DclCCO fctopbooe-346 John. No. 150 Wa. Cigar Moisture and Moisture Proof Boxes and Cabinets BUBECK & QUERIN Office, Factory and Sample Room 115 to 121 East Thirteenth St. New York ? Write for Illustrated Catalogue. =6. T. J. DUININ «& CO. Makers of the BACHELOR CIGAR 401-405 E. 91st Street, NEW YORK JOHN W. MERRIAM & CO. **At the Sli^n of the Bull Goi{,** New York Real Habana Sedar^ Makers and Importers Haban* Scraps and Cnltlntfs for Sal* 15 ! .'I 1; -THE TOBACCO WORLD- The Miami Valley Leaf Tobacco Co. ALLEN H. REEOER DAYTON OHIO STANLEY M. KROHN Packers of Cigar Leaf Tobacco 1903-4-5 Zimmer Spanish, 1905 Gebhardt, 1905 Dutch, 1905 Connecticut, etc. SIZE, 16 BY 10 INCHES'-WEIOHT, !8 POUNDS HOW TO REDUCE EXPENSES is the foremost thought with all manufacturers just at this time The solution can be found in our Bunching Device, and this can be proven. to your entire satisfaction if you will call at our offices and see it "at work. " A most cordial invitation is extended. Every oppor- tunity given for close inspection, and such tests as you may care to make; or full information furnished upon request. Atfent« wuatril thruutfhoul the United States The Perfeci BuivcKing MacKiive Co. No. 13:2 South Sixth Street PHILADELPHIA Wisdom on the Label Wisdom in the Cigar A 5c. Smoke that is so Good It is Bound to Repeat Ohmit & Kraft East Prospect Pa. $jl Cigars of Quality Sell and Repeat. Try THE DOCTOR 5c. Gi^ar WALTER S. BARE. Lititz* Penna. Maker of Hltfh Orada Cltfara Exclaalvaly. *l PHILADE.LPBIA LEAF NAKKLT. . (Concluded from page 12) small lot sales are still the order of the day. The Havana market is also in a comatose state. Transactions have been small and/ prices remain un- changed. NILWAVKEC TRADE HOPEFUL. 16 Notes of Improvements Made. V. C. S. Co. Meets Small Encouragement. Milwaukee, Wis., March 11. A round among the local cigar stores and manufacturers reveals a condition of comparative quiet, as is usually to be expected ^or a considerable period after the winter holidays. The situa- tion is beginning to show signs of im- provement, however, and the future looks bright with promise of better things. The United Cigar Stores Co. continue to operate their two stores here along their established lines, using all methods of attraction to lure the smoker into their establishments. Apparently, Mil- waukee offers but little encouragement to the United stores, for, despite their early plans, the progress of the "chain" has been nil. At Kindling's, one of the pioneer shops in the city, business is reported to be in good shape and all hands are busy. They manufacture the Alcazar brand in various grades. About forty men find employment here all the time. Wm. P. Mueller, who operates a re- tail stoie in connection with his shop at 442 National avenue, reports a per- iod of quiet in the trade just at present, but looks for the situation to pick up very shortly. His brands are Queen and Mark Anthony, in ten cent goods, and Salesman, a good selling nickel cigar. He also carries a line of other popular brands. Mr. Mueller is in the market for a good second-hand damp scrap cutting machine. A. E. Vierheilig, who operates a shop at 574 and 576 Potter avenue, reports being quite busy, though he has been handicapped somewhat by the fact that he has been doing jury service. Mr. Vierheilig has developed an excellent trade for his goods, and last fall was compelled to considerably alter and enlarge his shop to accommodate his in- creasing business. His principal brands are Clara, a ten cent article, and Se- lected Gems, a five cent smoke, and both are popular. Business is reported as being mode- rate at the^store of H. Platz, 278 Third street, but it was stated that some im- provement was soon to be expected. Mr. Platz, in addition to handling an extensive line of cigars, also carries a complete line of tobacco and pipes of all descriptions. McGuire Bros, enjoy an enviable trade at their down tonw store in the Loan & Trust Building, where they handle a large and varied ilne of Eas- tern as well as Western goods. They HI INTER— A Nickel Cigar Has won many races for dealers. Try it. report, however, that they are coi%, plating cutting down their line of £^ tern made cigars and enlarging on their line of local goods, as they m they find quite a demand for goo^^ local popularity. The McGaires conduct a store at the corner of Gim and Walker streets, on the SoathSiiii; Prominent Republican politicitm have caused the announcement of Han F. Jones, junior member of the iirnii C. Jones & Co., tobacco jobbem Janesville, as a candidate for aU» man. Should he be successful io» curing the election, which 8eema{(4 able, he will be the youngest aldem in the State, as he is but 21 yeui^ age. H. A. Schwartzburg, cigar box nai facturer, will build an addition toki present plant at North aveiae iri Sixth street. A 75 h.p. Corliss eniiH and an 80 h.p. boiler will be instiUai I MORE NIGHT RAIDS IN KENTUCII, Evansville, Ind., March S. Another incident in the Weittt Kentucky tobacco war is reported tn Otter Pond, where a band of tnenbroh into two cars on a siding and ruiMi tobacco consigned to the Amerioi Snuff Company plant at Hopkinsvill^ Ky. Fifteen masked men were m riding south of here, and it is tboafk they are the ones who did the wort which was not revealed until oextdv The two cars of tobacco had bea loaded by George Martin and hit t» ants, and were ready to be takoi ti Hopkinsville. Altogether some sixtea hogsheads of fine weed were rolled «n, the hoops broken and the tobacco Mat- tered about and trampled until jfit tically worthless. There is some question here u ti whether the railroad or the consignw will have to stand the loss, and then is a possibility of litigation on tip) point. It is reported that the railnmi company had issued bills of kdiiv.u> if this is true, the loss will fall on il The doors of the cars being oflBdallj sealed, the crime is made much greaW There have been several cases witto the last few weeks in which tobae» not pledged to the growers' organi* tion has been destroyed by night rideft and when Circuit Court convenea b* Judge Gordon is expected to deliw" hot charge on the subject. <^%i^ ^ manufactured tobacco used in tw' trict. There is little raw le» ^ ported from the United State* majority of it coming ^""° j,. About the only American tobacC -THE TOBACCO WORLD- Y\ rf^ A i? T? JJR Ti O ATS? iiiirfment of PlaJii Riid Fancy Ribbomk L'-* VT-^^^L*^ A\.J^J^ ±J KJ±1 KJ* ^^^^ ^^^ Sample Card and Price Liat to Department v mS^l ^^]^''''''^^ Wm. Wicke Ribbon Co. faffetas, Satin and GrOS Grain. j6 East Twenty-second street, NEW YOMK. -irted is that used for binders on liMrs the filler and wrapper being Habana. Recently the high prices for Habana filler has led some of the manu- facturers to use sorre American filler, ]nt this is exceptional. There is no customs duty on unmanu- factured tobacco, but there is an excise duty of 10 cents per pound on nw leaf tobacco, and also an excise doty of from 18 to 25 cents per pound OB snuff. The duty on cigars and eigarettes, the weight of cigars in- riading bands and ribbons, and the weight of cigarettes including paper lovering, is $3 per pound and 25 per cent U valorem. The duty on cut tobacco is 65 cents per pound, and on manuf ac- Isred tobacco and snuff 50 cents per lound. There are twelve licensed cigar factories in this district and one snuff factory. TRADE NOTES. -John Matia has opened a wholesale cigar store at Monroe. Wis. Mr. Matia has been a cigar salesman for a number •f years. -Dodds & Mays, of Miamisburg, 0., leaf packers, have secured a new ware- house, 260x42 feet, containing modern improvements of all kinds. -C. J. Mills, formerly a depot bag- gage master of the C, M. & St. P. Ry., has purchasd from M. W. Barron, a cigar factory at Beloit, Wis. —The W. H. Heegard Cigar Co. fac- tory, on State street, Chicago, was slightly scorched by fire from an un- known cause some days ago, causing a loss of about $500. —The wholesale grocery and cigar distributing house of J. C. Orrick & Son Co., of Cumberland, Md., narrowly escaped destruction by fire recently, when adjoining properties were com- pletely destroyed, entailing a loss of $100,000. —The cigar factory of ex- Sheriff John Stilps, at Menominee, Mich., narrowly escaped destruction by fire a few days ago. The blaze started in a shed in the rear from live coals thiown there by some person in an adjoining building. The prompt action of the fire department prevented any serious loss. The damage to the building and stock amounts to about $600. —Amended articles of incorporation of the Standard Cigar Company, of Carlisle, Ky.. were filed in the County Court last week. The Standard Cigar Company will move to Lexington. Ky., and be ready for business in their new location March II but the exact place of business selected is not given out. L. D Young, James L. Donnell, J. B. Bunav and D. N. Peeble signed the articles. Marcus Jaskulek Morris Jaskulek Robert Jaskol^ M. JASKULEK & SONS Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco 814 and S16 East Third Street D4YTON, OHIO Joe Endress, Jr. A. C. Kercher Pioneer Leaf Tobacco Co. Germantown, Ohio Packers of CIGAR LEAF TOBACCO High Grade Cigar Molds in any shape, at lowest prices. CIGAR MANUFACTURERS* REVENUE BOOKS 25 cents each ; postage prepaid, 30 cents. The American Ci^ar Mold Co., Cincinnati, O. W. H. SNYDER &C0. Windsor, Pa. Manufacturers of Popular Brands of Fine-'iMediunv Priced Cigars Correspondence with Wholesale and Jobbing Trade only invited. Particulars cheerfully given to responsible inquirers. Our Leaders Include: Honeysuckle, Rose Show, Jumbo, Libby Dear, Verelda, Charles Fay, Carisima, Gov. Pattison, Model American, and Others., 17 1141 ^ I ) ! lii III Always Room vos Ons Mors Good Customsx. , L* U« oCllCrS & oOlly o611CroVlllC| 1 fl« THE TOBACCO WORLD f(9t For Gentlemen of Good Taste FELieE-^ R^ A HIGH GRADE O ^ kjCciGAR FOR iJCi# Sold Extensively by Leading Cigar Dealers and Druggists Throughout the United States SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES THE DEISEL-WEMMER C0.» Makei« LIMA, OHIO J. F. REICHARD Wholesale Dealer in LEAF TOBACCO cf All Grades Craley, Penna. W. W. STEWART & SON Reading, Pa. J^O'JJj^JWAV' Makers of the JOHN HAY LADY HELEN lOc. JOHN HAY, Jr. ELI PERKINS Hi^h Grade Seed and Havana Cigars ('orrr»pondeac« with Responsible Houses Solicited L. J. SMITH & CO. Wholesale Cigar Manufacturers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Red Lion, Pa. OUIL CINCINNATI LETTER. (Concluded from page 13.) An underwriters' sale of the entire splvage stock of the Haas Bros. Tobacco Co., Dayton, O., was conducted by auction on March 7, under the direction of Ezekiel & Bernheim Co., of Cin- cinnati. The sale covered 434 cases of leaf tobacco as follows : 194 Cases Tabled and Resweated Geb- hardt 1905. 146 Cases Resweated Zimmer Spanish Wrapper B's 1905. 57 Cases Wicsonsin B's and Zimmer Spanish, Cased. 37 Cases Wisconsin Binders 1906. It was sold Dy order of the insurance companies, and it is said that 97 per cent, of the tobacco was m perfect condition and free from burn or water damage. With .Specially Desifiaed Bands. und PAN ANNA 5c. Cifiars TWO HAVANAS Two for Five Gents Correipondence with Responsible Housei eoliciled. Private Brands nadc to order. SMITH BROS. Brokers in Domestic I 17 A 17 T/^R A /^^O and Imported LL/Vr 1 KJDjW^K^VJ No. 1 7 Charter Street, Dayton, O. Ohio Goods Our Specialty 18 WINDOW DRESSING CONTEST AT THE TOBACCO EXPOSITION. Window dressing every year is be- coming a more important factor in creating a volump of sales for cigar stores. This branch of the business now receives equal attention with every other important point, and a certain sum is set aside by larger houses for window dressing advertising. Ex- pert window dressers are engaged regularly to carry on a window dressing campaign, and the dresser who caft origmate the most attractive windows is the man whose services are most in demand. Recognizing the status of window dressing in the tobacco trade, W. B. Turk, president of the Tobacco Exposi- tion Company, has arranged for a win- dow dressing contest at the Tobacco Exposition, next September. A suit- able space has been set aside in the Garden for this contest. The contes- tants will be governed by a uniform set of rules, and the windows will be judged by men of wide experience in adver- tising lines. Three prizes will be offered the con- testants, while the title of champion window dresser of the cigar and tobacco trade of the United States will be con- ferred upon the winner of the first prize. In addition to the three prin- cipal prizes, certificates of merit will be awarded other contestants who make meritorious displays. This will give every contestant an opportunity to secure a certain amount of prestige as a window dresser such as could be obtained in no other way. It is also presumed that this contest will be given wide publicity in the press of the country, as well as in the trade papers, this being the first contest of similar nature to be held in connection with i any exhibit of the tobacco trade. j The rules practically are as follows : I 1. The contestant may be any retail I cigar dealer, cigar or tobacco jobber, j or any person in their employ. I 2. Each display must be restricted to goods manufactured by firms, com- I panies or individuals whose goods are represented at the Exposition. 3. Each contestant will be permitted to dress three windows as samples ol his skill, and upon which the judges wii pa38. The size of temporary show wiodowi for the window dressing contest wii be about 7 feet wide by 5 feet detp^ Each contestant must furnish all Bigu, dummies, decorations and matenih for dressing his windows. 4. No set pieces built outside willbi allowed in the contest. The entitt work of trimming the window mustbt done by the contestant at the Garda, Tne retailer will thus have an oppor- tunity to learn something about wiodot dressing methods from experts. Hm occasion will demonstrate new ideii for making windows and stores attnt* tive, while the materials used will necessarily be of the simplest. Any one eligible and wishing to enter the contest, should send his name u early as possible to the Tobacco Ei- position Co., which will havechargeof the contest, and the name will be entered and a time allotted for i» sing the window. RUTHERFORD '^•^^^cfo^^I*'^* Are Popular Because They Please the Consumer. SPECIAL NOTICE ' 12 i< cents oer 8-ooint meagared llotj To Manafactnrers of Gi^rs: If you have any Cuttings, Scraps or Sifting to sell, write us. We are at all times in the market M Cash Buyers of all these producti. EDWIN L. KOPPELMAN CO. 7-6-lh 81 Pine St.. NewJ<>* New York, March 6, 19(ff. NOTICE is hereby given that the fiiii of Kohl berg Bros.A RuthenbargW this day been dissolved by mutual ecj sent, by the withdrawal therefro«« Walter J. Ruthenburg. The business will hereafter be e» tinued by Wm. W. Kohlberg, tradingu Wm. W. Kohlberg & Co. ^ . ^ Kohlberg Bros. 6l Ruthenburf. William W. Kohlberg. 3-13h Walter J. Ruthenburg^ POR SALE.-Nice lot of 75 hogshfJi ■*- good heavy Kentucky broken 1«JJ and scraps suitable for making shwmhj tobacco. Also, nice old, well sweaw* well-sized cigar fillers and wrappo* Buckner. Dunkerson & ^JJ 7-1 Itf Louisville. _^ \A/E PURCHASE Cigar Moldslj ^^ desirable shapes-such M'V 16,261. No. 8.832. No. 8,569. WnW» Slating what you have and the qua" ^ Winget Mfg. Co., York. Pa^__;|f;!^ \A7 ANTED-A line of cheap ?f^^ ' ^ vania goods on a brokerage wj^ Address Broker. Box 23, care oi . Tobacco World, Phila. ^ *0 RENT.-Upper floors for s'^'jj purposes. Apply 121 N. 3d St T Genuine &awed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to - tabuahed rsse. i, J. Sellers A Son, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO.. SELJLERSVILLE, Pi^ THE TOBACCO WORLD J. B. MILLEYSACK Mauufacturer of Fine Havana P IRA DC Hand-Made OlwWIlW No. 821 Lake Street LANCASTER, PA. Correspondence with the Jobbing Trade solicited. J. E. SHERTS & CO. Lancaster, Pa. Manufacturers of Cigars CORRESPONDENCE INVITED FROM RESPONSIBLE HOUSES. The Gilt Edge Cigar Box Factory J. FRANK BOWMAN 51 Market St. Lancaster, Pa. CIGAR BOXES SHIPPING CASES LABELS, EDGINGS, RIBBONS Cigar Mannfactarers' SUPPLIES of All Kinds Daily Capacity, Five Thousand Bozea OTABUSHCD 1671 Hove Yonr Tobacco on USED BY Leading Tobacco Dealers BUILT AND SOLD BY Box Truck The Wm. F. Kramer Co. DAYTON. OHIO 1 DALLASTOWN, PA. Manufacturer of Nickel Sl Medium Price CIGARS For Wholesale and Jobbinti Trade E RENNINGER. Iiiiiiiii:::=d 1889. iik/lanufacturer of High and Medium Ako, All Grades of Fine Cigars rporat«d <2A^ Atvli St.. PHILADELPHIA. H 24 BALDWINSVILLE. N. Y. ^The warehouses are still assorting with full forces employed. The handling discloses but a very small percentage of damaged tobacco, the crop being ex- ceptionally good and sound. The growers are making plana for the new from the factory of El Draco Ci^ar mi. Co., Philada. E. S. SECHRIST, Dallastown, Pa, Manufacturer of Pine and Common inufacturer ot Cigars Established 189a Cspadty. Twenty Thousand p«Dl| YOD ARE LOSING MONEY. ? HOW 7 BAD ACCOUNTS. Charging ihem oiT to profit aod loit. Paying Collection Agency Feet- Paying Membenhip fees. •• DO-IT-YOLRSBLF" The "Do lt-Your«eU" collection ""'J' 'AiSr?f whereby you collect your bad accouola '^*'''^?',i^ and do i( in the .ame way that it ia done by UH^"" Agenciet, only BCTTCR.. 7 WHY 7 It ia a better ayatem. It ia eaaier to operate, __.u aaunl It keepa the account, in YOVR OWN ■*"»»• It bringa the money to YOU. It aavea Collection Agenciea feet. It aavea Memberahipfa«». li^LUttmi^ It aavea gelling into the hand* of itanltM»U^~" Price $1.00 Postpaid Each outfit contains everythinp rtecewW to oollect 60 claims. MONEY REFUNDED if on r»o«iPt 1** are not perfectly satisfied. OROER rO-DAY United States Collection ArfeacT Suite 19, 163 R.Bdolpb S«rt«« Chicago. U. S. A. Agents Wanted Write for propoiiW* Weidman Bros. & Moye] Manufacturers of Ci^ar Boxes """'•"""""'GOLD LEAF EMBOSSING HIGH GRADE Work Factories ^omelsdorf. Pa., Sinkinii Spring, Pa. Established 1801 New Orleans. 'San Francisco. Cigar Labels ~': ^v *^''- wm Cmicaco. New York. s>*-. Cincinnati. latebUshed 1877 New Factory 1904 H.W.HEFFENER, Steam Cigar Box Manufacturer Howard & Boundary Aves. YORK, PA. INLAND CITY CIGAR BOX Ctt »» » ♦ »♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ \ Dealer in \ % Cigar Box l/umher, X r ♦ 5 Labels, ♦ S^ Ribbons, X Edging, \ t Brands, etc. X \ ♦ »♦■»♦♦ » »< » ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦>♦♦♦♦ Mannfactarers of Cigar Boxes^Shipping Cases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Edgings, etc. L.ANCASTER. PA, fie— 728 N. Christian St. >qBEN BUSER MANUFACTQRBR OP Cigar Boxes and Cases DBALBR m ' Lumber* Labels* Edging, Etc., R. F. D. No. 3, YORK, PA, . *i > ' \ l: II £■ A. C^^^^® <& Co H^»^^ A/. THIRD ST IMPORTERS Or^^ JOHN SLATER & CO Manufacturers of Handmade UOINO FILLER STOGIES Corner Columbia and Marietta Avenues LANCASTER, PA. No. 21 North Main Street, Washington, Pa. : \ Porto Rico Cigar Co. Red Lion, Pa. WHOLESALE CIGAR MANUFACTURERS Maior Paul 1 Lord Selkirk ^OC. Arrow Point J Tom Lewis — 2 for 3c. Wholesale aod Jobbing Trade Only SOMETHING NEW AND GOOD WAGNER'S CUBAN STOGIES Manufactured Only by LEONARD WAGNER F.c.„,> No. . 707 Ohio St., ALlEfiHENY, PA fflCTop Slcflic^ Nt) '.f^:^ AMI*"'! and will be wanted before the season is over, but as time tireth out the bravest, eo it will tire out the grower of the weed. Our correspondents write : Bradstreet, Mass. : "E. F. Cooley, of North Hatfield sold 3J acres of tobacco in the cases at 18 cents to Mr. Burk, of Hadley. C. E. Smith, of East Deer- (leld, sold a crop of five acres to Mr. Burk at the same price. The tobacco was assorted by Belden Bros." East Whately, Mass. : "The crop of 9 acres of tobacco raised by Thomas Flynn, of this place, for which early in the fall he was offered above 19 cents, he has now sold for 17J cents." North Hatfield. Mass.: "Mr. Wolf- ram has bought at Hinsdale, N. H., 14J tons of tobacco, which has been shipped to this place to be assorted and packed, the prices were from 13 to 15 cents ; one lot for which he offered in the fall 16J cents he now paid 13^ cents. - American Cultivator. f GEO. STEUERNAGLE Manufacturer of THE CELEBRATED Ti3. and full particulars. They are indispensable in \mi packing and tobacco warehouses. Hundreds in use. MINNICH MACHINE WORKS Landisville, Lancaster Co., Pa. -Established 1834— WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchanis 27 South Second Street PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday (^i^ars, Tobacco, Smokers' Articles Special Sales of Leaf Tobacco ^ignments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Day of Sale Consii Pat fkf^4-Q\ Caveats, Trade Marks, ^-^to Design-Patents, Copyrights, etc. "Cr John A, Saul le Droit Building, WASHINGTON, D. C. JACOB G.^SHIRK Lancaster, Pa, JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS of American Tobacco Co, American Cigar Co. American Stogie Co. Lnhrman & Wilburn Tobacco Co. Blackwell Durham Tobacco Co. Spalding & Merrick Tobacco Co. IT WTTf PA WAIT **» ^^'^ ^^ prices beCor* 11 It ILL lAI lUU orderln|{ {{oods elsewhere. ! K Brilliant as Diamonds Fragrant as Roses Good as Government Bonds Are the ClClAKo Reg^B^ered BrmLl« "Brilliant Star*' Clear Havana . . 10a. •'S. B " Half Havana 5e* *'S. B." Little Havanas 5c. "Honest Bee" 3e. "2--I~No" Mildest Cigar Made 2 f Or Se., Special Brands Made to Order Stauffer Bros. Mfg. Co., New Holland, Pa. 1 £ i ( !*1 ■ Send Your Cigar Buyer Here We Will Save You Money For Sale by All Dealers E R 1 Q U E MIXTURE S6e AMERICAN TOBACCO CO., NEW^YOK ■A •? ■ II l»' I ill E A Cfi^L-^ES h\MANA 123 N. THIRD ST. *~~ ' ^^' .IMPORTERS O^^ Ph.i.adbu'hia lam SLATER & CO. n Manufacturers of Handmade STOGIES i^OINO FILLER Corner Columbia and Marietta Avenues LANCASTER, PA. No. 21 North Main Street, Washington, Pa. Porto Rico Ci^ar Co. Red Lion, Pa. WHOLESALE CIGAR MANUFACTURERS Maior Paul ] Lord Selkirk ^ OC. Arrows Point J Tom Lewis— 2 for 3e. Wholesale and Jobbinii Trade Only f f and will be wanted before the season Articles of incorpoiation of theifc is over, but as time tireth out the Franktl Cigar Co , at Des Moines, Ii, bravest, so it will tire out the grower were filed last week, by Abe Franki of the weed. Our correspondents write : Bradstreet, Mass. : "E. F. Cooley, of North Hatfield sold 3J acres of tobacco in the cases at 18 cents to Mr. Burk, of Hadley. C. E. Smith, of East Deer- field, sold a crop of five acres to Mr. Mrs. Ray Frankel and Nate Seifi The capital slock is $25,000. WW^rm^tfW^* Business CKaLnges, Fires. Ctt. SOMETHING NEW AND GOOD WAGNER'S CUBAN STOGIES ^,^,,^ LEONARD WAGNER I, W^'f^ K.c.or.vNo.. 107 Ohio St., ALLEGHENY, PA ^^iK^;' Hd5TlLonB( Connecticut. Derby.— Joseph May, cigar roanoiM- Burk at the same price. The tobacco turer, damaged by fire, was assorted by Belden Bros." Georgia. East Whately, Mass.; "The crop of Savannah.- A. W. Masterson, cigm 9 acres of tobacco raised by Thomas a^j tobacco, succeeded by H. H. Bed. Flynn, of this place, for which early in the fall he was offered above 19 cents, he has now sold for 17J cents." North Hatfield. Mass.: "Mr. Wolf- ram haH bought at Hinsdale, N. H., Illinois. Wilmette.— S. W. Mazur, barberail cigars, sold out. Indiana. Rochester.— B. K. Gilliland, cigw, GEO. STEUERNAGLE THE CELEBRATED Miiiiufaciurer of Pittsburg Stogies , /^^. HANDMADE :%X Goods sold direct to 's?/ STOGIES. ^^ J Jobbers and Dealers I 5143 Penn Ave.,' Pittsburg, Pa, Harold Friks FRIES & BRO 92 Reade St., New York. Tbe Oldest and Largest House in the Trade. Manufacturcw and Introducers of the * * * WORLD-RENOWNED Spanish Betans, ONLY NON-EVAPORATING Cigar & Tobacco Flavor? Sweeteners, etc. le Free C^«^^l n The Most Populat fr.»»,r, Sample Free ^p, - ;^sw .., "•utranteed to be the Stronjjfst.rheapest.andBcj: Uh tons of tobacco, which has been released chattel mortgage, $1,000. i^hipped to this place to be assorted and Iowa packed, the prices were from 13 to 15 ^^^ Moines. -Abe Franklin, cigw cents; one lot for which he offered m .^^ ,^^ ^, ^be Franklin Cigars the fall l(>i c.ntshenowpa.d LU cents. ^skaloosa.-J. J. Snyder, cim - American Cultivator. , ^. , ,, bill of sale, $4,UUU Maine. EDGERTON, WIS. Waterville.- Henry Talberth, cipr Nothing has developed during the manufacturer, succeeded by Talberi week to vary the conditions before Cigar Co. described concerning the tobacco mar- Massachusetts, ket. In the aggregate a good deal of Fitchburg. -L. Nut.He (Mrs^a tobacco is being lifted from farmers' ^'^''^ a"^ tobacco, filed married n hands but at quite a reduction from top man's certificate. Sweeney* prices earlier in the season-figures Farrell. cigar manufacturers, succeedd ranging from 10 to 14 cents, while re- by -1. J- Sweeney, jected lots are taken ac even less. The time is close at hand when the growers must either sell at the present offer- ings or prepare to sort and case their crops and perhaps the buyers are tak- ing advantage of the situation to reduce liards, cigars and news, chattel m the average of their packings. Here gage, $1,274. are a few recent sales that have come Lapeer. E. H. Hagerman, to notice : Jos. Porter. 16 acres at 13 and 4 cents. James I.ivick, 4 acres at 12i and 3 cents. J. Ford & Co., IB acres at lU and 3 cents. Ole Fursett, 10 acres at 13 and 4 cents. P>om information reaching us we be- gin to think that it is rather an excep- tion than the rule that the early pur- chases are now being received without some deductions or docking, so the haggling and dissensions resulting from delivery are of the most unpleasant nature and a great many farmers carry home the impression that they have been treated unfairly. It is the most confectionery, etc., dis* natural result, however, of selling the Hayes continues, tobacco crop so long in advance of its West Virginia, being ready for market. Not since 1900 Wheeling— Henry Bellinger, w has so much trouble been experienced dead, throughout the State in receiving the Wisconsin, crop. Madison.— Thomas W. Shipmentsi 415 cases. —Reporter. cigars, chattel mortgage, $300 J Lawrence.— Louis Gens, raanofr turer and retail cigars and tobacft chattel mortgage* $1,000. Michigan. Kalamazoo. - Hinger Wilkins, bil lort- and cigars, succeeded by M. Erther, New Jersey. Hayonne. — Eisler & Adler, tobi* and cigars, chattel mortgage, $500. New York. New York City.-A. Newmark, «• gars and stationery, damaged by fi'*' Lewis Sylvester &Son, le8l»' bacco. style changed to Sylvester* Stern. Oregon. Portland -N. A. Loucks, cigars, e^-j sold to W. L. Palmer. Washington. Clarkston.-Crippen & Haye8>«»J| •■ solved;'"' *' THB TOBACCO WORLD HINNICH BALING PRESS ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦41 ♦ ♦ NETAL ENBOSSLD LABELS NETAL PRINTED LABELS ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ XX ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ►♦♦♦ t*« tl* J« f leiscKKayer Cigar Labels f 1 238 ArcK Street, TELEPHONE 1661 II Jit Iphia. l^ ^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^♦♦♦▼♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ t ♦» ♦ ♦ LITHOGR.APHINO SPECIAL DESIGNS ♦> ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ /♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ »»1t ratCBted Narck 9. 1807 For All Kinds of Products Requiring Baling TOBACCO STEMS. PAPER. COHON. Etc Specially Constructed ..PRESSES.. For Leaf Tobaeco Packers Warranted to do more and better work in a given time, with less labor than any Press on the market Unsurpassed for power, strrn^th, smiplicity and durability, as well as ease and quickne->s in operation Various sizes manufactured. Write for pnce^ and full particulars. They are indispensable in l«af packing and tobacco warehouses. Hundreds in use. MINNICH MACHINE WORKS Landisville, Lancaster Co., Pa. —Established 1831— WM. F. COMLY & SON ktioneers and Commission Merchani^ 27 South Second Street PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday Ci^^rs, Tobacco, Smokers^ Articles ^ , Special Sales of Leaf Tobacco ^nsignments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Day of Sale Caveats, Trade Marks, scents Design-Patents, Copyrights, etc. ""^rr John A. Saul I^e Droit Building, WASHINGTON, D, C. JACOB G.^SHIRK Lancaster, Pa. JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS of American Tobacco Co, American Cigar Co, American Stogie Co, Luhrman & Wilburn Tobacco Co, Blackwell Durham Tobacco Co. Spalding & Merrick Tobacco Co, IT Wll f PAY YOU ^** ^^^ ^^ PRICES befor* orderln|{ |{oods elsewhere. V E ... :.• . \ 1 Brilliant as Diamonds Fragrant as Roses Good as Government Bond& Are the CluAKo Registered Brand* '•Brilliant Star" Clear Havana . . lOo. •'S. B " Half Havana 5c *'S. B." Little Havanas 5c« t( Honest Bee >» 3c "2--I— No" Mildest Cigar Made 2 for 5e^ Special Brands Made Xo Order Stauffer Bros. Mfg. Co., New Holland, Pa. Send Your Cigar Buyer Here We Will Save You Money Bor Sale by All Dealers V I R a I N I A E R I Q U E MIXTURE 6Ae AMERICAN TOBACCO CO., NEW^YiHtl INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE E. A. O^^^^s c6 Oo- H ••'rrrrrrmT or^-^ AVANA 123 N. THIRD HILADML^HIA THiB I<,IBmARY ys GOODykS THEJNfAME f> Havana Cigars NONE GENUINE UNLESS it^BEARING THIS BAND WITH OUR TRADE MARK IN COLORS DlWARC or tM/TATIONS. ON SALE EVERYWHERE Constant Growth sign if ies i m I i 11 Constant Merit! Cigars that hold the confidence of their smokers pay dealers best. DIAMOND JOE CIGAR FACTORY brands stand pre-emi- nently in a class of their own. H. / Eitablished in 1881. ) Vol. XXVII., No. 12. ) PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK, MARCH 20, 1907. 1 One Dollar per Annum. Payable in Advance. I F E IM D R I C H Evansvilie, Ind. WARREN BECK £l BRO. Teo-Cent Brands: r^*^^ \.m^ c x Dukr of Westminster CigaF Manuiacfurers Admlrnl GherardI Gen. Warren -^^ « -yr^ La Respoinder Marcana \ OFlCf ai^Lm La Cantidad Michael Hose A. F. BrilDuil Dallaii Ciia Manufac- turers of LEAF TOBACCO, M a.d.killHeffer Maker of Cigars Communicate with Factory No Salesmen MILLERS VI LLE. PA K ROSMNWAID & BRO. Philipp J. Kolb&Co Importers & Packers OF Leaf Tobacco 310 Race Street Philadelphia • CENTRAL UNION* No other brand of Tobacco has grown so quickly in public favor Reasons : Quality Price Union Label Friendly Dealers' Aid •nd Tobacco Trust's Hostility CENTRAL \ UNION ,; CUT PLUS,. R . -r, >■;• '■■•r.. United States Tobacco Co. RichmoodjVa. iF SUMATRA TOBACCO . V The Kind that Wraps Economically H. DUYS & CO. No. 170 Water Street, New York The Leading Exclusive Sumatra House Amsterdam House: — De Amsterdamsche Tabakshandelmaatschappij. iJ Growers and Packers of FLORIDA TOBACCOS Write for Samples SCHROMBMR & ARGUIMBAU 178^ Water Street, New York 1! I M % -i I 1 I THE TOBACCO W U K L, D t THE 3c. CIGAR that ! ■ f odMI say is "All to the Front." '^UHT^jj i El Draco Cigar Mfg. Co. Philada. I (lord LANCASTER, 10c.) Oil Bi. k ft. Manufacturers 615 Market St., Philada. (NICKELBY, 5c.) I SMOKE SABORQ CIGARS I # ^ CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Kni^ 3-cent Ci^ar Made by Morris D. Neumann & (a PHILADELPHIA, PA. Stumatr Greene e. T. c«ifa SUMNER GREENE & CO. Manufacturers of eiie's Cigars 2330 MARKET ST., PHILADELPHIA Gre Seal Factory 1839. First District Peana. MWNM^'GAR 114 ^MB^MMmi SUPERIOR Qualify and Workmanship -> Faclory No. 968, First District Penna. u V. ^ If You Want to be In HAVANA Smoke (^ &L P»^^.b, CIGARS W * ^ HENRY HEYIBANN'S SONS Sinking Spring, Pa. n W. K. Gresh & Sons, Makers, Norristown,Pa. \ YOU CAIN BUY WEAVER'S ORIGINAL HAVANA SHORTS ALL JOBBING HOUSES Farmenter Wax-Lined Coupon Cigar Pociiels Afford PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indorsed by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE Advertising Medium known. ^ I Racine Paper Goods Co?, Racine, Wis^D.^ Sole Owners and Maiiiituctnrers* /\^ ^ALVEs (f^ 0°- <^o^ Havana 123 n. third st. lENTUCKr ASSOCIATION DISSOLVES •ewlve. to Return $7,500 Paid In by rwmeri. Win Aid Society of Equity. Louisville, Ky.. March 16, A meeting of the Board of Directors of the Kentucky and Ohio Barley To- bacco Growers' Association was held jogt week. The purpose of the meet- ing was to take steps toward the dis- solution of the organization since the work it had on hand has been taken up by the American Society of Equity, The members of the Board who were present were: A.Stuart, Cincinnati, O., chairman; Bailey D. Berry Lexington, Secretary ; B. C. Butt, Brock Harry. W. T. Handy, J. B. Berry, John Wigglesworth and f illiam Adams, of Harrison county, £,. ; C. B. Sullivan and Senator J. W. Newman, of Woodford county : W. C. McChord, Washington county: Waller Sharp, Bath county; Glare Goddard, Mercer county: Judge Payne, Scott county ;W. B. Hawkins, G, F. Wilmot. «. F. Bateman. J. E. Hanna, Higgins Lewis, Payne McConnelley, C. S. Wil- mot, and W. L. Schooler, of Fayette county. The meeting was called to order for the special purpose of dis- tributing $7,500 now in the treasury of the association. The organization recognizing the ef- ficiency of the Society of Equity, has piven to it its influence and yielded the grounds which it formerly held. Some desired to turn the money over to the Equity Boards but others thought best to return the money to the original contributors. After some discussion the latt«r plan was adopted as embodied in a resolution offered by W. C, Mc- Chord and passed unanimously, which iB as follows : "Whereas, this company has failed to accomplish the assigned purpose, aid whereas, a great number of to- bacco growers and other citizens con- tributed various amounts of money to aid the company to accomplish its ob- jects, a considerable amount of which has been expended, leaving a balance in the treasury of about $7,500, "Therefore, Resolved, that the contri- butors of said funds are entitled to said money pro rata according to the amounts respectively contributed and paid by them, in order to ascertain definitely th» names of such contribu- tors. Resolved that a committee be and '8 appointed to ascertain and report to this Board the names of such contribu- tors and the amounts respectively paid by them and their post office addresses »M the pro rata of Uie funds due them renpectivelyand the filing and approval 01 such report by the Board of Direc- w'8. The treasurer of this company ^ and he is ordered to distribute the « J money in his hands to said con- Z!? .^'° '^^^ according to the "jounts shown to be due them respec • J'ely and the Board of Directors shall »«ve power to distribute the said """ney as herein contemplated." ims resolution was carried unani- wa n *"^ '^' ^°"°^i"« committee "aa appointed : .^: B- Hawkins. C. B. Sullivan, W. date and the work of final dissolution will be completed. After the resolution was passed stirring addresses were d livered by chairman Stuart, W. B Hawkins. W, T. Handy and Senator J W. Newman. Nearly all these gentlemt n ar di- rectly connected with the American Society of Equity and each pledged that organization his hearty and un- reserved support. On motion the meet- ing adjourned subject to a call of the corresponding secretary, W. B. Haw- kins. ^'^Ch^rd. Bailey D. Berry •^^ to the Board at some future Willi and committee will MUCH CONNECTICUT TOrtACCO UNSOLD Thompsonville, Conn., March 16. Many of the tobacco growers kave this year's crop on hand and the pros- pect of selling is poor at the present time. Isaac Myers & Company's large assorting house has closed for the sea- son and Starr Brothers' plant is doing little. The buyers have left this terri- tory alone of late and no selling is being done. The crop is a most excellent one and fhe farmers demand a good price for it. The buyers have been offering as low as 12 cents a pound for it, but nothing can be had at that price. It is alleged a scheme has been worked to the far- mer's disadvantage, when in the early season a person comes around and agrees to purchase the entire crop at a given price. The grower signs his name to the argeement but fails to get the would-be purchaser to put up a de- posit. If the tobacco cannot be pur- chased at a lower price, the buyer gen- erally lives up to his agreement, but if it can be obtained at a lower figure, it is repudiated and the farmer has his crop on hi^ hands. Instead of getting 20 to 25 cents a pound as expected, many growers are selling as low as 12 cents a pound, with the prevailing price around 15 cents a pound, SCRANTON BRANCHrS ALAKM£D. United Cigar Stores Cu. Issues Explan- atory Statement. Scranton, Pa., March, 16. Having apparently become alarmed over the reported merger of the United Cigar Manufacturers Co. with the American Tobacco Co., owing to the fact that their respective names are somewhat similar, the United Cigar Stores Co. has caused the following to be published in several local dailies: "The two companies are entirely dis- tinct. The Manufacturing company came into existence after our chain of stores was started five years ago. In the Manufacturing company are com- bined a number of factories making well known brands of cigars. The com- pany took the first two words of our name — United Cigar— and thereby oc- casioned an unfortunate confusion in the public mind. The Cigar Stores Company is not the object of the re- ported negotiations. It's an entirely different concern. The United Cigars are riot selling out to anytiody, or thinking of it, because they occupy a field of their own. They own no lac- tones of their own, but get all the ad- vantages of such ownership by taking the total output of dozens of them, which produoe brands of cigars for which there is a general demand all over the country. The company that is being talked of is solely in the manufacturing business. It has no re- tail output." SLUMP KEPOKTED IN OHIO. Middletown, O., March 16. The price of leaf tobacco has taken quite a tumble within the past two weeks. This is due to several causes, among which is the fact that quite a number of growers have had their crops rejected by buyers on various grounds; some alleging that the tobacco didn't come up to the requirements of the contract, and others have simply re- fused to carry out the contract. In the latter case, it is said, that quite a num- ber of buyers, finding themselves fac- ing a loss, owing to the high price at which they contracted to take a crop, have simply repudiated their contract. Another cause for rejection is the care- less manner in which many crops have been put up. There has been very lit- tle attention fpaid to the selection and separating the good tobacco from the trash. Good and bad have been indis- criminately piled in together. This is a just cause for rejection and the grower only has himself to blame for the loss that he meets in having his crop rejected. Tobacco that was sold under contract last summer at twelve cents, and which was rejected within the past week, was sold for 8 cents a pound— a loss of thirty- three per cent. And the indica tions are that there will be a still fur- ther decline. There is much complaint regarding the way in which the crop has been put up this year, by many growers. They seem to have been carried away with the idea that the high price being paid was due to the fact that the leaf buyers were so anxious to secure crops that anything would go. Repeated warn- ings were sent to the faimers with in- structions in regard to handling and preparing the crop for market, but lit- tle attention was paid to this timely advice, with the result that a large quantity has been rejected wi^h the probability that much more will meet the same fate. This carelessness, to- gether with the repudiation of con- tracts, means a big loss to growers, running up into the thousands of dol- lars. It is not improbable that much of the crop will bring less than Scents. Last week a farmer in Darke county sent his crop to a local house that was found to be in such excellent shape that a complimentary letter was written to him accompanied by a ch»ck for a sub- stantial amount, over and above the price ot the tobacco. This farmer was rewarded for his care in putting up his crop and will always be assured of the best price. The growers have been taught a les- son this year that they will probably remember and hereafter they will take more care in putting up their crops and be a little car Jul about signing their crops away to irresponsible buyers. The outlook was for a greatly in- creased acreage next year but the jolt that has been given the business may have a tendency to make farmers think twice before going in too heavily. — L. E, Riegel has purchased the store building on North Main street, Marysville, M >., owned by Mrs. B. F. Anderson, and will move his cigar fac- tory into it. The price paid was $.S,000. CONCERNING TRANSFER OF STEMS. Lousiville, Ky., March 16. According to new rulings received by J, A. Craft, Collector of Internal Revenue, from John W. Yerkes, Com- missioner, it will no longer be neces- sary for tobacco manufacturers who wish to dispose of tobacco stems to a manufacturer of tobacco or a dealer in leaf tobacco, first to weigh the tobacco stems and then procure a permit from the Collector of Internal Revenue be- fore he can transfer the tobacco stema to the plant of the manufacturer will- ing to make the purchase. The new ruling, it is said, is due to complaints made by a number of Louisville tobacco manufacturers, who sell tobacco stems to the Kentucky Tobacco Product Com- pany. Many of the tobacco manufac- turers have not the scales at their plants necessary for weighing the to- bacco stems they wish to dispose of, and until recently made a practice of delivering the stems to the purchaser, having him weigh them and then ap- plying for permission from the Collec- tor of Internal Revenue to make the transfer. This caused objections on the part of Mr, Craft, who took the matter up with the Washington author- ities. The ruling received by Mr, Craft follows : "In view of representations made to this office that in many cases whera large quantities of tobacco stems are desired to be sold in buik by tobacco manufacturers ana removed under per- mit to the bonded premises of another manufacturer, or to the premises of a dealer in leaf tobacco, and that it is found to be impracticable to determine the weight of the stems and apply for the permit authorizing their removal until the stems have been received and weighed by the purchaser, who is pro- vided with platform scales suitable for that purpose, I have decided, with the approval of the honorable, the Secre- tary of the Treasury, to so far modify or extend the provisions relating to the removal of stems under permit as will allow stems to be removed in ad- vance of the issue of permit." The following details must be com- plied with, however: "The manufacturer or dealer in leaf tobacco, upon receiving the stems, shall promptly weigh them and trans- mit as soon as possible to the manufac- turer from whom they were purchased an affidavit certifying to the receipt of the stems, from whom purchased and to the weight of ihe same in pounds. Upon receiving this affidavit the manu- facturer selling the stems will then at once make application to the collector for a permit covering the transaction, attaching thereto the affidavit received from the purchaser, and his own affi- davit certifying to the date on which the stems were actually removed, and the number of pounds of stems so trans- ferred," THE ROYAL CO. IN CHICAGO. Chicago, 111., March 16. The Royal Tobacco Company has closed one of the most important retail leasees ever entered into in this city. It has leased from the Congress Hotel Company operating the Congress Hotel and the Auditorium Annex, the cigar and news stand privilege and rented one of the new stores in the Congress Hotel Annex, fronting on Michigan Boulevard for twenty years at an an- nual rental of $28,000, or $560,000 for the term. 8 I ! i THE TOBACCO W U K L, D THE 3c. CIGAR that f odMI say is "All to the Front." ^UNTCig El Draco Cigar Mfg. Co. Philada. (lord LANCASTER, 10c.) Oiir Ml k Ci Manufacturers 615 Market St., Philada. (NICKELBY, 5c.) LOHR^ , PbilaJelpbia CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Kni^ 3-cent Ci^ar Made by Morris D. Neumann &(a PHILADELPHIA, PA. Siumnir Greene SUMNER GREENE & CO. Manufacturers of £• t.CaU, Gre etie'^ Seal Cigars 2330 MARKET ST., PHILADELPHIA Factory 1839, First District Penns. 114 tafacturers ""^""^^^^^Philadelphia SUPERIOR Quality and Workmanship Fadory No. 968, First District Fenna. ^'Boh^Smwantec W. K. Gresh & Sons, Makers, Norristown,Pa» ( \j If You Want to ba In HAVANA Smoke ^ CN K HENRY HCYMANN'S SONS tl Sinking Spring, Ra. n VOU CAIN BUY WEAVER'S ORIGINAL HAVANA SHORTS ALL JOBBING HOUSES Farmenter Wax-Lined Coupon Cigar PockeU Afford PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indoried by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE Advertising Medium known. ^ ! Racine Paper Goods Co?, Racine, Wis^H-** Sole Owners end Menufactarera> /^. ^AL.VE3 (^ O©. ^o^^ Havana 123 n. third &t. TeB/ieeo worlb+ ttNTUCItr ASSOCIATION DISSOLVES tewlvef to Return $7,500 Paid In by rtrmera. Will Aid Society of Equity. Louisville. Ky., March 16. A meeting of the Board of Directors ^f tiie Kentucky and Ohio Barley To- tacco Growers' Association was held last week. The purpose of the meet- ing was to take steps toward the dis- golutioD of the organization since the work it had on hand has been taken up by the American Society of Equity. The members of the Board who were present were: A. Stuart, Cincinnati, O., chairman; ]}»iley D. Berry Lexington, Secretary ; B. C. Butt, Brock Harry. W. T. Handy, J. B. Berry, John Wiggleaworth and William Adams, of Harrison county, £y. ; C. B. Sullivan and Senator J. W. Newman, of Woodford county ; W. C. McChord. Washington county; Waller Sharp, Bath county; Glare Goddard, Mercer county: Judge Payne. Scott county ;W. B. Hawkins. G. F. Wilmot, M the pro rata of the funds due them respectively and the filing and approval MBuch report by the Board of Direc- tors. The treasurer of this company ^wdhe is ordered to distribute the «^« money in his hands to said con- """"itors pro rata according to the "nounts shown to be due them respec • :'7 "'^ ^»>e Board of Directors shall "„' power to distribute the aaid »y as herein contemplated." moaiil ''""•"''°" ^as carried unani- ^"y and the following committee '« appointed : c\!pk"?''""'' C- B- Sullivan, W. wiiiul :?• ^*''^^ 0- B«"y and ^\1T' '^^'^ <:omm'ttee will ''^ ^ the Board at some future date and the work of final dissolution will be completed. After the resolution was passed stirring addresses were d livered by chairman Stuart, W. B Hawkins, W. T. Handy and Senator J W. Newman. Nearly all these gentlemen ar di- rectly connected with the American Society of Equity and each pledged that organization his hearty and un- reserved support. On motion the meet- ing adjourned subject to a call of the corresponding secretary, W. B. Haw- kins. MUCH CONNrCTICUT TOtlACCO UNSOLD Thompsonville, Conn., March 16. Many of the tobacco growers have this year's crop on hand and the pros- pect of selling is poor at the present time. Isaac Myers & Company's large assorting house has closed for the sea- son and Starr Brothers' plant is doing little. The buyers have left this terri- tory alone of late and no selling is being done. The crop is a most excellent one and tfie farmers demand a good price for it. The buyers have been offering as low as 12 cents a pound for it, but nothing can be had at that price. It is alleged a scheme has been worked to the far- mer's disadvantage, when in the early season a person comes around and agrees to purchase the entire crop at a given price. The grower signs his name to the argeement but fails to get the would-be purchaser to put up a de- posit. If the tobacco cannot be pur- chased at a lower price, the buyer gen- erally lives up to his agreement, but if it can be obtained at a lower figure, it is repudiated and the farmer has his crop on hi^ hands. Instead of getting 20 to 25 cents a pound as expected, many growers are selling as low as 12 cents a pound, with the prevailing price around 15 cents a pound. SCRANTON BRANCHrS ALARMED. United Cigar Stores C». Issues Expisn- story Statement. Scranton, Pa., March, 16. Having apparently become alarmed over the reported merger of the United Cigar Manufacturers Co. with the American Tobacco Co., owing to the fact that their respective names are somewhat similar, the United Cigar Stores Co. has caused the following to be published in several local dailies: "The two companies are entirely dis- tinct. The Manufacturing company came into existence after our chain of stores was started five years ago. In the Manufacturing company are com- bined a number of factories making well known brands of cigars. The com- pany took the first two words of our narne — United Cigar— and thereby oc- casioned an unfortunate confusion in the public mind. The Cigar Stores Company is not the object of the re- ported negotiations. It's an entirely different concern. The United Cigars are not selling out to anybody, or thinking of it. because they occupy a field of their own. They own no lac- tones of their own, but get all the ad- vantages of such ownership by taking the total output of dozens of them, which produoe brands of cigars for which there is a general demand all over the country. The company that is being talked of is solely in the manufacturing business. It has no re- tail output." SLUMP KEPOKTCD IN OHIO. Middletown, O.. March 16. The price of leaf tobacco has taken quite a tumble within the past two weeks. This is due to several causes, among which is the fact that quite a number of growers have had their crops rejected by buyers on various grounds ; some alleging that the tobacco didn't come up to the requirements of the contract, and others have simply re- fused to carry out the contract. In the latter case, it is said, that quite a num- ber of buyers, finding themselves fac- ing a loss, owing to the high price at which they contracted to take a crop, have simply repudiated their contract. Another cause for rejection is the care- less manner in which many crops have been put up. There has been very lit- tle attention fpaid to the selection and separating the good tobacco from the trash. Good and bad have been indis- criminately piled in together. This is a just cause for rejection and the grower only has himself to blame for the loss that he meets in having his crop rejected. Tobacco that was sold under contract last summer at twelve cents, and which was rejected within the past week, was sold for 8 cents a pound — a loss of thirty- three per cent. And the indica tions are that there will be a still fur- ther decline. There is much complaint regarding the way in which the crop has been put up this year, by many growers. They seem to have been carried away with the idea that the high price being paid was due to the fact that the leaf buyers were so anxious to secure crops that anything would go. Repeated warn- ings were sent to the faimers with in- structions in regard to handling and preparing the crop for market, but lit- tle attention was paid to this timely advice, with the result that a large quantity has been rejected w^h the probability that much more will meet the same fate. This carelessness, to- gether with the repudiation of con- tracts, means a big loss to growers, running up into the thousands of dol- lars. It is not improbable that much of the crop will bring less than Scents. Last week a farmer in Darke county sent his crop to a local house that was found to be in such excellent shape that a complimentary letter was written to him accompanied by a check for a sub- stantial amount, over and above the price of the tobacco. This farmer was rewarded for his care in putting up his crop and will always be assured of the best price. The growers have been taught a les- son this year that they will probably remember and hereafter they will take more care in putting up their crops and be a little car.ful about signing their crops away to irresponsible buyers. The outlook was for a greatly in- creased acreage next year but the jolt that has been given the business may have a tendency to make farmers think twice before going in too heavily. — L. E. Riegel has purchased the store building on North Main street, Marysville, Mj., owned by Mrs. B. F. Anderson, and will move his cigar fac- tory into it. The price paid was $6,000. CONCERNING TRANSFER OF STEMS. Lousiville, Ky., March 16. According to new rulings received by J. A. Craft, Collector of Internal Revenue, from John W. Yerkes, Com- missioner, it will no longer be neces- sary for tobacco manufacturers who wish to dispose of tobacco stems to a manufacturer of tobacco or a dealer in leaf tobacco, first to weigh the tobacco stems and then procure a permit from the Collector of Internal Revenue be- fore he can transfer the tobacco stems to the plant of the manufacturer will- ing to make the purchase. The new ruling, it is said, is due to complaints made by a number of Louisville tobacco manufacturers, who sell tobacco stems to the Kentucky Tobacco Product Com- pany. Many of the tobacco manufac- turers have not the scales at their plants necessary for weighing the to- bacco stems they wish to dispose of, and until recently made a practice of delivering the stems to the purchaser, having him weigh them and then ap- plying for permission from the Collec- tor of Internal Revenue to make th« transfer. This caused objections on the part of Mr. Craft, who took the matter up with the Washington author- ities. The ruling received by Mr. Craft follows : "In view of representations made to this ofllice that in many cases whera large quantities of tobacco stems are desired to be sold in buik by tobacco manufacturers ano removed under per- mit to the bonded premises of another manufacturer, or to the premises of a dealer in leaf tobacco, and that it is found to be impracticable to determine the weight of the stems and apply for the permit authorizing their removal until the stems have been received and weighed by the purchaser, who is pro- vided with platform scales suitable for that purpose, I have decided, with the approval of the honorable, the Secre- tary of the Treasury, to so far modify or extend the provisions relating to the removal of stems under permit as will allow stems to be removed in ad- vance of the issue of permit." The following details must be com- plied with, however: "The manufacturer or dealer in leaf tobacco, upon receiving the stems, shall promptly weigh them and trans- mit as soon as possible to the manufac- turer from whom they were purchased an afl^davit certifying to the receipt of the stems, from whom purchased and to the weight of ihe same in pounds. Upon receiving this afildavit the manu- facturer selliag the stems will then at once make application to the collector for a permit covering the transaction, attaching thereto the affidavit received from the purchaser, and his own affi- davit certifying to the date on which the stems were actually removed, and the number of pounds of stems so trans- ferred." THE ROYAL CO. IN CHICAGO. Chicago, III., March 16. The Royal Tobacco Company has closed one of the most important retail leases ever entered into in this city. It has leased from the Congress Hotel Company operating the Congress Hotel and the Auditorium Annex, the cigar and news stand privilege and rented one of the new stores in the Congress Hotel Annex, fronting on Michigan Boulevard for twenty years at an an- nual rental of $28,000, or $560,000 for the term. 8 j ■ INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE .A.O^ <&. Go H IMPORTERS OF^^ AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST. PMIt.ADEl.RHI A J. Vetterlein & Co. Importers of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF Tobaccj 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia FOLNDED 1855 de DOHAN k TAITT D &T Importers of Havana and Sumatra Mia T. Dohan FLOP Wm. H. Dohan Packers of Leaf Tobacco lUELT^ 4^RIB^ J07 Arch St. PHliADA. 9a«irf>llsheci •^J — S ^LEWIS BREMER'S SONS IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra AND PACKERS OF Leaf Tobacco dS2 and 324 North Third Street, Philadelphia Julius Hirschberg & Bro. Importers of Havana and Sumatra and Packers of Seed Leaf Tobacco 125 North Third St., Philada. L. BAMBERGER & CO. Fackers and Dealers In 1-p.rt.r. „< SEED LEAF HAVANA and SUMATRA 111 Arch Street, Philadelphia Warehousea: Lancaster. Pa.; Milton Junction. Wis.; Baldwinsvllle. N. Y. H.STRAUS i^.^€^S£!ri$^H AVANA 123 N. THIRD &r.) Pmiladml^hia Gieske & Niemann, Papers & Dealers ia Leaf Tobacco No. 204 South Charles Street Baltimore, Md. 6 SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF TOBACCO Views of Dr. Valentin N»lpaL»«e, of the Pari* Faculty of Medicine. The man who smokes as he ought— iad in'the only way that tobacco was aade to be smoked— need not fear his pipe nor his cigar. Jean Nicot intro- inced tobBCCO into Continental Europe, and after him we have the word nico- tine. Since Nicot's days, says Dr. Nslpasse, in an article translated for the American Review of Reviews, the fjte of tobacco has been more than a tiabit or a pastime. It is a passion, a niania, if not second nature. There are tobaccos and tobaccos, ways of smoking and ways of smoking. The Oriental exclaims "You people of Europe do not know how to smoke." Perhaps he is right. "The Oriental knows all about to- bacco. His supply is prodigious. It wtoprises every variety of fine tobacco, from the finest leaves to the most -raried mixture of the different quali- ties. To some of the mixtures per- fumes are added. For the man who smokes the narghileh, suave or sweet perfumes are mixed in greater or less proportion with the sharp, strong tombek^u. That complicated vehicle the nargliileh) is very hygienic. In it ttbacco is grilled in a little metallic furnace. The smoke passes through a tube and through a vaseful of pure water, and through a second pipe to the lips of the smoker." Tobacco, from the time of its intro- ducution into Europe, met bitter oppo- sition. Its enemies had always been as numerous as its friends, and a close study of its properties shows that, like all excitants, it has faults which if it is abused are dangerous bo the physical organism. Says Dr. Nalpasse : "But if tobacco is dangerous if it is ahiieed, it does not follow that it is (iangerous if treated as it should be treated and taken in a reasonable quan- tity. 1 am not attempting to encour- age to smoke those who have not formed the habit of smoking, but it oast be admitted that tobacco may be •sed without bad effects. It has no *»(i effects when used moderately by people who are in a condition to use it. It must not be used at all by people J'ho have heart trouble or lung trouble. "must not be used at all by people '^ho have any disease of the nervous •mem. in a word, it must not be used y any one who would be unpleasantly Elected or who would be disturbed by « "earty meal. Under any of these ry common conditions tobacco might ^ ^dangerous, and it is not necessary tj /^/f*'- ^or many reasons of all formK ^'^ '"^'^ "ot be used in any J«H Z"""^'"* children or youths." Win? . ^^'""Peutically. tobacco has ^'ncontestible action on the intestinal •^•Uont.uesDr. Nalpasse. at leL?^ ^®°P'® «'"e forced to smoke MoTe tK""'' "**''*^"« *« «n aperient ient th '"°'"'''* ™**' • «8 an ^Per- • ne most powerful diuritics are cigar I '' ^^*" the after-dinner ^^'leation h '°'"® *^*^®^ tobacco aids ^y exciting the salivary se- cretion and so determining a greater activity of the gastric secretions." After ',a very serious study of the properties and the effects of tobacco. Dr. Nalpasse asys: "I conclude that there are no pernicious effects when tobacco is used moderately." "Pernicious results follow immode- rate, often foolishly excessive use of it. Smoked as 't should be smoked, tobacco causes a man to forget his anxieties for a time. But even habitual smokers should avoid smoking on an empty stomach (unless they take this smoke as an aperient), and no one should smoke in his sleeping room. Three cigars a day, four at most, or their equivalent in pipe tobacco, ought to be the limit of the habitual smoker. The "colored" pipe, however artistir cally it may have been colored, is im- pregnated with nicotine, and therefore is not flit to be smoked. A colored pipe is fit for nothing but to feast the eyes. The smoker should throw away his pipe after the first few puffs. The cigar should be thrown aside when about three-quarters smoked— just so the ci- garette. This is because nicotine, the alkaloid contained in tobacco leaves, does not volatilize until it attains 250 degrees, and as it is drawn with the smoke towards the mouth when the fire is near the mouth end of the cigar or cigarette there is danger; it is apt to be drawn into the mouth. Experienced smokers know that the first puffs of tobacco smoke are most agreeable, while the last of the smoke is distaste- ful and acrid. If it does not irritate the throat it casues the smoker to cough. "The Japanese— probably they are alone in this— have seized the meaning of these last irritating puffs of smoke, and in smoking, as in every other act in life, they have taken hygienic pre- cautions. "I had occasion to study their method on board a Japanese warship to which I was invited fifteen years ago. Their tobacco is stripped in threads like hair, or, to put it better, as fine as cornsilk. This finely stripped tobacco is stuffed into an exceedingly small pipe, an the Japanese draws two whiffs — only two, no more. The sight astonished me and, noticing my astonishment, the surgeon explained to me that they smoked in that way to avoid inhaling the nicotine. "As tobacco is noxious in proportion to the amount of nicotine held by it. a man ought to think seriously, before he makes his selection, of the origin of his tobacco. "Analyses have proved that the Oriental tobaccos contain only a mini- mum quantity of nicotine. Western tobacco contains much more. The to- bacco of Hungary contains 2 per cent, of nicotine, and that of Brazil, Mary- land and Virginia contains quantities varying from 2.29 to 6.85 per cent. Tobacco marketed by Garonne holds the largest propottion of nicotine— nearly 8 per cent." HUNTER--A Nickel Cigar Has won many races for dealers. Try it. W: «>% ,!t I , THE BEST Wmm MADE ifMT*n 'm on the Market M.STEPPACI1ER , Manufacturer I Reading PA Write for Samples ^Prices (' ! MMft^l ^)>^ Established 1895 Telephone Connectiea T.L. ADAIR Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Red Lion, Pa. Special Lines for the Jobbing Trade ■-ii SIGNS! Designers, Printers, and Litho- graphers of CLOTH. ROPE FIBER and CARDBOARD SIGNS, AND PAPER POSTERS. In Weatherproof Colors We have Something New In FOLDED EDGE SIGNS. Write for Prices and Simples UNION LABEL on Work When Desired We Furnish QUALITY AND SERVICE THE MASSILLON SIGN f^ POSTER CO. MASSILLON. OHIO. 7 THB TOBACCO WORLD «BO. W. BREMER, Jr. BREMER BROS. m N. TbM SI, pgiUDELPIIU WALTER T. BREMER Importers, Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco m Hippie Bros. & Co. Importers and Packers of and Dealers in Leaf Tobaccos 231 Areli St, PMladelpMa Our Retail Department is Strictly Up-to-Date Established 1883 Geo. N. Fehr LOUIS BYTHINER & CO. Leaf Tobacco Brokers 308 RaCC St. p- .- . • t . Mid Commission Merchants. rMlaOClpni^ Long Distance Telephone, Market 3025. CSakI* Addrcaa. "Hellana, Laacaater* TalaphoBc Sarvica JOHN F. HEILAND & CO. COMMISSION MERCHANTS AND DEALERS Leaf Tobacco Eastern Agents MaGee Tobacco Case ; 48 E. Chestaiut Street J. U. Fehr & Son Importers and Packers of Leaf Tobacco 700 Franklin St., 101 to 107 S. 7th St., ^ READING, PA. 1 S. Weinberg 121 North Third Street PHILADELPHIA Importer of SUMATRA and HAVANA Dealer in all kindsof SEED LCAf Tobacco H. VELENCHIK S. VELBNCni VELENCHIK BROS. """"tr.'in LE AF TOB^eee Sumatra and Havana 134 N. THIRD ST., PHILADELPHIA Baprcaantlntf Oaorja H. ■nmrlll. Janaaville, Wla. Ykm Miami Vallay Leaf Tobacco Co. Dayton. O.t Hi* Srokn Tobacco Co., Wlndaor, Ct.t Bowaard & Koklntf. Cincinnati. O.s F. W. Dohrmann & Son, Cincinnati. O.t ■alabay & Halland. Lltlts, Pa. P. O. Box 178 LANCASTER, PA. HENRY RINDSKOPF Packer and Importer of Sumatra. Havana f 171 A 1? TT^O kt^f^f\ and Domestic Llj Af i UO ALlLiU N. E, Cor. Fifth and Washington Sts. Reading, Pa. AARON B. HESS Packer of and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco PennsylvanioL Seed B's and Tops READY FOR THE MARKET. Write for Prices. Office and Warehoose: 630»636 N. Prince Si Lancaster, Pa. Bell Thone : 77-X. Independent 'Phone : 1464-A. L. O. HAELSSERMANN CAKL L. HAEUSSEBMANN EDWARD C. HAEUMEiM*NN U. O. HAE Importers of ERMANN & SONS Packers and Exporters of and Dealers in Sumatra and Havana Leaf Tobacco LARGEST RETAILERS IN PENNSYLVANIA No. 240 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. -THE TOBACCO WORLD R/BAVTISTA y C A,- Leaf Tobacco Warehouse-HABANA, CVBA. NEPTUNO I70--I74. special Partner— Gumersindo Garcia. Cdbrvo. Cablt— RoTiSTA. LITTLE OR NO CHANGE IN HAVANA MARKET. #? Hiah Prices Demanded for the Stock of Leaf Remaining in Market, But Buyers Continue Very Shy. Special Correspondence Very little change can be reported in the market during the past week, as it leems that the present holders of RemedioB tobacco of 1st and 2nd capa- duras are still obstinate in meeting the views of the buyers in town, and for this reason transactions are hanging fire more or less. There has been only one house (which is on the point of dis- lolving partnership by the end of this fflonth, and which, in order to facili- tate the taking of stock and making its balance,) has made a concession in prices. The exact figures are not jinown, although the shading from previous rates must have been about 10 per cent. everai important buyers from the United States have arrived here, but it wems 80 far that thtjy have come more with the idea of posting them- selves about the coming crop rather than to purchase to any extent of what la left here of the old crop. As far as the new crop is concerned nothing particularly interesting can be asciiprlained, and while the quantity may be fairly large in the Vuelta Abajo and Partido, it is still impossible to say anything with accuracy as far as the quality of the same may finally turn out after the drying, sweating and packing processes are concluded . Some people seem to fear that there may be ipiite a proportion of the hated yellow leaves. In all probability the major part of the crop will be of heavier quality, and may need more time to cure before the cigar manufacturers will be able to use the leaf. The out- look in the Santa Clara province has lot improved, as rain is still badly needed in several sections. However, if a few showers should fall there may be the same miraculous change which has taken place in the Vuelta Abajo region last month. Sales f ^uncapacity. The strike be n J,'"** factories does not seem to *•*' "olution as yet. unless as of The Tobacco World.) Havana, Cuba, March 11, 1907. it was stated to me, the independent manufacturers should come to the rescue of the trust, in cutting down their production to nearly half of what they are turning out at present. At the moment the strikers are collecting 10 per cent, of the earnings from the cigarmakers who are working in the independent factories ; now if the latter should only earn half of what they are making at present, they would be ubable to support the strikers, and in thab case the strikers might come to terms more quickly. While there may be no love lost between the independents and the trust, and no desire on the part of the former to help, still this may be a matter of self preservation, as a victery of the strikers over the trust would mean a like demand by the cigarmakers in the independent factories. H. Upmann & Co. have received some very high priced orders from Austria, as well as from England, although the calls from all consuming countries con- tinue very fair for this house. They shipped 500.000 cigars during the past week. Partagas is very busy, filling large orders for the United States. Por Larranaga continues to experi- ence a very active demand from the United Kingdom, as well as from the United States. Sol is working along quite steadily, having a very good European demand, while the National Cuba Co. never fails to send good weekly orders from the United States. Barinsr, Selllns and Other Notes of Interest. Sobrs. de A. Gonzalez closed out 162 bales of their holdings. Emil Axierbach is reported to have purchased 200 bales of fine Semi Vuelta, and may possibly have also taken the same quantity of Remedios tobacco. A. Acosta y Hno. sold 209 bales of Vuelta Abajo. Sylvester & Stem have made some very large purchases in the Partido section of the very best vegas to be found. They have also been very active in selling quite a large quantity of their holdings to their Northern cus- tomers. A friend of mine, who belongs to one of the largest packing firms, stated to me that he would do everything in his power so that the prices this year should be more within the reach of the cigar manufacturers, as he fully under- stands that the ruling ^figures are not alone very injurious to the cigar manu- facturers, but also to the interests of the dealers and commision merchants. This refers chiefly to the Remedios to- bacco, as he is convinced that there are substitutes in the United States, and that the consumption of Remedios is bound to suffer unless 1st and 2nd capaduras can be sold at moderate figures. Rulherford *^'"S[,?,r"'' are sold by successful dealers. There is a Reason. I !^ ESTABLISHEQ 1844 H. Upmann & Go. HAVANA. CUBA. Bdcnkers and Comnnission Merch^^nts SHJTPEP^^ OF C/CAJV-J" and LEAF TO'BACCO Tiie Celebrated MANVFtCTVRBRS OP ^*l l^ Br«LA4 FACTORYt PASCO DE XACON 159-169 OFFICES AMARGURA 1 HAVANA. CUBA< Representative of our "H. UPMANN" Brand tor the United States and Canada CHARLES LANDAU New York Office: 82 Wall Street Montreal, Canada: Board of Trade Building SYLVESTER A STERN SUCCESSORS TO LEWIS SYLVESTER & SON Growers, Packers and Importers of Havana Tobacco HAVANA, CUBA Monte 56 NEW YORK 165 Front Street PLANTATIONS and ESCOJIDAS: In VUELTA ABAJO at PUERTA de GOLPE " PARTIDOS " SANTIAGO de las VEGAS " REMEDIOS " SANTA CLARA " QUINTA CAMAJUANI " SANCTI SPIRITUS FACTORY VEGAS A SPECIALTY CHARLES BLASCO Connmission Merchant Leaf Tobacco and Ciftara 1 O'Reilly St. bSSs^ Habana, Cuba 8 GOINZALCZ Y MIGUEL Almacenislas de Tabaco en Rama Especial Ida d en Tabaco de Santa Clara de Primera Glase Cablet "CASIN'* AMISTAD 97, HABANA* II II THE TOBACCO WORLD- BEriRENS& eO. Havana, Cuba Manufacturers of the "SOL" Brand Finest Yvelta Abajo Tobacco Ikcliisively \w,. PARTAGAS Independent Cigar Factory - NO BETTER GOODS MADE PARTAGAS I02 YG a 4^BAHfc. The Besi Cigars QUALITY ALWAYS RELIABLE Sole RepreBenUtiveB for the United States and Canada: National Cuba Co., 147 Water Street, New York Cifuentes, Fernandez y Cn Proprietors IJ4 Indastria Street . Cable: ciFBR Habana, Cubi Sobrinos de A. Gonzalez LEAF TOBACCO MERCHANTS Principe Alfonso 116 y 118 Habana, Cuba "^ISit.,, AVELINO PAZOS & CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rm PRADO 123 Habam Cable: ONILEVA GUSTAVO SALOMON Y HNOS. Especialidad en TABACOS FINOS de VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDOS y VUELTA ARRIBA SUAREZ HERMANOS ''TndDeatet;^: Leaf Tofaacco FIGURAS 39-41. CWe: -Cuelara" HAVANA, Clil Aonte 114 P. O. Box, Apartado 270 Cable: ZALEZGON Habana tlJDK) DIAZ R. RODRIGLEZ B. DIflZ 8t CO. Growers and Packers of Vuelta Abajo and Partido Tobacco PRADO 123 Cable: ZAIDCO HABANA, CUBA J. H. CAYRO & SON Dealers in Leaf Tobaccoi specialty: Vuelta AbaJo and Partido WareKousc and Office: 92 Dragcives Street. HAVANA, Cl)»| Cable Addressi "JOSECAYRO" CoriMPoodeDce SollcM.iH* •«*' S Jorge Y. P. Castaneda JORGE 8t P. CRSTRflEDfl Growers, Packers and Exporters of Havana Lieaf TobacGO Egido, Corner Dragones Street, H A V A N A f vidalC«ii2 HENRY VONEIFF , ,^.,^,11-7 VONEIFF Y VIDAL CRUZ "^^Tx'poR^ERs o, LEAF TOBACq 73 Amistad Street. HAVANA. CUBA ^^^, Branch Houses: 616 W. Baltimore Street. Baltimore. Md. P. O. Box 433, RVARISTO GARCIA JOSE W. GARCIA iOSK lA J. M. GARCIA Y CIA. Almacenistas de Tabaco Partido y Vuelta AW CON VEGAS PROPIAS .jM San Nicolas 126 y 128 cabi.: jomagarcia HABANA, Our Capaciti' for Manufacturing Cigar Boxes is- f 1 Cpllpf c S^ Ca|i Sf^llf^r^VlllP P;i ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE GOOD CUSTOMER *'• J» *JCI1CI5 a JUII, JCilCldYlUC, I a. -TIIK TOBACCO WORLD u.vana was turned upside down last ^L and Saturday through the ar- !l of several large commercial clubs f rhicago. St. Louis. Cincinnati rKaJrCity.^ The keys of the tv were delivered to them, they were lined and wined, and saw all the sights that were worth seeing. Week ending Since March 9 Jan. 1 Bales Bales Vuelta Abajo 5ti 758 Partido jQg ?Ss&S,Clara 23 4.575 Santiago de Cuba J71 1.^69 Total 250 6.851 SPRING WEATHER IN BOSTON. ietrtily Welcomed by Bu»ii\e«» Men, Who Expect Better Trade Now. (Boston Bureau "The Tobacco World" 19 Devonshire Street] Boston, Mass., March 18. The past few days have shown us a sample of genuine spring weather, the kind we all admire, and with it came an improvement in the business that was heartily welcomed. Many of our prominent storekeepers jBve their window showings dressed a la Erin, on account of St. Patrick's Day, which this year falls on Sunday, and in consequence is being celebrated «D Saturday, Sunday and Monday. The large local cigar manufacturers ialVe not yet started in as in former years to advertise extensively their respective brands. The Turkish cigar- ette and the pipe business is largely on the increase. The Ramleh is being advertised in the daily papers and is selling great, but I understand when the advertising is taken off it will drop flat again, just like the Mecca. The Auto pipes are selling as well as «ver, a new 25 cent one, called Auto Junior, made by Wm. Demuth & Co.. has made its appearance. All the pipe manufacturers have ad- vanced the price on all their briar pipes, owing to the scarcity of briar root. I lean from a pretty reliable source, that the tobacco trust, which is also in business in the manufacturing of pipes, has been cornering the market in briar root for the past eight months, »nd has been a large buyer in all the foreign markets. The United Cigar Stores Co. has just leased another piece of property on Washington street, in the down- town district. The Bromfield street store will be ready by April 1. G. Weialow, with Hull. Grummond * Co., Binghamton. N. Y., is here •gain doing some tall hustling on the Flor de Franklin nickel cigar. Bierin- 8er Bros. Co.. the distributors, report •large sale on these goods. Steve Ruth, of the Allen Tobacco <>).,New York, was in town yesterday, Md in the future expects to be here a day or two every week, as H. L. Ruth, Who formerly had charge of the New t-ngland territory, will try conclusions '"h the Chicago trade, having been Jjanferred there for an unlimited time. J- Kuth has made many friends here. Who don't like the idea of his going wish ^^^' ^"' ^^ ^^^ ®^®^^ °"^'^ ^^^^ 68 toward making a grand success «>»M8 new territory. ""^ They Please the Consumer. Klein's pharmacy has just taken on the Little Billy size of the William the Fourth brand. L. Bendheira. of the pipe department of the Metropolitan Tobacco Co.. is expected here on or about March 25. J. Kroog, of Wm. Demuth & Co., received some nice pipe business on his rounds this week. McGreenery & Manning are doing an extensive pipe buisness. Their March business so far is better than the total sales of .January and February this year. R. T. Moncure. "who was born in Virginia." is now selling the Murad cigarette here. Jack Elliot has been transferred to Maine, where he has full charge of the cigarette department of the American Tobacco Co. Henry Mackey. who recently worked on the Murads around Boston, is now in Kentucky, and J. Foley, who worked on the Ramleh here, is now in New Jersey. There wdre many signs of activity going on at the White Rolls headquar- ters. 31 Central street, when I called there Saturday. Mr. Lea, although head over heels in work, managed to give half an hour of his valuable time to explaining the details of their cam- paign work. At present Mr. Lea has five salesmen under him and shortly expects to put on five more. The White^ Rolls are catching on nicely ; the manu-. facturers are liberal advertisers and that does lots of good. The following Massachusetts towns were covered this week by the White Rolls salesmen: Lowell, by R. D. Carnes; Haverhill, by L. S. Woods; Lynn, by Ge.. Far- rant ; Lawrence, by C. Morrill ; Boston, by Yates Jones. Max Herzog. representing the Royal Turkish Tobacco Co., New York, is here working on the Mushir, AUaman and other brands. Handsome clocks are being given to introduce their goods. Both of Mandel's union cigar stores have been offering their patrons El Sobrano. a clear Havana cigar, at four for a quarter. I understand that Ed Leader is at present out West working on the Men- tor cigarette. A. M. Pacholder & Co.. Baltimore. Md., are placing on the market a new cushion top 10 cent package of short smokes, called St. Urban. The pack- age is certainly making a hit. and if the quality of the cigarros is equally as good, it ought to be a winner before many moons. Ben Ali. VNION CIGARMAKERS MEET. Harrisburg, Pa.. March 16. Representatives of 30 lodges of the Cigarmakers' Blue Label League, of Pa. met in convention this week in G. A. R. hall, on North Third street, to discuss measures in the interest of the League. J. P. Keenen, of Lancaster, is the president, and A. P. Bowers, of Reading, is secretary of the league. OHIO TOBACCO GOES VP IN SMOKE. Eaton, O., March 16. Fire originating from a defective flue in the sweat room of Young Bros.' warehouse at Gratis, this county, de- stroyed $11,000 worth of tobacco this week. The loss is covered by insur- ance. The fire was extinguished with assistance from West Akron and West Alexandria. PABLO PEREZ CANDIOO OBI Perez & Obese S. en C. (Sobrinos de G. Palacios) (Leaf Tobacco) VUELTA ABAJO FACTORY VEGAS a Specialty Proprietors of famous Lowland Vuelta AbaJo Ve^ma Prado 121, Entrance, Dragones St Cable: ^^Sodecio.- HABANA, CUBA, LUIS NUNIZ MANUEL MUNIZ HILARIO NUNIZ VENANCIO DIAZ. Special Partner MUNIZ HERMAINOS y CIA S en C Growers and Dealers of VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDO and REMEDIOS TOBACCO "Angel?" Havana ReiI\dL 20, HaVaildL P. 0. Box 98 JOSE F. ROCHA, , Havana Leaf Tobacco Tabacos Finos de Vaelta Abajo, Partido y San Miifcuel lOO, HABANA. CUBA. GONZALEZ, BMNITEZ & CO. AlmacenistasdeTabacoenRamayVivercs Amargara ra and 14, and San Jgnacio 25, Cable: "Tebenitti.- P. O. Box 396. HABANA, CVBA. LOBB-NUNEZ HAVANA CO. mmaGeiilstas fie TM eii taina 142 and 144 Consulado Street, HABANA. Cable:— Rbpo&m. Ae M. CALZADA & CO. Packers and Dealers in Leaf and COMMISSION MERCHANTS Monte 156, HABANA, CUBA. p. O. Box. 59S. Cablet "CALDA.** NDBI.SOHI . country place at Westwood. ^ where among other good tnin8».j|j quired a large lake well stocKeo b&ss ^ Jacob Yahr, the oldest cigjj J facturer in Newark, N. J.. ^'^^ home, 153 Hamburg Place, w' Felix p]ckerson, of F. Ecketp leaf dealers. Philadelphia,!*" J'^ in New York during t^^.Pg gj 14 For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to Established isso L J. Sellers St Son, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO., SELLERSVILLE, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD A. COHN Si CO. IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra PACKERS OF Seed Leaf Tobacco and Growers of Georgia Sumatra 142 Water Street, New York EDEN CIGAR FACTORY BANCES & LOPB^ HAVANA. CUBA. Calixto Lopez &C& 180 Water Si. New Yoff Will receive and attei d to ordesi Cigars aade strictly oi tke Tcry bu VTJELTA ABAjO TOBACCOi JOSH BILLINGS 5c. Cigar *'There hain't none better than the best" — ^JosH Billings. This Is the Best. ^SlllPill^ iMbiiaiitd 1840. Cable "MMgff. ' Hinsdale Smith & Co. baortert cl Sumatra & Havana ' ■' _. 1_ .^^ ^^ -^ •^Packers of Connecticut Leaf 1 OOoC^O^^ 125 Maiden Lane^ SST^*^ NEW YORK. T. J. DUININ <& CO. Makers of the BACHELOR CIGAR 401-405 E. 91st Street. NEW YORK INDEPENDENT CIGAR DEALERS! The Sperry & Hutchinson Company's Certificate exactly meets the requirements of you who would make use of effective " Pre- mium" advertising. It costs less and assures your patrons niore than aay co-oparative or individual plan yet presented to you. They are redeemable in lots of 100 and upwards with the most complete line of premiums in existence. 1000 will be re- deemed with a check payable to the order of any merchant in the United States for ^2.50 worth of merchandise. For particulars, address The Sperry & Hutchinson Co. THOS. A. SPERRY, Pres. Fully Paid-up Capital, $1,000,000. Home Office, New York City. Philadelphia Office: No. 1307 Arch Street. ! A cigar of merit with a push behind it. | The Best Little Cigars ever offered the American public. Golden Eagle Cigars They are extra large, Havana blend, and of perfect workmanship. Finest package. I. LEWIS & CO. Makers, Established 1870. NCWftrk, N. J. Z. JOHN NORRIS, Manager of the Philadelphia Office, 1 1 1 Market St. 15 A i i We believe in Honesty, Good Wori^mansiiip, at fair prices to all. Correspondence Solicited THE OLD HONESTY CIGAR BOX CO., C. W. Backs, Gen. M^r. Rear 634 Washiniiton Street, Reading, Pa. •THE TOBACCO WORLD- The Miami Valley Leaf Tobacco Co. ALLEN H. REEDER DAYTON, OHIO STANLEY M. KROHN Packers of Cigar Leaf Tobacco 1903-4-5 Zimmer Spanish, 1905 Gebhardt, 1905 Dutch, 1905 Connecticut, etc. Established 1890 ♦ ■; ♦♦4.4.4.4. 4.4.4.4. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ t 4 ♦ (1) Emory Martin ♦ ♦ t ♦ ♦ ♦ ■♦ •♦ ♦ •♦ ♦ ♦ E. S. SECHRIST Dallastown, Pa. Manufacturer cf Fine and Common eiSARS Capacit}^ Twenty Thousand per Day ♦ ♦ 4 4 4 4 4 4- 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 < 4 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 ♦ 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 at the southwest Market streets. corner of Second and threw his arms around him, catthi^ the arm that held the pistol, ji^ "^ while the screams of the girls readni the ears of several men downsUin some of whom went up to the factotj while others called an officer. '\ latter found Williams in the gragp^ Hunt, and disarmed the would-be % attractive derer and took him to the Sixth Distria Station House, where he was held t charges of aggravated assault and ttt tery and assault and \mUiry withiotoi to kill. Bayuk Bros. Cigar Co. is distributing some neat new A signs about town, advertising their Havana Ribbon 5 cent cigars. The signs have a back ground of deep blue with the lettering in brighter colors making an contrast. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦44^44>* 44444444 4444 444 44 ♦♦♦44-* •♦♦♦4 44444444 Wisdom on the Label Wisdom in the Cigar, A 3c. Smoke that is so Good It is Bound to Repeat Ohmit & Kraft East Rrospect John H. Boltz, of Boltz, Clymer & Co., recently returned from Havana, and is now busily engaged in he accu- mulated correspondence needing his personal inspection. Dohan & Taitt report a noticeable improvement in business during the past ten days. Some strong inquiries are being received for goods, and alto- gether a far more wholesome condition of trade seems to exist. Herman Vetterlein, a son of Julius Vetterlein, the widely known importer and packer of leaf tobacco, is still in Havana, where he is making a special study of the tobacco industry, as well as the Spanish language. He will be away some weeks yet. Jacob Labe last Friday cabled B. Labe & Sons that he had purchased 125 bales of Sumatra at the second inscrip- tion, held in Amsterdam on the 15th inst. PHILADELPHIA LEAF MARIE! There is so little change in the kol seed leaf market that it is suntli worthy of note. There is some iom» ment of goods, but it is almost «] in small lots, so that business oo|^ surface would seem to be dull, andn it is reported by some of the lin handlers that inquiries have beni much more numerous, and froo|| tenor of the correspondence reccivci there would seem to be some indjcitia that manufacturers are begin;iiDgk grow restless lest they find thimieln unable to replenish depleted stoeki figures now prevailing, if at all. Al these things have no doubt hadtk effect of firmly maintaining old prict The Sumatra market is also in i unrestful state, and not a few prosper tive buyers are awaiting the arrJTiIif new goods, before making their U selections. New goods should iti here by the end of the present ncil when the tension should be somewkii relieved. The Havana market is practiall unchanged, sales have been of Ml volume and prices remaining firm. SPECIAL NOTICE ( la K cents per 8-Dotnt meawrrfit*! Cigars of Quality Sell and Repeat. ^t Try THE DOCTOR 5c. Gi^ar WALTER S. BARE, Lititz, Penna. Maker of UUh Grade Cltfars Ezclualvely. ^'• Arthur Loeb has cabled his safe ar- rival in Amsterdam, although a stormy voyage was encountered. He will re- main during the remainder of the spring inscriptions. Chas. Crawford, a buyer with Dohan & Taitt, has been confmed to his home by illness for some time, but is now on the road to rapid recovery, and will soon be about as usual. Hippie Bros, are now buying and packing Lancaster county tobacco. Fred Hippie, of that firm, is now in Lancaster. There have been but a few visiting leaf men in town this week. Among them was Sydney J. Goldberg, of S. L. Goldberg & Sons. Havana importers, New York. The Heavenly Twins were in evidence again this week, as was also the versa- tile Max Herzog. Enraged because his employer, Sam- uel Lipshutz, cigar manufacturer at 1287 Filbert street, had discharged him, George Williams, a colored man of all work in the factory, turned loose with a revolver at 10..30 o'clock Tuesday morning, in a room on the fourth floor where 25 girl cigarmakers were at work. Williams fired first at Mr. Lip- shutz, but fortunately missed him, then the weapon was turned upon Robert Hunt, one of the workmen, and then 16,261, No. 8,832, No^ 8,&69. upon Simon Nefsky, the foreman, but slating what you have and the qu^ harmed by the shots. Winget Mfg. Co., York^_Fa^ TO RENT. -Upper floors for^ purposes. Apply 121 N. 3d bt no one was narmea by the shots. Before any more shooting could be done, Hunt sprang on Williams and To Manofactarers of Cigars: If you have any .- Cattin^s, Scraps or Siftinis to sell, write us. We are at all times in the markets Cash Buyers of all these producti EDWIN L. KOPPELMAN CO. 7-6-lh 81 Pine St., New YiA New York, March 6, 19W NOTICE is hereby given that tbeftj of Kohlberg Bros.& Ruthenburg» this day been dissolved by mutual » sent, by the withdrawal therefrom* Walter J. Ruthenburg. The business will hereafter t)e o' tinued by Wm. W. Kohlberg, tradiM* Wm. W. Kohlberg & Co. ^ . ^^ Kohlberg Bros. ^ 7-lltf Buckner. Dunkerson ^-.^ Mo!ir Nat Wills 5 cent brand. This brand has been a good seller in the South and Southwest, but it is being now successfully introduced in the Eastern States. Charles Klein has succeeded to the retail and jobbing cigar business at 7 West Market street, his brother having a couple of weeks ago left for the West, where he may engage in busi- ness. August Sonneman is now packing some of the 1906 goods. H. F. Kohler, at Nashville, is book- ing some good sized orders for his leading nickel brands. The products of his factory are among the best sell- ing cigars in the local trade, and a specially good run is experienced on his 144 and Home Run brands. The Delias Cigar Co., at Dallastown, is having a fine trade and a steady force is employed. Salesmen now are meeting with encouraging success. W. R. Daugherty, of W. R. Daugherty I & Bro., at Dallastown, had been laid up for some days, but is again about as usual. During the illness of W. R. his brother Charles was looking after the Rye factory, opened by them last fall. They are now pretty busy. P. C. McCoy has returned to Dallas- town, and it is expected that he will soon again enter the cigar manufactur- ing business, as some of his friends are urging him to do. S. D. Kauff man. of the Habille Cigar Factory, has purchased from George W. Conway the Paul Hayne label, and will hereafter manufacture goods under that brand. The Belmont Cigar Co , at Red Lion, of which J. E. Ddtweiler and A. C. Frey are the principals, is getting nicely under way. They have taken over the principal brands of Biockinger & Co., who are now out of bu:iiness. One of the largest scrap tobacco fac- tories in this section is to be added to the industries of Red Lion by Dr. J. M. Rutherford, Constitution, Hunter — a strong trio. El Draco Ciiiar Mftf. Co., Philada. Hyson and Edward Mate. A strip g{ ground for the purpose was purcbuel last week, along the M. & P. railroni east of Main street, with a frontage o! 72 feet and a depth of 200 feet. Tbe building, which is to be only one stotj, will occupy almost the entire gromj purchased, and be equipped with tk latest improved machinery for makiii scrap tobacco. A forty-horse pow engine will be installed. Work on tk building is to started as soon as possible, Mr. Mate will have charge of the net factory. The State Seal Cigar Co., atY(n will build a new cigar factory in tint borough, and a contract has already been given for its erection. Charged with robbing the cigar stote of W. M. Knaub, North George street, York, Arthur Meter, of South Net- berry street, was arrested by Deprtf Sheriff Borgel and Constable Wei|^ Meter is charged with gaining aoei- trance to the Knaub store and taiuiii several valuable pipes, fountain pen! and other articles, valued at $25. The York boxmakers see a gliniw of hope ahead, so far as ability tol^ cure cigar box lumber is conceiMi although it is still the general opiiM that the price of cigar box lumber fill remain high. Since the destrwti* by fire some months ago of one of tk biggest plants in the country, whiek supplied mosi of the cigar box loolw to the box manufacturers, this lunln' has been exceedingly scarce. Whfc boxmakers did not quibble about priw to any extent, they could not !«• enough material to keep their factoW going all the time. The big plant h» been rebuilt and has resumed op» tions. hence it is expected that the* mand will be met in a short time, W that prices will not go down. Thi«*» the principal topic for discussion it« meeting of York box manufaclurtn held last week. N. Y. STATE PACKERS INCORPORATI Elmira, N. Y. March 1& A certificate of payment of one-bin the capital stock has been filed m* County Clerk's office by the tob»c» firm of GofT & Mather. The capital* tion of the company is $100,000 »* $62,000 has been paid in. JOBBING HOVSE AT FREEPORT. IU- John S. Sacker is opening « "••J' gar jobbing house at Freeport, i«j with headquarters in the Hettinp block. He will make a specialty « brands of Landfield & Steele, of cage. For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to Established i8^« I J Sellers & Son, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO., SELLERSVILLE, PA. * ^THE TOBACCO WORLD J. B. MILLEYSACK Manufacturer of Fine Havana niQIipC Hand-Made WlU^llV No. 821 Lake Street LANCASTER, PA. Correspondence with the Jobbing Trade solicited. INCORPORATED 1902 Cigars ESTABLISHED 1889 A. B. HESS CIGAR CO. SUCCESSORS TO J. E. Sherts & Co. LANCASTER, PA. Manufacturers of High Grade Seed and Havana DALLASTOWN, PA. Manufacturer of Nickel & Medium Prices CIGARS For Wholesale and Jobbinif Trad» E. RENNINGER, EBUb!isS:ed 1889. Manufacturer of High and Medium Grad« Cig CORRESPONDENCE INVITED FROM RESPONSIBLE HOUSES The Gilt Ed^e Cigar Box Factory J. FRANK BOWMAN 51 Market St. Lancaster, Pa. CIGAR BOXES SHIPPING CASES LABELS, EDGINGS, RIBBONS Cifar Manufacturers' SUPPLIES of All Elnda Dailj Capacity, Five Thousand Boxes ars strictly Union- Made Goods. DcnVCr, PA* • r~» • ^-j • «~> • 4 5AMPLE5&PR1CE5 ~ FURHI5HED .'. UPON Applicatioh I IN STOCK, TO ORDER CIGAR LABELS '*^^^??!^...^nd BANDS ••TAiUSHEO^ie?!.. , --,r Hove Your Tobacco on USED BY Leading Tobacco Dealers BUILT AND SOLD BY ftox Truck The Wm. F. Kramer Co. DAYTON, OHIO It Will Remove Rankness from Tobacca Take Away Mustiness and Give Citiars Havana Flavor. CHASKEL'S SPANISH BETUNE Is specially adapted to give that Peculiar Sourish Efifect desired. Ghaskers Flavors the Cheapest in the market, considering what they do. A Card Will Brin^ More Information and Prices* Chaskel Chemical Works 265 West Broadway, New York CHASKEL'S .^AVOPS CIGAR BOXES mtim OF ARTISTIC CIGAR LABELS SKETCHES ANI^ QUOTATiONS niRNISNED WRITE FOB SAMPLES All» RIBBON PRICES ClfiARfflBBONS 1 ■ II ) ' i il -THE TOBACCO WORLD- THE TOBACCO WORLD cii^lB G8&I40CCNTRC§T. NCW YORK* ffUfturACTURCv or all mihos or Cigar Box Labels AND TRIMMINGS. Philadelphi Office, 573 Bourse Bldg. H. S. SPRINGER, Mgr. Chicago, 56 Fitth Avenue. E. E. THATCHER, Mgr. ban Francisco, 320 Sansome Street, L. S. SCHOENFELD. Mgr. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 1^' ♦ ■ ♦ ♦ ♦ helps to make good cigars, z:^^ Are you using it? if not, why? Write us for sample and full particulars. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Tobacco Improvement Co. 504 Ninth Street, N.W., Washington, D. C. ox SCHWENCKE LITHOGR/VPHICCO CLARENDON ROAD fir £.37- JH ST. BROOKLYN. NY. ^-^'^ FINE CIGAR LABELS -^^^ PRIVATE BRANDS OFORIGINAL DESIGN I SUV i^^^JKrsirsj m %»»»%»^ W^^%fW^% il%i^^^%» BH J. K. Kauffman. John McLaughlin, JOHN Mclaughlin t Newam town some hands are being laid off, || it is thought that this is only tenid ary. as the factory is known to k% of the most successful and geoeol one of the busiest in the coanty. Dr. John F. Mentzer. of A. I Mentzer & Sons, at Ephrata, hull several weeks past been suffi severely from an attack of grip, wlii| affected the ciliary muscles of hit en to such an extent as to interferegrai^ with his sight and thus caurindi much trouble. A specialist 'm\^ consulted, who pronounces the afflidii only temporary and says withtli(« ercise of much care for several weeii the sight will again become normiL R. E. Jacoby, of Rothsville, wiioli been buying tobacco for the S. R.I1 Cigar Co.. at Lancater, has been t» ceiving considerable of the cropdutii the past week and shipped ittol* caster for packing. One farmeiiii Telephone Call, 432— B ffdoe and Warehouse: FLORIN, PA. Located on Main Line of Pennsylvania R. R. E. L. NISSLY 845,847 Tobacco pipe ; George B» ton, Chicago, 111. 846,314 Match box; Henry M.v bele, Westford, Mass. 846,734 Tobacco cutter; NapoW Du Brul, Cincinnati, O. . 846,650 Cigar cutter ; James E. 6"» Plymouth, Ind. ^ 846.658 Cigarette box makW ^ packing machine; Felipe Giroua,' York City. . 846,743 Cigar cutter and nail cliP' George Havell, Newark, N. J- 846,683 Match dispenaiil^ George H. and W. C. Moore. »»«' town, W. Va. 846,684 Cigar 1 i gh ter; J*"* Moore, Portland, Ore. , 846.756 Match safe; Edw*!" Newell, St. Vincent, Minn. HERMAN DEULE York, Penna. Maker of Delman 10 and 5c. Herdel 5c. Alex. Martin 5c. UNION MADE CIGARS Sold to Wholesale & Jobbing Trade only Samples to Responsible Houses Bear Bros. Manufacturers of FINE CIGARS R.F.D.N0.8.YORK.PA. A specialty of Private Brands for tiKi Wholesale and Jobbing Trades. Correspondence solicited. Samples on applicatiosL -•^•►•- LteAn. Brands:— 5^ Bear, S6e Cub. Essie, and Matthew Carey C. E. MATTINGLY A CO. Manufacturers of Hi^h Grade Union Made I. FOR THE Wholesale Trade Only Union Chief Supreme Union Mc Sherry stown. Pa. ElOno Union Made 5 -Cent Cigars are as Good as Cigars Can be Made Chas. A. Oberly, Maker LEBANON, PA. euojvQ INCREASE YOUR PROFIT I Columbia Straifiht Will Do It. We bought a large supply of Good Hav- ana and Domestic Tobacco at the right time. We are located where Good Workmen can be had at Fair Prices. Thpse facts enable us to make our COLUMBIA STRAIGHT a Five Cent Cigar of Highest Quality, Best Work- P manship, to be Sold at Good Profit. "ed Schlaeger & Co., Columbia, Pa. Samples on application. 1 GEO. W. PARR Manufacturer of FINE CIGARS Littlestown, Pa. MAKER OF SclTHEFERNSIDESc. Sold to the Jobbing Trade only • ' Correspondence invited W. R. DAUGHERTY & BRO. Manufacturers of Fine Domestic Cigars Dallastown, Pa.. HIGHEST QUALITY FINEST PACKAGES Wholesale and Jobbing Trade aahl CorreaDondence with AcUvc Houses Invited R. E. JACOBY Wholesale Manufacturer of Strictly Uniform Quality of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Rothsville, Pa. Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Inrited established 1870 Factory No. 79 S. R. KOCHER Manufacturer of Fine Havana Cigars and Packer of WRIGHTSVJLLE, PA. Cuban Licorice Casing Wine Is no longer an experiment, and your trade will be affected unless you fall in line and use this HELP TO MODERN CIGAR MAKING. Acme Extract and Chemical Works i R. G. EGKERT, Proprietor. Hanover, Pa. 23 I I ' t : I !i -THE TOBACCO WORLD- T.A.MYERS&£° A I YORK, PENN'A SAMUEL FREV Craley, Pa. Manufacturer of Cigars for the Wholesale Trade OLD JUDGE ] Cr MILD AND PLEASANT I 7 f^^ ^r THE CYCLONE ( BROWN BUCK (Banded) ALLEN GOODRICH, 3c. Samples Xo Responsible Huusrs They Smoke It and Come A^ain l>EACot| ^CniADEWlNNe^ BLEND, QUALITY and WORKMANSHIP to Please the Most Critical Smokers Manufactured for Joobing Trade Only The Toedtman Cigar Makers of the Highest Grade of 5c. Cigars Exclusively MIAMISBURG. OHIO. The American Tobacco Co. 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 24 IMPLMIAL lOBACCU AIFaIKS. Annual Keport ^huws Steady Growth in the Business. At the recent annual meeting of the Imperial Tobacco Company at Bristol, England, the annual report submitted showed a steady growth | YOU ARE LOSING MONET. ? HOW 7 BAD ACCOUNTS. Charginc them off to profit and loii. Paying Colleclion Agency Feea. Paying Memberahip feea. ••DO-IT-YOUBSELF" TTie "Do It-Youraelf" colleclion oui«li«jgJ I whereby you collect your bad account* • W _ .^ I and do il in the aame way that it ii doae br l^"— | Agenciea, only BC1T£R.. 7 WHY ? It ia a better ayatem. Il ia eaaier to operate, _,_,,_/.•« liJii I Il keepa the accounla in/OVR OWH "-^l It bringa the money to YOU. Il aarea Collection Agenciea feel- It aavea Memberahip feea. ,. j. It aarea gelling into the handaof ttsraliw" Price SI. 00 »'»«*«^'.^,^|] Each outfit contains everythino "•«*' H to collect 60 claims. .. a|| MONEY REFUNDED if on r«o»''«''| are not perfectly satisfied. ORDER TO-DAY United Stales Collection A^»^| Suit* 19, 163 R«odolpb«^ Chicago. U. S. A. _^| Aoents Wanted Write for P«»*rJ -THE TOBACCO WORLD- 116-122 E.I4^"ST NEW YORK. BRANCH rACTOMY S^0-5l>0 W bOTMC,! N y ^ &TALOGUES OF OUR STOCK C/GAR LABELS. FLAPS. BANDS. ] \fr ETC , SENT GRAT/5 UPO/V REQUEST PREPAID I " WRITE US BEFORE PLACING ORDERS \ FOR RfflVATE L-ABELS. BANDS. ETC., , KAUFFMAN & j^^~ YORK. PENH A. Weidman Bros. & Moyer Manufacturers of Ci^ar Boxes """""""""GOLD LEAF EMBOSSING "'°"w,°r°^ 1^ Factories: ^omelsdorf. Pa., Sinkinii Spriofi, Pa. Factories; a., Sinl Established 1801 New Orleans. San Francisco. Cigar Labels msria Cmicaco. New York, v^^ Cincinnati, ,-i,^.W„^ '^m5 m^T^s' S^lW 1 &XtV\^s\ ■.aiAiSkiK-'-*:fl?-M4;' ^t mr il ^t SUM ex i r STOCK CARDS laUblished 1877 New Factory 1904, HeWeHEFFENER, Steam Cigar Box Manufacturer Howard & Boundary Aves» YORK, PA. [NL AND CITY CIGAR BOX Cft >♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ^ Dealer in J f Cigar Box I/nmber, X Ribbons, X Mdging, X »♦♦♦♦»»<♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦>♦♦♦♦ Labels, Brands, etc. Manufactnrers of Cigar Boxes^Shipping Cases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Edgings, etc. fie— 728 N. Christian St, JUANCASTER. PA. . ^BEN BUSER MANUPACTORER OP Cigar Boxes and Cases DBALBR IN Lumber, Labels, Edging, Etc., R. F. D. No. 3, YORK, PA. M I ; I I \ I ( > 5 p^ /^ Qau/e8 (Se. Qo- <^p^^ Havana 123 n. third IMPORTERS O^^ ~ PniLAOBLfHiA JOHN SLATER & CO Manufacturers of Handmade UOINQ FILLER STOGIES Corner Columbia and Marietta Avenues LANCASTER, PA. No. 21 North Main Street, Washington, Pa. SLATERS STOGIE FACTORY 5Ut; Porto Rico Gi^ar Co. Red Lion, Pa. ^WHOLESALE CIGAR MANUFACTURERS Maior Paul 1 Lord Selkirk ^OC. Arrow Point J Tom Lewis — 2 for 5e. Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only SOMETHING NEW AND GOOD WAGNER'S CUBAN STOGIES Manufactured Only by LEONARD WAGNER r.c.or> No. 2 707 Ohio St., ALLEGHENY, PA but that it will be about the same as last year. A few new tobacco sheds will be erected, not co increase their acreage, but to assure a better curing of the tobacco, and giving a little more room to guard against the pole sweat in the future." East Whately, Mass. : The following report, John M. Craft has sold his crop of 10 acres of tobacco, in bundle, to Thomas Burk, of Hadley, for 15 cents, or it is so reported, probably not less than that price."— American Culti- vator. GEO. STEUERNAGLE THE CELEBRATED Tia.ae X4:aric. ^MF\a'^^ ze*Kist>tcd. Manufacturer a( Pittsburg Stories 4^ HAND-MADE ^X Goods sold direct to [ \y STOGIES. N^ J Jobbers and Dealers 5143 Penn Ave.,'^ Pittsburg, Pa, OLDEST MANUFACTURERS OF PEACH -PRUNE i mm Also of the World Renowned and Non-Evaporating SPANISH BETUNS Cigar and Tobacco Flavors, Sweeteners, etc. Write for Free Samples and Particulars Guaranteed to be the Strongest and Best Established 1855 FRIES & BRO. 92 Reade Street, 26 NEW YORK. EDGERTON, WIS. The movement of taking over the un- sold portions of last season's crop pro- gresses. As spring approaches there is a disposition among growers to make some concessions regarding price |and accept fiRures considerably shaded from earlier quotations, rather than prepare to case their holdings. So a moderate amount of trading is being done in lift- mg the remnants of the crop. The bulk of the sales range from 10 to 13c, with an occasional lot at even lower prices. Deliveries are still quite plentiful at receiving points with docking and de- ductions about as before. A few packers are this week taking the last of their purchases, which means that their warehouses will soon close down for the season. About three-quarters of the normal force are yet employed at the packing centers, but the end of the month will see many of the houses through. The market for old stock partakes of the general dullness that pervades the eastern centers and transactions are few. Shipments, 400 cases. —Reporter. Constitution ^"t.'l^Sr Made in the good old way. EL DKACO CIGAK MFG. CO.. PhiUda. Business CheLnges, Fires, Etc. Connecticut. New Haven.— Joseph Golden, cigars, tobacco and news, damaged by fire ; insured. District of Columbia. Washington.— Franklin C. Jackson, cigars, tobacco and news, sold out to H. E. Woodbury. Ed ward C. Rouzee, wholesale and retail cigars, petition in bankruptcy. Georgia. Atlanta.— Hirsch Bros., tobacco and cigars, succeeded by Clein Bros. & D. Hirsch. Illinois. Aurora. —Percy Lincoln, cigars, sold out. J. Fitzgerald, ft] chattel mortm] Chicago. -Henry Thoelen, cigj||^| etc., bill of sale of half itrterestd Le Rpy. — Robert Lawson, cimj damaged by fire. Peoria.— La Bodela Cigar Co., a factures, sold fixtures and lease. Indiana. Decatur.— DeWitt & Hansaketidl gars, tobacco, etc., dissolved. Terre Haute.— S. P. Katzenbidii Co., cigars, sold out. Iowa. Clinton.- T. W. Schroeder & S^j cigars, sold out. Davenport.— Dorgan Cigar Co., (m] inc.). out of business. Maryland. Baltimore —The Annex Cigar Ct,] receiver appointed. Massachusetts. Boston. Baland Bros, ifigan d| tobacco, dissolved. Lowell. — Thomas gars and tobacco, $900, discharged. Newburyport.- Harold E. Now] cigars and tobacco, real estate mat' gage, $900. Springfield.~W. H. Gilbert 4 Ci,! wholesale tobacco, cigars teas, coffmj etc., attached. $900. Michigan. Pontiac— Charles F. Erther, ci|tt| etc., removed to Lapeer. New York. City of New York.— M. KrauM,*] gars, damaged by fire. RegenibBJ & Sons, cigars, damaged by fire, j Rochester.— Wales & Schwitzer(C Calavit. Prop'r), tobacco and cigia] sold out. North Carolina . Durham.— H. J. Bass & Co, W] tobacco, coal, etc., judgment, ?2l)v. Ohio. Dayton.— H. P. Ham, cigantt<*| bacco, chattel mortgage, |550. Newark.-George W. Keller, cij«j etc., chattel mortgage, $600. Pennsylvania. Shamokin.-W. S. Seeler, ciga" •{ j tobacco, succeeded by Wellington n | Titusville.-W. C. McCutchen, aH] store, judgment, $1,070. Tennessee. Memphis.— Harpitiann Bro^., (J name), wholesale and retail ajJJ I Solomon Harpmann dead. — ^i" -^ Cigar and Billiard Co., applie" charter; capital, $25,000. Virginia. j Richmond. -William Hinds, 0V^\ succeeded by George Hinds. Washington. j Granite Falls.-F. H. McCoy. cil«» chattel mortgage, $660. ^j Seattle. -Samuel Inch, cigar* <»-i $20,000. THB TOBA'CCO WORLD mNNIGH BALING PRESS *♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦±±i^i^'*lA±±^.^^tAt't'*^^l*T** ♦ ♦ METAL EMBOSSED LABELS METAL rSINTED <^BELS ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ t ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ It ♦ t ♦ ♦ H. J* f leiscKKaxier Cigar Labels 238 Arch Street, Philadelphia. TELEPHONE 1561 Vx ♦♦•♦-♦^^ ♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦ sPEaAL design! ♦ ♦ ♦ UTHOCILAPHING -^.^ >♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4^*^^>^^**^*4 /♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ Xt X ¥ ralMted March 9. lAB? For All Kinds of Products Requiring Baling TOBACCO STEMS. PAPER, COTTON. Etc. Specially Constructed ..PRESSES.. For Ueaf Tobaeco P4ack:er^ Warranted to do more and better wurk m a given time, with less labor than any Press on the market Unsurpassed for power, srt ngth, simplicity and durability, as well as ease and quickness m operation Various sizes manufactured. Write for price> and full particulars. They are indispensable in laaf packing and tobacco warehouses. Hundreds in use. MINNICH MACHINE WORKS Landisville, Lancaster Co., Pa. —Established 1834— WM, F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchanls 27 South Second Street PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Mvery Thursday Cigars, Tobacco, Smokers' Articles special Sales of Leaf Tobacco ^ignments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Day of Sale Consii Caveats, Trade Marks, -*^^tcIltS Design-Patents, Copyrights, etc. ""'Str John A. Saul le Droit Building, WASHINGTON, D. C. JACOB G. SHIRK Lancaster, Pa. JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS of American Tobacco Co, American Cigar Co. American Stogie Co. Luhrman & Wilburn Tobacco Co. Blackwell Durham Tobacco Co. Spalding & Merrick Tobacco Co. IT WILL PAY YOU ':rSr ^^ ™^"^ '•'^" erlnii IJoods elsewhere. -•••• 1 'i i 1 \1.: '■ Brilliant as Diamonds Fragrant as Roses Good as Governnient Bonds Are the CIGARS Regls^tered^Brandt "Brilliant Star" Clear Havana . . lOc "S. B " Half Havana Sc "S. B." Little Havanas 5c, "Honest Bee" 3e. "2--I~No" Mildest Cigar Made 2 fof 5c Special Brand* Made to Order Stauffer Bros. Mfg. Co., New Holland, Pa. Send Your Cigar Buyer Here We Will Save You Money For Sale by All Dealers V I R a I N I A P E R 1 Q U MIXTURE 5Ae AMERICAN TOBACCO CO. ' NEWtYOK .'s^ I \. tl II IMPORTERS O THB TOBA'CCO WORLD JOHN SLATER & CO Manufacturers of Handmade LSTOGIES 1 UOINO FILUER Corner Columbia and Marietta Avenues LANCASTER, PA. No. 21 Norlh Main Street, Washington, Pa. HINNICH BALING PRESS Porto Rico Ci^ar Co. Red Lion, Pa. "WHOLESALE CIGAR MANUFACTURERS rviafor Paul 1 Lord Selkirk [3c. Arrow Point J Tom Lewis — 2 for 3e. Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only SOMETHING NEW AND GOOD WAGNER'S CUBAN STOGIES Manufactured Oaly by LEONARD WAGNER r.c,„r, No. . 707 Ohio St., ALLEfiHENY, PA GEO. STEUERNAGLE THE CELEBRATED Tiacis i^o-ilt. Manufacturer u( Pittsburg Stories , A^. HAND-MADE ^X [

4-^ ♦ 4^ LITHOGILAPHING ^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4 H* J« f leiscKKauer Cigar Labels 238 ArcK Street, Philadelphia. TtLEFHONE 1561 t* SPECIAL DESIGNS ♦ 4 ^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4 ♦4444^ •C -•••- 4 Palcated March 0. 1SB7 For All Kinds of Products Requiring Baling TOBACCO STEMS. PAPER, COTTON. Etc. Specially Constructed ..PRESSES.. For Uem Tobacco Pactcers Warranted to do more and belter work m a given time, with less labor than any Press on the market. Unsurpa^sed for power, srt n^^th, simplicity and duiability, as well as ease and quickne^»> m operation Various sizes manufactured. Write for price> and full particulars. They are indispensable in leaf packing and tobacco waiehouses. Hundreds in use. MINNICH MACHINE WORKS Landisville, Lancaster Co., Pa. —Established 1834— WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 27 South Second Street PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday f^i^ars, Tobacco, Smokers' Articles ^ special Sales of Leaf Tobacco ^nsignments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Day of Sale Patent Caveats, Trade Marks, 'S Design-Patents, Copyrights, etc. ''"Str John A.Saul le Droit Building, WASHINGTON, D. C. JACOB a SHIRK Lancaster, Pa. JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS of American Tobacco Co, American Cigar Co. American Stogie Co. Luhrman & Wilburn Tobacco Co. Blackwell Durham Tobacco Co. Spalding & Merrick Tobacco Co. IT WIf I PAY YOU ^** ^*^ ^^ PWCES before orderin|{ ^oods elsewhere. I i 1 i ^^^BHH^^#^j^^^^B^r^^?^rl i ^^R «W« jupN^* ^M. « *» *>an, 1 ^1 1 1 iiifffi 1 J" '■" Brilliant as Diamonds Fragrant as Roses Good as Government Bonds Are the CIGARS Regis^tered°BJand» "Brilliant Star" Clear Havana . . lOc "S. B " Half Havana 5c. "S. B." Little Havanas 5c. "Honest Bee" 3c. "2--I— No" Mildest Cigar Made 2 fof 5c. Special Braad» Made to Order SUuffer Bros. Mfg. Co., New Holland, Pa. 1 Send Your Cigar Buyer Here We Will S«ve You Money For Sale by All Dealers V 1 R O 1 N I A E R I Q U E 1 3 MIXTURE 6Ae AMERICAN TOBACCO CO,,' NEWtYORI INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE .AC <& Go H AVANA 123 N. THIRD Philadbl^hia TPHB i^ >S G00D>\5 THEJ^fAME ^^^ RC6ISTCRC0 Havana Cigars NONE GENUfME UNLESS BEARING This BA WITH OUR TRADE MARK IN COLORS m Constant Growth ====== signifies Constant Merit! Cigars that hold the confidence of their smokers pay dealers best. DIAMOND JOE CIGAR FACTORY brands stand pre-emi- nently in a class of their own. VoL XXVII in 1881. ) ., No. 13. [ PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK. MARCH 27, 1907. 1 One Dollar per Annnm. Payable in Advanoa. REG' MSBUHcill SONS uj ^^^ ==\ 0^ TMEAMfRKAN D£^ WA RE or tMf TA TfONS. ON SALE EVERYWHERE F E N D R I CH Evansville, Ind. WARREN BECK & BRO. Ten-Gent Brands: r^* ^ m ^ f Duke of Westminster CigaF Manufacturers AdmlrnI GherardI Gen. Warren -^^ -m w^ La Respouder Marcana \ OPlCa 1 ^^ La Caotldad Michael Hose A.F. Brilllii* Philipp J. Kolb&Co. Importers & Packers OF Leaf Tobacco 310 Race Street Philadelphia • CENTRAL UNION» No other brand of Tobacco has grown so quickly in public favor Reasons : Quality Price Union Label Friendly Dealers* Aid aad Tobacco Trust*s Hostility United States Tobacco Co. RlchmoodjVa. iT =^ Dalliiii Clpf II TOBACCO 1906 Manufac- turers of LEAF TOBACCd A.D.KILLriEFFER s u M TOBACCO R T Samples to be had on application A CROP M TOBACCO 700 Bales Purchased at First and Second Inscriptions Maker of 11 M{ Cigars Commnnlcate with Factory k. NoSalesmen MILLER8VILLE, No. H.DUYS&CO. J 70 Water Street, NE>V VORK De Amsterdamsche Tabakshandelmaatschappij, Amsterdam s u M TOBACCO T R A 0 n. ROSMNWALD & BRO. Growers and Packers of FLORIDA TOBACCOS Write for Samples SCHROMDMR & ARGUIMBAU 178 Water Street, New York ':>^l •n -!-.»« ' \\ f I THB TOBACCO WORLD ■ r ii THE 5c. CIGAR that yoD*ll say is "All to the Front." I ti^NTfij^ El Draco Cigar Mfg. Co. Phiiada. (lord LANCASTER, 10c.) Oil Bi k Ci. Manufacturers 615 Market St., Phiiada. (NICKELBY, 5c.) I MKNSi^'GAR CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Kni^h 5-cent Cigar Made by Morris D. Neumann SCj, PHILADELPHIA, PA. | Sumatr Greene E. T. SUMNER GREENE & CO. c.^ Manufacturers of Gre } Seal Cigars 2330 MARKET ST., PHILADELPHIA Factory 1830. First District Penoa. ,I^UNPERT BROlS li'S: 114 Hanofacturers ^^^^^^^^Philadelphla SUPERIOR Quality and Workmanship Factory No. 968. Firist District Penna. L/ ' If You Want to ba In HAVANA ^ Smoke ON ^ ^ Mad* by K tl HENRY HEYMANN'S SONS Sinking Spring, Pa. /I W. K. Gresh & Sons, Makers, Norristowii,P8' YOU CAIN BUY WEAVER'S ORIGINAL HAVANA SHORTS ALL JOBBING HOUSES E. A. O^'-^^s c& Go- H "^ ■ IMPORTERS Or^^ AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST. HILAOmL^HIM xeB/ieeo Worlb-* i^armenter Wax-Lined Coupon Cigar Pociieb Afford PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indorsed by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE Advertising Medium known. ! Racine Paper Goods Co., Racine, Wis.* "'^^ Sole Owners and Manufacturers* WISCONSIN'S CIGARETTE LAW. |t,Con»ti<«<«o'»*''*'' to be Tested through Appeal to the Court. Milwaukee, Wis., March 28. The cigarette law fathered by Sen- tor B'rd, of Wausaukee, which has for several years prohibited the sale of tke paper pipes in Wisconsin, is at last to be tested as to its validity in a court of law. In order to test the statute, A. Story Goodrich, member of the Goodrich To- bacco Company, Milwaukee, this week jabmitted to arrest on the charge of gelling 80-called little cigars. Mr. Goodrich was represented in the dis- trict court by Attorneys William H. Bennett and Fawsett. He submitted to a fine of $10 and costs on a plea of sot guilty, and gave notice through his attorneys of an immediate appeal to the municipal court. The case is in the nature of a friendly salt. It will be carried by Mr. Good- rich from one court to another until a final decision is had respecting the validity of the law, or as much of it as pertains to the sale of tobacco covered ."little cigars", the dealers holding that the tobacco covered article does Dot come within the meaning of the law. The recent arrest of numerous small dealers in Milwaukee, such as Greek fniit stand keepers and others, led to the arrest of middlemen and finally to the prosecution of the wholesale to- bacco dealers, one of whom, Leo Roth, was found guilty and fined on the charge of selling cigarettes several weeks ago. The district attorney made the state- aentatthat time that all the wholesale dealers who could be found violating the law would be punished. This led the Goodrich company to take the initi- aitve in making a test case of the ■atter. SCRANTON WANTS UNITED rACTORY. Scranton, Pa., March 23. Although not definitely settled upon aayet, it is extremely likely that the United Cigar Manufacturing Compat y will secure quarters in West Scranton for the establishment of a plant. An option has been secured on the two top floors of the P. J. McCann •tore building at Main avenue and ^wetland street, and if the company's •fficials decide that there is enough n»m for them there, a long term lease will be executed. They would employ between 250 and «0 persons of both sexes and would be •desirable addition to West Scranton's wterprisea. A large per cent, of the •mployes would be female and when it ••considered that girls from the West •■tie now go back and forth to factories ■'"'"''y also have lines «»ion Til L^'^'i'^^ officials' final de- °'»'llbe m favor of this city. WHrLAN VIMTS SYRACUSE. Syracuse, N. Y., March 21. John F, Whelan, of New York, for- merly of this city, was in the city last week, his visit having to do with the purchase of the Brennan stores by the United Cigar Company, of which he is an officer. Mr. Whelan denies a report that his company was negotiating for the pur- chase of the Casino. Wieting and Ha- vana -stores, which are conducted by an independent company under the man- agement of E. B. Foote. While the United Company now has many stores in this city, it by no means has all. Besides the three stores men- tioned. C. W. Barnes and M. Holihan conduct cigar stores in the center of the city, and there are a number farther out. The organization of the Import Cigrar Stores Compiny. of New York, to fight the trust is being watched with interest, and there is a possibility that some of the Syracuse independent stores may be identified with that corporation. PROPOSED STRIPPING PLANT in OHIO Xenia, O., March 21. If plans now under consideration and in wh^ch a prominent Xenia man is said to be inteiested, are completed, a to- bacco stripping plant will be erected shortly at Trebeins. A well known Dayton man is said to be a partner of the Xenian in the proposed enterprise. CIGAR BOX FAC10RY FOR SVNBURY. Sunbury, Pa., March 23. The advent in Sunbury of the new cigar factory for the United Cigar Mfrs. Co., will be the means of de- veloping an additional industry here in the way of a cigar box manufacturing plant. Several Sunbury people are figuring on enlarging their plants to install a cigar box factory in connec- tion with their present business. Mr. Foster has assured the Board of Trade that the policy of his company is to favor Sunbury in all business transac- tions and purchase of material. CHICAGO ESTABLISHMENT SUFFERS Chicago, 111., March 23, A five story building at 104 Michigan avenue, owned by J. & B. Moos, whole- sale and retail cigar and tobacco dealers, was damaged this week hy a fire which blocked street traffic on Wabash and Indiana avenue car lines for some time, and resulted in a loss of $500 on the building and $1,000 damage to stock by smoke and water. NILES <& MOSER. CO. IN OMAHA. Omaha, Neb., March 23. A new brick warehouse is to be erected for the well known distributing firm of Niles &. Moser, on Doug- lass street, between Seventeenth and Eighteenth. It will be a two story structure with modern conveniences. A "WHITE ROLLS" DISPLAY »t Waverfy K ^* * ^'^*'' manufacturer '*ctory tn b./?"' ^'" ^^^n remove his ^ ^ ""f»«ngton, Kan. IN thii illustration ai.ove is shown the famous "Wax Man." in a window dit- *■• play of ihe White R.lls union made cigarettes, at Klein's pharmacy, corner of Boyltton and Tremont streets, Boston. H. E. Lanreijue takes the part of the "Wax Man." in which art he is a Past Masttr. and his n>a« hine-lihe motions are very attractive and thn cause of much comment, and have often led to exciting arguments as to whether it was or wjis n> T. CeiM Manufacturers of ene's Seal Cigars 2330 MARKET ST., PHILADELPHIA ] are Factory 1830, First District Penna. 114 N 7^^ St ifenofacturers "^^^^^^W^Philadelphia SUPERIOR Qualify and Workmanship Factory No. 968, Firist District Penna. 1/ If You Want to b* la HAVANA V, Smoke CN K b. HENRY HEYMANN'S SONS Sinkinik Spring, Pa. W. K. Gresh & Sons, Makers, Norristowii,Pa> YOU CAIN BUY WEAVER'S ORIGINAL HAVANA SHORTS ALL JOBBING HOUSES Farmenter Wax-Lined Coupon Cigar Pocket Afford PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indoned by all Smoken, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE Advertising Medium known. ! Racine Paper Goods Co., Racine, Wis.. D** Sol. Ownera and Manufactnrera* E. A. 0^>-vBs c£ Co. H AVANM 123 N. THIRD Pi T®BJ\e«o have lines KttlednnKf .u '"'■y- but there seems ««S> will u^'';^« «ffic*«l«' final de- '"" ''« >n favor of this city. WHrLAN VIMTS SYRACUSE. Syracuse, N. Y., March 21. John F. Whelan, of New York, for- merly of this city, was in the city last week, his visit having to do with the purchase of the Brennan stores by the United Cigar Company, of which he is an ofiicer. Mr. Whelan denies a report that his company was negotiating for the pur- chase of the Casino, Wieting and Ha- vana ''tores, which are conducted by an independent company under the man- agement of E. B. Foote. While the United Company now has many stores in this city, it by no means has all. Beffides the three stores men- tioned. C. W. Barnes and M. Holihan conduct cigar stores in the center of the city, and there are a number farther out. The organization of the Import Cisrar Stores Company, of New York, to fight the trust is being watched with interest, and there is a possibility that some of the Syracuse independent stores may be identified with that corporation. PROPOSED STRIPPING PLANT in OHIO Xenia. C, March 21. If plans now under consideration and in which a prominent Xenia man is said to be inteiested, are completed, a to- bacco stripping plant will be erected shortly at Trebeins. A well known Dayton man is said to be a partner of the Xenian in the proposed enterprise. CIGAR BOX FACTORY FOR SVNBURY. Sunbury, Pa., March 23. The advent in Sunbury of the new cigar factory for the United Cigar Mfrs. Co., will be the means of de- veloping an additional industry here in the way of a cigar box manufacturing plant. Several Sunbury people are figuring on enlarging their plants to install a cigar box factory in connec- tion with their present business. Mr. Foster has assured the Board of Trade that the policy of his company is to favor Sunbury in all business transac- tions and purchase of material. CHICAGO ESTABLISHMENT SUFFERS Chicago, 111., March 23. A five story building at 104 Michigan avenue, owned by J. dli: B. Moos, whole- sale and retail cigar and tobacco dealers, was damaged this week by a fire which blocked street trafiic on Wabash and Indiana avenue car lines for some time, and resulted in a loss of $500 on the building and $1,000 damage to stock by smoke and water. NILES 9l MOSER. CO. IN OMAHA. Omaha, Neb., March 23. A new brick warehouse is to be erected for the well known distributing firm of Nil6s & Moser, on Doug- lass street, between Seventeenth and Eighteenth. It will be a two story structure with modern conveniences. A "WHITE ROLLS" DISPLAY TN the illustration ahove ia shown the famous "Wax Man," in a window dif- •■' play of ihe White R dls union made cigarettes, at Klein's pharmacy, corner of Boylston and Tremont streets, Boston. H. E. Laoreque takes the part of the "Wax Man." in which art he is a Past Master, and his machine-like motions are very attractive and the cause of much comment, and have often led to exciting arguments as to whether it was or was nut a real live figure. The tall gentleman on the left is Mr. George Lea, Jr., the New England -—-www, representative of the Ware-Kramer Co., of Norfolk. Va., manufacturers of the j^~:*m. Fleming a cigar manufacturer ^^ite Rolls cigarettes. George Farrant. one of Mr. Lea's associates, is shown ' *'e"y. Kan „.:.. ■on the right, by the window, and it is he who "keeps the crowds a-movin'," so as not to completely obstruct the sidewalk and interfere with traffic. 't Wa?erlv I? * *^'**'* manufacturer ^tor» tft b. p •• '^'" 8oon remove his ton, Kan. ANNUAL REPORT OF A. T. CO. The annual report of the Amerieaa Tobacco Company was made publie at the annual meeting of the stockhold- ers in Jersey City. The result of the operations of tha Company for the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1906, as shown by the Treasurer'i report, are as follows : 1906. 1905. Net earnings $26,406,375 $25,212,286 Bond interest, etc 5,818,075 6,286,388 Preferred dividend 4.721,346 4.721.346 Balance 15.808.772 14.204.561 Common dividend 9.054,540 8,048,480 Surplus 6.754.232 6,156,071 Previous surplus 25,fi83,9Hl 29,518,880 Total surplus 30,553.888 35,674,961 Bonds redeemed 1,884,305 9,988.990 Final surplus 30,653,888 25,685.961 Following is the balance sheet as of December 31 last: 1906 IncreaM. Assets — Real estate, ma- chi nery, fix- tures, trade- marks, patents, etc. $123,331,660 $1,669,700 Leaf tobac. 31.187,814 mfg. stock, etc. Stock in foreign companies Stocks in other companies Cash Bills and accts. receivable 21,495.085 70.451,549 5.163,965 3,371,474 1,621.199 6,659,216 2,985,468 26.998,551 1,413.221 Total Liabilities — Cap. stk., pfd. Common stock 6 per cent gold bonds 4 per cent gold bonds & 4 per cent gold bond Con. Tob. Co.. not exch. Pfd stk, div Accd, int. 6 per cent bonds Accd. int. 4 per cent bonds Coms., adv., etc. Accts. and bills payable Surplus 1278.628,564 $4,267,604 $78. f 89. 100 40.242.400 55.208,330 $441,800 61.052.100 1,180,336 828,125 1.017,535 6,152,955 3.703.774 30.553.888 2.437,000 6.62T 40.617 1.034.540 1,291.080 4.867.927 Total $278,628,564 $4,267,504 At a meeting of the Board of Direc- tors of the American Tobacco Co., held last week the following officers were elected : President, James B. Duke; vie«> presidents, J. B. Cobb, C. C. Dula. C E. Halliwell. W. R. Harris P. S. Hill; secretary. W. H. McAlister; treaa- urer. J. M. W. Hicks; assistant secre- taries J. T. Wilcox. J. K. Gwynn. OHIO CIGAR MAN'S NEW INVENTION Arion. 0.. March 21. Henry Nageleisen. cigar manufac- turer, has invented a small device that bids fair to prove a great thing for the craft. The invention is a small device for rolling down to a smooth surface the heavy veins of tobacco leaf. Witk this successfully done, cigarmakers will enjoy a big saving, for under the present method whenever a vein or stem is unusually heavy it is necessary to throw away part of a leaf. Mr. Nageleisen recently demon- strated the practicability of the ma- chine to a number of his Iriends and all who saw it declare it as sure to create a demand and certain to prove of great value to cigarmakers. Mr. Nageleisen has already applied for patent rights and although undecided will most likely take steps towards having the deduce placed on the market. 3 I ■ i '1 INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE A Gau/es rg Oo- ^^> Havana 123 n. third stT p /\^ C^^alves cSc C®- <^p>H '** ^"^ IMPORTERS O^^ "' PhilmoclJ'hia I I— ' ^-^mm.^.^ IMPORTERS O^'^ AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST. PHIUkOBL^MIA J. Vetterlein & Co. Importers of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF Tobacco 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia FOLNnLD 1855 John T. Dohan Wm. H. Dohan FLOR ^^^ de DOHAN & TAITT D &T Importers of Havana and Sumatra Packers of /^^^^J^^J^O/ Atch St. Leaf TobaccoK ,«^ ) philada. K. STRAUS ^.^€^iS)s$ A. LOW IMPORTERS OF y 90l«b908J^i»M»3d8iv E«labll9hed 1825 ■^ L I B 7 y S LEWIS BREMER'S SONS IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra AND PACKERS OF Leaf Tobacco 322 and 324 North Third Street, Philadelphia ^HILADELPH^^ n'M Julius Hirschberg & Bro. Importers of Havana and Sumatra and Packers of Seed Leaf Tobacco 125 North Third St., Philada. Benj. Labe Jacob Labe Sidney Labe BENJ. LABE Sl SONS IMPORTERS OF Sumatra and Havana Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco 228 North Third St., Philadelphia L. BAMBERGER & CO. [r"."' SEED LEAF TOTl A PPO HAVANA and SUMATRA X V/jDx1.vJUv/ 111 Arch Street. Philadelphia Warehouses: Lancaster. Pa.; Milton Junction. Wis.: Raldwinsvllle. N. Y. LiEOPOLD bOEB & CO. Importers of Sumatra and Havana and Packers of Leaf Tobacce 306 North Third St., Phfla. GEO. BURGHARD Importer of Sumatra and Havana and Packer of LEAF TOBACCO 238 North Third Street, Phila. /tTACr/i/n/S/, PhihJa/ptiii The Empire '"P^^l'f.fi'if'^^'" SEED LEAF, Leaf Tobacco "^y^*** SUMATRA Co., 118 N. 3d St., Phila. Lr KRUPPENBACH , mhxXL IN IlEAF ■mBACCO 1042-44" N".ELl5/CFri1. ST. • PniU>DELPHIA ffLa'srcfuu J. S. BATROFF 224 Arch St., Philadelphia Broker in LEAF T0BAee0 EXPORT STAMP ISSUED BY CUBAN CIGAR MANUFACTURERS Authorized by the Government of the Republic of Cuba UUniondeF^bRICantesdeTabacosyCigarros g ISLAdeCUBA utorizada porel Gobierno dela Republica Garantiza qije los tabacos.cigarrosy paqaeies Je plcad(J^a(|uellevones^ap^ecj^[a son fabncados por HABANA 5l[_REPtBLicADCCCRA Lfl PROPIEDADARTISTICA E.IMOUSTRIflLlSTAiREGISTRflDflENIODOSlOSPAlSES v REPUBLICA decuba)S^9S^'C^' Either ihe name of the Manufacturer or that of his Brand will appear printed in the blank space of this precinta or stamp. . . . 1 M RO RTA NT 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 RepubUe 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 cot tobacco packages 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, cigar- ettes, or cut leaf packages but those which have this PRECINTA or stamp of the Cigar and Cigarette Manufacturers' Union of the Island of Cuba, wbo^ jointly with the Government of the Republic of Cuba, or separately, will prosecute before the court?, anyone who may attempt to counterfeit, imitate, or in any way render useless the gnarnntee covered by this stamp. The Colors of the PRECINTA fac-simile: black with pale blue ground; fac-simile of tbs Presidency of the Rebublic : dark blue. MANY CONNECTICUT CROPS SOLD. Ntw Hartford Growers Getting Ready for This Year's Crop. New Hartford, Conn., March 23. Practically all of the tobacco grown in this section during the past summer has been sold and the last of the crops are being packed and made ready for shipment to buyers. Charles Griffen is completing the packing and sweating of several of the crops, and William G. Richards, who has not as yet sold his crop, has assorted and packed it in grades in which shape he expects to (iigpose of it. James Stewart, who has sold his cropto Ariel Mitchelson, of Tariff ville, ii packing and assorting it at his own warehouse. The average price paid a pound was between 20 and 25 cents. The raisers are now busy with the planting of seed and making prepara- tions for preparing the fields for next year's crop which will be the largest acreage ever planted here. The raisers in this vicinity are seldom losers from ivail storms which they claim are driven to the east and the west by the hills which are situated to the west and north of this place. After having been told by seemingly the best authority that cultivation of tobacco under cover was a failure in ^ State, and that it conld not be earned on with results that were de- wable as to the quality of the crop or the money retarn which it would bring in. we are now informed that shade- rrown tobacco will command remunera- ^ve prices and that it is of excellent w»lity. Speaking of this change in the prospects of the tobacco crop the '^wtford Times says : "Once again there will be seen in the ^nnecticut Valley, this year, hundred *"« fields of tobacco covered with 'heese-cloth. There is good ground for JJ« hope that the large sums which prod ° ^he original attempts to necti ! '"'"^««''own tobacco in Con- •od tW !k ^. recovered in due time, »PprovS prejudgment of those who ''n^UBht ftSf -f. ?'*° when it was first J!?5l^>ll be vindicated." ^OnStifUfiOn Seed and ««nd8 for n ^P ^*^* * Havana ^°f guality and Workmanship. Kemember that. DEPLORE SUNDAY CLOSING Indiana. Cigarmskers Issue Appeal to the Public. Evansville, Ind., March 21. The Evansville Cigar Makers' Union, Number 54, is sending out the follow- ing circular: Dear Sir:— We take the liberty in addressing these few lines to you, and not desiring to impose on your valuable time, we shall be as brief as possible in stating our case for your kind con- sideration, as regards the Cigar Indus- try. Inasmuch as the enforcement of the Sunday law has been the means of largely decreasing the sale of cigars, thereby throwing out of employment a large number of our men, and as there are a number of places of business, such as drug stores, confec<^ioneries, restaurants, cigar stands, etc., which still do business on Sundays, and in their respective establishments, as a rule handle a full line of cigars, and the closing of the saloons on Sundays (formerly a prominent factor in our trade) means an inereaeed cigar trade to those who are still permitted to do business on Sundays. And being fully aware of the fact that a large portion and in some instances nearly all of it consists of non-union made goods and goods made away from here. In view of this, we most kindly re- quest for you when purchasing a cigar to give preference to the Evansville Union Made Cigars, thereby largely aid us to make up if not all, at least a good portion, of the lost trade, and again giving employment to the unem- ployed. And more than that, it would help the business interests of our aity of which we are justly proud and are striving to build up. The Evansville Union Made Cigar is made by our own people, a part cf our community. The wages remain and are spent at home, our own business men getting the bene- fit, while on the other hand, the cigars made away from here and brought here means that much money is sent away, never to come back. Now as a business proposition, we believe, as a good and fairminded citi- zen, having the interest of our city at heart, you will agree that this request of ours is not unreasonable, and is worthy of your favorable consideradon. A Good Pair to Go On Two of Our Popular Five Cent Brands. Our Goods are Made of Best Selections, Made Carefully, and Made to Duplicate. Wolf, Neff & Co. RED LION, PA. i J 1 11 HI INCREASE YOUR PROFIT! Columbia Straieht Will Do It. We bought a large supply oi Good Hav- % ana and Domestic Tobacco at the right time. We are iwcated where Good Workmen can be had at Fan Piices. Thpse facts enable us i':'^^^,^,r^^ji^^^::m MADISON sauARE GARDEN SEPT 2 TO 14 1907 and'especially so, as it is no additional cost, not even a walk out of your way. As an organization we point with pride to our record, morally, benevo- lenty and our public spirit. Trusting you will give the Evansville Union Made Cigar not only your con- sideration but your patronage and your hearty co-operation, and thanking you in advance for your favor, we beg to remain, Yours very respectfully, CIGAR MAKERS' UNION. No. 54. ' FROM ROCHESTER TO VTICA ASK ANYBODY- -THAT'S ALL APPLICATION FOR SPACE TO EXHIBIT SHOULD BE MADE TO TOBACCO TRADES EXPOSITION CO riATIRON »LDG NEW YORK . L. W»rnick Brown «l Co.. Buy Pftrl of Hess ^ Co.'s Business. Utica, N. Y., March 21. A part of the business of S. F. Hess & Co., one of the oldest and largest tobacco companies of Rochester, has been acquired by L. Warnick Brown & Co., of this city. The p»rchase in- cludes all leaf tobacco owned by Hess & Co., manufacturing material and equipment, together with the rights to manufacture four of the best selling brands made by the Rochester house, the Comfort smoking tobacco and the Premium. Wedge and Alovely cut to- baccos. L. Warnick Brown & Co.'s new purchases have been brought to ' this city, and it is probable that the addition will require a larger force of workmen than that now employed by the company. The Utica concern will get its new stock on the market about April 1, and some of Hess & Co.'s traveling agents have been engaged by the local house. Hess & Co. succeeded a firm which engaged in the tobacco trade in Rochester in 1838. the same year that Warnick & Bryan, now the I L. Warnick & Co., commenced doing business in this city. TOBACCONISTS FIGHT TOTHEDCAII Milton, Ky.. March 21. Charles Greenwood, 35 years old, w shot and instantly killed last week, bj Joseph Abbott, aged 45 years, at tk latter's farm in the Trout neighborhood eight miles south of Milton, Ky. Gre» wood and Abbott were partneriim tobacco shop, and the day of tk tragedy Greenwood drove to Abbott! place and demanded a settlemot Angry words ensued, and Abbott iiieW Greenwood, when the latter picked f a board to defend himself. Tlw Abbott drew a revolver and fireA Jt^^^t^^^f^ WHERE SNVFF IS STILL VSEJ. "So you thought that snuff hsddj out did you?" said a millionaire »J manufacturer of Philadelphia. "W* it has died out among fashioniw people, but millions of pounds of it»« still consumed. "I send a great deal of snuff Sofla- In Georgia, Alabama and the l> linas, the poor 'dip' snuff in hugeflO* tities. To 'dip' is to rub it onj gums and in the crevices of theM«» "I send a lot of snuf! to Fr«i» The lower classes of France stil t*™ their horn snuff boxes, and stil snuff up their noses in the regol» "I do a good trade too. with wjj America and Africa. The Kaffin'T their noses with snuff mixed wii«i" per, while the Patagonians r"ni their nostrils with small wooden •^ "Have no fear about the snun ,« There is still a good livingjn^^^^^ HUNTER-* "i*-^ Has won many races for.d*** Try it. "•■^ . ■ '"I — rrrrrT o^^ N. THIRD ST J Pmiladbl^hia i 1 I (xieske & Niemann, Packers & oeato in Leaf Tobacco No. 204 South Charles Street Baltimore, Md. TOBACCO IN THE PHILIPPINES. Ill Cullivation by the Natives and an American Company. Despite the many drawbacks in cul- tivation and curing, a very tine grade jf tobacco is produced, in the Philip- ^nes. At the Hacienda San Luis of the Tabacalera Company, some wrapper leaf is being raised under shade. Senor Orres, manager of the^] plantation, claims that it is not surpassed by any leaf tobacco in the world. Prof. Lyon, of the Insular Bureau of Agriculture, believes the Cagayan valley equal to the famous Vuelta Abajo district of Cuba. But most of the tobacco is of inferior grade. It is spoiled in the cur- ing. Even with free trade with the United States it is doubtful if tobacco of fine grade will be raised in sufficient ^oantities to make it a formidable competitor in American markets. It will take years to educate the people to raise and cure it properly. One- fourth the present area in tobacco with greater attention would yield better returns than the present careless cul- tivation. In contrast to the former government ■onopoly. today in the Cagayan the people own and control their own farms. In the province of Cagayan there is a population of 142.000, with 3S,000 land-owners. With five to a fam- ily, and excluding middlemen, it seems fair to assume that almost every far- aer owns his own land. A similar con- ation holds good in the province of Isa- bella, south of Cagayan province, which iMiudes the rest 'of the tobacco land. A very small plot of the best tobacco land is a small fortune to the natives. The average family lives by less than a hectare (2.47 acres) of land. The "hole family helps in the work. Al- Bost all of the working population of the valley is connected with the in- *i8try in some way or other. Though ■08t of those engaged in tobacco pro- duction are [small owners, there are half a dozen large firms operating in ^e Cagayan valley, the Spanish and German firms predominating. The '•rgest corporation is the General To- Iwcco Company (Compania General de Tabacos de Filipinos,) which was es- t»bli8hed in 1882. Little actual capital, " is said, was invested in the under- ^king, but today this company is with- <«t question the most powerful corpo- rttion operating in the islands, whose revenues are derived there. It is cap- "«lized at $17,000,000 (gold) on which ''pays generous dividends. inere is but one American company, w»e Philippine Plantation Company, in e valley. This company is deserving « notice here as the largest and prac- wlythf! first American agricultural wporationof any size that has actually '"tivated the ground on an extensive e since the American occupation. ^e company purchased the old Ma- j^ estate of 44,000 acres, near b« 7^"*°* ^' ^^^ erected modern PrividT "^^ ^^® plantation, which is to-d t '"'^ ^^® equipment of an up- aerh ^^^^^'^^ ^"^*^®- ^'^"'* ^^^^^' °"*' ^^^ manager, had a consider- able area in tobacco this year, which was his first season. Next spring it is hoped to have a 5.000 acre crop, which will be the largest single planting in the valley. The future of this planta- tion will be watched with interest by the government experts and others who are anxious for the success of modern methods of agriculture. Philippine tobacco is sold in 35 dif- ferent countries. From Canton to Pekin the most expensive and also most generally sold cigarette comes in a package of Manila tobacco put up in Austria. Manila cigars are the most popular in Japan, and sell at 30 sen (15 cents American money), though the Japanese government itself main- tains a tobacco monopoly. But the value of the Philippine tobacco crop sinks into insignificance when com- pared with the world's increasing sup- ply and demand. The value of the to- bacco manufactured in the Philippines in 1905 is estimated at $5.494,627 : $892.- 561 worth of cigars and $14,250 of ci- garettes, or a total of (manufactured tobacco) $906,811. and $1,374,892 of leaf tobacco (manufactured) was exported ; $3,212,924 worth of manuiactured to- bacco therefore remained in the is- lands. Besides this, a presumably enor- mous quantity of leaf of an inferior grade was sold or traded to natives of the Philippines, who often roll their own cigars before smoking. When manufactured in other countries, the unmanufactured tobacco brings from 30 to 50 times its selling price. The greatest consumers of Philippine tobacco are the Filipinos themselves. With a population of over 8.000.000. practically all of whom, even the non- Christian tribes, are incessant smokers, usually including women and children as well as men. in and with many dis- tricts where tobacco is not raised for family consumption, the consumption of tobacco must be many times the value of the export. In the Cagayan a most unique custom prevails among the women, who smoke a huge cigar, the tabaco grande, which reaches a length of from 30 inches to three feet and is several inches in diameter. These huge cigars are smoked off and on for a day and a half or two days. Some- times a tobacco grande is suspended in the middle from a rafter in the dwelling, and all the women folk of the family puff in turn. The men smoke the ci- garettes or the ordinary sized cigar. When the railroad projected through the heart of Luzon to connect Manila and Aparri is constructed, the tobacco industry will be immensely stimulated by the attention directed to the Caga- yan. In the event of free trade the industry will profit not so much through enlarged market in the United States (for there is a always a demand for all good-class Philippine tobacco) as through the stimulus given to the im- portation of modern machinery and the feeimg of encouragement given the isiandd generally.— Hamilton Wright, in Scientific American. Rutherford ^^'Sf^S",™"' are sold by successful dealers. There is a Reason. [A. '^»: ^ w. I Yiii 1 fe^ , THE BEST V^UNIONMADE 5 i CI GAR / ontheMarket ^M.Steppacher m % Manufacturer Reading PA ^>o->v-^ p Write for Samples ^Prices li Established 1895 Telephone Connectioa T. L. ADAIR Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Red Lion, Pa. Special Lines for the Jobbing Trade J Norristown Keyno HAVANA SHORTS 2 oz. 3c. Tobacco Works NORRISTOWN, PA. Manufacturers of Havana Shorts Private Brands for Jobbers a Specialty Samples submitted on application THE TOBACCO WORLD -THE TOBACCO WORLD GEO. W. BREMER, Jr. BREMER BROS. U9 N. Third St, PHILADELPHIA WALTER T. BREMER Importers, Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Hippie Bros. & Co. Importers and Packers of and Dealers in Leaf Tobaccos 231 Arch St, Philadelphia Our Retail Department is Strictly Up-to-Date LOUIS BYTHINMR & CO. ImI Tobacco Brokers 308 RaCe St. „. .. . . « j and Commission Merchants. PKlladclphl* Long Distance Telephone, Market 3025. John U. Fehr Established 1883 Geo. N. Fehr J. U. Fehr & Son Importers and Packers of Leaf Tobacco 700 Franklin St., 101 to 107 S. 7th St., READING, PA. Gable Address. "Helland. Lancaster* Telephone Service JOHN F. HEILAND & CO. COMMISSION MERCHANTS AND DEALERS Leaf Tobacco Eastern Agents MaGee Tobacco Case Representlnii "^- " •"" "" '•■•"':; Z':: 48 E. Chestnut Street S. Weinberg 121 North Third Street PHILADELPHIA Importer of SUMATRA and HAVANA Dealer in all kinds of SEED LEA! Tobacco H. VELENCHIK S. VBLENCMI The Miami Valley Leaf Tobac Dayton. O.; Tba Krobn Tobacco Co.. Windsor. CUi" Downard & Koklntf. Cincinnati. O.i F. W. Dohrmann & Son, Cincinnati. 0.| Halskey & Helland. Lltltc. Pa. P. O. Box 178 LANCASTER, PA. VELENCHIK BROS. '•"""Ue'rs'in LEAF TOB/ieee Sumatra and Havana 134 N. THIRD ST., PHILADELPHIA HENRY RINDSKOPF Packer and Importer of '"ToTbo-r.: LEAF TOBACCO N. E. Cor. Fifth and Washington Sts. Reading, Pa. I AARON B. HESS Packer of and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Pennsylvania. Seed B's and Tops READY FOR THE MARKET. Write for Prices. Office and Warehouse: 630-636 N. Prince Si Lancaster, Pa. Bell 'Phone : 77-X. Independent 'Phone : 1464-A. L. O. HAEUSSERMANN CARL L. HAEUSSERMANN EDWARD C. HAEDSSEiM*'"' U. a. HA Importers of ANN <& SONS Packers and Exporters of and Dealers in Sumatra and Havana Leaf Tobacco LARGEST RETAILERS IN PENNSYLVANIA No. 240 Arch Street, PIniladelphia, Pa. R.^BAVTISTA y C A.- Leaf Tobacco Warehouse-HABANA, CVBA. NEPTUNO I70--I74. special Partner— Gumkrsindo Garcia CuBavo. C»ble-RoTiSTA. SOME LITTLE IMPROVEMENT IN HAVANA. Some Reasons Why Buyers Might Find It to Their Advantage to Make Purchases at This Time. Special Correspondence of The Tobacco World. ) Havana, Cuba, March 18, 1907. when the quality can be more correctly judged. A trifle more life has manifested it- self during the past week in our mar- ket as besides Remedios tobacco also a few lots of Partido and Vuelta Abajo changed hands. One escojida of Rem- «dios, of about 450 bales of Ist and 2nd capaduras, was purchased by a Span- ish house which also has connections in New York, and usually does a large packing business in the Santa Clara province. Prices have been kept se- cret, and while I have heard different guesses as to the exact figures of the lit capaduras, I was told that the price for the 2nd capaduras was $52 per qq. Some of our wideawake and up-to- date dealers, in order to turn their money, would be disposed to make (ome concessions so as to close out their holdings, and looking at the situ- ation from an impartial standpoint it almost appears as if the present time would be an advantageous one for Northern buyers to come here. I base my opinion upon the following facts : First— that tobacco at the mo- ment has lost about all the surplus moisture which it contained after it came from the packing in the country, therefore the buyer need not fear any further shrinkage worth speaking about ; Second— that the asking prices of the holders here are not any higher, but on the contrary a trifle lower, than last fall, therefore the prospective buyer already has saved all the shrmkage, storage, in- surance and interest on the capital invested by his competitor four months ago, and besides this he has a chance now of picking up some lots at a further concession from the former ruling prices ; Third— the coming crop, no mat- ter what the quantity may finally turn out to be, will under all cir- cumstances lie a late one, and of such a heavy quality that the man- ufacturer in all probability can- not count upon using it before the spring of 1909 at the very earliest, (although this fact ought to deter our packers from being anxious to purchase the bundled tobacco at any figure, as it would make their packed tobacco unsaleable lor some time to come, it is stated that some people are already trying to com- promise with the farmers at a high ngure, and are offering them ad- vances upon their crop) ; Fourth-taking ^these facts into consideration, all the siocks of ihe iW crop of Remedios will be very aesirable goods for the Northern "Wr manufacturers, and ought to ?e in great demand as soon as the "ue position ot the 1907 crop be- comes known. The dry weather which we have ex- Wnenced now for the last three weeks no signs of letting up, and fterefi ore It will be lohy to guess at e coming crop until jj« quantity of th * growing tooatco in the fields has ^^jedthe fermentation process in ihe distr^'l ^^^ ^''ception of the Partido •everal **^"^ ^ ^"^ ^^^^ ^^® ^^^^^ *°^ ttten "^ "^^ ^'*v® heen buying quite ^^he^adlA?.'' ""'" l.ttle doing Ifjj . "-* Abajo, nearly everybody ""»« to wait for a month or so. Sales amounted during the past week to 1,217 bales, divided into 196 bales of Vuelta Abajo, 281 of Partido and 740 bales of Remedios. For the American market 1,011 bales were purchased, for South America 150 bales, and 56 bales were taken for home consumption. Rnyera Come an4 Go. Arrivals :— Jose Serra and Edward O. Hurd, of Jose Serra, Chicago ; Fran- cisco Diaz, of V. Guerra, Diaz & Co., Tampa ; Antonio Rico, of A. F. Rico & Co., Boston; Lenny Greenhall, of L. Greenhall, New York. Departures :~Fritz Lederer, Louis Cantor, Emil Auerbach, M. J. Falk, Isidore Weinbaum, Joe Cullman, Allie Sylvester, Alfred Ettlinger and Fran- cisco Garcia, for New York ; Jose Serra and Edward 0. Hurd, for Chicago. Havana Clicar Mannfactnrcra Owing to the strike of the cigar- makers of the trust, and the help ex- tended by the independent manufac- turers in limiting the output of their cigarmakers, business naturally as- sumed smaller proportions. The strike of the trust's cigarmakers in the coun- try has proven a fiasco, as the men have gone to work again at the same old terms in places like Bejucal, San Antonio de los Banos and Hoyo Col- orado, and it almost looks as if it will be only a question of a few days more when the cigarmakers here will see the folly of their demands and be glad to work again upon the old terms. With the exceotion of a few large factories which may have enough stock on hand, the majority of our manufacturers are only working to satisfy the urgent calls of their customers, as they have to husband their stocks until the new crop is ready and fit for the cigar- makers' tables. Bnying, SelllnK and Other Notes ot Interest. Rodriguez, Bautista & Co. sold 200 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Remedios. Jose Serra and Edward O. Hurd have been making some good purchases for their Chicago factory. Voneiff & Vidal Cruz closed out their last holdings of high class Artemisa wrappers from their packings, about 75 bales in all. Francisco Diaz has been fortunate in finding some suitable tobacco for his Tampa factory. H. Upmann & Co. shipped 600,000 ci- gars during the past week. Don Teo- doro Garbade, of this firm, left today per steamship Fuerst Bismarck upon his three to four months' vacation, ac- companied by his wife and child. Quite a large number of friends went to see him off and wish him a pleasant journey. The H. Upmann factory is still supplied with plenty of orders, HUNTER f'Sl^Z is all to the front ; made by EL DKACO CIGAK NFO. CO.. Philada. ■m ESTABLISHED 1844 H. Upmann & Co HAVANA. CUBA. B^cnkers and Commission Merchdcnts u SHirPEB^S OF CIGAP^^ and LEAF T01BACC0 The Celebrated HANVFACTURBRS OP ^M4 ClgKt Mij FACTORYt PASEO DE XACON 159-169 OFFICEt AMARGURA 1 HAVANA. CUBA< >• . I ^1 :\ \ <.\ ■•■■■■■■■■MPMBB Representative of our "H. UPMANN" Braad for ihe United States and Canada CHARLES LANDAU New York Office: 82 Wall Street Montreal, Canada: Board of Trade Building SYLVESTER & STERN SUCCESSORS TO LEWIS SYLVESTER & SON Growers, Packers and Importers of Havana Tobacco I I HAVANA, CUBA Monte 56 NEW YORK 165 Front Street ii PLANTATIONS and ESCOJIDAS: In VUELTA ABAJO at PUERTA de GOLPE " PARTIDOS " SANTIAGO de las VEGAS " REMEDIOS " SANTA CLARA " QUINTA CAMAJUANI " SANCTI SPIRITUS FACTORY VEGAS A SPECIALTY CHARLES BLASCO Comnnission Merchant Leaf Tobacco and Ciftar^ 1 O^Reilly St, gr^ Habana, Cuba GONZALEZ Y MIGUEL Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama Especialidad en Tabaco de Santa Clara de Primera Gl Cablat "CASIN" AMISTAD 97, HABANAa .1 -THE TOBACCO WORLD- BEHRENS& eO. Havana, Cuba Manufacturers of the " SOL" Brand Finest Voelta Abajo Tobacco Exclusively w vt^BAT^f^ mnw NO BETTER GOODS MADE PARTAGAS Independent Cigar Factory ,»<% Since Jan. 1 Bales 873 23 157 108 4,602 1.389 7.152 tARlABLE WEATHER AT THE HUB. Springlike on S*lurd»>; Raift and Snow on Palm Sunday. (Boston Bureau "The Tobacco World" 19 Devonshire Street] Boston, Mass., March 25. Trade has begun nicely. We have iad a few spring-like days this week, io fact Saturday was more like a sum- aer day, and according to the ther- Bometer was a record breaker. Every retailer with whom I came in contact reported a good day's business Satur- day, and such reports are always cheer- ful to bear. Yesterday, Palm Sunday, we exper- ienced quite a change in the weather. Id the morning it rained and in the af- ternoon it was snowing to beat the band. From what I learn only a few of our large local cigar manufacturers are working full force. Alles & Fischer, ■akersof the J. A., are one of the few. J. McGreenery has his salesmen out working on the Poet brand, and is dis- tributing much welcome advertising matter, such as cigar lighters, etc. There is a noticeable falling off of the €remo cigar. All sorts of package short smokes (little cigars), are selling slow here, but there is a big increase in the 3 for 5 chreoots and in the higher yrice Turkish cigarettes. The demand for clear Havana cigars is greatly on the increase. Regens- fcurg's American, Chas. Morris' Integ- ridads, and Gans Bros.' William the Fourth are the leading brands in this Mne. The news of the week was the sell- ing out of Jaynes & Co. 's (the cut price druggists) five stores to the Riker Co., •f New York, which concern is affil- iated in some way with the American Tobacco Co., as Mr. Cobb of the Amer- ican Tobacco Co. is also a director in the Riker Co. Al Blum, of the Butler & Butler Co., ■pent several days this week in Provi- dence and Worcester. The Egyptian Straights and Pall Mall are selling very nicely here. Plenty of window display work is be- ing done with good results. Louis Jeselsohn, the North street wholesaler, was in New York the greater part of this week. Mr. Jesel- whn has the Boston agency for the An- chor Brand snufT, and it is one of his m sellers in that line. TheKhedivial Co., New York, are out "ith another new Turkish cigarette wiled Samaria, a ten cent package in "oth plain and cork tips. The American Tobacco Co. has taken Off the gratis deal on the Tolstoi ci- garette. A new coat of red paint has made considerable change in the outside ap- S"f °^ Kersiein's cigar store on ^'•mbridge street. ^' Herzog and S. Bullman, who have been canvassing the trade on the many products of the Royal Turkish Tobacco C'o,, New York, have returned to New York, they did a great business on the Mushir cork tip 5 cent cigarette, giving the retailer a handsome bronze clock with every thouasnd. H. Oppenheim. repres*>ntingW. Friedman & Co.. Baltimore. Md., makers of Presto. Turban and other brands of little cigars, called on the jobbing trade this week and reports having landed some nice orders. The Norma Cigar Co. has made ar- rangements with John W. Merriam & Co. to distribute the Bull Dog cigar in this market. The Norma Cigar Co. is also distributors here for S. Batt & Co. 's La Verdad, Ruy Lopez & Co. 's clear Havana, Heyman Bros. & Loewen- stein's Pauline Hall and Grand Union cigars, and the Cortez Cigar Co.'s Maxine Elliott brand. D. S. Hondheim, of the Metropolitan Tobacco Co., New York, pipe depart- ment, is in town. I understand that Ed Leader is now calling on the trade selling clear Ha- vana cigars Ed. has my best wishes. The "Wax Man." of White Rolls fame, was exhibited this week in Mai- den, Lynn and in a few Boston windows : While in Tucker & Co.'s window in Lynn on Thursday evening a big, black, burly individual who was one of the outside spectators became trouble- some and Brother Farrant. the able Ware- Kramer Tobacco Co. representa- tive, showed his Southern blood in sub- duing the fellow in a right good fashion. The Surbrug Co. is endeavoring to get the Dolma, a 15 cent cigarette, on this market, and Mr. Levey is meeting with much success in placing it. The Prime Cigar Depot, 121 Hanover street, of which Sam Banard is the pro- prietor, suffered considerable damage on Thursday, when the store was filled with smoke and flooded with water by reason of a fire in the upper lofts of the building. Mr. Banard's damage was in the neighborhood of $3,000, and he is fully insured. George Melhado, the South End wholesale and retail tobacconist, re- ports trade as very fair, and from the outlook he expects to have a big spring business. George is doing remarkably well since he started in on his own hook, and why not? George is married, and with two young ones running around the house he certainly needs the money. The Makaroff Co.. 95 Milk street. Boston, makers of the MakarofT high grade Russian cigar(.tte, report busi- ness very good since the first of the year. They are sending out broadcast some attractive advertising matter, and they are receiving a volume of mail orders. This brand retails at 15. 20 and 25 cents a package for either plain tip or mouth piece. The brand is for sale by all leading retailers, and appears to be giving universal satis- faction. The United States Tobacco Co. is finding an increase in the sales of the Worker plug. The tags, which are re deemable in cash, have greatly helped the increase of trade. The Central Union cut plug is just as popular as ever. Bro. J. Mangan is doing some tall hustling these days. Beti Ali. PABLO PEREZ OANOIOO 081 Perez & Obeso S. en C. (Sobrinos de G. Palacios) (Leaf Tobacco) VUELTA ABAJO FACTORY VEGAS a Specialty Proprietors of famous Lowland Vuelta Abajo VeiiAa Prado 121, Entrance, Dragones St Cable: -Sodecio." HABANA, CUBA. LUIS NUNIZ MANUEL NUNIZ HILARIO NUNIZ VCNANCIO DIAZ. Special Partner MUNIZ HERMANOS y CIA S en C Growers and Dealers of VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDO and REIHEDIOS TOBACCO Conslitutiont^.'c,il are the Best that can be made. Do you sell them? av- ars il Cable : "Angel." Havana ReiivdL 20, Havana p. O. Box 98 III JOSE F. ROCHA, Havana Leaf Tobacco Tabacos Finoa de Vnelta Abajo, Partido y San Miftuel lOO, HABANA, CUBA. GONZALEZ, BENITMZ & CO. AlmacenistasdeTabacoenRamayVivercs Amargura 12 stnd 14, and San Ignacio 25, Cable; "Tebenitez.' P. O. Box 396. HABANA, CUBA. LOEB-NUNEZ HAVANA CO, Macenistas de Tafiaco en tania 142 and 144 Consulado Street, HABANA. Cable:— Rbporm. A. M. CALZADA & CO. Packers and Dealers in Lreaf and COMMISSION MERCHANTS Monte 156, HABANA, CUBA. i i i" p. O. Box, S9a. Cablet "CALDA.** nDBUOHR M»lin A. MWNBHAflll Mendelsohn, Bornemann & G0.9 Importers of HAVANA TOBACCS "d CommissionTler chants ^•w T*rk Offlc.i |»e WATEI STKBBl mtdmWL SUABEZ y CA.. Cabla Addresat DERBA. Talephonei 1620 WM. BADER Importer of Havana Tobacco 4 Burlinii Slip, NEW YORK A SpMialty of HAVANA WRAPPERS and FILLERS al retaiL Mail order, promptly • 11 -fei -THE TOBACCO WORLD- Bstablished 1881 THE Incorporated 190s W0RLD Published Every Wednesday BY THE TOBACCO WORLD PUBLISHING CO. 224 Arch Street. PKiUdelpKi^. Jay Y Krodt H. C. McManuS, Pr««ident and G^nl. Manager. Secretery and Treasurer. Entered at the Post Office at Philadelphia, Pa., as second class matter. TelBPHONES:— Bell, Market 28-97 ; Keystone, Main 45-39^ Cable Address, Baccoworld. Havana Office, Poet Office Box 3^1. SUBSCRIPTION-PAYABLE IN ADVANCES 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 «► dence of merit as to entiUe them to pubUc attention. No advertisement ^nown or believed to be in any way odculated 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- liahers. Address Tobacco Wori:,d Publishing Co. , 224 Arch St., Philada. PHILADELPHIA, MARCH 27, 1907. ABOUT 1907 CROPS. The matter of acreage for the 1907 crops in all the cigar leaf producing States is now becoming a highly inter- esting one to packer, dealer and manu- facturer alike. It is generally desir- able to set crops out as early as weather conditions will permit, and therefore the time for preparing the seed beds is nigh at hand, and farmers will no doubt soon determine on just what they pro- pose to do in the way of acreage. The effect of the "unpleasantness" which occurred this year in nearly all the cigar producing States, resulting from the delivery of the 1906 crops, is likely to have something to do with the 1907 acreage, particularly in the States of Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, to say little of Ohio, Connecticut and New York. It is already known that Florida- Georgia will show a greatly increased acreage, as numerous plantations are being developed, and the tobacco crops on the older ones increased largely, as a result of the decline in the use of Connecticut wrapper, although the lat- ter is now again beginning to revive in consequence of the high prices for desirable Southern wrapper leaf. Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin and New York State farmers are, however, of a different frame of mind. In those States many farmers allege grievances and some have threatened to discon- tinue tobacco raising. The best in- formed men in the trade, however, place little credence in such talk, know- ing well that tobacco has been the farmers' biggest money earning crop, and in hundreds of cases an extremely profitable one. The high prices at which many of the 1906 crops were bought in most of the cigar leaf producing States should seem the best possible incentive for the rais- ing of an equal if not increased acreage, but things did not go along quite so smoothly when deduction for one cause or another, or absolute refusal to lift crops, ultimately resulted, yet the average price received by farmers netted them more than in the average previous years, and no alarm among them should have been occasioned if they found that their offerings were not up to the standard expected at the price which was agreed to be paid to them. There is no good reason for believing that the acreage will not be as large BB last year, if not larger. Farmers 12 cannot blind themselves to the fact that tobacco at the average price they received this spring is netting them more than three times as much as any other commodity they can grow. On the other hand, there is not the slightest danger that the market will become actually glutted for a few years to come, if ever again, and there- fore farmers can rest assured that every pound of good tobacco will con- tinue to meet a ready sale and bring a remunerative price. COUPON USERS' PAPER. "The Premium Age" is the title of a periodical just published by the Manu- facturers' Trade Mark Association, of New York, which is to be devoted to the users of coupons and premiums of any kind. It treats on the use of premiums in their diversified forms, salesmen's departments, and the inter- est of retail merchants generally. It is primarily a house organ, but it contains information that will probably be of interest and benefit to all coupon and premium users, and can be secured for the asking by addressing the As- sociation at its headquarters, 253 Broad- way, New York. larger quantities of goods, which makes it less troublesome to handle promptly. S. T. Banham & Bro., cigar and to- bacco jobbers at Manayunk. have had plans completed for the erection of an additional floor to their main salesroom and warehouse. The front elevation as well as the rear portion of the build- ing will be changed, and the entire premises not only greatly improved in convenience but also thoroughly mod- ernized. One of the three retail stores of A. Ringe & Co., at the southwest corner of Market street and Delaware avenue, has been temporarily abandoned, be- cause of alterations to the premises, and the goods were removed to the store at Delaware avenue and Chestnut street. Possession will again be taken by Ringe & Co. upon completion of the alterations, and one of the finest equipped stores in that vicinity will be opened. It has been a very good stand under Mr. Ringe's management, and he is considered fortunate in being able to retain it. etc., can be installed, an additjooii cigar store. He also announces thit souvenirs will be given out on openin, day, which will be about April 1. E. J. Dunlap, general manager of Arguelles, Lopez & Bro., manufac- turers of clear Havana cigars. New York and Tampa, has returned to his home in this city after a very successful Western trip. W. T. Taylor, representing the Romeo y Juliet factory in Havana, recently returned from a visit to Cuba. He is well pleased with the prospects for the Romeo y Juliet brand in this country, where it already has a good, strong hold. E. W. Russell, representing the Stratford Tobacco Co., of New York, was here recently pushing the sale of that company's product of cigarettes. He reported a very satisfactory busi- ness. This will make No. 4 in the Way chaij of stores, besides one hotel stand. A petition in involuntary bankruptc, was filed some days ago against B Greene wald, at 141 Market street re^ tail dealer and manufacturer, conceti- ing the closing of which establisbmem mention was made last week. Hewu adjudged a bankrupt on the petitiom presented. Leaf tobacco houses and cigar manufacturers are the princlpii creditors here, but he is also known to owe a number of cigar manufacturers through Pennsylvania for cigars pur. chased. John B. Keegan, lately with the United Cigar Stores Co., at the Tenth and Chestnut streets store, and pre- viously a bookkeeper with a cigarmanu- facturing firm in New York, has joinerf the staff of Bock & Co.. in the Reil Estate Trust Building on Broad stre« below Chestnut. The leaf men seem to be doing oniy a quiet business, but still there it always something doing with them. Leopold Loeb, of the Loeb-Naoa Havana Co., will go to Cuba this week to remain some little time. D. E. Salomon, of W. Dittenhofler <& Co., has been quite actively coverinr the trade in Pennsylvania, since re covering from a prolonged siege jf illness. After returning from a tour through Connecticut leaf markets, Horace C McComas, with K. Strauss & Co., hi« again started out on the road and i« now covering Pennsylvania territory. Morris Levy, of the American-West Indies Trading Co. and the National Cuba Co., made a, flying visit from New York last week. Among other places he visited the oflRces of the Broomall-Lafayette Cigar Co., on South Thirteenth street, who have been n. •« « fl < • V t 'T J la^K® handlers of the Porto Rico brands rniiaaelpnia lObaCCO irade of the American-west indies Trading Co. ^ti^^^i^^ The local retail trade is highly elated over the present weather conditions which are all that could be desired, and business has been given a sudden im- petus, which not all have yet fully realized, for some dealers were not so well prepared with as much stock as might have been desirable, and con- sequently they are now hustling to get their goods quickly in order to partici- pate more fully in an anticipated lively Easter week business. %^ There have been no important de- velopments among manufacturers dur- ing the past week, but most of the large factories are kept steadily busy on a good volume of business coming in from representatives and by mail. The open door season for retailers is bound to be helpful to manufacturers' sales, as they are now ordering in larger quantities. Jobbers have also felt the effect in the betterment of general trade con- ditions. Orders from retailers are for W. P. Bushell. a former Philadel- phian, but now a traveling representa- tive of the Jose Lovera Co., of New York, was among the recent trade visitors in this city. The Lovera Co.'s products have quite an extensive sale in Philadelphia. N. T. Weser, manager of the Phila- delphia office of John Slater & Co.. large stogie manufacturers at Lancas- ter, Pa., has been on a business trip for some days, and secured a good lot of orders for his firm's stogies. Hy. Velenchik, of Velenchik Bros., who has been confined to his home u the result of a sprained ankle, isagaii able to be about, but finds that a cai* is not yet entirely dispensable. Charles Hippie, of Hippie Bros, t Co. , has returned from a trip up the State, during which he incidentally ii spected a lot of tobacco which isno* being packed by them in Lancaster county. Julius Vetterlein & Co. had a rather unexpectedly good business during th« past few weeks, in which time congid- erable tobacco was shipped out. Harry W. Bremer, of Lewis Bremtf « Sons, is expected home shortly from hi» vacation in Southern resorts, where ^ has been for more than a month. CIGAR. PREMIUMS. Quite a number of Cigar Coupo* Companies have of late made their »^ pearance. but very few of themM» had any considerable luck in introduc m S. Objerkes, of the Smokers' Paradise at Ninth and Chestnut streets, is doing some advertising in local dailies, to call ^j^^j^ system in Philadelphia or in the public attention to his establish- ment. He makes attractive prices a strong feature of his advertising. the tneir system 111 rmia""., State of Pennsylvania. The reason IJ being unsuccessful is easily explain^ Most of the companies are unkno and the smokers have had little Joseph Way is displaying a sign in front of the Automatic Restaurant at 911 Market street, announcing that he will open there, as soon as fixtures, fidence in the coupons they secu'edV consequently made no eflfort to ^ them. The natural result was _ coupons were no trada wianers. -THE TOBACCO WORLD- . (dealers abandoned the system, fortunate enough to be located on the J the great increase of United thoroughfares favored by pedestrians. J°ltore8 in Philadelphia, the cou- ™i system has become - *"- * The situation among the factories a foremost shows little, if any change, the larger **" ton with cigar dealers, and the ones, as a rule, being favored with an ''"^I known firm of Sperry, Hutchinson established trade which furnishes them Tco of New York and Philadelphia with enough business to keep them to the rescue of the retail moderately busy, while the smaller A by making an offer which will ones, with a little extra effort, manage ^^i»al at once to every smoker. to pick up enough to keep them going. rrstly— Every one knows who Probably the largest plant in the city ' y Hutchinson & Co. are. A firm is that of the Graf Cigar Co., on ^ch has been able to withstand every Seventh street, which gives employ- 'ttack upon it, which is financially ment to upwards of two hundred hands. * sponsible, and which has carried out Asked as to the condition of the trade, JiJery promise ever made. the manager said: "We are busy all Secondly.— They make an unusual the time ; that is to say, we are not offer not alone that they offer valuable what one might call rushed, but we ud useful premiums, but they offer to have enough to keep our factory going redeem 1,000 coupons on a cash basis comfortably. Strange as it may seem, <,fS2.50. The smoker who has saved we have, practically speaking, little or 1000 coupons can present them at the no trade in this city, but our business firm's office. 1307 Arch street, Phila- extends everywhere else, covering ter- delphia, or at their New York offhse, ritory from coast to coast." The busi- and receive a check for $2.50 for which ness is still in the hands of the late Mr. be can buy merchandise at any depart- Graf's estate. ment store he may designate. The The National Cigar Stands Co., which Mupon saver can hand any small amount entered Milwaukee shortly after its in- of coupons he has saved to his family ception, seems to be, to all appearances, and they can use them in conjunction successful in its efforts to establish its with the green trading stamps they drug store chains, for it has recently liave saved. The offer is a very liberal added several additional members to its one, and there is no question that it scheme, each of which has been sup- should be a trade winner, and retail pHed with elaborate cigar stands and cigar dealers would be wise to consider fittings. Perhaps appearances belie ac- this proposition. tual conditions, and how permanent the »%»w»»»K» company's success will be it is difficult STEPHANO BROS. vs. S. ANARGYROS. to predict. C. D. Matthieson, president of the Matthieson Cigar Company, 546 Forty- eighth street, has filed a petition in iveasicedforVn injunction to restraii bankruptcy, due to a large judgment S. Anargyros, who are members of the ^^'^'^^^^ against him through a connec- tobacco trust, from infringing upon ^ion with a land transaction twelve their trade mark and restrain the years ago. His liabilities are scheduled AmericanTobacco Co. from advertising at $18,792.79. with assets of $225. $211 a certain brand of cigarettes to appear ""[^^^^^^ L\^''.VI'l\\ olo t,^"*^*^""*"' '" as made by one Ramsay. F. J. Noetzel and P. C. Wiggenhorn are the incorporators. Probably one of the most peculiar problems which have confronted the Federal officials regarding the new Pure Food Law, is the following ques- tion which was put to United States Assistant District Attorney Henning, by one of the local cigar manufacturers : "Will I be violating the Pure Food Law if I continue to place cigars on the market marked as pure Havana, when there is no Havana tobacco in them?" As a result, the Federal department is now wondering if cigars may properly be classed as foods, bringing them under the provisions of the Pure Food Law. PHILADELPHIA LEAF MARKET Messrs. Stephano Bros., manufac- tarers of the celebrated Ramesis cigar- ette, 1014 Walnut street, Philadelphia, There is still little animation in the seed leaf market. The apparently de- termined stand taken by manufacturers not to buy more than urgent needs may demand, at the present prices, is being felt by packers and dealers in the vol- ume of business they are doing. Cer- tainly no manufacturers can be induced to buy at present for the mere purpose of stocking up, but on the other hand, it is a test of the strong position which it is alleged manufacturers claim to be in as regards their actual needs for raw material. It is an acknowledged fact that some are still well fortified with leaf stocks enough to last months yet, but there are also many who are not so situated, and who will be com- pelled to replenish their stock at some cost or other, if they desire to remain in the field. The price problem is therefore more seriously confronting them. At this writing there is no indication of any immediate change in prices of seed leaf tobaccos. Samples of new Sumatra tobaccos have been received, but less comment was created than anticipated, excepting that there are many different opinions expressed concerning the new goods, price and all else being considered. Wo may say that keen interest has been aroused in the goods. There was, nevertheless, a moderate business ia old goods during he week, which was bought by people requiring the leaf for early use. The Havana market has again been very quiet, and stocks in hands of dealers are not large enough to causa any alarm, even the prospects of suffi- cient purchasers to ultimatfi^ require it all, and no change in priM is noted. SEED BEDS DESTROYED. Louisville, Ky., March 23. As a result of the war on tobacco planters not members of the Growers' Association, plant bed destruction, in- stances of which were of frequent oc- currence last year, has broken out again, numbers of beds having been destroyed this week by sowing them with grass seed. The worst reports come from Trigg county, where it is said that for a distance of ten miles, practically every non-association far- mer has been visited and his plant beds sown with the grass seed. Princeton, Ky., March 25. During Saturday and Sunday nights the tobacco beds of a number of inde- pendent planters in the county south of Princeton were practically ruined. The canvas was torn from the beds, over which was then sprinkled grass and clover seeds and salt. HEDDLES A CANDIDATE. Well Known Leaf Nan Nominated far Mayor of Janesville. Janesville, Wis., March 23. S. B. Heddles, a well known leaf to- bacco packer of Janesville, has been nominated for mayor on the the Re- publican ticket and is likely to become executive of one of Wisconsin's most important tobacco centres. Deposition was recently made in Philadelphia, showing the growth of Stephano Bros. ' business and the enor- Tsous popularity of the Ramesis brand question was for $14,802.67. The business of Arthur F. Ascher- mann, which has for some time been conducted by the estate, has been pur- chased by Joseph Etzius, who will con- TestimVny w'as also'taken to'sup^rt t>°"e to operate the plant under the the contention of Stephano Bros, that ^^^^ °^ ^^^ Aschermann Co. This is the use of the name Ramsay was calcu- »" °^^ established business which was fated to create confusion with thir cele- ^^on*^"'^'®*^ ^^ ^'- Aschermann for hrated cigarettes. many years at 308-310 Broadway, and a Allen Ramsay is an Englishman by ^^''y desirable trade has been developed birth, and it is the contention of «« '^»"°"8 ^""^«' *=^'®^ *'"°°« "^^'"^^ Stephano Bros, that Ramsay never ^^^ the Carl Marr, La Flor de Trenta- ■ade a cigarette, or knows anything "o^®- E°o'»' ^^^^ ^'"^ *"*^ American of blending tobacco, but is an execu- Beauty. tive member of the Turkish tobacco ^^ '« reported that Leo Abraham, who wnopoly, and his name was merely conducts one of the finest stores in this bought to be used by the American To- °''y *^ ^^^ ^^"^ Enterprise Building, hacco Company. which, by the way, is also his central The attorneys in the case are :-for distributing depot for supplying his Stephano Bros.-Wise & Lichenstein four other stores, as well as the numer- New York, and Ernest Howard Hunter! ^^^ branches throughout the city, is Philadelphia; for the American To- about to establish another store on the ''acco Co., Frank F. Reed. Chicago. South Side, to be located somewhere along Grove street. A. Story Goodrich, of the Goodrich Tobacco Co.. wholesale distributors at 298 Water street, was recently fined $10 in the Local District Court for violating the cigarette law by selling little •^«%»«M» TRADE JOTTINGS IN MILWAUKEE Milwaukee. Wis., March 25. ihere has been no unusual develop- ment in the local trade during the past eeK, retailers contenting themsel ves cigars. ^. B v..^.....^..^„ This, it is reported, is to be a friendly wh" h^* moderate flow of business test case, and the Goordrich Company sin ^ tk ^*^" ^^^ '^"'^ pretty much has appealed to the Municipal Court, weath ^®^'""'"8r of the year. The and, should the ruling of this court be J .®"^' ^^'^ever, has now taken on a unfavorable to the defendant, it is close"*f ®'" atmosphere, and the believed the case will be taken to the «>ut-of*!d ^^^ ^^^^ witnessed an ideal Supreme Court for final determination. ^loneiT"^*^ for the masses who The El Mora Havana Mining Co. has this f ^^^ down-town streets, and been incorporated at La Crosse, with totjjg. '^°""®' 8ave a little stimulus $25,000 capital stock, to engage in the 'Me of those stores which were tobacco business. A. W. Lagenbach, ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ X ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ J ♦ X ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦'r^^^'r^^**"*-^*^^^**-*'^* ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦■♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Established 1890 I (1) Emory Martin d) E. S. SECHRIST Dallastown, Pa. Manufacturer of Fine and Common eiQARS Capacity, Twenty Thousand per Day ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦<♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 18 ! -THE TOBACCO WORLD- MRNEST BLLINGER & CO, No. z6x w7ter SUeet Importers of HA VA NA TOBACCO New York ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦- LEAF TOBACCO. OPriCES : OETROIT.MICH. AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. HAVANA .CUBA. New York, ^ IM.S.GJLNS MOSES J. CANS JKROMK WAI,I,ER EDWIN I. AI,EXANDK» JOSEPH S. CANS 11 CO. "TZ o. Leaf Tobacco l^i^phone— 346 John. No. 150 WaLtcf Slfcct, NEW YORK. Starr Brothers IMPORTERS AND PACKERS OF ihed 1888. Telephone, 4027 John. LEAF TOBACCO No. 163 Water Street, NEW YORK. M. F. SCHNEIDER iiirosTEK or Sumatra Tobacco «^iSir"«' 2 Buplln^ Slip, NEW YOBK. ■377 JOHN." Joseph Hirsch & Son IMl*OBTERS OF SUMATRA TOBACCO »4,^,»4.4,44.».»^.4 ♦♦♦♦♦♦■»♦♦♦♦•»♦♦♦♦ I M < ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»^^ : TOBACCO NEWS OF GREATER NEW YORK 1 New York Bureau of The Tobacco World New York, March 26. In spite of the severe slump in the leased the gray stone residence at tkt «.„ckn,arket and .he onu.ually hi«h f^^X'-'s^.tZ^tLll. .%«tZjt rate of money, the leaf market seems ^jg^ Graham's school for girls, whij to hold its own. If half the talk of jt will ren-.odel so that the ground floir manufacturers and dealers losing money mav be dedicated to Prmcess Nicotine. at the prevailing price of leaf were 'This corporation has been laying iu ai me iJievdiunK ynv-c v. plans for the last six months ptenjM. true, Bradstreet's or Dunn's Com- !__.. ..^ *-„; — 1.,„; T:.."*™ mercial Agency would not be able to show the sound condition of our trade the way they are doing. Bradstreet's yellow slips announcing failure or fire are a scarce article in our trade, and they are the only barometer as to genuine conditions. Last week 12,0UO immigrants arrived in New York in a single day, and this accounts for the ever increasing con- sumption of cigars. The visible supply of all kinds of domestic leaf is not large, and large consumers realizing this condition are picking up parcels, whenever they find anything suitable at prices that are not exorbitant. The clear Havana manufacturers are having a hard time of it. Consumers expect a light Partido wrapper and importers cannot supply the demand. There is also a scarcity of heavy bodied Vuelta fillers for seed and Havana cigars, and $1 per pound in bond is asked for this class of goods in vega lots. The third inscription of Sumatra to- bacco will take place this coming Thursday, March 28. at Rotterdam. So far 9.000 bales have been procured by American buyers and the large majority are high priced tobaccos. As the first bales were received during last week, importers will be able within a short time, to tell how the tobacco yields. Indications at present are that March will not prove to be as much of a record breaker as January and February were, yet with exceptionally good months in - ' '^ n ^a onri*v« January and February, manufacturers -ng there now at full speed, and eve. need not feel dismayed if March is not bench is occupied fully on a par with the results of the initial months of the year. From creditable reports from all over the country it seems true enougii that it has not been a very early spring, and a full revival of the trade has as yet hardly begun. C<5n8equently manufac OFFICE: 0. z. vooRBURGWAL 227 153 Water St. Amsterdam, Holland. Cable Address: "HERE." NEW YORK tory to trying conclusions with tW United Cigar Stores for the high cla« trade. "Henry M. Miller is president. Valer- iano Guiterrez, vice-president aij Charles B. Jaqua, secretary and trei- surer. It will handle goods only froi the independent factories. Mr. Miller denied that the corporation was backed by Park & Til ford. Mr. Til ford left six weeks ago for Cuba, and it was u- nounced that he had important baa- ness there. *"We will not give any coupons,' coi- tinued Mr. Miller, 'and just atpreseit we are not cutting prices. However, I think that the public is likely before long to hear something interestiiif from us.' "All of the establishments which hiw been placed in New York are not far removed from the stores of the corp*- ration with which the new company is to come into rivalry." Ernest Ellinger & Co., the Havm importers at 161 Water street, will remove to the large and modern office building at the corner of Water ai< Pine streets. Mark Levine, wh« traveled for M. F Schneider as far as the Pacific Cout and through Canada, passed throuj* here on his way to Berks county, Pt, his old hunting ground. A Cuban cigar manufacturer inquired of a local leaf importer a few daysip whether he had any workers. "No, was the answer of our German friend, and looking at his office force and hii staff of salesmen, he said, "but I hue a lot of fauUenzers." T. Lewis & Co., who recently par chased the factory of Morris Jacobyi Co.. in Thirty-eighth street, are work- It is said a local tobacco man woala have realized $250,000 as a commissi* if he could have completed the s»l' between the United Cigar Manufac- turers and the American Cigar Co. S. Elkeles. the old time cigar b«J manufacturer, who used to manufacture tures cannot hope for a full measure of almost exclusively for the well kd JOSEPH HOLZMAN SUMATRA, HAVANAT^^U.^^^^ and SEED LEAF lyJlJQKjl^VJ 185 Water St., New York house of Sutro & Newmark. in bygoo* days, has again entered the field, u^ his former salesman, A. Katz. hasag»i« given him his services Richard Bythiner. of H. DuysAW the so-called 'cigar who attended two inscriptions at Aii- begun, and before sterdam, writes to his brother, wno the benefits of increased activity in the trade for a few weeks yet. A news dispatch was sent from New York last week to a Boston paper as follows :— "War against trust' has been JOHN W. MERRIAIM A CO. **At the Sitfn of the Bull ^oi," New York Real Habana Seiiar^ Makers and Importers Babana Scrap* and Cnttlntfs for Sale trust has neen ucku". *»"" kj^^^..^. smruain, wiii,co bo ii-o ^-^ — -■ , long the country is likely to be wreathed presents the same house in New lon^ '^■TLTs't\hL'h\"ten fired - You may find it tough, some^.m«^ poration known as the Import Cigar sell Sumatra, but compared withD Company, which announces that it has mg, it's a cinch, command and that it $2,000,000 at its — -^ . . will after getting its batteries in posi- tion'in New York, place a line of or- nately furnished cigar stores across the continent. , . 1 j u "It is said to be largely backed by Frank Tilford. a wealthy wholesale grocer of this city. The company has headquarters^^at 226 Fifth avenue, where it has a large retail store arid has establishments in Broadway and in Forty-second street. Another place will be opened next week at 45 William street, and the new concern has also Louis Schulman, who has been book- 11, YVII" »•-- - . keeper for Joseph Hirsch & Son more than a decade, has sent ou * ding invitations. The event will place June 16, and his friends*' glad to assist him in receivM young and blushing bride. g A brother of Emil Klein, of ^ Schwarz & Co.. is now superintend of their New York factory. . j Menno Rose, of E. l^osennv^ For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to Established ispo L J Sellers St Son, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO., SELLERSVILLE, PA. * ^THE TOBACCO WORLD has been kept busy showing pies of their Sumatra purchases to I^New York trade.. Twenty-one private dwellings in plklyn. being part of the Lewis Kster estate, were sold at the Real litate Exchange during last week. A final meeting of the creditors of ♦he Retail Cigar and Tobacco Dealers' Association of New York has been «lled for Thursday of next week. April Tat the office of the Referee in Bank- mptey. Nathaniel A. Prentiss. 120 Broadway, when the accounts of the trustee as submitted will be examined. and if found correct will be admitted to record and the trustee discharged. it has been a prolonged and much tangled affair, which everyone con- eegied will doubtless be glad to have finished up. ^ ,. . The Himoff Machine Co. has been iBcorporated with a capital of $20,000. by Morris Himoff, L. Kehlman and Charles Kehlman, all of New York. Mr. Himoff has been for some time manufacturing a machine for cutting tobacco for cigarette manufacturing purposes, which was known as the Himoff Tobacco Cutter, and was for- merly located on Pearl street. L. Kehlman, of this company is also a dealer in cigarette manufacturers' sup- plies, with headquarters at 176 Centre street. The factory of the newly organized company will be at 128 Mott street, and its operations are to be greatly extended. The United Cigar Manufacturers' Co., T. J. Dunn & Co.. and a ^ew other very large manufacturers report a big increase in their business over the corresponding period of last week. T. J. Dunn & Co. report that March will be the biggest month's business in the history of the house. The Mendel Co. is a new cigar n:anu- facturing concern which was recently organized with a capital of $100,000. by B.C. Paskus. S. Bernheim and F. B. McNish, all of New York. They have secured premises at 159 Eait Forty- eighth street, and will begin operations as soon as alterations now under way can be completed. ROSENAN CORKtCTS STATEMENT. to do with the farmers from whom Willis, and not I, had bought tobacco, although very naturally I was at Golds- boro in company with Willis on receiv- ing day, and for the sole purpose of looking after my own interests, and not by reason of any responsibility to the farmers whatever. Yet it is true that there was trouble at Goldsboro on that receiving day, but I was an innocent victim of an attack by four drunken farmers at whose hands I had cruel treatment, but every one of them was placed under arrest, and is being held in $1,200 bail for appearance at the April term of Court in this county. I trust this explanation, which clearly defines my position, will be given prominence, so that I may not be sub- jected to any further or unjust criti- cism. S. A. Roseman. Trade-Mark Register. Deniei Buying Tob&cco from Farmers. AmiUnU Arretted and Held for Court York, Pa., March 23. To The Tobacco World, Gentlemen :— In your paper of March 20. 1907, under the York correspon- dence, making reference to an incident which occurred at Goldsboro. your re- port is liable to be construed to imjure 'ne. and I desire a correction. In the shape of the report I am liable to be put into a bad light in the eyes of the tobacco trade in general, inasmuch as "■infers that I had been the purchaser 01 tobacco from farmers which I af ter- 'wds rejected or failed to receive, or that I was in partnership with C. G. ^'' >8 in the purchase of the tobacco, IT*^* matter of fact neither of " 'nferencea is the case ; but if it jets around generally it would probably me much injury and a gross injustice. 8. The tobacco was contracted for Wil °"*^ ^rom the farmers by C. G. I H v5"^ "°' ^y myself, but I. with th« » .^^' °^ Lancaster, bought n contracts from Mr. Willis, for the 2^co which he was to receive, but «« I nor Mr. Weaver had anything CHICAGO LUNDRES. 15.324 For cigars. Registered March 1. 1907. at 9 a. m.. by George N. Williams. Reading, Pa. REYBURN 15.325 For cigars. Registered March 2, 1907. at 9 a. m., by Sternberg & Janes. Philadelphia, Pa. VICENTE PORTUONDO. 15,236 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, stogies and tobacco. Registered March 5. 1907, at 9 a. m., by Vicente Portuondo Cigar Mfg. Co.. Philadel- phia, Pa. NICKLEPINCH. 15,327 For cigars. Registered March 6, 1907, at 9 a. m., by John M. Wenzel, Reading, Pa. FLOSSIE SHANE. 15,328 For cigars. Registered March 7. 1907, at 9 a. m,, by George N. Williams, Reading, Pu BARNEY GREY 15.329, For cigars. Registered March 7. 1907. at 9 a. m.. by George N. Williams, Reading, Pa, QUEEN'S BOROUGH. 15.330 For cigars. Registered March 7. 1907, at 9 a. m.. by George N. Williams, Reading. Pa. DR. GRAY. 15,331 For cigars. Registered March 8. 1907. at 9 a. m., by Harry W. Moyer, Myeratown, Pa. LADY-GAL. 15.332 For cigars. Registered March 8, 1907. at 9 a. m., by Robert Kenyon, Jr., Wilmington, Del. A. WALTER ZUG. 15.333 For cigars. Registered March 13, 1907. at 9 a. m., by A. W. Zug. Lan- caster, Pa. THE BLOOMINGTONIAN. 15.334 For cigars. Registered March 13, 1907, at 9 a. m., by A. P. Snader, Ephrata, Pa. NATIONAL SHAWMUT BANK BLDG. 13,335 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, stogies, and tobacco. Registered March 18. 1907, at 9 a. m., by S. A. Frank, Boston, Mass. 1607 JAMESTOWN 1907 15.336 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, stogies, and tobacco. Registered March 18, 1907, at 9 a. m.. by E. L. Golden, Gettysburg, Pa. STOOP SOCIAL CLUB. 15.337 For cigars. Registered March 22. 1907, at 9 a. m.. by J. Fresco, New York. THERMOMETER. 15.338 For cigars. Registered March 25. 1907. at 9 a. m,. by J. G. Shirk, Lancaster. Pa. REJECTED. Meta, Jack Rabbit, Lady Fingers, Saacho. Tri-State, Pocahontas, The Colonial, Adam Go )d. County Court House, Panama, Advertiser. A. COHN a CO. IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra PACKERS OF Seed Leaf Tobacco and Growers of Georgia Sumatra 142 Water Street, New York CIOAR FACTORY BANCES & LOPE^ HAVANA. CUBA. Calixto Lopez &C£, 180W&terSi.NewYoif V/ill receive and attet d to ord**- * Ciztrt «adc stitctly o; the very fe^*:^ VTJtLiA AUAjb TOBACCO nAbiiaktd 1840. CabU •'MMgl.'"/ Hinsdale Smith & G)* tainortert ol Sumatra & Havana' |^/\l^^/>^>^»i •^Packers of Connecticut L«af 1 UllClCV>U[ 125 Maiden Lane^ SSr^^*^ NEW YORK. T. J. DUININ «& CO. IVIakf rs of lh<* BACHELOR CIGAR . 40I-403 E. 91st Street. NEW YORK f INDEPENDENT CIGAR DEALERS! The Sperry & Hutchinson Company's Certificate exactly meets the requirements of you who would make use of effective " Pre- mium" advertising. It costs less and assures your patrons more than any co-operative or individual plan yet presented to you. They are redeemable in lots of lOO and upwards with the most complete line of premiums in existence. 1000 will be re- deemed with a check payable to the order of any merchant in the United States for $2.30 worth of merchandise. For particulars, address The Sperry & Hutchinson Co. THOS. A. SPERRY, Pres. Fully Paid-up Capital, $1,000,000. Home Office, New York City. Philadelphia Office: No. 1307 Arch Street. ]& !i: # We believe in Honesty, Good Woriimanship, at fair prices to all. Correspondence Solicited THE OLD HONESTY CIGAR BOX CO.. C. W. Backs. Gen. Mjr. Rear 6^4 Washin|{ton Street, Readin|{, Pa. -THE TOBACCO WORLD- THE TOBACCO WORLD- The Miami Valley Leaf Tobacco Co. ..LENH.REED.R DAYTON, OHIO STANLEY M. KHOHN Packers of Cigar Leaf Tobacco 1903-4-5 Zimmer Spanish, 1905 Gebhardt, 1905 Dutch, 1905 Connecticut, etc. Perfect Bunching Machine Ghe WEEK'S SHOWING in LANCASTER SIZE, 16 BY 10 INCHES---WEtQHT, !8 POUNDS D«»ar Sir : You may have used Bunching Machines, and they may not have been satisfactory. Neither were the first mowing machines, or the first sewing machines ; but could the farmer today get along with- out a mowing machine, or your wife get along without a sewing machine? They are both Simply Perfect, and do all that is asked of them. That is the story of our Bunching Machine ; it is simply perfect, and we call it the PERFECT BUNCHING MACHINE, and it does everyihing that is asked of it. Now, if this little machine is all we say it is (and we are pre- pared to prove it), and will help you to make more money than you are now making, help you to increase your output and effect a saving in cost of production, you surely, as a business man. should be willing to let us tell you more about it. Will you write us? Or, call at our factory. No. 132 South Sixth Street, Philadelphia, any day, and see this machine in practical operation. Yours respectfully. Ghe PERFECT BUNCHING MACHINE CO. Wisdom on the Label Wisdom in the Cigar A 5c. Smoke that is so Good It is Bound to Repeat Ohmit & Kraft East Prospect Pa. SIGNS! Desiffners. Printers, and Litho- tfraphers of CLOTH. ROPE FIBER and CARDBOARD 3IGNS. AND PAPER POSTERS. In Weatherproof Colors We have Something Ne-w In FOLDED EDGE SIGNS. Write for Prices and Samples UNION LABEL on Worlv When Desired We Furnish QUALITY AND SERVICE THE MASSILLON SIGN l^ POSTER CO. MASSILLON. OHIO. 16 The 1906 Crop in Packers' Hands Pretty Well Cleaned Up. Trade Notes. Lancaster Pa., March 25. The local leaf market still remains passive, and a hand to mouih business is the order of the day as it has been for several weeks past, and yet when buyers visit the market they find that there are no heavy stocks in packers' hands. The crops of 1906 goods which have been received from the growers are now pretty well cleaned up in in the warehouses, where packing has been rushed along at a lively rate for many weeks, and little remains in the bundle. There is yet, however, considerable that has been bought but has not been received, prrncipally owing to the fact that the fine dry weather did not enable growers to complete their work and get the crops ready for delivery. Besides that, there is considerable in farmers' hands that has not been bought, as well as some that has been bought but was rejected upon being delivered to the warehouses of the purchasers. As much as 14 cents is being offered, but farmers who are not in need of ready money seem to be un- willing to take that price, and conse- quently buying is progressing slowly. Cigar manufacturers seem fairly busy throughout the county, but no special rush is reported by any of them. A new cigar factory is- soon to be opened at Millersville, which will likely be of importance, as the principal per- son interested is a man of means and one who always has been successful in his business undertakings. B. F. Good & Co. have purchased a 32 Acre crop of tobacco grown on the farm of ex-sheriff A. B. Kready, in Manor township, at an estimated cost of nearly $8,000, but it is conceded to be one of the finest crops grown in Lancaster county in 1906. Mr. Good is very well pleased with his purchase. On the 15th inst. the A. B. Hess Cigar Co. formally took charge of the cigar factory and business recently purchased from J. E. Sherts & Co.. at Shippen and Walnut streets, and within less than one week from that time orders for over a quarter million of their products had been received and booked, which is naturalky gratifying to the new proprietors. J. E. Sherts, who remains with the new company as manager, has just returned from a week's trip which was one of the most successful he has ever mede, and not only were all old customers retained but some desirable new accounts were opened. Cigarmakers' Union, No. 257, cele- brated its twenty-second anniversary on Saturday evening week last by giving a minstrel entertainment to the members and their guests, who num- bered over 300. Mr. N. H. Baker and Mr. C. Geiter were the star attraction in rendering a rough house sketch, and they were repeatedly applauded. Mr. CLEAR HAVANA CIGARS Are Popular Because They Please the Consumer. C. Katz was also generously applaodat The programme was arranged by C. ? Herchelroth, Chairman of the Blgi Label Committee, and others. Cole & Keller, Esqrs., attorneyifgr Charles Pollacek, have entered salt « the United States Court for theEastea District of Pennsylvania, at Philidd. phia, against the S. R. Moss Cig* Company, of this city, to recover |4,sgi The plaintiff alleges that he contraet«i with the firm to buy all the tobacco tint was damaged in the recent fir« at tkt factory and warehouses, but he allem that the defendant parted with 8q« of the goods to another party and tig the plaintiff has lost the above sum. M. R. Hoffman, of the Hoffman Ui Tobacco Co., at Marietta, widely knoQ leaf packers, is confined to his home it May town, where he has been for son weeks suffering from a complication (( diseases, and for a time hi^ lifevii almost despaired of. He is reported* a little better now. A National Cigar Stand, the only om in this city, has been installed intJK new and most elaborately epaippei drug store of John Henry Miller, a East Orange street, and the feature ii causing some comment among led Charles A. Bolstatter. of Philid^ phia, was among cigar manufacturenii the county during the past week, niik ing purchases. H. Stein has recently returned fm a trip through Ohio where be wujv- chasing tobacco. —About June 1, the Auburn Tobien Co., of Auburn, N. Y., will occoim block on Exchange street, that tow which recently changed hands. Wiw Brag, the former owner of the p» ises, will soon retire from buBine« SPECIAL NOTICE ( \^% cents per R-point mea^ared H«_^ To Manaf adorers of Ciijars: If you have any Gnttin^s, Scraps or Siftin^J to sell, write us. We are at all times in the markets Cash Buyers of all these productt EDWIN L. KOPPELMAN CO. 7-6-lh 81 Pine St.J^i^^«^ \A/' ANTED One good hbstlingaij ^^ in every town of the U.S. to J^ the 0-B Double Cigar Clipper to w retailer. Best pocket clipper on^ market. Retails for 10c Write WdJ for our proposition. Address UWJ Obermayer & Son, 66 Nassau stw New York. _______—---' PENNSYLVANIA Cigar Mwohj; ^ turer has twenty thousandtigw bels and about five hundred Mo'°* L rious sizes). Will sacrifice for c»w exchange for cigars *'^'^'-''" tory," care or i:.K«'- AddreM Tooacco World, Phi* RUTHERFORD WE PURCHASE Cigar Molds-JJ desirable shapes-such W^^^ 16.261, No. 8,832. No. 8,569- WnW stating what you have and the qu*^^ Winget Mfg. Co., York, ja-^Jf;^ POR SALE.-150,000 Cheroot FJ*' .. ^ ages-3 for 5c. Brand goes , - sale. Can be bought cheap. « i A Box 22, care TobaccoJVorld^j;^ To RENT.-Upper floors for jj^j ^ purposes. Apply 121 N. 3d bt e^^T^ A IP 1? TISR^MQ 4"l'tLnt of Plain and Fancy Ribbons 1 ^ /\ IV X\. 1 ID ID ^^ IN ^ Write for Sample Card and Price List to Department W WM. WICKE RIBBON CO. 36 East Twenty-Second St.. NEW YORK Manufacturers ol Bindings, Galloons, Taffetas , Satin and Gros Grain HAPPtNINGS IN READING March B«.ineM Krep. Vp Well Good lemand. but High Price. Retard S».le. Reading. Pa.. March 7&. Bofiiness with manufacturers in this viiinity is still quite good, and the March output promises fair to keep folly up to the standard. From the leaf trade we learn that there is really 00 lack of demand for goods, but that inmediate sales are somewhat tardy because «f the prices asked. John F. Heiland, of John F. Heiland 4 Co., Lancaster, Pa,, and C. L. Haassermann, of L. G. Haussermann 4 Sons, Philadelphia, were both visitors iathe trade during the past week. The John Gussman Co. has filed a bond with Deputy Revenue Collector Cranston for the manufacture of pi- gars and will open a factory at 440 South Sixteenth street. They have de- cided upon the title "G. & K." as a brand name. . , ^ , C W. Bucks, formerly fecretary and treasurer of the A. Thalhe mer Manu- facturing Co.. of this city, has pur- chased the cigar box manufacturing business of the Old Honesty Civar Box Co., which was formerly conducted by Bellman & Cressman, at 634 Washing- ton street, (rear). Mr. BuqUs has made a number of changes and im- provements to the plant and has al- ready a very desirable class of patron- age. He is well filled with oidors, and in fact is advertising for box trimmers and other additional help. At the Raudenbush drug store, on North Sixth street, is exhibited a very elegant display of the Eli Perkins 5 cent cigar, manufactured by W. W. Stewart & Sons, of this city. John G. Neithamer, of the Triple N. Tobacco Co., 841 Washington street, recently returned from a business trip through Philadelphia, Trenton and Nor- ristown, where he secured some very fine orders for the company's Triple N. clippings. A number of alterations were recently made to the store of C. A. Werner, to- bacconist and cigar dealer, at 112 Ex- eter street, adjoining the Riverside en- gine house. Harry J. Dumn, Charles S. Shalters and Silas R. Rothermel, who were named as arbitrators in the suit of M. Wormser, of Chicago, against H. F. Fidler & Co., cigar manufacturers of Womelsdorf. filed their decision declar- ing the plaintiff had no cause for ac- tiun. In this case the firm had sued for $262.50 for the sale of 5.000 novelties to be used to advertise a special brand of ciKars made by Fidler & Co. Tt)e de- fense was that the or.ier was placed for a total price of $52.50, but ihat later the plaintiff contended that the price at which the order was taken was in reality $52.50 per thousand, ^nd this suit was brought. Jacob S. Hartman. the cigar box manufacturer, at Shaefferstown. retired from the business, having sold his stock and good will to SamueJ Schoener & Co.. who will continue the business at the same place with increased facilities. MARCUS JASKULEK Packer and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Nos. 812, 814, 816 East Third Street Dayton, Ohio. Joe Endress, Jr. A. C. Kercher Pioneer Leaf Tobacco Co, Germantown, Ohio Packers of CIGAR LEAF TOBACCO High Grade Cigar MoldSt in any shape, at lowest prices. CIGAR MANUPACTLRERS* REVENUE BOOKS 25 cents each ; postage prepaid, 30 cents. The American Ci^ar Mold Co., Cincinnati^^O. W. H. SNYDER &C0. Windsor, Pa. Manufacturers of Popular Brands of Fine-<»Medium Priced Cigars Correspondence with Wholesale and Jobbing Trade only invited. Particulars cheerfully given to responsible inquirers. Our Leaders Include: Honeysuckle, Rose Show, Jumbo, Libby Dear, Verelda, Charles Fay, Carisima, Gov. Pattison, Model American, and Others. 17 i 1 '" "^^^s rMroR^^EKcooD CUSTOMER L J. ScUefs & Soo, SellefsviUe, Pa. THE TOBACCO WORLD For Gentlemen of Good Taste ^S^N FELieE-i ps ^ A HIGH GRADE » ^ L)CCIGAR FOR *JI^« Sold Extensively by Leading Cigar Dealers and Druggists Throughout the united States SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES THE DEISEL-WEMMER CO., Makek« LIMA, OHIO W. W. STEWART & SON Reading, Pa. Makers of the JOHN HAY LADY HELEN lOc. JOHN HAY, Jr. ELI PERKINS WHAT IS GOING ON IN YORK. Hi^h Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Correspoadencc with Respoosible Houses Soltclted L J. SMITH & CO. Wholesale Cigar Manufacturers ^nd Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Red Lion, Pa. With !>peclally Desltfaed Bands. „„d PAIN ANNA 3c. Cigars TWO HAVANAS Two (or Five Gents Corre.pondence with Reipon.ibU Houiei aoliciled. Private Brands made to order. J. F. kt^iCHARD Wholesale Dealer in LEAF TOBACCO or All Grades Craley, Penna^ SMITH BROS. '-'"'Z f;^^ LEAF TOBACCO No. 17 Charter Street, Dayton, O. Ohio Goods Our Specialty 18 Le«f Market Kalhcr Dull. HappeniM* Amon^ the ManuUcturcrs. York, Pa., March 25. There in little if any change in trade conditions here. The leaf dealers, although some complaint is heard, are nevertheless doing some business stead- ily. Manufacturers seem to be buying in small lots only, which has a depress- mg effect upon the volume of the leaf man's business. [ Cigar box makers also report a slug- gish trade, which indicates that there is no rush on with many of the cigar- manufacturers and only from a few do we hear that they are really busy. The Premier Cigar Company, New York city, has leased from A. M. Owen & Bro. the brick building in the rear of the Dispatch plant, which was for- merly occupied by the York Cigar Com- pany, and will open a cigar factory therein the first of next month. The company at present is operating a fac- tory at Hellam, this county, at which a number of local cigarmakers are em- ployed. It is the intention of the company, the president of which is Ernest Ascher. to operate the factory to its fullest capacity. The Premier Cigar Company is a branch of the cigar firm of H. E. Wal- ters & Co.. of New York city, who al- ready operate several lactories in vari- ous parts of the country. Samuel Roseman denies absolutely the truthfulness of the report circu- lated recently concerning some trouble with farmers who brought their crops ! to Goldsboro for delivery, and a refusal of which it was said had resulted in fistic encounters. He proposes to re- ceive all the tobacco he purchased, if it is delivered in proper condition. Chas. Willis has not yet given out any } statement of his side of the case, and , he was reported to have had the same experience as others are alleged to have had. John F. Reichard, of Craley, has been lately receiving considerable quantities of tobacco at Red Lion, which reprtsents some of the purchases made by him last fall. Pierre C. McCoy, erstwhile a Dallas- town cigar manufacturer, has insti- tuted suit against Chauncey Minnich, a son of John W. Minnich, a well known and wealthy cigar manufacturer at Dallastown, which has some very sin- gular features. Some months ago Mr. McCoy suddenly left Dallastown, leav- ing a family and a business behind, attd also some debts, but which it wu said at the time were not so overwheln ingly heavy that they could not bin been adjusted if McCoy had not gotta foolish notions into his bead and \A everything to its fate. It so happened that McCoy's banoM and property fell into the hands of tit sheriff. John W. Minnich was oneol the largest creditors, and at the saieol the stock and fixtures Minnich yat chased the bulk of it. and opentici were commenced in the building kr Chauncey Minnich. The building w not sold until some months afterwank when it was also bought by J. W. Mil nich. McCoy returned to Dallastown » fei weeks ago, and now demands rent fm Chauncey Minnich for the time bt tween the commencement of busM by him in the building and the ti» when it was finally sold by the »h(rf and bought by Minnich. The question is a rpther perpienm one, and will in all likelihood hweii be settled before a York aldermiatb week, and witnesses have been a^ poenaed. A smoker and banquet is to b«gi« by JYork Council, U. C. T., to wlli many of the York tobacco men b«l« on Wednesday night next, anditiifl pected that there will be a very Iw attendance, as a public installatia^ ofllicera is also scheduled. The Porto Rico Cigar Co., d Feretti. For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to Established igo I J Sellers St Son, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO.. SELLERSVILLE, PA ^THE TOBACCO WORLD J. B. MILLEYSACK Manufacturer of p'"„t„?.srar" CIGARS No. 821 Lake Street LANCASTER, PA. Correspondence with the Jobbing Trade solicited. 1 ESTABLISHED 1889 INCORPORATED 1902 A. B. HESS CIGAR CO. SUCCESSORS TO J. E. Sherts & Co. LANCASTER, PA. Manufacturers of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars c^^^f^tiAi CORRESPONDEMCE INVITED FROM RESPONSIBLE HOUSES The Gilt Ed^e Cigar Box Factory J. PRANK BOWMAN 51 Market St. Lancaster, Pa. CIGAR BOXES SHIPPING CASES LABELS, EDGINGS, RIBBONS Cigar Maoafactnrers' SUPPLIES of All Klada Dally Capacity, Five Thousand Boxes OTAluaHEO ia7i. — .*- love Yoar Tobacco on USED BY Leading Tobacco Dealers BUILT AND SOLD BY ftox Truck The Wm. F. Kramer Co. IDAYTON, OHIO Cei. W. Ciif DALLASTOWN, PA. Manufacturer of Nickel & Medium Price CIGARS For Wholesale and Jobbinti Trade E. RENNINGER, Ssublishsd 1889, Manufacturer of High and Medium Grad* Cigars Strictly Union- Made Goods. DenVCf, Pft^ • «„^ • *'> • *— ' • *"^ • «__> , . 322-326 ■•^., SAMPLES & PRICES FURNISHED .'. UPON Appucatiom IN STOCK, TOORD£R CIGAR LABELS It Will Remove Rankness from Tobaccu Talie Away Mustiness and Give Cifiars Havana Flavor. CHASKEL'S SPANISH BETUNE Is specially adapted to give that Peculiar Sourish Effect desired. ChaskePs Flavors the Cheapest in the; market, considering what they dc A Card Will firing More Information and PriceSft , CHA6KEt'« ^AVOPS ^ BEST ^ And ooes ^^ARTHEST. Chaskel Chemical Works 265 West Broadway, New York CIGAR BOXES pnnEis OF ARTisnc aCAR LABELS SKETCHES AND QUOTATIONS FURNISHED WRinroN "mmsm RIBBON PRICES aGARMBBONS 19 I ii 'I *l 1 '] p -THE TOBACCO WORLD- %itf Also. All Grsdes of : Fine Cigars ®, Leaf Tobacco No. 307 North Queen Si. LANCASTER. PA. FLOODS IN PITTSBURG f'^iujnar HERMAN DELUE York, Penna. Maker of Delman 10 and 5c. HerdelSc. Alex. Martin 5c. UNION MADE CIGARS Sold to Wholesale & Jobbing Trade only Samples to Responsible Houses Bear BroSc Manufacturers of FINE CIGARS R.F.D.No.8,Y0RK,PA. A specialty of Private Brands for (^; Wholesale and Jobbing Trades. Correspondence solicited. Samples on applicatioj*. Rdands:— ^i6^ Bear, G^ Cub. Essie, and Matthew Carey C. E. MATTINGLY «i CO. Manufacturers of Hi^h Grade Union Made ti I ). ROR THE Wiiolesale Trade Only Union Chief Supreme Union Mc Sherpysto wnu Pa. ff et-ojVQ ElOno Union Made 5 -Cent Cigars are as Good as Cigars Can be Made Chas. A.Oberly» Maker LEBANON, PA. m Cigars of Quality Sell and Repeat. Try THE DOCTOR J^*^®*^ 5c. Q^ar WALTER S. BARE. Lltltz, Penna. Maker of Hldh Grade Gitfars Exclastvely. '•<•>•' GEO. W. PARR Manufacturer of FINE CIGARS Littlestown, Pa. MAKER OF SclTHEFERNSIDElSc Sold to the Jobbing Trade only Correspondence invited f! W, H. DAUGHERTY & BRO. ^•i SHIRtey- Dallastown, Pa. Mdnuf.K lunrs oi Fine Domestic Cigars Blithest Quality Finest Packatfc« Wholesale and Jobbing Trade onlj| Correspondrnce with ActivCL Houses Invited R. E. JACOBY Wholesale Manufacturer of Strictly Uniform Quality of High Grade Seed and Havana Cidars Rothsville, Pa. Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade InritadL £stablished 1870 Factory No. 79 S. R. KOCHER Manufacturer of Fine Havana Cigars and Packer of WRIGHTSVJLLE. PA. Acme Extract and Chemical Works, Manufacturers and Importers of Havana Ci^ar Flavors, Casing Wines, Gams, Extracts, Betnnes» Sweetenings and Specialties (or All Kinds of Tobaccos. E. G. ECKERT. Proprietor. Hanover, Pa. 23 fl 11 -THE TOBACCO WORLD- T.A.MYERS&co, ▲ I YORK, PENN'A SAMUEL FREV Craley, Pa. 'Manufacturer of Cigars for the Wholesale Trade OLD JUDGE ] Zr MILD AND PLEASANT ) 1 f^- C^ 3C. BROWN BUCK (Banded) I ^ *"* ^^« THE CYCLONE \ ALLEN GOODRICH, 3 c. Samples to Responsible Huus-.s They Smoke It and Come A^ain pEACOti ^E TRADE BLEND, QUALITY and WORKMANSHIP to Please the Most Critical Smokers Manufactured for Joobing Trade Only The Toedtman Cigar Co. Makers of the Highest Grade of 3c. Cigars Exclusively MIAMISBURG. OHIO. T The American Tobacco Co. 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 ILtvKtDA lOrtAttO CULTURE. There are thrcp to five millions of dollars invested in tobacco growing in the counties of Garlfden. Leon and Pas- co. Probably no agricultural pursuit has paid larger dividends on the amount ot capital and labor invested than has the cigar tobacco industry of Fiorida. The Itusiness is expanding rapidly, while at present confined to a few localities; there is no reason, climatic or otherwise, why the same success should not be had in every county of the State. There are equally as well adapted soils in all the couutiea of the State, whtre the same careful and intelligent cultivation and fertilization will pro- duce tobacco of equal value. The ad- vance in scientific knowledge of the se- lection of seed— correct methods of culture and fertilizing — has been great during the past few years. The de- mand for competent trained men for all agricultural pursuite, and particu- larly for the growmg of fine grades of tobacco IS large, while the supply is limited. It is row recognized that more depends on the proper selection of seed, methods ot fertilizing and cul- ture to grow a desirable cigar tobacco, having proper texture, size and shape of leaf, combined with the proper aroma, or flavor, with desirable burning qualities, than on climate or soil. There is every reason to believe that continuing the study, selection and ex- periments now being so carefully made by the United States Agricultural De- partment, in harmony with and as- sisted by the tobacco growers of the State, that the supply of choice cigar tobacco in the country will be produced in Florida; that it will rival the famous Cuban cigar tobacco in quality is now ftilly established; the quantity will be limited to only the number of properly trained men to produce it. — From the Florida State Chemist's Report. Leaf Tobacco Markets. A Janesville dealer bought nearl}Sg| acies in the northern section recentlj. The receiving of the early purchasei now neaily over and several have closed up the work of wai handling during the week. Af concerns, however, have work io for several weeks yet. Therei cnases will prolong the packing somewhat. The market for cured leaf basis features, either locally or in tl em centers, where a dull bnsii complained of. Shipments. 704 cases.— Reporter. J. H. LIEFTINCK & TM Sworn Tobacco Broliei Office and Sample Rooms: Brakke Grond and Frasci AMSTERDAM. HOLLAND. STOKHUYZEN & BRj Sworn Tobcco Broke Office and Sample RoomB: Nes. 84-86 (Opposite Frase AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. NIENHUYS & HESTERMJ Sworn Tobacco Brokers Brokers to the Deli Maatschappy AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND| Office and Sample Rooms: 87 Kokin -it. opposite rniai I COLOR and CANCELLING STAIin| LEAD SEALS & STENCILS QaakerGityStencil&Staini lacovporatad 2d4 AnA SU PHILADELTf BALDWINSVILLE, N. Y. No sales have been reported during the past few days. The warehouses are still open with full forces engaged in assorting.— Gazetta. E. S. SECHRIi Dallastown, Pa, Manufacturer of Fine and Common inufacturer 01 Cigai Established 189a Cmp&dttr, Twenty Tliouiaad pim EDGERTON. WIS. There is yet present quite a revival of the ouying movement, the lower level of prices making it a temptation to take over the unsold remnants of the crop which are being picked up now so closely that short work is likely to be made in lifting the balance. A few sales coming to notice indicate the range of prices paid : T. E. Quale 6 acres at 12^ and 5c. A. Algrim. 7 acres at 12J and 5c. S. Severson, 5 acres at 12^ and 2c. M. Kalland, 15 acres at lUc. M. Kravick, 9 acres at 10c. Lars Larson. 4 acres at 9^ and2c. HUNTER ScCiftar is successful with successful dealers. El Draco Ciiiar Mftf . Co., Phila. YOU AEK LOSING MONEK* ? HOW ? BAD ACCOUNTS. Charging ihem off to profit and loM. Paying Collection Agency Fe«». Paying Memberahip (eea. ••DO-IT-YOURSEIF" The "Do It-YouraeH" collection ""'iUyiSu whereby you collect your bad account! IW rJL^' and do it in the aame way that it ia dona br ''i-' Agenciea, only BE I TCR.. ? WHY 7 It ia a belter ayatem. It ia eaaiec to operate, „^,,_ a^u lAli^ It Iceepa the accounta in YOV R OWN B*^ It bringa the money to YOU. It aavea Collection Agenciea feaf. It aavea Memberahip feea. i- UiM*** It aavea getting into thehandaol uareln"" Price $1.00 Po»tpa«J Each outfit contains everything n***** to oolleot 60 olainns. .^ MONEY REFUNDED if on r«o»i»>'' are not perfectly satisfied. ORUER lO-DAY Halted States Collection A<*|^ Suite 19. 163 RaodolphS*^ Chicago. U. S. A. -,, Aoents Wanted Write for pr»»^. -THE TOBACCO WORLD- 116-122 E. 14^" ST. NEW YORK. ■ BRANCH FACTORY 5^0- 5i>0 W SaTM ST NY CATALOGUES OF OUR STOCK CIGAR LABELS, FLAPS, BA/^OS, FTC ETC., Se/Vr GRAT/5 UPO/V REQUEST PREPAID ^ WRITE US be: r ORE RUACING ORDERS ' FOR PRIVATE UABELS. BANDS. ETC., ■' CH . KAUFFMAN ^ BftO., 5=♦♦♦♦ fl Brands, etc. tl a Manufacturers of Cigar Boxes^Shipping Cases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Edgings, etc. #16—728 N. Christian St. L.ANCASTER. PA, y^BEN BUSER MANUFACTORER OF Cigar Boxes and Cases DBALER IN Lumber, Labels, Edging, Etc., R. F. D. No. 3, YORK, PA. 2K 1 * 24 ^ /^ ^Au/Es (j^ Qo. ^^py Havana 123 n. third IMPORTERS OF^^ HlLJkOBL^HIA HlGHf- sr AWARD AND GOLD MEI>AI, FOR EXCELLENCE_4WD QUALITY OF STOOJES. AT WOKLD'S FAll, ST. LOLISi_1904 WE MAKE THE CUBAN EXPORT. BULLS EYE. ROYAL BLUE LINE. CYCLONE AND BIG STq Fira« Quality. Long Filler. H«nd Made JOHN SLATER & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF mu 3**^*J^^ Hand-Made, Long Filler and Mold Stogiej OUR OTHER BRANDS NEW ARRIVALS, BROWNIES, GOLD NUGGETS, JERSEY CHARTER, BLENDED SMOttl BOSS, CASTELLO. AMERICAN PUFFS. LANCASTER BELLE, EVERY DAY SMOKE, LITTLE HAVANA. LITTLE DUTCH BLUE POINTS, GOOD POINTS. Etc. Factory No. 1645. Capacity 50.O0O.OOO a Year Factory: LANCASTER, PA. Porto Rico Ci^ar Co. Red Lion, Pa. WHOLESALE CIGAR MANUFACTURERS Maior Paul 1 ^ Lord Selkirk [ 3c. Arrow Point J Tom Lewis — 2 for 5e. Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only SOMETHING NEW AND GOOD WAGNER'S CUBAN STOGIES Manufactured Only by LEONARD WAGNER F.c,or> No. 2 707 Ohio St., ALLEfiHENY, PA Holyoke.— Thomas J, Andersen,! sars, news. etc.. petition in banknQ^I Nebraska. Hastings.— Sink & Bloom ciguC(.| PLANTING TOBACCO SEED IN TEXAS Orange, Tex., March 21. L. S. Shelfer. the tobacco expert who is in charge of the Orange county demonstration farm, was in the city changed name to Evans- Bloom and stated that he was now engaged ^o- ^^^ ^^^^ in planting the seed for this year's to- bacco crop. He expected to cultivate fifty acres of tobacco this season, two acres of which will be under shade, but the balance cultivated in the open, as succeeded by James H. M was the entire crop last year. One of . _, — ^ _ , __ ^ »« Buffalo.— Pappas Bros., turers and wholesale cigarettes cigars, bankrupt. Cold Spring.— Mrs. C. 0. S GEO. STEUERNAGLE Manufacturer of THE CELEBRATED 1 I Pittsburg Stories , /^> nniNu-ivLfwi. .v\ Goods sold direct to vy STOGIES >^ I Jobbers and Dealers Xtad.* InTaiTlc. %fAm*^ Z£eei.st3re(3. 4^ HAND-MADE ^^X , L. •• .• • u„= K«^« Lockport. — James Rooney, m\ the b.g .rr,gating reservoirs has been ^^^^^^^^ ti,.^„ '^^ completed and the other is approaching completion, and from these, sapplied with water from two artesian wells, the larm will be irrigated this year. Arrangements are now being made {.igarg^ etc., dead to install a small cigar factory here restaurant and cigars, refiled cbitij for the purpose of manufacturing the mortgage, $169. tobacco grown on this farm last year, Dayton.— C. & S. Kramer, cigm and which will be made a permanent billiards, chattel mortgage, $162, i in banknqiteil Syracuse.- William H. Brannui, &| gars, sold out. Ohio. Belief ontaine. — Thomas M. Mnqo^l Nellie Mo enterprise here. filed. -The W. L. Bucher CigarC Si43 Penn Ave., Pittsburg, Pa, Rutherford, Constitution, Hunter — a strong trio. El Draco Ci^ar Mfg. Co., Philada. Business Chamges, Fires. Etc. Florida. Key West. Felipe Carbonell. cigar manufacturer, satisfaction of mort- gage, $1,000. Georgia. Atlanta.— J. M. Milner, tobacco, petition in bankruptcy. Grangeville.— Hockersmith Bros., ci- gars, confectionery, etc., F. Hocker- smith individually, real estate mort- incorporated. Union.— W. J. Sharer, leaf tot)t«| real estate deed, $750. Youngstown.— Tod House Cigar! succeeded by Van Baalin & Co. Pennsylvania. Allentown.— Henry F. Glasswei cigar manufacturer, real estate iiki!^| gage, $300. Reading.— S. & B. Cigar Co., nii»| facturers, dissolved ; now SchultiOi>| Co. Texas. El Paso.— W. F. Montgomery, fiP»l and tobacco, sold out. Virginia. Richmond.— E. T. HickB, mi ^^^^' * ' IT. A T 1,.,=^., «5„o^o on,! turer cigars and cheroots, dead Nampa.— E. A. Johnson, cigars and confectionery, sold to George Duval Twin Falls.— MacCauley & Co., cigars Wisconsin. Clinton. -Louis J. Heth, mMal»| and confectionery, sold to T. J. Wood turer and retail cigars, real Harold Fkirs mortgage, $1,400 Milwaukee.— Sam B. Kind, M FRIES & BRO 92 Reade St., New York. The Oldest and Largest Hotias in the Trade. ManufactureiS «ad Introducers of the ♦ * • WORLD-RENOWNED Spanish Betans, ONLY NON-EVAPORATING Cigar & Tobacco Flavors Sweeteners, etc. O 11^ The Most Populai Fl^vn • odiTiDe rree since rsss crUllipiV^ I 1 \j\j ji^-piease write tor tnei. ^u^ranteed to be the Strongest, iheapest. and BeiJ & Co. Illinois. Chicago. — Frank G. Osgood, cigar etc.. out of business. manufacturer, out of business. %%%<»%»•>% George J. Stadler. cigars, etc.. sold PATENTS RELATING to TOBACC0>| out. Indiana. 847.458 Tobacco and match Greenville.— J. E. & 0. K. Turner. Howard A. Beham. Renfrew, loA^I leaf tobacco, chattel mortgage. $600 ^ Indianapolis.- -Harry Hagerhorst, ci- gars, chattel mortgage, $500. Iowa. Grinnell.— William Van Draska, ci- gars, bill of sale, $1,500. Leon.— W. A. McCann, cigars, sold stock. Kentucky. ' Sanders.— W. A. Shirley & Bro., to- bacco traders, burned out ; insurance ample. -JliT' Massachusetts. . Boston.— Oscar E. Page, chattel mortgage, $1,500. 847,558 Cigar mold; Napoleon^! Brul, Cincinnati. 0. .. 847,341 Cigar holder; John W*j Pueblo, Col. 847,968 Cigarette making app Wilhelm F. Nowitzky, Riga, Ru«jJ 847,815 Tobacco knife; Wm. A. Fort Barrancas, Fla. .■ 847.698 Curing tobacco; Maro* Sarkees. Philadelphia, Pa. —P. L. Coleman, is opening » tobacco warehouse at Paulamgi "•; cigars, will shortly remove his i»in»" Lewisburg. THB TOBACCO WORLD 0mCSL BALING PRESS ral«at*d March 0. 1897 For All Kinds of Products Requiring Baling TOBACCO STEMS, PAPER, COHON, Etc ; Specially Constructed ..PRESSES.. For Leaf Tobaceo Paeker^ Warranted to do more and better work in a given time, with less labor, than any Press on the market Unsurpassed for power, strength, simplicity and durability, as well as ease and quickness in operation Various sizes manufactured. Write for prices and full particulars. They are indispensable in laaf packing and tobacco warehouses. Hundreds in use. UINNICH MACHINE WORKS Landisville, Lancaster Co., Pa. —Established 1834— WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 27 South Second Street PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday Cigars, Tobacco,^ Smokers' Articles Special Sales of Leaf Tobacco ^nsignments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Day of Sale p-^yL>^ Caveats, Trade Marks, ^UZS Design-Patents, Copyrights, etc. '"Sr John A. Saul le Droit Building, WASHINGTON, D. C. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ►♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦«♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦£ 4- ♦ METAL CMBOSSLD LABELS METAL PRINTED LABELS ♦ * * ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦t^******.*^^^<»Mfc 11 ll ll# J« r leiscKKa\ier Cigar Labels 238 Arch Street, Philadelphia. TELEPHONE 1561 >♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦t.tt ♦ ♦♦ ^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4 ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ 4> UTHOGHAPHINU SPECIAL DESIGM ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦.^♦♦4 ^i '—> JACOB a SHIRK Lancaster, Pa. JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS of American Tobacco Co. American Cigar Co. American Stogie Co. Lubrman & Wilburn Tobacco Co. Blackwell Durham Tobacco Co. Spalding & Merrick Tobacco Co. IT WILL PAY YOU l°«£SIA''o"'''^' '•'**'• ioods elsewhere. -•••• \ s \ iiKk,^''<'>. -Ilk Brilliant as Diamonds Fragrant as Roses Good as Government Bondr Are the ClbAKS Re^iB^red BrSSfc ^'Brilliant Star" Clear Havana . . 10«,. ♦*S. B *' Half Havana 5*4, "S. B.'* Little Havanas Sc^ "Honest Bee" 3*.. "2— I— No" Mildest Cigar Made 2 fof 5c Special Brands Made to Order Stauffer Bros. Nfg. Co., New Holland, Pa. Send Your Cigar Buyer Here We Will Save You Money Por Sale by All Dealers V I R a I N I A P E R I Q U E I ■f. MIXTURE GAe AMERICAN TOBACCO CO./ NEW^YOK 'v"- ^1 li ' & AC dSOH IMPORTERS OP^^ AVANA 123 N. THIRD St. PniLADEL^HiA HICiHi-'SI AW\Hn AND GOLD MROAI. FOR EXCELLENCE AND QUALITY OF STOOIES.AT WORLD'S FAIR. ST. LOLIS. 1904 WE MAKE THE CUBAN EXPORT. BULL'S EYE. ROYAL BLUE LINE. CYCLONE AND BIG $Ton| First Quality. Long Filler. Hand Made 'II iili!!ili ;,i,,.,ii JOHN SLATER & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF 'ill I MM Hand-Made, Long Filler and Mold Stogi les OUR OTHER BRANDS NEW ARRIVALS, BROWNIES. GOLD NUGGETS. JERSEY CHARTER, BLENDED SMOM BOSS. CASTELLO. AMERICAN PUFFS, LANCASTER BELLE, EVERY DAY SMOKE, LITTLE HAVANA, LITTLE DUTCH BLUE POINTS. GOOD POINTS, Etc. Factory No. 1645. Capacity 50.000.000 a Yfar Factory: LANCASTER, PA. Porto Rico Ci^ar Co. Red Lion, Pa. WHOLESALE CIGAR MANUFACTURERS IVIaior Paul 1 ^ Lord Selkirk [ 5c. Arrow Point J Tom Lewis — 2 for 5e. Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only SOMETHING NEW AND GOOD WAGNER'S CUBAN STOGIES Manufactured Only by LEONARD WAGNER F.c,o,v No. . 707 Ohio St., ALLEGHENY, PA PLANTING TOBACCO SEED IN TEXAS Orange, Tex., March 21. L. S. Shelfer, the tobacco expert who is in charge of the Orange county demonstration farm, was in the city and stated that he was now engaged in planting the seed for this year's to- bacco crop. He expected to cultivate fifty acres of tobacco this season, two acres of which will be under shade, but the balance cultivated in the open, as was the entire crop last year. One of the big irrigating reservoirs has been completed and the other is approaching completion, and from these, sapplied with water from two artesian wells, the larm will be irrigated this year. Arrangements are now being made to install a small cigar factory here for the purpose of manufacturing the toUacco grown on this farm last year, and which will be made a permanent enterprise here. GEO. STEUERNAGLE Manufacturer of THE CELEBRATED Tza.&o TxTihtJc. ] Pittsburg Stogies , /%^. HAND-MADE ^X Goods sold direct to I ""s?/ STOGIES. N<^ J Jobbers and Dealers 5143 Penn Ave., Pittsburg, Pa, %fACTViV& ZSaelatiredl Kutherford, Constitutioo, Hunter — a strong trio. EI Draco Cidar Mf^. Co., Philada. Business CheLnges, Fires, Etc. Harold hki^s FRIES & BRO 92 Reade St,, New York. The Oldest and Largest House in the Trade. Manufacture!! •nd Introducers of the ♦ * • WORLD-RENOWNED Spanish Betans, ONLY NON-EVAPORATING Cigar & Tobacco Flavors Sweeteners, etc. C ^ ^-^ 1 P The Most Populax Fi^vn . odniD e rrep since rsss OUIlipi^ I I V.ly ji^piease write tor t♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^♦♦4 ♦♦♦♦»% tt tt Pataated March 0. 1807 ; For All Kinds of Products Requiring Baling TOBACCO STEMS. PAPER. COTTON. Etc. ; Specially Constructed ..PRESSES.. * . For Leaf Tobaeco Paetcer^ Warranted to do more and better work in a given time, with less labor, than any Press on the market. Unsurpassed for power, strength, simplicity and durability, as well as ease and quickness in operation Various sizes manufactured. Write for prices and full particulars. They are indispensable in leaf packing and tobacco warehouses. Hundreds in use. MINNICH MACHINE WORKS Landisville, Lancaster Co., Pa. —Established 1834— WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchanis 27 South Second Street PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday Cigars, Tobacco,^ Smokers' Articles ^ special Sales of Leaf Tobacco V^nsignments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Day of Sale JACOB G. SHIRK Lancaster, Pa. JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS of American Tobacco Co. American Cigar Co. American Stogie Co. Lubrman €& Wilburn Tobacco Co. Blackwelt Durham Tobacco Co. Spalding & Merrick Tobacco Co. IT WIT f PAY Vnil *° ^^^ ^^ PRICES before t ordering ^oods elsewhere. Brilliant as Diamonds Fragrant as Roses Good as Government Bondv Are the CluAKS Regls^red BSSdi ♦'Brilliant Star" Clear Havana . . 10e>. ♦'S. B " Half Havana 5e*, "S. B." Little Havanas 5c«. "Honest Bee" 3e., ♦•2— I— No" Mildest Cigar Made 2 fof Sc Special Brands Made to Order Stauffer Bros. Mfg. Co., New Holland, Pa< Send Your Cigftr Buyer Here We Will Save You Money Pat fxn^-Qy Caveats f Trade Marks, C-UCo Design-Patents, Copyrights, etc. '"Sfr John A, Saul le Droit BaitdiBg. WASHINGTON, D. C. For Sale by All Dealers V I R O I N I A E R I Q U MIXTURE 6Ae AMERICAN TOBACCO CO., NEW^YOK •■V ,^ / h II INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE l! ! AC , IMPORTERS OF^^ ^S GOOD^XS THEJ^(AME Havana NONE GENUINE UNLESS NG THIS BAND WITH OURTRADE MARK IN COLORS I i/^ ■ un Constant Growth ^£WA/^£ or tMiTATfONS. IE EVERYWHERE WARREN BECK £i BRO. Teo-Gent Brands: Dnkc of Westminster Admlrnl GhcrardI Gen. Warren La Respokder Marcana La Cantidad Cigar Manufacturers York, Pa. == signifies Constant Merit! Cigars that hold the confidence of their smokers pay dealers best. DIAMOND JOE CIGAR FACTORY brands stand pre-emi- nently in a class of their own. F E N D R I CH Evansville, Ind. Michael Hose lure* Manufac- turers of LEAP TOBACCH killHeffer '^^^^^ Mm tm'm 1^' ' ;>' ^m WLHim'^- ■ ^-^ .^.-^-^.Mt i ^""^^^sm^an^^y' . Maker of Cig ^rRicK'Gon Communicate with Factory NoSalesmen MILLERSVILLE. PA; K ROSMNWALD <& BRO. Philipp J. Kolb&Co. ' Importers & Packers OF Leaf Tobacco 310 Race Street Philadelphia • CENTRAL UINION» No other brand of Tobacco has grown so quickly in public favor Reasons : Quality Price Union Label Friendly Dealers* Aid and Tobacco Trust's Hostility I CENTRAL UNION CUT PLUG. United States Tobacco Co.* Richmond, Va. 0 ^ s u M TOBACCO T R A 1906 S U CROP 8 U M TOBACCO T R A M TOBACCO R T Samples to be had on application A 700 Bales Purchased at First and Second Inscriptions u M TOBACCO H.DUYS&CO. No. 170 Water Street, NEW VORK De Amsterdamsche Tabakshandelmaatschappij, Amsterdam M TOBACCO P Growers and Packers of FLORIDA TOBACCOS Write for Samples SCHROMDMR & ARGUIMBAU 178 Water Street^ New York I' n ' ; I T II Hi THB TOBACCO W U K L, D THE dc. CIGAR that fon'll say is ••All to the Front.** ^UHTe,^ El Draco Cigar Mfg. Co. Philada. (lord LANCASTER, 10c.) Oipr Ml k Co. Manufacturers 615 Market St., Philada. (NICKELBY, 5c.) I I ^ ■^ CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Kni^ki 5-cent Ci^ar Mnde by Morris D.Neaniann& (a PHILADELPHIA, PA, J^uinntrr Greene SUMNER GREENE & CO. C- T. Col^ Manufacturers of Gre Seal ene's Cigars 2330 MARKET ST., PHILADELPHIA l^ 114 Factory 1839. First District Penna. W. K. Gresh & Sons, Makers, Norristown, Pa. SUPERIOR Quality and ' Workmanship Faclory No. 968, First District Penna. L/ if You Want to ba In HAVANA VJ Smoke 5a tl HENRY ilEYMANN'S SONS Sinking Spring, Pa. ^ YOU CAIN BUY WEAVER'S ORIGINAL HAVANA SHORTS ALL JOBBING HOUSES c Farmenter Wax-Lined Coupon Cigar Pocii(* Afford PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indorsed by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE Advertising Medium known. Racine Paper Goods Co., Racine, Wis^ Sol* Owncra •nd Manufacturers. p A ^ALVEs ^ Qo. ^^o^^ Havana 123 n. third &r t* • ' IMPORTERS O^^ " Phii^obl^hia tHe T©B;ieeo Worlb ^ J REYNOLDS PLANT DESTROYED. Danville, Va.. March 28. A disastrous fire broke out in South thirty-two miles northeast of afternoon, and spreading destroyed tobacco factories Boston here this Bpidly. U. S. GOVERNMENT WILL HAVE BIG EXHIBIT AT TOBACCO SHv>W. The United States Government ex- hibit was one of the attractive exhibits at the last Tobacco Show, but the Bureau of Plant Industry, under whose "There will also be photographs of NEW DRUG STORE COMBINE. types and individual selections showing New York, April 1. the important points with reference to General Manager A. H. Cosden a»- the size and shape of the tobacco leaf nounces that the Hiker Drug Company, J fhpr buildings and threatened the supervision the exhibit is made, will Ztnjction of the entire town, and Sed a loss estimated at $1,000,000. The large plant of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company was among the first bBJldings destroyed. The flames spread ^ yther tobacco factories and other buildings, including the telephone ex- «bange, which was located at quite a 4igtaDce from the tobacco section, and ill were destroyed. The fire was the second disastrous wple prominent in the commercial world of New York and New Orleans. It is capitalized at $350,000. AN INDEPENDENT STEMMERY. Princeton, Ky., March 28. At a meeting of the independent to- '»»cco growars of Caldwell county, a •temraery association branch of the American Society of Equity was or- Wnized. Its object is to pool the tobacco of 1907 not pledged to the Dark tobacco Protective Association. This «wmzation, will not affect the Dark association and it is predicted that the «»tire crop will two. WISCONSIN GROWERS ORGANIZE. Janesville, Wis., March 8. Over five hundred tobacco growers of Wisconsin met in convention at Madison recently and under the aus- pices of the American Society of Equity formed a State Branch of that organization. Rock county men were among the most prominent in atten- dance and Frank Bemis, of Janeville, was chosen president. H. E. Holmes, of Milton, represented Rock county on the organization committee, and C. W McCarthy, of the town of Porter, was Co., is much interested in chairman of the committee on constitu- bacco raised in Michigan, tailing cigars, this transaction is of importance to the cigar trade, as a great chain of stoies is likely to result, and they may possibly become formidable competitors with the regular retailers of cigars. GROWING TOBACCO IN MICHIGAN. Detroit, Mich., March 28. O. D. Steele, an experimental culti- vator of tobacco, is here from Canada for the purpose of interesting the far- mers in this vicinity in the raising of tobacoo. E. C. Way. of this city, president of the Scotten Dillon Tobacco having to- and he has be controlled by the **ORE PROTECTION FOR. GROWERS. I . ^ajhville. Tenn.. March 27. Cnnn V ^® yesterday afternoon Mr. Ct Jk introduced a bill to pre- tnu. .'^•""afifing or destroying of tion and by-laws. Among the principal gent Mr. Steele here. Mr. Steele is speakers were Mr. Decker, of this city, anxious to have 1.000 acres cultivated and Mr. Ladd, of Edgerton. for tobacco this year. He has con- «w««w«w» tracted for about 200 acres near Ypsi- NATIONAL STANDS IN BALTIMORE, lanti and hopes to contract for several The Naticnal Cigar Stands Co.. hundred acres in this section, where the which has been seeking to enter Balti- soil is exceptional y good. more, has now, it is believed, succeeded, '*'*****^ through the sale of the Williamson & -James Roonel. cigar manufacturer Watts Co. drug stores to the trust, at Lockport. N. Y.. filed a petition in Three stores have been opened under voluntary bankruptcy with the Clerk of the United States District Court "- crops, , . . , , the new managemont. one at 17 West „ «qQQ 79 growers, so that we hope to be able to Lexington street, another at Baltimore says he owes $dyd. /^. His He assets con- toW »»<"i{ or aesiroyi «ro\»i«« *nd tobacco uiups, Kruweio, Du Liioi, YYo ttw^,^ y.^ «v- ^^.^ »w Lexington Sireec, anoineriti, t»aii.iiiiw»« »»./« ••- w..-_ .r 1 ..„i.,„j „* »An (ij^"«°'«therwi8e. or any other crop exhibit a full line of samples of leaf and Eutaw streets, and the third at 8>„8t of^ wea^ring^apj)^^^^^^ PJ growing or otherwise. tobacco. " • ^ ■- >-> * *■- «« n uim^ Howard and I*'ranklin streets. and claimed to be exempt. 3 THB TOBACCO W O K t, D P A. O^*-*^^® dS O®- <^p^> Havana 123 N. THIRD ST 'HILAOmL^HiA THE 5c. CIGAR that fooMlsayis ••AH to the Front/' El Draco Cigar Mfg. Co. PhUada. (lord LANCASTER, lOc.) Olliiiir Ml k Ci. Manufacturers 615 Market St., PhJIada. (NICKELBY, 5c.) T©B/ieeo World-* CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Kni^ 5-cent Ci^ar ' Made by Morris D. Neumann &(4 PHILADELPHIA, PA. REYNOLDS PLANT DESTROYED. U. S. GOVERNMENT WILL HAVE BIG Danville. Va., March 28 -rvM.o.,r .^ ^r.o.r^^» cu.nr NEW DRUG STORE COMBINE. New York, April L General Manager A. H. Cosden ui- "There will also be photographs of EXHIBIT AT TOBACCO SH\iW. types and individual selections showing A- «HtroU8 fire broke out in South The United States Government ex- the important points with reference to ^thirty-two miles northeast of hibit was one of the attractive exhibits the size and shape of the tobacco leaf nounces that the Riker Drug CompaBj. Is afternoon, and spreading at the last Tobacco Show, but the best adapted to the trade requirements, of New York, has bought out the great ^,1 destroyed tobacco factories Bureau of Plant Industry, under whose "The seed-bed sterilizer, which will Boston drug business of Charles P. J L buildings and threatened the supervision the exhibit is made, will be demonstrated at the Exposition. Jaynes & Co.. including all interest, •do^"" .... -_*:-^ to^n^ and occupy twice as much space at the enables the seed-bed to be sterilized and assets, retail drug stores, pharma- BostoD tere Exposition this year, and make a cor- jfigtruction of the entire railed a loss estimated at $1,000,000 Theiarge plant of the R. J. Reynolds respondingly larger exhibit. T bacco Company was among the first This exhibit will be in charge of yidings destroyed. The flames spread Wightman W Garner, an expert in the !!' other tobacco factories and other Bureau of Plant Industry, who is also thoroughly with steam, and this re- ceutical laboratories and various fae- moves all danger of trouble from waste tories. The corporate name of the n«ir and bacteria. concern, it is announced, will b* "We will also have plants represent- William B. Riker & Son Company, ing the more important types of cigar Owing to the standing and magnitude J^umatr Green. SUMNER GREENE & CO. Manufacturer, of C. T. Co\tm Gre Seal Cigars 2330 MARKET ST., PHILADELPHIA BlSfSSClGAR 114 Factory 1839. First District Penna. SUPERIOR Quality and Workmanship ?u cr. including the telephone ex- author of the pamphlet on "Methods tobacco, and samples of improved types of both concerns this is the most im- 51 P which was located at quite a of Testing the Burning Quality of and strains of cigar tobacco, more portant event of recent years in dru« rfn!!, from the tobacco section, and Cigar Tobacco," issued by the Depart- Particularly wrapper leaf." circles, the present retail business of ^f^Llfltroyed meotof Agriculture. This exhibit will be of especial in- the two companies being in the neigh- ZaltB was the second disastrous In speaking of the exhibit of the Merest to growers of tobacco Mr. borhood of $3,000,000 a year. The new •ithin the past twelve months. Government for 1907, Mr. Garner said : Garner and his assistants will be m corporation easily becomes one of the !L! the entire tobacco section of ' It is diflRcult for me to give in detail d»ily attendance at the booths, where greatest manufacturing and retail drug Almost ... ^^^^.^^ ^^ ^^^ ^1^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^.^.^ ^^.^ ^^^ .^ tbey ^iij be glad to explain any of the institutions in this country. effect oo General absorbing con- r.mnanv in whose plant the fire had which is a 'devlce'for Testing the' relal facturers, for the various tests carried cern will be known as the William B. «0W' '° " ti^e merits of cigars with reference to on by Ihe Government not only teach Riker & Son Company, capitalized at lUongin. ^^^,^ burning qualities. Several ele- them how to make the best selections of $4,000,000. of which $1,500,000 is six ments enter into this test, but its tobacco, both as to quality and shape per cent, .preferred and $2,500,000 com- principal characteristic is the color of and size of leaf, but the tests demon- mon stock. All the preferred and W. K. Gresh & Sons, Makers, NorristowOf Pa* Fadory No. 968, First District Penna. u If You Want to b« la HAVANA VI Smoke 5a HENRY HEYMANN'S SONS Sinking Sprlnit, Pa. n VOU CAIN BUY WEAVER'S ORIGINAL HAVANA SHORTS ALL JOBBING HOUSES Farmenter Wax-Lined Coupon Cigar PockeU Afford PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indoned by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE Advertising Medium known. n f 1 1 Racine Paper Goods Co^ Racine, Wis.. "•**) Sol* Owoara ond Maaafactarcra* mn^i^^^% the ash. and the evenness of the burn strate absolutely the burning qualities $640,000 of the common will remain i« and the capacity of the tobacco for of the tobacco in cigar form. This is the treasury. SUPPING TEXAS LEAF TO FLORIDA. Palestine. Tex.. March 29. A big consignment of tobacco, a portion of the last year's crop of this county, was shipped to Taussig & Co.. at Quincy, Fla.. yesterday. This firm is buying all the tobacco grown in Anderson county under Government lupervision, and is greatly interested ^, . ^ . ^, ^ , . iD the crop. They pronounce it far This device enables one to make these — -:„ .. ^*u^- «ii«^ o«^ ™rQr.T>«r tosts of Wrapper without the use of filler or binder, thereby avoiding their effects on the burning qualities of the holding fire. "Another feature of the exhibit will be the wrapper testing apparatus, which is intended especially for testing the burning qualitites of wrapper tobacco. an opportunity rarely offered either to grower or manufacturer. ~^'»^^)^^t% CONN. GROWERS GETTING ANXIOUS. Hartford, Conn., March 28. "With the increased capitalizatioB the business will be greatly enlarged from every viewpoint." Mr. Cosden added that to the original Riker company, composed of E. D. wperior to other filler and wrapper tobacco grown in Texas or the United States. A local company will plant a krge number of acres of both shade wrapper. The smoking apparatus tests to buy same. NEW ORLEANS JOBBERS COMBINE. New Orleans, La.. March 29 Th« prices of last year's tobacco crop Gaboon. Dr. J. H. Marshall. W. C. now in the hands of the farmers con- Bolton. J. J. Haigney and himself, tinue to sag. Dealers are disposed to would be added J. B. Cobb and L. K. be apathetic, and growers who are Liggett as directors. The former la forced to sell are obliged to take what president of the American Cigar Com- ;;i'fiirert;;ac;; tiiis"season. and has thecomplete cigar, while the wrapper- they can get Many farmers are still ^^^^^o^C^'m^^^^^^^^ already contracted with Taussig & Co. testing apparatus is a device for test- stubbornly ho ding on to the.r crops and ^„"/^^^°^^^\^°^^^^ ing the wrapper without using any refusing to sell at current prices. "^w airecior is presiaent oi me unii«a filler or binder. Some of the farmers blame the Drug Company and of the National "We shall also have on exhibit the American Tobacco Company for the Cigar Stands Company of Boston, seed tobacco separator, a device for depression in prices. The company has There are now seven Riker stores m The c;;s;iidat'S'ciga";'an7T"obacco separating seed tobacco into light and recently erected a large tobacco plant New Y^^j^J^^'/.f^- ^^^ Association of Louisiana. Limited, at heavy grades. A very important fact i„ this city and it ,s conducting opera- *°7„. ^"^^ ^„*f^'^J„^^^^^^^ nearly date will begin jobbing busi- ^'hi^h has been brought out in the to- *--- ^" - «^^" .v..nu,v« -.«l. ,n M.w plants in and about the metropolis. nes. on an extensive scale. The As- hacco breeding experiments is that •ociation claims to be a co-opertive one. heavy seed always gives more vigorous, «Dd has a membership of nearly four la>'8«r and better developed plants than kundred retail merchants in New the light seed, so that it is very neces- Orleans. The Association organized ^^^ '« growing tobacco always to BOffle time ago. and its originators are separate the heavy from the light seed before planting. "Our elasticity apparatus will be an especially interesting exhibit. It is calculated to test the strength and elasticity of wrapper leaf. This ma- tions on a more extensive scale in New plants in and about England now than it has ever done Inasmuch as the stores are also re- before. w^m^^m^ tailing cigars, this transaction is of importance to the cigar trade, as a great chain of stoves is likely to result, and they may possibly become formidable competitors with the regular people prominent in the commercial world of New York and New Orleans It is capitalized at $350,000. AN INDEPENDENT STENNERY. Princeton, Ky., March 28. At a meeting of the independent to WISCONSIN GROWERS ORGANIZE. Janesville, Wis., March 8. Over five hundred tobacco growers of Wisconsin met in convention at retailers of cigars. Madison recently and under the aus- *****^^ ^.^„.^.^ pics of the American Society of GROWING TOBACCO IN MICHIGAN. Equity formed a State Branch of that Detroit, Mich., March 28. organization. Rock county men were 0. D. Steele, an experimental culti- chine has been adapted to the needs of among the most prominent in atten- vator of tobacco, is here from Canada the tobacco experimental work of the dance and Frank Bemis, of Janeville, for the purpose of interesting the far- . United States Government. The idea was chosen president. H. E. Holmes, mers in this vicinity in the raising of «*cco growers of Caldwell county, a jg simply to test the strength and elas- of Milton, represented Rock county on tobacoo. E. C. Way, of this city, itemmery association branch of the ticity of the wrapper, which is an im- the organization committee, and C. W. president of the Scotten Dillon Tobacco nerican Society of Equity was or- portant item in judging its merits for McCarthy, of the town of Porter, was Co., is much interested in having to- wnized. Its object is to pool the use in cigar manufacture. chairman of the committee on constitu- bacco raised in Michigan, and he baa «*^**°*^^'^ not pledged to the Dark "But at the next Exposition we pro- tion and by-laws. Among the principal gent Mr. Steele here. Mr. Steele ia Wcco Protective Association. This pose to go much more fully into the speakers were Mr. Decker, of this city, anxious to have 1,000 acres cultivated lamiation. will not affect the Dark matter of presenting representative and Mr. Ladd, of Edgerton. for tobacco this year. He has con- ^,>,»,^,»»»» tracted for about 200 acres near Ypai- NATIONAL STANDS IN BALTIMORE, lanti and hopes to contract for several The Naticnal Cigar Stands Co., hundred acres in this section, where the which has been seeking to enter Balti- boiI is exceptionally good. ,. . ., more, has now. it is believed, succeeded, -i.ui.^*m but we believe we can accomplish the ^^^^j^^^, ^he sale of the Williamson & -James Roonel, cigar manufacturer most good at the Exposition by en- ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ tj,e trust, at Lockport, N. Y., filed a petition in _—-"'". will nut aiiect me uarK Illation and it is predicted that the samples of all the principal types of ^^ crop will be controlled by the tobacco, and also our improved types. Our work on tobacco is intended to im- prove the conditions not alone of the growers but of the industry as a whole. ••ORE PROTECTION FOR. GROWERS. IntK u "^•'^'"e* Tenn., March 27. C^^j*^°"8« yesterday afternoon Mr. ^^^^^^ ^_ ^ __ 'ent'th !i" *°'"^°<^"ced a bill to pre- deavoring to represent more fully to ^'^^"g" g'jjores have been opened under voluntary bankruptcy with the Clerk of tob»r.« ,"*'"'« or destroying of the manufacturers the interest of the managempnt. one at 17 West the United States District Court He ^0 plant beds and tobacco crops, growers, so that we hope to be able to Lexington streft. another at Baltimore says he owes $393.72. His assets con- 'Sr^''^^*'"^*-*, or any other crop exhibit a full line of samples of leaf and Eut*'' «^^««'«'. ^"^ '1^ '^""^ ""' ""^ ?.l:^l"i?A!^ill'±r*'""^ ^' *^^* ^««>P«. growing or otherwise. tobacco. Howard and Franklin streets. and claimed to be exempt. 8 i' t ^1 INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE 0^^^^^~^^^^ ^^ ^,^^ , , ^^^^^^^A^AU/ea A OO. HA^^f^^ '23 ^- THIRD ST. ALi^HS c£ Cy.o<^> Havana 123 n. third st.1 t- >^- ^-^ ^__9SpJs^H«a ^>^>^'^ ' p-,^^«m ^^^^^ I M PORTERS O^^ Philadblrhia I ^ ^ ! I J. Vetterlein & Co. Importers of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF TobaccJ 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia FOUNDED 18Sa John T. DohaD FLOR Wm. H. Dohan > »D&.T^< de DOHAN Si TAITT D &T Importers of Havana and Sumatra Packers of /"^^^^J^^^JO^ Atch St. Iteaf TobaccoK «^ J philada. K.STRAUS i&.^1i^SSl^^^l^ A.WU IMPORTERS OF 4Br\^^ Eatahttsh II ^LEWIS BREMER'S SONS I!M PORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra AND PACKEBS OF Leaf Tobacco B aM&«»i^iiMl3dSi^ IS^HILADELPHIS^ ■n^ 322 and 324 North Third Street. Philadelphia Julius Hirschberg & Bro. Importers of Havana and Sumatra and Packers of Seed Leaf Tobacco 125 North Third St., Philada. Benj. Labe Jacob Labe Sidney Ube BENJ. LABE 6i SONS IMPORTERS OF Sumatra and Havana Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco 228 North Third St., Philadelphia L. BAMBERGER & CO. ers nnd Dealers In - ^ , SEED LEAF Importer a of *"' HAVANA and SUMATRA TOBACCO liEOPOliD LiOEB & CO. Importers of Sumatra and Havana and Packers of Leaf Tobacw 306 North Third St., Pblla. Ill Arch Street, Philadelphia Warahousesi Lancaster, Pa.j Milton Junction. Wis.; Baldwinsvllle. N. Y. GEO. BURGHARD •Importer of Sumatra and Havana and Packer of LeAF TOBACCO 238 North Third Street, Phila. /4/M Third St, Phi/ade/^i Importers and Dealers in ALL KINDS OF SEED LEAF, The Empire Leaf Tobacco "*y.^''^ SUMATRA Com 118 N. 3d St., Phila. UPPENDAi l642-4TN!ELEV^mi, ST. PHILAbELPHIA J. S. BATROFF 224 Arch St., Philadelphia Broker in LEAF TGBAee^ h IXPORTStAMP ISSUED BY CUBAN CIGAR MANUFACTURERS Authorized by the Government of the Republic of Cuba ijrjii;MiiajiiJiM.«.i>iiaii;S)itll!gftltfiaiajm^ UUN10NDEF^BRlCANTKDETABACOSYClGABROS -^^^"" ^ m isladecuba ulonzada porel Gobierno dela Republica Garantiza que los tabacoscigarrosy paq^jefes cle picaduraquellevsnesfiBprecinla son fabricados pop HABANA ^^7^:JlJtt:»IJj|JiriiAilMJrl,NIJ.M.Iir»L4jy.|^l!l.llk4^:IIJIiif;H;|#^ 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 facsimile, in its actual size, of the new PRECINTA or warnrnty stamp which as a^tho'ijzed by the Go^^^^^ .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 oat fnhacco packages which bear these stamps were manufactured in Cuba. ^ttt>* * r«TTDAM t itat? aknnlH >inv nn other eiffara el*»». ' The consumers of these goods, who wish to acquire the genuine article made in CUBA from pure CUBAN LEAJ. «no«l<* buy i?!..;Mpnf nackaees but those which have this PRECINTA or stamp of the Cigar and Cigarette Manufacturers Union of the Island or ijud*. wft^ Presidency of the Rebublic : dark blue. NEW ENGLAND GROWERS MEET. these tobacco experimental stations in Hartford, Conn.. March 28. the Ninth District. This year five have A secret meeting of tobacco growers been established. The stations estab- W the broadleaf district was held in 'i^hed last year were very successful. Oomstock'8 Banquet , Hall. East Hart- and it was demonstrated that the best ford last week, and about sixty-five grade of tobacco can be successfully growers gathered early in response to grown in this section M anonymous postal card notice, said t» have been issued by John Hickey, a CIGARETTE SALES GROWING. large grower living on upper Main street. Mr. Hickey had charge of the internal Revenue from th.. Source I..- creased Nearly &. Million Dollars. %»^^^<%^^ ioorand excluded the press from the oeeting. Tobacco prices have broken to 20 Washington. D. C. March 30. The American appetite for tobacco is cents and the growers are getting un- growing on what it feeds at a remark- mi, and some of those present said able rate. This fact is sfjown by the that the meeting was to get the growers latest figures of the Bureau of Internal together to hold their crops solidly for Revenue as to collections of revenue on higher prices and in the future to de- tobaccofor the first eight months of the vise ways and means to cut out the fiscal year ending February 28. Reve- aiddle man or buyer who has to stand nue on tobacco for that period amounted the brunt of the growers' abuse on a to $34,411,775, and was $2,299,499 falling market. greater than the amount collected in It was learned that a committee of the corresponding period of the pre- Aree growers from each of the towns ceding fiscal year, •f East Hartford, Glastonbury and Nearly $2,000,000 of this increased South Windsor was appointed to per- revenue on tobacco was collected on feet a permanent organization. Ed- cigars and cigarettes alone, showing ward Eckert. a commission broker from much heavier manufacture and use of Hartford, was present and spoke. The them and an increased tendency on the committee on organization will meet part of the public to smoke them. The again to consider the form of organiza- Increased hold the cigarette is getting tion. James S. Forbes was chairman on the American people is shown by Md neither he nor the other leaders the fact that nearly $1,000,000 more would say what was said or done, but revenue on cigarettes were collected in it was said that Mr. Eckert repeated the first eight months of this fiscal Wb address given last fall before the year than in the preceding correspond- I«h*^*^ "«ar Clarkeaville. supervision of the State, to manufac- "'• oell and Mr. Brewer went to ture cigars, an industry that as yet has A Good Pair to Go On UHCIjE^OHA), Two of Our Popular Five Cent Brands. Our Goods are Made of Best Selections, Made Carefully, and Made to Duplicate. l>aw son county, and are going from not been established in Greece. ^"e to Gilmer. Towns and Forsyth «»"es, where stations will be estab- ..« .„, , Conslitulion '^nr/.na H IMPORTERS Or^^ AVANA 123 N. THIRD MILJkDBL^HIA :^ ^"'l^EALM oPT/i~ tJETAILEPS Timely Talks with En- ^ terprising Dealers Store Character STORE CHARACTER is a matter of vital concern to the business man. Much of future development and continued prosperity in every com- mercial pursuit, depends on the careful wisdom employed in its character build- ing. And this building of character is no more completed at the time of the "initial bow to the public" than is the character of the student fixed when he reaches commencement day. In both cases it's a matter that takes constant vigilance through the years of activity to insure firmness and in- spire confidence. We ha\e little use for a sermon on character as applied to individuals at this time— most of us have had that important information drilled into our lives from mother's knee. But since the thingd with which we have to do take on many personal traits, for which we are in a greater or less degree re- sponsible, it becomes particularly ad- visable that such matters get a goodly share of attention. If character is what we really are, then its application to business affairs has to do with their actual methods and not with what they are said to be. Surface colorings soon reveal weak places, and they in turn expose the fountain head of causes. To gain a reputation for reliabiity is a common and the noblest aim of every business, but to gain it by being strictly reliable is tke practice of too few. One of the little every day mis- takes practiced by the retail trade, that greatly affects and retards the at- tainment of reliability, is in telling customers who ask for certain brands of goods that do not happen to be in stock, that same has been ordered and will arrive tomorrow, when it is im- possible to have the goods short of a week or ten days, even if they were ordered. The consequences are plain and every argument favoring such misrepresentation is outweighed by the disappointments involved. Better to state facts and meet your customers with the goods at the appointed time. And the concern whose methods com- pel its clerks or agents to state facts regardless of an occasional lost sale, will survive to bury its losses in de- served prosperity. If we are to profit by dealing with "all of the people some of the time, and some of the people all of the time," then we must adopt to busin-ss uses the things that are known to make in- dividuals honorable, respectable, relia- ble and popular. Remember ^that lep utation for whatsoever in a business, merely indicates the character that dealing reveals, and that the former •an be misleading according to its medium of circulation while the latter is a fixed quantity. Let us therefore see to it that the fundamental princi- ples on which we build our money mak- ing structures are just and strong,— that they are defended against the tests of time. Then will reputation work out a lasting profit and competi- tion can never stop it. — W. E. Repass. 6. The Window Trimmer. WHEN you consider making a win- dow attractive you have in mind two things : First, that the win- dow is advertising— inexpensive adver- tising, to be sure, but not the less val- uable on that account; second, that your windows have to talk to the pass- ing public. It's not hard to interest a person when you have him in the store, pro- viding the stock is right, for then you can speak for the merits of your goods. When they are in the window they have to speak for themselves, and that is where the trimmer comes in— he must make the goods do the talking. The windows tell a person what sort of a store is behind fchem. If the window is clean and trimmed artistically it im- presses the passer that the things for sale are the kind he wants to buy. Well displayed merchandise creates a favorable impression and will make the observer give the second look and arouse the desire to purchase. In starting a window a trimmer must keep in mind its size and shape. He must think of the last window trimmed with the same class of goods, and then try and trim it as different from that as he can. A trimmer may easily al- low himself to get in the habit of trim- ming the same old way time after time. If he does so, however, he becomes stagnant and his windows cease to at- tract attention. Personally, I believe in keeping my windows alive by changing them often. Sometimes I make a small, neat win- dow, or again a large, massive trim. Of course, it depends somewhat on the line of goods used. To get the proper effect with some things I have to make a small trim in order to get a smart effect. Again, I have to use a large window in order to produce an attrac- tive display. The most difficult part of a window is the harmonizing oi colors and the dis- posal of fixtures so that each trimmed stand will add tone to the others. Each unit should be a trim by itself and still be in conjunction with all the others. Many a window has fallen flat because the colors failed to blend or because a fixture was misplaced. A Winning Coupon Plan. ANY ADVERTISING that makes good is good advertising, expert opinion to the contrary notwith- standing. A tobacco man in a town of 8.000 has hit upon a plan that has won its way into the hearts of tobacco users, until he is doing two-thirds of the to- bacco business of the town, and all ac- complished without the aid of a single line of newspaper advertising. When the Florodora Tag Company first began putting premium coupons in tobacco, this enterprising merchant offered to redeem these tags for pre- miums from their catalog at his store. Of course, this met with the universal approbation of the smokers and chew- ers, as it saved them the bother of send- ing their coupons and paying transporta- tion charges on the goods. This dealer promptly laid in a few of the smaller articles corresponding to the descrip- tion in the tag company's catalog and issued some premium checks of his own. These checks were given with every 5 cent purchase or multiplies thereof, the premium value of each check being the same as a half tag of the Florodora people, so that a pur- chaser could select a premium from their catalog and exchange whichever series of coupons they liked for it, or use thern in connection with cigar bands, tags, etc., only when presented at the store. In this way each pur- chaser received ?» whole tag with each 5 cent purchase instead of only the half tag of the Florodora Company. The result of this plan was gratify- ing and the dealer found it necessary to carry in stock many of the large articles, such as guns, clocks, sewing machines, etc., which he procured from wholesale dealers and answermg to the description in the catalog, also using some of the company's premiums which he obtained with the coupons returned to him. People came from all surrounding towns and bought their smoking supplies from Wilson's in or- der to i-et the double coupons, and the advertising he thus secured can never be estimated in dollars and cents. Many customers bought large quanti- ties of tobacco in order to secure re- maining necessary coupons to secure some premium until it became posi- tively necessary for this dealer to carry a larger stock of tobacco and smokers' supplies than ever before. Today he does a large wholesale as well as retail business. A pool and billiard room is operated in connection with this tobacco store, and coupons were given for each 5 cents th:; players expended, and the plan grew so popular it was almost impossi- ble to get a chance at the tables. You all know how the Florodora tag craze swept the country a short time ago, how everybody, men, women and children collected them, until the com- pany found it nceessary to extend the time limit several times in order to meet the demands of the people. And then came the final day. The mer- chant had hundreds of thousands of tags, etc., brought to him during the last weeks of the contest. After the Florodora tags were called in our merchant did not consider it necessary for him to do likewise, so he got a new tag— something different. This tag has a cash value, and can be redeemed for cash— 2J mills to every 5 cent purchase, which ia one half tag. Ten whole tags will purchase any 5 cent article in the stock. Fifty whole tags can be exchanged for a 25 cent pipe, tobacco or other article, or cash. As in the case of smoking tnixtnn packed in tins, whether in boxes qh or caddies, the caution notice is aliv. invariably lithographed upon the jm| age, the order oi the revenue officii), practically a ban upon theissueofa, dummy packages of tobacco DKis in tin for shelf or window purposes. Some manufacturers have sentji structions to their customers io ^ sections to destroy all dunnmieB fort with. As a matter of fact the («|t dummy that violates the new rent tion is that one which bears eilherl revenue stamp or the caution noticen imitation of a regular package. % requisite formality is to erase ort^ move both the stamp and the cautioi Internal Revenue inspectors of N« York say that the ruling against tk use of dummy packages is to be strittlj construed hereafter and ihey intintu that a number of other things respeet ing the tobacco manufacturing regat tions are to be more strictly constnm in the future. They say that all \m and packages of all manufacturenut being closely scrutinized in Washingtei and those whose goods are not Id conformity with the Internal Reveni laws are to receive letters of waniiit * «. « Systematic Storekeeping, IT IS just as important, for the tk ultimate success of a retaill» ness, to have it thoroughly systei atized, as it is for the largest andiM complicated manufacturing industij. A good example of systematic reft storekeeping was discovered in Si Paul not long ago, which system W been originated as long ago as 191 and it came in the shape of apriW set of rules which was to govenl establishment referred to, and wiiifl had been given by the proprietor^ the store to a new clerk, for hiiei cation. He accepted it very V» fully, followed it implicitly, awii* himself become the proprietor of «^ tail store and is enjoying a whole** business. These rules read as follows :- September 4, 1884. 1— Open store at 6.45 a. na. 2— Get morning papers in pl»* 3— Sweep store, including «w and every corner. 4 -Wipe showcases from top» bottom. . (U 5— Cut chewing tobacco forw day. , u 6— Store must be swept f* nine o'clock, eleven-thirty ocloft one o'clock and four ociocii«» and every day. ^- 7— Always dust after s«e«|w and also wipe showcases off. ^^ 8 -Go to dinner at twelve ocwj every day and «et back iij o'clock. Every Monday, "j; day and Friday evening, P" New Ruling as to Dummy Boxes. RETAIL DEALERS in tobacco, etc., will need to exercise unusual care in the matter of window display in the immediate future, as officers of the Internal Revenue Department have inaugurated a movement to prevent the use of dummy packages of tobacco which bear the oflUcial caution notice, says Tobacco. supper at five o'clock and get at six o'clock. These nigbW-j., will work and close store »' "^'g-Sundays come to wort J 12.30 p. m and ciose ats.-^t^ every second Sunday. D ON'T talk about your compe ^ "Say nothing anu saw your eyes open that you rnWjJ their success and avoid their "" N. THIRD ST. Philj^dbl^hia Gieske & Niemann, packers & Dealers m Leaf Tobacco No. 204 South Charles Street Baltimore, Md. FLAG LAW UPHELD. Although nearly one-half of the States of the Union have enacted legis- lation for the purpose of preventing the national emblem of the United States being used for advertising pur- poses no such protection has ever been given the flag by the Federal Govern- ment. , • • Federal approval of State laws which guard the flag from being used for purposes which would bring disrespect upon it has been obtained recently, however, as the result of an appeal made to the Supreme Court of the United States by two men convicted under the law of the State of Nebraska, Date LOUIS BYTHINMR <& CO. Uaf Tobacco Brokers 308 RaCC St. -,-•.- - -. and Commission Merchants. F Ullaaelpni^ Long Distance Telephone, Market 3025. Cabla Address. "Helland. Lancaster* Telephone Service JOHN F. HEILAND & CO. COMMISSION MERCHANTS AND DEALERS Leaf Tobacco Eastern Agents MaGee Tobacco Case ■eprasantlnii • H. ■nmrill, Janesvllle. Wia.i yl Q 1? f^V^ A 1 Oi. 1 tkm Miami Valley Leaf Tobacco Co.. ^O lj« LlOeSUlllt l3trG6l DaytoD, 0.| Vho Irokn Tobacco Co., Windaor, Ct.t "*• O. Box 178 Dowaard & Koklntf. Cincinnati, O.t f A 1\I^ A GTi|?D 1> A W, W. Dobrmann & Son. Cincinnati, 0.| ^AV% V^A^ I dH, T A. Halabay & Helland. LlUts. Pa. HENRY RINDSKOPF Packer and Importer of Sumatra, Havana ¥ I]! A 1? ^tf^O k f^C^f\ and Domestic Ll!j Af i UO ALlLlU N. E. Cor. Fifth and Washington Sts. Reading, Pa. John U. Fehr Established 1883 Geo. N. Fehr J. U. Fehr & Son Importers and Packers of Leaf Tobacco 700 Franklin St., 101 to 107 S. 7th St., READING, PA. S. Weinberg 121 Nortti Third Street PHILADELPHIA Importer of SUMATRA and HAVANA Dealer in all kinds of SEED LEA| Tobacco R. VELENCHIK S. VELENCfii VELENCHIK BROS. ""-"tx'in LE AF TOB/ieee Sumatra and Havana 134 N. THIRD ST.. PHILADELPHIA AARON B. HESS Packer of and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco PennsylvanidL Seed B's and Tops READY FOR THE MARKET. Write for Prices. Office and Warehouse: 630»636 N. Prince St Lancaster, Pa. Bell 'Phone : 77-X. Independent 'Phone: 1464-A. L. O. BAEUSSEBMANN CAML L. HAEUSSEKMANN EDWARD C. HAEUSSBillA'"' U. a. HA Importers of ANN & SONS Packers and Exporters of and Dealers in Sumatra and Havana Leaf Tobacco LARGEST RETAILERS IN PENNSYLVANIA No. 240 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. -THE TOBACCO WORLD fl/BAVTISTA y C A.- Leaf Tobacco Warehouse-HABANA, CUBA. p.j,l— RoTiETA NEPTUNO I70--I74, special Partner— Gumkksindo Garcia CukrtOw CONTINUED DULL MARKET IN HAVANA. Small Lots of New Crop, However, Are Taken on Arrival, and Prices Remain Firm with No Prospect of Lower Figures. Special Correspondence of The Tobacco World.) Havana, Cuba, March 25, 1907. The market during the past week has least the next twelve months. If it jcaiB been very quiet, as the transac- should be confirmed later on that the lions noted below will indicate, al- 1907 growth will need two years to though it is possible that for home con- cure, then the 1906 crop will have to jiinption a few more small parcels may last for two years to come, have changed hands. Of libra de pie Sales ground leaves) Vuelta Abajo, small ^^jy ^^^ ^p ^^ ggj ^^^^^ -^^ ^jj^ ^^ ^^^^y^ lots are constantly coming now of the ^^ ^ales were of new Vuelta Abajo, new crop, which seem to find a ready ^^^^j ^35 ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^ Remdios. Amer- aarket, as they are not so extremely ican buyers have purchased 635 bales. ftimBy and contain some quality, there- ^^ile for local consumption 46 bales fore the better classes can be used as fillers by our cigar manufacturers, while the lowest grades find ready acceptance by our cigarette manufacturers. Prices are ruling pretty stiff, and owing to the scarcity of stocks it hardly seems probable that we will be able to eoant upon any lower figures later on. In fact the continued dry weather is exercising a very bad influence upon the plants which are still growing in the fields, as the want of moisture is apt to shrivel them up. or at best keep them in a condition where further de- velopment of the leaves is stopped. The fear is also expressed that when the temperature shall change that the niny season may set in earlier this year than is usually the case, and if this should happen then good bye to the hopes of the farmers to raise any fur- ther quantity of tobacco in good con- ation. Of course, if an occasional rain diower should fall it might change the whole complexion of the (at present) rather dark outlook. Most farmers in the Vuelta Abajo who lost their drying sheds during the eyclone last fall, and did not have suflli- cient money to put up an adequate number of houses, find themselves in a tondition that at the moment they can- Bot find any more room in which to l»ng up the tobacco to dry. as every available space is chuck full of dry leaves. As far as the Remedies outlook is •onceraed it is now believed that the «op in quantity may fall short quite a kit, as reports from some places indi- wte that perhaps only 25 per cent, will be raised as compared with last year. Of course there »hich will show a possibly even produce ^an in 1906, but on ^'11 be a shortage. Aat the season having so far advanced «ven rain will not be of any i.enefit »ow as the plants are drying up in the oelds, and instead of having three cuts, ln1if°°*^ «>any places on.y one cut is •"that the plants have given. are some localities better yield, and a trifle more an average there It is also claimed were taken. * Bayers Come and Go. Arrived. :— E. A. Calves, of E. A Calves & Co., Philadelphia. Departures : — Francisco Diaz, for Tampa ; E. A. Calves, for Philadelphia. Havana Cisar Manafacturers The strike of the cigarmakers of the trust has not yet ended, at least in the city, although all the different branch factories in the country are working again. The independent cigar manu- facturers are working only half time, partly in order to help in bringing the striking trust cigarmakers to terms and partly also in order to make their reduced stocks last so much longer. Orders, however, do not seem to be lacking, although the average price of same in most instances is not sufficient to cover their cost, therefore the cigar manufacturers here are still delibera- ting in the effort to find ways and means of bettering their position, par- ticularly as it seems that the cost of the new leaf this year will rule exceed- ingly high. Among the factories which are work- ing most are H. Upmann & Co., Par- tagas, Sol and Eden. BuyinKy SellinK and Otber Notes of Interest. Grau, Planas & Co., who are on the point of dissolving their firm at the end of this month, sold 500 bales of Remedies from their holdings. E. A. Calves has been over our mar- ket very carefully, selecting some 350 bales of choice Remedies leaf. Gonzalez y Miguel were sellers of 135 bales of Remedies. Loeb Nunez Havana Co. has been doing a good business right along in the United States, and are shipping regular quantities by every steamer. They have also been receiving several lots of new libra de pie from Vuelta Abajo, which they had no trouble in selling right off to our local manufac- turers. Percival Levi, the Maiden Lane Leaf Tobacco Importer of New York, who ==;^ ESTABLISHED 1844 H. Upmann & Co HAVANA. CUBA. BdL.rvkers and Commission Merchd^nts T s« SHITTEP^S OF CIGAP^^ and LEAF TOBACCO MAirVPAC'nJRBRS OP The Celebrated ^^ CigCLff FACTORY! PASEO DE TACON 159-169 OFFICE} AWARCURA 1 HAVANA. CUBA. »« Representative of our "H. UPMANN" Brand for ihe United States and Canada CHARLES LANDAU New York Office; 82 Wall Street Montreal, Canada: Board of Trade Balldm SYLVESTER & STERN SUCCESSORS TO LEWIS SYLVESTER & SON Growers, Packers and Importers of Havana Tobacco HAVANA, CUBA NEW YORK Monte 56 165 Front Street PLANTATIONS and ESCOJIDAS: In VUELTA ABAJO " PARTIDOS " REMEDIOS at PUERTA de GOLPE " SANTIAGO de las VEGAS " SANTA CLARA " QUINTA CAMAJUANI " SANCTI SPIRITUS FACTORY VEGAS A SPECIALTY er h ' ^^*^^ circumbtancts the hold- arrived here two weeks ago, has been . *^® 0* the Remedies 19u6 crop are going over our market very thoroughly, iot"""°*^^° ^^*^^ himer again and do posting himself as to the available ^^^seem to care whether ihey sell iheir stocks still held here and making his conv*'*'^J'°'**'°** °^ ""' "^ ^^^^ """^ preparations for the requirements of will 'u . '^^^^ '^*8 class of tobacco his many Tampa and Key West friends the A * °"'^ serviceable one for as regards the new crop. He seems to which ^\!^^^ '^'lanufacturers, and upon have been very successful in his efforts — ^ — !z®y '**'! have to rely for at to secure sufficient tobacco for them RllfKiZlall . „, ~ during the coming tobacco year, and ^VU^neriOrn Clear Havana j^^^ ,^g^ Saturday well satisfied with the accomplishment of his purpose in making the trip to Havana. ICrlOrrl ^'®" Havana are baU k ^'* ^^ Cigars we sold by successful dealers. Ther« IS a Reason. CHARLES BLASCO Comnrilssion Merchant Leaf Tobacco and Ciftavoi 1 O'Reilly St. bS^ Habana, Cuba GONZALEZ Y MIGUEL Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama Especialidad en Tabaco de Santa Clara de Primera GUoe CabUi "CASIN" AMISTAD 97, HABANA^ -THE TOBACCO WORLD- behrens & eo. Havana, Cuba Manufacturers of the " SOL" Brand Finest Vaelta Abajo Tobacco Exclusively %m Wtf NO BETTER GOODS MADE QUALITY ALWAYS RELIABLE Sole Representatives for the United States and Canada : National Cuba Co., 147 Water Street, New York Sobrinos de A. Gonzalez LEAF TOBACCO MERCHANTS Principe Alfonso 116 y 118 Habana, Cuba Cable: "Aatero* GUSTAVO SALOMON Y HNOS. Especialidad en TABACOS FINOS de VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDOS y VUELTA ARRIBA Monte 114 P. O. Box, Apartado 270 Cable: ZALEZGON Habana PARTAGAS Independent Cigar Factory The Oldest Brand IE JARTAGAS I05 YC a A/IBAHfc. The Besj Cigars Our Capacity for Manufacturing Cigar Boxes Is- I I C/AUrc * Qnn CAllArcvillp Pa ALWAVS ROOM FOR ONE MORE GOOD CUSTOMER "* "• OCIlcrS Qk. JOh, JCUcrbVUlC, tC, -T>1K TOBACCO WORLD Hrr'^V*' Krom tli« Conntri' Week ending Since March 23 VaelU Abajo Semi Vuelta pjrtido Uatanzas Beroedios & S.W^ Siotiago de Cuba Total Bales 357 61 1 12 204 625 Jan. 1 Bales 1.230 74 157 109 4,614 1.593 7.777 Cifuentes, Fernandez y Ca, Proprietors 1^4 Industria Street Cable: ciFMR Habana, CubR SPRING TRADE IS ON IN BOSTON. AVELINO PAZOS & CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Ram PRADO 123 Habam Cable: ONILEVA SUAREZ HERMANOS that way. ^' Higgins is now plugging the Has- *» cigarette for the American Tooacco vO. Mr. Pinkous' first trip to the Hub. and he departed thoroughly well satisfied. R. L. Goodrich, formerly with the Marlboro Cigar Co., and later with the C. (J. A. concern, is now the New England representative for Jacob Stahl, Jr.. & Co.. New York, makers of the Brunswick, St. Regis and other brands. Mr. Goodrich's office is at 215 State street. The Markell Drug Co., ScoUay Square, will shortly offer their patrons two new brands of union made cigars from the factory of Deutsch Bros., New York, under the titles of Beaumont and Lady Rosedale. M. Huberman has started a cigar factory in Everett, Mass. His leading brand is the Belmont cigar. M. Barnett & Co., leaf dealers on Milk street, report a brisk demand for Florida and Georgia shade grown wrap- pers, of which they carry a nice assort- ment. A. F. Rice, the Havana importer, is at present in Cuba making some pur- chases. E. E. Steeves, representative of the R. A. Patterson Tobacco Co., has re- turned from a suceessful trip in Con- necticut. He reports his firm's Tuxedo is selling nicely in that territory. The engagement of Miss Mary Schwartz, formerly with Frank Grim & Co., to Godfrey Hymans, the promi- nent cigar dealer, has been announced. E. L. White, who has for many years handled the Garcia, Pando & Co. clear Havana account in this market, is now the New England representative of the Cayey-Caguas Tobacco Co., New York, makers of a high grade line of Porto Rican cigars. Mr. White has opened an office at 43 Tremont street. Woodward's Pharmacy had a nice window display of Kaufman's Smoke- craft cigar this week. Sam Banard, retailer at 121 Hanover street, has been holding a very suc- cessful "fire sale" all week. A. Nathan, proprietor of the cigar stand in the Jewelers' Building, is having a nice run on the William the Fourth, clear Havanas. The Norma Cigar Co. informed me that the Ruy Lopez brand is selling better than ever here. In fact they shipped out 65,000 of this popular brand of cigars last month, and that is cer- tainly going some. The sale of Auto pipes at Fink's is simply great, and I understand the Norma Cigar Co. is selling more Auto pipes than any other jobbing house here. Thomas Charak, the popular Cam- bridge, Mass., tobacconist, has rented the old Dean cigar store, corner of Friend and Union streets, and after a thorough overhauling will open as a first-class store. Mr. Charak is a man of much experience in the cigar line, and no doubt will make a good showing in this branch store. Ben Ali. —The Walker Cigar Factory, at Monroe. Wis., has been sold by receiver R. A. Etter, to Reuben Holcomb, •f that place, who takes possession forth- PABLO PEREZ OANDIDO OBI Perez & Obeso S. en C. (Sobrinos de G. Palacios) fLeaf Tobacc< < I ' VUELTA ABAJO FACTORY VEGAS a Specialty Proprietors of famous Lowland Vuelta Abajo Vei^AS Prado 121, Entrance, Dragones St Cable: -Sodecio." HABANA, CUBA. IIS LUIS NUNIZ HILARIO MUNIZ MANUEL NUNIZ VENANCiO DIAZ. Special Partner MUNIZ HERMANOS y CIA S en C Growers and Dealers of VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDO and RENEDIOS TOBACCO Reii\2L 20, HavanaL III Cable : "Angel," Havana P. O. Box 98 JOSE F. ROCHA Havaoa Leaf Tobacco Especialidad Tabacos Finos de Vuelta Abajo, Partido y Vuelta Arriba San Miguel lOO Cable: "DONALLES" HABANA, CUBA I ! GONZALEZ, BENITEZ & CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama y Viveres Amargura iz and 14* and San Ignacio 25 Cable: "Tebenitez" P. 0. Box 396 HXBANA, CUBA LOEB NUNEZ HAVANA CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama 142 and 144 Consulado Street Habana Max Morse, a tobacconist on Broad- ly Extension, and J. Wilensky, a 'bailer at 936 Washington street, have with. °^n lorced to vacate their stores, —George *'J8 to the tearing down of that block facturer at South Bend, Ind., has been declared a bankrupt. Liabilities are $1,610.96 and assets $644. M. Brown, a cigar manu- ^ buildings to make room for a new "ay station of the Boston "L" road. onM^'f""^' ^'®'«'a"^' 0-. was here ofC M P ^^'^^'^ng a Ime of samples • M- Clime & Bro., Terre Hill, Pa., ^«»«. Snyder, Yoe, Pa. It was Cable: REFORM JOS. MENDELSOHN LOUIS A. BORNEMANN MANUEL SUAREZ Mendelsohn, Bornennann & Co. Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO Commission M( f and New York Office: 196 WATER STREET lerchants Havana, Cuba: MANUEL SUAREZ y CA., Amistad 95 A. M. CALZADA & CO. Packers and Dealers in Le^f and COMMISSION MERCHANTS Monte 156, HABANA, CUBA. p. o. Box. soa. Cablet **CALDA.'* CabU Addrassi DERBA. RUTHERFORD '^'-^^L^ulS'''* from the factory of El Draco Ciiiar Mf|{. Co., Philada. Telephoaai 1639 WM. BADER Importer of Havana Tobacco 4 Burlinii Slip, NEW YORK A SpMialty of HAVANA WRAPPESSand FILLERS at retail Mail ordara proBptfy fl 11 10 ■THE TOBACCO WORLD- Bstablished 1881 THE Incorporated 1902 TeBAoee WePLD Published Every Wednesday BY THS TOBACCO WORLD PUBLISHING CO. 224 Arch Street. PKiUdelpKiA. Jay Y. Erout, H. C. McMakus, President and Genl. Manager. Secretary and Treasnrer. Entered at the Post Office at Philadelphia, Pa., as second class matter. TEUtPHONES:— Bell, Market 28-97 ; Keystone, Main 45-39^ Cable Address, Baccoworld. Havana Office, Post Office Box j6«. SUBSCRIPTION-PAYABLE IN ADVANCES 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 v^ dence of merit as to entitle them to public attention. No advertisement ^nown 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. PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 3, 1907. THE SITUATION. Packers and dealers in leaf tobacco throughout the United States have lately experienced an unusually dull period of trading in domestic leaf. In view of the fact that the new crops have been bought at a comparatively high price, and much is yet to be bought, and no urgent demand for stocks still remaining in first hands, the packers are naturally beginning to wonder what the ultimate outcome will be. When, last fall, there was published in this paper an article bearing on the trade conditions in the State of Ohio, in connection with which report a por- tion of the head lines read, "When will the break come?" it caused some little consternation. When, a Utile later, we published facts and figures to sus- tain the reasoning of the several reports published, the wiseacres who had ridi- culed the ideas advanced, were forced to accept the possibilities predicted. When we asked "When will the break come?" we did not mean or even inti- mate that we meant a panic in the leaf market, but we did mean that we be- lieved that the high water mark in prices had been reached, and that a change to one of greater moderation was inevitable. At that time buyers were out as if on a rampage, and bought at prices unusually high, if the actual trade con- ditions were taken into just considera- tion. Some were perhaps prompted by the fact that their packings of 1905 goods had been pretty well closed out, but much of what remained in their hands at that time still remains there. Anent our figures showing that the production of cigar leaf tobacco in the cigar leaf producing States, during some years past, was in excess of the actual needs of production of the num- ber of cigars manufactured during the same period of time, it is shown that our reasoning was correct and logical, and that the figures presented were likewise remarkably correct. But the fact that there were still large stocks of raw material on hand at the time buying began in the early part of the season seems to have been lost sight of, or the abnormally high prices would perhaps not have been paid. Recent visits in packing sections plainly revealed the fact that not f«r many years have packers had so much tobacco on storage in their ^ arehouses at this time of the year as they have 12 now. There is perhaps not an active packer or dealer in leaf tobacco who did not do more business during 1906 than the average annual business for many years. In some instances it was almost double the volume of business of previous years. Consequently the mai ufacturer, in circumstances enab- ling him to do so. is stocked up. Nor did he buy speculatively, but rather with a view to self-protection. What- ever the motives of the manufacturers were, the result is that they are pretty well filled up, and are not buying at present prices. It is a matter of history that when- ever, heretofore, after sharp and rapid advances, retroaction set in prices almost invariably dropped to a figure lower than the price at which the ascendancy began. Tradition has it that history repeats itself, but it may not this year, because conditions now are entirely different. The generally prosperous condition of the cigar industry, and the continued rapid rate of increase in production, is an important factor in sustaining the leaf market. Even though manufac- turers are now buying only sparingly, and for almost immediate needs only, in time to come there will be good use for all available supplies of leaf. Such conditions are well calculated to pre- vent radical breaks in the market, and save the trade from any panicky con- ditions. Many a fortune made in the tobacco trade has been literally wiped out by rapid declines of values of stocks bought at inflated prices. There is no fear of such disasters at present, owing to the generally wholesome conditions of the trade. There is one sane question which the dealer may ask himself tljis year, and that is. Has he not paid a little too much for tobacco in the bundle, and in the face of a moderating market will he be able to come out with a profit? GET THE RIGHT PERSPECTIVE. Getting the right perspective is of vital importance, A manufacturer once sent out some form letters (adver- tising matter) to a large list of pros- pective customers. The 4ist included about 25,000 dealers, and he decided that high grade paper would be too ex- pensive to use for the letters, so be had the job run off on cheap stock. That manufacturer lost the right per- spective. He did not stop to think that each dealer would only see one of the many letters and would be impressed accord- ingly, so that while he would be money in on the cost of production he would lose in the end by the unfavorable im- pression made by the poor paper. Many can profit by the moral inferred in the experience cited above. The printed matter often reflects the concern's personality so to speak, and the people will be mighty sure to see the reflection, with consequent detri- ment to the user. Only a few days ago a case in point was brought to the notice of the writer, by a well known and extensive house, which had received an order by mail from a New York State dealer, and which was written on a sheet of plain paper of very poor quality. Upon investigation it was found that the writer of the letter was in reason- ably good financial circumstances and had a mercantile rating that was satis- factory to the house which had received the letter, but, the use of the cheap and unprinted stationery impressed them that in this case it was an indica- tion of gross carelessness or indiffer- ence, if not meanly economical, and they hesitated about sending the goods wanted, fearing that there was a possi- bility that the spirit of economy might be so thoroughly imbued in the appli- cant's constitution that imaginary de- fects or some cause for complaint might be found with a view to getting a reduction in the bill, and therefore he might not be a very desirable or- satisfactory customer. People nowadays are generally taken on their face value, and it is just the same with a merchant or manufacturer. If one wishes to inspire confidence in his customers and the public in general, he can ill afford to get the wrong per- spective and stint the quality of the matter that is sent out to them. Philadelphia Tobacco Trade With the exception of an interrup- tion on Monday, an extremely un- pleasant day, the retail trade had a week of good business. Box trade in some sections of the city on Saturday last was unusually heavy, even for Easter sales. A few dealers, however, report that many of their usual patrons were out of town to spend the Easter holidays, and that they felt the effect of their absence in their receipts. In the suburban sections trade was also very saiisfactory, and in a few in- stances is reported to have been unus- ually large. The very warm weather of Friday and Saturday last had a good effect in so far as it aided dealers very much in keeping open doors, which is the ideal way for a good cigar business, until the weather becomes uncomfort- ably hot, then electric fans and other artificial means for increased comfort have to be resorted to, and yet that too sometimes is an alluring attraction to a certain class of customers. In the Germantown section retail ci- gar men are progressing with the rapid progress of the popular suburb. More attractive stores are to be seen than formerly, and a higher class of goods is demanded. W. H. Caupe, at 5611 Germantown avenue, and one of the best known re- tailors in Germantown, is erecting a new store and dwelling at 5715 German- town avenue, a few doors from the in- tersection of Germantown and 1 avenues, the very centre of town's business section. He be in possession of the new by June. A stand is being there now, but it is conducted BteJ pecially for the convenience of i sient trade; a large percentage ofi box trade customers continues u J the main stores for their When the building is finished, hoi he will no doubt have the qok gantly appointed cigar store iji fashionable suburb, James I. Hassan, the South |J Philadelphia retailer.hada good^ Easter business, and even his even^ trade shows signs of substantial 1 gress. He is one of the most members of the trade in the southwestern section of the citr,i enjoys a large personal patronagt Thomas F. Fitzgerald, at For third and Lancaster avenue, ii mij staunch advocate of independenti and every week gives up at leuti of his show windows for the di some special piece of goods, fltg claim the distinction of having u( window trims as can be fonndi where on the West Side. F, Blatt's new store at Forty-i and Lancaster avenue came ini much admiration during the business. Admirably situated ultj on a triangular corner, with nan windows for a unique display dj variety of articles, he is makion use of them by diversified displiyij cigars in one or more, thentotii pipes in profusion, and other artid until the entire series of windowiii sent an attractive appearance. also notice that he has gotten wl window fittings on the "La Ub style of red borders along the %y the windows, which are artiitia lettered The interior is beayti lighted, the entire ground floor I devoted to the retail deparl There is a balcony around thei building, for the storage of gooiii the jobbing department. Joe Way hopes this week to opal new branch store at 911 Marketi Handsome fixtures and showca«»> being installed, and a very in''" display of goods will be made. Reports concerning business witl" manufacturers are somewhat conO tory. Generally speaking th« is in a wholesome condition. manufacturers seem to haveic*' year some old accounts, but • other hand they have probably I new ones, so that they certaiw' not retrogressing. Other turers have difficulty in gettinf*" cigarmakers that they could*' their oparations are on that somewhat handicapped. Tbe^ for many of the old eBtablisbedl is increasing rapidly. It is however, that there are very «• factories starting in the which is probably due to the condition of the leaf market »« high price of the raw material. A. J. Rigby, treasurer bald & Oppenheimer Co., tory headquarters this ^«*''' .. Mr. Spotz in the consideration for the proposed new buil f W. A. LAHR HATHOSELEU .Old'Age Telli Thl St ORV Wholesale Cigar Manufacturer ^pOpAtt ■i ""^^'^e.As ms PA»N^i^''^ y^^^mtHY "*t| Red Lion, Penna. V I ^HJa Get our prices, and make a fair comparison with those of other factories. Correspondence invited with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade. Samples Free to Responsible Houses. i \ i I M 13 Mitti 1 -THE TOBACCO WORLD- MRNMST ELLINGER & CO. m. ,6x TZer s„ Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO New York H Ed 8c Bwm LEAF TOBACCO. orriCES : DETROIT, MICH. AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. HAVANA, CUBA. New York, ]fMkt.«ANS MOSES J. CANS JBROME WALI^HR EDWIN I. ALBXANOSK JOSEPH S. GANS m. CO. P»ckers of i^C3,I 1 O DclCCO Mipbone— 346 John. No. 150 Wa.ter Street, NEW YORK. Starr Brothers IMPORTERS AND PACKERS OP LEAF TOBACCO bed 1888. Telephone, 4027 John. No. 163 Water Street, NEW YORK. M. F. SCHNEIDER mroiTEE OP Sumatra Tobacco 2 Burling Sllpt NEW YOIK. AHSIBMDAII. "377 JOHN." Joseph Hirsch & Son IMPORTERS OF SUMATRA TOBACCO \"JSS:,:L^' 183 Waters.. Cable Address: "HERE." NEW YORK ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦' ^ - '-''♦♦♦^1 t TOBACCO NEWS OF GREATER NEW YORK ^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦«»,. New York Bureau of The Tobacco World New York, Aprils The local market was very much have gained a national reputation, interested in the official returns of the their goods, while others imitating Internal Revenue offices which show an footsteps of the leaders and im^i increase of over 14,000,000 more cigars almost an identical class of goodg, during March than during February, made a dismal failure of the ^ This immense output is highly en- taking. couraging to holders of raw material. At the third inscription, held and even if the present state of the Rotterdam on March 28, out of 10 market is somewhat sluggish, holders bales offered, 1,200 were purchased of leaf feel confident that stocks held the American market. The pricei by manufacturers, at the present rate were somewhat lower than thon of increase in the cigar output, will on the previous sales, and cabW 9ot enable them to continue indefinitely ceived by New York houses state without replenishing. The visible sup- some of the parcels offered ply of leaf in the ma^-ket is not only nominal, but in some types it is really scarce, and present holders are not considering offers from bargain hunters. Importers of Sumatra tobacco prove by their purchases that the statement above made is about correct. There are some people who have prophesied that this class of wrapper leaf had seen its best days, and that in view of the progress of raising a domestic wrapper under shade in Florida and Georgia, the high prices of imported Sumatra would reduce its use to a minimum. Again others have said that it could and would be in time used only on 10 cent and seed and Havana cigars, the exorbitant prices and the high duty prohibiting its use on 5 cent goods. Reports coming in from Europe in- dicate that those ideas are altogether wrong. Local importers, who are con- servative men, and who have made a careful study of their business and conditions generally, and have been suc- cessful as handlers of Sumatra to- bacco, have bought more than 10,000 bales at three of the inscriptions, at prices which are at least 25 per cent, higher than they were ever before. It has been figured out by a prominent undermarks which showed qaitc tender tobacco, and this it isregtniii accounts for the lower prices % The chief parcels bought for i country were P. v. d. A | K. P. \\ A I H. and Mandi A j Deli. E. Rm wald & Bro. and L. Schmid &Co.(i secured 600 bales, while B. LjIx Sons, of Philadelphia, bought SObiii S. Ashner, a local tobacco imp«!! and packer, has decided to retire In the leaf tobacco business on Mij after which he will devote his m time to real estate. Mr. Ashner bep his career in 1879 as a cigar mtDiit turer in East First street. Fromtki he removed to 15 Bowery, diiesj under the factory of W. Mendel 4 B» again removing from there to ITOFi street, where he was in baslneaii about fifteen years. Some yean Mr. Ashner purchased a tract of! on Coney Island avenue. Brooiclyii, realized about ten times as muchii paid for it. From that timeoD he more or less in real estate, and ii doing a large business in Maninl properties. L. Goldsmith & Co. will reiDOWi| May 1 from 174 Front street to Front street, now occupied byS. ner. Goldsmith's lease on their local importer, that the average price paid for the 5,500 bales bought at the premises does not expire until « second inscription at Amsterdam for the American market was 347 Dutch cents, or about $1.40 in our money, f. o- b. Amsterdam. The purchases made consist of entire parcels, with the ex- ception of goods suitable only for the JOSEPH HOLZMAN SUMATRA, HAVANA XrxKciir^/^/^ and SEED LEAF 1 KjVJxXKjK^VJ 185 Water St., New York but it has been secured by the I Scrymser Co., oil refiners, of SOS street, for a period of ten i^\ $2,500 per annum, to be used asatpj house, and in order to get earhff Ji session they paid Goldsmith |w« German market, and the lots contained the unexpired term of twofflonw first and second sizes of all the different Buildings in the tobacco distnct* undermarks, good, bad and indifferent, getting very scarce, and tho« | It will, of course, help the sale of last own their buildings or have year's tobacco, and the stock held by long time leases can probably importers and jobbers is diminishing themselves fortunate, steadily. * Charles R. Goldsmith & Co.. Sumatra substitutes, such as shade Front street, on ^P"'.^ ^''""ji J grown Florida and Georgia, or Con- firm name to Goldsmith & vim necticut wrappers, are finding buyers in though the firm is constituted plenty and the long neglected every same individual members as 1 day seed leaf wrapper is bound to come before, no changes having ^'^^"^J Pinkus Bros., men"fac"fj|. "made to order cigarettes", «<* street, are sending out to « business men in Philadelphia t» where, taken presumably fr<»» liH into vogue again. In fact there has been quite a call for Connecticut broad- leaf for wrapper purposes, by manu- facturers who are now using it in an experimental way. ^- ,p It seems strange that the Connecticut tories by addressing concerns.^^ tobacco, which used to be the ideal cess letter. Their scheme n wrapper before the advent of the different blends of tobacco to^ Sumatra wrapper, is now so compara- be purchaser for approval, «^ ^ tively little used. There are still a few manufacturers who use it almost exclusively on 10 cent cigars, and who he has made his selection, tb^^ Uin his preference as to 8i««. j* (Concluded on pa«e"'^ For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to stabiished isan L. J. Sellers St Son, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO., SELLERSVILLE, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD A. COHN & CO. IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra PACKERS OF Seed Leaf Tobacco and Growers of Georgia Sumatra 142 Water Street, New York EDEN CIGAR FACTORY ¥ BANCES & LOPEZ HAVANA, CUBA Calixto Lopez & Co. 180 Water St.. NEW YORK Will receive and attend to orders Cigars made strictly of very bes* iifm^^B^;^'-^' Vuelta Abajo Tobacco ENDS SMITH EDMUND H. SMITH Hinsdale Smith & Co. Tobacco 125 Maiden Lane inporters of SUMATRA and HAVANA and Packers of CONNECTICUT LEAF ESTABLISHED 1840 NEW YORK CABLE: "NARGIL' T. J. DUININ <& CO. Makers of the BACHELOR CIGAR 401-405 E. 91st Street, NEW YORK JOSH BiLLmas \ 5c. Cigar (4 There hain't none better than the best" — Josh Billings. Is the 3est. INDEPENDENT CIGAR DEALERS! The Sperry & Hutchinson Company's Certificate exactly meets the requirements of you who would make use of effective " Pre- mium" advertising. It costs less and assures your patrons more than any co-operative or individual plan yet presented to you. They are redeemable in lots of 100 and upwards with the most complete line of premiums in existence. 1000 will be re- deemed with a check payable to the order of any merchant in the United States for $2.50 worth of merchandise. For particulars* address The Sperry & Hutchinson Co. THOS. A. SPERRY, Pres. Fully Paid-up Capital, $1,000,000. Home Office, New York City. Philadelphia Office: No. 1307 Arch Street. * A cigar of merit with a push behind it. The Best Little Cigars ever offered the American public. Golden Eagle Cigars They are extra large, Havana blend, and of perfect workmanship. Finest package. I. LEWIS 8z: CO. Makers, Established 1870. Ncwark, N. J. Z. JOHN NORRIS, Manager of the Philadelphia Office, 111 Market St ■ 16 We believe In Honesty. Good Workmanship, at fair prices to all. Correspondence Solicited THE OLD HONESTY CIGAR BOX CO., C. W. Bucks. Gen. Mjr. Rear 634 WashMton Street, Reading, Pa. I THE TOBACCO WORLD- The Miami Valley Leaf Tobacco Co. ALUEN H. HEEDER DAYTON, OHIO STANLEY M. KROHN Packers of Cigar Leaf Tobacco 1903-4-5 Zimmer Spanish, 1905 Gebhardt, 1905 Dutch, 1905 Connecticut, etc. PHILA. TOBACCO TRADE (Continued from page 12) about which notiing absolutely definite has as yet oeen decided upon, except the fact that it is to be ihe best equipped factory in the city, light, saniiaiion, and everything £idered. else con- Sig. C. Mayer, of Sig. C. Miyer & Co., IS still louring through the South- ern Stales, where he has been havuiif a very satislactory business. ' Jos. S. Vetterlein. of Vetterlein Bros., has returned from a business trip through the South, where he was in consultation with several ot their representatives. He is much en- -couraijed with the business prospects •in the SuUih. «/» Samuel C. Jeitles. of Jeitles & Blu- menihal. is back from a business trip through the Middle Western Statei?. and reports having secured several desira- ble new accounts for his firm s pro- ducts. Business with them is in a very •satisfactory condition. The Sulzberger-Oppenheimer Co. is " energeiically endeavoring to get enough additional cigarmakers lo ena»»le them to promptly till the orders which are 'Comintj in at a lively raie. J Harvey McHenry. of Arthur Hagen & Co.. last week visiltd the trade iii Harrishurg. York. Hanover. Lancaster, etc . and met with encouraging success on all ot their varied line ot gooos. The heavy shipments of Central Uni.in lobaco Ft-en going in and nut of the heaoquaritrs ot 'Jack Fowler,' representing the United States lo- baeico C').. would indicate a very lively business in his line, which is amoug the tew really independent • brands of plug cut tobaccos now on the "market. Stanton Brenner, of J. L. Brenner & Son. Uayu.n. O.. has been in the nriar- ket during ihe present week, with a line of their packings of Ohio tobacco. He met wiih a very fair trade i.ere. Howard E. Stevenson has been kept busy bv his fellow talesmen relating his experiences during his recent Euro- pean trip, which were of a highly inter- esiing character. Stevenson is now showing samples of new importations of Sumatra imported by his house. E. A. Calves, of E. A. Calves & Co . returned last week from Havana, where he made considerable purchases of leaf for their trade here. Some of his pur- chases have already arrived. He ex- pressed himself as well pleased with the present prospects for an elegant crop of Vuelta tobacco this year, but says that in the Remedies district the firought is seriously interfering with its growth, and that unless rain has set in by this time it will again not be a good crop. Harry W. Bremer, of Lewis Bremer's Sons, has returned from a vacation spent in Florida, and has again taken up his active work at the office. "^B. Labe & Sons are in receipt of a cable from Jacob Labe informing them that he had secured 51) bales of Sumatra tobacco for his house at the inscription held on Thursday last in Rotterdam. The firm is receiving this week by steamship Soestdyk, of the Holland- Anierican Line, which left Rotterdam on March 23, 109 bales of Sumatra, ^:»ming direct to Philadelphia, and in future will have all their goods shipped from Rotterdam direct to this city. 16 PHILADELPHIA LEAF MARKET After a slight flurry occasioned last week by the sale of one lot of Pennsyl- vania broad leaf, of 357 cases, and an- other lot of 100 cases, the local leaf market has again settled down to an ordinary everyday-i-omething-doing businet'^'. but it lacks in volume. Im- m -diate requirements u me manufac- turers' only loncern. ^o confident do they seem than a chan.re in price will occur, when iney can again buy a little cheaper. The hand to mouth sort of business, which has been going on for many weeks now, is growing monotonous. Some houses are apparently willing to make turns on the most moderate of margins, and little by little they are disposing of their stock, but are not themselves buying heavily at prevail- ing prices askei by packers. Connecticut ano! Ohio tobaccos have figured most conspicuously in the past week's transactions. Prices, however, were well maintained. A moderate business in a small way was done in Sumatra tobacco. Neither purchases nor sales of new goods I y dealers have as yet assumed anything like important proportions. Prices re- main unchanged. The Havana market has also had only a very moderate bus- iness. Former prices are ruling with- out an exception. FLOOD THKEATF.NS HAVANA Havana, April 1. A portion of this ciiy along the water front is inundated from the pea. Ex- ceedingly high waves are dashing over the sea wall outside the harbor and many streetn are flooded. The famous Prado is a sheet ot water almost as lar as the Cemral Park, in some cases horses caught in the flood had to swim. "The police are rescuing people from buildings of one story in t^oais. It is feared that bome of the bouses under water will collapse. The fire depart- ment has been called out to Vedado, where the waier is reported to be en- dangering lives. Men are saving pro- perty along the sea front and rescuing those in danger. The water has put a stop to the sireet car traffic between Havana and Vedado. DULL LEAF MARKET IN LANCASTER Old Crop Nearly All Sold, But Much is Yet Stored in > ackers' Warehouses. Lancaster, Pa., April 1. The local leaf market has for the past week been truly in a lethargic condition, with practically no selling of the 1905 tobacco, and although stocks have been gradually getting into other hands and not so great a quantity now remains in packers' hands, it is still largely in their possession— on storage in their warehouses, having never been shipped out. It has not been the case for at least several years that warehouses have been so filled with old goods at the time of receiving the new. It is somewhat unusual, inasmuch as the old leaf now in warehouses nere has largely been sold, but not removed. And that ac- counts lor the fact that so many pack- ers have had to seek additional ware- house facilities within the past year. New tobacco has been coming in at a rather lively rate, and in fact some packers have received about all they have so far bought. From 12 to 13 cents only is now being paid in the majority of cases of pur- chase, and even at that price dealers are a little skeptical, and are not at all confident that they are going to come out well. Farmers have lately been threatening to pack their own tobacco, if they did not sell at their price before April 1. It is reasonably likely that some of them will have the chance to do 80, even if still willing to sell but wanting a too high figure. One thing is certain : unless it is an exceptional crop, they will not have another 16 cent offer this year. Conditions among cigar manufac- turers have also changed somewhat in the past week, and less activity is noticed. Not that it is dull with them, but the trade lacks life. Orders are more moderate in size, and shipments not 60 urgent. The prospects for an increased acre- age in 1907 are very good. Contractors in various sections of the county are booking orders for new or additional to- bacco sheds, and farmers are now awaiting good weather so that seed beds can be prepared. John McLaughlin, who for so many years was the representative of the packing warehouse of L. Bamberger & Co., is this year putting up a nice packing on his own account. He recently received an unusually fine crop for which he paid at the rate of $300 per acre. Menno M. Fry, of M. M. Fry & Co., has recently returned from the Pacific coast, where he had spent the winter. He is much improved in health. M. R. Hoffman, of Marietta, who has been ill for several weeks, is now re- cuperating at Atlantic City. C. Ruppin. cigar manufacturer at Akron, returned a few days ago from a business trip to Chicago. John F. Schnupp, wiih L. G. Haeus- sermann & Sons, of Philadelphia, has been spending a week in the trade in Lancaster city and county. Irvin Wallich. with the Maryland Lithographic Company, Baltimore, has made one of his regular trips through this section this week. Marcus Feeder, a prominent stogie manufacturer of Cleveland, was a visitor here during the past week. J. Harvey McHenry. of Arthur Hagen & Co.. Philadelphia, spent the day here last Thursday, and reported having had a very nice business on the products they handle, in the territory he covered, which included Harrishurg, Hanover, York, Lancaster, etc. On April 1 (today), G. H. Sachs takes p issession of the cigar store and fac- tory of J. AUbright & Bros., at East King and Uuke streets, of which they have been the proprietors for many years. . Kasper Bros, will remove from their present location on Queen street near Orange, to 324 26 N. Queen street, as soon as alterations which are now in progress can be completed. These premises were formerly occupied by J. B. Koser, who is now devoting his time to packing leaf tobacco and farming. SETTLEMENT DAY IN YORK. The Usual First of April Clearing Up in Full Swing with Business Men. York, Pa., April 1. This has been the most strenuous business day for a year past. April 1st always is a busy day for business men in this section of the country ; a sort of settlement day. as it were. It is a custom here to have a general settle- ment of business on April 1st. Leases are commonly made to expire on that date, and people having money at interest expect settlement then. Business generally has been pretty good during the past week, and al- though there has been a noticeable fall- ing off in trade with cigar manufac- turers it is now believed that the internal revenue returns for March will show a pretty fair month's business. There is a little less complaint among the leaf dealers, and visiting salesmen are also again becoming more numer- ous. Cigar box makers are doing a reasonably good business, and that is an indisputable indication that cigar manufacturers are doing a fair trsde. The retail trade had an excellent week's businesB last week. The ex- tremely warm weather permitted || store doors to be thrown wideopk and that in itself helped sales wonde, fully. One of the most important ApriJii announcements comes from Walter B Hostetter & Co., packers and d^ in leaf tobacco, and manufacturerm scrap tobacco for cigar manufacturo' purposes, who announce to tb« tnii that they have secured new, larger oj more commodious quarters thantb formerly had. They have remoni from their former warehouse on Boiai ary avenue to 144 West Mason aveim In a letter recently issued by themtki write as follows : "We wish to call your attentioi to the fact that on account of ov large increase in business we wert compelled to move into larger quarters, and were fortunate ii securing the large Frysinger wgr»^ house at 144 West Mason aveooe, with a front entrance at 144 Wot Market street. The location ami easy access to same is surpassed b; no other tobacco house in our citj. "Our warehouse is an exception- ally light one and equipped with sweat room of a capacity of 5011 cases, which we are using it present to sweat Ohio and Connec- ticut tobaccos purchased from the farmers in those two States, ud we expect to have the goods resdji for the market in a very short time. "We are now in a positioi to sup- ply manufacturers with thefineit grade of tobaccos as well as the low grades, from Ohio, Wisconsjn, Connecticut and Pennsylvania. "Our Scrap business, which w have been making a specialty ol for the last two years, has also is- creased to such an extent that it was necessary to move that end o( our business into larger quarttn as well as our leaf business, ii order to meet the demand aodfil the orders which were piling apfl us every day. Our conneedfli with the Ohio and Pennsylvuii packers and farmers have plad us in a position that we are abkb secure the very finest old *• sweated sound tobaccos for leni purposes, in consequence we w able to supply manufacturers wra all grades of combination "crsp^ matter how large or small theonw may be. "We are also safe in saying t» we have about as fine a suitea offices as can be found in York. "As to our sample room, aw by any manufacturer, no rnstta how large or small, will conyM him that we are able to supply* requirements with any amount » prices that are right. "Come in and see us when yj come to York, and we are confij* that you will agree with us tbitj have the finest warehouse nowtP we ever had, in fact surpassedW no other in York as far as coij pleteness of stock and equipment' concerned." . ^ The leaf men who are P*"""**! now pushing this work "P'^''! finish, and will have it completejw^^ than in former years. Yet tnw' still a great deal of tobacco » bought from farmers, and JTjTJ will be done in that matter re«^ to be seen. j. ^ Several houses here are tiw.T putting up good sized packings jL tobacco now cooMng in •" '"ATJ better shape than that brMP* earlier. ._., ^ Samuel D. Kauffman, a o^JS facturer at Dallastown, has <><^ erect a new factory building, Wf ground will be broken in a fe*^. Constitutional? are the Beat that can be »** Do you aell themi -THE TOBACCO WORLD- 6I6AR RIBB0NS Manufacturers of Bindings, Galloons, Taffetas, Satin and Gros Grain i"l"mentof PlaJH 81101 FancY Ribbons Write for Sample Card and Price List to Department W WM. WICKE RIBBON CO. 36 East Twenty-Second St., NEW YORK MARCUS JASKULEK Packer and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Nos. 812, 814, 816 East Third Street Dayton, Ohio. Joe Endress, Jr. A- C. Kercher Pioneer Leaf Tobacco Co. Germantown, Ohio Packers of CIGAR LEAF TOBACCO High Grade Cigar Molds in any shape, at lowest prices. CIGAR MANUFACTURERS' REVENUE BOOKS 25 cents each ; postage prepaid, 30 cents. The American Gij^ar Mold Co., Cincinnati, 0 Wisdom on the Label Wisdom in the Cigar X 5c. Smolie that is so Good It is Bound to Repeat Ohmit & Kraft East Prospect Pa. II SIGNS! Designers, Printers, and Litho- Craphcrs of CLOTH, ROPE FIBER and CARDBOARD SIGNS, , AND PAPER POSTERS. j In Weatherproof Colors We have Something New In FOLDED EDGE SIGNS. »l Write for Prices and Samples UNION LABEL on Work When De»ire Cnfi ^pIlArCvilfp V^ ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE GOOD CUSTOMER *^« •*• •3011C13 W JUU, ^^^U^l^YUl^ 1 a. THE TOBACCO WORLD For Gentlemen of Good Taste ^S/^N FELieE^ P3 A HIGH GRADE R^ C-)C# CIGAR FOR iJC. Sold Extensively by Leading Cigar Dealers and Druggists Throughout the United States SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES THE DEISElrWEMMER C0.» Makek« LIMA, OHIO W. W. STEWART & SON Reading, Pa. jOHNIIAK Makers of the JOHN HAY LADY HELEN lOc. JOHN HAY, Jr. ELI PERKINS 3c. Hi^h Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Corrrspondeucc with ncsponslble Houses Solicited L. J. SMITH & CO. Wholesale Cigar Manufacturers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Red Lion, Pa. iv^aib^ ■Mifi^mcios, With >peclally Designed Bands. -„d PAN ANNA 5c. Cigars TWO HAVAINAS Two for Five Cents Cjrrespondence with Re«pon»ible Houses •olicited. Private Brands made to order. J. F. REICHARD Wholesale Dealer in LEAF TOBACCO of All Grades Craley, Pennaj SMITH BROS. "-" " is ^1^ LEAF TOBACCO No. 1 7 Charter Street, Dayton, O. Ohio Goods Our Specialty 18 OUIL N£W YORK LETTER. (Concluded from page 14) and then they propose marking them with some design or monogram, desig- nated by the purchaser, and, they say, without extra charge. The whole idea seems to be that if they succeed in getting a customer started in this way, he will probably be so elated in having a distinctive cigarette, with his mono- gram on it and all that, that he will become a permanent customer, and will buy only "made to order cigarettes. " All the lithographers who are en- gaKed in cigar label work are ap- parently well filled with orders. In fact one hears considerable complaint from cigar manufacturer that they are being delayed because they can't get certain needed goods last enough from the liihographers. It seems reasonably likely, therefore, that lithograph houses are busy and can't get goods out fast enough. L. E. Neuman & Co., 130th street and Park avenue, have added a line of imported brands to their stock, and their only trouile seems to be in get- ling them in fast enough from the other side. Orders are coming in at such a rapid rate that they cannot be filled as promptly as is desirable. J. Abramovice, with Wm. Steiner. Sons & Co., recently returned from a short trip East, and reports a highly satisfactory condition existing wher- ever he went. I understand W. S., S. & Co. ate making arrangements to again increase their facilities so as to enable them to handle the rapidly growing volume of business more com- fortably. I Wrr. J. Merrall, head of the widely known importing and fancy grocery firm of Acker, Merrall & Condit, died ' at his home, 19 West Seventy-second street, last week, at the age of 76 years. E. A. Kline & Co., makers of the well known El Symphonie clear Havana cigar, are moving their plant to Tampa, Fla. There is also a rumor un the street to the effect that some changes in the personnel of the firm will soon be made, and that under new arrangements manufacturing facilities will be greatly I increased. . > The steamer Noordam, of the Hol- I land-American Line, arrived at this port ' last week with conaignmenis aggre- • gating 2.920 bales of Sumatra tobacco on board. George J. Whelan. President of tk United Cigar Stores Co., is retuniiii from a trip to Porto Rico. Two men were caught smuggligi Sumatra tobacco as they left \k steamship New Amsterdam, and w«r held for examination by U. S. Ci» missioner Stanton, at Hoboken, N. J. Dale S. Hill PATENTS RELATING to TOBACCO h 848,424 Smoking pipe; Ameen G, Abizaid, Washington, D. C. 848,434 Cigar moistener; Louli F. Bradley, Washington, D. C. 848.030 Tobacco pouch; Benson ;. Head. Fort Worth. Tex. 848,130 Device for producing illn for cigars ; Peter A. E. Scheer, Hu burg, Germany. 848,415 Smoking pipe; Arthur Void sang, Waterbury, Conn. —Thomas W. Baker, who has M years been engaged in the tobif business on Fifth avenue. Pittiiiiil died at his home last week, at tJNV of 74 years. — Beamsley & Miller, retell # dealers at Delavan. Wis., are retilil from business. The premises wiHfc occupied as a factory by George h negan. —New York is attempting, by mK' Legislature, to prevent the muufcfr ture and sale of cigarettes. _ SPECIAL NOTICE. ( n »< cents per 8-point meM«redMgJ To Manofadorers of G^ars: If you have any Cnttin^s, Scraps or Siftinii to sell, write us. We are at all times in the marketii Cash Buyers of all these productt EDWIN L. KOPPELMAN CO. 7-6-lh 81 Pine St., Newjf*^ \\7 ANTED -One good hsutliM •jj • ^ in every town of the U. o.w every the OB Double igar Clipper to* le U U uouDie ;^igar -ynvf" • ,1, retailer. Best pocket clipper on ' market. Retails for 10c. WriteMj for our proposition A^/Irpss u»f Obermayer New York. „. ^_- r--r Address - Obermayer & Son. 66 Nassau ^»g» HUNTER 5c. Cigar is successful with successful dealers. El Draco Cii^ar Mftf . Co., Phila. \A/ E PURCHASE Cigar MoldHJ ^^ desirable shapes-such » 16,261, No. 8,832, No. 8,569. Wnj"^ stating what you have and tneq«^jjj Winget Mfg. Co., York. Pa^ ^ -pOR SAI.E.-36 Bunching Mjcfcjj ^ 64 Cigar Tables, also 2 b 'jn Machines. Will consider J^^'lr^ Address Box 21, care of IW 'ijrf Wot Id, Phila. For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to tstabhohed ihp^ I J. Sellers St Son, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO.. SELLERSVILLE, PA THE TOBACCO WORLD CIGARS J. B. MILLEYSACK Manufacturer of Fine Havane Hand-Made No. 821 Lake Street LANCASTER, PA. Correspondence with the Jobbing Trade solicited. INCORPORATED 1902 ESTABLISHED 1889 A. B. HESS CIGAR CO. SUCCESSORS TO J. E. Sherts & Co. LANCASTER, PA. DALLASTOWN. PA. Manufacturer of Nickel & Medium Price^^ CIGARS For Wholesale and Jobbinii Trade Manufacturers of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars i^JJJ^^r*HCDS 6c EI CD C3 I r-H CZi PRIVATE BRANDS OFORIGINAL DESIGN <^ *^ ' c.,'^ <^o , M FV /\ r^ CZ H EI S -iAM r »y Aisic «'"'^ •iAM r (yAfsici^co J. K. KaufTman. John McLaughlin. JOHN McLaughlin (t co. WholsMla Dealers in All Kinds of Plug QH Smoking Tobaccos Also. All Grades of Fine Cigars Qi, Leaf Tobacco No. 307 NoHh Queen Si LANCASTER. PA. ao i CHICAGO CIGAR. FACTORIES. The Tribune Gives bl Review of Their Number and Rapid Growth. Cigars are one of the most impor- tant products of ('hica^o. In their manufacture, together with tobacco, we occupy a position of national prom- inence. While the district cannot equal the famous Ninth District of Pennsylvania, yet it manufactures cigars of a far higher grade. In volume of business, too, Chicago be- longs among the top-notchers. These statements are borne out by the figvres. In this district there are about 1,430 cigar factories, 1,230 of which are in the city of Chicago. This condition of affairs is all the more remarkable in view of the fact that some years ago there was a stam- pede among the cigar men of this city. The price of labor, so important a fac- tor in the making of cigars, rose enor- mously ; other and more reasonble fields were sought, Florida being a favorite location. A vast percentage of busi- ness has come back to Chicago. The advent of new capital, by selecting this city, has proven its superiority as a point for the manufacture of cigars of all grades. In 20 years the factories in this city have doubled in number, and far more than that in wealth. The vast volume of local business is in part indicated by the fact that in 1906 there were manufactured here 220,000.000 of cigars. The average gain this city is in constant progress of making is simply enormous. Of the above total, 30 millions have been the increase of manufacture in the last six years. These figures are apart from tobacco, which 275 concerns manufac- ture in this district. There are also 60 houses engaged in handling leaf to- bacco. Approximately, some 25 million pounds of tobacco are turned out from ical factories in a year. Far in excess of its notable manu- cturing position, Chicago is superior as a distributing point for cigars. In this respect much the same can be said as of the heavier lines. West to the Missouri river, commanding the great Mississippi valley, an empire of trade easy of access belongs to Chicago capital, and the great houses are real- izing these unequaled advantages for marketing their goods. The importance of individual local factories is shown by one concern making 4,000,000 cigars annually. One house, whose factory is in Tampa, handles 2,750,000 cigars yearly in Chicago. Another concern manufactures as many in this city. —The Standard Cigar Company moved into Lexington, Ky., from Carlisle last week, locating at 145 East Main street. The plant will begin operating this week and will employ fifteen cigar- makers at the start. They will turn out a new brand, Moko, for the local trade. A. L. Young is president and S. E. Peebles is secretary^ of J,he company. WALDORF-ASTORIA COMPANY |ii EXHIB T. The Waldorf-Astoria Segar Coopn is one of the latest firms to contM space for an exhibit at the nextT» bacco Show. This is one of the larM wealthiest and most widely koon firms in the independent trade, uj they handle principally high elii Havana brands. It seems that win a company evidences great prosperitj, it is at once set down by the publiei another branch of the prevalent n| always-with-us trust. But Harr; i Rothschild, president of the Waldorf Astoria Segar Company, has endetifi ed in every way to identify his eo» pany to the public as a strictlj ind^ pendent concern. Theirs was one oj the conspicuous exhibits at the Tobm Show held by the independent! lu September, and they have taken doobli the amount of space for 1907. Mr. Rothschild has been choBeaa chairman of the great convention of retail dealers to be held at Madin Square Garden, September 9 and 11, the object of which is to devise win and means to assist the indepeDdaii dealer to hold his business agaiDi trust and cut-price competition. rx LEAF Mi u THE BEST ORGANIZB MOST complete! LARGEST MAIL OP LEAF TOBACCO ESTABLISHMENT AMERICA NEW YORK CHICAGO ST. LOUIS Telephone Call, 432— B Office and Warehouse: FLORIN, PA. Located on Main Line of Pennsylvania R. R. E. L.NISSLY ■> t- ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ H. F. KOHLBR Nashville, Pa. Maker of HIGH GRADE. HAND MADE Seed and Ha\ ana and Fine Nicl<.el Cigars For Wholesale and lobblnii Trade Correspondence with Responsible Houses Invited llAgPra^l^ .♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦■▼•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦' U^E GUOU SLED. Concerning the ail important matter of good tobacco seed, a New York State correspondent writes as follows: "In this and other tobacco districts the question of a careful selection of seed does not receive one tenth of the con- sideration to which it is actually en- titled. As a general thing the grower uses the same seed year after year for a long time, with no thought that a rapid degeneration through inbreed- in*! is taking place. A carefully se- lected seed is half the crop. No mat- ter how much care and attention the growing crop receives, without a healthy seed to start with, a healthy crop cannot be raised. The seed that our fathers used would be 0. K, today if it could be found in the original state of purity, but in most cases, a pure article of these staple old kinds is not in existence, simply because as a rule no caretul attempt was ever made, with a thought beyond the coming crop, to insure purity. A large proportion of the growers in the district are un- able to lell what kind of seed they use and intend to use the coming season. Now Mr. Tobacco Grower, the ques- tion of seed is another one of the many problems of vital interest to the future of the Flats district reputation, and would it not be well for you to give the matter careful thought before you starf your seed sprouting this year? Did you have some calico this year, some off quality fer which you were un^ able to account? Did your piece grow Constitution ':t,^Jr Made in the good ol,d Way. EL DRACO ClGAiL MFG. CO.. PhiUda. as well as it should, with theattenta you gave it? Did the plants act ri|l! at the proper time for maturitj! 2 not, it is safe to assume thattbeqw tion of degenerate seed and thiteiil was the sole or contributory on Now with these facts in mind «■ it not be a good idea for you to |« some better seed for yourself this j« Think of some one who has soidili good price, who had a thrifty, lua* crop of good quality and color, mi? to that man and buy, beg. bomf « steal enough for your coming crop " in doubt as to the quality part of J« successful neighbor's tobacco goto* dealer who bought it and ask biffl. w buyer is more anxious than you,p«* bly. that the quality be improved I* and he will answer your qoefiti* the best of his ability and knofW A buyer has every opportunity ofjw mg, by comparison, the result o different seeds on the diffef*"'*^ and is able to tell you pretty ««" seed would succeed best o" ^l*'^ Get a seed that will grow a wide with a round tip. Make it your ^ to see if you cannot thisyesr ^ better quality than you did W ^ reputation in tobacco gro^"*jI|^ tively and individually, i" f and very frequently is somet ^^^ is not taken into account. 1 from all, to simply dispose oij^^ and not get a kick, but '^^.^^ rrnn contains the quality and ej^ ^ crop contains the Quaj'^y of car< buyer of care and honest dealings. JJ^j^ will n^t : forget yoa^|j5 quality. In other words you w^ „ reputation. Doubtless «> y „ mediate vicinity there are j^ usually get the top price and ^^'^ more than pif^\^?^^lt not ^ ever thought 'Why? Is « ""' of your careful thought f JOHIN D. UOINO OrnCE. ^-^ , FACTORYt No. 1 18 Mifflin Street Manufacturer of |^ 1 g €1 T S Cor. Maple 6i Plum Aves*. Lebanon, Penna. A Specialty of Private Brands. Telephone Connection Samples Sent to Responsible Houses. HERMAN DEUUE York, Penna. Maker of Delman 10 and 5c. Herdel 5c. Alex. Martin 5c. UNION MADE CIGARS Sold to Wholesale & Jobbing Trade only Samples to Responsible Houses ••<9> •• IM. "Ml. Bear Bros. Manufacturers of FINE CIGARS R.F.D.N0.8.YORICPA. A specialty of Private Brands for tlk:< Wholesale and Jobbing Trades. Correspondence solicited. Samples on applicatio»\. Rkands: — S^ Bear, G6e Cub. Essie, and Matthew Carey C. E. MATTINGLY & CO. Manufacturers of Hi^h Grade Union Made FOR THE Wholesale Trade Only Union Chief Sopreme Union Mc Sherry stown. Pa. eu ONfQ El Ono Union Made 5-Cent Cigars are as Good as Cigars Can be Made Chas. A. Oberly» Maker LEBANON, PA. m Cigars of Quality Sell and Repeat. : Try THE DOCTOR 3c. Ci^ar WALTER S. BARE, Lititz, Penna. Maker of Ultfh Grade Cltfara Exclnaively. GEO. W. PARR Manufacturer of FINE CIGARS Littlestown, Pa. MAKER OF SclTHEFERNSIDESc. Sold to the Jobbing Trade only Correspondence invited • •<««vO' W. R. DAUGHERTY & BRO, Manufacturers of Fine Domestic Cigars Dallastown, Pa^ HIGHEST QUALITY FI>EST PACKAGES Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Mtla^ Correspondence wltb Active . . ^ Houses Invited R. E. JACOBY Wholesale Manufacturer of Strictly Uniform Quality of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Rothsviile, Pa. Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade InritetL Established 1870 Factory No. 79 S. R. KOCHER Manufacturer of Fine Havana Cigars and Packer of WRIGHTSVJLLE. PA. Describe the Flavor You Want and our Laboratory will fit you out with complete satisfaction. Acme Extract and Chemical Works E. G. F.CKERT, Proprietor HANOVER, PA. 2a -THE TOBACCO WORLD- T.A.MYERS&ci A I YORK, PENN'A SAMUEL FREV Craley, Pa. Manufacturer of Cigars for the Wholesale Trade OLD JUDGE I C^ MILD AND PLEASANT 1 1 f^^ Or. THE CYCLONE pC. BROWN BUCK (Banded) | ^ i«r 3U ALLEN GOODRICH, 3 c. Samples to Responsible Huusfi* They Smoke It and Come A^ain f^ACOH ^H^IBIAOE WlHliC^ BLEND. QUALITY and WORKMANSHIP to Please the Most Critical Smokers Manufactured for Joobinjr Trade Only The Toedtman Cigar Co. Makers of the Highest Grade of 5t . Cigars Exclusively MIAMISBURG. OHIO. r The American Tobacco Co. Boot Jack Plug Piper Hcidsieck Plug Star Plug Standard Navy Plug Planet Plug Horse Shoe Plug Spear Head Plug Climax Plug Old Kentucky Plug Jolly Tar Plug Newsboy Plug Drummond Natural Leaf Plug J. T. Plug Battle Ax Plug .Always Uniform and Reliable They Please All Tastes GROWING TOBACCO PLANTS. The growing of good tobacco plants is of great importance, as without good plants it is impossible to raise a good crop cjf tobacco. First obtain good setd. One of the many good ways to grow tobacco plants is to select a rich, well drained piece of land, as well protected from the cold as possible. It is advisable to well fertilize in the fall with well rotted barnyard manure and plow quite deep. In the spring, as soon as the frost is out and the land can be worked, plow or epade up the beds and work them down firm and fine for the seed. A good way to sprout the seed is to make a small sack out of some thin cloth, about 2x6 inches in size, which will hold an cunce of seed. When the seed is placed in this sack sew it up and place it in lukewarm water for about twenty minutes and every little while pinch the seed and mix them up as well as possible so that each seed will be well soaked. When they are removed from the water squeeze out all the water that will come (Ut easily, then place the sack between two pieces of heavy cloth (preferably flannel) placed in a pan or dish of some kind with s-awdust or decayed wood which is easily kept moist and warm; place this pan on or near enough to a stove to keep it quite warm— the warmer it is kept the quicker the seed will sprout, but it must not be kept too hot. Under ordinary circumstances ihe seed will sprout in from 5 to 7 days, when they are ready to be sowed in the beds. To sow the seeds in the bed use a common sprinkler with holes in the nozzle large enough to admit the head of a common pin. First put in about a tablespoonful of sprouted seed and fill up the sprinkler with water, then the plants are ready to start in the bed, which should be lightly raked before sowing An ordinary sprinkler full will sow about 30 square feet of bed. Usually 1 ounce ot seed to 50 feet oi bed fi feet wide is sufficient. As soon as the seed is sown the beds must be thoroughly wet down to keep the sprouts from drying up. Soon as the water has well drained down, place the cloth over the bed and leave it there until about 10 days before the plants are reset, except it is removed when weeding and watering the plants. During the giowth of the plants they must be kept free from weeds and have sufficient moisture to produce rapid growth. When the plants are from 4 to 6 inches high they are ready for transplanting. -W. H. C, in Edgerton, Wis., Reporter Leaf Tobacco IVIarkets. CONNECTICUT VALLEY. During the past week I have Be4 four loads of bundle toV>acco going paii The crop was raised in Conway, Man. by Joseph Fairfield, and was deliverit to F. Jones of Bradstreet, Mali Whether sold or to be assorted I doiiH know. It was said to be a good lot There are still two lots left in tUi locality, one of ten acres raised hj Michael Holloran. and the small crop (^ Erastus Graves, both of Whately. Tm J. H. LIEFTINCK & ZOON Sworn Tobacco Brokers Office and Sample Rooms: Brakke Grond and Frascatti AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. STOKHUYZEN & BROM Sworn Tobacco Brokers Office and Sample Rooms: Nes. 84 -86 (Opposite Frascati). AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. NiENHUYS & HESTERMAN Sworn Tobacco Brokers Brokers to the Deli Maatschappy AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND Office and Sample Rooms: 87 Kokin %^i>f^tJ*^/\ —An odd result of the new high du- ties on cigarettes in Germany are the repeated cigarette auctions that take place from time to time in Eydkulmen. Instead of paying the high duty travel- ers prefer to leave their cigarettes be- hind them. ' HUNTER fN^^c^iE is all to the front ; made by EL DRACO CIGAR. MFG. CO.. PhiUda .nd do .t m the same way ll.at .1 ■» <»»"• "" ^ Agencies, only BE I I C.R- 7 WHY ? It ia ■ belter syatem. It ia eaaier to operate. _,,„ /|i|UM %XVv* It keepa the accounta '»»*{»"* " It bringa the money to YOU. It aavea Collection Agcnciea teea. It saves Mcmberahip fees. „l..bl«i«a^ It aavea getting into the hand. o( unrel..bl. Price SI. OO ••«»"'•"*,„.,„„ Each outfit contains everylhino neo» to collect 50 claims. ,„.\r,\iW MONEY RElUNUEDIf on reoeiP are not perfectly satisfied. OKUER lO-DAY United States Collection Aie-cy Suit. 19. 163 Ra-dolph St'-' ^-'^•''- WHtVfor'proPO.'"*" -THE TOBACCO WORLD- 116-122 E.I4^"ST NEW YORK. c BRANCH FACTORY S^O-IjSO W SHTMSTNr CATALOGUeS OP OUR STOCK CfGAR LAB5LS, FLAPS. BANDS, ETC. ETC., SENT GRATIS UPON REQ_UEST PREPAID WRITE US BEFORE RLAC/NG ORDERS ,;, FOR PRIVATE LABELS. BANDS. ET< New Factory 1904 H.W.HEFrENER» ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ Steam Cigar Box Manufacturer Howard &z: Boundary Aves. YORK, PA. Dealer in J Cigar Box I^umber, X Labels, ♦ Ribbons, X Edging, X I Brands, etc, X »♦♦♦♦»»»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦>♦♦♦♦ CIGAR Mannfactnrers of Cigar BoxesiFEShipping Gases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Edgings, etc. f 16— 728 N. Christian St. tJVNCASTER. PAe /IBEN BUSER MANXTPAOTORBR OP Cigar Boxes and Cases DBALBR IN Lumber, Labels, Edging, Etc., R. F. D. Na 3, YORK, PA. AVANA N. THIRD ST PniLJkDBL^HIA „,r.H.,r *WA.D AND GOLD MF...». FO. eXCEll^CE AJ.D_0«*UTYjr_«OOlES^T. WO.l^^^^^ FA.., ST. lOt.S. .904 WE MAKE THE CUBAN EXPORT. BULLS EYE. ROYAL BLUE L.NE. CYCLONE AND BIG STOCIB Fir«< Quality. Long Filler. Hand M»de JOHN SLATER & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Factory No. 1643. Capacity SO.OOO.OOO a Year Hand-Made, Long Filler and Mold Stogies OUR OTHER BRANDS NEW ARRIVALS BROWNIES, GOLD NUGGETS. JERSEY CHARTER, BLENDED SMOK| B0:5S CASTELLO. AMERICAN PUFFS. LANCASTER BELLE. EVERY DAY SMOKE. LITTLE HAVANA. LITTLE DUTCH BLUE POINTS. GOOD POINTS, Etc. Factory: LANCASTER, PA. Porto Rico Ci^ar Co. Red Lion, Pa. WHOLESALE CIGAR MANUFACTURERS Maior Paul ] Lord Selkirk ^OC. Arrow Point J Tom Lewis— 2 for So. Wholesale and Jobbtnd Trade Only SOMETHING NEW AND GOOD WAGNER'S CUBAN STOGIES Manufactured Only by LEONARD WAGNER No. 2 707 Ohio St., ALLEfiHENY, PA Factory \: GEO. STEUERNAGLE Manufacturer of " Pittsburg THE CELEBRATED 1^ "'^ HAND-MADE STOGIES. Stories Goods sold direct to Jobbers and Dealers 5143 Penn Ave., Pittsburg, Pa, other crops at East Whately belong to Seth B. Crafts and D. L. Crafts & Sons in this part of the town. There is no more that I know of. The report comes from down the valley that the buying is very slow; not that there is not tobacco still left in the farmers' hands. But the growers think they have a wrapper crop which the packers are trying to buy for binder prices. I was shown sample today of eome Connecticut broad leaf, and upon askinj? the price was told that two months ago such tobacco of the quality and size of this sample could not have been bought for at least 5 to 6 cents per pound in advance of the price paid the past week The holder, Mr. Wolf- ram, informed me that he expected to pack about 100 cases this spring. The tobacco has been aseoried and packed into bundles of the sair.e size of leaf bundles. It was sorted by the farmers. Mr. W. thinks that the most of the tobacco left in the valley, if bought at the quoted prices, can be handled at a p.ofit. Much of the crop that is left cannot be bought at present prices, the farmers preferring to case and hold for the sweat. Some feel obliged to sell at the prices that are offered instead of holding, and buying fertilizers on the credit system. Our correspondents write: Feeding H-lls. Mass.: "Mrs. Anna Ruach has sold her crop of thirty acres to Hass, f Hartford, Ct.. for 16 cents in the bundle." Conway, Mass. : "The farmers are beginning to think about another crop of tobacco. B. S. Graves & Sons have sown one bed. I do not think there is much made in sowing so early. The tenth of April with sprouted seed is as good a time as any. About the same number of acres will be planted this year as last." North Hatfield, Mass. : "I report the sale of two acres of tobacco in bundle by David Powers to Wolfram of this place. Have heard of some getting ready to make seed beds within a few days. The frost is nearly or quite out of the ground.— American Cultivator. . 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 & BRO. 02 Reade Street, NEW YORK. EDGERTON, WIS. What there is left of the '06 crop in growers' hands is being taken over quite rapidly these days. Buyers are riding in a 1 sections and the conces- sions most holders are willing to give makes trading quite easy. Two thirds of the remaining fraction of the crop has been lifted, and the present rate of buying gives indication that the crop will be almost as closely gathered in as a year ago. The following sales give an idea of prevailing prices: Thos. Stearns, 16a at 12i and 5c. McCarthy Bros. 17a at 13 and 5c. E. S. Raymond, 6a at 13 and 5c. W. A. Smart, 17a at 13 and fSc. James Bigger, 3a at 12 and 3c. Wm. Young, 4a at 12i and 3c. D. B. Hopkins. 10a at 10 and 2o. D. E. McCarthy, 6a at 9c. Warehouse handling is getting well along. A few houses have closed, more Rutherford, Constitution, Hunter — a strong trio. El Draco Gitfac Mftf. Co., Philada. will be through the comiDg we«k though some have work in sight f* some time yet. Nothing doing in old leaf worthy t( mention. Early spring indicatioosbavi prompted growers to commence woik on their seed beds and a few haw already been laid for another crop. Shipments. 350 cases.— Reporter. Busifvess CKeLiitfes, Fires, Etc California. Los Angeles. -Berg & Benton, «- gars, meeting of creditors. Colorado. Leadville.— John Yost, cigars, in poi- session of trustee. Connecticut Hartford.— Leschke & Plitcher, mai- ufacturers and retail cigars, Emi! Leschke, individually, warranty deW to real estate. Illinois. Chicago.—Hans C. Hansen, 759 Wat North avenue, cigars, bill of sale, Jl. Harold B. Kirk, cigars, etc. i«- tition in bankiuptcy. Julius E. Levin, cigars and billiards, petitwn ii bankruptcy. Simon Popper, «• gars, etc., out of business. Indiana. Butler.— T. E. Simon, cigaw ui news, chattel mortgage, |100. Fort Wayne.-H. G. Humbrecbt, ci- gar manufacturer, judgment, ^vz. Massacbusetta. Boston.— Samuel Banard, whole«il« and retail cigars damaged by water. Fall River.— Estate ol M. Y. OomJj wholesale and retail cifitars, succr by M. Y. Coffee Co. (not inc.). Maynard.— Cornelius J. George F. and M. J., cigars, mortgage, $400. , Springfield.— Fred LeNoir, etc., sold out. Montana. Great Falls.- A. C. Tbwter, cijj etc.. D.J. Kennedy purchased mter»J«. style will be Tbaxter & Kennedy. New Jersey. Trenton. -Up-to-Date Cigar btw out ot business. Ohio. Cincinnati.-A. T Morris, cijjrjob- ber, succeeded by Morris & UW"*^ Pennsylvania. Du Bois. -Thomas N. Crick, cH*"- etc.. succeeded by Steffy Bros Newcastle. -John 0. Ringle- J^ manufacturer, succeeded by ^J^ ^. Northampton. -Oscar A«»"3J bf gars and confectionery, succeeaw Nathan B. Kresge. . ^ Philadelphia. -Benj. .G^^f^'V gar manufacturer, petition >» ruptcy. Vermont. Burlington.-J. G. Reed &J^J^ \6 sale tobacco and cigars, 8ucc»»«- C. L. Soule & Co. Washington. Spokane.-E. N. MiddlebrooJ; gg confectionery, etc.. bill of •»!•..*• to Jennie Middle*»ook. ch»tti cigM THB TOBA'CCO WORLD HINNIGH BALING PRESS ♦ ♦ ♦ t ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦"♦^♦♦♦^ ^ ♦ METAL EMBOSSED LABELS NETAL PRINTED LABELS ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦^ tl« J. r leiscKKauer Cigar Labels 238 ArcK Street, Philadelphia. \ f I TELEPHONE 1661 a ^ . ^♦♦4 t'^t^ttf^f^^^i^^^^^r^^'^'^'^^^^*^'^^'^^ ♦♦♦♦♦ »♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ »t»% ♦ ♦ UTHOGILAPHING SPECIAL DESU»K ♦ i »♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4»»t|»% X* XX Patoatad Harch O. IA97 For All Kinds of Products Requiring Baling TOBACCO STEMS, PAPER. COTTON, Etc Specially Constructed • •PR£SSES«« For Lreeif Tobacco Packers Warranted to do more and better work in a given time, with less labor, than any Press on the market Unsurpassed for power, strength, simplicity and durability, as well as ease and quickness in operation Various sizes manufactured. Writa for prices and full particulars. They are indispensable in Vmi packing and tobacco warehouses. Hundreds in use. MINNICH MACHINE WORKS Landisville, Lancaster Co., Pa. —Established 1834— WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 27 South Second Street PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Mvery Thursday Cigars, Tobacco, ^Smokers' Articles special Sales of Leaf Tobacco ^nsignments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Day of Sale JACOB a SHIRK Lancaster, Pa. JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS of American Tobacco Co. American Cigar Co. American Stogie Co. Lnbrman c£r Wilburn Tobacco Co. Blackwell Durham Tobacco Co. Spalding & Merrick Tobacco Co. IT WTf f PAV VniT *" ^^"^ ^^ PRICES before 11 ttILL IAI IUU ordering floods elsewhere. M y Brilliant as Diamonds Fragrant as Roses Good as Government Bond9 Are the CltlAKo Resislered Br&i ''Brilliant Star" Clear Havana . . Ittt. *'S. B " Half Havana Sc "S. B." Little Havanas . . . . . 5c» "Honest Bee*' 3c «2— I— No" Mildest Cigar Made 2 fof 5^ Special Braada Mad* to Ordav Stauffer Bros. Mfg. Co., New Holland, Fir. '4 ■,i: Send Your Cigar Buyer Here We Will Save You Money For Sale by All Dealers !' ■^ Pat ^^^^ Caveats, Trade Marks, t^X/ciS Design-Patents, Copyrights, etc. '•'SSr' TOHN A. ^AUL U Droit Building, WASHINGTON, D. C. V I R a I N I A R R I Q U E •' ! ( fX£^^ MIXTURE 6^ AMERICAN TOBACCO CO., NEW YOll n A/. THIRD ST. ■ \ I IMPORTERS OF^^ HiLJiDELRHIA I I *!'! ..^o ^^nt^itvfiCV AND QUALITY OF STOGIES. AT WORLD'S FAIR. ST. LOLIS. 1904 HKJIl'Sr AWARD A!ND CiOLD MKI>\I, FOR EXCELLENCE AND UUALli i .y*-—* WE MAKE THE CUBAN EXPORT. BULLS EYE. ROYAL BLUE LINE. CYCLONE AND BIG STOCW Fir.t Quality. Long Filler. H»nd Made JOHN SLATER & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Hand-Made, Long Filler and Mold Stogies OUR OTHER BRANDS NEW ARRIVALS BROWNIES. GOLD NUGGETS. JERSEY CHARTER. BLENDED SMOK^ BOSS CASTELLO AMERICAN PUFFS. LANCASTER BELLE. EVERY DAY SMOKE. LITTLE HAVANA. LITTLE DUTCH BLUE POINTS, GOOD POINTS. Etc. Factory: LANCASTER, PA. Factory No. 1645. Capacity 5O.O0O.OOO a Y»ar Porto Rico Ci^ar Co. Red Lion, Pa. WHOLESALE CIGAR MANUFACTURERS Maior Paul 1 Lord Selkirk ^OC« Arrow Point J Tom Lewis— 2 for 5e. Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only SOMETHING NEW AND GOOD WAGNER'S CUBAN STOGIES Manufactured Unly by LEONARD WAGNER F.c.».No.. 707 Ohio St., ALLEGHENY, PA "^ GEO. STEUERNAGLE THE CELEBRATED Manufacturer of Pittsburg Stories TJK' HANDMADe'c^ Goods sold direct to /oV STOGIES. N^ Jobbers and Dealers 5143 Penn Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. I5ogl»t3TCdl other crops at East Whately belong to Seth B. Crafts and D. L. Crafts & Sons in this part of the town. There is no more that I know of. The report comes from down the valley that the buying is very slow; not that there is not tobacco still left in the farmers' hands. But the growers think they have a wrapper crop which the packers are trying to buy for binder prices. I was shown sample today of some Connecticut broad leaf, and upon asking the price was told that two months ago such tobacco of the quality and size of this sample could not have been bought for at least 5 to 6 cents per pound in advance of the price paid the past week The holder, Mr. Wolf- ram, informed me that he expected to pack about 100 cases this spring. The tobacco has been asEoried and packed into bundles of the same size of leaf bundles. It was sorted by the farmers. Mr. W. thinks that the most of the tobacco left in the valley, if bought at the quoted prices, can be handled at a p ofit. Much of the crop that is left cannot be bought at present prices, the farmers preferring to case and hold for the sweat. Some feel obliged to sell at the prices that are offered instead of holding, and buying fertilizers on the credit system. Our correspondents write : Feeding H-lls. Mass.: "Mrs. Anna Roach has sold her crop of thirty acres to Hass, f Hartford, Ct., for 16 cents in the bundle." Conway, Mass. : "The farmers are beginning to think about another crop of tobacco. B. S. Graves & Sons have sown one bed. I do not think there is much made in sowing so early. The tenth of April with sprouted seed is as good a time as any. About the same number of acres will be planted this year as last." North Hatfield. Mass.: "I report the sale of two acres of tobacco in bundle by David Powers to Wolfram of this place. Have heard of some getting ready to make seed beds within a few days. The frost is nearly or quite out of the ground.— American Cultivator. will be through the comins week though some have work in sight f« some time yet. Nothing doing in old leaf worthy «( mention. Early spring indications hut prompted growers to commence worit on their seed beds and a few havi already been laid for another crop. Shipments, 350 cases.— Reporter. «>•«%%'%<•>%<% 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 & BRO. 92 Reade Street, NEW YORK. 26 EDGERTON. WIS. What there is left of the '06 crop in growers' hands is being taken over quite rapidly these days. Buyers are riding in a 1 sections and the conces- sions most holders are willing to give makes trading (juite easy. Two thirds of the remaining fraction of the crop has been lifted, and the present rate of buying gives indication that the crop will be almost as closely gathered in as a year ago. The following sales give an idea of prevailing prices: Thos. Stearns, 16a at 12i and 5c. McCarthy Bros. 17a at 13 and 5c. E. S. Raymond. 6a at 13 and 5c. W. A. Smart. 17a at 13 and fSc. James Bigger, 3a at 12 and 3c. Wm. Young. 4a at 12i and 3c. D. E. Hopkins. 10a at 10 and 2c. D. E. McCarthy. 6a at 9c. Warehouse handling is getting well along. A few houses have closed, more Business CKaLiiges, Fires. Etc California. Los Angeles.— Berg & Benton, ci- gars, meeting of creditors. Colorado. Leadville.— John Yost, cigars, in pos- session of trustee. Connecticut. Hartford.— Leschke & Plitcher.mu- ufacturers and retail cigars, Emil Leschke, individually, warranty ied to real estate. Illinois. Chicago.— Hans C. Hansen, 759 West North avenue, cigars, bill of sale, JL Harold B. Kirk, cigars, etc.,i»- tition in bankiuptcy. Julius f Levin, cigars and billiards, petitiw ii bankruptcy. Simon Popper, ci- gars, etc., out of business. Indiana. Butler.- T. E. Simon, cigars td news, chattel mortgage. $100. Fort Wayne.— H. G. Humbrecht, ci- gar manufacturer, judgment, JDvi Massachusetts. Boston. -Samuel Banard, whole»il« and retail cigars damaged by water. Fall River.— Estate ot M. Y. tonw, wholesale and retail cififara, succeeoei by M. Y. Coffee Co. (not inc.). Maynard.— Cornelius J. George F. and M. J., cigars, mortgage, $400. » vi •- Springfield.— Fred LeNoir. etc., sold out. Montana. Great Falls. -A. C. Thaxter. S etc., D.J. Kennedy purchased inuw». style will be Thaxter & Kennedy. New Jersey. Trenton. -Up-to- Date Cigar Stow. out ot business. Ohio. Cincinnati. -A. T. Morris, cigwj"^ ber. succeeded by Morns & Uurnan. Pennsylvania. DuBois.-ThomasN. Crick, cigars etc.. succeeded by Steffy Bros. Newcastle. -John O- Ring'*' gj» manufacturer, succeeded byJJ^ ^. Northampton.-Oscar WJ^ ^ gars and confectionery, aucceeoeu Nathan B. Kresge. . x Philadelphia. -Benj. Greenwald^^. gar manufacturer, petition ruptcy. . Vermont. Burlington.-J. G. ^^^^fr^J^^ i„ i.^u„„^ o«/l « orars. aUCCe«w Lynck, cbatt^ cigarti i Rutherford, Constitution, Hunter — a strong trio. El Draco Ciiat Mfii. Co., Philada. sale tobacco' and cigars, aucc< C. L. Soule & Co. Washington. Spokane.-E. N. Middlebrook JP^ confectionery, etc.. bjU of sw*.** to Jennie Middlebfook. THB TOBA'CCO WORLD HINNIGH BALING PRESS Patented March 9. 1807 For All Kinds of Products Requiring Baling TOBACCO STEMS. PAPER. COHON. Etc Specially Constructed • •PRESSES.. For Leaf Tobacco Packers Warranted to do more and better work in a given time, with less labor than any Press on the market Unsurpassed for power, strength, simplicity and durability, as well as ease and quickne>!> in operation Various sizes manufactured. Write for prices and full particulars. They are indispensable in Imi packing and tobacco warehouses. Hundreds in use. MINNICH MACHINE WORKS Landisville, Lancaster Co., Pa. —Established 1834— WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 27 South Second Street PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday (Cigars, Tobacco, ^Smokers' Articles special Sales of Leaf Tobacco ^nsignments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Day of Sale t t ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦% ♦ ♦ METAL ENBOSSCD LABELS METAL PRINTED LABELS ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ tl« J. r leiscKKauer Cigar Labels f I 238 Arch Street, Philadelphia. m TELEPHONE 1661 I >♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ^♦♦♦♦♦♦^-♦♦♦♦♦♦^ ♦♦♦♦♦ »♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦» ♦ ^ UTHOGHAPHING SPECIAL DESIGNS ♦ i >♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^♦♦4 ♦♦♦!»% xt JACOB a SHIRK Lancaster, Pa, JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS of American Tobacco Co. American Cigar Co. American Stogie Co. Lubrman <& Wilburn Tobacco Co. Blackwell Durham Tobacco Co. Spalding & Merrick Tobacco Co. IT WIf f PA V VniT *** ^^'^ ^^ PRICES before ii TTlLL FA I lUIJ orderlni{ (Joods elsewhere. A Brilliant as Diamonds Frae;rant as Roses Good as Government Bonds Are the CluAKo Regislered^^BSBd* "Brilliant Star" Clear Havana . . 1^ "S. B " Half Havana 5c "S. B.** Little Havanas 5c "Honest Bee" 3e. ««2— I— No" Mildest Cigar Made 2 fof 5«. Special Brands Made to Order Stauffer Bros. Mfg. Co., New Holland, Pir. ^^^^^^^^^M ^■L!»..i.._ ' ". i •1 1 Send Your Cigar Buyer Here We Will Save You Money For Sale by All Dealers Caveats, Trade Marks, -*^ Stents Design-Patents, Copyrights, etc. ""Sr" John A, Saul le Droit Building. WASHINGTON, D. C. V I R O I IN I A E R I Q U E I? « > MIXTURE 5Ae AMERICAN TOBACCO CO., NEW YOU INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE Mi III E.A.O I U PORTERS Or^^ AVANA N. THIRD PMiLJuyei^HiA ^S OOOD^S THEJVfAME M 1^ te^^^SS^v Constant Growth ^=== signifies = iConstant Merit! u m ■^55=5^ RCCISTCMO Havana NONE GENUINE UNLESS i>^BEARlNG THIS BAND WITH OURTRADE MARK IN COLORS s PswAKE or Imitations. IE EVERYWHERE Cigars that hold the confidence of their smokers pay dealers best. DIAMOND JOE CIGAR FACTORY brands stand pre-emi- nently in a class of their own. F E IN D R I C H Evansville, Ind. WARREN BECK A BRO. Ten-Cent Brands: Dak« of Westminster Adintrnl GherardI Gen. Warren La Respoikder Marcana \jBk. Oantldad Cigar Manufacturers York, Pa. Michael Hose Manufac- turers of LEAF TOBACCO, <^ TPMIE EstabliBhed in 1881. ) Vol. XXVII., No. 15. I PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK. APRIL 10, 1907. 1 One Dollar per Annum. Payable in Adyanoc Philipp J. Kolb&Co. Importers & Packers OF Leaf Tobacco 310 Race Street Philadelphia r • CENTRAU UNION. No other brand of Tobacco has grown so quickly in public favor Reasons : Quality Price Union Label Friendly Dealers* Aid and Tobacco Trust's Hostility UNION United States Tobacco Co. Richinoodja. 15 ^ s u M TOBACCO T R A 1906 S U CROP 8 U M TOBACCO T R A i.~aaj-':i^£7j a.d.killHeffer Maker of «ATBIC!^Doh Cigars Communicate with Factory i NoSalesmen MILLERS VI LLE. PA M TOBACCO R T co,.,.,^. * u \. A V .' » 700 Bales Purchased at Samples to be had on application A ^. , ^ . , . . -'»' First and Second Inscriptions H. DUYS & CO. No. 170 Water Street, NE>V VORK Ir 1 u M TOBACCO TOBACCO De Amsterdamsche Tabakshandelmaatschappij, Amsterdam 0 Growers and Packers of FLORIDA TOBACCOS Write for Samples SCHROMDMR & ARGUIMBAU 178 Water Street, New York ( )i I ■ '1 .1 ""1 ROSnNWALD & BRO. :-c r THB TOBACCO WUKLD \\\ THE 3c. CIGAR that fon*ll say is "All to the Tront.*' j^UNT^j^ El Draco Cigar Hfg. Co. Philada. i'^ I*.... - (lord LANCASTER, 10c.) Oiii Bras, k tfl. Manufacturers 615 Market St., Philada. (NICKELBY, 5c.) I SMOKE SABORQSQ CIGARS CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knighl 5-cent Ci^ar Made by Morris D. Neumann &Ct. I PHILADELPHIA, PA. Siumo»r Greene e. T. Col^i SUMNER GREENE & CO. Manufacture^ of /"^ .^-^ I vX ^ Cigars 3330 MARKET ST., PHILADELPHIA , Factory 1839. First District Penna. I pNggCI GAli 114 ^^Pliiladelphia W- K. Gresh & Sons, Makers, Norristown,Pa. «4 SUPERIOR Quality and Workmanship YOU CAN BUY WEAVER'S ORIGINAL HAVANA SHORTS AT All Jobbing Houses HENRY HEYMANN'S SONS Sinking Spring, Pa. ^ Parmenter Wax-Lined Coupon Cigar Pockets Afford PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indorsed by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTl Advertising Medium known. it Cl J Racine Paper Goods Co., Racine, Wis^ ll* \ I Sole Owner* and Manufacturers- E.AG <& Go. H IMPORTERS Or^^ AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST PMIUkOEL^HIA TeBjieeo Worl©-* TOBACCO WAK IN TEXAS. with the tobacco trust for the past Fort Worth, Tex., April 5. seven or eight years, and while I V R Walter?, representing the Old cannot say we have whipped them, for V th State Tobacco Conipany, has the tobacco trust is never whipped, ved in the city with a force of sales- we have so far taken all the tricks. I advertisers and samples, for^ the have seen large nuantities of their lead- roose of introducing their celebrated ing brand, the same that is just now tobacco to Fort Worth smokers of pices so popular in this city, put on the mar- d ciearettes. A reporter found Mr. ket two five ctr.t bags for five cents, Walters at the Touraine hotel. in trade where our goods are es- .'We put Fort Worth off until the tablished. with little or no result - lost" =aid Mr. Walters, "as we ex- smokers preferring to pay the same pected very hard work here. So many Pnce for half the quantity of our to- raanufacturers came here and placed bacco." „,^,^,,^^ U,eir goods in large quantities and done ^^^ CONNECTICUT ASSOIJATION. nothing to move it that the trade and «mokers are afraid of a brand that is Hartford, Conn., April 5. . .. „„ So large a gathering of broadleaf to- new to them. * ** . • >. .. i . u u "Our company is many times the bacco growers met in Comstock s Hall. largest of the "independent manufac- East Hartford, last Wednesday evening turers of fine smoking tobacco in the that adjournment was taken to Wells United States, and that means in the Hall. James S. Forbes, of Burnside, wid In fact, we have but one com- acted as chairman, and William K. petitor-the tobacco trust. We have Ackley. treasurer of the East Hartford a record of more than forty years of Business Men's Association, was cb.rk. undisturbed prosperity, but it has been The meeting was held to perfect the in the past few years that the company organization of the broadleaf growers has made its greatest strides, having and was called by the committee on in that time increased its annual out- permanent organization appointed at a put one thousand per cent, doubled it- meeting held a week ago. self ten times. ^^^ minutes of the previous meeting '•Any manufacturer can make good were approved and the permanent or- tobacco if so disposeu, as all grades of ganization was comp.eted under the tobacco are sold in open market by the name of the Hartford County Tobacco farmers to the highest bidder, but few Groweis* Protective Association, with manufacturers understand marketing the expressed object of "advancing their product. We maintain a very the interest? of its members." Re- high standard of quality, but I at- marks were made by Cjlonel E. N. tribute our phenomenal success to an Phelps, of Windsor, an otTicer o^ the almost perfect selling oragnization. N«w England Tobacco Growers' Asso- Themistakemost manufacturers make elation. Edward Egert, of the New is overselling. That is, selling in such England Tobacco Growers' Exchange, large quantities that the stock be- and Mr. Boyer, a manufacturer of comes damaged before it gets to the New Haven, as to the prospects of the smokers. After being manufactured association. Annual dues were placed tobacco is in its beat condition when at $1, and seventy-two members paid sixty to ninety days old. After that their dues in advance. The regular time it deteriorates— loses its strength, meetings of the association will be held and in very wet weather becomes "" the second Monday of each month, moulded and unfit f«r use. Our policy and at the first regular meeting, to be is to sell dealers from hand to mouth, held in Wells Hall, Monday. April 8, just have enough to keep them supplied at 7.80, officers will be elected. Great -many want to buy more than we enthusiasm was shown by about 250 will let them have— consequently our growers from Glastonbury, South tobacco reaches the smoker freshly Windsor, East Hartford and Buckland, manufactured. and the association starts off in a "With an ample working capital and flourishing condition. During the even- a Inrge established profitable business »"« letters were read from Franklin •ur company can afford to carry on its Weems, secretary of the Maryland To- business in new territory at a loss for bacco Growers' Association, and from years until it gets on a paying basis, interested persons in the Dark Tobacco We do not expect a scramble of the Association of Kentucky, smokers here to get on our band •^www^^m^w* wagon; we have come here to stay and NEW FACTORY IN HUNTNGDON. IND. whether the ST.okers like oar tobacco Huntington, Ind.. April 6. «t first does not matter. We know in Harry Cappels has opened his cigar ">e long run the best tobacco will win factory on East Market street. His «ut-we think that is ours." leading brand of five cent cigars will . '■eaponse to a request for inform- be El Central, and besides he will th'°" T '° ^^^ attempt on the part of make several brands each year on con- ^ne tobacco trust to drive this concern tract. Other Cappels brands will be heh^H "^^^' ^^^^^ ^as very little manufactured by him and the old name •.m *^'" of Cappels Cigar Company will be re- littl * u '^* average smoker cares tained. He has employed Clarence abtt t K "!*^®^ *^'^ tobacco and more Creamer as cigarmaker. Joe Cappels aoth" '*^ *^ m&de. You will find will not go to Hammond as he firat in- •slea °'* ^'^^- *^^®'ti8enient8 and our tended, the business at that city being tifti, *L*'' ^^^ Instructed never to men- conducted by George Cappels. J^^^e word -trust.' We do not .ap- Ptlatel Pfejudiees, but to their AUGUSTA GETS CIGAR FACTORY. NEW U. C. M. BRANCH in OPERATION. Augusta, Ga., April 6. Sunbury, Pa., April 6. Two weeks from today the Ximanies The first cigar to be turned out by Cigar Factory will be opened on the Sunbury's new factory was made by southeast corner of Campbell and Ellis streets. The company will manufac- District Manager Foster. Thursday afternoon, and bright and early Monday ture hand made Havana cigars of a fine morning the plant will be put in opera- quality This new enterprise was secured for tion with fifty hands. A large force of carpenters, plumbers the city largely through the efforts of and painters are hustling to complete the Home Industries Committee of the the repairs and make the needed im- Chamber of Commerce, of which Capt. provements to the building, and every-r P. H. Rice is chairman. thing will be in shape for opening day. The factory is headed by the Ximan- A large shipment of tobacco has ar- ies brothers, two of whom will person- ^'ved and most of the machinery has ally superintend the work. They have been placed, but it will be some little long experience, and ample capital time before the plant is working to its behind them. Their brother at pre- sent owns a large factory at Miami, Fla. For the present the new concern will full capacity. General Manager Foster will remain with Supt. Kemfer until the work is going smoothly and they will make extra efforts to get things employ seven cigarmakers. three local in shape to increase the working force cigar workers who were temporarily to double the number that will start out of emi)loyment. being given posi- Monday, by the end of the week, tions. Thi.s, however, is only a begin- Although the present factory is not ning, as in a short time they expect to completed as they want it. the promo- have a big force in operation and turn ters are already making plans to branch out the largest output in this section out and there is ample cause to compli- of the country. ment the Board of Trade for its good The work will all be done by hand, work in securing this industry. When they have commenced operation, the men will be seated at the window, so that every passer-by can see 'hem at work. The tobacco leaf will be shipped direct from Havana. CONNECTICUT (.ROWERS HOPEFUL. Sprinjjfield, Mass., April 6. Tobacco men from Hatfitid who have been in the city the last few days say In the beginning the daily output of that the coming season bids fair to be the factory is expected to be about the largest that the town has had, and 2,000. They will make different brands that there will undoubtedly be an in- of cigars that will retail at from five crease over last year in the matter of to fifteen cents a piece. acreage. They say that there is hardly The location of this importanC indus- a raiser in the town who is not plan- try in the city is but another testi- ning to grow more plants, put more monial to the growing recognition of the land under cultivation and take the advantages of Augusta as a jobbing chance on absence of the hail storms center. The business is expected to which are the betes noires of all men enlarge and prosper here, and at the who raise the "weed." A Hatfield same time be of value to this city. carpenter who has been engaged for «•<«««%«« many years in the erection of tobacco NEW FACTORY At" WARREN, O. sheds says that there has never been a Warren, 0., April 6. season when he had so much work laid The news that this city is to have out. He stated that the tobacco fields still another new industry will be wel- of Hatfield were fairly spotted with comed by all people who want to see piles of new timber, which will be Warren grow, and especially by the turned into buildings as rapidly as pos- lovers of the fragrant weed. sible. The only drawback to the other- Philip Avner, who a few months ago wise fair outlook is the diflicutly of se- bought the Smoke House, gave out the curing help, both for erecting new announcement this morning that he sheds and taking care of the crop when is about to make a very important ad- it has been grown. CHANGE IN FON DU LAC FIRM. Fon du Lac, Wis., April 5. The firm of Gutreuter & Corbeille, cigar manufacturers who several years ago bought out the firm of Kretlow Bros., one of the oldest established ci- gar businesses in this city, changed George Fellers and William McCann have formed a new company under the ••I. . ni»ve luniieu u new company unuer ino • tridft ^* ''* ^^ye been engaged in name of Fellers & McCann for the ^*^ of more or less severity manufacture of ciK^rs at Litchfield, IlL dition to his business. In a short time Mr. Avner intends manufacturing a large number of his own cigars, and has gone to Conneaut to obtain the necessary outfit.— Tribune. NEW GRAND RAPIDS FACTORY. Grand Rapids, Mich., April 6. , „ ^ ^ . . . The Hann-Boehl Cigar Company is hands yesterday. Mr. Gutreuter having the name of the new cigar firm now in- disposed of his interest to Mr. Brunk- corporating. They have leased the ^i^"' '..J^l^"^^, ^^''", name will be Fedder building, 214 West Second Corbeille & Brunkhorst In the course street, and expect to be ready for busi- of » few weeks the firm wi 1 move ness in about three weeks, both retail their shop over Halverson Bros, sample and wholesale. Edward C. Hann, Carl rooms. H. Hann and Arthur C. Boehl, all well •*"• known young men, are the incorpora- MANILA FACTORY IN HONG KONG. ters and will take an active part in Hong Kong, April 4. conducting the business. The first n«;««fr- «;»o,. fo..trtr»7 /.f ManiU mentioned will look after the business The Oriente cigar factory of Manila end, retail and road work. Carl Hann is putting up a building in this city be- and Arthur Boehl are both well exper- cause of the adverse effects upon its ienced in the cigar business, having at- business by the Philippine tariff law. tained the first-class position in the . , . . --,---,a»t-« »iii manufacturing of cigars, and will l«ok I* /» s*"** ^^at oth^r compam« wtU after this department. follow the example thus set THE TOBACCO W U K L D THE 5c* CIGAR that fon'llsayis ••All to the Front." ^UNTfiji^ El Draco CigarMfg. Co. Philada. (lord LANCASTER, lOc.) Oiiiiir M k li Manufacturers 615 Market St., Philada. (NICKELBY, 5c.) CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knighl 5-cent Ci^ar Made by Morris D. Neumann &(i. PHILADELPHIA, PA. I T" SMOKE SABDROSO •/l''L..A15)@ll''- ^ /CIGARS I $illnn»r Greene C. T. CoM SUMNER GREENE & CO. Manufactureu of X"^ .^^^ I Seal Qree lie's Ci(iars 3330 MARKET ST.. PHILADELPHIA i Factory 183P. First District Penna. • U MSHggCl GAR 114 Philadelphia W. K. Gresh & Sons, Makers, Norristown,?* SUPERIOR Quality and Workmanship YOU CAN BUY WEAVER'S ORIGINAL HAVANA SHORTS AT All Jobbing Houses HENRY HEYMANN'S SONS Sinking Spring, Pa. Parmenter Wax-Lined Coupon Cigar PocM Afford PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE. HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indorwd by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVii Advertising Medium known. .^ Racine Paper Goods Co., Racine, Wis.* "'^ Sole Owner* and Manulacturera- C* A (^ALVEs (^ Qo. <^o^^ Havana 123 n. third st. IMPORTERS OF^^ TOBACCO WAR IN TEXAS. Fort Worth, Tex., April 5. E R. Walter?, representing the Old North State Tobacco Company, has irrived in the city with a force of sales- men, advertisers and samples, for; the purpose of introducing their celebrated tobacco to Fort Worth smokers of pipes and cigarettes. A reporter found Mr. Walters at the Touraine hotel. "We put Fort Worth off until the last," said Mr. Walters, "as we ex- pected very hard work here. So many manufacturers came here and placed their goods in large quantities and done nothing to move it that the trade and smokers are afraid of a brand that is new to them. "Our company is many times the largest of the independent manufac- turers of fine smoking tobacco in the United States, and that means in the ^orld. In fact, we have but one com- petitor—the tobacco trust. We have a record of more than forty years of undisturbed prosperity, but it has been in the past few years that the company has made its greatest strides, having in that time increased its annual out- put one thousand per cent.- doubled it- self ten times. "Any manufacturer can make good tobacco if so disposed, as all grades of tobacco are sold in open market by the farmers to the highest bidder, but few manufacturers understand marketing their product. We maintain a very nigh standard of quality, but I at- tribute our phenomenal success to an almost perfect selling oragnization. The mistake most manufacturers make is overselling. That is, selling in such large quantities that the stock be- comes damaged before it gets to the smokers. After being manufactured tobacco is in its best condition when sixty to ninety days old. After that time it deteriorates— loses its strength, and in very wet weather becomes moulded and unfit for use. Our policy JB to sell dealers from hand to mouth, just have enough to keep them supplied -many want to buy more than we will let them have— consequently our tobacco reaches the smoker freshly manufactured. "With an ample working capital and * large established profitable business •ur company can afford to carry on its business in new territory at a loss for years until it gets on a paying basis, "e do not expect a scramble of the •mokers here to get on our band wagon ; we have come here to stay and Whether the sT.okers like oor tobacco «t first does not matter. We know in «e long run the best tobacco will win ««-we think that is ours." |n response to a request for inform- thl^f t' ^ ^^^ attempt on the part of «ewbacco trust to drive this concern ^«of buisness. there was very little ne had to say : littl!!^ 1?°^ '^® average smoker cares thl\ w '°*^®^ ^'^ tobacco and more jT^»»ow It is made. You will find uZ^ °° ''" advertisements and our tiorr* "* '"structed never to men- ^the word -trust.' We do not .ap- waatea. P'ejudiees, but to their * tndl' !r** ''* ***^* ***«»» engaged in *w of more or less severity with the tobacco trust for the past seven or eight years, and while I cannot say we have whipped them, for the tobacco trust is never whipped, we have so far taken all the tricks. I have seen large quantities of their lead- ing brand, the same that is just now so popular in this city, put on the mar- ket two five ctnt bags for five cents, in trade where our goods are es- tablished, with little or no result- smokers preferring to pay the same price for half the quantity of our to- bacco." NEW CONNECTICUT ASSOCIATION. Hartford, Conn., April 5. So large a gathering of broadleaf to- bacco growers met in Comstock's Hall, East Hartford, last Wednesday evening that adjournment was taken to Wells Hall. James S. Forbes, of Burnaide. acted as chairman, and William K. Ackley, treasurer of the East Hartford Business Men's Association, was cltrk. The meeting was held to perfect the organization of the broadleaf growers and was called by the committee on permanent organization appointed at a meeting held a week ago. The minutes of the previous meeting were approved and the permanent or- ganization was completed under the name of the Hartford County Tobacco Groweis' Protective Association, with the expressed object of "advancing the interests of its members." Re- marks were made by Colonel E. N. Phelps, of Windsor, an officer o'' the New England Tobacco Growers' Asso- ciation, Edward Egert. of the New England Tobacco Growers' Exchange, and Mr. Boyer, a manufacturer of New Haven, as to the prospects of the association. Annual dues were placed at $1, and seventy-two members paid their dues in advance. The regular meetings of the association will be held on the second Monday of each month, and at the first regular meeting, to be held in Wells Hall, Monday. April 8, at 7.30, officers will be elected. Great enthusiasm was shown by about 250 growers from Glastonbury, South Windsor, East Hartford and Buckland, and the association starts off in a flourishing condition. During the even- ing letters were read from Franklin Weems, secretary of the Maryland To- bacco Growers' Association, and from interested persons in the Dark Tobacco Association of Kentucky. NEW FACTOKY IN HUNTNGDON. INO. Huntington, Ind., April 6. Harry Cappels has opened his cigar factory on East Market street. His leading brand of five cent cigars will be El Central, and besides he will make several brands each year on con- tract. Other Cappels brands will be manufactured by him and the old name of Cappels Cigar Company will be re- tained. He has employed Clarence Creamer as cigarmaker. Joe Cappels will not go to Hammond as he fir^t in- tended, the business at that city being conducted by George Cappels. —George Fellers and William McCann have formed a new company under the name of Fellers A McCann for the manufacture of cigars at Litchfield, IlL AUGUSTA GETS CIGAR FACTORY. Augusta, Ga., April 6. Two weeks from today the Ximanies Cigar Factory will be opened on the southeast corner of Campbell and Ellis streets. The company will manufac- ture hand made Havana cigars of a fine quality. This new enterprise was secured for the city largely through the efforts of the Home Industries Committee of the Chamber of Commerce, of which Capt. P. H. Rice is chairman. The factory is headed by the Ximan- ies brothers, two of whom will person- ally superintend the work. They have long experience, and ample capital behind them. Their brotheV at pre- sent owns a large factory at Miami, Fla. For the present the new concern will employ seven cigarmakers. three local cigar workers who were temporarily out of employment, being given posi- tions. This, however, is only a begin- ning, as in a short time they expect to have a big force in operation and turn out the largest output in this section of the country. The work will all be done by hand. When they have commenced operation, the men will be seated at the window, so that every passer-by can see ^hem at work. The tobacco leaf will be shipped direct from Havana. In the beginning the daily output of the factory is expected to be about 2,000. They will make different brands of cigars that will retail at from five to fifteen cents a piece. The location of this importanP indus- try in the city is but another testi- monial to the growing recognition of the advantages of Augusta as a jobbing center. The business is expected to enlarge and prosper here, and at the same time be of value to this city. NEW FACTOKY AT WARREN, O. Warren, O., April 6. The news that this city is to have still another new industry will be wel- comed by all people who want to see Warren grow, and especially by the lovers of the fragrant weed. Philip Avner. who a few months ago bought the Smoke House, gave out the announcement this morning that he is about to make a very important ad- dition to his business. In a short time Mr. Avner intends manufacturing a large number of his own cigars, and has gone to Cunneaut to obtain the necessary outfit.—Tribune. NEW GRAND RAPIDS FACTORY. Grand Rapids, Mich.. April 6. The Hann-Boehl Cigar Company is the name of the new cigar firm now in- corporating. They have leased the Fedder building. 214 West Second street, and expect to be ready for busi- ness in about three weeks, both retail and wholesale. Edward C. Hann. Carl H. Hann and Arthur C. Boehl, all well known young men. are the incorpora- ters and will take an active part in conducting the business. The first mentioned will look after the business end, retail and road work. Carl Hann and Arthur Boehl are both well exper- ienced in the cigar business, having at- tained the first-class position in the manufacturing of cigars, and will leok after this department. NEW U. C. M. BRANCH in OPERATION. Sunbury. Pa., April 6. The first cigar to be turned out by Sunbury's new factory was made by District Manager Foster. Thursday afternoon, and bright and early Monday morning the plant will be put in opera- tion with fifty hands. A large force of carpenters. plumbers and painters are hustling to complete the repairs and make the needed im- provements to the building, and every-j thing will be in shape for opening day. A large shipment of tobacco has ar- rived and most of the machinery has been placed, but it will be some little time before the plant is working to its full capacity. General Manager Foster will remain with Supt. Kemfer until the work is going smoothly and they will make extra efforts to get things in shape to increase the working force to double the number that will start Monday, by the end of the week. Although the present factory is not completed as they want it. the prome- ters are already making plans to branch out and there is ample cause to compli- ment the Board of Trade for its good work in securing this industry. CONNECTICUT GROWERS HOPEFUL. Springfield. Mas?., April 6. Tobacco men from Hatfield who have been in the city the last few days say that the coming season bids fair to be the largest that the town has had, and that there will undoubtedly be an in- crease over last year in the matter of acreage. They say that there is hardly a raiser in the town who is not plan- ning to grow more plants, put more land under cultivation and take the chance on absence of the hail storms which are the betes noires of all men who raise the "weed." A Hatfield carpenter who has been engaged for many years in the erection of tobacco sheds says that there has never been a season when he had so much work laid out. He stated that the tobacco fields of HatHeld were fairly spotted with piles of new timber, which will be turned into buildings as rapidly as pos- sible. The only drawback to the other- wise fair outlook is the diflicutly of se- curing help, both for erecting new sheds and taking care of the crop when it has been grown. ■<^%^^»%» CHANGE IN FON DU LAC FIRM. Fon du Lac, Wis., April 5. The firm of Gutreuter & Corbeille, cigar manufacturers who several years ago bought out the firm of Kretlow Bros., one of the oldest established ci- gar businesses in this city, changed hands yesterday. Mr. Gutreuter having disposed of his interest to Mr. Brunk- horst. The new firm name will be Corbeille & Brunkhorst. In the course of a few weeks the firm will move their shop over Halverson Bros. ' sample rooms. MANILA FACTORY IN HONG KONG. Hong Kong. April 4. The Oriente cigar factory of Manila is putting up a building in this city be- cause of the adverse effects upon ita business by the Philippine tariff law. It is said that oth r compaaiea will follow the example thus set .8 ' H i.7V .'^ INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE e: a. g^ <& Co H ^ IMRORTER8 Or^^ AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST Phh.adbl^hia J. Vetterlein & Co. Importers of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF Tobacci 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia FOUNDED 1859 T. Dolm >^P8lT^ Wm. H. Dohan H. STRAUS i!^.€^§^SSi@$ A.tMl IMPORTERS OF de DOHAN fii TAITT D &T Importers of Havana and Sumatra Packers of /^^^^^^^lO^ Arch St. IfCai Tobacco 4^Rie^ PHILADA. 9Oia»»^§0Ml9d8l^ ^^LEWIS BREMER'S SONS IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra AND PACKERS OF Leaf Tobacco 9B2 and 324 North Third Street, Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA Julius Hirschberg & Bro. tagwrters of Havana and Sumatra and Packers of Seed Leaf Tobacco 125 North Third St., Philada. L. BAMBERGER Sl CO. Benj. Labe Jacob Labe Sidney Labe BENJ. LABE & SONS IMPORTERS OF Sumatra and Havana Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco 228 North Third St., Philadelphia liEOPOLiD bOEB & CO. Importers of Sumatra and Havana and _ Paclcers of Leaf Tobacw 306 North Third St., Phila. Wmtikvra and Dealers In SEED LEAF ers o f TOBACCO HAVANA and SUMATRA 111 Arch Street, Philadelphia W«r«bouaca! Laacaater. Pa.; Milton Junction. Wis.j Bald winsvlll*. N. Y. GEO. BURGHARD Importer of Sumatra and Havana and Packer of LEAF TQBACCO 238 North Third Street, Phila. {' The Empire '™p«^^^!! ?1^!^'^^ '" SEED LEAF. Leaf Tobacco «^y.^''^ SUMATRA ■ Co., 118 N. Sd St., Phila. ffEaisreffEO 1642-44 N.CLE.VENTI1. ST. UK^PENBACH^ PhILAUELPIIIaX J. S. BATROFF 224 Arch St., Philadelphia Broker in LEAF fi p" /\, Qaz-i/hs ^ Qo. t^^o^^ Havana 123 n, third an EXPORT STAMP ISSUED BY CUBAN CIGAR MANUFACTURERS Authorized by the Government of the Republic of Cuba UUniondeF/^R'ca''I^^^TabacosyCiqabros 1 I S L AdeCUBA ulonzada porel Gobierno dela Repablica Garantiza qoe los tabacoscigarrosy paqtiefes Je picaduraquellevsnes^eprecJn^a son fabricadospor HJ:^lJtj.M.lrJ:tik^^^.lJ^l!l.llk^i:llJ■i'^<.H;U*^kti:^l.!■^li'y.l.l.k^^.HjiHilli^^Jq1^^ HABANA Either the name of the Manufacturer or chat of his Brana 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 Precinta, or Warranty Stamp, which is used by the members of the Cigrar and Cigarette Manufacturers' Union of the Island of Cuba as a guarantee that the Cigars. Cigarettes and Cut Tobacco packages which bear these stamps were made in CaoiL Thus a copy of the Warranty Stamp, attached to any Box of Cigars and Cigarettes, or to any Package of Cut Tobacco, means that those Cigars, Cigarettes and Cut Tobacco have been made in Havana, Cuba, with the Genuine Tobacco Leaf grown on the Island of Cuba. DON'T FORGET THIS, IMPORTERS, DISTRIBUTORS and RETAILERS. THE COLORS OF THE PRECINTA:— Black with Pale Blue Ground; fac-simile of the Seal of the Presidency of the Republic, Sky Bine. LOOSE LEAF SYSTEM IN By W. H. While probably only a small per cent e properly distributed among "^^»'aers who have tobacco in it. •reaJn*!!" ^®'' ^*'®^® *»o""<^ *)Ook8 book. « ? '^'^"'^ '8 kept in a set of ^■^ ''""•"y 'our in number. First. Sh'fjjscd To Stpwnrt l\<-.l)lf7 5r)V\f Co Fi'b 1^,1106 c «. o y r c Z 4^ PfiltT* No li. 7 weight of each farmer's tobacco. Then there is another book called the "inspection book," in which is recorded the information relative to breaking open the hogsheads, sampling, etc. It is also necessary to have still another book m which to assemble from the in- spection book certain information re- garding "re-sampling." Thus it will be seen that the history of each hogs- head is "strung out" through four books, each of which is absolutely in- dispensable so long as sewed books are used. In copying and transferring from one book to another a vast amount of tedious work is involved, and there is always the possibility of error at each step. A Good Pair to Go On Two of Our Popular Five Cent Brands. Our Goods are Made of Best Selections, Made Carefully, and Made to Duplicate. Wolf, Nef f & Co. RED LION, RA. INCREASE YOUR PROFIT! Columbia Straiiiht Will Do It. We bought a large supply of Good Hav- ana and Domestic Tobacco at the right ' time. We are located where Good Workmen can be had at Fair Prices. These facts enable us to make our COLUMBIA STRAIGHT a Five Cent Cigar of Highest Quality, Best Work- manship, to be Sold at Good Profit. Fred Schlaeger & Co., Columbia, Fa. Samples on application. THE TOBACCO WORLD GEO. W. BREMER, Jr. BREMER BROS. m N. Third St.. PmUDELPBU Hippie Bros. & Co. Importers and Packers of and Dealers in Leaf Tobaccos 231 Arch St, PhiladelpMa Our Retail Department is Strictly Up-to-Date LO UIS B YTHINER & CO. l«if Tobacco Brokers 308 RaCC St. pi. Jl-. Jgl-jk|, and Commission Merchants. rniiaaCipni Long Distance Telephone,, Market 3025. WALTER T. BREMER Importers, Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Established 1883 Geo. N. Fehr J. U. Fehr & Son Importers and Packers of Leaf Tobacco 700 Franklin St., 101 t^ 107 S. 7th St., READING, PA. Cable Address. "Hellana, Lancaster* Telephone Servfc* JOHN F. HEILAND & CO. COMMISSION MERCHANTS AND DEALERS Leaf Tobacco S. Weinberg 121 North Third Street PHILADELPHIA Importer of SUMATRA and HAVANA Dealer in all kinds of SEED LEAf Tobacco H. VELENCHIK S. VELENCBII Eastern Agents MaGee Tobacco Case Representlnii ,orde n. Rumr.ll. JanesvlIIe. Wts.j AO ^ CUgicinili ^kip^ot • Miami Valley Leaf Tobacco Co., fCj lj« \jiIt^i3lllUl kJlICCl Representinii Oaoi Th Dayton. O.; Tbe Krobn Tobacco Co.. Windsor, Ct.t Downard & Kokinii. Cincinnati. O.; P. W. Dohrmana i% Son. Cincinnati, 0.{ Haiskey ik Helland. Lititz. Pa. VELENCHIK BROS. '""•"Ue'r'in LEAF TOB/ie(S0 Sumatra and Havana 134 N. THIRD ST., PHILADELPHIA p. O. Box 178 LANCASTER, PA. HENRY RINDSKOPF Packer and Importer of *"Trbo"rer LEAF TOBACCO N. E. Cor. Fifth and Washington Sts. Reading, Pa. 1 AARON B. HESS Packer of and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Pennsylvania. Seed B's and Tops READY FOR THE MARKET. Write for Prices. Office and Warehouse: 630==636 N. Prince SL Lancaster, Pa. Bell 'Phone : 77-X. Independent 'Phone : 1464-A. •<: r L. O. HAELSSERMAMS CARL L. HAELSSERMAINN EDWARD C. HAEDSSEiMANN U. O. HAEUSSERMAININ & SONS I m porters of Packers and Exporters of and Dealers m Sumatra and Havana Leaf Tobacco LARGEST RETAILERS IN PENNSYLVANIA INo. 340 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. E. A. C^'-''=s c£ Go. H AVANA 123 N. THIRD &T.^ PniLJkomL^HiA Gieske & Niemann, Packers & Dealers la Leaf Tobacco No. 204 South Charles Street Baltimore, Md. Superiority of Loose Le»f Records. With a loose leaf system it is en- tirely different. The accomoanving il- liBtration shows ,f the form printed on the sheets of an improved Loose Leaf Warehouse Record. The size of the gkeets is 5x8 inches. One sheet is de- T«ted to each ^hogshead, and. when Hjnpleted, will contain in compact farm a perfect history of the hogshead irhicb can be read at a glance— much Msier and quicker and better than tracing the entries back through four Btattered books. The first entry on these blank sheets it made by the receiving clerk. He has on his desk a binder in which a sup- ply of the blank leaves are placed. As tke hogsheads are received, he records, is the blank provided at the right band end of the sheet, all the data ^hich serve to identify the hogshead. It will be noticed that this information is on the outer edge of the sheet when )Mld in the binder, so that it can be ftoted at a glance while "flipping" the leaves through the Angers. At the close of each day the sheets tkat have been started by the receiving tierk are taken out of his binder and carried into the office where they are arranged in the "prizer's binder," fol- lowing the natural sequence of the prizer's number at the lower right hand ccmer, so that the sheet bearing any given prizer's number may be instantly found. When the prizer sends in his list of farmers having tobacco in his bogshead No. 167. for instance, we turn tvthe sheet bearing that number (in k)wer corner) and enter the farmer's names and their respective weights, as sbown in the illustration. After "type samples" have been i«ceived from the prizers and re- num- bered with the warehouse number, as «bown in the upper corner of the same sbeet, the sheets are then taken out of tbe prizer's binder and re-arranged in tbe inspection binder according to the warehouse number (in upper corner). When a hogshead is "broken" and sam- pled, the correct sheet is quickly lo- oted in the inspection binder by means «f the warehouse number, and the date of breaking together with the gross, ^re and net weights and the grade are «ntered. Every sheet will remain in the inspection binder until the corre- sponding hogshead is sold. It is some- times necessary to re open a hogshead '""Iget samples several times before >t 18 finally sold ; and each time the ^responding sheet is found and the wte and revised weights entered. When the hogshead is sold, the re- •°ra 18 taken out of the inspection bin- «r and filed in the "sales binder." the ■•tural order of the warehouse num- •»> being maintained. All the re- ■*""ng items are now entered— such .Itemized charges on the hogshead, ' dkt \^ °^ charges for each farmer, ««nbut,onof loss in weight, invoicing ^hipping instructions, etc. ^rom these completed records, entries are made on the regular warehouse sales book. In this system all the copying and transferring lequired under the old method is avoicKd and about two-thirds of the labor is saved. The binders in which the sheets are kept, hold the leaves as securely as if they were sewed in and are as easily handled as an ordinary book ; at the same time the construction is such that any leaf may be quickly taken out or a new one inserted without disturbing the other sheets. By having the four binders, all conflict^n the work of the office em- ployes IS avoided. For more con- venience, three or four sales binders may be provided and they may then be distributed among as many clerks for figuring charges, making out invoices, etc.— Business Men's Magazine. SUES FOR DAMAGES. John P. Suter, a tobacco man of Gen- eva, N. Y., who was seriously injured in the head-on collision which occurred on the night of the 2d of March, near Lyons, on the Fall Brook road, has in- stituted an action against the New York Central for damages in the amount of $25,000. Mr. Suter is in a serious condition, suffering from con- cussion of the spine, besides being par- tially paralyzed, and the family is afraid ^that he is losing his eyesight. He is confined to his bed. DEATH OF PROMINENT DEALER. Cleveland, O., April 6. Maurice B. Rohrheimer, a member of the well known cignr house of B. Rohrheimer & Sons, of this city, died at his home, 7811 Cedar avenue, on Monday last, in the forty-third year of his age. His death was due to a com- plication of diseases. He had been ill since the first of the year. He had two cigar stores, one on Superior avenue, and another at Euclid avenue and East Sixth street. MOROPCAN TOBACCO MONOPOLY. A Dalziel telegram from Tangier says that the Moroccan Government will shortly invite tenders for the tobacco monopoly reserved to the Maghzen under the Algeciras convention. The Sultan's representatives and other Shereefian dignitaries are now engaged in drawing the conditions which are to be submitted in the first instance to the diplomatic corps. —Forrest Tobacconist Co., of Mil- waukee. Wis., has been incorporated with a capital stock of $7,500, by Frank H. Forrest, Elliott Bright and Leo F. Bodden. —The AUschul Tobacco Co., of Cin- cinnati, O., has been incorporated at Columbus, with a capital of $40,000, by Henry Bentley, W. A. Keadric, W. H. Rucker, Adam A. Kramer and H. P. Boyden. ^2.W"*lon -ciil'rl Rufherford «'S[, we the Beat that can be made. ^ you sell them? Havana Cigars are sold by successful dealers. There ii a Reason. Tobacco Works NORRISTOWN, PA. Manufacturers of Havana Shorts Private Brands for Jobbers a Specialty Samples submitted on application 1. IT is built for Strength, but is not heavy. Notice the position of the Steel Spus. It won't "Run Away. . . • Used In Factories and WarehousM Price: $5.50 Tttstimonlal:-- We have your box trucks in use for years and they have given US entire satisfaction. J. L. Brenner &, Sons, Oavton. O. MANUFAOTaREO BY Box Truck will move your Tobacco Cases ThC Wfll. F. Kramef CO. Easily and Safely DAYTON. OHIO ) i\ I -THE TOBACCO WORLD -THE TOBACCO WORLD- t"^TlEALM OP TJETAILETiS Clean Windows. ONLY too many retailers fail to re- alize how great an advertisement a well and nicely trimmed window proves itself to be, and on the numerous oc- casions that occur, displays more or less appropriate to the day can be made. No bne would expect nor appreciate a special trim that was diistinctly in- appropriate if a special day was sought to be taken advantage of. That is. if national colors were too profusely used on a day when it was not apropos. A window trim that would suit admirably on Washington's Birthday or the Fourth of July, would fail in its efficacy if used on any other day, and so on. Surely no one would appreciate a dis- play of fire works for Easter, however exquisitely it might have been gotten up. But what I want to get at more par- ticularly is the appearance of the win- dow in which a display is presented. Clean windows— that is the first and most important point of all. Hundreds of nice windows are allowed to fail in accomplishing good results simply be- cause the windows remain soiled if not actually dirty, and and thus repel the taste of passers-by rather than invite them inside. A show window less at- tractively trimmed, but immaculately clean, is a better drawing card for the dealer than an elegantly trimmed win- dow presenting a dirty appearance, and impressins: one with the slovenliness of the proprietor. The whole trouble seems to be that dealers are anxious to avoid thinking for themselves, but de- pend on some one to do their thinking for them. And yet it does a man much more good to do his thinking for him- self, and if he did so he could not fail to see many little things, which if done would BOOM lift him out of a rut and into a better way of management. If every man would do his thinking for himself, and a little more of it, it would cost him less money in expense and would produce him more profits than to give away both for somebody else to th'nk for him. A newly trimmed window is not com- pleted until the window itself is so clean that one can look either in or out without being confronted by stains or traces of its former condition. • • • A National Retailers' Convention THE heralded convention of retail cigar dealers, to be held at Madi- son Square Garden, September 9 and 10, is given an impetus by the accep- tance of the chairmanship by Harry S. Rothschild, of New York. Mr. Roths- child has made a national reputation among retail dealers, as head of the Waldorf Astoria Segar Co., and is popular wherever he is known. The suggestion of his name was a happy ciation held their last meeting the mit- ter was discussed at some length and a committee was appointed to arranrt the plans of a premium company whicit is to be conducted as a separate con- cern, but in connection with all there. tail cigar dealers in the city. Itvu proposed that coupons be given which would be good for the purchase of pr«. miums at a premium store, much on the plan which the cigar trust uses. In fact, the whole scheme is planned to compete with the trust. This committee, which is compoged of Henry Doerr. E. Walter. D. I. Murphy. Burt Mulvey. W. H. Bard and C. T. Harris, met last week ud the scheme, as outlined above, vai definitely decided upon, and a sub-corn mittee was appointed to arrange tlw details. Harry S. Rothschild choice and no better could have been made. Since his acceptance a spirit of greater enthusia^m has pervaded the entire movement, and President Turk, of the Exposition Company under the auspices of which the convention will be held, is receiving daily a number of names of retailers who announce their intention of attending. Retailers Give Coupons. AT a meeting held recently it was practically decided by the retail ci- gar dealers of Minneapolis to give premiums with purchases, in competi- tion with trust store methods. When the Retail Cigar Dealers' Asso- To the Dealer. SEND your name and address, '■ on letter head or business card, : to W. B. Turk, acting secretary, : 710 Flatiron Building. New York, ; and he will send you certificate ■ of membership to the convention. ; This certificate will be exchanged at the box office, Madison Square Garden, for badge of admission to the Exposition and to the con- vention. Get The Tobacco World, and read the latest news every week about this great convention of the cigar dealers. The "Four Hundred's" Cigar Case ARB VOU IN IT? Supplying "The 400" with their favorite Cigart? If not, *^0ET IIN 1* By using "The 400'8" 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 hght, 26 inches wide, front Ught, 34 inches wide; marble base, 7U inches wide; 42 inches high over •U. These dimensions can lb« varied. Made any length from three to fourteen feet with one hght in top and front. Price, $9.50 per root- POLLARD SS-ST Betbnne St, NMW YORK Manufacturer of ShOW C3.S6S 734 & 73^ Superior SL, CLEVELAND, 0. 949 Liberty St, PITTSB URG, PA. U.^BAVTISTA y C A.- Leaf Tobacco Warehouse-HABANA, CVBA. CkOls— ROTISTA. NEPTUNO I70--I74, special Partner— Gumkrsindo Garcia Cukrvo. DRY WEATHER STILL PREVAILS IN CUBA. Little Rain Has Fallen for Two Months, and This Fact Hinders the Preparation of Tobacco for Market. Special Correspondence of The Tobacco World. ) Havana, Cuba, April 1, 1907. tories, as well as by misplaced charity on the part of some of our storekeepers, it should have ended long ago. The if it had not been for "Havana Daily Post" of March 31, The dullness in our market .-.hich has been ruling for some time past was even more pronounced during the past week, and the few sales made to the local manu- facturers no transactions could have been recorded this time. On the other hanii, the arrivals from the country (principally new ground leaves as well quote in full, as the gathered leaves from the seed- lings) seem to be increasing, but ow- ing to its heavier quality this year this tobacco needs some time before our manufacturers will be able to use it. The dry weather in the country has 80 far continued unabated, notwith- standing the predictions made by the weather bureau that we should have some rainy weather by the end of publishes an interview held with the vice president and general manager. J. N. Staples, of the Henry Clay y Bock y Cia, which, however, is too long to It is asserted that with the prolongation of the tobacco workers' strike in Havana the trust will be compelled to open factories elsewhere, and if so, it would result in probably the entire closing of the fac- tory business in Havana. The trust has had several requests from promi- nent citizens to locate factories in other towns of the island, and many inducements were offered. The trust March or the beginning of April. It is now over two months since we had a drop of rain in all of the tobacco growing district, excepting possibly a slight drizzle in a few isolated local- ities, and vvhich instead of having done any good has on the contrary done harm. As long as there is not sufficient moisture in the air the farmers cannot take down their dried leaves.put them into bundles and throw them into piles for the first fermentation process, as at the moment all the dried leaves are as brittle as glass and would crumble to pieces if they should be handled. Naturally under these circumstances nothing is doing in the country, as also states that it cannot grant the strikers' demand for American money, and that its position as reagrds this de- mand is final. The trust is now work- ing in San Antonio de los Banos with 500 men and women in the old military barracks, which were placed at its dis- posal by the city. In case of need, fully 1,000 cigarmakers could find seat- ing capacity in this building. While the independent manufacturers have been working on half time as long as the trust was entirely shut down, there is talk however, of resuming former activity, now that their adver- sary is getting on its feet again in other places. H. Upmann & Co. shipped 500,000 the buyer could appreciate neither the cigars during the past week, of their <]uality or the color, although from own and other independent brands, sanrise up to eight o'clock there is Partagas has as many orders on hand usually some moisture which makes as usual at this season of the year, and the leaves pliable, but after that hour is doing a very satisfactory business, the tobacco at once becomes brittle Sol is also favored with sufficient again. orders and could work far heavier than The prospect of the growing plants it has been doing, and very likely will furnishing a fair proportion of filler is seat more cigarmakers this week, getting more doubtful from day to day, Eden has no news of any special im- owing to the continued drought, and as portance. but is as well supplied with we are now in the spring season it is orders as any of our factories, possible that the rainy season will set uuyinv, Seiiinic and other Note* of in earlier than usual, in which case all interest. bopes of getting any more tobacco will Sylvester & Stern sold 200 bales of Mve to be abandoned. Remedies, and they are actively pre- paring to get their various escojidas in shape for the coming season. Manuel and Hilario Muniz, of the important firm of Muniz Hnos & Co., Salea only amounted to 393 bales in all, principally Remedies, with only a •Prinkling of Vuelta Abajo and a few Wes of Partido wrappers. This quan- have been going all-over the different tity was all sold to our local manufac- tobacco growing districts of the Vuelta twers, and there are no sales reported Abajo, and I understand that they have ior the United States. Buyer* Come and Go. Arrivals :-H. Anton Bock, of H Anton Bock & Co., and S. G. Salomon, « Gustav Salomon's Sons, New York ; John Wardlow, of the Ruy Lopez Cigar ^•. Key West. Departures :-L. Greenhall, for New 'ork, and Antonio Rico, for Boston. H«ya,» ciBar Maanfaotorcr. saying that Cifuentes, Fernandez & Co. he strike in the trust has not yet had been awarded a gold medal and the «di although it ought to be on its only special prize of honor and excel- ttiTl'^^ ^'^^^ ^he''* l>rethren who Are Popular working in the independent fac- Because They Please the Consumer. made some very good purchases of the most famous vegas, so that this house can be relied upon to offer some extra choice tobacco to its customers this year. Mark A. Pollack sold 165 bales of Manicaragua last week. The famous Partagas factory re- ceived a cable dispatch from its agents. Partridge & Co., Melbourne, Australia, =1^ ESTABLISHED 1844 H. Upmann & Co HAVANA. CUBA. Bdk.Tvkers and Coinnnission Mercho^nts SHITTEP^S OF CICAP^^ and LEAF TO'BACCO HANUFACTVRBRS OP The Celebrated ^^ M^ Cigccf Br g£^ Habana, Cuba GONZALEZ Y MIGUEL Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama Especialidad en Tabaco de Santa Clara de Primera GIbm Cablet "CASIN" ,. . „ * ^. ^ AMISTAD 97, HABANA. n I s \ I i > I • ' r ( -THE TOBACCO WORLD- BEHRENS&eO. Havana, Cuba Manufacturers of the " SOL" Brand Finest Vaelta Abajo Tobacco Exclosively NO BETTER GOODS MADE QUALITY ALWAYS RELIABLE Sole Representatives for the United States and Canada : National Cuba Co., 147 Water Street, New York Sobrinos de A. Gonzalez LEAF TOBACCO MERCHANTS Principe Alfonso 116 y 118 Habana, Cuba Cable: "Aatcrs' GUSTAVO SALOMON Y HNOS. Especialidad en TABACOS HNOS de VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDOS y VUELTA ARRIBA Monte 114 P. O. Box, Apartado 270 Cable: ZALEZGON Habana BBUNO DIAZ ■ . BODRIOUEZ PARTAGAS Independent Ci^ar Factory The Oldest Brand IE PARTAGAS I02 YG a 4^BAtAfc. Cifuentes, Fernandez y Ca, Proprietors 1*^4 Ittdustria Street Cable: ciFMR Habana, Cuba AVELINO PAZOS & CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rami PRADO 123 Habana Cable: ONIIEVA SUAREZ HERMANOS (S. en C.) and Dealers in lj6di 1 ODBCCO FIGUR AS 39-41, cwe: -CuetT.- HAVANA, CUBA B. DIAZ 8t CO. Growers and Packers of Vuelta Abajo and Partido Tobacco PRADO 125 Cable: ZAIDCO HABANA, CUBA J. H. CAYRO & SON Dealers in Leaf Tobacco specialty: Vuelta Abpjo and Partido Warehouse and Office: 92 Dragones Street, HAVANA, CUBA Cable Address: "JOSECAYRO" Corietpoadrnre Solicited !■ Eaill'k HENRY VONEIFF F. VIDAL CRUZ VONEIFF Y VIDAL CRUZ, ^^^^ EXPORTERS of LEAF TOBACCu 73 Amistad Street. HAVANA. CUBA FH. Branch Houses: 616 W. Ballimore Street, Baltimore. Md. P. 0. Box 433. T«mP*. S. Jorge Y. P. Castaneda JOI^GE & P. CflSTRflEDfl Growers, Packers and Exporters of Havana Iieaf Tobacco Egido. Corner Dragones Street, H A V A N A EVARISTO GARCIA JOSE M. GARCIA iOSE DIA2 J. M. GARCIA Y CIA. Almacenistas de Tabaco Partido y Vuelta Abajo CON VEGAS PROPIAS ^.^ ;ian Nicolas 126 y 128 c.bie: "jomacarcia • HABANA, tu 10 Our Capacity for Manufacturing Cigar Boxes is- I ¥ C/ill/M.c f^ Cah CAllprcvillA Va ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE GOOD CUSTOMER ^* J« JCI1C13 tt JUII, JCllCldVllI^ Id. -TflK TOBACCO WORLD at the New Zealand Exhibition at <;iri8t Church. Kr<«tpt« Kroni the Coaiitr;r Week ending Since Vtelta Abajo guni Vuelta partido Matanzas „ ^ _, Remedios& S.Clara ggntiago de Cuba March 30 Jan. 1 Bales Bales 811 2,041 65 139 72 229 14 123 a 66 4,680 106 1.699 Total 1.134 8,911 SATISFACTORY TRADE IN BOSTON. 4ood Weather an Important Factor in the BusiAeas Revival. (Boston Bureau "The Tobacco World" 19 Devonshire Street] Boston, Mass., April 8. Trade is very satisfactory here in rte wholesale and retail cigar business; the weather and everything else is in ito favor. Cigar drummers and cigar- ette salesmen are here thick and fast. And many retailers inform me that tfcey are busy most of the day in get- ting rid of the salesmen who, eager to get an order, stick like mucilage. The American Tobacco Co. has a crew of men here working on Fore an' Aft, their new 5 cent sliced plug, in an en- deavor to cut down the sales on Larus Bros. Co.'s Sensible sliced plug, but up to the present time it has not harmed the latter brand a particle, in fact the Sensible tobacco is improving in sales since the trust came out with the Fore «b' Aft. The United Cigar Stores have been doing away with the use of dummy boxes in their window displays, which fwmerly they used to a great extent. Looking at their displays nowadays you can see the genuine goods. Some of the stores use their windows for the display of one article, like the Wash- ington and Dover streets store this week, which had a display of English Carve Cut tobacco, offering a pipe, a package of pipe cleaners and a package of this tobacco, all for a quarter, sur- rounded by a loc of catchy signs such "It's like getting money from "Buying dollars for fifty "This is what we call a deal," home." •ents," «tc. One of the first cut-price druggists here to give up the National Cigar Stands Co.'s cases and products is the Markell Drug Co.. on Scollay Square, with two branch stores in Chelsea. I look to see a few more druggists follow the example of the Markell Drug Co. in the near future, on account of Jaynes * Co. (one of our largest cut-price *«co. viz : Good Luck and Bit Pour. ConsUtulion ^nrvi» •wndi for Quality and Workmanship. Remember that. The Mentor Co., makers of the Men- tor, T. T. T, Natural, and Ramly ci- garettes, have commenced suit against S. Anargyros. (American Tobacco Co..) and through their attorneys, Wise & Lichensiien. New York, have asked for an injunction to stop the trust from making the Ramleh cigarette, which they claim is an infringement on their brand, Ramly. Maurice Hanauer. of the Bieringer Bros Co.. was agreeably surprised Saturday afternoon on receipt of a telephone message announcing that his wife had presented him with a bouncing baby boy. J. A. Wilensky, retailer, formerly at 936 Washington street, has removed to 1057 Washington street. Geo. Melhado, the South End whole- saler, has just added two new sizes to his Donata brand of Porto Rican goods. Mr. Melhado is meeting with grand success on these goods, and now has twelve different; sizes to offer his cus- tomers. The White Rolls cigarettes are mov- ing nicely. The Marlboro Cigar Co. has sold so far close on to a half a mil- lion, which is certainly going some. Fred. Ware, the President of Ware- Kramer Tobacco Co.. was a recent visitor to our market. R. Lea, Jr., who has charge of the Eastern business, is well pleased at the progress made here. Messrs. Carnes and Woods are doing the missionary work around the Hub this week on White Rolls. Dolma. the new Turkish cigarette from the Surbrug factory, is selling nicely. J. H. Rankin, who for the past three years has been behind the cigar counter of the Adams House pharmacy, has resigned and accepted a position as manager of the cigar department of the Markell Drug Co. Mr. Rankin in- tends to make some needed improve- ments, and in a short while no doubt will show his employers a big increase in their cigar trade. Bro. Williams reports a good sale on the Menashi and El Ahram. Owing to the increasing business, the Menashi Khoury Co.. will shortly remove their factory to larger quarters on Broad street. Rosenthal Bros., the Hanover Square wholesalers, are doing nicely on their 326. a union made 6 cent cigar from the factory of Symons-Krausman Co . New York. Their clear Havana cigars. William the Fourth. El Cura and El Speedo. made by Gans Bros.. New York, are increasing daily in popularity, and are for sale by all the leading retailers. Wm. Rodman, a prominent tobac- conist of Chelsea, has purchased all new silent salesmen show cases, and his store is now one of the finest in that city. The Flor de Franklin cigar is adver- tised extensively here. Bieringer Bros. Co., the New England distributors, have placed in a short while nearly 250,000 of this brand. The new United store, corner Broom- field and Washington streets, will open for busiRess this coming Saturday. Everything is in readiness, and the usual opening rush is expected on ac- count of the fine souvenirs and double coupons given to all purchasers. Ben All. —The W. H. MacGrath Cigar Co.. with a capital of $25,000. has been formed in Boston by I. B. Voss and W. H. MacGrath.; PABLO PEREZ OANDIDO O Perez & Obeso S. en C. (Sobrinos de G. Palacios) Leaf Tobacc VUELTA ABAJO FACTORY VEGAS a Specialty Proprietors of famous Lowland Vuelta Abajo VetfaA Prado 121, Entrance, Dragones St Cable: -Sodecio." HABANA, CUBA. } \ LUIS NUNIZ MANUEL NUNIZ VENANCIO DIAZ. Special Partner HILARIO NUNIZ MUNIZ HERMANOS y CIA S en C Growers and Dealers of VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDO and REMEDIOS TOBACCO Reiiva. 20, HavandL Cable : "Angel," Havana P. O. Box 96 JOSE F. ROCHA Havana Leaf Tobacco Especialidad Tabacos Finos de Vuella Afaaj >, Partido y Vuelta Arriba San IVllguel lOO Cable: "DONALLES" HABANA, CUBA GONZALEZ, BENITEZ & CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama y Viveres Amargura 12 and I4f and San Ignacio 25 Cable: "Tebenitez" P. O. Box 396 H\BANA, CUBA LOEBNUJ>JhZ HAVANA CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama 142 and 144 Consulado Street Habana Cable: REFORM JOS. MENDELSOHN LOUIS A. BORNEMANN MANUEL SUAREZ Mendelsohn, Bornennann & Co. 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In all countries of the Postal Union, $2.00 per year, postage prepaid. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION. Advertisements must bear such «► dence of merit as to entitle them to public attention. No advertisement ^nown 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 COc, 224 Arch St., Philada. has quite a large trade. There are Eddy Danlap, with Arguelles, Loj^ several cigar box manufacturing estab- & Co., of New York, has juBt \^ lishments throughout Lancaster county Philadelphia on one of his regular triji in which contemplations of installing box lumber making machinery are be- ing entertained. PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 10. 1907. A KANSAS VIEW. Cigarette legislation is a much mooted topic nowadays in many States, and in some of which legislation has been en- acted attempting to kill cigarette traffic, but in almost as many States it has been found to fall short of its real object and purposes, viz : to stop the •^smoking of cigarettes. A sane and commendable view of such legislation has been expressed by a ' Little Rock, Ark., paper recently which said: "The House Committee on Temper- ance has recommended that the anti- cigarette bill be passed with an amend- ment exempting the city of Hot Springs. "We suggest that the bill might be further improved by exempting the whole of Garland county and the whole of every other county in the State. "This tobacco bill, if enacted into law, will not stop the smoking of ci- garettes, and even if their smoking could be stopped by law, why should the State prescribe in what form to- bacco may be used? "What is the use of cumbering the statute books with a law that will never accomplish the object intended?" The results above prophesied are the exact experiences of the futile effect of attempted legislation in several anti-cigarette States, in which laws have been passed, and in which the real purposes have been circumvented, and smokers were not after all ab- solutely prohibited from indulging in a favorite form of tobacco using. To forbid, even by law, is not so dif- ficult, but to prohibit is another matter. CHATS WITH CIGAR BOX MAKERS. The situation with cigar box manu- facturers is a little eaiser than it was a few months ago, so far as the lum- ber question is concerned. That is to say, it is not so difficult to obtain lum- ber as it was then, but the price has not changed to any material extent. The greatest obstacle has lately been a car shortage, regarding which Asa Vandegrift, of Sheip & Vandegrift, Inc., extensive cigar box lumber man- ufacturers, of Philadelphia, has this to say: "The seriousness of this difficulty and the trouble we have in getting cars is illustrated by the fact that dur- ing February we should have shipped 25 carloads bat were unable to do so. as we could only get eight or nine cars for the purpose. This, you can readily see, means a heavy loss and handicaps business greatly. Just what the cause 12 of the shortage is I do not know. In the West, I am told, the reason as- signed is that the railroad companies are using all their available cars for moving the cotton crop, but this should not affect us. As our freight bills for incoming logs amount to between $3,- 000 and $4,000 each month, I hardly be- lieve we are being discriminated against in favor of more profitable freight, and can see no reason why our business should not be taken care of. What the outcome of it will be I do not know, but it is certainly a most serious problem. "Business with us is very good at present, and there is a big demand for all kinds of materials with a corre- sponding difficulty in securing them. We are at present three months behind in making our shipments, and conse- quently, have quoted absolutely no prices for 30 days past and will not do so until we can fill and get out the orders we now have entered upon our books." As a result of the many difficulties encountered, a number of cigar box manufacturers have installed special machinery, with a view to making their own supply of certain kinds of lum- ber for cigar boxes. One of the first firms to take up this question seriously was Allen Kauff'man & Bro., at York, Pa., who have in- stalled machinery for making imitation cedar. The venture is said to have been highly satisfactory to them. H. S. Souder, one of the largest box manufacturers in Pennsylvania, with a factory at Souderton, Pa., has installed re-sawing and veneermg machinery, and will make his own veneer lumber in the future. L. J. Sellers & Son, of Sellersville, Pa., have increased the size of their factory, to meet the growing demands of their business. A. H. Balliet, of Allentown, Pa., has added such a manufacturing de- partment to his cigar box business. The A. Thalheimer Mfg. Co., of Reading, Pa., has engaged extensively in the manufacture of cigar box lumber in addition to their long established ci- gar box manufacturing business. Geo. M. Wechter. at Akron, Pa., is making some modern improvements to his cigar box plant. The business is growing at a rapid rate. A. N. Wechter, at Lincoln, Pa. has developed a remarkably good business during the past few years, and n6w Philadelphia Tobacco Trade The unseasonable weather of the past week has interfered with business among retailers throughout the city, al- though no particular complaint is heard, dealers apparently being satisfied to take things as they come, and to take advantage of time in preparing for im- proved conditions which are bound to come sometime. Manufacturers generally, or rather the larger factories, are all fairly busy, and in a few instances there is ex- perienced an actually urgent demand for their product. Reports from sales- men are generally highly encouraging for the manufacturers so far as sales are concerned. The one great obstacle in the manufacturer's way is the con- tinued high prices for the raw material. -THE TOBACCO WORLD- The leaf men have been rather fear- ful of some failures for sometime past, and were just beginning to congratu- late themselves that their anticipa- tions were not well founded, when the unexpected happened, in the case of Samuel Berman. at 1730 Market street, who had been for some time operating . a small sized factory, which was for- merly located at 3200 Market street. On Monday morning last Mr. Berman first announced his inability to meet his obligations. Upon some investiga- tion it was ascertained that his liabili- ties were in the neighborood of $4,500, and the assets were placed at about $2,000, but this figure is believed to be subject to change by reason of depreci- ation in value. The creditors are for the most part Philadelphia houses, the largest being for about $700. The debtor has signified his willingness to turn over all his assets to the creditors, thus avoiding the necessity of bank- ruptcy proceedings and the expenses incident to such action. A movement is now on foot to have one of the largest creditors appointed a trustee to take charge of the assets, and make a pro rata distribution of the amounts realized. Mr. Berman has removed from the dwelling portion of the prem- ises, and announces that he will at once enter the employment of a factory here as a cigarmaker. John N. Kolb, of the Theobald & Op- penheimer Co., has returned from his European trip, having secured during his stay in Amsterdam a goodly supply of Sumatra iobacco for the factory's needs. Mr. A. J. Rigby, of this com- pany, has also been spending some time in Philadeplhia lately, on his reg- ular monthly visit. Fleck & Co., formerly located at Fourth and Library streets, have se- cured new quarters at 110 South Second street, which is in close proximity to the Stock Exchange, Girard National Bank and many other large financial in- stitutions. There has been during the past week the usual quota of visiting cigar sales- men, some of whom went away well pleased with their visits, and others-- well they say they never did like Phila- delphia, no how. to Baltimore, Washington and otke Southern points. B. Strauss, ^ Bustillo Bros. & Diaz, of New Y(Kt was also one of the fortunate vigitM here lately having secured someiqk. stantial orders for his firm's prodM D. H. Moulsdale. with Sanchez &Hafi was also here, after spending the En. ter holidays at Atlantic City. A. S. Valentine & Son seem to be urgently t^usy with orders from tbet Western distributing houses, andtfaede. mand is not limited to anyonebraai but their Tirador clear Havana cigurii coming in for a full share of sales, u well as their seed and Havana vi nickel brands. W. J. Lucaswitz. of Wolf & Lucii. witz. packers at Dayton, C, has bed in the city for several days anddurini that time consummated several salei of their packings of Ohio tobaccos. Robert M. Granat, of Gillen & Gramt York. Pa., was also on a week's visit in this market. Bob met with some good business on both Ohio and Pea* nsylvania tobacco while here. W. E. Gheen, of Jersey Shore, Pi, spent the whole of this week in tin city, looking after his various interests in leaf tobacco. B. Labe & Sons are in receipt of advices from Jacob Labe. who is stifr in Amsterdam, that he had secuni another nice lot of Sumatra, at theia- scription held there on the 6th inst. BANBEKGER'S BIG SALE. The sale of 5,000 cases of 1905 Wis- consin, consummated by broker Hermii G. Vetterlein for L. Bamberger & Co.. recalls to our minds the halcyon days before there was so much trust doraim- tion, when this sterling old hoase figured in such transactions as a veif ordinary occurrence. It is hardly to be regarded as a parallel case to those' days, inasmuch as the firm has alreidli announced its intention of retirni from business, and this would seem lib a beginning of the end. However, Mr. Vetterlein is to be congratulated opoi his success in finding so desirable 1 purchaser for so large a lot of tobacci as Cullman Bros., of New York. PHILADELPHIA LEAF MARKET D.OOO cases Philad* Except for a sale of 5, 1905 Wisconsin, by a retiring phia house to a New York pack* firm, the past week would havebj another quiet and uneventful one. "• transactions were made up of naroeroii small sales, and without the abi*e mentioned one, which was r»ther «• ceptional, the gross volume of busiiw- done was comparatively small. ^ types rigid . have retarded rigid prices which are being mainta'" There appears to be lOQU'^u n virr of domestic leaf., but ^theJJJ consummation of sal* ■Small amounts of Wisconsm. Connw cut and Ohio tobacco are cnanuj hands, but it has not yet assu"'*''' proportion of real active tjaaing.^ Sumatra tobaccos are V^^^^.L^. market, but the demand >f, "f""^ old goods principally. Of «e goods so far received very l"' been offered, except the local traoj^ The Havana market remain P^^ cally unchanged, and cootinuea ^^ verse reports from Cuba are t^ lieving the conditions any. ■i:]^ Which Do You Prefer The GENUINE, or The IMITATION Wrapper? Undoubtedly you wish the Genuine if you can buy it at the same price that you pay for the Imitation. We Will Convince You If you will order a few pounds as a sample, that we are selling a Gen- uine Sumatra Wrapper which is a Rich Chestnut Color and a Fine B\irn, At Only $2.33 a Pound. Less For Bale Lots L 6. HAEUSSERMANN & SONS Importers, Packers, Wholesalers and Retailers of CIGAR LMAF TOBACCO i ¥. ArcK Street Philadelphia ! ■ i i !l ' t\ 13 1 ' -THE TOBACCO WORLD- ERNBST BLLINGER & CO. no. .6. w7ter »..« Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO New York . ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4 ♦♦♦♦♦♦<*♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦ LEAF TOBACCO. OFFICES: DETROIT, MICH. AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. HAVANA ,CUBA. New York. JOS. S. GANS MOSES J. GANS JEROME WALLER EDWIN I. ALEXANDER JOSEPH S. GANS & CO. '^n^I^uTrs of Leaf Tobacco Telephone: 346 John 1 50 Water St., NEW YORK Starr Brothers bEAF TOBACCO IMPORTERS and PACKERS of Bttablished 1888 163 Water Street NEW YORK Telephone : 4027 John M. F. SCHNEIDER IMPORTER OF Sumatra Tobacco 2 Burling Slip, NEW YORK NES, CORNER KUIPERSTEEG. AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND Telephone: 377 JOHN Joseph Hirsch & Son IMrOITEMS OF SUMATRA TOBACCO 0. Z. VOORBURGWAL 227 Amslerdam, Holland. Cable Address: "HERE OPPICBt 183 Water St. NEW YORK JOSEPH HOLZMAN SUMATRA, HAVANA TT^ K « /^ |^ n and SEED LEAF 1 IJUQl^l^W 185 Water St., New York TOBACCO NEWS OF GREATER NEW YORK ♦ .♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦*♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•*♦! New York Bureau of The Tobacco World New York, April 9. With the advent of spring and the competition. Noore is more fsBtidiogi retiring of winter overcoats and ear in taste than the clear Havana smoker, muffs, new life seems to have sprung He is the connoisseur, as the Frenchnm into our trade. The gossip corner on says, of our consumers. Accustomed Water street and Maiden Lane seems for years to smoke the genuine article, deserted, as merchants do not have he can detect an imposition almost time to tell or listen to hard luck stories. Several good sized and some very large transactions took place during last week. Max Bamberger and H. G. Vetterlein, of Philadelphia, and Jos. Cullman, of New York, were seen together at lunch last Thursday. The result was a sale of no less than 6,080 cases of 1905 Wisconsin tobacco, which Mr. Bamberger sold to Cullman Bros. This is undoubtedly the largest single purchase of domestic tobacco made this year. Another large purchase was 960 bales of 1904 and 1905 Florida shade grown wrapper bought by Gustave Salomon & Bro., who are offering same to the trade. Several good sized sales of new Sumatra tobacco were made, one im- porter selling 80 and another 90 bales to Boston manufacturers. A local packer sold over 1,000 cases of new Wisconsin tobacco to an uptown manufacturer. This tobacco will prob- ably be sweated in bulk in Wisconsin and shipped as required. The reports regarding new Sumatra are not as encouraging as they might be. Importers received cables before the fourth sale, which took place Satur- day last, April 6, at Amsterdam, that the tobacco was to a large extent brit- tle, and again contained tender leaves. Consequently only 2,500 bales out of 16,000 were purchased for this country at prices still very high but not cor- responding with those of the first or second sales. The money market in Europe is also high, eight per cent, be- ing the rate of discount, and European dealers were consequently more con- servative than they might be otherwise. The cry for Havana wrappers, especi- ally light Partido, still continues. One can see nowadays the unusual spectacle of large clear Havana cigar manufac- turers making a house to house canvass among the importers and dealers .^ ^^^^^ ^^ recuperate, trying to pick up every bale of suitable ^^^^^.^ Michaelis, of Lancaster, H goods they can get hold of. The manu- . . • -:— facturing of clear Havana cigars is still on the increase. It is the most profit- able business in the line today, as it does not cost much more for the raw material than It does for seed and ^^^^ ^^^^ ^ p^^,^,^. Havana cigars, and the higher priced '^ ^^^^ ^^ HiextAW left real »^ ----- *-''"'" " """'' o-niu-lpnt g^^^^ ^^j^^j ^^ ^5000, l«Kl» quicker than a man in the businegi He can give you no scientific reaaoi nor argument, he simply tells you that the cigar is not to his taste and hewiQ boycott the brand. Some manafiti turers of clear Havana cigars make the mistake in imagining that fine oM genuine Vuelta Abajo tobacco fillerj, with the same kind of wrapper, matt make a good cigar. This is alsoi mistake, as the trade today demandti mild aromatic cigar, and the wrapper must be a different tobacco from the filler, unless both are extremely mild Light flimsy Remedios tobacco of good burn and of the required size, htt been used with success as a binder bf some manufacturers, but the most in- portant factor of all the different combinations is to strip, book and bar- rel all the filler grades for at leut three weeks before using same. As above mentioned, 2,500 bales out of 16,000 were sold at the fourth inscrip- tion held at Amsterdam on the 6th iuL The chief buyers were the AmaterdiB Handela Co., who are represented by H. Duys & Lo., of this city, S. Rossii Sumatra Co., E. Spingarn & Co. «id G. Falk & Bro. Among the well know brands bought for this country were the Deli My | Q. M ai d the Amsterdii Co I S. B. Mr. Spingarn left Amsterdam right after the fourth sale, and is on his wtf home. ^ , ^ .„^ Adolph Goldberg, of the firmofCofr radi & Goldberg, leaf importers ui packers of San Francisco, Cai.. arriwi here last 4iieek on the North Gennu Lloyd steamer Kaiser Wilbelm H. »«« having spent several weeks in Amstr dam. where he secured his yearly m ply of Sumatra tobacco. Joseph Goldberg, of the firm « Kramer & Goldberg, ot Lancaster, ri. was in New York to meet his brotbif upon his arrival. Mr Joseph Goldberj has not been in very good health « late, and will take a short vacation was also a visitor in this city. The will of William J. Merrall.M- of the firm of Acker, Merrall & Coj*^ who died March 24, has been m^ Cameron & Cameron, of 135 Broad**^ They also filed a petition in whicMJ JOHN W. MERRIAIM St CO. "At the Sitfn of the Ball {^o|{.** New York Real Habana Sei^ar^ Makers and Importers Habana Scraps and Cnitlntfa for Sal* sizes are certainly a good equivalent for the difference in cost of workman- ship. But a warning ought to be given to the so-called clear Havana manufac- turer who tries to humbug the public. He not only will find it impossible to secure a profitable outlet for his goods, but he will make it hard for honest in tnis state vaiueu a- '^".- ■ ^ personal estate of $50,000. mainlyj" stock of the grocery house. The w Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Merrall. i''__"-;; HUNTER-A Nickel Cjgar Haa won many races for.dealera. Try it. sole executrix and trustee forme Emil Popper, of E. Kle.ner * will join the merry crowd of coinm^ this summer, as he intends w,^^ himself and family into the wn of Northern New Jersey. ^ Rothschild ^^ Bro. report as* ^ bales Deli Ba My 1 Tandemb ^ ^ Sumatra tobacco, to Waitt « Fo^cnulnc Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to stabiished 1880 I J Sellers & Son, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO., SELLERSVILLE. PA. * ^THE TOBACCO WORLD li Allen Tobacco Company, and too well known in the tobacco trade to require an introduction in these columns. As- sociated with him is George Appel- mann. experienced in the manufacture of snuff. The combination is one that speaks well for the success of the busi- ness. That they are progressing is in- dicated by the fact that they will be anaong the exhibitors at the Indepen- dent Tobacco Show next September. The booth of this factory will be a red mill in operation, with decorations in keeping with the general scheme of the booth. It will be a unique exhibit, and one that will attract much atten- tion. Besides tobaccos, the Red Mill Com- pany will manufacture several varieties k Rosenthal Bro8."are to be con- ofi snuff, and every purchaser of a cou- Italated upon the determined stand Pon ticket of admission to the Exposi- ^™* • • ..-• ^— Tfc — " tion will receive a li ounce package of snuff, free. Chas. Obermayer & Son, who manu- facture cigar clippers, will again be exhibitors at the Exposition. Re- sults to them from their representation last year were so entirely satisfactory that they have engaged space and will again display their cigar clippers. the makers of the well Lwriackstone cigar, while the S Sn Sumatra Co. is said to have sold « bales of new Sumatra tobacco to TLiser& Son. of the same city. Roths- kMd & Bro. have received a congratu- L Iry letter from Waitt & Bond Co., ^which the latter state that the to- tacco purchased was the finest they ^d ever worked or seen in the history of their business. L RuppiB. cigar manufacturer at Akron and Lancaster, Pa., spent a short time in our city last week. Mr. Rppin is well satisffied with business and is over run with orders. The strike at Rosenthal Bros.' 353 E. Seventy-third street, is at an end, over ijOO cigarmakers having returned to 14 which they took in this matter. It was not a question of wages, but a question whether female help can be employed as packers in this city, without inter- ference from outside unions. Sam Leviene. with Quinones Cabe- rodo Co.. the Porto Rico cigar house, left Saturday on a short trip West. Jos. Abrahams, 204 Pearl street, has boilt up a fine trade through the East OB his Royal Picadura. the Havana strap. Joe has just signed for space at the Tobacco Exposition. Messrs. A. Van De Poorten & Son report a good leaf trade. Messrs. A. Freund and S. Lazarus have both re- tnrned to the city after finishing up successful trips. The Harlem retail branch, under the able management of A. Heim. is increasing its sales. Wm. Bader, the Havana importer.has received a letter from one of his cor- respondents in Havana, stating that reports from the Vuelta district are Bot so bright, but t>^at a good Partido crop is anticipated. Mr. Bader will not go to Havana until August. H. Kaplan has built up an increasing trade on his H. K. cigar, which has given satisfaction wherever placed. Hyman & Hollander. 203 Pearl street, have on hand a fine assortment of leaf. They have had an excellent trade so far this year, and they hope the good times will continue. Samuel A. Diamond, manufacturer, of East 107th street, against whom a petition in bankruptcy was filed in Oct- ober, 1906, has made a composition with his creditors at 25 cents. This was confirmed Monday by Judge Hough. The liabilities amounted to $1,800. James A. Crowley, who was in the cigar business at 149 Nassau street, was granted a discharge from bank- niptcy last Monday. His liabilities ^re $3,087. Dale S. Hill. MORE EXHIBITORS TAKE SPACE. MOVING TOBACCO CASFS. The very large number of leaf to- bacco warehouses and cigar and other tobacco manufacturing and handling es- tablishments throughout the United States, where large and heavy cases must be moved about ftom place to place, has attracted the attention of The Wm. F. Kramer Co., of Dayton. O.. manufacturers of a specially con- structed truck, which they have called the "Boss Truck." and which is shown herewith. They are now issuing to the tobacco trade, which was never before taken so seriously into consideration, litera- ture concerning the ""Boas Truck," and in which they lay special stress upon improvements claimed for this little labor saving device. The 'track they claim is made of the best seasoned white oak, well ironed, and with 8t«:el spurs so placed that they actually prevent it from "running away," which often causes much ag- gravation to handlers of tobacco cases, while at the same time it does the work without having to be tilted in order to permit the spurs to become firmly im- bedded in the case. Besides, the axle •. _ rests and hook bolts are so constructed iM br.»i Convention of Independent. ^^ ^^ prevent any breakage or loosen- Boominl. ing of the axles. It's built for strength. Work on the coming Tobacco Show they say, but yet is not heavy. These 18 progressing rapidly, and the interest ^re a few of the more salient features •wen m it by the trade generally is ^f the "Boss Truck," according to the hejond even the most sanguine expect- literature of the manufacturers, ations 6f the manager. Wm. B. Turk. ^^ appears, however, that the trucks j4»nufacturers are taking space freely w exhibits, and members of the trade irom all sections of the country are •«»ding in theif names for certificates ? membership ^o the great convention TO be held on September y and 10. /'ne factory recently to close con- ^cts for space is the Thomas Allen have been now in use in a number of Dayton and other houses, a sufficient length of time to have been thoroughly tested, and that they have invariably given entire satisfaction. The pamphlet, which they will for- ward upon application, conclude^* with a few testimonials from some of the best known tobacco men in the country. WMu, T„b.=c„ c;:.rR;hw.;;N. Constitution ^^.^^Jr \Li w r„.^°*"^®'" ^^^ recently organ- Made in the good old way. ^ by Thomas Allen, formerly of the EL DRACO CIGAR MFG. CO.. PHILA. A. COHN 8k CO. IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra PACKERS OF Seed Lea£ Tobacco and Growers ot Georgia Sumatra 142 Water Street, New York EDEN CIGAR FACTORY BANCES & LOPEZ HAVANA, CUBA Calixto Lopez & Co. 180 Water St.. NEW YORK Will receive and attend to orders Cigars made strictly of very best «i> Vuelta Abajo Tobacco EDMUND H. SMITH Hinsdale Smith & Co. Importers of SUMATRA and HAVANA and Packers of CONNECTICUT LEAF 125 Maiden Lane Tobacco ESTABLISHED 1840 NEW YORK CABLE: "NARGIL"- ,<^. s h WELL ~^ MADISON SQUARE GARDEN SEPT 2 TO 14 1907 ASK ANYBODY- -THAT'S ALL APPLICATION FOR SPACE TO EXHIBIT SHOULD BE MADE TO TOBACCO TRAPES EXPOSITION CO WBTORK.""'"" FLATIRON »LDO NEW YORK , We believe in Honesty, Good Woriimanship, at fair prices to all. Correspondence Solicited THE OLD HONESTY CIGAR BOX CO.. C. W. Bncks, Gen. M^r. Rear 634 Washini^ton Street, Reading, Pa. THE TOBACCO WORLD- The Miami Valley Leaf Tobacco Co. ALLEN H. REEDER DAYTON, OHIO STANLEY M. KROHN Packers of Cigar Leaf Tobacco 1903-4-5 Zimmer Spanish, 1905 Gebhardt, 1905 Dutch, 1905 Connecticut, etc. FARNHAM & REYNOLDS Home Office: ADDISON, N. Y Cigar Leaf Onondaga. T O b ^ C C O CONNECTICUT HAVANA SEED Packers of Finest Big Flats Warehouses : Addison. N. Y. Biii Flats. N. Y. Merldiaa. N. Y. I], Harlford, Conn. T. J. DUININ & CO. j Makers of the BACHELOR CIGAR 401-405 E. 91st Street, NEW YORK IN YORK AND VICINITY Perfect Bunching Machine SIZE, 16 BY 10 INCHES---WEIGHT, \B POUNDS Doar Sir : -You may have used Bunching Machines, and they may ' not have been satisfactory. Neither were the first mowing machines, or the first sewing machines ; but could the farmer today get along with- out a mowing machine, or yourwifeget along withouta sewing machine? They are both Simply Perfect, and do all that is asked of them. That is the story of our Bunching Machine ; it is simply perfect, and we call it the PERFECT BUNCHING MACHINE, and it does everything that is asked of it. Now, if this little machine is all we say it is (and we are pre- pared to prove it), and will help you to make more money than you are now making, help you to increase your output and effect a saving in cost of production, you surely, as a business man. should be willing to let us tell you more about it. Will you write us? Or, call at our factory. No. 132 South Sixth Street, Philadelphia, any day, and see this machine in practical operation. Yours respectfully, 6/ie PERFECT BUNCHING MACHINE CO. Is extensively used in Cuba for Toning Tobaccos. It removes all mustiness ; or other objectionable properties, giving the desirable uniform effect con- i- sidered indispensable in Leaf. It is largely used in Damaged ; or Defective Leaf, being an Excellent Restorer. Acme Extract and Chemical Works, Hanover, Pa. E. G. ECKERT. Proprietor. M N«rcK Output of CigCLrs Equals Output of 2»ame Month Last Yestr. York, Pa., April 8. The internal revenue receipts from this division of the 9th District indi- cate that the March output of cigars was far better than was anticipated. It was ahead of the month 'if February, and equal to March, 1906. The amount collected was $102,000, representing the manufacture of 34,000,000 cigars. There were also granted during that month twenty licenses for new cigar factories, which are as follows :— Alex- ander Knaub, of Dallastown; R. O. Harrigan, of Windsor ; W. A. Lahr, of East Prospect ; Abner Brenneman, of Spring Grove; Charles E. Lloyd, of York ; Philip D. Sweitzer, of Red Lion ; H. C. Wireman, of Hanover; W. L. Tooney & Co., of York; Kurvin H. Jacobs, of Windsor; Edward J. Eberly, of Dallastown ; Samuel C. Steig, of York; D-jvid C. Myers, of Red Lion; Latimer Tash, of Collinsville; Henry Slenker, of York ; Ivan West, of Dal- lastown ; Murry Ness, of Glen Rock ; George Sterner, of Hanover ; Charles W. Bupp, of York ; Acme Cigar Com- pany, of York, and Emma Hickey, of Red Lion. It will be seen that six of the twenty new licenses granted will be located in York city. The largest of these is the Acme Cigar Company, with a factory in the former Jacoby furniture factory building. About 50 hands have been or will be employed in this factory, which occupies a portion of the building sub- let from the York Engineering Company. There is another factory in the same building at the corner of North George street and Hamilton avenue. This factory is operated by W. L. Tooney & Co. Another of the local li- censes granted was to Samuel C. Steig, for a warehouse at the rear of Arch street near Queen, where he has hands at work manipulating the tobacco dam- aged in the recent Lancaster fire. Charles G. Willis, leaf tobacco mer- chant, has contracted to pack 500 cases of tobacco for W. H. Raab & Sons, of Dallastown. Mr. Willis now has a force of men at work at his warehouse on East Mason alley. He also pur- chased 14 more acres of tobacco re- cently, six from John Stoner and four from Michael Dietz, of Stoner's Station, and four from Henry Dellinger, of Hellam. The tobacco will be delivered in the near future. A. J. Biady & Sons, of McSherrys- town, have called a meeting of credi- tors for this week, when it is stated an offer of a cash settlement will be made. Mr. Brady, the senior member of the firm, was formerly general office mana- ger of the vast business interests of S. L. Johns. He is a man of exemplary habits and a most industrious worker. About three years ago, having accum- ulated a fair capital, he engaged in the cigar manufacturing business on his own account, Fortune did aot seem kind to him, and finding that he was not progressing as he had hoped, ke de- cided upon the action above mentioned. He has the sympathy of all who know him. The Penn Box Company, of Hanover, has been incorporated with a capital of $1,000 to manufacture cigar boxes. \ business was formerly owned and g! ducted by F. J. Sneeringer, nowj. ceased, and later by his son, F. j Sneeringer, Jr., who subsequently ul out the box business and engaged i cigar manufacturing. A local daily says: "The tobacco growers of Yod county are now busily engaged in g((. ting their seed beds in ehape and boi. ing the seed to grow the little plam^ The indications from the number i seed beds which are being sown, in that the acreage of tobacco in Yoit county will be increased this yearou last year about 10 per cent, ff)^ there is a general disposition to g. crease the acreage more than ten pi cent, the help in the growing distritti is so scarce that it will be impossibit to do so. MOLD CATALOGUE FREE. The American Cigar Mold Co., «| Cincinnati, are offering to send fretti cigar manufacturers, for the mere ad ing. an illustrated catalogue showiii 1,500 shapes. This company has £ come one of the best known of tkt comparatively few cigar mold maoo- facturing establishments in the coin- try, and but recently took possesiioi of new and greatly enlarged qoarten at 1935-1937 Western avenue and 1001- 1011 Dayton street, which movem made necessary on account of therjpii growth of the business which had oot grown the old premises on Front Btreei in the Queen City. In addition to the large variety «l stock shapes made by this house Hkj also offer to duplicate exactly uj shape that may be desired. Anotk feature of their business is thattlif furnish all molds wanted direct todflt manufacturers, saving anagent'sop^ mission. SPECIAL NOTICES. (12^ cents per line, 8 point meawa^ To Mannfactarers of Cigars: If you have any Cattin^s, Scraps or Sifting to sell, write us. We are at all times in the marketil Cash Buyers of all these producti EDWIN L. KOPPEIMAN CO. 7-6-lh 81 Pine St., New Y«* W ANTED One good hsutling Mj ' - in every town of the U. S. tow the 0-B Double Cigar Clipper to » retailer. Best pocket clipper on » market. Retails for 10c. Write todW for our proposition. Address tni» Obermayer & Son, 66 Nassau stn* New York. _^ UST BE SOLD AT 0NCE.-(2 manufacturing business forj^ Established 22 years. A good tn» without any salesmen, of 10 M. C'l* per day. Must be sold: am un«" Good reasons for selling. Addrejeo^ 19, care Tobacco World, Phila. ^ CAN make up good cigar lineforJj bing house. If necessary, m can furnish his own leaf. Higheit J erences. Address N. Y. Mapu/actiffJ M^ Box 20, care of Tobacco Worw. 4-ll)r WE PURCHASE Cigar MoWHj desirable atopes-such J^ 16,261, No. 8,832. No. 8,569. WrWJ Slating what you have »nl"»^**"?iii|! Winget Mfg. Co., York,_P>^_j;:!: FOR SALE. -36 Bunching Mj^ 64 Cigar Tables, also 2 StnPP Machines. Will consider • "Ifji. Address Box 21, care of The iJJ- World, Phila. -THE TOBACCO WORLD- eJ^ AT? 1? Tl^ROkMQ i-onLntof Plain and Fancy Ribbons 1 © /\ IX XX. 1 JD ID ^^ IN O Write for Sample Card and Price List to Department W BinSs, Galloons, WM. WICKE RIBBON CO. Taffetas, Satin and Gros Grain 36 East Twenty-Second St., NEW YORK MARCUS JASKULEK Packer and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Nos. 812, 814, 816 East Third Street Dayton, Ohio. Joe Endress, Jr. A. C. Kercher Pioneer Leaf Tobacco Co, Germantown, Ohio Packers of CIGAR LEAF TOBACCO SAVE AGENT'S COMMISSION Why should the Cigar Manufacturer pay Agent's Commission? We furnish Ail Shapes of the Best Grade Cigar Mold, direct to Manu- lacturer and will duplicate exactly any shape you are now using. Send for our Catalogue of 1,500 Shapes The American Cigar Mold Co., Cincinnati, 0. Wisdom on the Label Wisdom in the Cigar 4 5c« Smoke that is so Good It is Bound to Repeat Ohmit & Kraft Bast Rrospect SIGNS! Desitfners, Printers, and Litho- graphers of CLOTH. ROPE FIBER anct CARDBOARD SIGNS, AND PAPER POSTERS. In Weatherproof Colora We have Something Ne-w In FOLDED EDGE SIGNS. I t Write for Prices and Samples UNION LABEL on Work When DesircA, We Furnish QUALITY AND SERVICE THE MASSILLON SIGN £^ POSTER CO. MASSILLON. OHIO. I W. H. SNYDER &C0. Windsor, Pa. Manufacturers of Popular Brands of Fine-<>MediuiTV Priced Cigars Correspondence with Wholesale and Jobbing Trade only invited. Particulars cheerfully given to responsible inquirers. Our Leaders Include: Honeysuckle, Rose Show, Jumbo, Libby Dear, Verelda, Charles Fay, Carisima, Gov. Pattison, Model American, and Others. ' Our Capacity for Manufacturing Cigar Boxes Is- I 1 SellefS & SOIl. SellerSVillC. Pfl. ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE GOOD CUSTOMER *^« ^^ JCUCl^ W JUU, ^WIW^JYUIW, tt. THE TOBACCO WORLD • For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to stAbiished isho L J. Sellers & Son, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO., SELLERSVILLE, PA. ^THE TOBACCO WORLD For Gentlemen of Good Taste « ^ A HIGH GRADE D^ L)C. CIGAR FOR kJU# Sold Extensively by Leading Cigar Dealers and Druggists Throughout the United States SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES THE DEISEL-WEMMER CO., Makei^ LIMA, .OHIO 3. B. MILLEYSACK Manufacturer of pine Havana PIHARQ Hand-Made WlUf^llW No. 821 Lake Street LANCASTER, PA. Correspondence with the Jobbing Trade solicited. GaW.E DALLASTOWN, PA. Manufacturer of Nickel & Medium Price CIGARS For Wholesale and Jobbinii Tradf W. W. STEWART & SON Reading, Pa. LANCASTER TOBACCO MEN SAY Makers of the JOHN HAY LADY HELEN lOc. JOHN HAY, Jr. ELI PERKINS 3e. Hi^h Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Correspondence with Responsible Houses Solicited , L J. SMITH & CO. Wholesale Cigar Manufacturers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Red Lion, Pa. i#i' ^^flinKmcms, With .Specially Uesliined Bands. „„d PAN ANNA 5c. Cidars TWO HAVANAS Two for Five Cents Correspondence with Re.pon.ikle Hou.e. .olicitad. -* Private Brands aaade to order. J. F. REICHARD Wholesale Dealer in LEAF TOBACCO of All Grades Craley, Pennaj SMITH BROS. •^"-.ia tells LEAF TOBACCO No. 1 7 Charter Street, Dayton, O. Ohio Goods Our Specialty 18 The March Output of Cigars Indicates that Some Folks Will Soon Have to Buy Lea-f Lancaster, Pa., April 8. Although for the past few weeks some of the factories in this county seemed a little dull on orders, the March output for the Ninth District shows that it was the best March month for some years. This announcement will no doubt come as a complete and agreeable surprise to the entire trade, which is certainly not expecting such a flattering report. The March production of cigars in this District was 67.917 700, which is more than three and one half millions greater than February, and two and one half millions greater than January. It may be said to have an exhilerating effect on the leaf men's ideas, who now declare manufacturers cannot possibly continue at the present rate of output without having to replenish their stock of leaf, and yet very few and unimpor- tant transactions in old goods have been reported. There is still considerable 1906 to- bacco in the hands of farmers. The buying is most gradual. Preparations are now actively going on for the planting of 1907 crops. Many seed beds can be seen already under cover, and the several balmy days of last week did much to help that v»ork along. The general opinion is that the acreage will be materially increased this year. A Shippensburg dispatch says: "To bacco growing, which has greatly con- tributed to making Lancaster county one of the richest agricultural counties, will be introduced into Cumberland and Franklin counties. One company has selected a slate and gravel region near Roxbury and purchased the 115 acre John Hosfelt farm. In order to interest the farmers they will give demonstrations and distribute sufficient tobacco seed among the farmers to plant one acre, and offer a $50 gold watch to the farmer who raises the best acre of tobacco." It is a notable fact that many more manufacturers ace this year putting up packings of tobacco than formerly. Urged by the comparatively high prices of leaf, some manufacturers who were in a financial position to do so are putting up packings for their own use, some with a view to possible economy, and others for commercial purposes. ^The cigar industry>t Akron, an im- ESTABLISHED 1889 INCORPORATED 1902 A. B. HESS CIGAR CO. SUCCESSORS TO J. E. Sherts & Co. purtant cigar town, is at present ntb dull, but several of the manufacttun are busily engaged in packing tobm Owing to slack orders at present I entire male force of the factory il Wolf & Hackman is being utilized packing tobacco. A. N. Wolf, of that town, ig ik putting up a packing of several hunini cases. C. Ruppin, operating a large oiia factory, is packing considerable qau tites of Connecticut and Wisconsin l» bacco at his warehouse in Akron. H. J. Wolf, manufacturer, of Teiii Hill, will also have this year aiis sized packing of Pennsylvania tobm Mr. Wolf, during the last few yein has found a steady growth in theW tobacco business. Jacob Davidson, Terre Hill, latei Davidson & Clime, manufacturers d union made cigars, but which firm dissolved, Mr. D. continuing on ki own account, is now making someii' provements and increasing his manul* turing facilities. Morgan & Co.. successors to Davida son Clime in the manufacture of nnii made cigars at Terre Hill. aremaki« good progress in the undertaking. A. P. Snader, at Ephrata. ia at j» sent one of the busiest factories thfli H. H. Mayer, at Ephrata. a laii factory, recently took possession of tk former H. W. Killian factory. At Rothsville, the firm of J. L W» ler & Co., manufacturers of made cigars, was some tinne ago* solved, bat Mr. Weidler «ontiBU«i» dividually. Walter S. Bare, at Lititi. ii* reaping the benefit of his effortg producing a 5 cent cigar of » %<^^^^^^^1 John McLaughlin. J- K. Kauffman. JOHN Mclaughlin ®. co. WheUsaU D«al«rs in All Kinds of 1 Plug ^ Smoking Tobaccos > Also. All Grades of Fine Cigars Qi Leaf Tobacco No. 307 North Queen St. j| LANCASTER. PA. i| 20 Save for some little statistical in- formation regarding the tobacco manu- factories of Manila, less is known in America of Philippine tobacco than is known of it either in Europe or Asia, says Hamilton Wright in the Scientific American. Nine-tenths of all the to- bacco raised in the islands and practi- cally all that is used commercially is produced in the Cagayan Valley of cen- tral and northern Luzon, a region of which even many Americans in the is- lands have little first-hand knowledge. The valley is out of the general line of travel and attention was not directed to it during the insurrection ; its peo- ple were "pacificos." Yet here is one of the most fertile valleys in the Philippines. Perhaps it is among the richest in the world. For a period of more than 140 years, tobacco has been raised on the over- flowed lands of the valley without arti- ficial fertilization. How Crops Are Grown. It is the custom of the Cagayanes to raise one crop of tobacco and one crop of corn on the same land in one year. In two succeeding years two crops of tobacco and three crops of corn have been produced from the same soil. The Rio Grande de Cagayan, from which the valley takes its name, is the largest river in the Philippines. It is at once the Nile and the Mississippi of the archipelago. Rising in the Cordil- lera mountain range of central Luzon, the backbone as it were of the great islano, the Cagayan flows north for a distance of 225 miles as the crow flies, j until, re-enforced by many large tribu- taries, it at last empties into the China ea at Aparri, the northernmost port f Luzon. The purple-peaked Cordil- eras gradually widen to make way for he huge river, forming the east and est boundaries of a vast grassy plain almost 200 miles long and with an average width of between thirty and forty miles. Twbacco L«Lnd Overflowed. The bulk of the tobacco in the Caga- yan is raised like so much hay. Little attention is given to the details of cur- ing and harvesting, which in the case of so intricate a crop, demand both scientific and experienced treatment. Most of the good tobacco land is the overflowed land, which consists mainly of small pockets, belts and patches, with occasionally greater areas of level land lying along the bed of the Caga- yan river and itd tributaries, and which doubtless formed the bed of the river at an early period. At the end of the rainy season during the latter part of December, the northeast monsoon blon up the river from the China sea, etgi ing the water to rise, when a frei^ occurs, as much as twenty feet lit many hours. It overflows thegronj to a depth of two or three feet Wj the lull of the wind, in a few dajitlj back-water recedes, and a heavy i posit of silt is left on the land. Oi the overflowed land tobacco is planui during the latter part of January i early in February, while on thehiji land it is planted several weeks earlier In three months the plant has reacki a height of from foar to six feet Ik leaves begin to get yellow in fpotial curl back. It is ripe. Methods of the N&tivea. It is interesting to note how tbei» tive raises tobacco. Before transpia ing to the high or the overflowed lui young tobacco plants have beengron thickly in a seed bed. When theym six or eight weeks old they aretni» planted to soil, which has beenciaili scratched during the time of tka growth by a carabao plow. The cm bao covers only one fifth of an ami day. It usually takes three or Ira plowings to get the ground into coi* tion for planting. The plow it«lli a primitive affair made from thecrotd of a tree. It goes four inches deet LEAF Wm HUNTER ScCiilar is luccessful with succeesf ul dealers. El Draco Ciifar MU. Co^ Phila- THE BEST ORGANI/ MOST COMPLETE^ LARGEST iVli^L Of LEAF TOBACg ESTABLISHMENT r AMERICA NEWYOia; CHICAGO ST. LOUIS THE TOBACCO WORLD Telephone Call, 432 — B Office and Warehouse: FLORIN, PA. Located on Main Line of Pennsylvania R. R. E. L. NISSLY >*f*i|iate Nickel Goods. r ^ Strictly a First Class Article — Equcl to Any Union or Non-Union Cigar on the Market- Probably Better, You to Judge— and Prices No Higher than Others. \l\ \^ ^ L. H. G. Burky, Maker, Reading, Pa. UNION MADE BLLE LABEL LSED -J Established 1895 Telephone Connection T. L. ADAIR Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Red Lion, Pa. Special Lines for the Jobbing Trade COBMWCHCSs H. G. BARNHART Ci^ar Manufacturer Sprin^vale, Pa. One of Our Leading Brands : Cuban Duchess Only High Grade Tobacco Used Cigars always duplicate All Jobbers Who Handle Travellers Tips Say it Always Moves Well W^ »s!>-^ ■ .".PP ^^1 r^j «l^"""' •"?^ ^^1 m£ \^^ *'.'-'■' 1^2.-^ w^l w ' nS ^r 1 '' H 1 5.\\ ^-^^ ^ 2^" ^-\^. /^fGlSTI LBtO ;^*« .>^ s fln^^4 ■* ■»■ X Z ^ A.;4ittiiii ^SKsH •--■^^ S^^^' .: c>6-» value of the export. In the Caftf'' a most unique custom prevails ««■ the women, who smoke a hugecp^ the tabaco grande. which re»cb« length of from thirty inches to ti^ feet, and is several inches in disiw^ These huge cigars are smoked ofl on for a day and a half or two «p Sometimes a tabaco grande i« , pended in the middle from a rafwj the dwelling, and all the woo^' of the family puff in turn. TW smoke .t^he cigarettes or .tbe sized cigar. Rutherford, Constitution, Hunter — a strong trio. El Draco Gitfar Mftf. Co., Philada. -W. H. Baker has opened • factory at Summitvilla, ^^^'^.^ said to be the fineat eTer opeow 22 -THE TOBACCO WORLD- JOHIS D. UOINO OFFICE: g^ . FACTORYt No. 1 18 Mifflin Street Manufacturer of |^ 1 g & r S Cor. Maple & Plum Aves, Lebanon, Penna. A Specialty of Private Brands. Telephone Connection Samples Sent to Responsible Houses. 0ikMU(nii HERiWAM DEULE York, Penna. Maker of Delman 10 and 5c. Herdel 5c. Alex. Martin 5c. UNION MADE CIGARS Sold to Wholesale fi Jobbing Trade only Samples to Responsible Houses Bear Bros. Manufacturers of FINE CIGARS R.F.D.N0.8.YORK.PA. A specialty of Private Brands for Ifct. Wholesale and Jobbing Trades. Correspondence solicited. Samples on appUc3itio;> . Bear. ly/*e Cxib. Essie, and Matthew Carey C. E. MATTINGLY & CO. Manufacturers of Hi^h Grade Union Made J. FOR THE Wholesale Trade Only Union Chief Supreme Union ^^^f^^!^ Mc Sherry stown. Pa. ev- ^^^ El One Union Made 5 -Cent Cigars are as Good as Cigars Can be Made Chas. A. Oberly, Maker LEBANON, PA. j ^^^t^lH^CTlGii^ Cigars of Quality Sell and Repeat. Try THE DOCTOR 3c. Gi^ar WALTER S. BARE, Lititz, Penna. Maker of Hltfh Grade Cltfars Exclusively. n ••<<•»•- GfcO. W. PARR Manufacturer of FINE CIGARS Littlestown, Pa. MAKER OF SclTHEFERNSIDESc. Sold to the Jobbing Trade only Correspondence invited . W. ^, DRUGHERTY & BRO. Dallastown, Pa. Manufacturers 01 Fine Domestic ^**SHfR(£)^ 1 Cigars Hlifhest Quality Finest Pucka^e&. Wholes.tle and Jo bing Trade only C()rres;'ot dencc with Active Houses Invited R. E. JACOBY I y^ Rejn,^^ j Wholesale Manufacturer of Strictly Uniform Quality of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Rothsville, Pa. Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited. iistablished 1870 Factory No. 79 S. R. KOCHER Manufacturer of Fine Havana Cigars and Packer of WRIGHTSVJLLE. PA. HAVANALLIN Is Guaranteed to be the Most Powerful and J^asting Havana Cigar Flavor ever produced. We Sell It, Acme Extract & Chemical Works E. G. ECKERT, Proprietor. Hanover, Pa. 23 -THE TOBACCO WORLD- T.A.MYERS&co. 1 I YORK, PENN'A SAMUEL FREV Craley, Pa. Manufacturer of Cigars for the Wholesale Trade OLD JUDGE ] C^ MILD AND PLEASANT ) 7 f^- C^ THE CYCLONE | ^C. BROWN BUCK (Banded) ( ^ *"* *^^* ALLEN GOODRICH. 3c. Samples to Responsible Houses They Smoke It and Come A^ain % T>«ADE WlHli^ BLEND, QUALITY and WORKMANSHIP to Please the Most Critical Smokers Manufactured for Joobing Trade Only The Toedtman Cigar Co. Makers of the Highest Grade of 5c. Cigars Exclusively MIAMISBURG. OHIO. The American Tobacco Co. 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 HEAVY DELIVfcKY Of KY. TuBACCO. Maysville, Ky., April 6. There has been a big tobacco business in this city and county this week. The Mason Co'inty Warehouse Company has received for the Burley Tobacco Growers' B anch of the American So- ciety of Equiiy about a million and a quarter pounds of tobacco. At the various warehouses in this city there have been received about 1,000,000 pounds, while at the branch ware- houses at Dover the amount received is in the neighborhood of 260,000 pounds. No more pooled tobacco will be re- ceived in winter order after this week. As soon as th- tobacco goes through the sweat and is in proper condition it will be prized in hog^'heads and stored, and then the work of receiving in sum- mer order will be begun. About 4,000,- 000 pounds of 1906 tobacco was pooled in this county, and it is expected that at least one-third of the amount will have to be handled at the warehouses in Dover, as those heie will be too small to handle the entire pooled crop. The tobacco at Dover has been ap- praised slightly higher than that re- ceived at the warehouses in this city, and the farmers generally are pleased with the appraisement. In addition to the tobacco received \ y the Mason County Warehouse Com- pany, W. Scott Osborne has his ware- house filled with Equity tobacco. The farmers of this county are preparing to put in the largest acreage of tobacco ever raised, on account of the high prices promised on the 1906 crop. On every hand you can see the burning of tobacco beds. According to reports, Bight riders to the number of about twenty-five or thirty destroyed the large tobacco bam of H. C. Wallis, near Rinaldo, Lyon county. It is reported that the night riders first made their appearance at the home of a Lyon county farmer named Tom Reddick, who. it is claimed, had sold his tobacco to Mr. Wallis. He was forced to point out the tobacco bought by Wallis, which was removed from the barn, coal oiled and burned. From Reddick's the night ridnrs pro- ceeded to the barn of Mr. Wallis, about one mile from Mr. Reddick's, and burned it to the ground. Leaf Tobacco Markets. hundred cases," but when thowjcm have been handled over leaf by y and placed in their proper gradei, one stops to consider the vast n that have been handled by from to fifty men, 1 assure you a great leaves must be passed through pair of hands daily. AllowlDg 1 pounds to a ease, the amount in is 585.000, or 292^ tons. Our correspondents write: Hatfield, Mass. : "Charles I ner and F. H. Bardwell have their tobacco beds and others wil their beds in condition the first week. This is about one weekiil J. H. LIEFTINCK & Z0( Sworn Tobacco Broki Office and Sample Rooms: Brakke Grond and Frai AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND.^ STOKHUYZEN & BR Sworn Tobacco Brokers Office and Sample Rooms: | Nes. 84—86 (Opposite Frascd| AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. CONNECTICUT VALLEY. At this season we hear very little said of the market conditions, and this year is no exception to the rule. Most of the assorting shops will close the first week of April. Some will be com- pelled to prolong the work for another week, but by that time they will be closed. At the shop of R. Billings, who will endeavor to finish by the second week of April, they will have assorted about 1,800 cases the past winter. It is easy to say "eighteen NIENHUYS & HESTERJM Sworn Tobacco Brokers Bro!-ers to the Deli Maatsohappy AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND Ofl!ice and Sample Rooms: 87 Rokin 41 100 Nes. opposite tmd Color and CanceMIng Stampi Lead Seals and Stencils QUAKER. CITY STENCIL and STAMP WOIU inoorporated 234 Arch St.. Philadelphls E. S. SECHWST, Dallastown» Pa>> Manufacturer of Fine and Common jfacturer of CIgan Established 1890 Capacity, 20,000 per Day HUNTER "^'^ ^'^ A NICKEL is all to the front ; made by EL DRACO CIGAR. MFG. CO.. PhiUda. YOl) ARE LOSING MONBY- 7 HOW 7 BAD ACCOLNTS. Charcing ihem off lo profit •nd lo»i. PayinC Colleclion Agency F»e». Paying Menobership (eea. ••DO-IT-YOLHSELF' The "Do It-Youraelf" collection ou^t^JjUJj whereby you rollect your bad accounts 1 rjg^ and do it in the same way ll.at il •• do"*"" ^^^ Agenciea, only BETTER-. 7 WHY 7 It ia a belter ayalem. It is eaaier to operate. -,_ f^mfM gAMl^ Il keepa the account. '» VOVK UWn Il bringa the money to YOU- Il saves Collection Agenciea teas. It saves Membai ifcili <^ee»- .l;.U« •!••"'' 1 1 saves felting into the haoda ol unrehabl* Price $1.00Po»tP-W Each outfit contains everythlnflnw to collect 50 clainns. . , p MONEY REFUNDEJp If on r.o«i» are not perfectly aatlsfled. ORDER TO-DAY United States Collectloo A^ Salt. 19. 163 R.«doIpl»»«^ Agent. Wanted «/'<♦. for proP«» . -THE TOBACCO WORLD- 116-122 E.I4^"ST NEW YORK. BRANCH FACTOHY S^O • 5^0 W S» tm ^T N r FTC ETC, SEA^r GRAT/5 UPON /REQUEST r/^EPA/O WRITE US BE r ORE RL^C/NG ORDERS FOR PRIVATE L-ABELS. BANDS, ETC.^ 24 Weidman Bros. & Moyer Manufacturers of Ci^ar Boxes '"°'"'t5"'"''"'G0LD LEAF EMBOSSING HIGH GRADE Work Factories: omelsdorf. Pa., Sinkinil Spring, Pa. Established 1891 New Orleans. ,. . San Francisco. Cigar Labels LABELS S\\\\,^m\\^\\^vi iCSTOCK CARDS Established 1877 New Factory 1904. H.W.HEFrENER» >•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ i Dealer in Steam Cigar Box Manufacturer Howard 8z: Boundary Aves; YORK, PA. I Cigar Box Lumber, t J Labels, j t Ribbons, ^ I Mdging, t Brands, etc. ♦ »♦♦♦♦»»♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦>♦♦♦♦ INLAND CITY CIGAR BOX CO. Mannfacttirers of Cigar Boxes^Shipping Cases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Edgings, etc* f 16— 728 N. Christian St, L-ANCASTER. PA. vqBEN BUSEf^ } MANUFACraRER OF Cigar Boxes and Cases OBALBR IN Lumber, Labels, Edging, Etc., R. F. D. No. 3> YORK, PA. ' i i\ ti ^ /\ (;;^Au/Es (jg O®- <^> Havana 123 IMPORTERS OP^^ N. THIRD ST. Philadbl^hia Hir.H' SI AWAHn AM) GOLD MKI»AI. FOR EXCELLENCE AND QUALITY OF STOGIES. AT WORLD'S FAIR. ST. LOUIS. I904 WE MAKE THE CUBAN EXPORT. BULL'S EYE. ROYAL BLUE LINE. CYCLONE AND BIG STOCIU First Quality. Long Filler. Hand Made JOHN SLATER & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Hand-Made, Long Filler and Mold Stogi les OUR OTHER BRANDS NEW ARRIVALS, BROWNIES. GOLD NUGGETS, JERSEY CHARTER. BLENDED SMOKB, BOSS, CASTELLO. AMERICAN PUFFS. LANCASTER BELLE, EVERY DAY SMOKE, LITTLE HAVANA. LITTLE DUTCH BLUE POINTS, GOOD POINTS, Etc. Factur> No, 1645. Capacity ."iCO Kr.OOO n V --.r Factory: LANCASTER, PA. Porto Rico Ci^ar Co. Red Lion, Pa. WHOLESALE CIGAR MANUFACTURERS IVlasor Paul ] Lord Selkirk ^3c. Arrow Point J Tom Lewis — 2 for 5e. Wholesale and Jobbinii Trade Only SOMETHING NEW AND GOOD WAGNER'S CUBAN STOGIES Manufactured Only by LEONARD WAGNER Foctoo No. . 707 Ohio St., ALLEGHENY, PA GEO. STEUERNAGLE THE CELEBRATED Manufacturer of I Pittsburg Stogies HAND-MADE ^^K STOGIES. ^ Goods sold direct to Jobbers and Dealers 5143 Penn Ave., Pittsburg, Pa, 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 1835 FRIBS & ^2 Reade Street, Indiana. Fort Wayne.— M. W. Diggan, cigjt] manufacturer, chattel mortgage, $2(KI. Ligonier.— Inko & Davis, cigars mil billiards, dissolved. Wolcottville. — John I. Haviland, tj.] gars and confectionery, damaged kj fire. Harvey L. Sawyer, cigan,! damaged by fire. Massachusetts. Boston — Joseph Gordon, cigars, cliat>| tel mortgage, $600, discharged. Michigan. Flint. — Guy Lewis, cigars, pool aoJ{ lunch, chattel mortgage, $300, New York. City of New York.— Louis Ash &C«„ I BALDWINSVILLE, N. Y. c>Kar manufacturers, Louis Ash n-l M. Tobin has closed his warehouse, tired. The other warehouses are still open Troy.— William Fitzpatrick, cigir| and have full forces at work. The in- manufacturer, dead, dications are that the acreage will be Ohio, largely incrtased this year. Many old I'enton Ridge.— E. L Williamson, d- 1 growers who have not raised a crop gars and pool, cancelled real esUtej for several years are planning on grow- mortgage, $.500, and gave deed, $1,0 vance of last year. Mott of the old to- bacco is sold, and an increase oi acre- age is promised this year." North Hatfield. Mass.: "There has been one lone tobacco buyer here today, and made an offer for a small lot. not quite what was demanded, but promised to call again tomorrow." North Hadley : "Tobacco is all sold in this part of the town, except one lot, owned by T. Gerry, of 20 acres. A few tobacco sheds will be built this year, but it does not appear that there will be a large increase in acreage. A few tobacco beds have been made, but frost IS not out of the ground in many places. "—American Cultivator. ing a crop thii year. — Gazette. OLDEST MANUFACTURERS OF EDGERTON. WIS. Some buying is still being done in the country districts, though the rem- nants of the crop are fairly well cleaned up now. Those farmers who were succeed willing to make concessions rather than sort and pack their tobacco have been mostly hunted out and the bulk of what is left in first hands is held by growers who want former quotations. It is doubtful if 5 per cent, of the crop is now left. The only transaction in old leaf of importance is the sale of 269 cases of '05 by Hanson Bros, to Spitzner. There is considerable work to be done at the packing points, though some houses are closing. It will take more than another month to see all finished. The weather of the week has been too cold for growers to give plant beds much attention and little has yet been done in this direction Shipments, 300 cases. —Reporter. Business ChaLnges. Fires, Etc. Conneaut.— W. E. Masters, cipr manufacturer and wholesale and retiH succeeded by E. M. Curphey. Texas. San Antonio.— S. Werner Cigar 0 (not inc.), retail, Werner & Wini Virginia. South Boston.— Cunningham & Mi ray, leaf tobacco warehouse, burwlj out. George A. Lea Tobacco COi! burned out. Washington. Coulee City.— Caldwell & Simmittj cigars, confectionery, etc., real ertih! mortgage, $400. Dayton. W. E. Floyd, cigars i confectionery, chattel mortgage, J21i Wisconsin. Milwaukee.— Forrest Tobacconist Ct. incorporated ; authorized capital, *><' 500. PATENTS RELATING to TOBACC0> BRO. NB W YORK. Connecticut. Willimantic— J. B. Russell, manufac- turer and retail cigars, dead. District of Columbia. Washington.— William A. Hall, whole- sale and retail cigars and tobacco, deed of trust, $7,000. Illinois. GhicafiTo.— Clara Dilcher (Mrs. George H.), ciffars, out of business. Marseilles. — William Whitfield, ci- gar manufacturer, petition in bank- ruptcy. 848,647 Device for rolling tip* ^ cigarette machines ; Julien GueniB and J. Nicault, Paris, France. 848.666 Wrapper carrier for <^ machines; Wm. S. Luckett. *» Orange, N. J. . 848.667 Cigar machine; W. S. i*» ett, East Orange, N. J. 848,854 Cigar case; Peter R*"**' Cincinnati, 0. 849,305 Match holder and lif*"*' Victor Winquist, Freeport, IH- from the factory •' ..^ EI Draco CiiarMtt.Confl»»* THB TOBACCO WORLD HINNICH BALING PRESS ♦ 4- ♦ METAL EMBOSSED LABELS METAL PRINTED LABELS ^4 ^^^_ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^►♦^ lii ti'. It* J« f leiscKKaxier Cigar Labels 238 Arch Street, Philadelphia. ^ ♦ t ♦ ^ ♦'UTHOGlLAPHiNti ^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4 TELEPHONE 1561 ♦^♦•♦^♦•^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦« SPECIAL DESIGNS i ^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4 ^ '—' Palaated March 9. 1807 For All Kinds of Products Requiring Baling TOBACCO STEMS. PAPER. COTTON. Etc. Specially Constructed ..PRESSES.. For Leaf Tobacco Packers Warranted to do more and better work in a given time, with less labor than any Press on the market Unsurpassed for power, strength, simplicity and durability, as well as ease and quickness in operation Various sizes manufactured. Write for prices and full particulars. They are indispensable in laaf packing and tobacco warehouses. Hundreds in use. MINNICH MACHINE WORKS Landisville, Lancaster Co., Pa. —Established 1831— WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 27 South Second Street PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday Ciiiars, Tobacco, ^Smokers^ Articles Special Sales of Leaf Tobacco Consignments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Day of Sale J^ni/^n^^^ Caveats, Trade Marks, -* ^iCyllLS Design-Patents, Copyrights, etc. '"ffifr " John A.Saul U Droit Building, WASHINGTON, D, C. JACOB a SHIRK Lancaster, Pa. JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS of American Tobacco Co. American Cigar Co. American Stogie Co. Luhrman & Wilburn Tobacco Co. Blackwell Durham Tobacco Co. Spalding & Merrick Tobacco Co. IT WITT PAY Yftll *" ^^^ ^^ PRICES before T orderlnff iooda elsewhere. >•••- > 1 ( 1 Brilliant as Diamonds Fragrant as Roses Good as Government Bonds- Are the CIGARS ResriB^tered^BraBdi ^'Brilliant Star" Clear Havana . . Ifk. ♦'S. B " Half Havana 5c» "S. B." Little Havanas . . . . , 5c^ ♦'Honest Bee" 3c., "2— I~No" Mildest Cigar Made 2 fof 5c^ Special Brands Made to Order Stauffer Bros. Nfg. Co., New Holland, Pk. Send Your Cigar Buyer Here We Will Save You Money For Sale by All Dealers \ V I R a I N 1 A MIXTURE GAe AMERICAN TOBACCO CO., NEW Y08I i I \ 1 ; i \ Hit ) * > I E. A. C^'-'^^s cS Co- H^»^>» f23 A/. THIRD ST. HILADELJ'HIA THB TOBACCO WORLD HICiH S« AW\HI» AM) (iOI.I) \U:i>\l. FOR EXCELLENCE AND QUALITY OF STOGIES. AT WORLD'S FAIR. ST. LOllS. 1 904 WE MAKE THE CUBAN EXPORT. BULLS EYE. ROYAL BLUE LINE. CYCLONE AND BIG STOGI« First Quality. Long Filler. Hand Made HINNICH BALING PRESS a f;i ^ g JOHN SLATER & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF i IM I -.-jtfiSr 3 9 m Factor.\ No. 1641. Capacity .lO.l) <1-.<)()'J =• V -.r Hand-Made, Long Filler and Mold Stogies OUR OTHER BRANDS NEW ARRIVALS. BROWNIES, GOLD NUGGETS. JERSEY CHARTER. BLENDED SMOK^ BOSS, CASTELLO. AMERICAN PUFFS. LANCASTER BELLE, EVERY DAY SMOKE, LITTLE HAVANA, LITTLE DUTCH BLUE POINTS. GOOD POINTS, Etc. Factory: LANCASTER, PA. Porto Rico Ci^ar Co. Red Lion, Pa. WHOLESALE CIGAR MANUFACTURERS IVIaior Paul ] Lord Selkirk ,^ 3c. Arrow Point J Tom Lewis — 2 for 5e. Wholesale and Jobblnii Trade Only SOMETHING NEW AND GOOD WAGNER'S CUBAN STOGIES MunufucUir(>d Only by LEONARD WAGNER F„.,...v >„. . 70/ Ohio St., ALLEGHENY, PA vance of last year. MobC of the old to- bacco is sold, and an increase or acre- age is promised this year." North Hatfield, Mass.: "There has been one lone tobacco buyer here today, and made an offer fur a small lot, not Indiana. Fort Wayne. -M. W. Diggan. cigir manufacturer, thaLtel mortgage, $2t Ligonier— Inko & Davis, cigarsuJ billiards, dissolved. Wolcottville.— John I. Haviland, ej. (juite what was demanded, but promised gars and confectionery, damaged bj firr. Harvey L. Sawyer, cigan, damaged by fire. Massachu.setts. Boston- Joseph Gordon, cigars, chit- tel mortgage, $6(i0, discharged. Michigan. Flint.- (luy Lewis, cigars, pool ui lunch, chattel mortgage, $300. New York. City of New York. -Louis Ash &Co,, cigar manufacturers, Louis Ash re- tired. Troy.— William Fitzpatrick, cigir to call again tomorrow. North Hadley: "Tobacco is all sold in this part of the town, except one lot, owned by T. Gerry, of 20 acres. A few tobacco sheds will be built this year, but it does not appear that there will be a large increase in acreage. A few tobacco beds have been made, but fro5t IS not out of the ground in many places. "— American Cultivator. BALDWINSVILLE. N. Y. M. Tobin has closed his warehouse. The other warehouses are still open and have full forces at work. The in- manufacturer, dead. ' dications are that the acreage will be ! largely increased this year. Many old { growers who have not raised a crop I for several years are planning on grow- i ing a crop thii year. — Gazette. GEO. STEUERNAGLE Manufacturer of CELEBRATED T-D.Vater Street, NEW VORK De Amsterdamsche Tabakshandelmaatschappij, Amsterdam TOBACCO ^ Growers and Packers of FLORIDA TOBACCOS Write for Samples SCHROMDMR & ARGUIMBAU 178 Water Street, New York I THE T OB AC tO W u k L D r CHARLES M. GUDKNECHT, PRESIDENT La Hilda Cigar Factory (Incorporated) Manufacturers and Importers 231 CHESTNUT STREET Philadelphia CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED V. (LORD LANCASTER. lOc.) Oiir M. k ft Manufacturers 615 Market St., Philada. (NICKELBY, 5c.) p A (^AL\/E3 (^ 0°- <^0^/—/aVANA 123 N. THIRD ST ^ • ' M IMPORTERS O^^ ~ PMiLAoeL^HiA T©B>qeeo Worlb-^ CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Kni|bt 5-cent Ci^ar ^ Made by Morris D. Neumann &U PHILVDELPHIA, PA. I Factory 1830. First District Penna. r SUPERIOR Qnality and Workmanship Factory No. 968, First District Penna. ■■>)» if'.'''' If You NYanl to b« In HAVANA Smoke M CN %^ M«d«by K ix HENRY DEYNANN'S SONS Sinking Spring, Pa. n W. K. Gresh & Sons, Makers, Norrisf own, Pa> O^ ■^ YOU CAN BUY WEAVER'S ORIGINAL HAVANA SHORTS AT All Jobbing Houses Parmenter Wax-Lined Coupon Ci^ar Pockeb Afford PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indorsed by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE Advertising Medium known. Racine Paper Goods Co.,Racine, WiSf D*^*' Sole Ownera and Manufactarera* CIGARETTE BILL FAVORED. »|ione.polii Jobber. Think It «i. Good Thing. Minneapolis. Minn.. April 11. Local tobacco dealers are not much worried over the passage of the anti- cigarette bill by the Legislature. Most of them assert that the passage of such 1, bill makes no difference with them one way or the other as cigarettes are not extremely profitable to handle and if they were done away with the cigar profits would be increased. Frank McKenna. of Cox & Harris' cigar store said. "I don't believe the bill will pass, but in case it should I think the so-called 'little cigars', which are really cigarettes, with to- bacco wrappers in place of the paper, will take their place. In States in which an anti-cigarette bill is now in force these little cigars are sold by the thousands and cigarette users naturally take to them when deprived of their own favorite form of the weed." "Jim" Ward, of the Ward cigar store said: "No, the passage of the bill won't affect me much. I believe a far more sensible measure would be a 1100 license for the sale of cigarettes, however, as then all these little peanut and candy stores would be forced to stop handling them, and larger dealers would be very careful to whom they sold them if such a license was required to handle them. I consider a smaller license fee than $100 a joke, as the manufacturers are willing to pay a li- cense of $5 to $25 in order to have a dealer handle their cigarettes." Van B. Clarke, who owns the stand iothe Vendome hotel, thought that the bill would be a good thing. The opin- ion was expressed that cigarettes were productive of only a small profit at best and that cigar dealers would be glad when they were done away with as then more cigars would be sold. BOSTON'S LABEL AGITATION. Boston, Mass.. April II. Boston union will vote at its next meeting to see if an assessment of 50 tents per member will be levied for la- bel agitation and other local trade work m Providence. Taunton union has not as yet been requested to contribute to the cause. According to the American Federa- "onist, the cigarmakers have strikes onatpresesnt in New York, California »nd Virginia, two for increased wages »nd tw . against a decrease in wages. Boston union has added a local sum of $3 per week out of work benefit paid y he international union to all unem- ployed members. The Cigarmakers' Union of Boston is "ne of the foremost unions in this wintry in advertising and agitating '« union label. Throughout Massachu- ««t8over $25,000 a year is expended in ^'8 work alone. <>HI0 WAREHOUSE BURNED. » Greenville, O.. April 11. was r^*^ ^^°^hers' tobacco warehouse •fsSfi'ast week, entailing a loss Wwere ion?v';'?'''^*"« ^"^ contents. 'eif tohan„ ^'^•?^" pounds of repac ked 'oWco inM"^ '^'^"^^ pounds of scrap 'liitied Th • ^^^^' ^hich was con- ■^nereisnartialinsiirnnpo NEW VERMONT JOBBING HOUSE New Firm of C. L. Soule <& Co. Muceeeds J. G. Reed H AVANA 123 N. THIRD ^T. HILADML^HIA I i''X eKARLES M. GUDKNECHT, President La Hilda Cigar Factory (Incorporated) Manufacturers and Importers 231 CHESTNUT STREET CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED I HILADELPHIA v.. ¥t^ (LORD LANCASTER, lOc.) Oil Bi. k C Manufacturers 615 Market St., Philada. (NICKELBY. 5c.) T©B^eeO WORL©-* CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Kni^hl 5-cent Ci^ar / Made by Morris D. Neumann &Ci» PHILVDELPHIA, PA. SUPEUOR Onlity and Workmanship Factory No. 9do, First District Penna. W. K. Gresh & Sons, Makers, Norristown, Pa* ^T"^^^ YOU CAN BUY WEAVER'S ORIGINAL HAVANA SHORTS AT Iff You Want to b« la HAVANA Smoke M CN NVBV K HENRY flEYHANN'S SONS IX Sinkinik Sprlnii, Pa. All Jobbing Houses Parmenter Wax-Lined Coupon Cigar Pockeb Alfoiti PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE. HEAT and BREAKAGE. ladoned by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE Advertising Medium known. _ .«i tobacc T"' ^""""° "^ .ct,a^.vcu Racine Paper Goods Co.,Racine, WiSf H.** I S^te? S ^^^T^^Zh^^L'l'ol ■^ «-i. n ^.-ju...ff..« . m ' '°®f« '8 partial inaurance. CIGARETTE BILL FAVORED. ||inn«.poli« Jobber. Think It «. Good Thing. Minneapolis. Minn.. April 11. Local tobacco dealers are not much worried over the passage of the anti- cigarette bill by the Legislature. Most of them assert that the passage of such J bill makes no difference with them one way or the other as cigarettes are not extremely profitable to handle and if they were done away with the cigar profits would be increased. Frank MoKenna. of Cox & Harris' dgar store said. "I don't believe the bill will pass, but in case it should I think the so-called 'little cigars', which are really cigarettes, with to- bacco wrappers in place of the paper, will take their place. In States in which an anti-cigarette bill is now in force these little cigars are sold by the thousands and cigarette users naturally take to them when deprived of their own favorite form of the weed." •Jim" Ward, of the Ward cigar (tore said: "No, the passage of the bill won't affect me much. I believe a far more sensible measure would be a 1100 license for the sale of cigarettes, bowever, as then all these little peanut and candy stores would be forced to stop handling them, and larger dealers would be very careful to whom they told them if such a license was required to handle them. I consider a smaller license fee than $100 a joke, as the manufacturers are willing to pay a li- cense of $5 to $25 in order to have a dealer handle their cigarettes." Van B. Clarke, who owna the stand in the Vendome hotel, thought that the bill would be a good thing. The opin- ion was expressed that cigarettes were productive of only a small profit at best ud that cigar dealers would be glad when they were done away with as then more cigars would be sold. BOSTON'S LABEL AGITATION. Boston, Mass., April 11. Boston union will vote at its next meeting to see if an assessment of 50 «entg per member will be levied for la- W agitation and other local trade work u» Providence. Taunton union has not »« yet been requested to contribute to the cause. According to the American Federa- tionist, the cigarmakers have strikes watpresesnt in New York, California »od Virginia, two for increased wages wd tw . against a decrease in wages. Boston union has added a local sum «f $3 per week out of work benefit paid ••nhe international union to all unem- Woyed members. The Cigarmakers' Union of Boston is ^« of the foremost unions in this »"ntry in advertising and agitating '"union label. Throughout Massachu- "«t«over $25,000 a year is expended in *•« work alone. OHIO WAREHOUSE BURNED. » Greenville, 0., April 11. was T^ ^^^'^ers' tobacco warehouse •fJlS^ '*i' ^®«'^' entailing a loss The e »1''" i^e huilding and contents. leaf toh»? ^^'^^^^ pounds of repacked tobacco ?~°.^nd "^^'^^^^ l^^^^ds of scrap NEW VERMONT JOBBING HOUSE Sole Owner* and Maavfac(Mr*ra« New Firn\ of C. L. Soule Havana 123 n. third srTg' /\. O^*-*^^® <& G^- <^o^^ Havana 123 n. third sr J. Vetterlein & Co. Importers of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF E ToDacm 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia -.Sn FOUNDED 1855 ^4rA (^ Wm. H. Dohan JibR T. DobM de DOHAN Si TAITT D &T Importers of Havana and Sumatra Puckers of /^^^^^J^^JOf Arch St. K. STRAUS i^.l»l€^S^S^ A.IOI) 4^Rie^ LEWIS BREMER'S SONS IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra AND PACKERS OF Leaf Tobacco 9ft2 and 324 North Third Street. Philadelphia 9al«^»Kli!lllidMa^8^ I^HILADELPHl Julius Hirschberg & Bro. l^wrters of Havana and Sumatra and Packers of Seed Leaf Tobacco 125 North Third St., Philada. L. BAMBERGER & CO. nr: " SEED LEAF rpr^TI A PP A ■A VANA and SUMATRA 1.\JUIWJ\J\J 111 Arch Street, Philadelphia W«*«hnwwi Laacastar. Pa.s Milton Junction, Wis.; Baldwinsvllle. N. Y. Benj. Labe Jacob Labe Sidney Labe BENJ. LABE £i SONS IMPORTERS OF Sumatra and Havana Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacct 228 North Third St., Philadelphia liEOPOUD LiOEB & CO. Importers of Sumatra and Havana "' Packers of Leaf Tobacn 306 North Third St., Phlla. GEO. BURGHARD Importer of Sumatra and Havana and Packer of LeAF TOBACCO 238 North Third Street, Phila. Importers and Dealers ia ALL KINDS OF SEED LEAF. The Empire Leaf Tobacco "^y*''^ SUMATRA Co., 118 N. 3d St., Phila. J. S. BATROFF 224 Arch St., Philadelphia lBrokerinLEAFT0BAe^^ EXPORT STAMP ISSUED BY CUBAN CIGAR MANUFACTURERS Authorized by the Government of the Republic of Cuba UUNIONDEF^BBICANTESDETABAC0SYClGARR0S ^^^^^^-' V-^^f^v y^Z RtPUBLICA.DECUBA REPUBLIC A.DEXUB A *c*^'^^ CUBA u :/o il 1 S L A D E C U B A :^" aaaemhi ""*"®'' ''^^^^^ ^^^ ^^bor U^"^°i^*°<^ make an effort to have fair I "'* of this factory declared un- •eale anriT ^*" ^^^ agreed to the new ^"^^l^'jnen remained at work. '-Onsfitufion s^^^ *"d •^nds for n ^p ^*^* ' Havana ^orguality and Workmanahip. ttemember that. Cigarin«ker* and Manufacturers Start Home Industry Campaign. Fitchburg, Mass., April 12. The cigarmakers and manufacturers of this city held a meeting in Brick- layers' Hall and discussed means and methods to increase the manufacture and sale of home made products, par- ticularly in the cigar business. After a long discussion in which the question was looked at from every possible point of view, it was the sense of the meet- ing and was so voted that a committee wait on the Board of Trade and Mer- chants' Association and endeavor to get them to endorse the object and psss resolutions calling on the people tu pa- tronize the local makers of all articles, while the cigar manufacturers and makers will jointly bear the expense of a campaign of education to familiarize the smoking public with the advantage of using the bcal brands of cigars. This was the result of the smoke talk, business meeting and gathering of all thnufacturer8 are. however, not com- J}»>ning. since they draw a large por- •on of their business from the larger ^•cjones. which are even now having ,e, , '^'**'' *'"«^«- Besides that, wal of the box factories are getting of tr'1^" ^rom the branch factories (V ® united CiL-ar Manufacturers' ^ ;to.n. One of t..e Yor. oox *eektr"'"*°'^ the wne- just m=i ■*« tK ^^^^ ^^^^'^ «^^ »" 'h*^ O'"^*^'"'' """''•ndof a box. but he di . not want more than a certain amount of work of that kind under the present conditions in the hoxmakers' supply market. H. F. Kohler. at Nashville, is having an excellent run of business, principally on five and ten cent goods. In fact he would like to have more cigarmakers than he has'at ttie present time, and is taking on new ones as fast as they apply, if they can do satisfactory work. His factory at Jacobus is also running full handed. Orders during the past week came in at a lively rate. Things have settled down to a nearly normal condition with Celestino Costello & Co., and the usual quota of goods is being shipped from their factories, of which they now have several. Robert M. Granat, of Gillen & Granat, has just returned from a week's visit to Philadelphia and vicinity, where he met with very satisfactory business. James Adair, proprietor of the York Tobacco Co., is busy packing tobacco. He has just moved his family to York from Red Lion. S. F. Snell, cigar manufacturer at Dowagiac. Mich., has been on a visit here lately. He was formerly in the cigar manufacturing business at Red Lion. Arthur and Frank Spatz, of Dallas- town, have formed a partnership, to engage in the cigar manufacturing business. They have secured the old Heindel building, and are about ready to begin operatiooi^. Seaton Heindel, whose factory was some months ago seized by the revenue officials, but recently released, will engage in the jobbing trade. The New Acme Cigar Company, which recently commenced operations in the old Jacoby furniture factory building on North George street and the Codorus creek, is a branch factory of the S. R. Moss Cigar Co., of Lancas- ter Pa. W. L. Toomey & Co., who have also taken a portion of the same building, have gotten nicely started, and now have good prospects of building up a fine business on a high grade line of goods. W. H. Snyder, of W. H. Snyder & Co., of Windsor, has been on a short business trip to Philadelphia and vicinity. S. L. Johns, the energetic leaf to- bacco dealer of Hanover, recently made a tour of inspection around the Connecticut leaf markets. Mr. Johns is handling a large volume of leaf to- bacco and is also packing this year at several advantageous points. Fisher Bros., of Hanover, are now extensively engaged as dealers in leaf tobacco, having retired entirely from the manufacturing line. Charlei Busby, of MeSherrystown, has had some financial trouble, and has not yet succeeded in getting matters settled. Just what the ultimate out- come will be, cannot yet be definitely said. H. A. Snyder, of Littlestown, a cigar manufacturer, has also failed. Frank J. Snecringer, of Hanover, who some time ago commenced the manu- facture of cigars under the blue label system, is now employing a large force. Ho has taken the premises formerly ic.npied by W. L. Toomoy, trading as .he Lia Union Cigar Factory. '.^. M I i>i !U> ;^^ THE BEST WUHm MADE iSiCIGAR / ontheMarket ftSTEPPACHER Manufacturer ! Reading PA ^\\y Write for Samples ^Prices I Norristown Key no ^ Tobacco Works HAVANA SHORTS^ norristown, pa. j^ Manufacturers of Havana Shorts 2 oz. 3c Private Brands for Jobbers a Specialty Samples submitted on applicatioo TT is built for Strength, but is not heavy. *■ Notice the position of the Steel Spurs. It won't "Run Away. . . . Used in Factories and Warehouses Price: $5.50 Testimonial :-- We have your box truolfARGVRA I HAVANA. CUBA< Representative of our "H. UPMANN" Brand for the United States and Canada CHARLES LANDAU New York Office: 82 Wall Street Montreal, Canada: Board of Trade Buildhic SYLVESTER & STERN SUCCESSORS TO LEWIS SYLVESTER & SON Growers, Packers and Importers of Havana Tobacco HAVANA, CUBA Monte 56 NEW YORK 165 Front Street PLANTATIONS and ESCOJIDAS: In VUELTA ABAJO at PUERTA de GOLPE " PARTIDOS " REMEDIOS SANTIAGO de las VEGAS SANTA CLARA QUINTA CAMAJUANI " SANCTI SPIRITUS FACTORY VEGAS A SPECIALTY CHARLES BLASCO Confimlsslon Merchant Leaf Tobacco and Clilarak 1 O'Reilly St. ^£^ Habana, Cuba GONZALEZ Y IVIIGUEL Almacentstas de Tabaco en Rama Especialidad en Tabaco de Santa Clara de Primera ClaM Cablet "CASIN" «... * AMISTAD 97, HABANA. ^THE TOBACCO WORLD- bemrens & eo. Havana, Cuba Manufacturers of the " SOL" Brand Finest Yoelta Abajo Tobacco Ezclasively m PA RTAGAS Independent Cigar Factory IE wm^ QUALITY ALWAYS RELIABLE Sole Representatives for the United States and Canada : National Cuba Co.. 147 Water Street, New York PARTAGAS IC« YG a 4MBAt^ Cifuentes, Fernandez y Ci Proprietors i'^4 Indastria Street Cable: ciPER Habans, Cubn I Sobrinos de A. Gonzalez LEAF TOBACCO MERCHANTS Principe Alfonso 116 y 118 Habana, Ouba '^^■^ AVMLINO PAZOS & CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rami PRADO IS3 Habana Cable: ONILEVA \ SUAREZ HERMANOS "^.Td^De^^etTn Leaf Tobacco FIGURAS 39-41, CabU: -Cuetara" HAVANA, CDW GUSTAVO SALOMON Y HNOS. Especialidad en TABAGOS HNOS de VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDOS y VUELTA ARRIBA Monte 114 P. O. Box, Apartado 270 Cable: ZALEZGON Habana BBUNO DIAZ R. RODRIGUEZ J. H. CAYRO & SON Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Specialty: Vuelta Abajo and Partldo Warehouse and Office: 92 Dragoivcs Street. HAVANA, CUW Cable Addrcssi "JOSECAYRO* ( or.espondenc* Solicited la EiilUk B. DIflZ & CO. Growers and Packers of Vuelta Aba|o and Partido Tobacco PRADO 125 Cable: ZAIDCO HABANA, CUBA HENRY VONEIFF S. Jorge Y. P. Castaneda JORGE & P. CRSTAflEDfl Growers, Packers and Exporters of Havana Lieaf Tobacco Egido. Corner Dragones Street, H A V A N A F VI0ALCRU2 VONEIFF Y VIDAL CRUZ ^'^^Tx^porUo.leaf tobacco 73 Amistad Street. HAVANA. CUBA ^ ^^ Branch Houses: 616 W. Baltimore Street. BaJtimore. Md. P. O. Box 433. TimH^ EVARISTO GARCIA JOSE M. GARCIA JOSE D"** J. M. GARCIA Y CIA. Almacenistas de Tabaco Partido y Vuelta Ab»F CON VEGAS PROPIAS dan Nicolas 126 y 128 c.bi«: "jomacarcia" HABANA, cm 10 Our Capacity for Manufacturing Cigar Boxes Is— ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE GOOD CUSTOMER - -TFIK TOBACCO WORLD L. J. Sellers & Son, Sellersville, Pa. The Union de Fabricantes. of which Jn Rafael G. Marques is president. A Jose C. BeltroDS secretary, is as Ive as ever in looking after the Lrestsof its members, and importers S cigars, as well aa retailers, ought to L particular attention to the fact Jhat all of their boxes should contain the guarantee stamp which attests the legitimacy of a Havana cigar. Interest. Cardenas & Co. were sellers of 200 bales of Remedies during the past week They removed their office and warehouse from the corner of Cuba and Jesus Maria streets to 126 Amistad street, where L. Friedman & Co. were formerly located. Don Jose Gonzalez, who has been the resident partner of Gustav Salomon y Hnos for nearly the last twenty years (although I understand that at present he is doing business on his own account at the old stand Monte 114), met with a gad loss in the death of his young wife. Nearly the whole of the tobacco trade, as well as a number of manufac- turers, were assembled at the funeral, thus showing the sympathy that was generally extended and the esteem in which he wsa held by the trade. Rodriguez, Bautista & Co. disposed of 90 bales of Remedies from their hold- ings. Vuelta Abajo , Semi Vuelta Partido Matanzas Remedios& S.Clara Santiago de Cuba Week ending April 6 Bales 927 58 65 18 17 8 Since Jan. 1 Bales 2,968 197 284 141 4.697 1.707 9,994 Total 1,083 TOBACCO NOTES FROM LANCASTER. ImaU Lot SaIci Rule in Leaf Market. Newt Gathering Without Exertion. Lancaster, Pa., April 15. There was little or no improvement il conditions in the local leaf market Coring the past week. Transactions n«re confined to small lots. Farmers mm to be taking a rather philosophi- cal view of the present situation, and Apparently are not much concerned about the price, perhaps feeling confi- dent that the price will take care of it- self, and in the meantime they are ac- tively preparing for the 1907 planting. Seed beds galore can be seen in every •ection, and in fact plowing is about to be commenced. They seem, if any- thing, to be now more concerned about getting their planting done as early as possible, in the hope of having also an early harvest. There is every indica- tion that the acreage will be generally 'ncreased. They are also very active "> urging the State Agricultural De Wrtment to increase its appropriations •w experimental work at the various stations in this State. Cigar manufacturing is not so very '•Jisk at present with quite a number manufacturers, and yet there are a jwtain few who are making prepara- ™08for increasing their facilities. t^eaf tobacco packers are pretty well bw "^ ^'^^ their packings, but Quit"*- " ^^°8'"«*'8ing only slowly the '°™^ VM. BADER Importer of Havana Tobacco 4 Burlinii Slip, NEW YORK A SfMeUlty of HAVANA WRAPPERS »nd FILLERS tt rateiL N«U ordart pfrnfOf I i i -THE TOBACCO WORLD- Batabliahed 1881 ■THE Incorporated 190a W0f^LD Published Every Wednesday BY THK TOBACCO WORLD PUBLISHING CO. 224 Arch Street. PKiladelpKiaL tav y Krodt H. C McManus, Pr^ldent^and oinl Sanger. Secretary and Treasurer. Entered at the Poet Office at Philadelphia, Pa., as second class matter. TEiAPHONES:-Bell, Market 28-97 ; Keystone, Main 45-39A. Cable Address, Baccoworld. Havana Office, Post Office Box 3^«. SUBSCRIPTION-PAYABLE IN ADVANCE I One Year. $1.00 ; Six Months, 75 Cents; Single Copies, $ Cents. In^lw^tries of the Postal Union, $2.00 per year, postage prepaid. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION. Advertisements must bear such ^ dence of merit as to entitle them to BubUc attention No advertisement ^nown or believed to be in any way ScSkt^ to ^slead or defraud the mercantile public will be -fitted. Remittances may be made by Post Office Money Order, Registered Let- ter Dra" SE^p^rOrder. and must be made payable only to the pub- Shers. Address Tobacco World Pubwshino Co. , 224 Arch St., Philada. thousands upon thousands of dealers in cigars, tobaccos, etc.. wholesale dealers as well as retail, who have never seen a real live tobacco plant, much less a collection of a variety of plants. Connecticut tobacco has been nm. what unjustly discriminated igiy "The real high grade Connectiaii," said he, "will always find amarketm a comparatively ready sale." On the Krohn plantations in Co^ — J T J ticut large sums have been spent » Philadelphia Tobacco iraoe perfecting a model tobacco fann.^ every effort is made to grow only % very highest grades of Connectitiit Havana seed leaf. Their packings tliij year have turned out moat satirfK. torily. and goods are being raoi^ marketed. Mr. Reeder proposes to stop at Ut caster. Pa., on his way backhoDie,ti see several intimate friends he ha there. PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 17, 1907. ac THE NEW CONNISSIONER. A report was in circulation in New York this morning that Col. Pearl Wright, of New Orleans, would proba- bly be appointed Commissioner of In- ternal Revenue, to succeed John W. Terkes, resigned. THE "NIGHT RIDERS." Governor Beckham, of Kentucky, has issued a proclamation offering a reward of $500 for the apprehension and con- viction of every person guilty of de- stroying tobacco beds and barns in the Western Kentucky dark tobacco dis- trict. The open lawlessness which has pre- vailed for many weeks in Kentucky is laid at the door of the American Society of Equity, which, under the guise of fighting the trust, has degenerated into a form of anarchy, and many depredations are committed against growers who have turned a deaf ear to the association's argument. The Society of Equity is hardly acting in an equitable manner by permitting night raiding and the destruction of seed beds belonging to those whom it has not been able to enlist in its mono- polistic movement. It is high time that more drastic measures to preserve law and order were adopted by the officials of the State. The following dispatch indicates that the situation is growing worse, instead of better: Clarksville. Tenn.. April 17. The destruction of tobacco plant beds in this district by "night riders has reached an alarming stage, and it is feared that unless the depredations are apeedily stopped there will be an un- usually light crop. During the past week a number of plant beds have been salted and the plants killed. In Trigg county. Kentucky, the situation is serious in the extreme. Fully a score of plant beds have been destroyed, tobacco rolled into the river, and warnings posted in the places of independent planters. Trainmen have been threatened with violence if they haul the tobacco of growers not con- nected with the growers' association. »%^^^^^ GOVERNMENTAL EXPERIMENTS. India is developing a promising to- bacco growing industry, which the Government is fostering in every way possible, even to the extent of estab- lishing a Government farm to be de- voted exclusively to tobacco research in the Gangpur district of Bengal, one 12 of the most important producing areas in India. The development of any industry under Governmental assistance is often more rapid than under commercial stimulus. Extensive plant breeding and seed selection work can only be done on a large scale, and if carried on by the Government the results are shared by the small farmer as well as syndicates, while if the work is carried on under the direction and at the ex- pense of any commercial body the re- sults are often kept secret if posaible. audit is only by judicious seed selection that the small farmer can maintain profitable competition. It is not always, however, that Gov- ernmental experiments are crowned with the success that was hoped for. For instance, the growing of wrapper leaf in Connecticut was brought about largely by the work done by the United States Government, but it was doomed to a short and not wholly satisfactory career. On the other hand. Florida- Georgia wrappers are the result of in- dividual enterprise and energy and have been brought to a high standard of commercial value. The unseasonable weather conditions of the past week have had a disastrous effect on the retail trade. After a most auspicious beginning for April, the serious setback of the past week was almost exasperating. Weather conditions affect the retail cigar busi- ness as much as any other business, and much more than some other lines of trade. The weather conditions for the past several months were mostly un- favorable to that branch of the tobacco trade. Conditions among cigar manufac- turers remain practically unchanged. Factories are for the most part fairly busy in this city, and an exceptional few are moderately rushed to get out their goods to meet the demand promptly. The Internal Revenue of- fice reports of the output in the First District for March are satisfactory, although nothing to be particularly elated over, because they do not show a very great increase over March of last year, and considering that the Ninth District showed a rather unexpected and remarkable increase for that period as compared with the corresponding month of 1906, this district seems to have fallen a little from the average rate of increase. The total output of cigars, etc. for the month of March was as follows: Cigars at $3.00 per M 55.910.470 Little Cigars at 54c. per M. . . 1.709,400 Cigarettes at $3.00 per M 29,100 Cigarettes at $1.08 per M 6,711,000 Cigarettes at 54c. per M 609,000 Snuff at 6c per pound ^I^'I5S M'f'd tobacco at 6c per lb 109,169 Carl L. Haeussermann, of L q, Haeussermann & Sons, will this n^ cover New Jersey in the interest of b firm. They have had a fairly aetife business for several weeks past. Max Herzog. with P. DennerieiBt! Co., New York, was again in thiseityi few days this week. He was sbowiiit line of Connecticut leaf this time, wbiek upon critical inspection was declml to be desirable lots of goods. In the death of Samuel Shepberi, who died suddenly at bis home, M North Forty-first street, of apopleij, the jobbing trade 4ias lost oneofiti oldest and most honored members. Hi. Shepherd was a pioneer in the tobun business of this city, having spentb entire lifetime here. In 1870 Mr. Shepherd began bis boi- ness career at Third and Monroe streeti, and remained there for a period of |. years. In 1893 he removed his bunoca to the more central section, at 19 Market street, where it is still locitei In 1891 Mr. Shepherd admitted b son. Wm. F. Shepherd, to an interetf in the business, who will now eontiiDi it at its present location. ^<%<%^/%<%'%<% AN EXPOSITION SUGGESTION. Elsewhere in this issue is published a report of a novel experiment now being conducted in the Royal Botanic So- ciety's Gardens in Regent's Park. Lon- don, where a variety of tobacco plants are now being grown, and in which collection it was undertaken to have every tobacco growing country repre- sented. It is stated that the head gardener is doing everything possible to have the plants well developed by the latter part of April, in order that they may serve a certain purpose at the Interna- tional Tobacco Trades Exhibition which is to be held in Horticultural Hall, London. We would suggest that the managers of the Tobacco Trades Expositon could perhaps profitably give serious con- sideration to the idea of the Londoners, in having a typical display of growing tobacco plants at the forthcoming show, to be held early in September next. It would not be impossible to secure an elegant array of a large variety of plants for that purpose. Space so devoted would be of a possibly more educational nature than a profusion of displays of the manufactured product. It must be admitted that there are The cigar output showed an increase over March of last year of only 321.700, whereas the increase in the Ninth District for the same period of time was several million cigars. The manufactured lobacco output shows a falling off during March as compared with March of 1906. of nearly 25,000 pounds. Snuff also shows a decreased output, but there is a noticeable increase in the output of cigarettes and little all to- bacco cigarettes. The jobbing trade is only tolerably good. The serious interference with retailers' business by the unfavorable weather is. of course, also affecting business with jobbers, who, like the retail dealers, were just beginning to feel an improvement when the balmy days of several weeks ago started in to make things look like real spring, but the wintry winds of the past week re- sulted in an upsetting of all plans and calculations. A. H. Reeder, of The Miami Valley Leaf Tobacco Co.. Dayton, O., and President of the Krohn Tobacco Co., at Windsor. Conn., spent a day in Philadelphia this week, while en route to Ohio from Connecticut. While admitting that the use of Con- necticut tobacco eeemed to have under- gone some change during the past year, he was, nevertheless, just as full of confidence in the virtue of good Con- necticut as he ever was, and feels that After a short and uneventful c«r« the Royal Cigar Co. has packed "bir and baggage" and left the city to ib fate. Apparently it was discoverei that the City of Brotherly Ix)T€ w not very favorable to the ides i Royalty. The United Cigar Stores Co. k" brought about a complete change i front. Red fronts are now thevog* and all their stores have had eite* painting in this brighter hue. C. W. Saunders, representing * Cortez Cigar Co., of Key West, «M« visitor here this week and booked •<• substantial orders for Cortei ci|»» among several local houses. A. Boyd Wilson, with TrujilloAfr^ New York and Key West, was »* trade here lately. Trujillo 4 ^ product has met with consider* favor in this city. E. P. Jeffries, with the Surbrog'^ has also been here lately in the int^J of the firm's Milo and other brtt* cigarettes. A. J. Rigby, ^f the TheobaWj Oppenheimer Company, has re to Mansfield, 0. Considerable activity has beeo5»J lately at the factory of the -i (Continued on page 16) -THE TOBACCO WORLD- MILTON H l^livl .•^ V .. .^ * 1 ' RANCK Successor to The Wholesale and * Jobbing trades are cordially invited to examine some speciany desirable lots of •i' -<':i*< •*? .■ \ \ Pennsylvania Connecticut NVisconsin !« •»«• • '. ^ f s. Ohio and Big Flats W. R. COOPER & CO. Packer and Dealer in V- '■•j<4* \V.r .. Wy V -r'' ■♦> ^ •J" '. .1-1*. • < ■a.-.- V -„ I" 15 \& .•-.,»•■■ Leaf ^ 9i ^ C tobacco ■"1 " V :■<;. -.w: -1 ■Hrt- 201 and 203 North Duke Street LANCASTER, PENNA. Packing House: Strasburg, Pa. IS -THE TOBACCO WORLD- ERNEST ELLINGER & CO, m. lOi water street Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO ^.^^^^♦♦♦^ ♦-•.♦4 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ New York ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦ TOBACCO NEWS OF GREATER NEW YORK ; ►♦♦♦♦ New York Bureau o OTHseHiu6 & Br \A\ Water St. LEAF TOBACCO. ^_ OFFICES : DETROIT, MICH. AMSTEROAM.HOLLANO. HAVANA, CUBA. New York, J06. S. GANS MOSES J. GANS JEROME WALLER EDWIN I. ALEXANDER JOSEPH S. GANS & CO. '^'''Tc::'s of Leaf Tobacco Tdephone: 346 John 1 50 Water St., NEW YORK Stater Bt*othct»s r^rSso, UERF TOBACCO 163 Water Street ■rtablished 1888 NEW YORK Telephone : 4027 John M. F. SCHNEIDER IMPORTER OF Sumatra Tobacco 2 Burling Slip, NEW YORK NES. CORNER KUIPERSTEEC, AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND Telephone: 377 JOHN Joseph Hirsch & Son IMPOITEBS or SUMATRA TOBACCO 0. z. vooRBURGWAL 227 jg3 \vater St. Amsterdam, nolland. Cable Address; "HERE." NEW YORK JOSEPH HOLZMAN SUMATRA, HAVANA TT^ hi^nnCi and SEED LEAF 1 UUUl^t^V-F 185 Water St., New York JOHN W. MERRIAM St CO. ••At the Slrfn of the Bull C^orf," New York Real Habana Setfar. Makers and Importers ■• • e ._J fmm**tmmAm §nm Aala Habaaa Scraps and Catllntf* for Sal* There has been little if any change in the conditions of the leaf market during the past week. Seed leaf has been moving in a quiet way. Much attention has been given to the new Sumatra tobaccos, and reports all in- dicate that at each succeeding inscrip- tion in Amsterdam conjpetition becomes keener and the bidding even more lively. Heavy purchases have been made by H. Duys & Co.. A. Cohn & Co.. American Cigar Co.. and others, be- sides good sized purchases made by E. Rosen wald & Bro.. Pretzfeld & Co.. S. Rossin & Son. E. Spingarn & Co.. Hinsdale Smith & Co., G. Falk & Bro., I F. & E. Cranz and Rothschild & Bro. H. Duys & Co. bought Deli My 1 Q. I M., S. K. I Deli. S. M. I Sumatra, F. and S. Deli. J. H. Deli and K. F. Deli. a total of 660 bales suitable for the American trade, and making in all over 2500 bales of the new goods bought by them. At the annual meeting of the Leaf Tobacco Board of Trade, held la^t week, it was decided to secure permanent headquarter8,ftp,b« located somewhere in the tobaccoi district, so that facilities for visitmf' Ifeaf men can be provided, where they can receive their mail mat- ter, etc. It was also decided to es- tablish the new headquarters of the local board at 141 Maiden Lane, and to hold the National Convention, which is scheduled for the first Monday in May, at that place. This arrangement, it is believed, will prove a great convenience to the local members of the trade who may want to attend the convention, as well as dele- gates to the convention who may want to visit various houses in the trade during their stay in the city. The following trustees of the Board for the ensuing year, and delegates and alternates to the convention were nom- inated : Trustees: A. Bijur. Charles Fox. Sig.fKoenig. Ferdinand Cranz. Harry S. Rothschild, A. Cohn. Jos. Cullman, F. Dolbeer. JamerBrthttter,' E. 'A. 1 Kraussman, Benno Neuberger, Williim Ispitzner, L. Schmid, Chas. Vogt, and Julius Marqusee. Delegates : A. Cohn. Sigmund Rosen- waW, H. S. Rothschild, F. Cranz, J. Ertheiler, Marco Fleischman, F. Dol- beer, W. Spitzner, S. Koenig. J. H. Duys, Julius Marqusee and E. A. Kraussman. Alteinates: Charles Waxelbaum, Benno RosenwaW. John W. Merriam, W. E. Bird, Jesse Falk, Ernest Ellinger, Chas. Acker, J. S. Cans, Morris Levi, R. Weil. Samuel Mendelsohn and Frank Bach. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, A. Bijur ; vice-president, James Ertheiler ; treasurer. F. Cranz; secretary, Chas. Fox^ HUNTER 55c.Clftar is successful with successful dealers. El Draco Gitfar Mftf . Co., Phila. f The Tobacco World New York, April 16. Ernest Ellinger & Co. have issued a announcement of their removal.on April 20. from 161 Water street to 87-89 Pijf street. A. H. Reeder. of The Miami Villq Leaf Tobacco Co., Dayton. C. ui president of the Krohn Tobacco Co,, at Windsor, Conn., has been inthii city lately. He 16ft today for Dsytoi. intending to stop off at Philadelphii and Lancaster. Emil Wedeles, of Wedeles Bm, Chicago, sailed from New York, lut week, in company with his wife, k Europe. The A. Hussey Leaf Tobacco Co. bti just mailed to their trade a ipedil notice calling attention to an exce^ tional line of Connecticut Havana Mel binders, and offers to sell in any « to its full capacity. There is a strong local sentiment in j»*J of the clear Havana lines of the ^Hilda Cigar Factory, and President JMknecht is kept steadily busy in 'ing after the growing office business ;|^«e requirements of the salesmen. SPECIAL NOTICES. (12t cents per line. 8 point measure) To Manafadorers of Cigars: If you have any Catlings, Scraps or Siftin^s to sell, write us. We are at all times in the market as Cash Buyers of all these products. EDWIN L. KOPPELMAN CO. 7-6-lh 81 Pine St., New York. UOR SALE. — On account of ocher in> *■ terests. manufacturer will sell his Stogie Manufacturing Business of $30.- 000 to ^0.000 per year; established 20 years. Equipment, trademarks, labels, etc., offered in their entirety.or present proprietor will take entire output, and continue to market the goods. A good chance for an energetic business roan. Address Success, care of The Tobacco World. Philadelphia. 4-17tf \4UST BE SOLD AT ONCE. -Cigar ^^■^ manufacturing business for sale. Established 22 years. A good trade, without any salesmen, of 10 M. cigars per day. Must be sold; am unwell. Good reasons for selling. Address Box 19. care Tobacco World. Phila. 4-lOh HUNTER BEST FOR A NICKEL •8 all to the front ; made by »«ACO CIGAR. MFG. CO . Philada. I ^AN make up good cigar line for Job- ^^ bing house. If necessary, jobber can furnish his own leaf. Highest ref- erences. Address N. Y. Manufacturer, Box 20, care of Tobacco World, Phila. 410r WE PURCHASE Cigar Molds-un- ^ desirable shapes— such as No. 16,261. No. 8,832, No. 8.669. Write us. Slating what you have and tbe quantity. Winget Mfg. Co., York. Pa. 12-12tf pOR SALE.— 36 Bunching Machines. ^ 64 Cigar Tables, also 2 Stripping Machines. Will consider a fair offer. Address Box 21, care of The Tobacco Wot Id. Phila. 4-3tf P EGISTER YOUR TRADE MARKS -^^ with The Tobacco World, Philada. JOSH BILLINGS ^ 5c. Cigar ^ **There hain't none better than the best" — Josh Billings. This Is the Best. A cigar of merit with a push behind it. The Best Little Cigars ever offered the American public. Golden Eagle Cigars 1 1 They are extra large, Havana blend, and of perfect workmanship. Finest package. I. LEWIS & CO. Makers, tstablished 1870. NcWafk, N.J. Z. JOHN NORRIS, Manager of the Philadelphia Office, 111 Market St We believe in Honesty. Good Workmanship, at fair prices to all. Correspondence Solicited THE OLD HONESTY QGAR BOX CO.. C. W. Backs, Gen. M jr. Rear 634 Washiatfton Street, Reading, Pa. ■THE TOBACCO WORLD- The Miami Valley Leaf Tobacco Co. DAYTON, OHIO stxh^ev m k»ohn Packers of Cigar Leaf Tobacco 1903-4-5 Zimmer Spanish, 1905 Gebhardt, 1905 Dutch, 1905 Connecticut, etc. ALLEN M. REEDER FARNHAM & REYNOLDS Home Office: ADDISON, N. Y. Packers of Tinest Big Flats and Onondagft. Warahouaea i Addlaon. N. Y. Bid Flats. N. Y. Meridian. N. Y. 1 O 13 GL O O O E. Hartford. Conn CONNECTICUT HAVANA SEED I T. J. DUISIN & CO. Makers of the BACHELOR CIGAR 401-405 E. 91st Street, NEW YORK ■♦ ♦ I It' ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦^^.♦♦♦^.♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦•♦■•"r4-444444444444444444'444-«4444-4-4>44444'444>44-4-4>4 4 Cuban Licorice Casing Wine l8 no longer an experiment, and your trade will be aflfected unless you fall in line and use this HELP TO MODERN CIGAR MAKING. Acme Extract and Chemical Works 16 F. G. ECKERT, Proprietor. Hanover, Pa. Have' a. Depressing Effect on the Retail Trade in Boston. [Boston Bureau "The Tobacco Wprld" 19 Devonshire Street] Boston, Mass., April 15. The retail trade found business rather dull during the past week. This was due to numerous rain, hail and snow storms which put our streets in a bad condition. The wholesalers are busy and all are eagerly placing new brands of cigars with their respective trade. The largo local manufacturers 'are not doing the usual spring advertising this year. R. G. Sullivan, maker of the popular 7-20-4 cigar, has just come out with a new nickel cigar, on which much money will be spent in placing it on a good footing. A few of th*^ United stores offered their patrons Saturday, with every 60 cent purchase, a package of fine playing cards, bearing their shield advertise- ment. S. Simons, who was the general manager of the United stores here, has been transferred lo Scranton, Pa., to fill a pimilar position there, and a Mr. Smiih from Pittsburg, Pa., now has charge of the Boston stores. Many of the cigar stores have re- ceived a free supply of sample 1 ounce packages of the trust's Union Leader cut plug, and are giving same away with every 5 cent purchase. Many of our retailers are putting in new silent salesman show cases, to beautify their stores and keep their cigars in a better condition. The National Cigar Stands Co. b been using some of our local newsptp^ columns to advertise their prodotti, and they dwell on the point that tbeit show cases are always perfect and the cigars in them are always in a prop* and saleable condition. J. Woolfson, representing I. Lewii4 Co., Newark, N. J., was here this w«(k on his first trip to the Hub. He mu- aged to find bis way through ourstretti like an old timer, and did a nice, satii. factory busihewln his week's stay. E F. Klein, of New York, the M em representative of the AnMiim Playing Card Co.. Kalamazoo, Mick, booked some large sized orders fna the wholesale trade this week. Baker Bros have a salesman ogt selling the Rio Hondo, a Havana cigtt from the factory of the Geo. B. Millv Co., New York. C. Herbert, with Durlach Bros., tk Porto Rican cigar house, is here on hii regular trip. The new El Dubeo Ib pgt up in a handsome package. A. Frye, of Frye Bros., Salem, Mau., was a buyer here on Friday, and ke made some large purchases. R. Gangemi. of Gangemi & Co., Net York, makers of clear Havana cigin, spent several days here. He receivej a nice order from the Adams How pharmacy. The Markell Drug Co., SwBtj Squaj-e, is making a hit with th« Beaumont and Lady Rq^edale, thefinl a clear Havana four for a quarter eigv, and the last l;hree for twenty-fiw cents seed and, Havana, both from A factory of Deutsch Bros., New Y«l The new El Speedo clear Hava»i cent cigar of Gans Bros., New Wi is also a good seller with t)hem. . Rosen ihal ?ros. have just tak«i the Josh Billings and John Haia* cigars made by 1. Lewis & CQ.,otlI* ark, N. J. Wm. Rodman, a prominent 6pm of Chelsea, has just added to his*" two nice modern show lases, Maurice Kaufman, of Kaufman Bm & Bondy, and S. M. Frank, of Fn«* & Co., New York, are both here ikjj ing their line of meerschaum andww pipes. J. Pearlstein. with the Amerjj Cigar Co.. is placing the new jw^ cent cigar. Old Glory, with «»■ success. ^ Ed. Leader is now selling the OTJ Council short smokes for Richard w» & Co., of Baltimore. Dill's tobacco is scarce again. MJ jobbers have been out of m"'^": week and were unable to get 8UPP"J owing to the factory being rusheflwi orders. Many retailers are taking adTjnjr of the 50 cents rebate on the nei «* shipment the t»bacco trust is oiis«» The extra large sis^ ^^^tK^Z ettes, made by the Mensahh-W"* Co., are selling nicely. a A. Chertoff, the Cross BtreetTurt cigarette manufaol^irer, n*" ^JLj turned from a successful trip »» • Fitchburg, Lowell and Lawrence, -^ Gans Bros.' William the FourU. JJ Havana is continually being piwj ^ new trade. With the old trade brand is always duplicating orfleij^ the new shape, Perfectos ,*!|«*7'JL(. or 2 for a quarter, looks like a wi-- Ben A* -THE TOBACCO WORLD- PT^ A R R TRR^N^ """""•■•'" P^a»" Q"d Fancy Ribbons \^ iKjfTM^M^ XX. JL jmJUr\iy 1^ QJ Write for Sample Card and Price List to Department W WM. WICKE RIBBON CO. Manufacturers of Bindings, Galloons, — I Taffetas, Satin and Gros Grain 36 East Twenty-Second St., NFW YORK MARCUS JASKULEK Packer and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Nos. 812, 814, 816 East Third Street Dayton, Ohio. Joe Endress, Jr. A- C, Kercher Pioneer Leaf Tobacco Co. Germantown, Ohio Packers of CIGAR LEAF TOBACCO Wisdom on the Label Wisdom in the Cigar A 5 c. Smoke that is so Good It is Bound to Repeat Ohmit & Kraft East Rrospect SAVE AGENT'S COMiVllSSION Why should the Cigar Manufacturer pay Agent's Commission ? We lurnish All Shapes of the Best Grade Cigar Mold, direct to Manu- facturer and will duplicate exactly any shape you are now using. Send for our Catalogue of 1,500 Shapes The American Cigar Mold Co., Cincinnati, 0, SIGNS'. Desitfners. Printers, and Litho-^ graphers of CLOTH. ROPE FIBER anct CARDBOARD SIGNS, , AND PAPER POSTERS. ' Jn Weatherproof Colors We have Something Ne'vsr In FOLDED EDGE SIGNS. UNION LABEL on Work When Dc>ir«^ Write for Prices and Samples We Furnish QUALITY AND SERVICE THE MASSILLON SIGN tr* POSTER CO. MASSILLON, OHIO. W. H. SNYDER &C0. Windsor, Pa. Manufacturers of Popular Brands of FIne--»Mediunv Priced Cigars Correspondence with Wholesale and Jobbing Trade only invited. Particulars cheerfully given to responsible inquirers. Our Leaders Include: Honeysuckle, Rose Show, Jumbo, Libby Dear, Verelda, Charles Fay, Carisima, Gov. Pattison, Model American, and Others. (jHWbEY^Sl 17 ^i Our Capacity for Manufacturing Cigar Boxes is— ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE GOOD CUSTOMER THE TOBACCO WORLD L J. Sellers & Son, Sellersville, Pa. For Gentlemen of Good Taste FS/IN FELieE-J H ^ A HIGH GRADE = /^ OC.CIGAR FOR »JV^« Sold Extensively by Leading Cigar Dealers and Druggists Throughout the united States SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES THE DEISEL-WEMMER C0.» Makei« LIMA, OHIO W. W. STEWART & SON Reading, Pa. Makers of the JOHN HAY LADY HELEN lOc. JOHN HAY, Jr. ELI PERKINS 3c. Hi^h Grade Seed and Havana Cigars CorrespondeocM with Rrspoaslble Houses Solicited L J. SMITHS CO. Wholesale Cigar Manufacturers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Red Lion, Pa. L«?.A»u ; ,t!*ll»™0«S, With .Specially Designed Ban^. „„d PAN ANNA 5c. Cifiiars TWO HAVANAS Two for Five Cents Correspondence with Responsible Houses solicited. '^ Private Brands Made to order. J. F. REICHARD Wholesale Dealer in LEAF TOBACCO of All Grades Craley, Penna SMITH BROS. Brokers in Domestic L£^F TOBACCO 18 and Imported No. 1 7 CharteF Street, Dayton, O. Ohio Goods Our Specialty LEITER FROM LANCASTER (Concluded from page 11) as he is a resident of Lancaster, and finds his daily toil within a square of the location of the stand, above all other.H should have known, if he was really a newspaper man, which he pro- fesses to be. The fact remains, how- ever, that there is still another National Stand in a drug store on North Duke street. The Pilferer will please copy our news item concerning the sale of the leaf business of W. R. Cooper to Milton H. Ranck. because if he don't copy it, he would never get it in any other way. I Street cars in Lancaster cost money, j just as anywhere else. Walking here, however, is goud, but it is tiresome. Then again, some people are born tired, and newspaper men in particular seem subject to the malady, and some would raiher swipe ihe news from some other fellow than to hustle for it. it is less tiresome. H. Frank Eshleman. attorney for D. C. Frey, has entered a suit in Common Pleas Court against L. P. Kimmig & Co.. to recover $530. The plaintitl avers that he sold his tobacco crop to the defendants, who repudiated the contract. He then re-sold the tobacco at a loss represented by the above sum, which he sues to recover. Charles H. Troast, of 15 East Lemon street, died on Sunday, after an opera- tion lor appendicitis, in his twenty- fifth year. He was a son of H. B. i Troast, the tobacco inspector. De- > ceased was a salesman for the Spauld- ing & Herrich Tobacco Company, Chicago, and was at one time a sales- man in M. T. Garvin & Co.'s dry goods store, this city. Fire this morning completely de- - stroyed the cigar box factory belonging to Ezra Leaman, and situated between ' Leaman Place and Paradise. Until today cigar boxes had been manufac- tured there, but this morning the manufacture of cigars was to be com- I menced. The hands were beginning i to arrive about 7 o'clock, when the roof i was difcovered to be on fire. The fac- toiy wttB a two story frame building, and the loss is placed at $300. FROM THE CAPITAL OF OLD BERKS. Leaf Dealers Satisfied, and Cigar Men are as Bu»y as Others in the State. Reading, Pa., April 15. The leaf dealers of this city are all reporting a pretty satisfactory busi- ness. Hildebrand & Adler, on Franklin street, had a very fair business during March, and April so far promises tokt even better. Henry Rindakopf, it Fifth and Washington streets, is wd satisfied with the way business isioiiii lately, because in volume it has shon a steady increase. Cigars manufacturers here, frontl reports, are about as busy as anywheit in the State, although a couple ol weeks ago it was a trifle dull at km of the nearby places, such as Nei- manstown, etc., where hands ten being temporarily laid off. Tradelm improved again since then. John U. Fehr & Son have completei their packing of the 1906 crops whid have been so far purchased, both si Pennsylvania and Connecticut tobsoea Lape & Leitner, who commend cigar manufacturing at Sheridw i short lime ago, are apparently geltijj under way nicely, and are now acti?elj preparing to put several new bnai on the market at an early date. J. E. Laub, of Kutztown, will w open a cigar ifactory on Main streetii t^h&t d1&c6 John G. Root, of Reamstown, ta opened an additional cigar factoryK Hahnstown, a few miles away. idobIb to accommodate the demand forcertw classes of his goods. The Penn Cigar Company, of ttt city, has completed an addition to i» cigar factory, of 20 by 40 feet aod w stories high. Their business basbj growing nicely for the past year or tw and the increased facilities weregreiw needed. TRADE JOTTINGS IN MILWAIIIB Milwaukee, Wis., April 11 Drees & Hastrich have opej'eJ*'J cigar store at the corner of mm and Clinton streets, in connectwa •" which they have installed a poo|» billiard outfit. This is at a proojj transfer point, and the new nrojJJ be, in line for a very fine tnm^ trade. ^^^ A failure which came as a coi^ able surprise to the local trade w«i» of John Hearth, the well known eP manufacturer of Green d*?;. | Hearth filed a voluntary P«"2L bankruptcy a few days ago, scMo^ his debts at $5,621.50 and V»t^ $4.82r.. Among the assets is WJ^ stead, valued at $2,700. which iclw'J as exempt. Chicago and MU^-jij houses aro the principal creditors. Hearth is very favorably known » city. He started in business "^ twenty-three years ago. ,^ The Boston Store, one of tw "g department stores of the city, j^ stole a march on the Nationii^; Stands Co., by making a boW ^^ of its goods, though not one "^ members. In some ma""?' !TiJ* secured a big lot of the Natio"*'* ^ cent leader. Black and White. JJ^, them as a special at three for wj>^ • ' ■ Following this twyj- ■-quarter propo«^ Hi** certain date it a seven-for Rutherford "^^ are sold by successful de»»»» There is a Reason. For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to Established i8^o L. J. Sellers St Son, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO., SELLERSVILLE. PA. ^THE TOBACCO WORLD i B. MILLEYSACK Manufacturer of Fine Havana PIHARQ Hand-IVIacle WlUflliV No. 821 Lake Street LANCASTER, PA. Correspondence with the Jobbing Trade solicited. ESTABLISHED 1889 INCORPORATED 1902 A. B. HESS CIGAR CO. SUCCESSORS TO J. E. Sherts & Co. LANCASTER, PA. Manufacturers of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars CORRESPONDENCE INVITED FROM RESPONSIBLE HOUSES The Gilt Edge V. Cigar Box Factory CIGAR BOXES SHIPPING CASES LABELS EDGINGS RIBBONS J. FRANK BOWMAN Cigar Manufacturers' SUPPLIES of All Kinds 51 Market Street LANCASTER. PA. Daily Capacity: Five Thousand Boxes to W. Cif a! DALLASTOWN, PA. Manufacturer of Nickel & Medium Price CIGARS For Wholesale and Jobbinif Trade E. RENNINGER Established 1889 Manufacturer of High and Medium Grade Cigars Strictly Union-Made Goods. DpilVGr Pcl^ • «'> •«.-> • f~\ • t 322-326 5AMPLE5& PRICES ^ FURNISHED .. UPON Appucatioh IN STOCK TO ORDER CIGAR LABELS •<^J.«-v..^ . It Will Remove Rankness {rem Tobacca Take Away Mustiness and Give Ciliars Havana Flavor. CHASKEL'S SPANISH BETDNE Is Specially adapted to give that Peculiar Sourish Effect desired.. Ghaskel's Flavors the Cheapest in the market, considering what they do.. And oocs ''AWTHtSr. A Card Will Brin^ More Information and Priceab Chaskel Chemical Works 265 West Broadway. New York CIGAR BOXES The Ideal Ci^ar Made in an Ideal Way Stephen Day dc. Brand Is Strictly Union Made Ideal Gi^ar Go. CENTENNIAL, PA. mnERSOF artistic CIGAR UBCLS SKETCHESAinr QUOTATIONS FURNf^CD WRITE roe RIBBON PRICES CIGAR MBBONS -THE TOBACCO WORLD- THB TOBACCO WORLD 0^^ 0¥ ALL %f> Minos or l38ai40CCNTf^^ Cigar Box Labels AND TRIMMINGS. PhiladfluhiH Offifp. fi73 Bourse BIdg H. S. SPRINGKR. Mtfr. Chicago, 56 Fifth Avenue. E. E. THATCHER, Mgr. San Francisco, 320 Saneome Street. L. S. SCHOENFELD, Mgr. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ -♦ ♦ ■♦ ■♦ ■♦• ♦ ♦ ■♦ - ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦ ♦♦ Trade-Mark Register. H. F. KOHLER Nashville, V^a, Maker of IIVVA C:X\ZZ. I! M\D F.IADE Seed and HaN ann f^iActw^ and Fine Nickel v^AB"*^ For Wholesale! and Jobbioif Trade Corr»«ponfl-nre x»llli Kpsp .nslhle Houses InvUe.t X ♦ 4-' ♦ t ♦ ♦ ♦ J ♦ 4 ♦ a ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 4 0 L SCHWENCKE LITHOGRAPHIC CO CLARENDON ROAD 8r E.37 T^^ ST. BR OOKLYN . N Y. hV FINE CIGAR LABELS -^^^ I r-*4c:i s • PRIVATE BRANDS OFORIGINAL DESIGN _^_ •iUt F^ F? A fsi »Si *k tsi S T John McLaughlin. J- K. Kauffman. JOHN Mclaughlin an co. Wheleaala Daalara in All Kinds of 1 Plug can be applied to any size box for from five to seven cents each. Small stores and consumers don't need expensive humidors: this invention will do the work. Add a few drops of rum or other moisture to the pad occasionally, and the cigars will keep indefinitely in their original condition. Salesmen's sampies kept fresh. T"ri;tcry for sale and agents wanted in all localities. Write us WinJet Manufacturing Compdny YORK, PA. GROWTH OF THK FRENCH TOBACCO AND MATCH BUSINESS. Consul General Robert P. Skinner, of Marseilles, furnishes the following par- ticulars concerning the French Govern- ment monopolies of the tobacco and match trade : The importations of leaf tobacco into Fance have been in tons as follows during the last two years. General. Special* 1906. 1905. 1906. 1905. 15.530 18.116 14.863 19.007 3.627 1.864 13.476 14.111 From U. S. Algeria Others 3.403 1.701 6.075 9,666 Total 32.633 34 391 24.341 30.374 * Quantities entered for domestic con- sumption. The importations entered for domestic consumption are all taken up by the to- bacco monopoly, purchases for which are now made almost exclusively by direct agents of the Government. Each April a delegation of State employes visit the tobacco centers of Kentucky and Tennessee and contract directly with American firms. Maryland to- bacco id still supplied to the State by contract, the present furnishers b-ing a Bremen firm. It seem-- probable that eventually a' I '.oc^cco will be pur- chased on 1 i i^pot, as is now the case in K" • jcky and Tennessee. The de- .a d in regard to this vast enterprise are all controlled by the Directeur General de Manufactures de I'Etat au Ministere des Finances, Paris. The latest report of this monopoly covers the year 1905. Prices paid in that year for Maryland, Virginia, Ken- RITHERFORD '"'^^tl^^^r'' from the factory of El Draco Giiiar mi. Co., Phiiada. tucky. and other tobaccos averagel $16.58 per 220 pounds (100 kilos). \d tobacco from Sumatra. Java, tk Lexant, Habana. Mexico and Briii averaged in cost $39.90 per 220 pooiA Leaf tobacco from Hungary and Aitn- kan cost $16 49 per 220 pounds. Operations and Profits. In 1905 the receipts of the Frenek tobacco monopoly amounted to $87,254,- 181. an increase of $673,724 over tli» of 1904, and the expenses amounted ti $15,705,212, a decrease of $228,708 froi tho!=e of 1904. The sales to the publx were as follows: Cigars, 5,685,M! pounds ; cigarettes, 4.968,299 poo»i scaferlati, 62,694,889 pounds ; roil » chewing tobacco 2.605.629 pounds.* powdered, 10,357,142 pounds, making" total of 86.329,106 pounds. The averif rate of consumption per individoil" 1905 was 35.411 ounces, of ^^''^''Jf ounces represented tobacco in po** and 31.179 ounces smoking and chew* tobacco. The pr duction of dom<'stic tw** is r ihorized under sapervisio-i » tAcnty-five Departments, and iw'^ suits have been as follows: Land culti- Year. Planters, vated. wj Acres. ^ PfJJ 1905 53.750 39,439 61.6U.|5 1904 53,749 39,439 6 .w^fj 39,024 46,092.i» 1905 1904 In I 0 0.5 • r* A) Pui $4,949,381 $17.76 3.858 3.602.017 17.66 2,8j)J ♦(2.417 Hcre..) The Match Monopoly. 1905 the total receipt! I I* of* -THE TOBACCO WORLD- OFFlCEi JOHN D. UONQ No. 118 Mifflin Street Manufacturer of |^ 1 g^ £1 T 3 Cor. Maple 8k Plum Aves» Lebanon, Penna. A Specialty of Private Brands. Telephone Connection Samples Sent to Responsible Houses. ^^uanoi HERMAN DEUUB York, Penna. Maker of Delman 10 and 5c. Herdel 5c. Alex. Martin 5c. UNION MADE CIGARS -•<<•►•- Sold to Wholesale 'k Jobbing Trade only Samples to Responsible Houses Manufacturers of FINE CIGARS R. F. D. No. 8, YORK. PA. A specialty of Private Brands for the Wholesale and Jobbing Trades Correspondence solicited Samples on application Brands: G^e Bear, S6e Cub, Esrie, and Matthew Carey I GEO. W. PARR Manufacturer of FINE CIGARS I Littlestown, Pa. | MAKER OF 5c.lTHEFERNSIDE'5c. Sold to the Jobbing Trade only Correspondence invited i C. E. MATTINGLY ^ CO. Manufacturers of Hi^h Grade Union Made FOR THE Wholesale Trade Only Union Chief Supreme Union Mc Sherrystown, Pa. eU OiVQ ElOno linloa Made 5 -Cent Cigars are as Good as Cigars Can be Made Chas. A.Oberly, Maker LEBANON, PA. Cigars of Quality Sell and Repeat. Try THE DOCTOR 5c. Ci^ar WALTER S. BARE, Lititz, Penna. Maker of Ul^ Grade Cltfara Exclastvely. W. R. DAUGHERTY & BRO. Manufacturers of Fine Domestic Cigars Dallastown, Pel HIGHEST QUALITY FINEST PACKAGES Wholesale and Jobbing Trade « Correepcndence with AoUt* Bouaes Invited R. E. JACOBY Wholesale Manufacturer of Strictly Uniform Quality of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Rpthsville, F*a. Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbinrj Trade Invited Established 1870 Factory No. 79 S. R. KOCHER Manufacturer of Fine Havana Cigars and Packer of WRIGHTSVJLLE, PA. . . Any Plavor Vou Need . . We'll Turn Out in Our Laboratory Under Our Guarantee. We'll Make Your Troubles Ours. Acme Extract & Chemical Works L G. ECKERT, Proprietor. Hanover, Pa. -THE TOBACCO WORLD- -THE TOBACCO WORLD- T.A.MYERS&c£: A I YORK, PENN'A SAMUEL FREY Craley, Pa. Manufacturer of Cigars for the Wholesale Trade OLD JUDGE ) Zr MILD AND PLEASANT ) 1 f^- C^ THE CYCLONE ( «^^* BROWN BUCK (Banded) | ^ *"» ^^* ALLEN GOODRICH, 3c. Samples to Responsible Houses They Smoke It and Come A^ain I^BACOm ^ElKADEWIItNti* BLEND, QUALITY and WORKMANSHIP to Please the Most Critical Smokers Manufactured for Joobing Trade Only The Toedtman Cigar Co. Makers of the Highest Grade of 5c. Cigars Exclusively MIAMISBURG, OHIO. ~« The American Tobacco Co. 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 Government from the sale of matches amounted to $6,938,157, an increase of $114,212 over those of 1904. The ex- penses amounted to $1,812,067, an m crease of $22 399 over those of the preceding year. Three kinds of matches are manufactured: (1) Ordi- nary wooden sulphur matches which may be applieo to any surface; (2) wooden pafety matches, which require a special surface; (3) wax matches. In 1905 the Government sold 39,794,- 495.740 matches for the sum of $6,- 846.092. The average rate of consumption per capita in 1905 amounted to 1,022 ma ches. In 1905 the personnel em- ployed WPS composed of 614 men and 1,305 women, whose salaries amounted to $565,149.16. The average daily pay uf the emloyes has advanced steadily year by year. The pay for a ten- hour day in 1890 was 84 cents for men and 43.6 cents for women; in 1900 it was $1 24 and 88. 7 cents, respectively, going up further in 1905 to $1.29 and 97 cents. Leaf Tobacco Markets. at work upon them. Others ar«L, who work on ^he farms and on tbet« of April are obliged to leave th«i||| and begin farm work. A large amm of fertilizer is being drawn at || present time. All of the leading bq^i are being brought into this valley. Our correspondents write: Bradstreet. Mass. : "Tobacco k|| are mostly sown. Belden Broa. rtpi plants with four YekVes. Charltii; Marsh also reports plants uping|( shape." North Hatfield, Mass.: "Wethi^l well for the Bradstreet farmers tola their attention to devise ways to|l BALDWINSVILLE, N. Y. The warehouses of the American Cigar Co., Taussig & Co. and J. W. Upson- are still open with full forces employed. Cusick & Son, the local representatives of Keiser & Boasberg of Buffalo, ex- pect to finish assorting at their ware- house this week. No sales have been reported during the past week. Cainville— George Schnure is assort- ing his tobacco, which he sold for 16 cents. Lysander— Business, which has been for some time suspended at the Lysan- der tobacco warerooms, was resumed last Monday morning under the super- intendence of Verner Wooster.— Gaz- ette. J. H. LIEFTINCK & ZOOS Sworn Tobacco Broken Office and Sample Rooms: Brakke Grond and Frascatii AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. STOKHUYZEN & BRO* Sworn Tobacco Brokers Office and Sample Rooms: Nes. 84—86 (Opposite Frasc^, AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. CONNECTICUT VALLEY. The tobacco market is as near to a standstill at the present time as I ever knew it this time of the year, except last year, when every lot not in some assorting shop was sold in this vicinity. As it is now, there are very few lots left in first hands, and what are left, I believe, are all sorted and packed. Last week Thomas Henderhan sold a small lot of three acres for about 12 cents in the bundle. This lot was of a cheap grade and perhaps the price was equal to the quality of the goods. There is yet some work being done in the sorting shaps, out the most of them are closed. At East Whately, Mass., I understand that two weeks would be required to finish what they have on hand, and Mr. Pease has been riding through this part of the country in search of men to work in the shop, for it is difficult to keep men in the shops ; at this season of the year. Many of ! them own small farms and desire to be Constitution ^^r,.%Sr Made in the good old way. EL DRACO CIGAR MFG. CO.. PHILA. NIENHUYS & HESTERIM Sworn Tobacco Broken Bro: ers to the Deli MaatsohaPM AMSTERDAM, HOLLANJ Office and Sample Rooma: 87 Rokin <& 100 Nes. opposite FraMi Color and Cancelling Stampi Lead Seals and Stencils QUAKER CITY STENCIL and STAMP WOUS Incorporated 234 Arch Sf.. Philadelphia E. S. SECHWST, Dallastown, P&> Manufacturer of Fine and Common jfacturer of CIgan Established 1890 Capacity, 20,000 per Day YOU ARE LOSING MONEY. 7 HOW ? BAD ACCOUNTS. Chartting ihem off lo profit anJ low- I'uyiiitf Collection Auency Fee*. Paying Memberahip (eea. ••DO-IT-YOURSEIP* The "Do It-Youraelt" collection outfit ^ygj whereby you collect your bad accounta I qJl^ and do it in the aame way that it la *>«•»» Agenciea, only BtTTtR.. ^ 7 WHY 7 It ia a better ayalem. It ia eaaier to operate. „_ AWIII lAlU^ It Iceepa the accounta '" »Oy* "" It bringa the money to YOU. It aavea Collection Agenciea fee*. It aa»e8 Memberahip feea. .liJOtt**''* It aavea getting into thehaodaol unrel.«- Prlc. $1.00Po«tp-«d Each outfit contains everything n» to collect 50 claims. ...ibI »•• MONEY REFUNDED If on raottP are not perfectly satisfied. ORDER TO DAY United States Collection A<«-«' Suit. 19. 163 RaodoIpbS*^ Chicago. U. S. A. ^ Aaents Wanted Write for proP»" 24 116-122 E. I4^»:' ST NEW YORK. ^ BRANCH FACTORY 5^0-5SO W bt3 T"bT N r i CATALOGUES OF OUR STOCK CtGAR LABELS. FLAPS. BA/VDS, II £7-C ETC., SE/Vr GRAT/S UPON REQUEST PREPAID WRITE US BEFORE RL^CING ORDERS \ FOR PRIVATE L-ABELS. BANDS. ETC. ■SI Weidman Bros. & Moyer Manufacturers of Ci^ar Boxes SP.O..I Attention ^^^^ ^^^^ EMBOSSING HIGH GRADE Work Factories: Womelsdorf. Pa., Sinkinii Sprinii, Pa. Established 1891 iRtobUshed 1877 New Factory IjMH, H.W.HEFrENER» Steam Cigar Box Manufacturer Howard & Boundary Aves. YORK, PA. '» ♦ »♦♦♦♦♦♦■»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Dealer in X Cigar Box Lumber, t Labels, Ribbons, Edging, t Brands, etc. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦>♦♦♦♦ [NLAND CITY CIGAR BOX CO. Mannfacttirers of Cigar BoxesiEiSliipping Gases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Edgings, etc. f 16— 728 N. Christian St, LANCASTER, PA. ICANUPAQTOllBR OF Cigar Boxes and Cases DBALBR IN Lumber, Labels, Edging, Etc., R. F. D. No. 3, YORK. PA. 1 I '■ \ n i E. A. Ca <& Oo. H IMPORTERS Or"^^ AVANA 123 N. THIRD HlLJkDeL^HiA HIOHFST AWARD AND GOLD MEI»AI, FOE EXCELLENCE AND QUALITY OF STOOIES. AT WOBLD'S FAIR. ST. LOUIS. I904 Mf.rrr^: .r!V« WC MAKE THE CUBAN EXPORT. BULL'S EYE. ROYAL BLUE LINE. CYCLONE AND BIG STOdg First Quality, Long Filler, Hand Made JOHN SLATER & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Hand-Made, Long Filler and Mold Stogies] OUR OTHER BRANDS .NEW ARRIVALS, BROWNIES. GOLD NUGGETS, JERSEY CHARTER, BLENDED SMOU I BOSS, CASTELLO. AMERICAN PUFFS, LANCASTER BELLE, EVERY DAY SMOKE, LITTLE HAVANA, LITTLE DUTCH BLUE POINTS, GOOD POINTS, Etc. Factory No. 164S. Capacity 50.000.000 a Y**ar Factory: LANCASTER, PA. Porto Rico Ci^ar Co. Red Lion, Pa. WHOLESALE CIGAR MANUFACTURERS IVIaior Paul "i ^ Lord Selkirk ^5c. ^ Arrow Point J Tom Lewis — 2 for So. Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only SOMETHING NEW AND GOOD WAGNER'S CUBAN STOGIES Manufactured Only by LEONARD WAGNER Face,, No. 2 707 OHio St., ALLE6HENY, PA the snow from their seed beds and onion fields; snow four to five inches deep." — American Cultivator. EDGERTON, WIS. The taking over of last season's crop has now reached a stage of scattering transactions embracing the remnants and odds and ends whenever they can be lifted at cheap figures. It is gen- erally conceded that but a small frac- tion now remains in the growers' hands and the amount to be carried over will not exceed that of a year ago. Recent sales range below the average prices. Warehouse handling is drawing to a close at the packing points. The United Cigar Mfg. Co. have closed their ware- Massachusetts. Easthampton.— H. M. Tumey, r»j taurant, cigars, etc., sold out. Michigan. Mount [Clemens.— 0. B. Slwtii cigars and stationery, chattel im gage, $200, discharged. New York. City of New York.— August Be^, cigar manufacturer, sold oat.-~.j Charles R. Goldsmith & Co., letiiA bacco, style changed to Goldmitliil Block. Coxsacki.— B. S. Hutching, dul manufacturer, dead. Ohio. Cincinnati. — Charles Boalt Tobm Co. (not inc.) receiver applied for. Lima— M. S. Bailey, Metropolitan 0- houses in Edgerton and Portage during the week and the one at Lodi finishes gar Co., bill of sale, $4,500. soon. A few firms have some bundle Pennsylvania, stock on hand for some few weeks more Nazareth. —William P. Kahler, GEO. STEUERNAGLE \ THE CELEBRATED />. , .^. HAND-MADE I

♦ NCTAL CMBOSSLD LABELS METAL PRINTED LABELS ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Il« J* f leiscKKauer Cigar Labels \\ 238 Arch Street, Philadelphia. \ \ X TELEPHONE 1561 >♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ '^'♦♦♦♦♦♦^-♦♦♦♦♦♦^ #4^4-4-> »♦♦■»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦» ♦ ♦ LiTHOGR.APHING SPECIAL DESIGNS ^ \ >♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^♦♦4 »t#i»t XX . XX fatMtad March B. I8B7 For All Kinds of Products Requiring Baling * TOBACCO STEMS. PAPER. COHON. Etc Specially Constructed .•PRESSES.. For Ueaf Tobaeeo Packers Wan-anted to do more and better work in a given time, with less labor, than any Press on the market Unsurpassed for power, strength, simplicity and durability, as well as eace and qaickne&s in operation Various sites manufactured. Write for prices and full particulars. They are indispensable in Itaf packing and tobacco warehouses. Hundreds in use. HINNICH MACHINE WORKS , 4jancaster Co., Pa. JACOB a SHIRK Lancaster, Pa. JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS of American Tobacco Co. American Cigar Co. American Stogie Co. Lubrman & Wilbum Tobacco Co. Blackwell Durham. Tobacco Co. Spalding & Merrick Tobacco Co. TT WIf T PA V VAfT <<* ^^'^ ^^ prices befor* It TTILL lAI lUU ordering ^ood« elsewhere. ■ ■■ Brilliant as Diamonds Fragrant as Roses Good as Government Bonds^ Are the CIGARS L^s^r^ed^^BiaSda "Brilliant Star" Clear Havana . . lOc^ "S. B *' Half Havana 5c, **S, B.'* Little Havanas 5c. "Honest Bee*' 3c. "2-1— No" Mildest Cigar Made 2 for 5c. Special hrmmdm Mad« to Or^M Stauffer Bros. Nfg. Co., New Holland, Pa. Send Your Cigar Buyer lere We Will Save Yo« Nenejr —Established 1834— WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 27 South Secxind Street PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday ^iars, Tobacco, Smokers' Articles ^ . Special Sales of Leaf Tobacco ^^»«ignments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Day of Sale ^af f^f^'foy Caveats, Trade Marks, . t/Xlto Design-Patents, Copyrights, etc. ' 'S)^;.^' John A. Saul It Droit BuUding, WASHINGTON, D. C. For Sale by All Dealers. V I R O I IS I A E: R I Q U MIXTURE 6^e AMERICAN TOBACCO CO., NEW YOIK $ •^1 ' V J ^yi' I E. A. G^^^^s <& Co H AVANA 123 N. THIRD '■ ^- HtLADCLRHIA HIOHFST AWARO AND CJOLD MEUAI. FOR EXCELLENCE AND QUALITY OF STOGIES. AT WORLD'S FAIR. ST. LOUIS. 1904 WE MAKE THE CUBAN EXPORT. BULL'S EVE. ROYAL BLUE LINE. CYCLONE AND BIG 510^,1 First Quality. Long Filler. Hand Made JOHN SLATER & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Hand-Made, Long Filler and Mold Stogi les OUR OTHER BRANDS Factory No. 1643. Capacity 5O.OOO.O0O u Y-«r NEW ARRIVALS, BROWNIES, GOLD NUGGETS, JERSEY CHARTER, BLENDED SMO^ BOSS, CASTELLO, AMERICAN PUFFS. LANCASTER BELLE. EVERY DAY SMOKE, LITTLE HAVANA. LITTLE DUTCH BLUE POINTS. GOOD POINTS. Etc. Factory: LANCASTER, PA. Porto Rico Ci^ar Co. Red Lion, Pa. WHOLESALE CIGAR MANUFACTURERS Maior Paul 1 Lord Selkirk ^ 3c. Arrow Point J Tom Lewis — 2 for 3e. Wholesale and Jobbind Trade Only the snow from their seed beds and onion fields; snow four to five inches deep." — American Cultivator. SOMETHING NEW AND GOOD WAGNER'S CUBAN STOGIES Manufactured Only by LEONARD WAGNER h;;; .CO. No.. 707OliioSt,ALLE(iHENY,PA "^^^^il^' EDGERTON, WIS. The taking over of last season's crop has now reached a stage of scattering transactions embracing the remnants and odds and ends whenever they can be lifted at cheap figures. It is gen- erally conceded that but a small frac- tion now remains in the growers' hands and the amount to be carried over will not exceed that of a year ago. Recent sales range below the average prices. Warehouse handling is drawing to a close at the packing points. The United Cigar Mfg. Co. have closed their ware- GEO. STEUERNAGLE Manufacturer of 1 THE CELEBRATED i-^i,,. i . f^mts^^^^^^y^l 1 r ittSDurg ^i^mas^" IcoglBtjrcd Massachusetts. Easthampton.— H. M. Tumey, i» taurant, cigars, etc., sold out. Michigan. Mount [Clemens.— 0. B. Shotwl, cigars and stationery, chattel ow^ gage, $200, discharged. New York. City of New York.— August Beekj, cigar manufacturer, sold out. — ^1 Charles R. Goldsmith & Co., ieafJ bacco, style changed to Goldmitlitl Block. Coxsacki.— B. S. Hutching, dpil manufacturer, dead. Ohio. Cincinnati.— Charles Boalt Tolwa Co. (not inc.) receiver applied for. Lima— M. S. Bailey, Metropolitan & houses in Edgerton and Portage during the week and the one at Lodi finishes gar Co., bill of sale, $4,500 soon. A few firms have some bundle stock on hand for some few weeks more however. The local market for cured leaf is quiet. The sale of the big Bamberger packing of '05 is reported from the Pennsylvania. Nazareth. -William P. Kahler, & gar manufacturer, r«al estate mst gage, $2,000, entered ; $300 judgmen satisfied. Slatington.— Charles W. Hummel, & East, though the transaction was closed gar manufacturer, judgment, $500, Stories Goods sold direct to /^^. HAND-MADE ^J^X ^oods sold direct to /o/ STOGIES. N^ Jobbers and Dealers 3143 Penn Ave., Pittsburg, Pa, several weeks ago. A 2,000 case lot of the new crop is reported to have changed hands through New York packers but the identity of the parties is not disclosed. The weather of the week continues too cold for planting of the seed beds and so far but little work in this line is accomplished. Shipments. 1,004 cases. —Reporter. Rutherford, Constitution, Hunter — a strong trio. El Draco Ci^ar Mf^. Co., Philada. HAROLD FRIES FRIES &BRO. 92 Reade St., NEW YORK The Oldest and Largest House in the Trade. Manufacturers and Introducers of the WORLD-RENOWNED SPANISH BETUNS Only Non-Evaporating Cigar and Tobacco Flavors SWEETENERS, ETC. Qomnlp PrPP ^'^*' Mosl Popular Flavor since 1855 JallipiC riCC Please Write for Them Guaranteed to be the Strongest, Cheapest, and Best Rhode Island. Providence.- Alexander Melarafu cigar manufacturer, attached Washington. Seattle. -Louis F. Cooper, cigw bill of sale, $600, to E. Chalenburg. Spokane.— Gilbert Bros., cigars,* fectionery, etc., sold to F. E. Robin* Tacoma.— Alexander Stemat«o, fr gars, confectionery, etc., soldtoF."' Hodds. Wachtucha. C T. Booth, cigtt stationery, etc., deed, $214. NO-NICOTINE TOBACCO. Paris, Aprils Georgia. Yielding to the request cftheiwj- Atlanta - Mrs. Mary E. Hemphill, cinal fraternity, the Governraent »• tobacco, etc., bill of sale. $168. put on the market nicotinelMS tob«» Illinois. It tastes strong and satisfies theBiD" Aurora. O'Connor & Testin. cigar palate, but a rabbit inoculated wi"'' manufacturers, succeeded by Howard infusion of it grows fat and Ao""*^ O'Connor. Kewanee.— J. E. Hitchens, cigars, etc., sold out. Business ChaLnges, Fires. Etc. Indiana. Indianapolis. — Thomas Gray, whole- sale leaf tobacco, warranty deed, $1,850. Iowa. Davenport. -W. H. Kane, cigars, succeeded by (Jeorge Metern. Manchester, gars, sold out. Maryland. Cumberland. — A. A. Egolf, cigars. whereas a similar dose from the nary kind of tobacco coats the be"'! with a stony growth. LIVERPOOL TOBACCO REfORT Parry, Crosbie & Co. 's Circular "^i ports for March : 19^' Stock in warehouses March, *^i'Xrc {,<( hhds. J 117.884 m George W. Johnson, ci- Imported during month, 3,355 12U39 1? 4,138 ^ m^iorii' Total, Deliveries in month, succeeded by In warehouse March 31 confectionery, etc. Daniel C. Bogeant. Hagerstown. Elias C. Martz, cigars —Fred. Schwarburg's cigar ^ and tobacco, sold to Edgar E. Martz. at Divernon, HI., has beendiscon f»c« THB TOBACCO WORLD MINNICH BALING PRESS ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ •♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦• 4^ ♦ METAL ENBOSSLD LABELS NETAL PRINTED LABELS ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦', ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ t* Ml. cl# f leiscKKaxier Cigar Labels jst r ! 238 Arch Street, Philadelphia, ff X X TELEPHONE 1561 X ♦ ^^ Patented March 0. 1807 For All Kinds of Products Requiring Baling . TOBACCO STEMS, PAPER. COHON. Etc. Specially Constructed .•PRESSES.. For Leaf Tobacco Packers Warranted to do more and better work in a given time, with less labor, than any Press on the market Unsurpassed for power, strength, simplicity and durability, as well as ease and quickness in operation Various sises manufactured. Write for prices and full particulars. They are indispensable in Imt packing and tobacco warehouses. Hundreds in use. UINNICH MACHINE WORKS Landisville, Lancaster Co., Pa. —Established 1834— WM. F. COMLY & SON Aoctioneers and Commission Merchants 27 South Second Street PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday ^iiars, Tobacco, Smokers' Articles ^ . Special Sales of Leaf Tobacco ^nsignments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Day of Sale {Pof^f^-fcy Caveats, Trade Marks, ^LCUZ^ Design-Patents, Copyrights, etc. ^""Sir John A. Saul le Droit Building, WASHINGTON, D. C. TELEPHONE 1561 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^♦♦♦♦♦♦^'♦♦♦♦♦♦^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ 4^ LITHOGRAPHING SPECIAL DESIGNS ♦ ♦ >♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ /♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4 ♦♦♦♦♦% tx xt JACOB G. SHIRK Lancaster, Pa. JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS of American Tobacco Co, American Cigar Co. American Stogie Co. Lubrman & Wilburn Tobacco Co. Blackwell Durham Tobacco Co. Spalding & Merrick Tobacco Co. IT WIf I PA V VAIT <» ^^'^ ^^ PRICES before It tTILL rAI lull ordering |{ood« elsewhere. \ '—' ^ 1 Brilliant as Diamonds Fragrant as Roses Good as Government Bonds^ Are the CluAKS Re«i8^tered°Brands ^'Brilliant Star" Clear Havana . . lOc^ "S. B " Half Havana 5c, "S. B." Little Havanas 5c,. "Honest Bee" 3c. "2— I— No" Mildest Cigar Made 2 fof 5c. Special Brands M«d« to Order Stauffer Bros. Nfg. Co., New Holland, Pa. Send Yovr Cigar Buyer Here We Will Save Yoa Money For Sale by All Dealers. V I R a 1 N 1 A E: R I Q B MIXTURE GAe AMERICAN TOBACCO CO., NEW YORK I 4 I INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE I AC Cfi OO- <^>HaVANA 123 N. THIRD HILJkOmL^MIA ^S GOOD/S THEJVfAME THE ^A5?1i Constant Growth signifies ■g^^' RCCISTCRCD Havana NONE GENUINE UNLESS WITH OURTRADE MARK IN COLORS m Constant Merit! Cigars that hold the confidence of their smokers pay dealers best. DIAMOND JOE CIGAR FACTORY brands stand pre-emi- nently in a class of their own. EatabliBhed in 1881. ) VoL XXVIL, No. 17. \ PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK, APRIL 24, 1907. 1 One Dollar per Annom. Payable in Advance. ' ^£V\/AR£ or tMfTAT/ONS, IE EVERYWHERE WARREN BECK & BRO. ^"dS^'oI wlVa..n..., Cigar Manufaclurers Admlrnl GherardI Gen. Warren "^7* 1 "■> La Respoi.der Marcana 1. OITl&y WLCLm La Clantidad Philipp J. Kolb&Co. Importers & Packers OF Leaf Tobacco 310 Race Street Philadelphia • CENTRAL No other brand of Tobacco has grown so quickly in public favor ■ CENTRAL i UNION j Reasons : Quality Price Union Label Friendly Dealers* Aid and Tobacco Trust*s 1 CUT PLUG.; Hostility 11 T>--;;..|,.<-!1,-) J..".^-.;; . ^ • UNION • United States Tobacco Co. Richmond, Ya. **. 6 ^ M TOBACCO New S ' u M TOBACCO Crop M TOBACCO ^ a.d.killHeffer Samples gladly submitted on application T R A 2,600 Bales Purchased at the First Four Inscriptions M TOBACCO Maker of Cigars H.DUYS&CO. No. 170 Water Street, NEW YORK De Amsterdamsche Tabakshandelmaatschappij, Amsterdam, Holland u M TOBACCO 0 Commonicate with Factory NtSalesaa MILLERSVILLE, PAl K ROSBNWALD & BRO. Growers and Packers of FLORIDA TOBACCOS Write for Samples SCHROMDMR & ARGUIMBAU 178 Water Streety New York i M ^ 4 i a ! THB TOBACCO W U K L, D : r CHARLES M. QUDKNECHT, President La Hilda Cigar Factory (Incorporated) Manufacturers and Importers 231 CHESTNUT STREET CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED r HILADELPHIA V ^ (lord LANCASTER. 10c.) Olliir M k [i. Manufacturers 615 Market St., Philada. (NiCKELBY. 5c.) CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Kni^ 3-cent Ci^ar Made by Morris D. Neumann &l PHILADELPHIA, PA. Factory 1839, First Hlstrlct Penna. ^JmtMSm^mi W. K. Gresh & Sons, Makers, Norristown, Pa. SUPERIOR Qualify and Workmanship Factory No. 968, First District Penna. If You Want to b« In HAVANA Smoke CN \^ M«d«by K S Ix HENRY HEYNANN'S SONS Sinking Spring, Pa. BX« YOU CAN BUY WEAVER'S ORIGINAL HAVANA SHORTSi AT fe All Jobbing Houses Parmenter Wax-Lined Coupon Ci^ar Pocb Afford PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indorwd by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE Advertising Medium known. t\t\\ Racine Paper Goods Co., Racine, Wis^"** Sol« Owners and Manufacturers* :t £". A. C>''-"'«fs c£ Oo. H AVANA 123 N. THIRD aT PHILJkOmL^HIA xeB/ieeo Worlb-*- KENTUCKY'S REIGN OF ANARCHY. Mvsterious Cavalcades of Masked and Armed Men Burn Warehouses and Destroy Seed Beeds. A GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF ITS CAUSES AND RESULTS. By Wallace C. Dyer. Naturally the association man became angry. His wife and children were flufTering for the necessities of life. He went to the association meeting and heard the leaders speak. The associa- tion leaders forgot that their hearers were not highly educated and in their talks used strange figures of speech. The politician orator worked himself into a frenzy decrying the trust. Excited by Speeches. Excited by these speeches the far- He had heard . -jjj flght against the tobacco trust have every farmer identify himself Vch has degraded to the point of an- with the organization and to make the hv is sweeping over the great dark Dark Tobacco Association the sole *hacco belt of Kentucky and Ten- agent for the entire district. All the ^^ tobacco was to be placed in warehouses mer went back home Millions of dollars worth of tobacco owned and controlled by the association men shout out in their specehes "give nd buildings have been destroyed by and there put through the various them hell here and we will make the the fire fiend. Millionsof dollars worth courses necessary to prepare it for the congressmen give them hell in Wash- f tobacco in the form of the tender market. ington." He had heard men talk about nlant Btill too young for transplanting The effort to form a trust of the far- Rome being destroyed by the hungry n the fields have been ruined by marau- mers might have been successful had mobs. He had been told that he was ders and "night riders. " every tobacco pioducer iden*ified him- being crushed by the giant money Unchecked the work of destruction self with the organization. But every power. He looked at his wretched weson. The infuriated farmer claims producer of the weed did not do that home, thought of his tobacco lying that he is fighting for his rights, for and the trouble started. Right here is idle in the association warehouse and his wife and children and his home, where the first step toward anarchy again heard the speech makers' words Hardly a day passes that some farmer was taken. ringing in his ears. Little wonder *»r8 when the crop was large were ^ke prices low. The law of supply and demand established the price. Then came the trust. By combining »Pital the buyers were controlled, the •temmeries were placed under the rule w the corporation and known either as J ^"lerican Tobacco Company or the d?-!!!?^ Company. Counties were »'>ded into districts and the man liv- « 'n a certain district could not sell "crop to a buyer who dealt with far- dent K *"''***" section. The indepen- not off ^"^ were few and they were tK»t Jy P"^®« greatly in excess of ^'"'^established by the trust. Plan To Fight Trust. inth!?!*" ^^^ ^° pool all the tobacco ^•'^ district. It was the intention to Plan to Ruin Plants. This spring the "night riders" have adopted a new form of destruction. The tobacco plant appears first Ib a bed which is made on the side of a hill genreally where the soil is virgin. A canvass is stretched over the bed and the plant is carefully watched and nursed until it is large and strong enough to be transplanted to the field, where the ground has been carefully worked and prepared for its reception. As soon as the plant beds were made the night riders became active. The independent farmer, on going to look at his plants would find grass seed growing luxuriantly there and the to- bacco plant dead and ruined. Others found that the bed had been strewn with salt and the plants killed. Othera found that horses had been ridden through the beds or the canvas tops set on fire and the plants burned to death. Convictions improbable. Three men have been indicted as be- ing connection with the Princeton mob of 200. It is almost a foregone conclu- sion that they will never be convicted because of the lack of direct evidence KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX FACTORY, SELLERSVILLE, PA. THE above illustration portrays the Keystone Cigar Box Company's factory at Sellersville, Pa., now owned and oper- ated by Monroe D. Sellers, who succeeded to the business upon the death of his father, the late L. J. Sellers. It is one of the oldest cigar box factories in the State, and one of the most progressive. Addition after addition has been made to the original building, until the capacity of the plant has been raised to immense proportions as com- pared with its original size and facilities. In other words, it has had to be frequently increased in size to meet the requirements of a rapidly growing business. The plant is located in a district surrounded by a thickly settled cigar manufacturing industry, from which a very large patronage is drawn. who enlisted with the organization was large, in others it was small. Farmers are always slow to embrace a new movement and the leaders could not break down the opposition as easily as they at first thought they could. And in their efforts they had to fight the agents of the trust, who were always busy sowing seeds of discontent and pointing out the flaws in the plan. Despite the activity of the association organizer and the fluent talk of the politicians there were many who did not join the association. They laughed at the man whose crop was idle in the association stemmery. They collected eight and ten cents for their tobacco and prospered. The man who had made it possible for them to collect this equitable price for their crops suffered. From Words to Deeds. With the tobacco grower in this state of rnind it was not hard to organ- ize the "night riders". The man who conceived the idea must have been a born leader and an organizer. His work has been so thorough and com- plete in every detail that though the "night rider" has been abroad in al- most every county in the district not one has been convicted and less than a dozen have been indicted. The "night riders" first appeared in the fall of 1905 in Robinson and Mont- gomery counties in Tenn., Springfield and Clarksville being the county seats. Here warehouses containing tobacco owned by the trusts were burned. Thousands of dollars in loss was oc- casioned by this incendiary work. and the the probability that a "night rider" will worm his way into the jury box. The cases may be trans- ferred to another county but the "night riders" are in the other counties as well as that of which Princeton is the county seat. Such a condition prevails all over the great district. In some places the beds of members of the association have been destroyed. This is looked upon as simply retalia- tion. Thus another serious complica- tion is developed and the end of all the trouble is not yet in sight. The monetary loss occasioned by the "night riders" of the Kentucky and Tennessee tobacco producing district can hardly be reckoned. Millions of pounds of tobacco have been destroyed. (Concluded on page 7) 3 < THE TOBACCO WUKLD r "^ CHARLES M. QUDKNECHT, PRESIOBNT La Hilda Cigar Factory (Incorporated) Manufacturers and Importers 231 CHESTNUT STREET CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED PHILADELPHIA V. (lord LANCASTER, 10c.) Olliir Bi I Co. Manufacturers 615 Market St., Philada. (NICKELBY. 5c.) ^• t \\ CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Kni^ 5-cent Ci^ar Made by Morris D.Neamann&l PfllLADELPHIA, PA. Factory 1830. First District Penna. W. K. Gresh & Sons, Makers, NorristoHii,Pt> I SUPERIOR Qualily and Workmanship Factory No. 9uo« First District Penna. If You Want to b« la HAVANA Smoke ON \^ Madaby K s '-^^ YOU CAN BUY WEAVER'S ORIGINAL HAVANA SHORTS AT All Jobbing Houses ti. BENRY BEYHANN'S SONS Sinkintl Spring, Pa. Parmenter Wax-Lined Coupon Cigar Pock< Affofd PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indoned by all Smoken. and are the MOST EFFECTIVE Advertising Medium known. , . Racine Paper Goods Co., Racine, Wis.*"'^' Sol* Owners and Manufacturers' S. A. 0-'-''^s c6 Oo- H AVANA 123 N. THIRD 8T PHiLAOmL^MIA TeB/ieeo Worlb-* KENTUCKY'S REIGN OF ANARCHY. Mysterious Cavalcades of Masked and Armed Men Burn Warehouses and Destroy Seed Beeds. A GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF ITS C4USES AND RESULTS. By Wallace C. Dyer. A wild fight against the tobacco trust have every farmer identify himself Vch has degraded to the point of an- with the organization and to make the by is sweeping over the great dark Dark Tobacco Association the sole ttbacco belt of Kentucky and Ten- Millions of dollars worth of tobacco 4Bd buildings have been destroyed by the fire fiend. Millions of dollars worth «f tobacco in the form of the tender plant still too young for transplanting in the fields have been ruined by marau- ^iersand "night riders."" agent for the entire district. All the tobacco was to be placed in warehouses owned and controlled by the association and there put through the various courses necessary to prepare it for the market. The effort to form a tcust of the far- mers might have been successful had every tobacco pioducer ideniified him- Ijnchecked the work of destruction self with the organization. But every jroes on. The infuriated farmer claims producer of the weed did not do that tlutt he is fighting for his rights, for and the trouble started. Right here is his wife and children and his home, where the first step toward anarchy Naturally the association man became angry. His wife and children were suffering for the necessities of life. He went to the association meeting and heard the leaders speak. The associa- tion leaders forgot that their hearers were not highly educated and in their talks used strange figures of speech. The politician orator worked himself into a frenzy decrying the trust. Excited by Speeches. Excited by these speeches the far- mer v^ent back home. He had heard men shout out in their specehes "give them hell here and we will make the congressmen give them hell in Wash- ington." He had heard men talk about Rome being destroyed by the hungry mobs. He had been told that he was being crushed by the giant money power. He looked at his wretched home, thought of his tobacco lying idle in the association warehouse and again heard the speech makers' words ringing in his ears. Little wonder that he grew frenzied, forgot all about was taken. First Step Toward AnsLrchy. In every county there were men who law and order, and decided that the refused to sign the association pledge. In some counties the percentage of men time to fight, to burn and pillage had come. Plan to Ruin Plants. This spring the "night riders" have adopted a new form of destruction. The tobacco plant appears first in a b«d which is made on the side of a hill genreally where the soil is virgin. A canvass is stretched over the bed and the plant is carefully watched and nursed until it is large and strong enough to be transplanted to the field, where the ground has been carefully worked and prepared for its reception. As soon as the plant beds were made the night riders became active. The independent farmer, on going to look at his plants would find grass seed growing luxuriantly there and the to- bacco plant dead and ruined. Others found that the bed had been strewn with salt and the plants killed. Others found that horses had been ridden through the beds or the canvas tops set on fire and the plants burned to death. Convictions Improbable. Three men have been indicted as be- ing connection with the Princeton mob of 200. It is almost a foregone conclu- sion that they will never be convicted because of the lack of direct evidence Hirdly a day passes that some farmer does not ride into town to tell of his plant beds being destroyed. Few weeks have passed during the winter just dosed without some barn or warehouse loaded to the eaves with tobacco being destroyed by fire or blown up by dyna- mite. The belt is in the hands of the "night riders." The mjmbers are unknown. Their object is to destroy the man who will not join with them in fighting the trust. It is a reign in many ways sim- ilar to that of the Ku Kiux Klan which iwept the South after the Civil War. When the fight started the sole object was to control the production of to- ittccoand maintain an equitable price. Now the whole matter has become com- }>licated until almost every form of business is affected. Many men have been financially ruined. Many others will land in prison if the courts are suc- cessful in the prosecutions which are •ootemplated, but the power of the farmers in this case is so great it is Kobable the wheels of justice will be tlogged and made worthless. Dat.. Back Ten Years. KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX FACTORY, SELLERSVILLE, PA. To find the seat of the trouble one T^HE above illustration portrays the Keystone Cigar Box Company's factory at Sellersville, Pa., now owned and oper- mu8t go back as many as ten years, i ated by Monroe D. Sellers, who succeeded to the business upon the death of his father, the late L. J. Sellers, •hen the rule of the tobacco trust first It is one of the oldest cigar box factories in the State, and one of the most progressive. Addition after addition began to be felt. It has been brew- has been made to the original building, until the capacity of the plant has been raised to immense proportions as cem- bali this time, and though many pro- pared with its original size and facilities. In other words, it has had to be frequently increased in size to meet the '•M to see dawn through the war clouds requirements of a rapidly growing business. ^ end is far in the future. The plant is located in a district surrounded by a thickly settled cigar manufacturing industry, from which a very Years ago the farmer produced his large patronage is drawn. «op and marketed it to the buyer who ~^ offered the best price. Only in those ywrs when the crop was large were the prices low. The law of supply and wmand esUblished the price. T|>en came the trust. By combining ^Wtal the buyers were controlled, the wemmeries were placed under the rule « the corporation and known either as jw American Tobacco Company or the T-!!!?^ Company. Counties were "'Wed mto districts and the man liv- «>n* certain district could not sell 'crop to a buyer who dealt with far- J««»n another section. «nt buy who enlisted with the organization was large, in others it was small. Farmers are always slow to embrace a new movement and the leaders could not break down the opposition as easily as they at first thought they could. And in their efforts they had to fight the From Words to Docds. and the the probability that a "niffht With the tobacco grower in this rider" will worm his way into the state of mind it was not hard to organ- jury box. The cases may be trans- ize the "night riders". The man who ferred to another county but the "night conceived the idea must have been a riders" are in the other counties as born leader and an organizer. Hia well as that of which Princeton is the work has been so thorough and com- county seat. Such a condition prevails agents of the trust, who were always plete in every detail that though the all over the great district. The indepen- busy sowing seeds of discontent and pointing out the flaws in the plan. Despite the activity of the association organizer and the fluent talk of the politicians there were many who did not join the association. They laughed "night rider" has been abroad in al- In some places the beds of members most every county in the district not of the association have been destroyed, one has been convicted and less than a This is looked upon as simply retalia- dozen have been indicted. tion. Thus another serious compliea- The "night riders" first appeared in tion is developed and the end of all the the fall of 1905 in Robinson and Mont- trouble is not yet in sight. — "uenn^n ^"® at the man whose crop wai« idle in the gomery counties in Tenn.. Springfield The monetary loss occasioned by the ***' ««tabli8h«HT f';®*^'y •"«*<=««« °' association stemmery. They collected and Clarksville being the county seats, "night riders" of the Kentucky and ea by the trust. ^^^j^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^.j. tobacco Here warehouses containing tobacco Tennessee tobacco producing district Th ^° ^'**** ^'^** *"^ prospered. The man who had made owned by the trusts were burned, can hardly be reckoned. Millions of in th' 5- •"*' ^° pool all the tobacco it possible for them to collect this Thousands of dollars in loss was oc- pounds of tobacco have been destroyed. * *''*Wct It was the intention to equitable price for their crops suffered, casioned by this incendiary work. (Concluded on pa^e 7) 3 INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE A. C- IMPORTERS O^^ AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST Phu^adelrhia J. Vetterlein & Co. Importers of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF Tobacci 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia FOUNDED 18aS JRiii T. Dobao > »D8lT^ Wm. H. Dohan ^di^ DOHAN & TAITT D s,T Importers of flavana and Sumatra Packers of /^^^^P^\l07 AtCh St. H. STRAUS i^.€;i€^^!r^^<@ A, Leu IMPORTERS OF Leaf Tobacca 4i?Rie^ PHILADA. 90lfl^9a8^M«9S8l^ BataMlshed ^LEWIS BREMER'S SONS IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumsktra AND PACKERS OF Leaf Tobacco 922 and 324 North Third Street. Philadelphia i^HILAOELPHI^ Julius Hirschberg & Bro. in^rters of Havana and Sumatra and Packers of Seed Leaf Tobacco 125 North Third St., Philada. Benj. Labe Jacob Labe Sidney Ube BENJ. LABE & SONS IMPORTERS OF Sumatra and Havana Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco 228 North Third St, Philadelphia L. BAMBERGER & CO. Packers aod Dealers In SEED LEAF of HAVANA and SUMATRA X U J3xLL/lj\/ 111 Arch Street, Philadelphia W«r«bouscss Lancaster. Pa.i MUtoe JnnoUon. Wis.t Raldwinsvllla. N. Y. liEOPOLiD bOEB & CO. Importers of Sumatra and Havana "' Packers of Leaf Tobacw 306 North Third St., Phlla. GEO. BURGHARD Importer of Sumatra and Havana and Packer of LeAF TQBACCO 238 North Third Street, Phila. /43rM7hlrH AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST. PMILJkOmL^HiA EXPORT STAMP ISSUED BY CUBAN CIGAR MANUFACTURERS Authorized by the Government of the Republic of Cuba yfer(i!T»!iiniiT»i.ijjurMiiijiiairA«,iiiijnrw^^ UUniondeFabRICantesdeTabacosyCic&rbos -^^^^' : utonzada porel Gobierno dela Repablica Garantiza qije los ("abacoscigarrosy paqtietes de picadjraqciellevan Bat's precipfa son fabncados por ^^MpigTOIJ4ilMMMJ:L!JIJ.n.WJ;tik^JW..||H^j^^ '23 IMPORTERS Or^^ N. THIRD 8T.i Pmilaoml^mia Timely Talks with En- r terprisicg Dealers y The Tobacco Trades Convention Arousing Universal Interest. The Tobacco Trades Convention to be held at Madison Square Garden September 9 and 10, is a feature that has compelled the attention of the entire trade, and enlisted the interest and support of hundreds of dealers and jobbers throughout the United States. The reason for this is obvious. Jobbers are willing to place themselves in a position where they may map out their own selling policy without dictation, and where they may buy such brands as they feel will best promote their business. Many jobbers are far from occupying such a position at the pres- ent time. To the dealer, the convention has a double importance. There is hardty a dealer in the land who has not felt, or does not now feel, the effects upon his trade of chain-of- stores competition. His anxious query for several years has been. How am I to manage my business and what am I to do to meet this condition, brought about by cheap goods and cut prices? Business must be transacted at a living profit, if at all, and the problem has taxed to the utmost the resources of dealers, large and small. But this convention is welcomed be- cause it is hoped there to form definite plans that will change these conditions wholely. There the dealer will meet the manufacturer of independent brands and the jabbers who sell them. They then may confer together upon condi- tions generally, and upon circumstances and environment in individual cases. A systematic plan of co-operation may be agreed upon, whereby a dealer will handle certain independent brands at stated prices, and upon which he will make a known profit. Given these figures as a nucleus, a dealer can estimate from his knowledge of his own trade, approximately what his income can be made for one year. The time has come when the dealer must do something for himself if he expects to remain in business. He has been subjected to every opposition by a monopoly satisfied with nothing less than all. If he has protested, it has been in vain. He coald not cope with the conditions. The Tobacco Trades Convention offers the dealer the opportunity to co operate with hia fellows in trade and form an organization upon a systematic basis of procedure, which shall place the in- dependents in an invulnerable position. "In union there is strength." The combined independent tobacco trade working in harmony will be so strong that it need fear nothing from any kind of competition. The combined wealth of the indepen- dent tobacco trade is greater than the wealth of the monopoly. If the inde- pendents will co-operate and work to- gether for the benefit of all, the monop- olittic bogie man will disappear from the horizon of the independent trade. 6 It is expected that at this convention each dealer will cite his grievances upon the floor of the convention cham- ber, and help to devise plans to right them. Each man must do something for himself. Dealers everywhere should attend this, the first and only concerted movement ever made by the independ- ents to meet dangerous competition. A Smoker's Morality. Among the many accusations that are brought against tobacco is that its use dulls the moral sense and undermines a man's honesty. Here is a true tale that gives the lie to all such aspersions : A sho t time ago George Benther. tobacconist of Rutherford, N. J., received from Seattle, Waph.. an anonymous letter containing a remit- tance of 5 cents, being payment of a debt contracted for a paper of tobacco fifteen years ago. The letter read in part as follows: "'One cold winter morning, when I hadn't a cent and wis almost dying for a chnw. I went into your store in New York anil asked you to trust me for a paper of tobacco until the next day. You did it, but when the next day came I was many, many miles away from the city, flving toward the West on top of a freight. Financially I am not much better off now than on the night I hopped the freight. I have no kick coming, though, as I know that my condition is the result purely of j. roving habits. I am absolutely ci[ tented. Yours truly, "A Grateful Friend." This also disposes of the charge tint tobacco destroys the memory. • • • Apply Business Rules. It is just as important to apply go^ business rules to the successful c«. duct of a retail store asitistoju business The chain of stores idu would be utterly impracticable, jfur impossible, were they not governedb: a set of rules so carefully drawn-aii implicitly followed that disctepancin of any nature can be immediately de- tected and remedied before any matem! injury can have be^n done. Makegotj rules, and follow them out. Charles Breneiser & Sons' Handsome Store at Reading. Pa. Reading's Oldest Tobacconist. This spring Charles Breneiser, of Charles Breneiser & Sons, tobac- conists. Seventh and Penn streets. Reeding, is ce'ebrating the completion of sixty years in business continuously within a stone-throw of his present loca- tion. Mr. Breneiser, who is one of Read- ing's veteran business men, has also been one of the most successful mer- chants the city has produced. Al- though now in his 80th year, he visits the store daily. Mr. Breneiser finds many changes since he first opened a storp. As a boy but eight years of age he began work stripping tobacco in the cigar factory of the late William Eyrich, on Penn street below Fourth, wh«re he served his apprenticeship. At that time ci- gars sold at trifling prices, owing to the fact that Havana and Sumatra were not yet used in America and internal revenue taxes had not even been thought of by the Government. Mr. Breneiser first engaged in busi- ness at the location now occupied by E. S. Wenrich's restaurant, at 705 Penn street, and later on the present site of J. Mould & Co.'s department store, but within two years secured his present location and has been there continu- ously. In his earlier business life he was associated with William Harman, and later George Moyer and Henry D. Breneiser were partners. When Mr. Breneiser first engaged in business he continued working at his trade as cigarmaker, selling many of the cigars made by himself fresh over the counter to smokers. ^ Half a century ago the fi"»«°^ in th« wholesale trade as well. »^ day is doing a very >>"«« "JS throughout the State '" /J" ^1 ment through traveling sfles'jfjjnfc, Breneiser has associated wiin« sons. Thomas Breneiser and tr* Breneiser, Jr. further t» The firm has completed furtne^ provements to the handsome ^^?» a photograph of which has be«nw duced for this page. . . ,jjjitt Above the large cases wh>c'"' ^ sides of the store have beenj^ large French plate KlasB-cJiPP^, ^ rors displaying the names ^ leading cigar brands ha"J|*ar.B* firm : Breneiser-named for m^ eiser. Heidelberg, Philo and A"^ Empire. , unahaea&H The first named cigar haBjJ»%4H out in honor of Mr. BreoeiBer « i niversary. and is a 8Pf,^'%V goods made up in six sizes- very attractive package. Gieske & Niemann, Packers s Dealers m Lodf Tobacco No. 204 South Charles Street Baltimore, Md. KENTUCKY'S REIGN OF ANARCHY. (Continued from page 3) Thousands of dollars worth of buildings lave been burned. The destruction of plant beds alone will represent millions ti dollars in loss. Many men who have Jived out lives of usefulness in their eoiBinunities are left penniless in their old age. As has been said before, the leaders in,tbe Dark Tobacco Planters' Associa- tion deny that they sanction the doings «f the "night riders." But that the in- cendiaries are members of the organi- sation can hardly be doubted. Through the invasion of the Ameri- can Society of Equity into the dark district many people profess to see the return of the usual reign of law and order. The American has never been itroog in the heart of the district, though it does have healthy locals in the counties along the border of the 'black belt." It is believed the so> cieties organized recently in disturbed counties will be composed of the at present independent farmers. The two organizations have the same object in view, to control the farm products and their price on the market. It may be that the coming of the new society will gather up the malcontents among the farmers, but there is much room for dvubt as to the future outcome. LA CROSSE FACTORY RETIRES. La Crosse, Wis., April 19. After fighting the tobacco trust for two years in a futile endeavor to work BP a profitable business in the North- west, the Western Tobacco Works of tbis city has formally retired from business. The company was organized in this €ity in 1905 for the purpose of manu- facturing smoking and chewing tobacco and dealing in leaf tobacco in its varied forms. S. Y. Hyde furnished the larger part of the capital required to start the business. Associated with him 'ere his son, Robert S. Hyde, and P. ^Wiggenhorn. The latter withdrew ^ra the firm within a few months, JMt about the time the company started w an exteniave advertising campaign. Many thousands of dollars were K"f A®!l*^f?^°""« to create a mar- «t for Red Feather smoking tobacco »M other products of the factoiy, •J'ch was located at 117-119 North '^^ri street. But everywhere the ^«"8 of the local firm went they ilTJ ''"8tcJtting prices and using /^"•ods commonly practiced by it to ™«« >t difficult for the independent ^'J'Pany to secure business. ^AUer two years of this sort of thing • «yde came to the conclusion that Dusiness could never be made to ^y agamst such competition as the wai.iJ^*] ^""'"« "P- The factory Atthau " ^^^ ^"' °^ ^^^ y««^- re-,rao„ * " ^*« announced that a fected ToH°" '''■ ^^'^ ™"Kht be ef- ''*':al businao!*'- '^ became known in '^''ne out nf u'''?'®^ 'hat the firm had ""•l a counu °'^,8ines8. A bookkeeper '^'" emDlovnH . 1"'"°*" employes are »»»y S Z' *^ ^^« office of the com- ^ainatobedS '^^ ^^airs, but little NEW ORLEANS PLANT ENLARGES. New Orleans, La., April 18. The People's Tobacco Company will eoon erect a large building where its present one stands. The company has been busy the last few weeks buying property near the present site, so as to carry out the plans. The enlarged plant will be two- stoties in height, and will occupy a site 176 by 125 feet. The structure will be of brick and will be supplied with all all the modern improvements. The result of the imrovement means that 200 more hands will be employed. Last week the company bought for $18,000 the building 429-431 Julia street. BLUEGRASS COMPANY RESUMES. Louisville, Ky., April 19. Within the next ten days the Blue- grass Tobacco Company, whose plant at Preston and Lampton streets was destroyed by fire recently, will resume business on leased premises. Before this time it is believed by the manage- ment that ground will have been broken for the erection of a new plant. These matters were decided at a meeting of the chief stockholders of the company. All of the raw stock which the com- pany had on hand was made wholly un- salable by the fire, and the plant owned in Lexington by the same concern will be called on to replenish the Louisville supplies. It is believed that by the end uf next week at least forty of the fifty men heretofore employes of the company will be given work in their old positions. ALLENTOWN ITEMS. Allentown, Pa., April 22. Arthur A. Barber, who has been in the cigar business at Sellersville, as a salesman for P. Beaston's Sons, re- moved recently to this city with his wife, and is residing at 1319 Turner street. A. E. Romig, the cigar dealer in the Young building, is arranging for the remodeling of his place of business in the hallway leading to the elevator. The whole place will be repainted, a lot of novelties in the line of smokers' equipment will be installed, and the place maintained as it has been for years, as the exemplification of the novel and artistic in shop display. The Star Tobacco Co., formerly lo- cated at 87 East Northampton street. Allentown. has been compelled to move to more commodious quarters at 39 South Pennsylvania avenue, as their business has grown to such an extent that their former quarters were en- tirely too small to meet the demands of their rapidly growing trade. —Perfection Cigar Co., New York, has been incorporated to deal in cigars ; capital, $5,000. Incorporators: Jacob Bacharach and Carrie Bacharach, E. A. Hahn and Mary Hahn, all of New York. ConstUution «m;L stands for Quality and Workmanship. Remember that. Write for Samples ^Prices Norristown Keyno^ Tobacco Works ^HAVANA SHORTS^ NORRISTOWN, pa. j^ Manufacturers of " Havana Shorts 2 oz. 3c. Private Brands for Jobbers a Specialty Samples submitted on appllcslttMi IT is built for Strength, but is not heavy. Notice the position of the Steel Spurs. It won't "Run Away. . . . Used in Factories and Warehousat Price: $5.50 Testimonial :•• We have your box trucks in usa for years and they have given us entire satisfaction. J. L. Brenner 4, Sons, Dayton, O. MANUFACTURED BY Box Truck will move your Tobacco Cases JhC Will. F. KramCr CO. Easily and Safely DAYTON, OHIO THE TOBACCO WORLD -THE TOBACCO WORLD QBO. W. BREMER, Jr. BREMER BROS. m N. Ttird SI, rniUDELPHU WALTER T. BREMER Importers, Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Hippie Bros. & Co. J^ M» Tr«nnrfora anH Packers of Importers and Packers of and Dealers in Leaf Tobaccos 231 Arch St, PhiladelpMa Our Retail Department is Strictly Up-to-Date John U. Fehr Established 1883 Geo. N. Fehr LOUIS BYTHINMR & CO. ua TobMco Broker. 308 Racc St. pt Jl. j.i„l:. «d Commi..ion Merchants. T iVliaaeipnW Long Distance Telephone, Market 302$- J. U. Fehr & Son Importers and Packers of Leaf Tobacco 700 Franklin St., 101 to 107 S. 7th St., READING, PA. CabI* AdJres., "HBlland, L«nca»t«r' Telephone Serrlce S. Weinberg Importer of SUMATRA and HAVAH Dealer in all kinds o{ SEED LEil 121 North third Street T|-|K^/>/»i| PHILADELPHIA JOHN F. HEILAND & CO. H. VELENCHIK I S. VELBNCIB COMMISSION MERCHANTS AND DEALERS Leaf Tobacco Eastern Agents MaGee Tobacco Case 48 E. Chestnut Street VELENCHIK BROS. ""■"tXa'in LEAF TOB/ieee Sumatra and Havana 154 N. THIRD ST., PHILADELPHIA ■•prasestlDtf ■. laMrtll. Janesvllle. Wla.i tkm HUbI Valley Leaf Tebaooo Co.. Daytoa. 0.| 1h« Mr^km Tobacco Co.. Wladsor. Ct.t »«waar4 & Koklad. ClnclaBatl. O.t F. W. Dohrmann & Soa. ClaclaaaM. 0.| ■alaliey A Heilaad. LlUts. Pa. P. O. Box 1 78 LANCASTER, PAe HENRY RINDSKOPF Packer and Importer of '"TrD?r.:r.: leaf tobacco N. E. Cor. Fifth and Washington Sts. Reading, Pa. AARON B. HESS Packer of and Dealer io Leaf Tobacco Pennsylvania. Seed B's and Top* READY FOR THE MARKET. Write for Prices. Office and Warehouse: 630^636 N. Prince St Lancaster, Pa. Bell 'Phone : 77-X. Independent 'Phone : 1464-A. L. O. HABUSSERMANN CARL L. HAELSSERMANN EDWARD C. HAEUSSBiH^N" L. O. HAEUSSERMANN Sz SONS Importer* of P^^^^ers and Exporters of and De.lersin Sumatra and Havana Leaf Tobacco LARGEST RETAILERS IN PENNSYLVANIA No. :240 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. R.^BAVTISTA y C A.-- Leaf Tobacco Warehouse-HABANA, CVBA. Oble— RoTiSTA NEPTUNO I70--I74. special Partner— Gumersindo Gabcia CuK*1^ Tobacco Buyers in Havana Few and Cautious. Only 378 Bales Sold During the Week. --Differing Views as to the probable Value of '07 Crop. --Packing May Begin Early in May. Special Correspondence Little change has to be chronicled in Mr leaf market, as up to the time of writing I have been unable to learn of my transactions having been made for the American market, and this notwith- BtandiDg the fact that several Ameri- eidis have arrived from the North, and ue studying the actual conditions of our market from personal observation. About three weeks ago one of the owners of a contemporary arrived here ■pon a visit of recreation, as well as for the purpose of taking some notes with respect to the new crop. About ten days ago a leading article in his journal gave a description of the 1907 crop in most glowing terms. While I do not profess to be infallible and may be wrong in having gathered different people's opinion about this year's growth, I think however, I am entitled to dissent from considering the 1907 crop as a satisfactory one. As far as the clear Havana industry is concerned, a light, mild crop is always preferable, unless it goes to the extreme as it did in 1906 in the Vuelta Abajo district principally, but all manufacturers here, as well as in the United States, who are dedicating their factories to the ex- clusive production of the so-called clear Havana cigars, abhor heavy fillers as well as wrappers of dark colors, or of too much substance. I have talked to manufacturers here, to dealers, and also to some intelligent iacmers, and their opinion seems to be that perhaps not over 3D per cent, of this year's Vuelta Abajo crop will give OS light, so-called "temprano" tobacco. md that at least two-thirds would be of a heavy body, which will need a freat deal of time before it will be per- fectly cured, as well as considerable toninK down through an extra ferment- ation in the barrel (after the fillers have been stripped) and which the Spaniards We call "dar empalme." It is of wurse still too early to speak with "ctua! certainty of the new tobacco, •ecause until the same has undergone the last fermentation process in the bales it is impossible to form an exact judgment. As tobacco growing here has lost ■uch of its primitive character and is jfeated more scientifically by all the wge farmers, it is a well known fact that tobacco grown during a dry season *ill always be of a heavier nature, and Partjcularly so in places where no arti- ""al irrigation can be resorted to. owall those farmers who have an ir- "jtation system on their plantations, '•Jether under cheese-cloth or in the |P«n fields, have been able to harvest a'"y good crop, which promises to J!, ^^^acco fine in texture, light in W8 and sound in every respect, while fc^erT^"^*' of the farmers who have toTu I ^"'^^"^ upon Nature alone t.,..., ^^^ moisture have only ob- small and unsatisfactory Ruth ^ erford ^X^^r"^ we sold by successful dealers. A here is a Reason. of The Tobacco World.) Havana, Cuba, April 15. 1907. growth. As no statistics are kept here by the Government (as is done in the United States) it is extremly difficuit to make comparisons, or to give any exact figures as to the quantity. Last week a few showers fell, and this has enabled the farmers to take down some of the dried tobacco, make it into bundles and throw same into piles, so by the end of this month, or the beginning of May. quite a number of packers may commence operations. I heard it stated upon good authority that while the Partido section will give good wrappers upon all plantations which have irrigation plants, there will, however, be no fillers to speak of this year. As far as the Remedios crop is con- cerned the outlook is worse than ever, and I can only repeat what I wrote previously, that the same will be smaller in quantity than last year and that the quality will be so heavy that it cannot be used in all probability before the year 1909. There has been quite a good deal of buying going on in the Vuelta Abajo and Partido sections, but nothing has been heard of any operations in the Santa Clara province, as most of our dealers and packers here feel exceed- ingly timid in touching this kind of leaf. It was reported to me that the trust has been trying to corner the Partido leaf market this year, and while it seems impossible to do so, the exceed- ingly keen competition has resulted in forcing up prices to a level which has never been reached before. All vegas of light texture in the Vuelta Abajo have likewise been keenly competed for and prices have risen enormously. The outlook for manufacturers is. therefore, to say the least, disheartening. The late plantings may be considered as lost owing to the drought, and no more cut- ting can be expected this season. Sales only comprised 378 bales, which were taken by the small local manufacturers and buckeye shops. They consisted of 300 bales of Maydri and 78 bales of Remedios ("manchados"). Bayers Come and Go. Arrivals:— Benigno Balbin, of Balbin Bros., Tampa; Leopold Loeb, of the Loeb-Nunez Havana Co., Havana and Philadelphia; Samuel Mendelsohn, of Meyer & Mendelsohn. New York; Michael Friedman and Harry Bacha- rach, of Bacharach & Friedman, Chicago. Departure:- Max Maier, for New York. Havana ClKar Mannfactnrcra are only moderately active, as the strike in the trust has not yet been called off, although the independent factories have no lack of orders. The city of Matanzas is trying to attract the trust by opening a large branch factory giving employment to 1,000 men, offering extraordinary facilities for this purpose. Negotiations have been commenced, and if they should be ESTABLISHED 1844 I I H. Upmann & HAVANA. CVBA. Bdk.rwkers and Cominission Merchdcnts SHITTEP^^ OF CICAP^^ and LEAF TOBACCO IIANUPACTURBRS OP Celebrated W^J^f^:^. CigtLf Bf «wa4 FACTORYt PASEO DE TACON 159-169 OFFICEi A>IARGURA 1 HAVANA. CUBA< »« Representative of our "H. UPMANN" Brand for (he United States and Canada CHARLES LANDAU New York Office: 82 Wall Street Montreal, Canada: Board of Trade Buildiog SYLVESTER A STERN SUCCESSORS TO LEWIS SYLVESTER & SON Growers, Packers and Importers of Havana Tobacco HAVANA, CUBA NEW YORK Monte 56 165 Front Street PLANTATIONS and ESCOJIDAS: In VUELTA ABAJO at PUERTA de GOLPE " PARTIDOS " SANTIAGO de las VEGAS " REMEDIOS " SANTA CLARA " QUINTA CAMAJUANI " SANCTI SPIRITUS FACTORY VEGAS A SPECIALTY CHARLES BLASCO Cominission Mercliant Leaf Tobacco and Clfta 1 O'Reilly St, g£S^ Habana, Cuba GONZALEZ Y IVIIGUEL Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama Especialidad en Tabaco de Santa Clara de Primera G Cablet "CASIN" AMISTAD 97, HABANA. •^ i ■THE TOBACCO WORLD- bemrens & eo. Havana, Cuba Manufacturers of the " SOL" Brand finest Yvelta Abajo Tobacco Exclasively NO BETTER GOODS MADE PARTAGAS Independent Cigar Factory IE PARTAGAS IC/2 YG? QUALITY ALWAYS RELIABLE Sole Representatives for the United States and Canada: National Cuba Co., 147 Water Street, New York ^JABMifc- Cifuentes, Fernandez y Ci Proprietors i'^4 Industria Street Cable: ciFER Hsbana, Cttbi Sobrinos de A. Gonzalez LEAF TOBACCO MERCHANTS Principe Alfonso 116 y 118 Habana, Cuba '^^■ AVBLINO PAZOS <& CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Ram PRADO 123 ' oNiLEVA Mabana GUSTAVO SALOMON Y HNOS. Especialidad en TABACOS HNOS de VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDOS y VIELTA ARRIBA Monte 114 SUAREZ HERMANOS (S. en C.) and Dealers in lj63i 1 OOflCCO FIGUR AS 39-41. C«bl.: -Cuetara- HAVANA, ClW p. O. Box, Apartado 270 Cable: ZALEZGON Habana BBVNO DIAZ R. RODRIGUEZ B. DlflZ & CO. Growers and Packers of Vuelta Abajo and Partido Tobacco PRADO 125 Cable: ZAIDCO HABANA, CUBA J. H. CAYRO & SON Dealers in Leaf Tobacco specialty: Vuelta Aba Jo and Partido Warehouse and Office: 92 Dragones Street, HAVANA, CUBA Cable Addressi "JOSECAYRO" C orrespondence Solicited !■ E«<«^ HENRY VONEIFF F. VIOAL CRUZ VONEIFF Y VIDAL CRUZ ^^^"^ EXPORTERS of LEAF TOBACCli 73 Amistad Street. HAVANA. CUBA ^ Branch Houses: 616 W. Baltimore Street. Baltimore. Md. P. O. Box 433, TttnP*- S. Jorge Y. P. Castaneda JORGE 8t P. CASTAflEDR Growers, Packers and Exporters of Jiavana lieaf Tobaeco E|ido, Corner Dragones street, HAVANA EVARISTO GARCIA JOSE M. CiARCIA jOSt D'*' J. M. GARCIA Y CIA. Almacenistas de Tabaco Partido y Vuelta M\ CON VEGAS PROPIAS I ;San Nicolas 126 y 128 c.bie: "jomacarcia • HABANA, C0\ 10 Our Capacity for Manufacturing Cigar Boxes is— ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE GOOD CUSTOMER - -TPIK TOBACCO V^ORLD L. J. Sellers & Son, Sellersville, Pa. carried to a successful close the striking TRADE JOTTINGS IN MILWAUKEE PABLO PEREZ oandido obi rmaKers of the trust may as well i their positions and look for other ! or possibly emigrate to Key West S 'Tampa. While this project may Zk well enough on paper, it remains be seen where the trust will be able Ifind 1.000 skilled ci Milwaukee. Wis., April 20. M. L. Ohlmstedt, a well driller of Arpin, was recently arrested on a charge preferred by the Oftelie-Stohn- dahl Land Co., of Plattsville, for steal- *"«^TnooSled dgarmakersinthe 'ng cigars, and he was bound over to 10 find l.ouu sKiu » the Circuit Court, .itw of Matanzas, as cne lacier nas never been known to have had any agar industry of importance. The principal independent factories which are working upon good orders The Oftelie-Stohndahl Land Co. con- ducts what is commonly known as a "company store", where they carry large stocks of cigars. During Febru- ^H'uDmann. Partagas, Sol, Por ^^V last the company's place was and, as it later developed, the plunder was taken away in a livery rig to Elm Lake, from where it was sent by ex- press to R. A. Williams, Minneapolis. Immediately after the theft suspicion was fixed on M. L. Ohlmstedt and his He, together with one R. A. Williams,^ had taken Larranaga and Eden laying, SelUnn and Other Note, of Interest. President Leopold Loeb, of the Loeb- Hunez Havana Co.. who arrived hare this past week, is going to make a thorough visit to all the tobacco grow- ujorouKii :„u„j ar» aa tn atnrt movcments watched iie sect ons of the island, so as to start !!n idas only in those districts where ^'^^ ^^^ «• A. Wil ocojidas oniy '"''"' , . the train for Minneapolis on the day it wil cay them to engage m the DU81- ^, ^, i,^ j * nl hfsyear He will be accompanied following the theft, and upon arriving Bessthisyear "« '^ iL^nc,\y at the r dest nation, they went to the by Gov. Emilio Nunez, who through «> ^ , • i.u • oy uuv. xj f«v,apr»n cxpress office to claim the package, hia bng connection with the tobacco ...,,, ,, , ^ „,.„. U8 louK V „i.,„ui^ Hoimrinh which had bech addressed to Williams. business, is invaluable. Helmrich Struckiuan. of Bremen, is now em- nloved with Loeb- Nunez Havana Co. .,„..., ^, C.rirn.8&Co., who have removed « d.fficolt task. Finally, however, they ^ succeeded in convincing John Hart, a Several efforts were then made to dispose of the goods, but they found it to 126 Amistad street, have bought the building, thus making their location a permanent one. Sobrs. de Venancio Diaz have bought the building at 72 Monte street, and intend moving there this week, just as 8000 as they have finished fixing up the different interior arrangements. Sobrs. de Antero Gonzalez are actively at worK in the Vuelta Abajo and Partido sections, accumulating enough tobacco to start up several escojidas there very soon. To show how the trust is trying to kill of! competition of all independent buyers, it was stated to me that in one instance where a house had bought 20,000 matules, which had been closed upon a firm deal, that a buyer of the trust came along and offered to pay ^5000 more than the original sum agreed upon. As the farmer was one of the bonest kind, and said he would not break his word for a million dollars, he refused to listen to the tempter. How- ever, this case of the farmer is an ex- hotel proprietor, that they were ex- tensive tobacco growers, and, having considerable stock on hand, decided to have their product made up into cigars, which they were now selling direct, instead of through salesmen. While the story sounded plausible enough for the hotel man to pay these men $90 on account for the cigars, he.nevertheless. did not feel quite at ease, and reported the matter to the police. Questioned by the police, the prepetjators of the robbery admitted enough to warrant their being held till they could be brought back to Plattsville to stand trial. The trial will come up at the May term of the Circuit Court. CHANGE OF ROCHESTER COLLECTOR Washington. D. C. April 19. It was admitted at the White House today that the resignation of Archie Sanders as Collector of Internal Rev- enue at Rochester. N. Y.. had been Perez & Obese S. en C. (Sobrinos de G. Palacios) (Leaf Tobacco) VUELTA ABAJO FACTORY VEGAS a Specialty Proprietors of famous Lowland Vuelta Abajo V«^w Prado 121, Entrance, Dragones St Cable: ''Sodecio." HABANA, CUBA. LUIS NUNIZ MANUEL NUNIZ HILARIO NUNIZ VENANCIO DIAZ. Special PaHivcr MUNIZ HERMANOS y CIA S en C Growers and Dealers of VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDO and REMEDIOS TOBACCO ' ception, as I was assured that lots of requested about a week ago. deals of a siniilar nature had been It was not known at the White House broken off when the trust offered better whether or not he had sent in his resig- ^"ns. nation, but it is stated that if he does Don Jesus Rodriguez Bautista has not do so he will be removed. Hia just returned from a very extended trip successor has already been chosen, but all over the Vuelta Abajo, accompanied his name was not announced. by their well known buyer, ("Pinta- *«><«<%>%»%» jonre"), Juan de la Puente. and^I hear m^Y GET SANDERS' JOB. wey have purchased quite a number of Wooi,i«»f«« n r Anrii 99 ibe very best vejras Washington. D. C, April 22. Sylvester * Qf u A ^- ^- B^rkhardt. former mayor of receivTnf .K . u " have commenced ^ . ^^ y., is being prominently ^au 7l"^''""l '" ^""^"' ^"^ mentioned for the office of Collector of ttfeV'- V:'«- '--'tS^e'^lftTo Internal Revenue at Rochester N. Y. 'oe 15th of May. made vacant by the resignation of & Maier, of A. Blumlein & Co., Archie Sanders. Secretary Cortelyou ggj^^'"®'! understand, without buying having returned to Washington, an Th tK °^ tobacco. announcement of an appointment to fill «««^'ii!!^^'"6'''can buyers who have the vacancy is expected soon. mKL P ^^^^ ^'■e still posting them as f«r r^tudying the situation, and tran«o«f** *^°"'^ 'earn have made no ''•nsactions so far. ^« ta Abaio Matanzas tedio8& S.Clara ^^^Vi de Cuba Week ending April 13 Bales 1,007 55 57 18 5 2 TOBACCONIST'S SON A SUICIDE. Fulton, Ky., April 22. Since Jamea Gilbert, son of William Gilbert, Jan. 1 a wealthy tobacco man of Murray, Ky.. Bales committed suicide on board a train en 3,97 route for Memphis. Tenn.. today, by 252 swallowing half an ounce of bromidia. Total 1,144 341 159 4,702 1,709 11,138 No cause for the act is known. Rutherford, Constitution. Hunter — a strong trio. El Draco Giiiar Mfd. Co., Philada. Cable : "Angel," Havana ReiiYdL 20, HavansL p. O. Box JOSE F. ROCHA Havana Leaf Tobacco Especialidad Tabacos Finos de Vuelta Abajo, Partido y Vuelta Arriba San Miguel lOO Cable: "DONALLES" HABANA, CUBA GONZALEZ, BENITEZ & CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama y Viveres Amargura 12 and 14, and San Ignacio 25 Cable: "Tebenitez" P. 0. Box 396 HABANA, CUBA LOEB NUNEZ HAVANA CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en RamM 142 and 144 Consulado Street Habana Cable: REFORM JOS. MENDELSOHN LOUIS A. BORNEMANN MANUEL SUARES Mendelsohn, Bornemann & Co. Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO d Commission Merchants an New York Office: 196 WATER STREET Havana, Cuba: MANUEL SUAREZ y CA., Amistad 00 A. M. CALZADA & CO. Packers aad Dealers in Leaf and COMMISSION MERCHANTS Monte 156, HABANA, CUBA. p. o. Box. soa. CabUt "CALDA.** CabU Addrcaat DERBA. T«l«ph*aM 161 >VM. BADER Importer of Havana Tobacco 4 Burling Slip, NEW YORK A SfMcUlty of HAVANA WRAPrUtS and FILLERS »( nUiL Nail ordwa U -THE TOBACCO WORLD- MRNMST ELLINGER & CO, no. z6x w7ter stm Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO New York LEAF TOBACCO. OFriCES : •' DETROIT, MICH. AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. HAVANA ,CUBA, New York, JO«. S. QANS MOSES J. QANS JEROME WALLER EDWIN I. ALEXANDER JOSEPH S. CANS & CO. Mporters and J^^^f J^^ bSLCCO Packers of Telephone: 346 John 150 Water St.. NEW YORK Starr Brothers ^SeLo, ueaf tobacco 163 Water Street ibllBh«dl888 NEW YORK Telephone: 4027 John M. F. SCHNEIDER IMPORTER OF Sumatra Tobacco 2 Burling Slip. NEW YORK NES, CORNER KUIPERSTEEG, AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND Telephone: 377 JOHN Joseph Hirsch & Son IHfOBTERS OF SUMATRA TOBACCO OFFICEi "•trrSnf 183 Water St. Cable Address: "HERE." NEW YORK t^^^^^^^^^^^A ♦♦♦♦♦♦"*♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦< TOBACCO NEWS OF GREATER NEW YORK; »♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦I New York Bureau of The Tobacco World New York, April 23. at present in the city, but expect j, leave shortly for their respective ten. tories. • • • JOSEPH HOLZMAN SUMATRA, HAVANA TT^ hkm^r^nk and SEED LEAF 1 UVJvXK^KjVJ 185 Water St., New York The leaf market remains in a some- what inactive condition. The business that is done is made up of small lot sales, of such variety as is needed by manufacturers for immediate use, and there is not the least inclination on the part of anyone to buy in quantity at present market prices, and yet it has not made any perceptible change in prices, which are still firmly main- tained. * * * Conditions among cigar manufac- turers show some signs of improvement. Orders are beginning to come in more freely, and indications are that there will soon be a general replenishment of stock needed in distributing houses, which must necessarily have a good effect on manufacturers' sales record?. • • • Max Gans, of Max Cans & Son, has been in Porto Rico since early in Feb- ruary, and will probably not return until some time in May. Chas. Gans and H. A. Rose left on Saturday last for the island, where the firm is putting up a packing house in the Caguas district. • • • Morris J. Levi, of Levi, Blumenthal & Co., was on jury duty the past week. • • • James W. Geyer, a popular retail dealer at 436 Tenth avenue, believes he has discovered a way to make ashes burn, and has been demonstrating in the boiler room of the Park Avenue Hotel, when Prof. Bellew, of Columbia University, was specially invited to be present. Prof. Bellew recently made a public statement in connection with the ex- periments of John Ellmore. of Altoona, Pa., in which he denied that heat could be extracted from ashes. Mr. Geyer says that he has discovered a chemical agent that will release the oxygen and hydrogen of water at the point of combustion, with coal ashes as a vehicle. • • • The Falk Tobacco Co. is issuing cards to their customers as follows: "Railroad and transportation com- panies are rushed and jammed with freight and there is great congestion at all points. We are pushing orders as fast as we can. "As we want to help you to avoid running short on our goods, please send in orders as far in advance as possible. "When you receive Bill of Lading from us, push railroad at your end for the goods." • • • Ernest Ellinger & Co., Havana leaf tobacco importers, are now nicely domiciled in new quarters at 87-89 Pine street, which have been finely fitted out for their own special use. "I" JOHN W. MERRIAM St CO. *'At the Sitfn of the Ball Ijoi" New York Real Habana Sefiar, Makers and Importers Habana Scraps and Cuttings for Sal« Alexander & Heller, 205 Pearl street, report business as pretty good con- sidering the times. All their men are 12 ConstHution^.1,\^Ji,?.r are the Best that can be made. Do you sell them? Percival Levy, of Percival Levyi Bro., is at present visiting his trade a Canada, and is not expected backfu some time. • • a A. Arnstein, who has been on tl» sick list, has again returned toki office, a little weak, but happy. i> Arnstein informs me that big Lake- wood Bouquet, a seed and Havana te center, and his clear Havana La Dt^ monte in over twelve shapes are sw ing new friends every day. • • • Oscar Shein has extended a neatii- vitation to his customers inviting On to attend an exhibition to beheldatb store, 342 Lenox avenue, on the darie! May 3 to May 6, inclusive, toe» memorate his being in the cigar In- ness twenty years at the above addtw He extends an invitation to all attest ing to sample the Ferdinand deAh free of cost during the exhibition. • • • Levi Spear, leaf dealer, 214 Pw street, has just returned formaihir but successsful trip up the State, b makes a specialty of Connecticot broii- leaf, of which he usually has a fioe» sortment on hand. • • • Ludwig Gross, of 220 East Eifli^ ninth street, an engineer in a diK factory at 1552 Third avenue, in Yort ville Court last week, accused Henna M. Lewin, manager of the factory, ti having given him a "loaded" cii« which had cost him the sight of « eye. He said the cigar contained* hair spring tied with a string. Win the fire reached the thread it relem^ the spring, which struck him in the«j« Lewin said the cigar had been ii« him by a friend and he did not kno"'' contained the spring. He„offer«dtt pay the physician's bill incuned kf Gross, and Magistrate Baker told* men to settle the matter out of coot a • • Leo Polacsek, the old time roanof* turer at 216 Bowery, has jast tikj possession of the cigar store «t ^ Greenwich street, from Herz Bn» who will only manufacture in tb«» ture. The new owner of the stored keep in stock the brands raanufacW* by the former owners, and will a*"" same the Grand Lustre, a nickel V» of goods, and the Havana Limited."* cigars of his own manufacture. • • • A. N. Barson & Co. ask the tn** overlook any delay in receiving*^ goods. They are oversold on tt» various brands of Turkish t\ivv» but they expect within the next*^ or two to catch up. Mr. P*'**^, formed me that he expects ^^'^ *J to contract for a space at theTow* Trades Exposition. • • • .A Thos. F. James, repreaentiK For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to Established 1880 L J. Sellers St Son, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO., SELLERSVILLE, PA. ^THE TOBACCO WORLD lackers and Planters of HIGHEST GRADES CONNECTICUT HAVANA SEED Address: F. B. GRIFFIN, Manager. NORTH BLOOMFIELD, CONN. The Krohn Tobacco Go. Of WINDSOR, CONN. Our Plantations are in the most famous growing section Fine Handling Superb Quality -OR A. H. REEDER, President. P. 0. BOX 574. DAHON. 0. A. COHN & CO. IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra PACKERS OF Seed Leaf Tobacco . and Growers of Georgia Sumatra 142 Water Street, New York EDEN CIGAR FACTORY ¥ BANCES & LOPEZ HAVANA, CUBA Calixto Lopez & Co. 180 Water St., NEW YORK Will receive and attend to orders Cigars made strictly of very best Vuelta Abajo Tobacco ri^ mz ENOS SMITH EDMUND H. SMITH Hinsdale Smith & Co. pporters of SUMATRA and HAVANA "^ i^Yx P\ f> f^ f\ and Packers of CONNECTICUT LEAF 1 VJ U Q V> 1^ U 125 Maiden Lane ESTABLISHED 1840 NEW YORK CABLE: "NAROIL" MADISON sauARC GARDEN SEPT 2 TO 14 1907 ASK ANYBODY- -THAT'S ALL APPLICATION FOR SPACE TO EXHIBIT SHOULD BE MADE TO TOBACCO TRADES EXPOSITION CO W.BTURK.""'"'«T FLATIRON BLDG NEW YORK . Ramirez y Ca., makers of the Jules Verne cigar, has been working the city and suburbs in the interest of his firm, and baa been quite suceessfulin placing tliegooda. • • • ' Ullman & Co., leaf dealers, report trade as fair, but could be better. The cigar manufacturing end of their busi- ness appears to be running up to its capacity. • • • William Kauder. cigar manufacturer, who lately bought the Pereira Mayer Cigar Co., 504 East Seventy-third street, and who made cigars for M. ailvertau, was entirely burned out on Monday night. He had manufactured Here for twenty-five years. UP-TODATE BOSTON NOTES. S«me Improvement in the Cigar Trade. Rumort About the U. C. Co. Stores. [Boston Bureau "The Tobacco World" 19 Devonshire Street] ». . Boston, Mass., April 22. th! '^'Kar trade has improved a little we past week. Many of the retailers rlnS°"""^^^ section of the city kept Closed on Friday which was a legal •x^liday here-Patriofs Day. thi IT ^. *il "^*"y rumors afloat that cL fi'^®^ P'**'* Stores Co. is about to S^.., °^ *^^eir Boston stores. The 8^p!f '?,^e"ed to are the ones on Court the nn **°'^'^o'n Square. School street, store nVw'^?.'^°"''"al Building and the The In,, "'*8">n8ton street near Dover. Payin^n?'*' "^^''e is said to be the best here Lh ""^ '***' ^^^ UnxieA operates exDir*. «V°^.^'^'ythe lease is .soon to two new l^^^ this accounts for the stores recently opened on Washington street, corner of School street and the other on the corner of Broomfield street, both within a short distance of the Journal Building store. The Dover street and Bowdoin Square stores never were regarded as being on a paying basis. iiome of our local cigar manufacturers have recently laid in a stock of the new Sumatra tobacco, and all claim it to be of a fine quality and yield. The price paid for it was in the neighbor- hood of $4.25 a pound, duty paid. Many of our small manufacturers are working considerable Florida and Georgia wrappers, and in many in- stances it is difficult to tell the differ ence between these cigars and the genuine Sumatra wrapped cigars. Most of the selling privileges at Revere and Nantasket Beaches have been rented for the season ; quite a few have already bought their opening sup- plies and next Sunday many of the stands will be open for business. I. Cohen, of New York, is here look- ing after the sale of his Keystone cigar. He reports business very good, and at present has 300 cigarmakers employed steadily. Mr. Cohen thinks the profits will be much less this year to the large manufacturer, on account of the ex- tremely high prices asked for light Sumatra tobacco by the leaf importers. The Mentor Cigar Company is re- ceiving some nice orders from the New York trade on the Mentor and Ramly Turkish cigarettes. Eriich & Kopf have a neat window display this week of the St. Urban little cigars, a ten for ten cents pack- age, made by the A. M. Pacholder Co., of Baltimore, Md. Louis Jeselsohn, Bieringer Bros. Co., and other Jobbing firms report a good sale on them. Emil Abrahams, of the Pacholder Co., is at present opening up some new accounts in the far West. He was last heard from in Denver, Col. J. Mangan, with the United States Tobacco Co , is doing some very active work on his firm's new cube cut pack- age. Hunt Club. S. Grymich, manufacturer of the well known S. G. cigar, has salesmen out canvassing trade, and is also putting out considerable advertising matter. Cohen's American Smokers and Le- venson's Boston Smokers are among the leading 5 cent smokers here. Both are selling so well and the demand is so strong that many of our leading wholesalers have been compelled to lay in a supply of them to fill their orders. A new cigar and tobacco store opened up for business this week at 483 Tre- mont street. F. Geist is the proprietor. Jacob Shear, of Worcester, and S. Foster, of Brockton, Mass., were two out of town visitors here this week. Ed. Leader is now selling the Ruy Lopez Havana cigars for the Norma Cigar Co., the local distributors. The Markell Drug Co. had a special sale Saturday on Bachelor cigars at 3 for 10 cents. H. W. Lord, manager of the cigar department for Cobb, Aldrich & Co., is very busy these days taking photos of the large fires for the Fire Depart- ment. Mr. Lord is just as skillful behind the kodak as he is behind the "kounter." Ben AH. To Mannfadnrers of Q^ars: ,., If you have any ,< : Cuttings, Scraps or Sifting. ' to sell, write us. ■'. We are at all times in the noarket m '. Cash Buyers of all these prodaeto. EDWIN L. KOPPELMAN CO. 7-61h 81 Pine St.. N«w Y*rlu "pOR SALE.— On account of other in- -^ terests, manufacturer will sell hU Stogie Manufacturing Business of $30,- 000 to $40,000 per year ; established 20 years. Equipment, trademarks, labels, etc., offered in their entirety.or present proprietor will take entire output, and continue to market the goods. A good chance for an energetic business man. Address Success, care of The Tobaced World, Philadelphia. 4-17tf SPECIAL NOTICES. (12^ cents per line, 8 point measure) RELIABLE Union Factory. 9th Dis- trict, Penna., desires connections with several reliaole brokers to handle output. Address Union Factory, Box 18, care of Tobacco World, Phila. 4-24h CAN make up good cigar line for Job- bing house. If necessary, jobber can furnish his own leaf. Highest ref- erences. Address N. Y. Manufacturer, Box 20, care of Tobacco World, Phila. 4-lOr \X7E PURCHASE Cigar Molds— u»- '' desirable shapes— such as N©. 16,261, No. 8.832, No. 8,569. Write «. stating what you have and the quantity. Winget Mfg. Co., York, Pa. 12-iairf FOR SALE.— 36 Bunching MaehinM, 64 Cigar Tables, also 2 Stripping Machines. Will consider a fair offer. Address Box 21, care of The Tobaeed Wot Id, Phila. 4-3tf , ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ '^^ y EGISTER YOUR TRADE MARKS -'^ with The Tobacco World, Philada. 13 i -THE TOBACCO WORLD- -THE TOBACCO WORLD- BaUblished 1881 THE Incorporated 190a World ft Published Every Wednesday BV THB TOBACCO WORLD PUBLISHING CO. 224 Arch Street. PKiUdelpKicL Tav V Kroct H. C. McManxjs, Prarident and oinl. Manager. Secretary and Treasurer. Entered at the Post Office at Philadelphia. Pa., as second class matter. TRWtPHONBS:— Bell, Market 28-97 ; Keystone, Main 45-39^ Cable Address. Baccoworld. Havana Office, Post Office B^ • ^>:xr-HCDs at EI nz) c; I r-*4 ci s • PRIVATE BRANDS OFORIGINAL DESIGN CHICAGO l^kl%%«%%« «%%«•«•«%» %»»^»»^^^^^^^^^l %»»»»»%»^^^>^^^<^<%%^^%%l i I John McLaughlin. J. K. Kauffman. JOHN McLaughlin ^ co. Wholesftle Dsalera in All Kinda of 1 Plug ^ Smoking Tobaccos > AUo, All Grades of Fine Cigars ^ Leaf Tobacco No. 307 North Queen Si. LANCASTER. PA. RATHER. DVLL IN YORK COUNTY. Some Factories Report Fair Business— The Blochinger 41 Co. Natter. York. Pa., April 22. General dullness prevails in the cigar trade in this county, and the really busy factories are few and far between. Those having any number of good sized orders on hand are a few manufac- turers who cater to a trade requiring a fairly good grade of cigars. That is to say, of the nickel and ten cent variety. Celestino Cotsello & Co. have so far not felt any appreciable falling off in trade, but report a rather lively demand for their Barrister 10 cent and other brands. All of their several factories are moderately busy, and at several of their places additional help would be given employment, if application was made by competent workers. The leaf dealers are feeling the rather stagnant condition keenly, and considerable hustling is being done by some of the salesmen to make as good a showing as possible under the circum- stances. There were comparatively few visit- ing leaf salesmen here during the past week. Henry Bauer came up from Philadelphia to close up several pending transactions in Florida tobacco for J. Hirschberg & Bro.. and R. R. Uhler, ot Lebanon, was also here for a day on behalf of H. Duys & Co., of New York, with a line ot samples of their new importations of Sumatra tobacco. I. Meyer, of Hartford. Conn., was also here for Starr Bros., of New York. He handles, however. Connecticut to- bacco exclusively, and is the firm's buyer in that section. Sammy Kauff- man, with Wm. Steiner. Sons & Co., lithographers, of New York, was here also and smiled in his characteristic serenity when he pocketed several good sized orders for new labels in this section. The candidacy of H. F. Kohler, a well known cigar manufacturer at Nashville, for Register of Wills of York county is announced. He is widely acquainted in the county and his chances of nomination at the June primary election should be good. The cigar business with Mr. Kohler is good, and both his factories are running full force. In fact more hands would be acceptable, particularly at the main factory at Nashville. Robt. M. Graiiat, of Gillen &Granat, came home on Saturday after a two weeks' stay in Philadelphia, but re- turned again today. Mr. Granat has had a good business in the First Dis- trict for several weeks past, and there- fore returned to Philadelphia to close, if possible, some pending transactions. Some changes have taken place lately at the Cuban Star Cigar Co., at Dallas- town. The business has been incorpo- I rated, and Mr. E. F. Noll, the former proprietor, is president of the company ' and J L. Simon, who formerly held a position in the Dallastown bank, is now associated with Mr Noll, and is treas- 1 urer of the company. j The report published in these columns I last week stating that the old Seaton Heindel factory had been secured by Arthur Spatz, was a misconception of facts, it appears, as the premises were secured and are already occupied by the I Cuban Star Cigar Co. i John Fiddler, with J. W. Minnich & Son, of Dallastown, is again on a busi- ness trip among the firm's jobbing I houses. W. A. Lahr, of Red Lion, recently 20 it%»%%%^%%%'%%%%K% •«%«%««%« HUNTER KK ^is all to the front ; made by EL DRACO CIGAR. NFG. CO.. Philada. returned from a business trip thi™ New York and the New England StiT and brought back with him some sized orders for his products several factories throughout the „ are well filled with orderu to keep« busy for some time to come, and^tt salesmen are sending more orden. There seems to be some little in sight as the result of the 80uj«, muddled affairs of the former fim Blochinger & Co.. at Red Li«, business of which, under an ana,, ment with creditors of Blocbinge, it is alleged, was sold to J. E. Ueti and A. C. Frey, both of Red Lion, who, for the continuation of thtl ness of Blochinger & Co., formed a concern known as the Belmont C Co., and finally took over the bw and assets of Blochinger & Co. An equity suit was said to have brought by the First National against J. E. Detwiler atid A. €...>, to have declared fraudulent the ititri the cigar factory to them of Blochinit & Co. The bank claims to havei unpaid protested note for $125. agiia the latter company and that thesalei the plant and effects by the owners, E. Blochinger and Warren L Lock,. Detwiler and Frey, was madewitlm legal notice to the creditors. Tin want the court to make the pteM owners give an accounting of the aM secured and to have the transteta declared null and void. Speaking of the suit in equity . to have been brought against tbeiii! the First National bank, but whichi then not yet been entered of recni Messrs. Detwiler and Frey whobouli the effects of Blochinger & Co., ivi which the suit is based, claim thati stead of an attempt to defraud, allei by the litigant, the purchase waawi in the interest of and with thecoim of all who claimed to be credita They say that, knowing if the p« went into the hands of the sheriff» business would not only be ruineda that the effects would have bry only a meagre return, they offeiwi buy it in and pay 50 cents on the dor This, they say. was agreed to.nj^ the time, when inquiry was made," were told by the bank that it dull hold any paper against BlochiDfB^ Co., except what was perfectlj cured; that subsequently they" notified of a protest much to theiM prise; that they offered to meet « the same basis as agreed with theow creditors, but the offer wasiefj* that afterward the bank offereo' settle for 75 cents on the doll«r,» this they refused on the ground tBJJ would be an injustice to the»J creditors, who had agreed to &«»• Careful inquiry has revealed ««* that Mr. Blochinger has made sew- transfers, and that in his first onewp were several creditors who had no taken into consideration, aiK^.^jL^ may even now take some actioD * might possibly result in furtner^ plications, if not litigations. ^ Several days agoquite asurpni* tendered to W. H. Snyder, a P«P Windsor cigar manufacturer, ,^ upon the occasion of his '9^"^' m day Mrs. Snyder sprang it m with much success. A Pretext" found to keep him in his omce u^^ large party of friends had 8 jj, from Windsor. Red ^'0"',.; "% other places. When "all thing' ready," Mr. Snyder wasask^J' .|, to the house, and when he an was fairly taken off his fff: 1^ band, of which Mr. Snyder was iWj|, a member, was rendering on ^^ favorite airs, while his niany were offering their congratun^ Geo. A. Kohler and T. A- J;; g^ of Yoe, Pa., expect to «P«"* factory at Delta about May a. -THE TOBACCO WORLD- Telephone Call, 432— B and Warehouse: FLORIN, PA. Located on Main Line of Pennsylvania R. R. E.L.NISSLY • W. 1^. DRUGHEHTY & BRO. Dallastown, Pa. M. nuf .1 un rs oi Fine Domestic Cigars ill|{hest Quality Finest Packages* Wholesale and Jobbing Trade only Correspondence with Active Houses Invited ^RElNOi^ I R. E. JACOBY Wholesale Manufacturer of Strictly Uniform Quality of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Rpthsville, Pa. Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited Established 1870 Factory No. 79 S. R. KOCHER Manufacturer of Fine Havana Cigars and Packer of WRIGHTSVJLLE, PA. Acme Extract and Chemical Works, Manufacturers and Importers of Havana Gi^ar Flavors, Casing Wines, Gums, Extracts, Betanes,. Sweetenings and Specialties for All Kinds of Tobaccos. E. G. EGKERT, Proprietor. Hanover, Pa. aa -THE TOBACCO WORLD- T.A.MYERS&co^. ▲ I YORK, PENn'a SAMUEL FREY Craley, Pa. Manufacturer of Cigars for the Wholesale Trade OLD JUDGE ] Cr MILD AND PLEASANT ) 1 f^- C^ THE CYCLONE j ^^» BROWN BUCK (Banded) f ^ *"1 ^^* ALLEN GOODRICH. 3 c. Samples to Responsible Housp.i They Smoke It and Come A^ain BLEND, QUALITY and WORKMANSHIP to Please the Most Critical Smokers Manufactured for Joobing Trade Only The Toedtman Cigar Co. Makers of the Highest Grade of 5c. Cigars Exclusively MIAMISBURG. OHIO. The American Tobacco Co. 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 THE UNION LABEL. Through the culumns of the Detroit News-Tribune. Walter R. Hamper, Head of the Globe Tobacco Company, said: "The union label is by far the most effective weapon in the hands of the trade unionists today. It is an ar- gument from which no business man can turn away. As a force in the in- dustrial world to compel fair treat- ment of the laborer and to insure him the rights which he deserves, the con- stant 'silent strike' of the men and women who demand the union label when buying goods of this kind is cer- tain to be a thousand— yes, a million times more effective than the most violent of the employes' strikes could ' ver hope to be. I am not complain- ing. There are times when strikes are necessary, and many, many times it is the only way that the unions have of maintaining their rights. Once you get the masses of the people, or even all the members of the trade unions to demand the label, you are going to revolutionize things from beginning to end." — Car Worker. ANOTHER. LOUISVILLE FACTORY. Louisville. Ky.. April 18. A large lobacco factory is to be erected on the lot on Floyd street ad- joining the Hetttrman Bros.' tobacco factory at the corner of Breckinridge street. The negotiations have been in progress for some time, and the deal has been practically closed. The pro- perty has a frontage of 76 feet on Floyd street and a depth of 250 feet. SCRANTON'S COUPON SCHEME. Scranton, Pa., April 18. The Standard Coupon Co., with a capital stock of $10,000, was organized by a number of tobacco dealers for the purpose of giving smokers of Scran- ton a better class of premiums. The capital stock has been entirely sub- scribed. The ofTicerB have been elected as follows: President, C. P. Wentz ; vice-president, W. B. Kellum ; treasurer, Robert D. Langdon ; secre- tary, Frank O'Hara. JAPANESE MATCH COMBINE. Consul-General H. B. Miller, of Yoko- hama, forwards the following partic- ulars, published in a Japanese news- paper, eoncerning the latest attempt to consolidate the match-making industry in Japan : A bill for the incorporation of the match industry is now before the House of Representatives with the stated object of protecting the industry in Japan, and the extension of the market abroad. The total value of matches exported per annum is estimated at $5,000,000, and it is proposed to set a aide 20 per cent of this sum and buy up the stock in trade and trade-marks of the existing match factories. .jtThe number of companies and private RUTHERFORD "^"^L«d*e'r*''* from the factory of El Draco Ciiiar Mfii. Co., Philada. firms engaged in the manufactaii matches in Japan is 209. of «|^ manufacture matrhes for export, i 149 make matches for home com tion. They employ about 130,(KI|| atives and other employes, wood used for the sticks amounts to about 150,000,000 feet, equal, accord ng to a Ji statistician, to 3.200.000 ordina graph poles. The other raw imported are valued at$l,5O(,00^ annual value of matches exi $5,250,000. and those supplied fo consumption $1 250.000. The. field for the export of matches W{ which buys to the value of $2,8 next comes Hongkong, taking OGO; Singapore, $502,000; India,! 000. and Korea. $175,000. J. H. LIEFTINCK & Z( Sworn Tobacco Brol Office and Sample Roomi:^ Brakke Grond and Frai AMSTERDAM, HOLLANDj STOKHUYZEN TbI Sworn Tobacco Broke Office and Sample Roomat; Nes. 84—86 (Opposite Fraa AMSTERDAM, HOLI llIENHUYS & HESTE Sworn Tobacco Brokers Bro!;ers to the Deli Maatschippj AMSTERDAM, HOLLA Office and Sample Rooma: 87 Rokin ^ 100 Nes. oppoaitiFi Color and Cancelling SUn#| Lead Seals and Stencili QUAKEH CITY STENCIL and STAMP WOIO Inoorporated 234 Arch St.. PhlUdtlpUa E.S.SECHRISI , Dallastown, Pa^* Manufacturer of Fine and Common Eatablished 1890 Capacity, 20.000 per Day Ciga YOU ABE LOSING IIONEIf' 7 HOW ? BAD ACCOUNTS. Ckargini iKem off to profit •«• !•••• Payinil Collection Agency F««». Paying Memberahip feea. ^ •• DO-IT-YOUlSEtr Th. "Do It-Youraelf collection auttl-j^ whereby you collect your bad accounia ^Y^qJ^ and do it in the aame way tLal it la *"- " Agenciea. onl the aame way tbal it nly BETTER.. ? WHY ? It ia a better ayatem. It ia eaaier to operate, „_||m It keepa the accounia '"XMi It bringa the money to YOU. It aavea Collection Agenciaa feaa. It aa»ea Memberahipfeea. „kJI»#^ It aaTea getting into the hand, of unrao-- Price * 1.00 Po.tP«W Each oulfU oontalna everythlno """^ to oolleotSOolalms. .»ddP MONEY REFUNDED jf «>" "^ are not perfectly satisfied. ORDEB TO-DAT United State. Collection A^ Suite 19. 163 R.adolpb>«^ Agents Wa Chicago. U. S* *• ,-^ nted WrlUfo"^ -THE TOBACCO WORLD- 116-122 E.I4T"ST NEW YORK. . BRANCH FACTORY S^O-SSO W ba^MST NY CATALOGUES OF OUR STOCK CIGAR LAB5LS, FLAPS. BANDS ETC.. ETC, SENT GRAT/5 UPON RfTQUESr PREPAID WRITE US BEFORE PLACING ORDERS - ,^_^_^. FOR PRIVATE LABELS. BANDS. ETC.^ ;.KAUFFfmN^B-RO f♦♦♦♦ Manufacturers of 24 Cigar Boxesi^Shipping Cases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Edgings, etc. fie— 728 N. Cliristian St, L.ANCASTER. PA„ yiBEN BUSER MANUPAOTORBR OP Cigar Boxes and Cases DBALBR IN Lumber, Labels, Edging, Etc., R. F. D. No. 3, YORK, PA. E A. G^^^^^ H AVANA 123 N. THIRD Philj^dbwhia HIGH* SI AWARD AND GOLD MEDAL FOl Klif^KILKNCEAWD QUALITY OF STOGIES. AT WOBLD'S FAIM. ST. LOUIS, I904 WE MAKE THE CUBAN EXPORT. BULLS EYE. ROYAL BLUE LINE. CYCLONE AND BIG si Firat Quality. Long Filler. Hand Made JOHN SLATER & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Hand-Made, Long Filler and Mold Stogi OUR OTHER BRANDS Factory No. 1643. Capacity 5O.000.O00 a Year , NEW ARRIVALS, BROWNIES, GOLD NUGGETS. JERSEY CHARTER. BLENDED SMOffl li^' ' BOSS, CASTELLO, AMERICAN PUFFS, LANCASTER BELLE, EVERY DAY SMOKE, 1 LITTLE HAVANA, LITTLE DUTCH BLUE POINTS, GOOD POINTS, Etc. Factory: LANCASTER, PA. i Porto Rico Ci^ar Co. Red Lion, Pa. WHOLESALE CIGAR MANUFACTURERS Maior Paul ^ Lord Selkirk \ OQ. Arrow Point J Tom Lewis — 2 for 5e. Leaf Tobacco Markets. BALDWINSVILLE, N. Y. The warehouses of the American Ci- i^^^' etc.. chattel mortgage CrawfordaviHe.— J. P. Step cigars, chattel mortgage, $1,200. Indianapolis.— Soff ell & FiriMr, gar Co., Taussig & Co., and J. W. Up- son are still open. No sales have been reported in the past few days.— Gazette. Wholesale and Jobbind Trade Only SOMETHING NEW AND GOOD WAGNER'S CUBAN STOGIES Manufactured Only by LEONARD WAGNER F.c.o.vNo.2 707 Ohio St., ALLEGHENY, PA ^^^g^^^ GEO. STEUERNAGLE THE CELEBRATED 7ro.d.» ^« quick work done by the tobacco growers ^ g Newton. Wh.tesel A S«i in getting their beds started. Shipments, 750 cases. —Reporter. Pennsylvania. Allentown.— Henry J. Ritter, manufacturer, dead. Washington. Clayton.— P. A. Bret, cigars, tionery, etc., sold to Clayton tionery Co. Spokane.— Alderson Bros., ci|i and tobacco, O. H. Alderso . indifi 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 & BRO. ^tw^nntvw^ Business CKaLiiges, Fires, Etc m gMTs, confecionery, etc., Harvey i sel, individually, chattel nx)^ $215. John Wilkstrand, cigwi tobacco, sold to Anderson Broa. — Milo E. Adams, of Mo Okla., is erecting a new tbre« building on West Grand aveno«, i the completion of which he will*' a jobbing and retail busiaesa. -Philip E. Clark has opened i« 92 Reade Street, NE W YORK. 26 California. Areata— G. B. Roba, cigars, fruit, etc. notice of sale to Banducci & McAfee. Colorado. Denver. McGillis Bros., cigars, possession of trustee. Idaho. _ - V All Nezperce.-F. L. Housouer, cigars factory at Port Jervis, N. Y. w and confectionery, real estate mort- been a cigarmaker for twenr gage, $200. years. Illinois. B.rrtii Chicago. -Wm. E. Fowler, wholesale PATENTS RELATING to TOBACW. ^ and retail cigars, out of business. 850,141 Holder or receptad* M. Friedman, leaf tobacco, succeeded match boxes &c. ; Eduard by Bacharach & Friedman. Hamburg, Germany. Peoria.— Ernest Stoltze, cigars, dead. 850,742 Machine for niakiD«< Indiana. cigarettes; Richard Ernoeler, Anderson.— C. H. Ewing, canceled Germany. chattel mortgage, $600. HUNTER Sc. Cigar is successful with successful dealers. El Draco Gi||ar Mi. Co., Phila. 850, 761 Tobacco pipe ; EdwanI zell. El Paso, Texas. ,j 850,182 Cigarette box; SanH" Poor, Westfield, N. J. 850, 404 Tobacco pipe ; J*'"* ' Frankfort, Ind. THB TOEA^eO WORLD HINNIGH BALING PRESS ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦• ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦.♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦I 4- ♦ METAL CMBOSSLD LABELS METAL PRINTED LABELS ♦ t^ *♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦%; ♦ ♦ I tl« i3» E leiscKKauer Cigar Labels I 238 Arch Street, Philadelphia, f | TELEPHONE 1561 ^ ♦ i c.i^r.mux>ic 1001 4 ▲ ^ ^ ♦ ♦ ♦ •♦ LITHOGHAPHINti SPECIAL DESIGNS ♦ i ^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^ /♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^♦♦♦x^^ PatMtad March O. ISBZ For All Kinds of Products Requiring Baling TOBACCO STEMS. PAPER. COHON. Etc. Specially Constructed ..PRESSES.. For Ueaf Tobacco Pactcerd Warranted to do more and belter work in a given time, with less labor than any Press on the market Unsurpassed for power, strength, simplicity and durability, as well as ease and quickncNS in operation Various sizes manufactured. Write for prices and full particulars. They are indispensable in Ual packing and tobacco warehouses. Hundreds in use. MINNICH MACHINE WORKS Landisville, Lancaster Co., Pa. < JACOB a SHIRK Lancaster, Pa. JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS of American Tobacco Co. American Cigar Co. American Stogie Co. Luhrman & Wilburn Tobacco Co. Blackwell Durham Tobacco Co. Spalding & Merrick Tobacco Co. IT Wfl I DA V VniT <*> GET MY PRICES befor* it TTlLL r At lUU orderlDij iooAs elsewhere. %%% -Established 1834— WM. F. COMLY & SON Aactioneers and Commission Merchanis 27 South Second Street PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday Cigars, Tobacco, Smokers' Articles Special Sales of Leaf Tobacco ^nsignments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Day of Sale Caveats, Trade Marks, ^tGUtS Design-Patents, Copyrights, etc. 'SSr.fr John A, Saul le Droit Building, WASHINGTON, D. C. Brilliant as Diamonds \ Fragrant as Roses Good as Government Bonds Are the ClClAKo Registered Branda "Brilliant Star" Clear Havana . . lOc. **S. B." Half Havana Sc "S. B." Little Havanas 5c, "Honest Bee" 3c. ♦'2—1— No" Mildest Cigar Made 2 fof 5c. Special Brands Mad« to Order Stauffer Bros. Mfg. Co., New Holland, Pa. \ Send Your Cigar Buyer Here We Will Save You Money For Sale by All Dealers V I R O I N I A E R 1 Q U B ^^fcSZi: MIXTURE G/ie AMERICAN TOBACCO CO., NEW YORK ",■; M 8 .A.G^ c£Co.H AVANA 123 N. THIRD m. PniLJkDmL^MIA ys GOOD^S THE|fAME Constant Growth Havana Cigars NONE GE BEARI ITH OURTRADE MARK IN COLORS I sign if ies Constant Merit! Cigars that hold the confidence of their smokers pay dealers best. DIAMOND JOE CIGAR FACTORY brands stand pre-emi- nently in a class of their own. F E N D R I C H Evansvilie, Ind- DCWARE OriMfTAT/ONS. ON SALE EVERYWHERE WARREN BECK & BRO. '*^5?:*.'};?$.L..„,.., Cigar Manufacturers York, Pa. Adnalrnl GherardI Gen. Warren La Responder Marcana La Cantidad /Dji Michael Hose A.F. BrilM: t Dallaii Cipi III Manufac- turers of LEAF TOBACCft Dttl, Fffl a.d.killHeffer Maker of f ,^fR|CK4jORD0|| Cigars Commanicate with Factory No Salesmen MILLERS VI LLE, PA ;, n. ROSnNWAlD & BRO. tC >h£2^ ;£-.R * THE CIgUbliahed in 1881. I VoL XXVII.. No. 18^ \ PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK, MAY 1, 1907. { One Dollar per Annnm. Payable in Adranee. Philipp J. Kolb ACo. Importers & Packers OF Leaf Tobacco 310 Race Street Philadelphia r • CENTRAL UNION. United States No other brand of Tobacco has grrown so quickly ->' ■ a.MH in public favor -^T' lU*"^- Reasons : Kljjj^B Quality Price ^^ Union Label I^H'«^^^K^^^^HI Friendly Dealers* Aid and Tobacco Trust's CUT PLUa Hostility 'ir-ciniji. j, !' Tobacco Co. Richmond, Va. i5 ^ M TOBACCO New S U Crop M TOBACCO M TOBACCO T Samples gladly submitted tv 2,600 Bales Purchased on application JS^ at the First Four Inscriptions H.DUYS&CO. u M TOBACCO No. 170 Water Street, NEW VORK De Amsterdamsche Tabakshandelmaatschappij, Amsterdam, Holland u M TOBACCO 0 i A ■M Growers and Packers of FLORIDA TOBACCOS Write for Samples SCHROMDMR & ARGUIMBAU 178 Water Street, New York « THB TOBACCO W U K L, D r W. >^ , "^ CHARLES M. GUDKNECHT, President La Hilda Cigar Factory (Incorporated) Manufacturers and Importers 231 CHESTNUT STREET Philadelphia CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED J (lord LANCASTER, lOc.) Manufacturers ftl5 Market St., Philada. (NICKELBY. 5c.) > ' .1 • CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Kni^ 5-cent Ci^ar Made by Morris D. Neumann &l PHILADELPHIA, PA. Factory 1839. First District Penna. y SUPERIOR Quality . and Workmanship W. K. Gresh & Sons, Makers, Norrislowii,Pii< w YOU CAN BUY Factory No. 968, First District Penna. If You Want to b« la HAVANA U Smoke c\ \^ Mad* by K tl DENRY HEYNANN'S SONS Sinking Spring, Pa. WEAVER'S ORIGINAL HAVANA SHORTS AT ^^ ^ All Jobbing Houses Parmenter Wax-Lined Coupon Ci^ar Pockeli| Afford PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indorsed by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE Advertising Medium known. . ■ Racine Paper Goods Co., Racine, Wis-.^'-n Sole Owners •nd Manufacturera' i.A.O IMPORTeR9 or^^ AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST HILJkOmL^HIA T©ByieeO WORL©-* fINKERTON MAY LOSE LABEL i.nAeclioit with Tr«.t Alleged, and Label i« Withheld. Zanesville, 0., April 29. Some comment has been occasioned by the f . ct that the International Union of Tobacco Workers has refused to fsmish the Pinkerton Tobacco Company titii the union label, which is placed ooly on tobaccos not manufactured by the American Tobacco Company, or the tnjst, as it is commonly called. In conversation with a representative J. W. Pinkerton, president of the Pink- erton company, stated that it is not true that any change has been made in the operation of his plant, but he admits that the American Tobacco Company is a heavy stockholder in the local concern and says that no secret has ever been made of this fact. When the scale was signed recently nith the officers of the local union it iras ur.derstood that the union label, which is controlled by a Louisville con- tern, should be furnished the factory, but on the ground that the plant is now a trust property the label was withheld. Mr. Pinkerton states that notwith- standing these differences his company will continue to manufacture the purest and best scrap tobacco on the market and at the same price as heretofore. The plant is being operated to its full capacity and is doing an excellent busi- ness, which is constantly growing. BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION. Havana, April 26. To celebrate the thirty-fifth anniver- sary of Mrs. Max Stern's birth a ban- quet was given last week at the Mira- mar Hotel on the Malecun. Although a family affair, the banquet was one of tbe most enjoyable and select affairs liven at that delightful hostelry by the sea. The surprise of the avening was an immense birth-day cake in which was encrusted thirty-five diminu- tive candles. The cake was baked by the head chef, and was a work of the confectioner's art. Those who enjoyed the banquet were : Mr. and Mrs. Max Stern, Mr. and Mrs. J. Weinberger, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Burbridge, Gen. Orestes Ferrera, Mad- ame Roosevelt. Miss Alene Stern, Miss Maxine Stern. Master Allison Stern. •ACE BETWEEN A TRAIN AND A TOBACCO BARN. Lexington. Ky., April 24. Engineer Scannon, of a Chesapeake & «i»io freight train, was the hero yester- «y of a thrilling race between a train »na a barn, with several lives at stake. ^cannon's train was passing Tebbs aution near here at a good rate, when «« high wind which was blowing lifted '7 '°^»«o barn from its foundation aiiroaa, half a mile away. Cly t'h" T..^^\^«"8«^ »"d imme- •a efforf ? ^^"^ *^''°"le wide open in Wvy trl^ outrun the barn. The •oon attJrn^*^ °" the down grade and j«t as itlnrl f ""^^^ momentum, but "oi^lJ be i'^ fu' ^^°"8h the peril ^nio the ooK " ^^® b'K barn crashed '•npacUlsn jl°'f; smashing it. The ^'^''ap ed on '^^^^'^^ the barn, which ^Sorsi'L%t;"?k. Trammenon CIGAR MOLD TRADE MARK. Manufacturer Permanently Enjoined from Using the Words '^Vertical Top" for Cigar Molds. HAVANA CIGAR STRIKE In the Circuit Court of the United States, in and for the Southern District of Iowa. Eastern Division, in the case of the Miller. DuBrul & Peters Manu- facturing Company, vs. The Sternberg Manufacturing Co.. in which was in- volved the question of right in using the tiUe "Vertical Top" as a trade- mark for cigar molds, etc.. Judge McPherson on April 20. 1907, issued a decree in favor of the complainant company against certain alleged unfair acts of the defendant company in using said name and in imitating cuts, illus- trations, etc. By the decree of Judge McPherson, the Miller, DuBrul & Peters Manufac- turing Company is adjudged lo have the exclusive right to sell "Vertical Top" Cigar Molds and the defendant is enjoined not only from the use of said term but of any term in imitation thereof in connection with cigar molds ; also from making or selling cigar- makers' presses, bundlers. tools and accessories of the cigarmakers' trade in substantially exact imitation of cor- responding articles manufactured by the Miller, DuBrul & Peters Manufac- turing Company and having a character- istic shape and design ; also from copy- ing or reproducing in the defendant's catalogues or other printed advertisinij matter, the goods, figures, illustrations or representations originated and used by the Miller, DuBrul & Peters Manu- facturing Company in its circulars and catalogues, in advertisement of presses, bundlers, tools, machinery and acces- sories of the cigarmakerb' trade. The case is referred to a Master in Chancery for a report as to profits made by the defendant by use of the term "Vertical Top.". The decree reads as follows : This cause having come on to be heard upon the bill of complaint herein, and the amendments thereto and the answer of the defendant and replica- tion of the complainant, and upon the evidences and proofs taken and filed in said cause, and having been argued by counsel, Hervey S. Knight and H. Scott Howell & Son appearing for the complainant, and Louis Block and W. J. Roberts appearing for the defendant, and the cause having been submitted to the court for consideration and decision ; the court finds that the defendant has infringed the complainant's trademark "Vertical Top," and has been guilty of unfair competition in trade. It is therefore ordered, adjudged and decreed that the complainant is entitled to the exclusive use of the term "Verti- cal Top" as its trademark in connection with cigar molds manufactured by it. It is further ordered, adjudged and decreed that the defendant, its officers, agents, servants, clerks, attorneys and employes be and are hereby perpetu- ally enjoined and restrained from using the term or designation "Vertical Top, " or any words in imitation thereof in connection with cigar molds which it manufactures ; and from selling, offer- ing for sale or advertising for sale any cigar molds under the name or term "Vertical Top;" and from using the term "Vertical Top" in any way in connection with the sale of any cigar molds other than those manufactured by the complainant in any advertise- ment, circular, catalogue, sign, invoice, billhead or price list, or as a part of any trade name for any cigar molds manufactured and sold by defendant. It is further ordered, adjudged and decreed that the defendant, its officers, agents, clerks, servants, attorneys and employes are hereby perpetually en- joined and restrained from making or selling or offering for sale cigarmakers' presses, bundlers. tools, machinery and accessories to the cigarmakers' trade, in substantially exact imitation of the presses, bundlers, tools, machinery and accessories to the cigarmakers' trade manufactured by the complainant and having a characteristic shape and de- sign, and from copying or re-producing in its catalogues, circulars or other printed advertising matter, the cuts, figures, illustrations or representations originated, produced and used by the complainant in its circulars and cata- logues in advertisement of the presses, bundlers. tools, machinery and acces- sories to the cigarmakers' trade manu- factured and sold by the complainant. It is further ordered, adjudged and decreed that this cause be referred to George H, Henry Strickling, Master in Chancery, to ascertain and take, and state and report to this court the gains, profits and advantage which the de- fendant has received, or made or which has accrued to defendant from infring- ing the trademark rights of the com- plainant in connection with the use of the term "Vertical Top." and from acts of unfair trade. It is further ordered, adjudged and decreed that the said complainant re- cover of the defendant its costs and disbursements in this action. To all of which defendant at the time ex- cepted. It is further ordered and decreed that in the event defendant elects to take an appeal, the supersedeas bond prop- erly conditioned with ample surety in penalty of three thousand dollars be taken, and when approved that it sup- ersede this decree as to all matters un- til this case is finally decided on appeal, provided an appeal be taken and said bond is approved within thirty days from this date. Done this April 20, 1907. (Signed) Smith McPherson, Judge. %^^nMM^^ JOHN HUERTH RESUMES. Green Bay, Wis , April, 26. John Huerth has gone back into the cigar manufacturing business again. He started at noon after being closed up for two weeks, pending the first meeting of the creditors following the filing of a petition in bankruptcy. That meeting was held before Referee Siiverwood ^this morning and a satis- factory arrangement was made with the creditors by which the veteran manufacturer will turn out goods in the old way. Nine Thousand Workers to Join Three Thousand Alre«Ldy Out. Havana. April 28. In consequence of the lockout in all the independent cigar factories in Havana, 9,000 cigarmakers will join the ranks of the 3,000 employes of the Havana Tobacco Company, who struck two months ago, demanding that their wages be paid in American instead of Spanish gold. A committee of the strikers visited Governor Magoon today, and told him they had decided not to hold any meet- ings or demonstrations, and would guarantee the preservation of order. They said they opposed any sympathetic strikes, preferring that all the union workmen should remain at their posts, which would assure them financial aid. The manufacturers have appointed a committee to arrange terms of settle- ment with the strikers. The committee will report in three days. NAY KILL CIGARETTE BILL. Springfield. 111,. April 25. In the cradle of an inactive Senate committee. Representative Young's stringent anti-cigarette bill, which passed the House after a hard fight, will be gently rocked to sleep. A dose of the well known Senate soporific will be administered to the measure, and the tobacco trust will draw another long sigh of relief. Senator Berry, through whose action, the bill was re- ferred to the Senate Committee on License and Miscellany, said yesterday that the bill will end its career in that committee. Earlier in the season Mr. Berry championed an anti-cigarette measure, a copy of the Wisconsin law, and had it passed. It is now on the calendar in the House. The bill was advocated by an organization in Chicago known at the Anti- Cigarette League and passed the Senate without opposition. Ac- cording to Mr. Berry the members of the anti-cigarette organization ap- parently thought they could get a more drastic bill passed by the House, and also by the Senate, but he believed the bill already passed by the Senate is stringent enough at this time. Con- sequently the House measure will die in the committee without doubt and the House will probably pass the Senate measure. OHIO'S SCRAP TOBACCO WAR. Portsmouth 0.. April 26. Portsmouth and vicinity has been made the battleground for a merry war between two rival tobacco concerns, and representatives are fighting fer billboards and every available space for poster and other advertising matter. The two concerns are the Union Maid and Blue Moon companies. The chief representative of the former showed up at Fullerton at 4 a. m., Monday, with a wagon load of samples and ad- vertising matter, which he distributed among the astonished natives. — Geo. Schweinfest, a tobacconist of Hamilton, O., was recently stricken with apoplexy, and is now in a serious condition. He had a similar attack a few weeks previously. 8 \ n A r^Au/ES C&. Go. <^^^ Havana '^' ^^ IMPORTERS Op^^ N. THIRD ST Phil.adei.rhi A 5. A. O' <& Oo H . IMPORTERS OF^^ AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST MILJkDEUFHIA J. Vetterlein & Co. Importers of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF Tobaco 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia FOUNDED 185S John T. Dohan FLOR Wm. H. Dohan bTt/ de DOHAN fiiTAITT ^T^/ D &T Importers of Havana and Sumatra \y Packers of /^^^^^*^ JO7 Arch St. I^eaf TobaccoK ^^^ ) philada. EXPORT STAMP ISSUED BY CUBAN CIGAR MANUFACTURERS Authorized by the Government of the Republic of Cuba UUNIONDEF^BRICANTESD£TABAC0SYClG^RR0S ^^^^^-^ R.STRAUS ^.^€^:fiiri$^^ A,UQ IMPORTERS OF B«tablls ^: ^^^LEWIS BREMER'S SONS IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra i "B s IIISLAdeCUBA ulonzada porel Gobierno dela Repablica Garantiza qtje los fabacoscigarrosy paqijetes de picaduraquellevenes^aprecinfa son fabncados por i»WJ.|MW;MHJ:l.lJliM.Mi1Jk-tJI.>J-t<.H;Urikti;l^l.lWJ!y.l.l.k^^ HABANA Ju aoi&sasiiiiMiisdSft MHILADELPH1053 ^^ra AND PACKERS OF Leaf Tobacco 322 and 324 North Third Street, Philadelphia Julius Hirschberg & Bro. Importers of Havana and Sumatra and Packers of Seed Leaf Tobacco 125 North Third St., Philada. Benj. Labe Jacob Labe Sidney Labe BENJ. LABE 6i SONS IMPORTERS OF Sumatra and Havana Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco 228 North Third St., Philadelphia ■*.\: L. BAMBERGER & CO. i;j:r;„?'' SEED LEAF THTi A pro HAVANA and SUMATRA X V/ JjXjLVJ \JV/ 111 Arch Street, Philadelphia Warehouses: Lancaster. Pa.: Milton Junction. Wis.: Baldwinsvllle. N. Y. liEOPOUD liOEB & CO. Importers of Sumatra and Havana Packers of Leaf Tobaccf; 306 North Third St., Phlla. 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 facsimile, in its actual size, of the Precinta, or Warranty Stamp, which is used by the members of the Cigar and Cigarette ManufacturerB* Union of the Island of Cuba as a guarantee that the Cigars, Cigarettes and Cut Tobacco packages which bear these stamps were made in Cuba. Thus a copy of the Warranty Stamp, attached to any Box of Cigars and Cigarettes or to any Package of Cut Tobacco, means that those Cigars, Cigarettes and Cut Tobacco have been made in Havana, Cuba, with the Genuine Tobacco Leaf grown on the Island of Cuba. DON'T FORGET THIS, IMPORTERS, DISTRIBUTORS and RETAILERS. THE COLORS OF THE PRECINTA :-Black with Pale Blue Ground ; fac-simile of the Seal of the Presidency of the Republic, Sky Blue. GEO. BURGHARD Importer of Sumatra and Havana and Packer of LeAF TOBACCH 238 North Third Street, Fhila. /47MnirdSt, Phiixk^i The Empire ""''•^l?.!!l'!f '^^ •" SEED LEAF, Leaf Tobacco "^y.^'*^ SUMATRA Co., 118 N. 3d St., Phila. 1642 -44 N. ELLVEf ST Lr KRUPPENBAC Philadelphia BOSTON LOOKING FOR REVIVAL flu Not Yet Materialized. But is Confidently Expected. [Boston Bureau "The Tobacco World" 19 Devonshire Street] Boston, Mass., April 29. There was not much improvement with the retail cigar dealers this week orer the previous one, still all are full of expectancy of a rattling good busi- before long. The recent rumor about the trust hving bought up the Buffo little cigar buBiness was confirmed Saturday, the jobbing trade having received letters from the American Tobacco Co. to that 'ect. Many of our retailers, having their regpective stores in the neighborhood where the United are closing their four •tores, expect to find an increase in tbeir business. The Bowdoin Square store has a sign in the window in- forming its patrons that on and after 1 the business will be transferred to the Howard street store, and pa- trons should ask for transfer cards. The United store in the Journal Build- ing will wind up its business in a month w two. The United concern expects to wid most its Journal Building trade by transferring it to either of their two n«w stores, which are on Washington «t<|««t on the corners of Bromfield and tlk '^'««^s. The Journal store is ti» best paying one they have here. *■ B. Mendoza has sold his cigar, to- ^ and stationery store on Chelsea ^"we, Chelsea, to Smith Bros., who '^ continue same on the old lines. al u'^®^'°"' *^« Hanover street ;, , : ''.''8 recently taken on the Astor /««ntc,g„ and the Rail Splitter, a 5 Hon T'' '^"^^ ^'"<^'" the factory of NY ^'"'"«»ond & Co., Binghamton. b^dn« . advertising work will J. s. Broker in BATROFF 224 Arch St., Philadelphia LEAF T0BAe^^ J Perlste ciiarH-. *'"• representing the little ^' Pmiladbl^hia Gieske & Niemann, Packers & Dealers in Leaf Tobacco No. 204 South Charles Street Baltimore, Md. 6 F F. Fowler is now the proprietor ,f the cigar stand in the Kimball Building. . . Erlich&Kopf are enjoying a good gale on the St. Urban little cigars, from the factory of A. M. Pacholder & Co.. Baltimore, Md. The package is a very attractive one. Regensburg's American is selling as veil as ever here. Daniel Frank & Co., the distributors, are very busy at pre- sent filling orders. The Norma Cigar Co. are closing out many of their old brands to make room for the new Bull Dog cigar, Jno. W. Merriam's pride. Mr. Merriam was a recent visitor to the "Hub" in company with F. Lubrek, his Eastern salesman. The ball held this week by the em- ployes of McGreenery & Manning, the leading Boston wholesalers, was a howling success. His Honor, the Mayor was there with both feet, as well as both John McGreenery and Joe Man- ning. Ben Ali. SCRAP AMONG UNION M£N. Providence, R. I., April 25. It is stated in labor circles that Ci- garmakers' Union, Local 10, of this city, has been attempting to oust from the presidency of the organization James A. DeBell, and it is stated on good authority that at a meeting held last evening in the Labor .Temple he was requested to resign his position. His refusal to do so is said to have started trouble. He was forced to leave the chair, according to the asser- tion of members of the union, and es- corted to the door, where he was or- dered to leave the building. DeBell left the hall, went to the nearest telephone and called up the Central Station, requesting that officers be sent to the hall. Sergt. Muldoon ordered Patrolmen MacKenzie and Blake to go and see what was going on. When the officers arrived they say their presence was desired only as witnesses, and when they found there was no disturbance of any sort they refused to mix themselves up in the affair and left DeBell to fight it out himself. NEW YORK'S CHILD LABOR LAW. The New York State Assembly has passed Senator Page's child labor bill, which forbids the employment of child- ren other than between the hours of 8 »• m. and 5 p. m. The bill originally provided that children could be em- ployed between 7 a. m. and 7 p. m. Assemblyman Prentice is reported to Mve made an effort 1o have the bill wiended so as to provide for children wsing employed between 7 a. m. and 6 !>• m. but that was defeated. '•hiladelphiau:af market Conditions in the leaf market remain "ne business in supplying the needs manufacturers from day to day only. onJ/??^' ^^^^ compared with the WeT f ''"^'^ <^one last year, the tlinr ?'"'"® °^ t^-a^^ing seems tti- ^' »M yet the aggregate of a month's transactions is, after all, con- siderable, as most will admit. But it is of a lagging nature, and in some in- stances almost to the extent of dis- couragement. Not for many months has so much complaint been heard from salesmen '^n the r lad, who find it impossible o in duce manufacturers to consider tht pur chase of large lots, and those who are in possession of any amount of stock will listen to no overtures, while those who find their supply pretty well ex- hausted, buy only in the most sparing way. Some encouragement can be taken from the fact that the internal revenue reports indicate a fairly healthy con- dition among cigar manufacturers gen- erally, and so long as that remains a fact there is every hope of the leaf market eventually reviving in activity. The Sumatra market has been fairly active, with the demand running heav- ily for old goods. New goods are, however, also beginning to awaken deeper interest, even though actual transactions have not yet been so ma- terial. The Havana market is normal, mod- erate sized transactions only being the rule during the past week. Reports from the island are not of a very en- couraging nature, and may have an ultimate effect on the market he e. SPECIAL NOTICES. (12ji cents per line, 8 point measure) To Mannfactarers of Cigars: If you have any Cuttings, Scraps or Sittings to sell, write us. We are at all times in the market as Cash Buyers of all these products. EDWIN L. HOPPELMAN CO. 7-6-lh 81 Pine St.. New York. pOR SALE. — On account of other in- -*- terests, manufacturer will sell his Stogie Manufacturing Business of $30,- 000 to $40,000 per year; established 20 years. Equipment, trademarks, labels, etc., offered in their entirety, or present proprietor will take entire output, and continue to market the goods. A good chance for an energetic business man. Address Success, care of The Tobacco World. Philadelphia. 4-17tf N^ ANUFACTURER with unusually ^^^ good facilities will contract with jobbing houses to manufacture all grades of goods. Our position will en- able us to make satisfactory prices. Address Manufacturer, Box 17, care of The Tobacco World, Phila. 5-lh T> ELIABLE Union Factory, 9th Dis- -'■^ trict, Penna., desires connections with several reliable brokers to handle output. Address Union Factory, Box 18, care of Tobacco World, Phila. 4-24h WE PURCHASE Cigar Molds-un- ^ desirable shapes— such as No. 16,261, No. 8,832, No. 8,569. Write us. Slating what you have and the quantity. Winget Mfg. Co., York, Pa. 12-12tf T^OR SALE.— 36 Bunching Machines, ^ 64 Cigar Tables, also 2 Stripping Machines. Will consider a fair offer. Address Box 21, care of The Tobacco World, Phila. 4-3tf HAVANA SHORTS 2 oz. 3c. Tobacco Works NORRISTOWN, PA. Manufacturers of Havana Shorts Private Brands for Jobbers a Specialty Samples submitted on appllcattoo TT is built for Strength, but is not heavy. '■ Notice the position of the Steel Spurs. It won't "Run Away, . . * Used in Factories and Warehouse* Price: $5.50 Testimonial :-- We have your box trucks in use for years and they have given us entire satisfaction. J. L. Brenner nd confined for the most part to job- bing houses. Packers have cleaned up their floors ■emarkably well for this time of the year, due largely to the now more or '«88 extensive method of bulk sweat- l!f' ^^ ^^^^^ means the tobacco can ^ Kotten into case and piled up for a Mtural summer's sweat sooner than in more. Pa. tobacco to be bought from the farmers, and some driving is also being done, but buying is not so rife. Farmers are holding tenaciously to the idea of a higher price than is now being generally offered, although as high as 13 cents, and in one or two isolated instances during the past week. 14 cents was paid. In the meantime farmers are actively preparing for this year's planting, and if one may judge from the number and size of this year's seed beds there wil undoubtedly be a vastly increased acreage. Conditions in the cigar manufacturing trade can be said to be only fair, and comparatively few factories can be said to be busy in this section. The revenue returns are, however, encouraging and show that while in this immediate vicinity there may have been a dullness noticeable, some one in the Ninth Dis- trict has been turning out at least a usual quantity of goods. There is talk of a new leaf jobbing house being soon started in Lancaster, but the plans are not yet fully matured and no information is given for pub- lication. Deep sympathy is expressed by every one in the trade for Harry Trost, whose son, Chas. H. Trost. a promising young man of 25 years, died on April 14 Mr. Trost, Sr., has been for a decade the official leaf tobacco inspector in this city for F. C. Linde, Hamilton & Co., of New York, and is known to prac- tical'y everyone in the trade. The fon had lately been in 'he employ of the Spalding & Merrick branch of the American Tobacco Company as travel- ing salesman. He was taken ill at Cumberland, Md., brought home by his father and sub- sequently died,although everything that medical skill could do was done in an endeavor to save the young man's life. Abram S. Goff, a farmer and tobacco packer at East Petersburg, died last week at his home, of a complication of diseases, at the age of seventy-four years. He had retired from active work for eight or nine years, Geo. N. Fehr, of John U. Fehr & Son, leaf tobacco dealers and packers, at Reading, spent some time last week among cigar manufacturers in this county showing samples of his firm's packings of Connecticut tobacco. John F. Schnupp. with L. G. Haeus- sermann & Sons, of Philadelphia, has been in this section on a week's visit among cigar manufacturers. -The Mutual Cigar Co.. of Scran- ton. Pa., has been incorporated with a capital of $25,000. The directors in- clude David Sprucks, L. B. Cornell, John W. Huber, J. Vopond, Jr., of Scranton, and Harry LaBar, of Dun- Perez & Obese S. en C. (Sobrinos de G. Palacios) Leaf Tobacc VUELTA ABAJO FACTORY VEGAS a Specialty Proprietors of famous Lowland Vuelta Abajo Veiiaa Prado 121, Entrance, Dragones St Cable: -Sodecio." HABANA, CUBA. LUIS MUNIZ HILARIO MUNIZ MANUEL MUNIZ VENANCIO DIAZ. Special Partner MUNIZ HERMANOS y CIA S en C Growers and Dealers of VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDO and REMEDIOS TOBACCO ReinsL 20, HavandL Cable : "Angel," Havana P. O. Box 98 JOSE F. ROCHA Havana Leaf Tobacco Especialidad Tabacos Finos de Vuelta Abajo, Partido y Vuelta Arriba San Miguel lOO Cable: "DONALLES" HABANA, CUBA GONZALEZ, BENITEZ & CO. Almacenistas deTabaco en Rama y Viveres Amargura 12 and i4t and San Ignacio 25 Cable: "Tebenitez" P. O. Box 396 HABANA, CUBA I LOEBNUNEZ HAVANA CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama 142 and 144 Consulado Street Habana Cable: REFORM JOS. MENDELSOHN LOUIS A. BORNEMANN MANUEL SUAREZ Mendelsohn, Bornennann & Co. Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO Commission M< and New York Office: 196 WATER STREET lerchants Havana, Cuba: MANUEL SUAREZ y CA., Amistad 95 the old way, and by this method any ^^^age that the crops may be heir to COnStlfUflOn '"' ''^^^•oP more quickly. It can be "* J^'oroPtly cleaned and much ulti- Seed and Havana stands for Quality and Workmanship. Remember that. A. M. CALZADA & CO. Packers and Dealers in Lreaf and COMMISSION MERCHANTS Monte 156, HABANA, CUBA. p. O. Box. S9a. Cablet "CALDA.** Growers and Packers of HIGHEST GRADES CONNECTICUT HAVANA SEED Add The Krohn Tobacco Co. (of WINDSOR, CONN.) Our Plantations are in the most famous growing section Fine Handling Superb Quality '^^ss: F. B. GRIFFIN, Manager. NORTH BLOOMFIELD, CONN. -OR A. H. REEDER. President, P. 0. BOX 574, DAYTON, 0. 11 I -THE TOBACCO WORLD- For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to EstabliBhed 1880 L. J. Sellers St Son, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO., SELLERSVILLE, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD ERNEST ELLINGER & CO. No. t6i water StJ Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO New York LEAF TOBACCO. OFFlCeS: DETROIT, MICH. AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. HAVANA, CUBA. JOS. S. GANS MOSES J. GANS JEROME WALLER New YoRK« EDWIN I. ALEXANDER JOSEPH S. GANS & CO. Mporters^and ^^ J^^^f TobRCCO Telephone: 346 John 1 50 Water St., NEW YORK ^.^^^^^^.♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦■♦4-» ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^,^ : TOBACCO NEWS OF GREATER NEW YORK ;♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ New York Bureau of The Tobacco World New York, April 30 One reason for the apparent dullness during the spring season this year is that instead of a great many small sales, quite a few large ones can be accounted for. A sale of an entire parcel of Sumatra tobacco, consisting of nearly 300 bales, to a large Western cigar manufacturer is as good as ac- complished by one of our new Sumatra importing houses. Manufacturers are not now constantly in the market as in former days. Their time is somewhat more precious and they can also base their calculations to consists of two nephews of thelitil a better advantage, by buying in larger Mendel and Mr. Mayer, the bookktiii quantities. That can also be said of of the former concern, havestaitri! our large jobbing houses, and manufac- manufacture cigars, and have b with M. Kline & Co., clear Hatij manutaciurers. • • • L. Lower ste n, of Hyman Bros Lowenstein, left for Europe last* in order to take a much needed tion. He will also visit Arasteiiiij and purchase a supply of Suma tobacco. L. Ruppin, of Akron, was a in Gotham recently. • • * The firm of Mendel & Co., ik A. COHN & CO. IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra PACKERS OF Seed Leaf Tobacco and Growers of Georgia Sumatra 142 Water Street, New York EDEN CIGAR FACTORY BANCES & LOPEZ HAVANA, CUBA Ijosh billings] ^n Pidar Starr Brothers Established 1888 llTa^'SElso, bERF TOBACCO 163 Water Street NEW YORK Telephone : 4027 John M. F. SCHNEIDER IMPORTER OF Sumatra Tobacco • 2 Burling Slip, NEW YORK NES, CORNER KUIPERSTEEG, AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND Telephone: 377 JOHN the entire building at 109 East Fcri eighth street, where they will tunii cigars of every description • • • Jacob Stahl, Jr., & Co., makeri! the well known Bruns^^ick cigar, Iw rented a five story building at Niin eighth street and First avenue, remove from their Forty-second Jt« Joseph Hirsch & Son IMPORTERS OF SUMATRA TOBACCO OFFICEi 0. z. vooRBURGWAL 227 183 Water St. NEW YORK Amsterdam, Holland. Cable Address; "HERE.' JOSEPH HOLZMAN SUMATRA, HAVANA "T" r\ \\^f^r>r\ and SEED LEAF VKjUxXK^V^yJ 185 Water St., New York »i« JOHN W. MERRIAM St CO. **At the Sitfn of the Ball (>oi{,** New York Real Habana Seiiar^ Makers and Importers HabaDS Scraps and Cattlntfa for Sala turers will find these latter soon ordei ing their summer supplies. Several fair sized lots of domestic tobaccos, chiefly 1906 Pennsylvania broadleaf, also changed hands, and prices in this class of tobacco remain steady. There is still quite an unusual de- mand for Havana wrappers, and any- thing approaching the wrapper line is factory this week eagerly picked up. Although the com- • • ing crop of Partido tobacco is said to There was a fire scare this week be large and very fine, it can be stated the tobacco centre, but thanks to( with authority that the price will be great fire organization, it was cMh extremely high, for the reason that the to one house in Maiden Lane Cuban manufacturers are working from • • • hand-to-mouth and are anxiously await- William Hirschl, formerly withP* ing the time to work the new tobacco, feld & Co., has connected hirosell No Sumatra inscriptions will be held the Eisenberg Sumatra Co., and in Holland for some weeks, and most represent them in the far North-f« American buyers have adjourned to one of the many different bathing resorts in Boldly walking into a stable ijEa Europe for a much needed rest. In Seventy-first street early onem the meantime importers in this country last week, three men took a trucki will try to place their late purchases team of horses, and, without a wori and what little there is left of last the employes of the place, who « year's crop. looking on, drove to the warehoM " • " the Lancaster Cigar Company, in B One of the oldest and most respected Seventy-fifth street, loaded three p«fc tobacco packers, and a former cigar ing cases of cigars into the wagoii« manufacturer, died last week, Mr. drove away. Isaac Bijur, the father of A. Bijur, tha Their boldness would haveguaw present president of the Leaf Tobacco only for the suspicion of PoHe*' Board of trade. The marriage of Mr. A. Joseph Cech, who thought it JW* Bijur to a daughter of Jacob Wirtheim, that a loaded truck ehould be it» president of the United Cigar Manu- street before daybreak. facturers' Co., was to have taken place He arrested Charles Reilly, 'I* last week and 400 invitations had been driving, the other two men V^^ sent out but have been recalled. Mr. away. Bijur's funeral was attended by the In Yorkville Court Augustus BH Leaf Tobacco Board of Trade in a thai, head of the cigar comp*"?' body, as well as by our local dealers the factory had been robbed, and IW and manufacturers. was held on a charge of burgluJ m • • also charged with grand larcenj ' Another old time cigar manufac- stealing the truck and horses turer, Louis Ash, is retiring from „ „ j' * *,for«aD(i^ active business. Ferdinand May will Geber & Merdes, impor ers a ^P continue the business under the old firm ers of leaf tobacco at l^^ re. name of Louis Ash & Co. closed out this week a pret yj«^ ... lot of Connecticut broadleaf to M"^ Mr. Jacoby, of the firm of Meyer & ern manufacturer. They report* Mendelsohn, left this week for Los business so far th.s^year. Angeles, Cal., his former home, which he has not visited for nearly fifteen years. Calixto Lopez & Co. 180 Water St.. NEW YORK Will receive and attend to orders Cigars made strictly of very best Vuelta Abajo Tobacco ENOS SMITH EDMUND H. SMITH Hinsdale Smith & Co. Importers of SUMATRA and HAVANA T A^ V\ ^ 1^ /^ /^ and Packers of CONNECTICUT LEAF 1 U U Q L> L> CJ 125 Maiden Lane NEW YORK Stephen G. Ruth, of the All* baccoCo., informed me that the was behind on the Telenette H Max Schatz, of the Suesskind-Schatz Co., cigar manufacturers, East Fifty- ninth street, has severed his connection with that firm, and has taken a position Has won many races for.d«»^ Try it ESTABLISHED 1840 sars. Other brands of little cigars come and go, but the Telenette ap- pears to hold on in this market. It can be truthfully stated that at the present time they are enjoying the largest sale they have ever had • • • A. H. Pettit. leaf broker at 157 Water street, who has been on the sick list for some time, is again on the street attending to business. • • • Fritz Jacoby, the broker, accom- panied by Mrs. Jacoby, left on the 11th inst., for a pleasure trip to Europe. He will not return before the middle ofJuly, but business will be going on M usual at his office during his ab- sence, under the careful management of F. Schuler. • • • Morris J. Tropauer, an independent »holmler. at 714 Lexington avenue, '8 enjoying a large and increasing trade. He has been pushing lately the Buffalo y»d Monogram, two of his own brands, jnd he has succeeded in placing them. ^ui8 Krause represents the firm in the ttwlemand Bronx districts, while Louis "ennger looks after the downtown trade. • • • The United Cigar Stores Co. has in- i\nV^^^ * "ew wage scale with their J- , • *"^ the same is in effect in over \y of their city stores. Instead of ^'e.giviig the stores 6 per cent ^ 'eceipta, and this ii . the two or " '^'i'- Each atore of tK ^'^'"^^ the stores 6 chftrJl ^ '^° *"■ ^^^^^ clerks in CABLE: "NARGIL" their goods are being used from coast to coast. • • • The Mentor and Ramly cigarettes are actually being given away in New York on account of the lawsuit the Mentor Co.. of Boston, has commenced against the American Tobacco Co. The Waldorf-Abtoria Segar Co. and A. H. Hillman Co., wholesalers, are pushing these goods for further orders. • a • On May 1 Fritz Jacoby, the well known leaf tobacco broker, now at 163 Water street, will remove to new quar- ters at 135 Front street, and will occupy a suite of rooms Nos. 601 and 602. • • • Word has been received that advices have reached Boston that the merger of the Buffo, all tobacco little cigars with the American Tobacco Co., is an accomplished fact, and in connection with which a somewhat peculiar trans- action is alleged to have occurred. The former manufacturers of the Buffo, so the story goes, had extensive trans- actions with a large New York concern, which were of such a nature that con- siderable pressure could be brought to bear, and which resulted in the capitula- tion of the manufacturing company to the house in question, and which house when it got into possession of a control of the business promptly turned it over to the American Tobacco Co. $80,000 is the price said to have been paid for the Buffo brand, and for the purpose of retaining the individuality of the goods, the plant is to be con- tinued under the former name. This (Concluded on page 18) p. • ^"^J oturea. insieaa oi thl„ ® ^'^'^'^^ a straight salary '•"^ywegivitg the '« receipts, anc * the two or '^^rZJ^u^ "^'"'^ pays its own por- ^ 01 the commission. M • • • the'p/°"^f' °^ Steffens, Jones & Co., ^ .^T^T* o a i> xj ^^eTUr ^T^^^"' ^•^•^ ^^^^ Consti!utionl^n;'Sg"a?r- T*>ey mttk« ** ^^ ^*''®*^ *° ^®- are the Best that can be made. •«e up ao endless variety, and Do you sell them? 5c. Cigar (( There hain't none better than the best — Josh Billings. This Is the Best, jtsU^ »• A cigar of merit with a push behind it. The Best Little Cigars ever offered the American public. Golden Eagle Cigars ] They are extra large, Havana blend, and of perfect workmanship. Finest package. I. LEWIS & CO. Makers, Established 1870. N cwark, N . J. Z. JOHN NORRIS, Manager of the Philadelphia Office, 1 1 1 Market St. I i ' 13^ I -THE TOBACCO WORLD- Bstablished 1881 THE Incorporated 1902 World Published Every Wednesday BY THB TOBACCO WORLD PUBLISHING CO. 224 Arch Street. Philadelphia, Jay Y. Krout, Secretary and Treasurer. President and Genl. Manager. Secretary *°^ J^~ Entered at the Post Office at Philadelphia, Pa., as second class matter. TELEPHONKS-.-Bell, Market 28-97 ; Keystone, Main 4^39A Cable Aldrer^ccoworld. Havana Office Post Office Box 3^2. SUBSCRIPTION-PAYABLE IN ADVANCE, One Year SI 00 ; Six Months, 75 Cents; Single Copies, 5 Cents. In an (^untiies of the Postal Union. $2.00 per year, postage prepaid. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION. Advertisements must bear such •. deuce ^^ ^"^^^^5%*^° ^f fiVny wa? r.^rrorKTpre:jo^d-^^^^^^^^ u'hers Address TOBACCO World Publishing Co . 224 Arch St., Philada. »<•«««■• T L ^^« T^^An, jobber, and who was quite a Philadelphia lobacco iraae i„ the rade. d.ed suddenly \^, of paralysis. He wassixty-thtetj, One of the most important events in of age. After the funeral the retail trade circles of this city which were held at the Heisltt, during the past few days was the clos- dence, 4301 Walnut street, int( ing out by R. W. Boch of his interest was made at Milford. Del. Heii^ in the retail cigar business of Boch & vived by a widow and four chilM Co.. Inc., and which interest was taken three eons and one daughter. ' over by John J. G-lmore. who had been ^ pecuniarily associated with Mr. Boch ^ g^y^j wilson, with Trujilloii^ since the beginning of that business ^^ ^^^ york and Key West, J hereto- recent visitor in local trade cirtlet,] was also C. W. Saunders, repre PHILADELPHIA. MAY 1. 1907. WILL SHADE GROWING REVIVE? A revival of shade-grown tobacco is reported from Connecticut, where the growers five years ago were so crazed venture, although he has been fore, as he will be hereafter, a silent figure. Mr. Boch has not been in good health for some time, and immediately after concluding the consummation of the deal which relieved him of responsi- bility, he went to Atlantic City for re- cuperation. Important other changes have how- ever, also occurred in the management of the establishment. N. M. Griffen, who had been Mr. Boch's first assistant, some weeks ago resigned his position, and has been succeeded by Chas. J. Wogan, who was formerly of the old cigar firm of Broomall & Wogan. In addition to Mr. Wogan there has also the Cortez Cigar Co., of Key W«. Jack Fowler, general selling of the United States Tobacco Co, Richmond, Va., after a tour oil country, which extended to the] coast, has returned to his loeii quarters in this city, highly with the result of his trip. Jid^ shortly visit the Jamestown Fair.i his firm is installing an elabotitij hibit of its products. mainder of the leaf, or they may 'roll the stogie. Stogie 'rolling* is a trade, which requires long practice. 1 ;;o\'o '*? 500%tgief rd\V' ia'^^^^ addition to Mr. Wogan -ere -s a.«o faring last week, and during wW manufacturer in the Hill District, been chosen a special buyer for the ^.,„^h , he trade in the coal rom J. Harvey McHenry, of Hagen & Co., did some rapid 1 growers five years ago were so crazed nl^^nufacturer in the Hill District, been chosen a special Duyer lor ine ^{gj^^ej the trade in the coal regw with the idea that they plunged into pointing to a mite of humanity whose house, in the person of James Garheid p^nngyiyania, and afterwards ti covered cultivation with all the means hands '^.e^'e Ay^"?. ^ack aj^ torth Atherholt, who formerly had been j^j^^^^^^j Lynchburg and U at their disposal and financially wrecked 'J^-g^^l'^'d £e \eU^^^^^^^^ employed in the c.gar departrnent of ^. ^^ themselves in many instances. The T^ ,r nfrvous to sit still, or eat. or the fancy and importing grocery house themselves in many inButncco. x..^. .^ ^^^ nervous to sit still, or eat. or ine lancy «iiu ..»»."-"..» •• u u yields for two years were pronounced gieep; and 1,500 times a day she bites of Finley Acker & Co., but who sub- j ^ jj^^j. ^ q^ arenowexpi irood but it was discovered that the off the end of a cigar.' To the manu- ggqugntly took a position as salesman ^j^g Makaroff, a new Boston 1 KWU, fc/M 'il-l-. t^nt-ttimaw aV\a IQ Q ioOfol * TCt thfi Settle^ tn 1 /^_ U..*. leaf was inferior in quality and brittle, and as the farmers had large stocks of it, they naturally suffered heavy losses. This brought the tents down with a rush and caused a reversion to the facturer «he ^s a jewel ; to the Setd "^r[l^"^;{^^ American Tobacco Co.. but Turki^src^gaVett'e, aid on whick* "••"kZping' is muXsTrSpTe"^^^^^^^ from which he had also resigned some ,,, ^.^ting with unuaual •rolling' and at it the youngest children time ago. The house recently took thediitribi are frequently employed. The business is to be conducted on agency for the product. "In one basement on Webster street. . ^ ij^gg _ where it is_80 dark that under no bossi- P'^f ty "lucn pn open-air method of raising Connecticut hility could a picture b 3 secured, four Later developments indicated that Large factories are for the oat leaf. children were at work 'stripping.' Mr. Boch will soon again be prominently comfortably busy, and in a fen A number of the growers who were One of them sat in the doorway, stoop- identified with the trade, in association orders are coming in at an utrnn bitten during the boom for covered j;f,°7y^„»_^°^Tl'"thr''ee othe«^^^ with Nicholas M. Griffen. who before ^^^j^ rate. The Theobald 4 (^ cultivation harbored the opinion that crouched iii various corners of the room coming to this city was connected with heimer Co. are among the moet i the failure was due to precipitate straining their eyes to see the work, the Havencia Cigar Co.. of New York, factories of the city at the** venturing upon unknown ground, and An outsider would scarcely think that manufacturers of the Hurdle cigar, ^j^g i„ order to test their .pinions be..n to ^J^jCT^'^ ^^rJZ''J^' ZT-^to The new firm ha. secured ei,.r st.nd .^^rred s f.. *., experiment in a small way with the close with stale breath and the odor of facilities in the expansion corridor of A slight fire occurred a lew on cultivation of Cuban tocacco instead of tobacco that one could scarcely breathe, ^^^ j^g^^j Estate Trust Co. Building, at at the cigar box manufacturing n the Sumatra leaf. These courageous yet one little fellow, who was stripping gj ^^^ Chestnut streets, and almost of Sheip & Vandegnft. Inc.iK ;'r:wers have had so much success that -^TLVeJtU^ent w'o^kt^^^^^^^ frmtdfately adjoining th. Boch & Co. ^or Us timely d^^^^^^^^ a revival of covered cultivation is pre- ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ The idea is to have perhaps two and ethcient work o^^^^ "« " dieted for the Connecticut tobacco re- "in another house, which was owned ^^ ^^^^.^ gtands in the building, as well guishers. with which tne 9m ffion which will make the New England by the head of the family, two children • ' gion. wnicn will n^rchasers of were working.. Rosy, rolling stogies, tobacco growers heavy purchasers ot ^^^ ^^^^.^ stripping tobacco. Rosy cloth and give their fields the appear- ^^, thirteen and Goidie was said to be ten— at all events she was very little. as vaults for the storage of fine c gars, equipped, the building might bin Mr. crimen returned.. „d.,sa.o -- f .- rr.^" re-seC^n-s rce^n ^rsZ tl ^^^^-^^T "^T.^Z TheltoToi the experiences of the "Her"ia-crwa7Tined- and wan "and her "'''f r'trne«'st'a"dT'an''dr°f.c't the fire engines, and the i- inesiory 01 ^ _"1, , ^„, .;„.*:„„ shoulders were prematurely bent with goods for the new stanas. ana in lact . . ,^ jfljng tobacco growers m covered cultivation jno ^^^ ^^^ stooping involved in the business has already tegun. A box ported as only inning. trade is being done from the former ^^^^^ .^ j.^^j^ ^^ interest tr»i# office of Mr. Boch. and before many .^ ^^^ j^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ notafewk more days the stands will be installed. ^^^ making some complaint oH and the formal opening will take place. ^^^^^^ ^^j^^^^ however, are tttt ** more philosophical view of * Sobel, Fain & Sobel is the name of a ^j^,„^ ^^^j taking the elegant r toil and the stooping involved in the work, lor which there was not the least necessity. Besides owning the house, the father was able to hire two men to help in his tobacco work. Neverthe- less, his children must be sacrificed. "Perhaps the most interesting group discovered lived on Vine street. There were four in the family. '.and they ranged recalls phases of similar crazes in other enterprises. Eagerness for wealth makes men accept surface indications and venture with all the means at their disposal into untried fields of effort. The reported revival of covered cultiva- tion will have a better basis than the nriovementoffiveyea^^^^^ ;;- ^^.-.^--i^^:-;; -{^ 'J the "noVth west comer of Tenth and aVe willing to abide their tin.- who use tents in tobacco cultivation for [^^^gtigation was made during the T^-ch streets, and successors to M. I. Uvelier business, the first time this year will profit from summer, all were on duty. The young- ^^^^ streets, a^ ^ ^^^ ^ — ^.^^^^ livelier were four in the family. , and they rangea isvu^', -^ >'" „„ o„^ rotnilprs """•"""/ ." „*„ -«««(! from ten to fourteen years, all strip- new firm of manufacturers and retailers last year's business into consw . ^_i __ : I *u^ . ..1 1. ^^rnioo nf Tonfh Rnd „!ii! »._ ^uiAa thpir til the first time tnis year «viii prui.i. .™... summer, all were on duty. The young- ;•.■-••-. „ho had been the proprietor the costly experienceof those who then est^bo>,.^fou_r^ye^ars^of^a^^^^^ ,; tt pi«« '- «'""' ''" '""' "'"■ " '' " ■«>"""' '"' "".'.^ii a day. but his big brother of ten. could i^^ Lifshetzis. at least for the present, cigar manufacturers are w strip sixteen pounds. oat ot business entirely. ning out, and for which the "The father was a strong, active man ^ high prices of leaf tobaccois"", Simon more than any other on* risked everything upon a venture CHILD LABOR IN PITTSBURG. In a recent issue of the Rochester who was deeply interested in a Wyo- onHrnr Labor Journal the- ^^ P^^^^^^^^^^ dTp^^Tnt^r^e's^eT^hi? JlrL^^dinr- BaU & Co^ Ne^w S! mUa^^^^^^^^ P-^^^ '^^'"%^"^' following story of the employment of p^^J.g,^ ^^ ^^^^ ^.^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^ y^-^ ^foijar Havana goods, was a visitor affected that in some nsUM» children in stogie factories in the Hill family, which lived a hand-to-mouth ®^ *^'®"'^. " . among dealers and came almost impossible to ^ District of Pittsburg: existence, stripping tobacco in the room here ^his weeK. the business and make a coB "it is no uncommon thing in the Hill which was used as kitchen, dining jobbers in high grade goods. ^^^ ^.^i x^- *• f ^f PittBhnrff to find children room, sitting room and part bed room. «» living »nu ,, ,^ ?en vTars of^ige an^^^ upwaJd engaged eating when opportunity offered, and McDonnell, at Fifteenth and situations m other and iTf^^,,, ten years 01 ag* -i ** » always looking forward to the day when Yahn & Mcuonneu. where they now have notom; »".?^°ii%'E: factory inspector. O'Don- tobacco would be a thing of , the past Chestnut streets, have added a Ime of ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^ Children as young as eight and and Wyoming a living reahty.' the San Felice cigar, a well known contentment. JobW '••••'••^ product of the Deisel-Wemmer Co.. of k^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^.^ t,tie»J — Delmas has now reached the height Lima, O. ^^ to a considerable extent and*'* of fame-a new brand of cigars has .^ -^ ^^eir store sales, been named after him. Chas. C. Heisier, a vev««M nell : nine vears of age are employed to strip XcctTin the Hill District of Pitts- burg.' . J . "The children may be engaged in '•tripping'the tough fibres from the re- 14 -THE TOBACCO WORLD- MILTON H. RANCK Successor to ■you are cordially invited to exam- ine some Specially Desirable lots of fHPennsyl-vania ffConnecticut fWi W. R. COOPER & CO. Packer and Dealer in 5* ^ Leaf qohio and ^lIBig Tobacco Wholesale and Jobbing Nos. 201 and 203 North Duke Street LANCASTER, PA Packing House: Strasburg, Pa. 15 We believe in Honesty, Good Workmanship, at fair prices to all. Correspondence Solicited THE OLD HONESTY CIGAR BOX CO.. C. W. Backs, Gen. M^r. Rear 634 Washington Street, Readini^, Pa. -TH5 TOBACCO WORLD- The Miami Valley Leaf Tobacco Co. ALLEN H. REEDER DAYTON, OHIO STANLEY M. KROHN Packers of Cigar Leaf Tobacco 1903-4-5 Zimmer Spanish, 1905 Gebhardt, 1905 Dutch, 1905 Connecticut, etc. FARNHAM & REYNOLDS Home Office: ADDISON, N. Y. Packers of Finest Big Flats and OnondagaL Tobaeco CONNECTICUT HAVANA SEED Warehouses : Addison. N. Y. Bid Flats. N. Y. Meridian. N. Y. E. Hartford, Conn. T. J. DUrNN «& CO. Makers of the BACHELOR CIGAR 401-403 E. 91st Street. NEW VORK ♦< ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦•♦♦•♦-♦■♦■♦■♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦■♦• ♦♦•♦-♦■♦■♦>♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Established 1890 (1) Emory Martin (f V»*^I^^PCTPCJ ft 1 s^--^^'^^* ^ ^K^.'^ssm^xx^ >k (f???^ 1*^P^^^H^^^B^9 ♦ 4 ♦ ♦ 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 ♦ 4 4 I E. S. SECHRIST ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Dallastown, Pa Manufacturer of Fine and Common We Make ^The Best ACME EXTRACT & CHEMICAL WORKS E G. Eckert, Proprietor Hanover, Pa. .16 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 j eiSARS j t Capacity, Twenty Thousand per Day ♦ t . X ♦♦♦♦4>444444444444444444444444444<444444-444444444444-4 In the Market W. E. Gkieen. of Jersey Shore, Pa., was in the local trade for a few days this week. , Harry Vetterlein, son of Julius Vetterlein. has been for some days at Lancaster, and in company with the local buyer of the house, has been driving in that county, picking up a few desirable crops here and there, although no special effort was made to buy h.aviiy at prices still prevailing there. John F. Shnupp, with L. G. Haeus- sermann & Sons, has been in the Pennrylvaina manufacturing districts for the past ten days. «/» Chas. Hippie, of Hippie Bros. & Co., recently returned from a visit to their packing house in Lancaster county, where he found things progressing very satis^'acturily. «/% After a two weeks' visit to the trade in this section, Robt. M. Granat, of Gillen & Granat, York. Pa., who con- summated some good sized transac- tions, has returned to his home in York. ^ Arguments were made this week on the appeal in the lower court in the case of The Juan F. Portuondo Cigar Mfg. Co., vs. Vicente Portuondo Cigar Mfg. Co., and which decision was in favor of the first named. It will probaDly be some days yet before a final decree is issued. TUKKISH TOttACCO MONOPOLY. Consul E. L. Harris, in writing from Smyrna on the tobacco and cigarette trade in the Ottoman Empire, which is in the hands of a monopoly, The Regie Co-interessee des Tabacs del'Empire Ottoman, says : This organization has well equipped factories all over the country which turn out various grades of cigarette tobacco and cigarettes, which they re- tail, it is claimed, with enormous profits. The retailing is carried on through numerous tobacconists, who receive a commission of 5 per cent. Narguileh tobacco, called "tumbeki," which IS used in the water pipes or hu Die-bubble, is also controlled by a smaller organization with similar rights as the cigarette monopoly. The Cigar trade in Turkey is limited, owi..g to '.he fact that only a small part of the population smokes tobacco in that form. The Regie manufactures a certain amount of cigars of fair quality, but indifferent flavor. The balance of the cigars consumdd in the Empire are imported irom Hamburg, Lohdon and Antwerp. Imported cigars pay a .duty of 75 per cent, which limits the quality to a somewhat low standard. Consul Harris also reports that by a recent decision of the council of minis- ters of the Ottoman Empire the ex- portation of tobacco seed has been entirely prohibited from all parts of " HUNTER SIEE is all to the front ; made by EL DRACO CIGAR. MFG. CO., Philada. Turkey, for the following reason: This measure has been taken withi view to protect the tobacco trade ol Turkey, which in recent years In, suffered onsiderably from the con. petition of South African and other planters who produce large quantitiemi tobacco grown from Turkish seed, lai informed on good authority that fm natural causes, tobacco grown in otbs parts of the world from Turkish see^ will only produce one crop of tobaca having the fragrance of the origimi stock, and that the seed of crops gron abroad will only produce a very it ferior tobacco. Up to the present it has been the custom for planters out side Turkey to purchase fresh Bd every year for their plantations, chid; from the regions around Cavalla, ii Macedonia, and ancient Ephesus, ii Asia Minor, which produce thefineit flavored Turkish tobaccos. «<»<'»<^^/%>%% TOBACCO IN TRINIDAD. Consul W. W. Handley, of Trinidii, furnishes the following report on tlie tobacco trade of that island : During the year ended March 31, 190t, there was imported into Trinidad, froa all countries, 630,296 pounds of ot manufactured tobacco, valued at JH 835. About 95 per cent, of it cam from the United States, principjllj from Virginia and Louisiana. The im- porters prefer to receive it in half ak quarter hogsheads. Duty, 30 cents pet pound. There was also reported durin the same period 149,435 pounds of cigars and cigarettes and other manu- factured tobacco. A considerable quan- tity of tinned smoking tobacco vsk cigarettes in small tin boxes is imported from England. rA.HUSSEV \mwm THE BEST ORGANIZg MOST COMPLETE Aj LARGEST MAIL 05S LEAF TOBACCO ESTABLISHMENT! r AMERICA ^ NEW YORK CHICAGO ST. LOUIS -THE TOBACCO WORLD- eT^ A R R TRR^lVm A"l"I„entof Plain and Fancy Ribbons 1 vJ X^rV X V. IJ-^ Jl^^Cy iN O Write for Sample Card and Price List to Department W Sngs, Galloons, WM. WICKE RIBBON CO. Taffetas, Satin and Gros Grain 36 East Twenty-Second St., NEW YORK MARCUS JASKULEK Packer and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Nos. 812. 814. 816 East Third Street Dayton, Ohio. Joe Endress, Jr. A. C. Kercher Pioneer Leaf Tobacco Co, Germantown, Ohio Packers of CIGAR LEAF TOBACCO SAVE AGENT'S COMMISSION Why should the Cigar Manufacturer pay Agent's Commission? We furnish All Shapes of the Best Grade Cigar Mold, direct to Manu- facturer and will duplicate CXaCtly any shape you are now using. Send for our Catalogue of 1^500 Shapes The American Cigar Mold Co., Cincinnati, 0. Wisdom on the Label Wisdom in the Cigar A 5 c. Smolie that is so Good It is Bound to Repeat Ohmit & Kraft East Prospect Pa. SIGNSl Designers, Printers, and Litho- Ifraphers of CLOTH, ROPE FIBER and CARDBOARD SIGNS, , AND PAPER POSTERS. In Weatherproof Colors We have Something Ne'w In FOLDED EDGE SIGNS. , UNION LABEL on Work When DesireA Write for Prices and Samples We Furnish QUALITY AND SERVICE THE MASSILLON SIGN £^ POSTER CO. MASSILLON. OHIO. ~^ Walter B. Hostetter & Co. Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco We make SCRAP FILLER for Cigar Manufacturers WRITE FOR OUR PRICES AND SAMPLES Rear of 144 W. Market St., on W. Mason Ave. YORK, PENNA. t I 17 Our Capacity for Manufacturing Cigar Boxes Is— ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE GOOD CUSTOMER THE TOBACCO WORLD L J. Sellers & Son, Sellersville, Pa. For Gentlemen of Good Taste ^S/^N FELieE-J H ^ A HIGH GRADE O ^ OC.CIGAR FOR iJL>« Sold Extensively by Leading Cigar Dealers and Druggists Throughout the United States SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES THE DEISEL-WEMMER CO.. Makei^ LIMA, OHIO W. W. STEWART & SON Reading, Pa. W jO^NHAy Makers of the JOHN BAY LADY HELEN lOc. JOHN HAY, Jr. ELI PERKINS Sc. Hi^h Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Correspondeoctt with Responsible Houses Solicited L J. SMITH & CO. Wholesale Cigar Manufacturers ^nd Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Red Lion, Pa. Wllh Speclelly Designed Bands. nd PAN ANNA 5c. Cidars TWO HAVANAS Two for Five Cents Corre.pondence with Re.pon.iWe Hou.e. .olicileil. •' Private Brands made to order. 10BACC0 NEWS OF NEW YORK. (Continued from page 13) action is said to have also been neces- sary in order to retain the union label. In fact it is stated that the union has consented to permit this provided the American Tobacco Co. tigns an iron- clad agreement, to which it is alto- gether likely they will not accede, and the ultimate outcome of the blue label question is therefore still hanging in the balance. • • • Harr" Spingarn, of E. Spingarn & Co . returned last week from Europe. Harry eained quite a few pounds of flesh and is now hustling to take orders for his purchases and also to reduce weight. • • • Fred. Opp and L. Woldike, both Wes- tern tobacco merchants, were visitors here recently. » • • Sam Goldberg, representing the Lilly Cigar Co., Kalamazoo and Detroit, Mich., made some heavy purchases in our market this week. « • • Herzog Bros., cigar manufacturers. Canal street, have made a settlement with their creditors at 20 cents on the dollar. The same was confirmed Mon- day. The liabilities amounted to $7,000. ■ • • Sigmund Rosenwald was elected Trustee of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum at their meeting held Sunday. Mr. I Rosenwald takes an active interest in the affairs of the institution. CIGAR TRADE DULL IN YORK. J. F. REICHARD Wholesale Dealer in LEAF TOBACCO of All Grades Craley, Penna. SMITH BROS. "'"" ^d ?Zta LEAF TOBACCO No. 17 Charter Street, Dayton, O. Ohio Goods Our Specialty 18 Some F»ctorie« Report Busii\ess Slow, But Others are Said to be Fairly B«»y. York, Pa., April 29. The cigar industry in this county at this time is exceedingly dull, and in some sections it is worse than it has been known to have been for quite a long time. In the vicinity of Mc- Sherrystown this is particularly true, but a little further on. at Littlesiown there is again noticeable more activity. Geo. W. Parr, at that place, is well filled with orders and a good force of cigarmakers is being steadily employed. Jas. Collins, of Littlestown, is also again about to resume operations, but as a non-union shop. Geo. A. Buddy, of Littlestown, has opened a factory a few miles out of the town, and just across the Maryland border line. The McSherrystown Cigar Co. re- ports that it had also felt the effect of a dull bpell, but that orders are again beginning to arrive and prospects ue brighter. The Ideal Cigar Co., at Centenniil, a strictly union factory, is having quite a fair run of trade, and Mr. Lawrence, the treasurer, informs me that thej have excellent prospects for a good year's business. At Hanover there is a diversity of reports. 1 find a few factories, amoii which might be mentioned Frank J. Sneeringer, A. F. Hostetter, etc., who are well filled with orders, butqoitei number of others with whom tbetrjde at present is very quiet. Seaton Heindel. a former Dallastowi cigar manufacturer was brought to York last week by his physician, fori surgical operation for apendicitis, witi which he was suffering. M. A. Emenheiser, a cigar am f acturer at New Bridgeville, has pW machin<»ry in his factory for the pur pose of making his own scrap. Trade-Mark Registw. MONTGOMERY COUNTY COURT HOUSE 15,356 For cigars. Registered AprilH 1907, at 9 a. m., by L Hart, Norm town. Pa. 7205 15,357 For cigars. Registered Apnl w 1907, at 9 a. m., by J. Shankma Chelsea, Mass. ROVER STRAIGHT 5 15,358 For cigars. Registered Apnl » 1907 at 9 a. m., by S. Rose. Bos* Mass. SEVEN TWENTY-FIVE 15.359 For cigars. Registered Apnl » 1907, at 9 a. m.. by I. ShaiJa* Chelsea, Mass. DELMAS 15,360 . , For cigars, cheroots, chewinf' smoking tobacco. Registered AJ 11, 1907. at 9 a.m.. by S. S. FW» baugh. York, Pa. ROYAL QUEEN. 15.361. For cigars. Registered Apf" 1907, at 9 a. m.. by Zinke MercU' Co., Fon Du Lac. Wis. JACK HUNTER 15,362 For cigars. Registered Ai^ 1907, at 9 a. m.. by Ivan T. ^^ York, Pa. REJBCTBD. g Blue Ribbon. Rosedale. ,^jf^ij0 La Summit, Booser, Rajan. ^^ Indian, La Anna, Castle, Roy*' CANCELLATION. The Roosevelt. ReK'sterf^j; by the 44 Cigar Co.. of Ph>'«25 on April 9. 1907. has been c»dc« -THE TOBACCO WORLD- J. B. MILLEYSACK Manufacturer of pine Havana PIHARQ Hand-Made WlUf^llO No. 821 Lake Street LANCASTER, PA. ' Correspondence with the Jobbing Trade solicited. ESTABLISHED 1889 INCORPORATED 1902 A. B. HESS CIGAR CO. SUCCESSORS TO J. E. Sherts & Co. LANCASTER, PA. Manufacturers of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars CORRESPONDENCE INVITED FROM RESPONSIBLE HOUSES The Gilt Edge v^Cigar Box Factory CIGAR BOXES SHIPPING CASES LABELS EDGINGS RIBBONS J. FRANK BOWMAN Cigar Manufacturers' SUPPLIES of All Kinds 51 Market Street LANCASTER, PA. Daily Capacity: Five Thousand Boxes •4TABU3HE0 1871. : «««...»1"*^ muMSimm Jhe Ideal Gi^ar Made in an Ideal Way Stephen Day dc. Brand Is Strictly Union Made Ideal Ci^ar Co. CENTENNIAL, PA. Ebb. W. CBiif DALLASTOWN. PA. Manufacturer of Nickel & Medium Price CIGARS For Wholesale and Jobbing Trade. E. RENNINGER Established 1889 Manufacturer of High and Meciium Grade Cigars Strictly Union-Made Goods. DCIlVGr PS, E.23«PST. 5AMPLE5& PRICES FURNISHED r. UPON Applicatiom IN STOCK, TO ORDER CIGAR LABELS K^°"'<.^nd BANDS •<-^.«^.v_^ • chaskeu'S ftAVOpS It Will Remove Rankness from Tobacco Talie Away Mustiness and Give Ciiiars Havana Flavor. CHASKEL'S SPANISH BETUNE Is Specially adapted to give that Peculiar Sourish Effect desired. Ghaskers Flavors the Cheapest in the market, considering what (hey do. A Card Will Brin^ More Information and Prices*. Chaskel Chemical Works. 265 West Broadway, New York CIGAR BOXES PRIiniRS OF ARTISTIC SKETCHES ANft QUOTATIONS FURNISHED WRITE FOB SAMPIES'ANI^ RIBBON PRICES BBONS 19 I \ -THE TOBACCO WORLD- -THE TOBACCO WORLD- Viiifliuni^cTURe* or all minds or %f* O8ai40CCNTPE:5T. NCW 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. ^ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^♦♦♦♦♦4 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ■♦ ■♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ H. F. KOHUER Nashville, Pa. Maker of HIGH GSADE. HAND MADE Seed and I-la> ana f~^ i A ^-^-mm^ and Pine Nickel V^lgarS For Wholesale and Jobbiatf Trade Correspondence with Responsible Houses Invited I ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 4 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ X ♦ ♦ 4^ O.L SCHWENCKE LITHOGRAPHIC CO CLARENDON ROAD & E.37 I "^ ST. BR OOKLYN . N Y. ^^^V FmE^JGAR LABELS -^^^^ ac EI CD <3 I r-H G PRIVATE BRANDS OFORIGINAL DESIGN John McLaughlin. J. K. Kauffman. H JOHN McLaughlin (t co. Whelesftle DMiers in All Kinds pf Wheiesftie DmIm-s in All Kinds pf i Plug ^ Smoking Tobaccos > AUp. All GrkdM pf > Fine Cigars York, Penna. We Make SOJAP FILLER for Cigar Manufacturers. N. D. ALEXANDER, Packer of and Dealer in UEAF TOBACX^O Jobber in Sumatra, Florida Sumatra and Havana Lemon and Arch Sts. -THE TOBACCO WORLD- lad THREE CUBANS MAXUF CTURTD BY Oentral Cigar Company LEWIS SMITH. Proprietor Forbes and Marion Streets, Pittsburti* Pa. Wholesale and Jobbing Trade solicited. UMON MADE SOLD ON ITS MERITS T0M BAINES Nickel Goods, r "^ Strictly a First Class Article — Equal to Any Union or Non-Union Cigar on the Market — Probably Better, You to Judge — and Prices No Higher than Others. V J H. G. Burky, Maker, Reading, Pa. UNION MADE BLUE LABEL USED ^^Cgj^l y #r m M."^ ' — Established 1895 Telephone Connection T. L. ADAIR Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Red Lion, Pa. Special Lines for the Jobbing Trade n COBM WCUcsij n H. G. BARNHART Ci^ar Manufacturer Sprin^vale, Pa. One of Our Leading Brands : Cuban Duchess Only High Grade Tobacco Used Cigars always duplicate All Jobbers Who Handle Travellers Tips Say it Always Moves Well "A Good Five Cent Cigar" Abbott Cigar Co. ABBOTTSTOWN, PA. man gave no thought to the wholesale destruction of his property by Federal decree. But, under the trying condi- tions now existing and outlined above, it may indeed be described as extra- oridnary if cigar manufacturers do not begin to "look after their fences;" particularly those fences lying along the party lines which separate the Governmental acres from individual ground. * « * * On the foregoing, "Packages," a box trade journal of Milwaukee, comments as follows : It is a question whether boxes could be remodeled in ihe manner suggested, even taking it for granted that the Government would concede the point, and this for various reasons. First of all, it is a well-known fact that sizes of boxes vary a great deal and it would be necessary, therefore, to take boxes apart entirely before they could be re- modeled. This would be essential for the further reason that the paper trim- mings could hardly be removed, while the box remained intact. It would mean considerable labor to do this, as care must be exercised to avoid the breakage of the various pieces of which the box is constructed and to properly remove the nails that have held the box together. After this step there follows, in the writer's mind, a treatment of immers- ing the pieces of wood in water, as a means of removing the labels, the cau- tion notice, revenue stamp, and edging. Following this the stock must be thoroughly dried and in such a way that it will remain perfectly flat and not warp out of shape. And after all these preparatory stages, the material must go through every step of manufacture that is ordinarily required in the build- ing of a new box. The cost of manu- facture under such process would be a considerable item and it is quite doubt- ful whether any saving on the product could be effected in this way. The boxmakers have been roundly scored during the past six months as being largely responsible for the ad- vance in prices that have taken place and it must prove a matter of much satisfaction to the trade that the real facts of the lumber situation should be brought before the cigar manufacturing interests and the boxmakers' position placed in the right light. Our conten- tion that advances were warranted is confirmed without any mincing of woids, and this will do much to renew the confidence of the cigar manufac- turer in his boxmaker. The time has surely come when a better feeling should exist, and, under prevailing con- ditions, it will be to mutual interest if the two lines will stand closer together, for the benefit of all concerned. And yet the article above quoted is but a half truth. It is a positive fact that cigar boxes are sold today on a closer margin than ever before; it is absolutely true that the bare box ex- ceeds in actual cost the selling price, and this can be proven beyond the ques- tion ot a doubt. In a recent issue of Packages this matter was fully cov- ered, and the cost of production item- ized and tabulated, and it would appear from this that the boxmaker is indebted to his margins on labels and sundries and the jobbing of supplies for the wherewithal that keeps body and soul together. —Packages. Constitution ^.^f^^^V Made in the good old way. EL DRACO CIGAR MFG. CO.. FHILA. TOBACCO IN MEXICO Consul P. C. Hanna, of JtfA reporting on the sales of America. bacco in Mexico, says : All through Northern Mexico % "shuck cigarette" is the most among all classes. The 'filler popdtl ui» bacco imported from Kentucky, Teaifc see, and Virginia, and the wrapp© of ordinary husk. The annual c» sumption of these cigarettes, thefilL of which are entirely of Americanly bacco, amounts to several haiHk millions. It is estimated that a pon^ of tobacco will furnish fillers foriM of these cigarettes, and that in jW year 1905 1,292,178 pounds of Araeri* tobacco were brought iito Montcwj nearly all of which was used in thai manufacture. The value of the t> bacco in the United States was J85,$i American money, the duties thereoaa 55 cents per kilogram (2.2 pouoii amounted to $330,000 Mexican, so tint the cost laid down in Monterey reii» sented more than half a million Mai- can pesos. In the year 1906 thedfr mand for this kind of tobacco had in. creased, and 1.539.886 pounds of it were imported into Monterey from the United States, the original value beiit more than $104,000 gold, the duties l^ ing $395,000 Mexican, which made tk tobacco represent in Monterey about 600,000 pesos, or $290,710 gold. Mexico stands next to Cuba in the manufacture of fine cigars, yet it will surprise mpny to know that the most popular cigarettes in the Republic art made from American tobacco, and the demand therefor is steadily increasing, about 7 carloads of such goods arriviof in this city monthly. *> * ^na^%^i^^ TOBACCO IN ITALY. Consul J. E. Dunning, in the follow- ing letter from Milan, traces the growth of cigarette smoking in Itilj and other European countrie>-', and alio gives the reduced Italian prices on to- bacco extract. In 1884 the Italian consumption of cigarettes was about 23,000,000 pieets for the year, at about which iigareit remained for some years, until in 1892 there was a noteworthy augmentation, reaching to about 200,000,000 pieces. Since then the growth has been going on until in the fiscal year 1905-6 th« consumption was one and a half billioi pieces, a number which tends to in- crease. Figures filed at Milan «lw» that in 1870 in France the consuraptioi was 16,000,000 pieces, and that in 19* it had risen to more than 2.000.000,«» pieces. In Germany in 1893 the con- sumption was 600,000,000 pieces, andu 1904 4,000.000,000. The raanufsctuw of cigarettes is a Government mon- opoly in Italy. The total consumpW of the Kingdom amounts to 30 cig«r- ettes a y tar for each soul of the pop"- lation, or 77 per year for the nulf population of voting age. The King has signed the decree wbic" went into eflfect on April 1. l^yj^ which the price of extract of tobje» in 2 1-5 pound cans will be reduced f"" 34 to 30 cents, and cans of 55 pooB" from $6.75 to $6, with three inter^ diate sizes reduced in P^oP*''!'*'?" -i was intended to favor the agricaiw^ interests of the Kingdom by fix»n«^ tobacco extract, which has a l»rt« in that way, a price lower than ^^ prevailng in the foreign »*'''*^" ^^ extract in Italy is supplied fro" |^ Government monopoly, ^nicn ' the making of cigars and cigarei"* -THE TOBACCO WORLD- JOHIN D. LONG OFFICE I £^ • FACTOKYt No. 1 1 8 Mifflin Street Manufacturer of |^ 1 g £1 T ^ Cor. Maple & Plum Aves« Lebanon, Penna. A Specialty of Private Brands. TeUphonc Connection Samples Sent to RespoHsible Houses. HERMAN DEUUE York, Penna. Maker of Delman 10 and 5c. Herdel 5c. Alex. Martin 5c. UNION MADE CIGARS Sold to Wholesale 4 Jobbing Trade only Samples to Responsible Houses ■•^•►•■ e.H..EA^ Bear Bros. Manufacturers of FINE CIGARS R. r. D. No. 8, YORK, PA. A specialty of Private Brands for the Wholesale and Jobbing Trades Correspondence solicited Samples on application GEO. W. PARR Manufacturer of FINE CIGARS t Littlestown, Pa. MAKER OF SciTHEFERNSIDElSc. Sold to the Jobbing Trade only Correspondence invited Brands: G^ Bear, G6e Cub, Essie, and Matthew Carey C. E. MATTINGLY & CO. Manufacturers of Hi^h Grade Union Made FOR THE Wholesale Trade Only W. R. DAUGHERTY & BRO. Manufacturers of Fine Domestic Cigars Dallastown, Pa. HIGHEST QUALITY FINEST PACKAGES Wholeaaia and Jobbing Trad* « Correapondeoce with Actlv. Hoases lavlted Union Chief Supreme Union Mc Sherrystown, Pa. el- ontq ElOno Union Made 5 -Cent Cigars are as Good as Cigars Can be Made Chas. A. Oberly. Maker LEBANON, PA. }r=^7= ^l Cigars of Quality Sell and Repeat. 1 Try THE DOCTOR 5c. Gi^ar WALTER S. BARE, Litltz, Penna. Maker of M\ Hitfh Orada Cl^ra Ezdvalvaiy. 1 >^s Rein/t^ R. E. JACOBY Wholesale Manufacturer of Strictly Uniform Quality of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Rpthsvllle, F*a. Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited established 1870 Factory No. 79 S. R. KOCHER Manufacturer of Fine Havana Cigars and Packer of WRIGHTSVJLLE, PA. Describe the Flavor You Want and our Laboratory will fit you out with complete satisfaction. Acme Extract and Chemical Works E. G. F.CKERT, Proprietor HANOVER, PA. ! 'J -THE TOBACCO WORLD- T.A.MYERS&co^ ' BOX__ YORK, PENN'A. -THE TOBACCO WORLD- SAMUEL FREY Craley, Pa. Manufacturer of Cigars for the Wholesale Trade OLD JUDGE 1 C^ MILD AND PLEASANT I 7 f^- C^ THE CYCLONE \ ^^* BROWN BUCK (Banded) ] ^ IWl 3U ALLEN GOODRICH. 3c. Samples (o Responsible Houses They Smoke It and Come A^ain BLEND, QUALITY and WORKMANSHIP to Please the Most Critical Smokers Manufactured for Jobbing Trade Only The Toedtman Cigar Co. ^ Makers of the Highest Grade of 5c. Cigars Exclusively MIAMISBURG. OHIO. 1 The American Tobacco Co. 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 24 EXPOSITION NOTES. Interest in the coming Tobacco Show is growing and plans are being made steadily by those who have already taken space for exhibits and by those who contemplate coming in. Among the latest to adil their names to the list of exhibitors are several firms prominent in New York cigar citcles, and whuse brands are known from coast to coast. First among these are E. Regensburg & Sons, makers of the American cigar. They believe in the efficacy of the To- bacco Show to produce results for the manufacturer. Carrying out this belief in the thorough manner in which this house does things, the firm has con- tracted double the amount of space they used in 1906. and will make one of the handsomest displays in Madison Square Garden. It is designed and ordered now, and will be of such a striking nature that any visitor to the Exposi- tion will not fail to remember the American brand. A full representation of the members of the firm and the salesmen from the varfous territories will be in daily at- tendance, to meet their friends in the trade. Also, Mr. E. Regensburg and his sons are members of the convention to be held on September 9 and 10, and will be among the active workers to help solve the conditions that threaten the dealers and the independent trade generally. Of the New York leaf trade, those who have recently arranged for repre- sentation are Ernest EUinger & Co., and Schroeder & Arguimbau, both firms well known to the cigar trade of the country. From all parts of the United States. Secretary Turk is receiving requests for certificates of membership to the convention of dealers. From Washing- ton, California, Texas, Minnesota, and from nearly every State in the inter- vening territory, letters have been re- ceived from prominent dealers express- ing their intention to attend the con- vention. In some of the remoter points, it has been suggested among the dealers that they get together in their own locality and send on delegates to the convention who would act for the entire number of dealers in a town. The delegates will then present their individual names to the convention as members, and certificates of member- ship will be sent to them through the respective delegates. In this manner, every dealer may become a member of the body and partake of its benefits, even though he is unable personally to be in attendance. Thus the convention will have an enormous memership in all sections, all working in concert acccording to the plans outlined and decided upon at the meeting in September. It will cer- tainly be an important movement, and RUTHERFORD "^^^Alir''* from the factory of El Draco Giiiar Mff{. Co., Philada. 'I m one that should have the support || every independent in the entire bacco trade. FACTS ABOUT AMBER.. Santo Domingo is one of the places in the world where occurs in any quantity. The ba! , the supply comes from the vicint; j , Konigsberg, on the Baltic 8eacoi|| j There it occurs in the lower ollgoc«B| and it appears to have deposited or^ nally in glauconitic beds of clay, whid was afterwards eroded by wave aetif and the amber distributed, though nn^ of it is taken from beds in which it wf, originally deposited. Amber is similf fossilized resin, derived apparent from certain coniferous trees. 1|| conditions under which it occun Santo Domingo do not appear to dil substantially from the Baltic seai It is found near Santiago City, sociated with lignite, sandstones conglomerates. These beds probali| belong to the oligocene formation m are found containing amberatano^^ ber of places on the north coast, 4|^ well as on both flanks of the Monti Cristi range. It also frequently occol in the streams flowing through tbw beds. The amber is usually in oviti lumps, from the size of a pea to man's fist, often flattened, dull on theextw- ior, being covered with a kind <&. brownish crust. J. H. LIEFTINCK & ZOON Sworn Tobacco Brokers Office and Sample Rooms: Brakke Grond and Frascati. AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. STOKHUYZEN & BROM Sworn Tobacco Brokers Ofl^ce and Sample Rooms: Nes. 84—86 (Opposite Frascati). AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. NIENHUYS & HESTERMAN Sworn Tobacco Brokers Brolcers to the Deli MaatsohapPJT AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND Oflfice and Sample Rooms: 87 Rokin <& 100 Nea, opposite Frsw** Color and Cancelling Stamps Lead Seals and Stencils QUAKER. CITY STENCIL and STAMP WORKS Incorporated 234 Arch Si„ Philadelphis E. S. SECHWST, DallastOWn, Pa- Manufacturer of Fine and Common Established 1890 Capacity, 20,000 per D«y ufacturer of Cigars 116-122 E. 14^" ST. NEW YORK. ., BRANCH FACTORY S40-5&0 W SOTMSTN r ^ 1 CATALOGUES OF OUR STOCK CIGAR LyiBELS. FL-APS. BAIVDS. ETC., ETC., SE/Vr GffAT/5 UPON REQUEST PREPAID WRITE US BEFORE RLACING ORDERS _^^ EOR PRIVATE L-ABELS. BANDS. ETC.^,^^ • Weidman Bros. & Meyer Manufacturers of Ci^ar Boxes S...1.. A,,.„„.„ gpi^jj j^j,^p EMBOSSING HIGH GRADE Work Factories: Womelsdorf, Pa., Sinkinfi Spring, Pa. Established 1891 New Orleans. San Francisco Cigar Labels Chicago. New York. Cincinnati, latabUshed 1877 New Factory 1904 H.W.HEFFENER, Steam Cigar Box Manufacturer Howard & Boundary Aves. YORK, PA. »♦ » » »♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ I Dealer in J I Cigar Box Lumber, t I Labels, J I Ribbons, X I Edging, I X Brands, etc. X ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦>♦♦♦♦ CNLAND CITY CIGAR BOX CO. Mantifacturers of Cigar Boxes^Shipping Cases |f|| Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Edgings, etc. ri6— 728 N. Christian St, L.ANCASTER. PA /IDEN BUSER MANUFAOTORER OP Cigar Boxes and Cases DBALBR IN Lumber, Labels, Edging, Etc., R. F. D. No. 3, YORK, PA. f^ J\ Qalves (^ Qo. Havana 123 n. third IMPORTERS OF^'^ HtLJkDmL^HIA HIGHF.ST AWARD AIND GOLD MEDAI. FOE EXCELLENCE AMD QUALITY OF STOOIES. AT WORLD'S FAIR. ST. LOUIS. 1904 WE MAKE THE CUBAN EXPORT. BULL'S EYE. ROYAL BLUE LINE. CYCLONE AND BIG STQ First Quftlity, Long Filler. Hknd Made JOHN SLATER & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Hand-Made, Long Filler and Mold Stogit OUR OTHER BRANDS NEW ARRIVALS. BROWNIES, GOLD NUGGETS. JERSEY CHARTER, BLENDED SMOKI BOSS, CASTELLO, AMERICAN PUFFS, LANCASTER BELLE, EVERY DAY SMOKE, LITTLE HAVANA, LITTLE DUTCH BLUE POINTS, GOOD POINTS, Etc. Factory >o. 1G4'0. Capacity SO.OJQ.JJJ u Year Factory: LANCASTER, PA. Porto Rico Ci^ar Co. Red Lion, Pa. WHOLESALE CIGAR MANUFACTURERS IMaior Paul ^ ^ Lord Selkirk ^3c. Arrow Point J Tom Lewis — 2 for 3c. Wholesale and Jobblnif Trade Only SOMETHING NEW AND GOOD WAGNER'S CUBAN STOGIES Manufactured Only by LEONARD WAGNER F.c.o.> No. . 707 Ohio St., ALLEGHENY, PA GEO. STEUERNAGLE THE CELEBRATED Manufacturer of "Trad.* X^»ilc. %fACT\^V0^ Z%.ela*->tccl , /^^ HAND-MADE ^X [

Boalt, R. Y. Spaulding and JobD B. Dickerson ; capital $10,000. -Isaac Bing. who for thirty «»• years conducted a cigar and to^ store and cigar manufacturing «•'';( lishment at Wilmington, 0.. d'e<|»J days ago after a four weeks iiin^ Mr. Bing was born in Ovent^^ Hesse-Darmstadt, Christmas dJ^ wj and came to this country in !»*• . was married in Chicago, Novemeff 1865. to Henrietta Rosenthal, a ni" of Bavaria, and in 1870 they mo'"^ Wilmington, which has since W«"^ home. The widow survives m< they never had children. Rutherford, Constltutio* Hunter— a strong tn^ El Draco Cirfar Mil Co^ *^'»'"* THB TOBACCO WORLD HINNICH BALING PRESS Pat«Bt««l March O. 1SB7 For All Kinds of Products Requiring Baling TOBACCO STEMS, PAPER. COnON, Etc Specially Constructed .•PRESSES.. For Leaf Tobaeeo Packers Wananted to do more and better work in a given time, with less labor, than any Press on the market Unsurpassed for^ * power, strength, simplicity and durability, as well as ease and quickness in operation Various siies manufactured. Write for prices and full particulars. They are indispensable in leef packing and tobacco warehouses. Hundreds in use. MINNICH MACHINE WORKS Landisville, Lancaster Co., Pa. .-.I^t^5'ill'l5"»®"*''* LABELS METAL PRINTElTLABlaS ♦ -** H* J* r leiscKK»\ier Cigar Labels t\ 238 Arch Street, Philadelphia. f\ XX TELEPHONE 1661 - . 1 5.^^ XX xx^ JACOB a SHIRK Lancaster, Pa. JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS of American Tobacco Co. American Cigar Co. American Stogie Co. Luhrman & Wilburn Tobacco Co. Blackwell Durham Tobacco Co. Spalding & Merrick Tobacco Co. IT WTI f PA V VATT *o CEI' MY PRICES befor* 11 TTlLii lAI lUU ordering tfoods elsewher*. HI I X —Established 1834- WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchanls 27 South Second Street PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday f^i^ars, Tobacco, Smokers' Articles ^ Special Sales of Leaf Tobacco W)nsigninents Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Day of Sale Brilliant as Diamonds Fragrant as Roses Good as Government Bonds^ Are the CIGARS Regi8*tered°B«nda "Brilliant Star" Clear Havana . . lOc* **S. B." Half Havana 5c^ "S. B." Little Havanas 5c. ♦'Honest Bee" . ... . . 3c. "2— I~No" Mildest Cigar Made 2 fof 5c* Special Brands Made to Order Stauff er Bros. Mfg. Co., New Holland, Pa. Sttid Your Cigar Buyer Here We Will Save You Money For Sale by All Dealers asrrsi\-.\: ::^-£u— , I^H ! IK t ^^tents ^'^spondcnce Caveats, Trade Marks, Design-Patents, Copyrights, etc. soiicitei— John A. Saul le Droit Building, WASHINGTON, D. C. V I R a I N I A R B R 1 Q U MIXTURE 6Ae AMERICAN TOBACCO CO., NEW YORK J i 4 \ II FT, /■ A. O dSOo.H AVANA 123 N. THIRD PMILJkDSL^HiA i-r i : '; t .■^ T- "^VS GOODyVS THE NAME Havana Cigars NONE GENUINE UNLESS BEARING THIS BAN t WlGfNf.BUkG& SONS >^ TH OUR TRADE MARK IN COLORS THE AMERICAN \\l >^ME^^ - F GCWARE or /M/TAT/OA/S, ON SALE EVERYWHERE WARREN BECK & BRO. ^akA(T..t!ni;.t.r Ci^QF Manufacturers Admlrnl GhcrardI Ocn. Warr«n -^^ -■ •w% La Respomder Marcana 1 OlTlCf MTSLm La Cantldad Constant Growth signifies Constant Merit! Cigars that hold the confidence of their smokers pay dealers best. DIAMOND JOE CIGAR FACTORY 'brands stand pre-emi- nently in a class of their own. F E IN D R I C H Evansville, Ind. Michael Hose Manufao turenof LEAF TOBACCO, IT," A.D.K1LLHEFFER Maker of Cigars Commnnicate with Factory NoSalesaa MILLERSVILLE. PA; B. ROSnNWALD <& BRO. F? Y ^*i,VkE /k (J. 8. l^«|i&<*t followB : Gentlemen of the Convention : Jhe ninth annual convention of the Uon T*' Cigar Leaf Tobacco Associa- n Shows 10 diminution in the interest ^^ in our proceedings by our mem- • «nd continues to assure the to- lines of a very close parallel which are most edifying. For the past six years leaf tobacco and cigars produced in Porto Rico have been granted free admission into the United States and the history of this movement, compiled from the official records, is significant. In 1904 we imported from Porto Rico 2.922,896 pounds of leaf tobacco, valued at $383,917. Our imports of leaf have since declined rapidly in quantity and have risen phenominally in price. The figures for the calendar year 1906 show importations of 1,961,378 pounds, valued at $808,962. In other words, our cigar manufacturers who have used Porto Rican leaf were able in 1906 to obtain only about half as much as in 1904 but paid more than three times as much per pound. Turning to the imports of cigars we have quite a different story. In 1903 A. Bijur, Present of the tariff for the benefit of the Fili- pinos may be recommended in a spirit that will not antagonize the domestic tobacco and cigar industry. In 1909 the clause in our treaty of peace with Spain, providing that we make no special tariff rates for our own country with the Philippines which would give us preferential rates over Spain will come to an end, and agitation to do something to get the trade of the Philippines for American manufactured New York President and forever by the bonds of commercial interest In view of the great demand in the United States for leaf tobacco during the past year, an effort has been made to win friends for the measure in our trade with the contention that the free admission of Philippine tobacco would supplement our sources of supply and relieve the existing stringency. This suggestion should not deceive anyone. We have reliable statistics along the F. Eckerson, Philadelphia Present Treasurer we imported 53,910,000 cigars, valued at $1,441,196, while in 1906 we brought in 127,470,000 cigars valued at $3,733,- 128. It would be difficult to devise a more instructive exhibit bearing upon the probable movement in leaf tobacco and cigars should Philippine products be admitted free of duty. The peculiar prejudice in favor of the imported cigar would give an enormous stimulus to the production of cigars in the Philip- pines for export to the United States and practically all the desirable leaf would be made up in the Islands, and little of it shipped to this country in the unmanufactured form. The plea of the advocates of the Philippine tariff bill that the people of the Islands, and especially those en- gaged in the tobacco industry, are in dire straits and need our assistance is absolutely groundless. You are fami- E. A. Calves cfi, Co. IMPORTERS of C>HaVANA, 123 North Third Street ^ PHILADELPHTA ll I V 1 i E. A. Calves & Co. Havana, 123 North^Third^street .IMPORTERS of J. Vetterlein & Co. ^^^ TMF TOBACCO WORLD W^^U Importers of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF Tobacco 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia FOUNDED 1853 Jbhn T. Dohan -r-T^-nT^r^ Wm. H. Dohan ^d?^ DOHAN a TAITT D &T Importers of Havana and Sumatra Packers of X'^^^^P^^X JO7 Atch St. R.STRAUS i!^.i;i§y^:K@$^<^^ A.UOeB IMPORTERS OF I^eaf Tobacco 4Br\^^ PHILADA. Established I I S ^LEWIS BREMER'S SONS IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra B 901^908 JMdllSSSiv PHILADELPHIA AND PACKERS OF Leaf Tobacco 322 and 324 North Third Street, Philadelphia Julius Hirschberg & Bro. Importers of Havana and Sumatra and Packers of Seed Leaf Tobacco 125 North Third St., Philada. L. BAMBERGER 8z: CO. Packers and Dealers In i_p„rt„. of SEED LEAF HAVANA and SUMATRA 111 Arch Street, Philadelphia HVarehousesi Lancaster. Fa.; Mlltoo Junction, Wis.; Baldwinavlllc, N. Y. Benj. Labe Jacob Labe Sidney Labe BENJ. LABE 6i SONS IMPORTERS OF Sumatra and Havana Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco 228 North Third St., Philadelphia TOBACCO liEOPOIiD 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. rhrrtfSt, Phi/ode/phia,Pa. The Empire ""P"^l'!!!l^i^'^^'" SEED LEAF, Co., Tb SUMATRA 118 N. 3d St., Phila. % lfi42-44 N.ELLVENTM, ST. IL m\ Philadelphia E. A. Calves & Co. THE TOBACCO WORLD cent session of Congress it seemed'pro- bable that a joint resolution would be adopted authorizing the Ways and Means and Finance Committees to sit during the recess beginning March 4, 1907, with a view of determining the necessity for tariff changes and possibly what changes should be made. The conservative element in both houses defeated this plan, and although he Finance Committee has been authorized to hold sessions during the current re- cess for the consideration of general customs and internal revenue matters, it has been authoritively announced that the subject of tariff revision will receive no attention. At the present time there is a strong disinclination on the part of t e major- ity leaders in Congress to contemplate any revision of the Uingley Act before the next presidential election in No- agamst the change proposed to the House Judiciary Committee, ard I am glad to fay that the attempt at amend- ment was unsuccessful. It seems pro- bable that thb law will remain in force in its present form for some yeaisto come, which I consider a matter for general congratulation. The Supreme Court's Ruling on the Dock Weight Law. The United States Supreme Court re- versed the decision of the United States sented in Congress from time to time during the past half dozen years, but never before have its fi lends made so active a campaign to s( cure its passage ; and its defeat, due in a laige mtasure to the work of this association, is a matter of general coreraiulaiion. It is to be hoped in view of the txtia- ordinaiy dev»li pm» nis before the Fi- nance Committee that resulted in the death of the measure, that it will not be revived in the rnming Congress, but should it again be broughi f' Plain and Fancy Ribbons ^V I © A. I\. -l\- 1 15 JD W IN ^ Write for Sample Card and Price List to Department W WM. WICKE RIBBON CO. Vanufacturers of Bindings, Galloons, Taffetas, Satin and Gros Grain 36 East Twenty-Second St.. NEW YORK MARCUS JASKULEK Packer and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Nos. 812, 814, 816 East Third Street Dayton, Ohio. Joe Endress. Jr. A. C. Kercher Pioneer Leaf Tobacco Co. Germantown, Ohio Packers of CIGAR LEAF TOBACCO Wisdom on the Label Wisdom in the Cigar A 5c. Smoke that is so Good It is Bound to Repeat Ohmit & Kraft East Prospect Pa. SAVE AGENT'S COMMISSION Why should the Cigar Manufacturer pay Agent's Commission? We furnish All Shapes of the Best Grade Cigar Mold, direct to Manu- facturer and will duplicate exactly any shape you are now using. Send for our Catalogue of 1,500 Shapes The American Cigar Mold Co., Cincinnati. 0. SIGNS! Desitfners, Printers, and Litho- tfraphers of CLOTH, ROPE FIBER and CARDBOARD SIGNS, AND PAPER POSTERS. In Weatherproof Colors We have Something New In FOLDED EDGE SIGNS. UNION LABEL on Work When Desired Write for Prices and Samples We Furnish QUALITY AND SERVICE THE MASSILLON SIGN ^ POSTER CO. MASSILLON. OHIO. A. COHN 8i CO. IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra PACKERS OF Seed Leaf Tobacco and Growers of Georgia Sumatra 142 Water Street, New York EDEN CIGAR FACTORY BANCES & LOPEZ HAVANA, CUBA Calixto Lopez & Co. 180 Water St.. NEW YORK Will receive and attend to orders Cigars made strictly of very best Vuelta Abajo Tobacco !1J Hi.|iW>|l|.iiWiW--;r, .-..•v ENOS SMITH EDMUND H. SMITH Hinsdale Smith & Co. ARE YOU SEEING THE TRADEI WELL MADISON SQUARE GARDEN SEPT 2 TO 14 1907 'raporters of SUMATRA and HAVANA T ri b\ ^ PT^ O! and Packers of CONNECTICUT LEAF 1 vJUCIk^KjVJ 125 Maiden Lane ESTABLISHED 1840 NEW YORK C»iLt: " NARDIL" ASK ANYBODY- -THAT'S ALL APPLICATION FOR SPACE TO EXHIBIT SHOULD BE MADE TO TOBACCO TRADES EXPOSITION CO W.BTttRK."«">"T rLATIRON BLDG NBW YORK . 13 THE TOBACCO WORLD MRNEST ELLINGER & CO, No. lOi wTter street Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO New York C TOBACCO TRADE NEWS OF GREATER NEW YORK. '> New York Bureau of The Tobacco World New York, April 30. Mendel & Co., the cigar manufac- turing firm, have begun operations in East Forty eighth street. LEAF TOBACCO. orriCES : DETROIT, MICH. AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. MA VAN A, CUBA. New York* JOS. S. GANS MOSES J. GANS JEROME WALLER EDWIN I. ALEXANDER JOSEPH S. GANS & CO. Importers and T ^of 'TVl hcmOn Packers of J^CclL J.LfUclUlyiJ Telephone: 346 John 150 Water St., NEW YORK Starr Brothers iricKElso, LiEflF TOBACCO 163 Water Street Eitablished 1888 NEW YORK Telephone : 4027 John M. F. SCHNEIDER IMPORTER OF Sumatra Tobacco 2 Burling Slip, NEW YORK NES, CORNER KUIPERSTEEG, AMSTERDAM. HOLLAND Telephone: 377 JOHN Joseph Hirsch & Son IMPOBTEBS OF SUMATRA TOBACCO "l^rSZT 183 Wat'er St. Cable Address: "HERE." NEW YORK JOSEPH HOLZMAN SUMATRA, HAVANA Xi-wKj^ir^r^i^ SEED LEAF 1 UUQUCU and 185 Water St., New York »i« JOHN W. MERRIAIVl St CO. "At the Sitfn of the Ball L,Q«^o^ HnwT, a of the tobacco in New York or else- He then handed down a ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^.^^ j^ g^^j^ 59 ^^ F. Cranz New York Delegate the whole, and the attitude of the Com- missioner of Internal Revenue at all stages of the incident has been most considerate, and his rulings as liberal as poBsibl:i within the limits of the specific provisions of the statute. I in- vite your special attention to this fea- ture of my »*eport anour officers promptly recognized this ruling as one which the Internal Revenue Bureau is- sued in January. 1899. but later with- drew upon the urgent representations of the officers of this association con- . , on assignment, consignment, or other- whom purchases might be made the ^jgg^ ^^d of whom purchased or re- Commissioner, after careful delibera- ceived. Hon, reached the conclusion that, as From this it will be observed that , . , , , 11 i. the law requires the entries of the this was clearly and unequivocally set ^"/„^^^f p^.^^ns from whom leaf to- forth in the statute governing tobacco bacco is purchased ty them-7 farmers, warehouses he had no power to waive or producers, or others. This being a i . notwithstanding the fact that for provisio.. of law, no action on the part of this office, by regulation or other- to its modification is many year-« it has been the custom in ^j^^ looking the leading cigar leaf districts to enter authorized. up in bulk all purchases from growers. Any dealer in leaf tobacco who fails Geo. W. Bremer, Jr. Philadelphia Delegate H. S. Rothschild New York Delegate moves all doubt as to his intention inx the matter. In this connection I would draw your attention to an effort which the Gov- ernment is now making to obtain relia- ble statistics of the leaf tobacco crop, of the country and to u'-ge you to assist this project by supplying the figures, called for in a recent circular issued by the Internal Revneue Burtau, whichr reads as follows : To Collectors of Internal Revei.uer In order to cooperate with the Bureau of Slatistics, Depariment of Agriculture, in securing reliable in- formation as to the entire production of leaf tobacco in the United States each year, collectors ar hereby instructed to secure from each dealer in leaf to-. bacco in their respective districts av statement, which may be written across, one of the blank pages in their Book 59, at the close of the quarter, com- mencing with the quarter ending March , 31, 190', which shall show in aggregate. the number of pounds of leaf tobacco, purchased during the quarter for which the report is made. Similar informa- tion will be required from manufac- turers of tobacco and cigars, and to ob- tain this information from them it will be necessary to have the manufacturers enter, under a special heading in their Thos. Meininger St. Louis Delegate . ^. ^ i. u^^i, 4u^ monthly returns, Form 62 and 72 re^ The ruling of the Internal Revenue to enter in his Government book the Bureau was embodied in a communica- name and /^^^^^^^^ °J, P^"°^^^ t°"? ^ . „ , ... , ,,,. whom leaf tobacco is purchased does tion to the collector of the second Wis- ^^ j^ violation of the statute, and ren- consin district, to which I invite your ders himself liable to the penalties fixed by law in such cases careful attention, as follows : Treasury Department, Office of Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Washington, D. C, March 2, 1907. Sir : — Referring to your several com- munications relative to the manner of handling leaf tobacco by persons in your district purchasing same from pro- ducers or others, and the matter of lia- blity of these persons or firms to regis- P. M. Dolbeer New York Delegate Respectfully. John W. Yerkes, Commissioner. Mr. James G. Monahan. Collector Second District, Madison, Wis. While fully appreciating the consider- ation shown us by the Commissioner in withdrawing the requirement that Book 59 should be kept at every to- on ly 01 ineBts ucrnuuB ur iiiiiih i,u reijis- . i r *_«^„__, t-u^ aawintta ter is dealers in leaf tobacco and keep bccco warehouse. I foresaw the senous Book 59 at each warehouse where they embarrassment confronting packers ir receive, assort, pack or store leaf to- required to change their book-keeping bacco, it is held that he or they shall methods in the middle of a packing register and keep Record 59 at least at j r ^u * -^ „oi,«/i fV,o r«m one of such warehouses in each collec- reason and I therefore asked the Com- tion district, and in such book there missioner to postpone the enforcement shall be entered a record of all leaf to- of the requirement regarding the entry bacco purchased and received and sold, . farmers' names until the end of the transferred, or shipped from the several ^ rrx.^ r<^»,m;aair^nor warehouses within the same collection current season. The Cornmissioner district. very courteously acceded to this request W. H. Dohan Philadelphia Delegate 15 THE TOBACCO WORLD John Staun, Cincinnati Vice President Elect Investigation of the American Tobacco Company. The Department of Justice, with the co-operation of the Bureau of Corpora- tions )f the Departmeit of Commerce and Labor, has continued its investiga- tion of the Tobacco Trust during the past year. Following the decision of the United States Supreme Court that corporations do not enjoy the same right to refuse to answer questions on the ground of possible incrimination that would be possessed by an individual under similar circumstances, the prose- cution of the American Tobacco Com- pany and the MacAndrews & Forbes Company was resumed and a verdict rendered against ihe defendants. Other alleged illegal phases of the combina- tion are now under investigation and it is understood will be made the basis of further court proceedings in the near future. The general management of this investigation was recently transferred from Henry W. Taft to As- •spectively. for the months of March, June, September and December, the to- tal number of pounds of leaf tobacco purchased or received by them directly from farmers during each quarter, and *^ if no such purchases have been made, they will so state. Collectors will, as soon as possible after the close of each quarter, prepare from Books 59 and from the tobacco and cigar manufacturers' monthly re- turns a statement of the aggregate number of pounds of leaf tobacco pur- chased by dealers in leaf and by manu- fttcturers in their districts directly from farmers during the quarter for which the report is rendered, and forward same promptly to this office. I realize that this will cause some trouble and inconvenience, but in the interest of ihe public good and in order to secure some reliable data as to the production of leaf tobacco, which con- tributes so largely to the wealth of the country, the prosperity of the farmers and groovers of tooacco, as well as the Government revenues, 1 trust collec- tors, dealers in leaf, and manufac- turers will give this matter their earn- est atteniion and endeavor to make the returns as complete and accurate as possible. Collectors will be careful to instruct all dealers in leaf tobacco and manufac- turers of cigars and tobacco in their respective districts that in making these special quarterly reports, in ag- gregate, of leaf tobacco purchased di- .rect from farmers they are not in any 'Way relieved from the necessity of en- •termg daily on their books and monthly returns the name and residence of the person from whom the tobacco is pur- chased, as required by section 3360, (Revised Statutrs, in the case of leaf dealers, and as provided for in the head- ings "name and residence" on the Jbooks and monthly returns of manufac- turers. You will note that this circular does not impose any very burdensome or vexatious requirements upon leaf pack- ers, but merely requests them to supply to the local collector at the end of each * * « « * « * 41 THE CONVENTION IN DETAIL. Monday Morning Session. New York, May 6. The headquarters of the National Cigar L'af Tobucco Association, at 141 Maiden Lane. New Y-rk, presented a gala appearance this morning, when the Annual Cotivention assembled for business. Walls and ceiling were com- pletely hidden by American flags and Charles Emory Long Lancaster Delegate sistant Attorney General J. C. Mac- Reynolds, who has been placed in charge of all proceedings arising under the anti-trust and inter-state commerce laws. This investigation has exerted a salutary influence upon the entire tobacco trade, and upon other indus- tries as well, encouraging the small manufacturer and dealer to believe that the authority of the Government will be exerted for his protection whenever his powerful competitors resort to ille- gitimate commercial methods. Miscellaneous. The rules regarding sampling have worked out very well in practice. There has been no difficulty in getting the samplers to adhere to the rules as adopted by the Board. The Board of Arbitration of the Na- tional Cigar Leaf Association has been called upon but once during the past year, and has Disposed of the case be- fore it to the satisfaction of all the parties concerned. The New York Leaf Tobacco Board of Trade has passed a resolution bind- ing upon its Arbitration Committee re- garding the question of excess shrink- age, and I recommend that the National Association consider this disposition of the subject, and, if found in accordance with its ideas, incorporate it under the form of a resolution controlling the deliberations of its own Arbitration Committee. The resoluton referred to is as follows : Excess shrinkage to a limit of three (3) per cent, shall be settled for by the Meyer Jaskulek Cleveland Delegate Cullman. Mr. Cullman stated that not being able to speak for Mayor McClellin and Commissioner Bingham in the present perplexed condition of New York's finest, he could make no prom. ises as to the freedom of the city. But, despite his inability to speak for the municipal authorities, Mr. Cullnun asi^ured the delegates that they would find no lack of hospitality awaiting them. There was open house at the House of David, adjoining, where the wants of the inner man would be amply attended to, and Bull Dog cigars would make everybody happy ; and in the evening there would be free admisaion to the Hippodrome. What is in store for tomorrow Mr. Cullman would not predict, but on the assumption that "sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof, ' ' he bade them go ahead and enjoy the present. After Mr. Cullman's address of wel- come. Chairman Newbourg announced that the first business before the meet- ing would be the report of the Standing Committees, the first of which was that of the Committee on Credentials. This committee's report showed the fol- lowing list of duly accredited delegates: BALTIMORE. 1. L. Kemper, A. W. Gieske. BOSTON A. F. Rico. CHICAGO G. H. Mack, Samuel Sternfeld. CLEVELAND : Meyer Jaskulek. CINCINNATI : Fred Miller, John Staun. DAYTON Stanley M. Krohn. ELM IRA Frank Inksater. FRANKLIN... S. M. Newburgh. HARTFORD.. B. Hass. LANCASTER. Charles Emory Long, Morris Rosenthal. NEW YORK.. A. Cohn, Sigmund Kosenwald, H. S. Rothschild, Ferd. Cranz, Marco Fleischman, F. M. Dolbeer. Wm. Spitzner, S. H. Koenig, J. H. Duys, J. Marqusee. E. A. Kraussmnn. PHILAD'A.... GfeorgeW. Bremer, Jr., Julius Eckerson. Julius Vetterlein, W. H. Dohan, L. Bythiner. ST. LOUIS... Thomas Meininger. TROY, 0 L. A. Wheeler. WEST ALEXANDRIA, 0.: Henry Meyer. The next business called for waitbe reading of the minutes. On motion this was dispensed with, and was fol- lowed by the reading of the presidcptj annual report, which is printed in foil elsewhere. Following the reading of the pre«i- dent's report, came the report of the treasurer. Felix Eckerson, of Ph'l*- bunting arranged with artistic effect, and interspersed among these, behind the President's chair and on the east and west walls of the hall, v.ere the motto and shield of the association. Complimentary tnconiums were ex- pressed < n all sides over the manner in which the committee in charge of decorations carried out this feature of the occasion. Promptly at 11 o'clock, in the un- avoidable absence of President A. Bijur, Vice-President Louis Newburgh, Cincinnati, called the meeting to order. The address of welcome to the dele- gates, which was to have been made by local President James Ertheiler, was, in the regrettable absence of that gentleman, most happily, wittily, ably and acceptably performed by Joseph teW^ THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^B A. W. Gieske Baltimore Delegaw George M. Burger Cincinnati delphia, which showed the financial affairs of the association to be in a highly prosperous condition. The fig- ures presented were as follows: Total receipts $4,527.50 " Disbursements 2,089.80 Balance $2,437.70 The report was highly gratifying to the association and was received with applause and a vote of thanks to Treas- urer Eckerson. The Chairman of the Committee on Legislation, George W. Bremer, Jr., Philadelphia made a verbal report, stating that the president's address embodied the report of this committee, and that there was no further written report to make. The statement was received and entered on the minutes. Chairman Batroff, of the Conference Committee, made a report in writing, which was accepted and ordered filed by the secretary. S. Major Newbourg, Chairman of the Transportation Committee, reported progress, and took occasion to say that the matter of rates on carloads of to- bacco, had been taken up, but that in view of the fact that railroads were now being actively legislated against, bis committee could report only pro- gress. At the suggestion of John R. Young, the regular order of business was sus- pended and the order of new business was taken up. Joseph Cullman, Jr., offered a resolu- ation that a Committee on Resolutions be appointed, to consist of one delegate from each principal point, and that to this committee should be referred, in writing, from members, such items of business as it was desired to bring be- fore the convention. The Chair ap- pointed the following committee: Joseph F. Cullman, Jr., New York. Geo. W. Bremer, Jr., Philadelphia. John Staun, Cincinnati. Samuel Sternfeld, Chicago. Stanley N. Krohn, Dayton. Morris Rosenthal, Lancaster. I. L. Kemper, Baltimore. Several members offered verbal sug- gestions, but the Chair referred them to the Resolution Committee. Pwd. Cranz, whose voice was a trifle |>»"ky, but who had a taste for appetiz- ing Ucteals. suggested that the mem- b«w could undoubtedly do better work »tter "wetting their whistles," and the suggestion was adopted by adjourning «ntil 2 o'clock. »t was announced, however, by the cnairman, that the afternoon session would be called to order promptly, and ?" ^'^re urged to be punctual, as much Dusiness was before the convention and «e time was none too long. Monday Afternoon Session. One of the most pleasing incidents of the afternoon session was the atten- dance of Mr. Bijur, and promptly at the hour set for the Convention to re- convene, the delegates were called to order by Vice-President Newbourg, but upor the arrival of President Bijur the chair was turned over to him, and upon taking the position called for the report of the Resolution Committee, which was ready within a few minutes. Vice President Newbourg stated that he had during the intermission added the name of the association's Washing- ton representative to the Committee on Resolutions, which action was freely accepted. A resolution offered by F. M. Dol- bere, of New York, touching on excess shrinkagf. was allowed to await the report of the Committee on Resolu- Leopold Loeb Philadelphia Visitor tions. That committee then presented a series of repolutions, which it was de- cided to take seriatim for consideration. At this juncture Field Marshal Sig- mund Rosenwald entered the meeting hall, and was heartily greeted by all. He was given a seat of honor on the platform to the right of President Bijur. and remained about an hour. The series of resolutions were then taken up for consideration, the first of which was as follows: "Whereas, In the execution of our legislative policy at Washington, and especially in combating the Philippine Tariff Bdl and the so-called Free Leaf Bill, we had the co-operation and sup- port of certain Senators and Represen- tatives, without regard t) party. "Therefore be it Resolved, That this Association tenders its cordial thanks to those Senators and Representatives who have assisted us and we hereby pledge them our support." Some discussion resulted on this resolution. Several delegates thought that the Senators and Representatives who had supported the association's fight against the Philippine Tariff Bill and the Free Le^f Bill, should be named personally lo the resolutions. After Messrs. Newburgh, Rothschild, Young and others discussed the situa- tion, and explanations having been made that the officers of the association would communicate the resolution to such Senators and Representatives per- sonally, the resolution was allowed to stand as presented. Mr. Newburgh, of Cincinnati, had brought out the point that inasmuch as the resolution pledged the support of the trade, the members of the trade could not intelligently support such Congressmen unless the names were made known. Vote of Thanks to Mr. Bijur. A resolution of thanks to President Bijur was received with applause, and given the unanimous endorsement of the association. It read as follows : "Whereas, Our President, Mr. A. Bijur, has exercised to the best of his ability, his power in our interest, and freely given us his time, _,. ^ ^u "Therefore, be it Resolved. That the National Cigar Leaf Tobacco Associa- tion extend their heartiest thanks. The next resolution was one endorsing the administration of the Internal Revenue Bureau by the Hon. John W. Yerkes, who has recently resigned as Commissioner. The resolution reads: "Whereas. The Honorable John W. Yerkes, late Commissioner of Internal Revenue, has tendered his resignation ; and "Whereas, Throughout his incum- bency of his important office he has at all times extended every possible courtesy to the representatives of the trade in acting upon questions of in- terest to the trade. "Therefore, be it Resolved. That we extend to him our hearty congratu- la'ions upon his administration and ex- press our regret at his retirement." This resolution was adopted by a unanimous vote. The next resolution presented was the following: "Whereas. The Administration at Washington is now contemplating the revision of the existing Cuban Treaty, "Therefore he it Resolved. That the Legislative Committee of this Associa- tion be instructed to make every pos- sible effort to secure the incorporation therein of a specific uniform rate of duty on leaf tobacco imported from Cuba into the United States, which rate shall apply reciprocally to the im- portation of tobacco from the United States into Cuba." Mr. Newburgh. Cincinnati, thought that similar resolutions had been adop- ted at previous meetings, but never be- fore had any specific rate of duty been named or urged. L. R. Eisenbrand Philadelphia Visitor Mr. Fox stated that no resolutions in this particular shape had ever before been adopted. Mr. Eckerson, Philadelphia, in taking exception to the adoption of Ihe meas- ure, said that the diversity of interests had been heretofore of such a nature that upon attempting any specific rate, heated discussions had followed which came near disrupting the organization, and he did not deem it a wise move. Mr. Rothschild. New York, stated that it was an established fact that the average duty paid on Havana tobacco was 36 to 38 cents per pound and that no harm could therefore come from tha adoption of this resolution. President Bijur, taking the floor, ex- plained that so far as having any speci- fic legislation enacted, the Association did not hav e enough strength in point of numbers and that no one could rea- sonably expect any such changes as were outlined . What was more to be feared was the possibility of a cut in> the import duty on cigats from Cuba, without giving our trade any greater degree of reciprocity. Cuba has im- posed a duty of $5 on tobacco from the United States, and if Cuba wanted any more favors shown, she must make concessions in more reasonable confor- mity. His remarks were roundly ap- plauded. The resolution was finally adopted. Considerable interest was manifested in the subject of excess shrinkage of weight, which was presented in the- following resolution : "Be it Resolved, That the sense of this Convention is in conformity with the resolution passed by the New York Leaf Tobacco Board of Trade, regard- ing the question of excess s rinkage; and be it Resolved, That we adopt as our usage their retolutirn. Excess, shrinkage to a limit of three (3) per cent, shall be settled for by the seller at the price Marked Weight of ihe goods sold, because it is always pos- sible, where a shrinkage is guaranteed in good faith, that the shrinkage may fall short of the gurantee by that amount. Where shrinkage exceeds by three (3) per cent, the guarantee, the allowance to the purchaser for the excess shrinkage shall be made by the seller on the original re-weight base of price." The next resolution was a vote of thanks to the trade press, and read as follows : "Be it Resolved, That it is the sense- of the Convention to thank the trade papers for their courtesy in the past year." This resolution, too, was passed un- animously. Covering the transfer of goods itt bond, the following resolution waa presenttd : "Whereas, The present regulation of the Treasury Department as to the transfer of goods in bond is highly un- satisfactory, be it Resolved, That the Legislative Committee be instructed to confer with the Treasury officials in order to discuss with them the advipa- bility of changing same so that the liabilities for the duties on the part of the original importer shall terminate immediately upon the transfer in bond of such goods to the buyer." There was unanimous concurrence in. this resolution also. The following resolution received! hearty endorsement. "Whereas, It is of vital importance, to the interests of the National Cigar Leaf Tobacco Association to have as large a membership as possible. "Therefore, be it Resolved. That there be appointed a committee of nine with power to add to its membership, whose duty it shall be to make vigorous efforts to cause every city in which cigar leaf tobacco is handled to become affiliated with this Association." I Joseph Mendelsohn Member New York Board (Continued on page 18a) We believe In Honesty, Good Workmanship, at fair prices to all. Correspondence Solicited THE OLD HONESTY CIGAR BOX CO.. C. W. Bucks, Gen. M^r. Rear 634 Washiniiton Street, Reading, Pa. g^^ THE TOBACCO W ORL D ^^B. The Miami Valley Leaf Tobacco Co. ALLEN H. REEDER DAYTON, OHIO STANLEY M. KROHN Packers of Cigar Leaf Tobacco 1903-4-5 Zimmer Spanish, 1905 Gebhardt, 1905 Dutch, 1905 Connecticut, etc. FARNHAM & REYNOLDS Home Office: ADDISON, N. Y. Packers of Tinest Big Flats and OnondagaL Tobaeco CONNECTICUT HAVANA SEED Warehouses ( Addison, IN. Y. Bid Fiats. N. Y. Meridian. N. Y. E. Hartford. Conn. T. J. DUNN & CO. Makers of the BACHELOR CIGAR 401-40S E. 91st Street. NEW YORK Perfect Bunching Mach SIZE, 16 BY 10 INCHES- --WEIGHT, 18 POUNDS D-ar Sir :— You may have used Bunching Machines, and they may J not have been satisfactory. Neither were the first mowing machines, or the first sewing machines ; but could the farmer today get along with- out a mowing machine, or your wife gflt along without a sewing machine? They are both Simply Perfect, and do all that is asked of them. That is the story of our Bunching Machine; it is simply perfect, and we call it the PERFECT BUNCHING MACHINE, and it does everything that is asked of it. Now, if this little machine is all we say it is (and we are pre- pared to prove it), and will help you to make more money than you are now making, help you to increase your output and effect a saving in cost of production, you surely, as a business man, should be willing to let us tell you more about it. Will you write us? Or, call at our factory. No. 132 South Sixth Street. Philadelphia, any day, and see this machine in practical operation. Yours respectfully, G6e PERFECT BUNCHING MACHINE CO. HAVANALLIN Js Guaranteed to be the Most Powerful and hasting Havana Cigar Flavor ever produced. We Sell It, Acme Extract & Chemical Works E. G. EGKERT, Proprietor. 18 Hanover, Pa. Graft in Trust Stores. San Francisco, Gal., April 29. The United Cigar Company has found that it is no exception to the general rule of graft. For some time the managers of two of the stores have noticed shortages in the returns aggre- gating considerable amounts. E. A. Jacobs, head of the firm's detectives in New York, was summoned to this city to investigate the matter. His work resulted in the arrest of E. A. Lynn, an employe at the Fillmore and Sutter street store, and Frank Fisher, working at Turk and Van Ness, both being booked on the charge of misdemeanor embezzlement. Lynn, when questioned, denied any knowledge of the affair, but Fisher, who was arrested later in thft after- noon, admitted that it was he who was the guilty man. The date of the trial has not yet been set. Japanese Buying Tobacco. Columbus, O., May 3. Michio Tomito, a member of the commission appointed by the Japanese Government to purchase tobacco in America for the Government factories, was in Columbus yesterday on his return from Richmond, Va., where the commission has been placing heavy orders for tobacco. The tobacco trade in Japan is a Government monopoly and is a great bringer of revenue to the kingdom. The Government has its own factories, in which millions of cigarettes are made and also other forms of manufactured tobacco. T. Abe made a long study of the tobacco trade for the Government, and on his recommendation the Jap- anese monopoly was modeled after that of France. The Government appointed a com- mission consisting of T. Abe, K. Ikeda, B. Uyeda, T. Matsumyra and Michio Tomito to purchase tobacco direct from the producers for the government fac- toiies. Mr. Abe died last January from typhoid fever, but the other members of the commission have been busy in the South, where they have purchased thousands of pounds of tobacco. In all it is said that the Japanese Government will spend millions of dol- lars in America for tobacco. Snuff Company to Make Cans. New York, May, 3. An official of the American Snuff Co. stated that the management has de- cided to erect a factory at Nashville, Tenn., for the manufacture of snuff cans in order to keep pace with the growth of the company's business. The capacity of the plant will be 18,- 000,000 cans a year, and five diflFerent sizes will be made. The output will supply the big snuff factories of the company in the State of Tennessee. The company at present has two plants for the manufacture of cans, one at Baltimore, Md., and another at Hel- metta, N. J. Rutherford, Constitution, Hunter — a strong trio. El Draco Ciijar Mfif. Co., Philada. DEATH OF GODFREY HARRIS Chicago's Olilest Cigar Manufac< turer. Chicago, 111., May 3. After an illness of a few days, God- frey Harris died at his home, 5543 Michigan avenue last week from an attack of heart trouble. Mr. Harn'g who was 68 years of age, was the oldest cigar manufacturer in the city, but retired from active business six years ago on account of failing eyesight. At the time the Western News Company was inaugurated he was the manager of the cigar branch. Among the down- town wholesale houses Mr. Harris was well known. He came to Chicago in 1861 and had lived here continuously ever since. His three children were born where The Hub now stands and which at that time was the center of the residence section. In Philadelphia, his birthplace, and from where he came to Chicago, the family is of old standing. 72,000 Acres Pledged. Lexington, Ky., May 3. It is estimated that 72.00( acres of the 1907 crop of white Burley tobacco has been pledged to the pool of the American Society of Equity. This is sixty-five per cent, of the entire crop and it is understood that additional pledges will be received in the near future. In 1906 only fifty-five percent, of the crop was pledged. rA.HUSSEvI LEAFTOMOiOfll THE BEST ORGANIZED MOST COMPLETE AND LARGEST MAIL OKDEE LEAF TOBACCO^^ ESTABLISHMENT IH r AMERICA ^ NEW YORK ' CHICAGO i ST. LOUIS J THE TOBACCO WORLD Taussig's Three Resolutions.^ Wm. Taussig, of Chicago, oflfered three resolutions which were the source of much amusement. The first of these was as follows: ••Resolved That this Association nlftce in Washington a representative K whom all complaints regarding delay S receiving freight, overcharges and exorbitant rates may be referred, in order to place them before the Govern- ment. that they may be adjusted quickly." . * „ J Considerable discussion followed, with the final result that it was re- ferred to the Committee on Resolutions, the cost of duty, but with a lower duty, other grades could be secured, because the high duty would then no longer be an important factor." Vetterlein Makes Urgent Plea. In support of the resolution then be- fore the meeting, Julius Vetterlein, of Philadelphia, made a very strong plea. He spoke as follows : "Sumatra tobacco is as necessary to the cigar manufacturers of the United States as bread is to a man as the staff of life. There is no possible use for a duty of $1.85 on tobacco. There is no good reason why such a duty should be in effect or operation. At least I do of the industry. It would not affect the clear Havana manufacturer to any material extent, but would benefit the masses who are now suffering under the prevailing high prices for all kinds of leaf. Wm. Spitzner, of New York, offered an amendment by adding to the original resolution a few words to make the resolution read, that the action was taken, not as a menace to growers, but with a view to their, possibly, greater aid. The suggestion was roundly ap- plauded, and had the same effect as po jring oil on troubled waters, for from The Philippine Bill. The resolution concerning the Philip- pine bill was then again brought up- and also brought out considerable dis- cussion. The chief speaker on the resolution- this time was H. S. Rothpchild. H» said he merely wanted to more clearly define his personal opinion concerning the measure, and also his attitude so far as the Association was concerned. The Association had been treating it from a purely commercial standpoint, and as a merchant himself he preferred to stand by the organization, yet he who reported the following, which was ^^^ ^y^:^^^ j^ jg ^^ ^jj neceseary to have ^^^^ ?'"^e on, the dawn of an amicable f^^. j^. ^ ^^^y ^y^^^y^ ^j^,^ country now finally adopted : "Resolved, That all members of the Association are invited to file all com- nlsints of any nature in regard to the conduct of common carriers with the Transportation Committee of this As- sociation, who are hereby authorized in their discretion to forward all appro- such a duty on tobacco. For years we have sat here as leaf dealers and cigar manufacturers, and have been paying tribute to the plutocrats and money in- terests of the country ; the comoina- tions of wealth which today have the manufacturing interests of this country by the throat. Give every man an op- Se"complaTiit8 to the Association's portunity to secure his freedom ; give SashinKton representative, for con- him a chance to make a decent living, f^rence with the Inter-State Commerce and in order that this may be accom- Smmisiion officials, and- that the plished I urge you let us all stand to- gecretary bp instructed to send a copy gether and knife the detestable, exces- of the resolution to the secretary of sive tariff on leaf tobacco ; let us de- eachlooal board." stroy it. Mr. Taussig's next motion was that all the goods should hereafter be sold at actual weight. After more or less humorous discussion the matter was tabled, on motion of F. Eckerson. A third motion by Mr. Taussig, that in the opinion of the Convention, Cuba should be annexed to the United SUtee, was also tabled for twelve months. "So long as we are going to have it," said Mr. Taussig, "let us not be slow to ask for it. We may as well know now if we'll get it, as later." Specific Uniform Duty. When a resolution was offered by Fred. Cranz. favoring a specific uni- form rate of duty of 50 cents per pound, it brought forth the livelist discussions of the day, and at times were so animated that the hall fairly rung from the echoes of the speakers. Joseph Mendelsohn was among the first speakers favoring the adoption of the resolution, and said he thought it an excellent move at this time, and it would meet with much less opposition than heretofore, because general con- ditions were never before the same as now. H. S. Rothschild spoke at some length and outlined the fact that farmers had always been successful in effectively blocking any such steps, because they outnumbered the tobacco interests, and were for that reason politically more influencial. yet he thought they could be made to see that a lower duty on Sumatra tobacco would undoubtedly be a benefit to them in raising domestic leaf because it would make a better price for domestic tobacco more easily possible. "It is the manufacturer." •aid he, "whose interests must be also taken into consideration and protected *8 far as possible." Continuing he ■■'d: "It is not reasonable to assume that with a lower rate of duty on Su- fflatra tobacco, other tobacco would soon "w in price, so that the manufacturer would not benefit after all. Nor would ^ be possible for German or other Manufacturers to capture all the Suma- tra tobacco, for the reason that with a 'ower rate of duty, the necessity of "lying for American manufacturers "I hope the members of this organiz- ation- every one— will make a start for progress by supporting the present resolution. No man can contend that in the filler growing States and the binder growing States such action would bring about any possible injury, and certainly not in the States of Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania and Wiscon- sin. While the present rate of duty may, perhaps, be of some benefit to Connecticut, it is so devilishly little that it does not amount to anything. (Applause) "Gentlemen, I hope we will be able some day to cut out this excessive tariff on leaf tobacco." Mr. Taussig, of Chicago, thought a compromise rate of $1.00 would be more beneficial. His suggestion did not meet with much encouragement, and was allowed to die of inanition. During the progress of the discussion certain remarks had been heard slightly casting reflections upon the results the organization had thus far achieved. That brought Mr. Young, Philadelphia, solution to a somewhat critical moment, seemed nearer at hand. Mr. Bijur then took occasion to in- form the assemblage that the passing of such a resolution cannot become of any practical value. "If you go to Washington," ssid he, "with a propo- sition looking toward a reduction in duty, upon the plea that the industry is suffering, while the increase in pro- duction increasing at its pres*«nt rapid rate, your pleas will fall upon deaf e!»rs; because, in the first place the Government loves its revenues, and secondly the numerical strength of the growers would far outnumber us. and virtually render our position untenable, and leave us powerless in accomplishing anything." After a long controversy it was finally decided to reiterate the same resolution as adopted a year ago, while in conven- tion assembled at Dayton, but with the paragraph referring to Cuba stricken out. But even this was not accom- plished until a division of the vote had been called for, and it was definitely ascertained that the vote stood 20 to 17 in favor of adopting the substitution to Mr. Cranz's original resolution. The resolution finally adopted reads as follows : "Resolved. That in the case of a re- vision of the tobacco schedule tariff we recommend adoption of a all imported of the to Congress the uniform rate of duty on unstemmed cigar leaf to- to his feet, to explain that with refer- bacco not to exceed $1.85 per pound ence to the insinuations that certain resolutions passed repeatedly from year to year, had not only not been ineffec- tive, but that practical results had been secured and that further results were obtainable to benefit perhaps nine- tenths of the members of the trade in the entire United States. The Asso- ciation is not for the benefit of any one individual only, but as a trade organ- ization for the benefit of the trade at large. "It is a matter of record" said he, "that I personally had heretofore not favored such a step as was then be- fore the house but he thought the time was opportune, and hoped to see the resolution before the meeting adopted at this session, so that the strength of the possible opposition to such action could be more definitely ascertained, and the whole trade find out about where it really stands." Julius Lichtenstein expressed excep- tions to a statement made that Sumatra was really the only wrapper tobacco. • ' Florida, ' ' he said, " will be grown that will simply astound the American man- ufacturers, and which will compete with any imported tobacco ever grown in Sumatra." Joseph T. Cullman, New York, spoke The meeting was then adjourned un- til 10 30 Tuesday morning. Tuesday Morning Session. May 7. The session this morning was taken up at 11 o'clock, when Chairman Jos- eph Cullman. Jr., of the Resolution Committee, presented several new res- olutions, the first of which was to authorize the retention of the services by the National Cigar Leaf Tobacco Association, of its Washington repre- sentative, which was promptly adopted. Urge Revision of Internal Reve- nue Law. Another resolution was as follows: "Whereas. It is the sense of this Convention that the Internal Revenue Laws are inadequate and antiquated, "Therefore, be it Resolved. That the Legislative Committee be instructed to confer with the Commissioner of Inter- nal Revenue and endeavor to secure from him a recommendation to Con- gress for a revision of the Internal Revenue Laws in accordance with the needs of our industry." A motion was made by one of the dele- owed the Filipinos, from moral and other standpoints, to extend some fur- ther concessions than they have thus far had. "He felt," he said, "that in reality the more goods this country had, of whatever class, the more extended the industry would become, and that there was no real cause for alarm from Philippine concessions. Mr. Taussig, in referring to the resolution said, the only thing that he feared was that the trade would have to pray to God Almighty, that we were rid of the Philippines, and that he wished to God we were rid of them al- ready. The resolution was then adopted, and reads as follows : "Be it Resolved. That the Legislative Committee of this Association is hereby instructed to continue to make all hon- orable efforts to prevent the passage of the Philippine Tariff Bill and the so- called Free Leaf Bill." A recess was then taken until 2.30 o'clock, when the election of oflBcers etc., will be taken up. Tuesday Afternoon Session. The afternoon session, which was the closing session of the meeting, was called to order at 2.80 o'clock, when a new resolution was offered by Mr. Young, of Philadelphia, for a uniform rate of duty in substitute of the resola- tion passed at the morning session, the original resolution having been re-called for consideration. The resolution was adopted and rrads as follows : "Resolved. That we re-aflRrm our- former position relative to the rate of > duty on unstemmed tobacco, which is, that we are in favor of a uniform rate, and that the Legislative Committee be instructed to secure from Congress, iiv case of a revision of the tariff, as low a rate as possible, and which shall be consistent with the interests of all branches of our industry." Election of Officers. In the election of oflficers to serve for the ensuing year, which followed im- mediately after the disposition of the above mentioned resolution, there was brought out a little more animation than had been anticipated. Nominations for the office of Presi- dent were declared in order, and Mr. Eckerson, of Philadelphia, then placed in nomination the name of Louis New- burgh, of Cincinnati. H. S. Roths- child, of New York, named Joseph F. Cullman. Jr. John R. Young, of Phila- delphia, placed in nomination the name of Felix Eckerson, of Philadelphia. gates to re-consider the resolution con- Wm. Taussig, of Chicago, nominated cerning uniform rate of duty passed at Wm. Spitzner, of New York. Both of yesterday afternoon's session, and al- the last named gentlemen, however. ®^ly certain grades of Sumatra, would in favor of the resolution and hoped it though it was duly seconded according declined the proffered nomination, be eliminated. At present every pound would be passed believing it would be to requirements of parii men tary rules. That left Newburgh and Cullman as bought for this country must be worth for the general good of the trade, and it was ordered tabled by a vote of 23 the apparently available candidates. *t least $1.85 in order to clear itself on would not materially affect any branch against 17 in favor of re-consideration. In Mr. Newburgh was found a man 18a I THE TOBACCO WO RL of the widest experience, high success in business life, and by reason of his close and intimate connections with the workings of the Association ever since its incipiency, which occurred in Phila- delphia eight years ago, he is a man eminently qualified to undertake the leadership of the organization. In Mr. Cullman was found a man possessed of youth, energy, intelligence and ambition, all essential requisites, and a man also well qualified for the place of honor. By a ballot vote, however, a majority was found for Cullman, who was duly declared elected, and promptly called to the chair, which he accepted with grace and dignity. John Staun, a well known leaf dealer, of Cincinnati, wa s elected Vice-Presi- dent, and amid much applause Charles Fox again accepted the nomination and election to succeed himself as Sec- retary. Eckerson Carries Money Bag. Felix Eckerson, of Philadelphia, who has been the Association's Treasurer ever since the death of the late Walter G. Wilson, of Philadelphia, was again elected Treasurer, by a unanimous vote. ^, A committee of five was appointed as a Nominating Committee to name a board of nine directors, to serve for •the ensuing year. The committee consisted of A. Bijur, John' R. Young, I. L. Kemper, George M. Burger, Samuel Sternfeld. Their delib -rations resulted in naming the following board, all of whom were elected. V Directors. John R. Young, Philadelphia; Ferd Opp, St. Louis ; I. H. Weaver, Lancas- ter; A. Cohn, New York; W. J. Lucas- witz, Dayton ; B. Hass, Hartford ; Wm. I'aussig, Chicago ; Frank Inksater, El- mira. Annual Meeting Date Changed. " While the Nominating Committee was in session a resolution was offered by Charles E. Long, of Lancaster, to Suspend the rules as governed by the present by-laws, and that the date of holding the annual meeting should be changed from the first Monday to the second Monday in May, which was adopted. Minor Committees. The new Board of Directors promptly organized tu name the minor commit- tees, the result of which was as fol- lows: Legislative :— A. Bijur. New York; Julius Vetterlein. Philadelphia; A. W. Gieske. Baltimore ; George M. Burger, Cincinnati, and Joseph F. Cullman, New York. Finance:— M. M. Fry. Lancaster; Henry Meyer. West Alexanderia, O., and J. W. Sneeringer, Baltimore. Trade Representation :— Rollin H. Mills. Cleveland ; John H. Meyer, Chi- cago; and Marco Fleischman, New York. Arbitration :— Sigmund Rosenwald, New York ; James Ertheiler, New York ; Harry S. Rothschild, New York ; E. A. Calve<^, Philadelphia ; Julius Frei, Cincinnati ; Charles Semon, Cleveland ; B. Rothschild, Chicago ; Thomas Mein- inger, St. Louis and Charles E. Long, Lancaster. Credentials :— A. F. Rico, Boston; Morris Rosenthal, Lancaster; L. A. Wheeler, Troy, O. ; Samuel Sternfeld, Chicago and Fred W. Miller, Cincin- nati. Conference :— J. S. Batroff, Philadel- phia ; Ferd Cranz, New York, and A. H. Reeder, Dayton. 18b Transportation:— Louis Newburgh, Hamilton, O. ; Stanley M. Krohn, Day- ton; Carl Vogt, Jr., New York; Harry W. Bremer, Philadelphia, and Meyer Jaskulek, Cleveland. Insurance :—F. M. Dolbeer, New York; George W. Bremer, Jr., Phila- delphia, and Wm. Taussig, Chicago. Grateful Recognition. A vote of thanks was tendered all re- tiring officials for their energy and ef- fort in promoting the welfare of the or- ganization. A vote of thanks was also tendered the'New York Board for the royal en- tertainment and extreme hospitality shown delegates and visitors. Philadelphia Next Year. At the suggestion of Morris Rosen- burg, on behalf of the Philadelphia delegation, it was decided to hold the next convention in Philadelphia in 1908. Adjournment. The meeting was then adjourned, to re-convene on the second Monday in May, 1908. THE WORK OF THE ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE. Hippodrome Show for the Delegates. Jolly Smoker at Burns's. Brilliant Banquet at the Knickerbocker. The princely entertainment arranged for the pleasure of the visiting dele- gates to the National Cigar Leaf To- bacco Association, and friends of the organization, was the talk and faorable comment of every one having the pleasure of attending any or all of the social features. When it became known that Mr. Jos- eph F. Cullman, was chairman of that committee it was at once evident that the boys would have the time of their lives, and they had judged aright. The social ball was started by invit- ing all visitors to participate in a per- formance at the Hippodrome, which was largely attended, and most thoroughly enjoyed. In fact it was an innovation and agreeable surprise to some of the out of town visitors, who had never before had the opportunity of witnessing a performance of that class. Everybody Welcome at Burns's. The smoker given at Burns's was an extension of an already large evening's pleasure. Great care was exercised by Mr. Cullman in seeing that every guest at the theatre performance was guided to Burns's, and it is safe to say that not a single person was omitted. The semi-private room in which the smoker was given had been tastefully decorated, an elegant luncheon was served, and after the night was more Chan half over the party repaired to their respective hotels, somewhat fa- tigued, perhaps, but thoroughly well pleased with the night's outing. The Banquet. The banquet tendered by the New York Leaf Tobacco Board of Trade at one of the palatial parlors of the Knickerbocker Hotel was fairly daz- zling in its brilliancy. The room was in itself very beautifully and richly decorated. At an early hour the spacious corri- dors of the Knickerbocker began to take on an apperance presaging in a measure something of the festivities which were to follow. Not only were practically all of the delegates in evi- dence, but as the hands of the clock ap- proached the hour set for the banquet many other faces familiar to the trade were seen. Prominent men gathered in groups and mingling with one an- other the conversation flowed along channels conducive to the establish- ment of better future relations. It was, withal, one of the most, if not the most, important gathering, so far as sociability and general good fellow- ship were concerned, of the whole convention. Promptly at the hour set the call for the line of march to form came, and verily the fete had begun. As the doors swung on their hinges the first (and it will be a lasting one) view of the sumptuously appointed and decorated hall was disclosed, and presented a glittering array, of shimmering glass and shining sliver. This together with the setting of spotless linen, to say nothing of the floral decorations, formed a picture long to be remem- bered. It seemed a very short space of time, coffee and cigars reached, and order was called, and when quiet had been restored the speeches and real merri- ment of the evening was begun. It was an agreeable surprise that the conventional speech-making was dis- pensed with, and instead the committee had provided a vaudeville show, which continued until the wee hours of the morning, when the party finally dis- persed to seek their respective quarters and cherishing lasting remembrances of their visit to the only New York. Convention Side-Lights. Bert Weber, when excitement ran above normal during the caucussing for the presidency, stood near the chair ready to play pacificator and fireman —with the pitcher of drinking water on the officers' table. Ferd Cranz's only complaint about Convention Hall was. that the stair- way was too steep and too narrow to drive in conveniently in an automobile. Joseph Cullman, Jr.. had scarcely warmed in the President's seat before he showed that he was alive to the im- portance of starting parental training early. When Cullman pere arose and interposed an objection to serving on the Legislative Committee, the new Chairman promptly informed him that he did not propose to begin his presi- dency by granting favors on the grounds of personal acquaintanceship, and particularly not where no other reason than the parental relationship could be urged. It reminded old base- ball patrons of the time when Pop Anson captained the Rockford Nine, in which the elder Anson was a fielder and, after filial admonition, not seldom administered nor sparingly, would has- ten to play "sit down. Smith." without sassing back, when ordered to the bench. "A chip off the old block" was the way Anson pere apologized to outsiders for his son's rigid adherence to discipline. Has Joseph. Jr., been reading baseball history? John W. Merriam's famous bull dog, King Lud, has a grouch, as an after- math of the Convention. His majegtj would have liked if he received the in. pointment of Sergeant- at- Arms. toA feels slighted at having failed to r«. ceive at least an invitation to cotne u^ stairs during any of the sessions. Ex- President Bijur. for a mild man- nered man, can knock heapee tnuchee talkee out of a chairman's gavel. Ex- Vice-President Louis Newburgh Cincinnati, took home with him the sincere regard of every delegate to the Convention. None regretted more pro- foundly than the twenty-six delegates who thought the presidency should re- main at least one more year in New York, that there had not been two presidents instead of one to vote for - and the Association's Constitution, not their hearts, is responsible for their votes. OBITUARY. Charles E. Halliwell, Vice-President of the American Tobacco Co.. died sud- denly, in New York Monday evening last, while at the dinner table and sur> rounded by members of his family and some friends. Mr. Halliwell, who had a keen appreciation of wit and humor, had barely concluded relating to the company assembled a story that had amused him immensely when he heard it, and they had hardly had time to share his enjoyment of it before he was stricken with apoplexy and col- lapsed in his chair. Medical aid. which was close at hand, was instantly sum- moned, but it was unavailing, and in a few minutes life was extinct, Mr. Halliwell's immediate family, business associates, and wide circle of personal friends in New York, have been prostrated and stunned by the suddenness of the event; and as the news spreads elsewhere, among those who knew and loved him as man and friend, many more mourners will join in sorrow with those near at hand when the blow fell. Mr. Halliwell who was born in Eng- land, about fifty years ago. though he looked all of ten years younger, came to America at a very early age, and, in the early '70's entered the employ of Price, Harris & Co.. tobacco manu- facturers, of St. Louis, as shipping clerk, which included besides, almost all kinds of work in the warehouse. The firm shortly became N. Harris & Co.. and subsequently failed, through outside financial complications of its head. James P. Litton, now of the Floradora Co.. was its bookkeeper, and before Mr. Halliwell's employment, was both bookkeeper and shipping clerk. After its aflFairs were wound up Mr. Litton was employed as bookkeeper by Liggett & Myers Co., and after be- ing a year out of the business, Mr. Halliwell also landed there, in charge of the leaf sorting room, whence from one position he advanced in succession to others more important, until he had become head of the entire manufactur- ing department several years before the American Tobacco Co. bought the great St. L^uis company, which in the meantime had changed its first name to the Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co. Both the Harris factory and Liggett & Myers Co.'s first ones, were insignifi- cant affairs, compared with what the latter became. Since coming to New York. Mr. Halliwell's success was even more striking than in St. Louis, but the f«^ ulous newspaper stories of his wealth are absurd, and to none were they more distasteful than to himself, who was one of the most modest of men. Self-made men are not always tW most congenial, nor the most thoughtful of others ; but no such charge could rest against Charles E. Halliwell. None better knew, than he. how steep, and hard to climb, the ladder of success i». and none were more ready to extend » helping hand to those upon its lower rounds, or farther away from it. *"' tensely domestic in taste and feelio*' and of generous disposition, he was » devoted husband and parent, a true »oo faithful friend and neighbor. »««' • worthy citizen. j ti. «- The funeral services were held Tnun^ day morning, and the offices of •^ii American Tobacco Co. were closed « that day as a tribute of respect. For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, to »o M^M^s^MTtT^vT Monroe D. Sellers. KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO.. SELLERSVILLE. PA. '^^m THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^»! J. B. MILLEYSACK Manufacturer of p";;i„^.s:r" CIGARS No. 821 Lake Street LANCASTER, PA. Correspondence with the Jobbing Trade solicited. J . .«ucr» 40Q0 INCORPORATED 1902 ESTABLISHED 1889 A. B. HESS CIGAR CO. SUCCESSORS TO J. E. Sherts & Co, LANCASTER, PA. Manufacturers of High Grade Seed and Havana All Jobbers Who Handle Travellers Tips Say it Always Moves Well ''A Good Five Cent Cigar Abbott Cigar Co. ABBOTTSTOWN. PA. ^^^^^^ Cigars E. RENNINGER Established 1889 Manufacturer of High and Medium Grade Cig. ars Strictly Union-Made Goods. DCIlVer, P^l • Ik^-W "■•■•- CORRESPONDENCE INVITED FROM RESPONSIBLE HOUSES The Gilt Edge vCigar Box Facfory CIGAR BOXES SHIPPING CASES LABELS EDGINGS RIBBONS J. FRANK BOWMAN Cigar Manufacturers' SUPPLIES of All Kinds 51 Market Street LANCASTER. PA. Daily Capacity: Five Thousand Boxes 322-326 E.23«PST. 5AMPLE5& PRICES ' FURNISHED .. UPON Applicatioh IN STOCK. TO ORDER CIGAR LABELS J ■ c-* .<^ • ' I It Will Remove Rankness from Tobacco Take Away Mustiness and Give Ciiiars Havana Flavor. CHASKEL'S SPANISH BETUNE Is specially adapted to give that Peculiar Sourish Effect desired. Chaskel's Flavors the Cheapest in the market, considering what they do, A Card Will firing More Information and Prices^ Chaskel Chemical Works 265 West Broadway, New York CIOAR*ToaA<^ p The Ideal Gi^ar Made in an Ideal Way Stephen Day dc. Brand Is Strictly Union Made Ideal Gi^ar Go. CENTENNIAL, PA. CIGAR BOXES mnoisor luirisnc aCAR UBELS SKETCHES'Aini QUOTATIONS niRNUNED WRITE FOB RIBBON PRICES Our Capacity for Manufacturing Cigar Boxes Is— ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE GOOD CUSTOMER Monroe D. Sellers, Sellersville, Pa. THE TOBACCO WORLD Growers and Packers of HIGHEST GRADES CONNECTICUT HAVANA SEED The Krohn Tobacco Co. (of WINDSOR, CONN.) Our Plantations are in the most famous growing section Fine Handling Superb Quality Address: F. B. GRIFFIN. Manager. NORTH BLOOMFIELD, CONN. -OR- A. H. REEDER, President, P. 0. BOX 574. DAYTON. 0. >^f r\ iKWA Established 1895 Telephone Connection T. L. ADAIR Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Red Lion, Pa. Special Lines for the Jobbing Trade W. W. STEWART & SON Reading, Pa. Makers of the JOHN HAY LADY HELEN lOc. JOHN HAY, Jr. ELI PERKINS Hi^h Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Correapondence with Responsible Houses Solicited L. J. SMITH & CO. Wholesale Cigar Manufacturers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Red Lion, Pa. With SpccUUy Desliined Bands. and PAN ANNA 5c. Cidars TWO HAVANAS Two for Five Gents Correipondence with Reipon.ible Houa.t ■olicil«4. Private Brands made to order. the sale of this cigarette owing to the good profit in it for them. Brother Weislow, repersenting Hull, Grummond & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., is still here plugging the Flor de Franklin. Judge Day, Rail Splitter, Union Leagues are selling as well as ever in this territory. Fred A. Junisky is now representing the Greater Boston cigar about town. Max Gold, who recently accepted a position as city salesman with the J. F. REICHARD Wholesale Dealer in LEAF TOBACCO of All Grades Craley, Penna^ SMITH BROS. STILL HOPEFUL IN BOSTON. They have purchased the wall cases formerly used by the United in the Waiting for Business the Good Bowdoin Square store, just vacated. Weather Should Bring. f^^^^ ^'l^ ^° w'ir''''".f V^ sale on Cans Bros. William the Fourth [Boston Bureau "The Tobacco World" ^j^^,. Havana in the line of short 19 Devonshire Street] smokes. Epdruco, a 10 for 13 cent Boston, Mass., May 6. package, made by A. M. Pacholderi Although we have experienced a Co., Baltimore, Md., is taking hold slight touch of nice weather the past nicely. week it did not improve the retail cigar Sam Marcuson is a busy man now- business to any extent. The general adays, taking orders for the Samaris condition of the trade here is fair. The cigarettes. The retailers are pushing season so far has been backward and many retailers have been complaining. The usual contingent of drummers has been going the rounds. Cigarette sales- men are here in large numbers. The Boston retailers have started in this spring in making different window Astors and other brands of his firm's displays as often as twice a week ; a few manufacture. years ago about once a month would The orders have been coming in so do. fast of late at the Boston Smoker cigar The Bowdoin Square and the Journal factory that the Levenson Bros, have Building branches of the United have been forced to put on three more cigar- closed, and both the School street and maker?. the Court street stores will close on the i have not seen Billy Rosenfeld for 15th of the month. It is not expected some time and presume he must be that the United will open any more working the way down East trade, new stores here for some time, as the show cases and wall fixtures that re- mained in the stores already closed have either been sold or shipped to the New York headquarters Good Sumatra tobacco is very high here, but the price asked for seed leaf Carney Cigar Co., is making good has dropped considerably ; this refers Sheppy Rabinowich, the South End mostly to Havana fillers and the Con- wholesaler, has nicknamed the "Fore necticut broadleaf binders. I under- »n Aft" tobacco the "Now and Then" stand one can buy some nice Connecticut tobacco. broadleaf binders today at 3 to 35 The store of Ben Grossman, a retailer cents, which a few months ago would on Columbus avenue, was robbed last cost anywhere from 40 to 50 cents a week ; this is the second time within pound. gix weeks. The thieves took very little. The Tobacco Strippers' Union has j. white is now the city salesman for notified the cigar manufacturers that d. Bendetson, a Hanover street jobber, on and after June 1 they want an in- Mr. White has the necessary gab and crease in pay. The weekly workers gigm that tend to make a good sales- want a dollar more, and the piece man, and he no doubt will work up a workers | of a cent to 1 cent a pound, good trade for his employer, the former being for stripping seed There was a nice window display of fillers and the latter for stripping Ha- the La Flor de Franklin cigar Saturday vana fillers. It is an assured fact that at Barnard's Prime Cigar Depot, on the manufacturers will submit, for if Hanover street. A package of the they would not the cigarmakers could Franklin playing cards was given free not work with non-union strippers in to all purchasers of a quarter's worth the shop. of either the Franklin 5 cent cigar or The Boston Cigarmakers' Union is the Judge Day 10 cent cigar, both made doing the usual spring advertising, by Hull, Grummond & Co., Bingham- urging people to buy only union made cigarp. Some of our Boston dailies carried a quarter page advertisement of the Cigarmakers' Union this week. M. Barnett, of M. Barnett & Co., a Milk street leaf dealer, is at present on a buying expedition to New York. Max Zeugschmidt (whose nickname here is "Old Sport") is in town show- ing many new samples of cigars made pe;8"o7have "cloVed7d"eal fort'hepur by the American Stogie Co., (a branch ^^^^^ ^^ ^ controlling interest in the ^! ^ 11 -^""^^u _". ^-*_ . l^'.^^A'^^^"^.^ Cheyenne Cigar Factory and the cigar store on Ferguson street. Mr. ClarK* . ton, N. Y., of which Bieringer Bros. Co. are the distributors. C. C. Williams is doing some clever work on the Nestor cigarette about the city. Ben Mi. New Cheyenne Store. Cheyenne, Wyo., May 3. Capt. H. A. Clarke and Dwight Ap- Brokers in Domestic I IT" A 117 T/^D A i^^i^^i^ and Imported LE^/vF 1 VJD/vV^^l^ No. 1 7 Charter Street, Dayton, O. Ohio Goods Our Specialty 20 of business whenever he comes ; he is well liked and has a large number of friends in this market. Baker Bros, will shortly remove to their new store, 234 Hanover street. I-II TNTTtTD BEST FOR llUlM 1 llK A NICKEL is all to the front ; made by EL DRACO CIGAR. MFG. CO.. PhiUda. will be in charge of the business and Mr. Apperson will act as traveling representative for the firm. -The Kingsbaker Cigar Co., Sedalia. Mo., has increased its capital stock fro $5,000 to $15,000, all paid in. The com- pany claims to have no liabilities. THE TOBACCO WORLD Telephone Call, 432— B OHice and Warehouse: FLORIN, PA. Located on Main Line of Pennsylvania R. R. E. L. NISSLY York, Penna. We Make SCRAP FILLER for Cigar Manufacturers. D. ALEXANDER, Packer of and Dealer in LEAF TOBACX^O Jobber in Sumatra, Florida Sumatra and Havana Lemon and Arch Sts. THE TOBACC 0 WORLD %<»** «^ F« A ^4 rsi A fsi «ii CIGAR MAKING IN READING. Business in Factories Pretty Fair. Box Men Verify the Report. Reading, Pa., May 6. Cigar manufacturing in this section is still pretty good, although in the outlying districts there is some com- plaint heard. Local leaf jobbing houses are having a fair trade but they are not meeting with the same anxiety among manu- facturers wanting goods that they did a year ago. It is taking much more drumming to get orders than it did. There is one almost infallible rule to go by in getting at the accuracy of statements by manufacturers as regards business, and thit is if a truthful re- port can be secured from cigar box manufacturers. If cigar box manufac- turers have good orders, it can safely be depended upon that manufacturers of cigars have orders in hand, or they would certainly not be ordering boxes in any quantity. The cigar box people are at least moderately bupy at present, which practically verifies the state- ments made by the cigar manufac- turer?. The A. Thalheimer Mfg. Co. is cut- ting lar^e tracts of timber land on Mt. Penn. which is the property of Mr. A. Thalheimer. and is working it up into cigar box lumber. The tract consists of over 40 acres, and will make an im- mense amount of lumber, upon which there is a premium at present. Wm. F. Belleniere has opened a new store and cigar manufacturing estab- lishment at 76U Penn street. Quite a number of changes have taken place lately in local trade circles, and not a few manufacturers and retailers have gone out of business. The Fleck Cigar Co. is continuing to have a remarkable success on its lead- ing brands, prominent among which is the Eastern Buffalo, a nickel cigar. John U. Fehr & Son have about finished their packings of the 1906 crops of Pennsylvania and Connecticut to- baccos, of which they are holding considerable quantities. A new cigar store has been opened by J. W. Ott, at 209 S. Ninth street. OLD TOBACCO SUIT CONCLUDED John McLaughlin. J. K. Kauflfman. JOHN McLaughlin Alao, All Grades of Fine Cigars ^ Leaf Tobacco No. 307 North Queen Si. LANCASTER, PA. 22 Verdict Rendered in Long Drawn Case of Strebig vs. Bitner. Lancaster, Pa., May 6. There is still very little change in the condition of the local leaf market, the monotony of which was slightly broken by a sale of one lot of 100 cases of 1905 Pennsylvania broadleaf on private terms, but the price is under- stood to have been in the neighborhood of 21 cents. It has, furthermore, had the effect of bouyancy to a marked degree. Some members of the trade, who had them- selves become almost convinced that a break in the market was inevitable and close at hand, now declare that there is less likelihood of such a thiof today than for several months put A long drawn out case of farmer vs. packer, which has been dragging around in court for over three yean, has at last been brought to trial, andi verdict in favor of the farmer wu rendered. It was the result of an action brought by M. K. Strebig against C. W. Bitner, a well known packer of leaf tobacco, to recover $721.96 alleged to be dueoD a tobacco transaction representing a crop of eight acres of tobacco sold to Bitner at eight cents for the wrapper grades and two cents for fillers, aod which tobacco was delivered to Bitner'i warehouse on March 28. 1908, when upon inspection it was declared not op to contract condition, and its accept- ance was refused. During the progress of the trial it was shown that the farmer urged Bitner to take the tobacco in and as- sured him that an amicable settlement could be reached, and that Bitner did permit himself to be persuaded to take the goods into his warehouse, but after he had done so. the seller refused to listen to anything but a full settlement It was also alleged that the farmer threatened at the tinn^ that if settle- ment was not made immediately suit would be instituted. Bitner afterward notified Strebig that he would sell the tobacco if he did not take it away, but Strebig did not remove it aod it wm subsequently sold, after having bees duly advertised, and brought $129.15. A half dozen persons gave testimony to the effect that the tobacco was not delivered in a proper condition, eveo going so far as to say that a lajer of filler tobacco was found in and around the bundles of what was to have beec strictly wrapper leaf. The jury was largely predominated by farmers who gave a verdict in favor of the farmer plaintiff, and named the sum of $898.74, representing principal and interest. Strebig was represented by Appel * Appel, and Bitner by W. U. Hensel, The trial was largely attended by members of the tobacco trade, who were deeply interested in the case, a™ after hearing all the testimony gHW were much surprised at the verdic^\? Charles Cohen, with B. Labe & of Philadelphia, George F. Schai with A. Cohn & Co., New York Greenewald, of Philadelphia, represea' ing G. Falk & Bro., of New York, ttl C. F. Schoverling, of New Milfor* Conn., were among the recent visitori in the leaf trade. John F. Holland was for several d*y* last week confined to his home by »" attack of the grippe. Charles Emory Long, of M. M. Fry* Co., and M. Rosenthal, of RoBentbal* Co., delegates to the convention of tw National Cigar Leaf TobaccoAwocJ HUNTER-A_Nl«kjLaS Has won many races for.dealer* Try it. irk,l esear ,^^m THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^m> JOHN D. LONG OFFICE t ^T"^ • FACTORY I No. 118 Mifflin Street Manufacturer of f^ Ig&VS Cor. Maple 8i Plum Aves« Lebanon, Penna. A Specialty of Private Brands. Telephone Connection Samples Sent to Responsible Houses. ^wumif HERMAN DEUUB York, Penna. Maker of Delman 10 and 5c. Herdel 5c. Alex. Martin 5c. UNION MADE CIGARS Sold to Wholesale & Jobbing Trade only Samples to Responsible Houses t^^^S*^^N:d Bear Bros. Manufacturers of FINE CIGARS R. r. D. No. 8, YORK. PA. A specialty of Private Brands for the Wholesale and Jobbing Trades Correspondence solicited Samples on application Brands: GAe Bear, G6e Cub, Essie, and Matthew Carey C. E. MATTINGLY 6i CO. Manufacturers of Hi^h Grade Union Made FOR THE Wholesale Trade Only Union Chief Supreme Union Mc Sheppysto wn. Pa. ElOno Union Made 5 -Cent Cigars are as Good as Cigars Can be Made Chas. A. Oberly» Maker LEBANON, PA. Cigars of Quality Sell and Repeat. ' m Try THE DOCTOR 5c. Gi^ar WALTER S. BARE, Lititz, Penna. Maker of Uldh Grade Clears Exclnslvaly. GEO. W. PARR Manufacturer of FINE CIGARS I Littlestown, Pa. | MAKER OF SclTHEFERNSIDElSc. Sold to the Jobbing Trade only Correspondence invited <^i^i^^O'^m>^9 III! W. R. DAUGHERTY & BRO, Manufacturers of Fine Domestic Cigars Dallastown, Pa. HIGHEST QUALITY FINEST PACKAGES Wholesale and Jobbing Trade oaly Correspondence with Actlva Bouses Invited R. E. JACOBY Wholesale Manufacturer of Strictly Uniform Quality of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Rothsville, Pa. Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited >i established 1870 Factory No. 79 S. R. KOCHER Manufacturer of Fine Havana Cigars and Packer of WRIGHTSVILLE, PA. r CCBWWWH^ 1 H.G.BARNHART 1 ^ ^. Ciiiar Manufacturer Sprin^vale, Pa. One of Our Leading Brands : Cuban Duchess Only High Grade Tobacco Used Cigars always duplicate ' I I SAMUEL FREY Craley, Pa. Manufacturer of Cigars for the Wholesale Trade t)LD JUDGE 1 Cp MILD AND PLEASANT ) 1 for Sr THE CYCLONE ^C. BROWN BUCK (Banded) | ^ *"* *^^* ALLEN GOODRICH, 3 c. Samples to Responsible Houses They Smoke It and Come A^ain I^ACOH ■>/;'. ■"tM ;*. I'f-' ^EtUADEWlHH^ BLEND, QUALITY and WORKMANSHIP to Please the Most Critical Smokers Manufactured for Jobbing Trade Only The Toedtman Cigar Makers of the Highest Grade of 5c. Cigars Exclusively MIAMISBURG. OHIO. The American Tobacco Co, 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 tion which is to be held in New York, are expecting to leave for Gotham to- day. They will probably be accom- panied by several other members of the trade. A. B. Hess, who has recently become a memt)er of the National Association, | may also go to New York as a visitor. Notwithstanding the fact that busi- ness ia comparatively dull with some of our manufacturers, I hear of many instances in which a sufficient number of cigarmakers cannot be secured, the ranks having been heavily drawn on by several new factories recently located here. Among the exceptionally busy fac- tories of this county at present are Clayton S. Cooper, of Brownstown, and John G. Root, of Reamstown, the last named of whom recently opened addi- tional factories to meet the require- ments of his trade. Mr. Bushnell, of the Scotten-Dillon Co., Detroit, Mich., was a visitor here this week, and reports a very good business on the firm's Yankee Girl brand of tobacco. PINKERTON NOT TRUST DOMINATED. Some of Its Stock Held by the American Tobacco Co. Zanesville, O., May 3. The Zanesville Labor Journal has published a rather exhaustive review of the status of the Pinkerton Tobacco Company of this city, and finds that the product has always been union made and sees no good reason why the union label should be now withheld. The report is as follows : For some time there have been ru- mors that the American Tobacco Co. has acquired an interest in the Pinker- ton Tobacco Co., of this city. The matter was recently investigated by , President Henry Fisher, of Louisville, and First Vice-President McAndrews, of Cincinnati, who visited here on the 13th and 14Lh. At that time the Pin- kerton company signed up the scale with Local No. 29, which had been withheld until President Fisher and Vice-President McAndrews arrived and approved it. One of the provisions of the scale gave the Pinkertons the use of the nuitn label, and is the only benefit which accrues to them under it. The Pinkerton works were formerly advertised as an independent concern. No misrepresentations have been made regarding the matter since the Ameri- can Tobacco Co. secured an interest by purchasing some of the stock. The trust has never been represented in the directory and does not operate the fac- tory, although offers have been made for the purchase of the stock owned by Mr. Pinkerton and his associates 4in the business. This was all explained RUTHERFORD '^^^^Ia^dI^r*^* 1 from the factory of I ~E1 Draco Gii^ar Mi, Co., Philada. to President Fisher and Vice-President McAndrews and after they had ex- pressed their satisfaction and approval with the local situation, the scale wgi signed for the year ending April 1, 1908. The officers of Local No. 29 were therefore astonished last week to lean from the International that no more union labels would be supplied to the Zanesville union for use on Pinkertoo tobacco. It is a direct violation of their scale which was approved by President Fisher and Vice-President McAndrews before it was signed. They are indeed in a quandary. These facts were learned in a per- sonal investigation by the Labor Jour- nal. The officers of Local No. 29 are in a dilemma. If the business of the Pinkerton Co. is injured by the with- I drawal of the label, their union will j suffer and they could be held personally I liable. I Mr. Pinkerton has accepted the sit- i nation somewhat philosophically, al- though at first he was somewhat in- censed at the action of the Inter- national officers, whom he believes to be influenced by those interested in rival factories. He says they will con- tinue to make Buckshoe, Hot Ball and Red Man as good as ever— the purest and cleanest tobacco in the world. The Pinkerton gotdshave always been made by union labor and sold on their merits. J. H. LIEFTINCK & ZOON Sworn Tobacco Brokers Office and Sample Rooms : Brakke Grond and Frascatl. AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. STOKHUYZEN & BRO« Sworn Tobacco Brokers Office and Sample Rooms: Nes. 84—86 (Opposite Frascatl). AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. NIENHUYS & HESTERMAN Sworn Tobacco Brokers Brokers to the Deli Maatsohappy AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND Office and Sample Rooms : 87 Rokin (H 100 Nea. opposite FfM<«*' Color and Cancelling Stamps Lead Seals and Stencils QUAKER CITY STENCIL and STAMP WORKS Incorporated 234 Arch St., Philadelphia E. S. SECHRIST, Dallastown, Pa- Manufacturer of Fine and Common Established 1890 Capacity, 20,000 per D»f ifacturer of Cigars F A Calves <&, C0.HaVANA, 123 North Third street C rV. W^i- _|MyRTERS>^ PHILADELPHIA '^^^ THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^g HinHEST AWAKD *Kn OOLD MEDAL FO« EXCIJLtEWCE AWD QUALITY OF STOOIES. AT WOIII,D:S_rA!ll._ST._t<»lJlj._l9U± WE MAKE THE CUBAN EXPORT. BULL'S EYE. ROYAL BLUE LINE. CYCLONE AND BIG STOG'.ES ■-. First Quality. Long Filler. Hand M»d« JOHN SLATER & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Hand-Made, Long Filler and Mold Stogies OUR OTHER BRANDS NEW ARRIVALS BROWNIES, GOLD NUGGETS. JERSEY CHARTER. BLENDED SMOKE, ^ BOSS, CASTELLO, AMERICAN PUFFS. LANCASTER BELLE. EVERY DAY SMOKE, LITTLE HAVANA. LITTLE DUTCH BLUE POINTS. GOOD POINTS. Etc. Factory No. 1645. Capacity 50,000,030 a Year Factory: LANCASTER, PA. No trouble has ever occurred in their sprouting pans, not that it was neces- factorywhichwould warrant any inter- sary in all cases. The ground for a ference and their goods have been the number of mornings was frozen, but I nride of the tobacco chewers of Zanes- do not think the frost has been heavy ville and been cordially received enough to kill the sprouts or the plants wherever introduced, while in some that have appeared above the ground, towns they have fought the non-union at least not where the beds have been products of the t.ustP. covered by either glass or cloth. But Miss Anna Donnelly, the President it is well to be on the safe side, as it of No. 29. says the foregoing statement requires but little seed to sow a bed in is correct in every particular, and the proportion to other crops. Plants, no same is indorsed by members of the doubt, will be a little later than they Scale Committee. The Pinkerton Com- were last year ; I should say from one pany has always employed union labor, week to ten days later. But as the and it is difficult to understand why weather may warm up and some good they are not entitled to the label as growing weather occur between now and setting time, the lateness may not amount to even one week. But it is generally thought that setting time Bloomsburg Factory for Cisenlohr will be some days later than usual. Bloomsburg. Pa.. May 3. Our Bradsreet (Mass.) correspondent James H. Keefer, of Philadelphia, reports the sale to parties from Dayton, a representative of Otto Eisenlohr & O.. of eighty-three cases of 1906 crop Bro.,of Philadelphia, manufacturers of of tobacco by Charles W. Marsh. This the Cinco cigar, was in town today, tobacco was a part of the crop raised and it is said was looking after a build- upon his own farm and the balance was ing in which to locate a branch cigar purchased by him from Whately farm- factory, ers,— American Cultivator. Mr. Keefer, when interviewed, re- Porto Rico Ci^ar Co. Red Lion, Pa. WHOLESALE CIGAR MANUFACTURERS IVIaior Paul ] Lord Selkirk ^OC. Arrow Point J Tom Lewis — 2 for Sc. Wholcflala and Jobbing Trade Only long as such conditions continue. vt^mn^n^ SOMETHING NEW AND GOOD WAGNER'S CUBAN STOGIES Manufactured Only by fused to state whether that was his mission or not. He stated that his firm was considering plans for placing a number of factories in this part pf the State, but in what places they would be located he could not tell. However, he said that Eisenlohr Bros. had factories in operation at Boyer- town, Gilbertsville. Philadelphia, York, and a number of other places, and that a sufficient number of experienced EDGERTON, WIS. Aside from some warehouse work yet to be accomplished at the packing points the conclusion could be easily reached that the tobaccu season had closed. What there is left of the '06 crop in country hands is mostly assorted and cased and very little effort is made at present to lift it. Both the grower and packer is satisfied to await devel- LEONARD WAGNER rectory No. 2 707 Ohio St., ALLEfiHENY, PA. THE CELEBRATED cigarmakers could not be secured in opments of the market. We hear of those places. <%»»WW1>» Leaf Tobacco Markets. a few sales of new goods that bring a bare profit to the packer, and a little export business in old leaf, but gener- ally speaking the market is exceedingly dull, both at home and in the Eastern BALDWINSVILLE, N. Y. centers of the trade. A few carloads The glowers are busy preparing their of low grade goods were picked up in plant beds. In some of the earlier beds this market during the week by a the plants are up and doing well. The Janesville dealer. warehouses of Taussig & Co., and the jhe outlook for the coming crop at American Cigar Co. are still open and tj,e beginning of May is not very en- couraging. Early in the week growers were shoveling snow off their plant beds, and freezing weather continues up to the present writing. The young plants have commenced to show but cannot make much headway under existing conditions. Warmer weather must come soon if the planting season is to start at the usual dates. Shipments, 500 cases. — Reporter. GEO. STEUERNAGLE I Manufacturer of Pittsburg Stodies Trad* ^^•j:1c. HAND-MADE STOGIES. ', Goods sold direct to Jobbers and Dealers 5143 Penn Ave., Pittsburg, Pa, OLDEST MANUFACTURERS OF '>U8ily engaged in assorting.— Gazette. CONNECTICUT VALLEY. Once more we must repeat the old Btory of no sales of tobacco held by the farmers of this section. But we have learned through the trade papers that Prices have stiffened to quite an ex- "^nt among the tobacco producers in other parts of the country. The cold Weather of the past week has had its J^Iect at least upon the mind of the larmers in this locality. Many of them ''*ve put the second lot of seed into the PEACH f -PRUNE Also of the HUNTER Sc. Cigar is successful with successful dealers. El Draco Ciiar Mi, Co.. Phila. World Renowned and Non-Evaporating SPANISH BETUNS Cigar and Tobaao Flavors, Sweeteners, etc. Write for Free Samples and Particulars Guaranteed to be the Strongest and Best Established 1855 FRIES <& BRO. Q2 Reade Street, NEW YORK. 24 i!' i E. A. Calves A Co.<£ IMPORTERS of Havana, 123 North Third Street PHILADELPHIA m STE1NER,S0NS a Co. , 116-122 E.I4T" ST: NEW YORK. BRANCH FACTORY S40-5&OW SaTH ST NY ^ CATALOGUES OF OUR STOCK CfGAR LABELS. FLAPS, BAf^DS, 1 ETC., ETC, SENT GRATIS UPON REQUEST PREPAID WRITE US BEFORE RL^CING ORDERS ^; | . - 1 FOR PRIVATE UABELS. BANDS. ETC^ — - rv**», ^ STOCK CA Established 1877 New Factory 1904 H. W. HEFFENER Howard YORK DEALER IN CIGAR BOX LUMBER, LABELS, RIBBONS. EDGINGS, BANDS, ETC. INLAND CITY CIGAE BOX CO. Manufacturers of Cigar Boxes and Shipping Cases Dealers in Lebels, Ribbons, Edgings 716—728 N. Christian St. LANCASTER. PA. 26 Weidman Bros. & Moyer Manufacturers of Ci^ar Boxes SoeCl Atl.nlion pQj^jj j^g^p EMBOSSING "'° Wo^rk*"^ Factories: Womelsdorf , Pa., Sinliiiiii Sprind, Pa. Established 1891 TOBACCO WORLD HINNICH BALING PRESS ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ XX X.. , . , t^ . . ,:^.«a»^'yiAtfcfc / t'' U^ n 7^K f iA ■A ^: >,J, "". E A Calves & Co. Havana, 123 North Third street U_. /-I. W^ _,mp5rTERS>-' PHILADELPHIA THE TOBACCO WOR LP ^^m >S G00D>\5 THEJ^fAME •^^ TWAOI MAttK. "3,^^^ RCCISTCRCD ^^T Havana Cigars Constant Growth = signifies Constant Merit! Cigars that hold the confidence of their smokers pay dealers best. DIAMOND JOE CIGAR FACTORY brands stand pre-emi- nently in a class of their own. / NONE GENUINE UNLESS BEARING THIS BAND WITH OUR TRADE MARK IN COLORS 3CWAR£ or tM/TATtONS, ON SALE EVERYWHERE F E IN D R I C H Evansville, Ind, WARREN BECK & BRO. %k. ofTe.tinin.ter Cf^Qr Maiiiifacturers York, Pa. Admirnl GherardI Gen. Warren La Re.pobder Marcana La dantldad ¥oT Gentlemen of Good Taste ^S^N FELieE^ P5\^ A HIGH GRADE O ^ kJC.CIGAR FOR kJU« Sold Extensively by Leading Cigar Dealers and Druggists Throughout the United States SEND FOK CATALOGUE AND PRICES THE DEISEL-WEMMER CO., Makei^ LIMA, OHIO il "■Ki Avgrltulturei •i lijBtabliBhed in 1881. i VoL XXVIL, No. 20. I PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK, MAY 15, 1907. {One Dollar per Annom. Payable in AdvaneeJ Philipp J. Kolb&Co. Importers & Packers OF Leaf Tobacco 310 Race Street Philadelphia .CENTRAL UNION. No other brand of Tobacco has grrown so quickly in public favor Reasons: Quality Price Union Label Friendly Dealers* Aid and Tobacco Trust's Hostility CENTRA UNION United States Tobacco Co. Richmond, Ya. ^ ^ M. KEMPER & SONS Importers of SumatraL 11 E. Lombard St. BALTIMORE, AD. We call attention to our late purchases of very choice marks of New Sumatra in Amsterdam % We have a Complete Stock of Old Sumatras A request for Samples will receive prompt attention -Cf Growers and Packers of FLORIDA TOBACCOS Write for Samples SCHROMDMR & ARGUIMBAU J78 Water Street, New York i \" .5 '!. J ■: d I- 1 1 ^ ,1 ^ ■ I .i il I 3 ^ TOBACCO WORLD ^^^B r CHARLES M. GUDKNECHT, President La Hilda Cigar Factory (Incorporated) Manufacturers and Importers 231 CHESTNUT STREET Philadelphia CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED V. (lord LANCASTER, 10c.) Oimr M k C Manufacturers 615 Market St., Philada. (NICKELBY, 5c.) CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Kni^t 5-cent Gi^ar Made by Morris D.Neomaaa& Co. PHILADELPHIA. PA. Reserved Factory 1839. First District Penna. Reserved W. K. Gresh & Sons, Makers, Norristown, Pa. SUPERIOR Quality and Workmanship Factory No. 968, First District Penna. YOU CAN BUY -Mi ii V. c\ !^^> w > If You Want to be la HAVANA Smoke _ _ _ _ 5a CIGARS BENRY HEYHANN'S SONS Sinking Spring, Pa. a WEAVER'S ORIGINAL HAVANA SHORTS AT '^DlP' All Jobbing Houses Parmenter Wax-Lined Coupon Cigar Pockeis Afford PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indorsed by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE Advertising Medium known. Racine Paper Goods Co., Racine, Wis^D-^'^ THE TOBACCO WORLD Vol. XXVII., No. 20 PHILADELPHIA, MAY 15, 1907 One Dollar the Year THE RINGHAMTON SITUATION, with the International Union and no CHANGES IN NEW HAVEN HOUSE CIGARETTE FIGHT IN CHICAGO. trouble is anticipated from that source. To all cigar manufacturers in this Redfield and Barnes Retire From Dealers Say Trust or Theatres district a copy of the following notice ^ ^ Stoddard Co. Are Violating Law. was yesterday sent by the secretary oi Union Cigarmakers Unsettled Binghamton, N. Y., May 10. „„ j^,,^,^„^ „ , „., „ The cigarmaking situation in union ^^^ j^^^^, jg^^^gj board- ^^^ Haven, Conn., May 10. Chicago, III., May 8 Bhops in this city promises to be still ..^^ ^ .^j^^ meeting of local unions Announcement is made of the retire- Charges that the American Tobacco further complicated through the an- held April 19. 1907. the action of the mentof Clayton H. Redfield and Charles Company and several downtown thea- nouncement made that a special meet- joint meeting of March H, 1907. was -- - - . - - -. - .. - =_._..__ .u. -„j: i- ~'" f ri^ovmnlfPrs' Union No 218 reconsidered and rescinded, ing of Cigarmakers union, wo. zio, ..therefore you are notified to pay has been called to discuss the feasibil- (-jje bill of prices dated March 1. 1907. ity of voting into effect at once the $1 until further notice from this board, increase voted at the meeting of Union Any notice contrary to this is false." No. 16. As stated, both unions, in joint ses- sion, have voted not to put the new bill M. Barnes from the L. L. Stoddard tres are violating the ordinance regula- Tobacco Company, on Chapel street, ting the sale of cigarettes, were made Their stock has been purchased by by speakers at a meeting of the Chicago '»'*«n*'^"« Frank L. Stoddard, who becomes presi- dent of the company and George I. Bishop, secretary and treasurer. Cigar Dealers' Association, held this week, at the Masonic Temple. It was declared that cigarettes were of prices into effect, but Union 16 broke away from the agreement. Now agi- tation is under way in Union 218, whereby that union would follow the action taken by No. 16. Union No. 218, which has over 300 members, is the largest in the city, and many of these are employed in the big cigar factory of F. B. Richards & Co. Mr. Richards shut down his fac- Both of the retiring members are given away between the acts m practi- well known. Mr. Clayton became as- cally every downtown theatre, and the sociated with the firm shortly after the Colonial Theatre, the Grand Opera death of L. L . Stoddard. Mr. Barnes, House, and the Majestic Theatre were a brother-in law of Frank L. Stoddard, mentioned. This practice, it was as- has been connected with the firm for serted, is in violation of the cigarette manv vpnrfj Ordinance in that the ordinance pro- makers' International Union, and which %7/^^^'' ^^j^^^t p,^^^ l Stod- hibits the sale or giving away of cigar- is further alleged to be a spurious copy Jhe new President ^^^^^J^'J>'^^ ^^tes without a license, of the label, will be tried in Municipal dard « a son ""^ '^^^^^^^ Emil Griefen, a member of the aa- Court on an appeal of the manufac- ^^o ^asfo^^ twenty years ass^^^^^^^ -elation, who brought the subject turersfrom a decision in the Distnc ^^.^JX%i V "^^^^^ before the meeting, said he had notified Court. Among the witnesses who will with tne in. y.. in. n.. ai n. "• ^v., the last five years as traveling auditor. Cigar Label Suit Re-opened. Milwaukee, Wis.. May 10. The suit of Cigarmakers' Union No. 25, against the Pootoffice Cigar Com- pany for the alleged use of a label pur- porting to be the label of the Cigar- toryand it is safe to say upon good ^ .^ ^^^^,^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^.^^^^^^ ^^^ authority, that 'f Union 218 follows the ^ ^ ^^^^^.^^ president of the union, The L. L. Stoddard Tobacco Company example of No. ]^'^\^J<'};^^^J f^«f,; ^^^ John Hollister of the Hollister has always stood as one of the leading '"" '^ """ "" firms of its kind in New England. tory will stay shut, and others will follow. It may be that the present union shops will be declared open if the union votes for the increase. That is said by union manufacturers to be the only course to follow and they are being en- couraged by the open shops. Printing Company, Chicago. the license officer of the violations, but, he asserted, the latter had done nothing because he received passes to the theatres. CIGAR EXHIBIT IN NEW ZE>\LAND Several Union Shops Re>=opened. Binghamton, N. Y., May 11. A special meeting of Cigarmakers' Union. No. 218, was held at five o'clock yesterday afternoon with about 125 members present out of a membership of over 300. It was announced that Union 16 had appealed from the de- cision taken by the joint meeting of the local unions not to enforce the $1 wage increase, and that notice of this appeal had been sent to International Head- quarters at Chicago. The appeal is taken on the ground that the meeting was illegally called. Union No. 218 framed a reply to the appeal and ordered it forwarded to Chicago. It is expected that later No. 218 will send a delegate to Chicago to explain the situation in Binghamton. It is believed that the conciliatory attitude toward the union and open shops by No. 218 at its meeting last evening has about solved the difficulties which have been hampering cigar- •naking in this city this spring, and to- ^ay renewed confidence in the business was expressed by the manufacturers. Some of the shops which have been closed will be re-opened at once. A number of these shops are "buckeye" and they will begin work today. The factory of F. B. Richards & Co.. *here 235 people are ClFUE^iTES HABA^'A FERNANDEZ&( CUBA ANTILLES Given Away in Smoking Rooms. The cigarettes, it was said, are given away in the "smoking rooms" of the playhouses, uniformed boys being on hand to supply the demand, which was said to be large. "If the practice of giving away cigar- ettes at the theatres is to continue, the theatres should be made to pay a license," said Mr. Griefen. "Cigarettes are being given away every night at the down town theatres, and it has been going on for some time. I know it is being done at the Colo- nial Theatre and the Grand Opera House, and I am told the practice is in vogue at the Majestic. "Either the theatres or the American Tobaccv Company should be compelled to take out a license if they wish to continue it. At present it is in viola- tion of the ordinance. The licenses of the tobacco company do not give per- mission to give away cigarettes at any other place than that named in the license." Mr. Griefen was appointed a com- mittee of one to call the attention of the authorities to the alleged violation. Urges $25 License for All. The meeting was held for the purpose of devising a plan whereby the present cigarette license fee of $100 a year might be reduced. This plan, however, was sidetracked temporarily by a plan presented by Albert Brietung, president of the association, whereby every dealer handling tobacco in any form should be licensed at the rate of $25 a year. "By adopting this plan the city would HE ABOVE is an illustration of a cigar exhibit made in New Zealand some gain a big amount of revenue annually ''nere 235 people are on the pay roll X^^ ABOVE is an illustration of a cigar exnioit maae in new ^.eaianu some gam a uig Biuuum, ux icvcuuo ouuu..., ^asre-opened this morning * time ago by the well known Havana cigar manufacturing firm. Cifuentes, and the tobacco and cigar dealers would Union men declare there* is no truth Fernandez y Ca., proprietors of the famous "Partagas" factory, and upon which be treated more justly than at pres- ^ the reports that organizers are at exhibit they were awarded, by the New Zealand International Exhibition, the ent." said Mr. Breitung. "With only ''wk in open shops forming unions and Highest Special Award and Gold Medal. $100 a year cigarette license the city ••y the condition here is peaceful as The exhibit was made under the supervision of H. E. Partridge & Co., of takes in only $70,000. If the cigarette «o»ld be desired. Everything now rests Auckland, who are the Partagas agents for Australia. license were knocked out and the E. A. Calves & Co. ....IMPORTERS of Havana, 123 North Third street PHILADELPHIA ^ !i J I Sole Owners and Manufactarera. E. A. Calves & C0.HaVANA, 123 North^Thkd^Street ....IMPORTERS of -^ J. Vetterlein & Co. ^^ THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^M. Importers of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF Tobacco I 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia John T. Dohan Wm. H. Dohan FOUNDED 1S5S ^ ^^ >»D&/r»T FL OR de DOHAN & TAITT D &T Importers of Havana and Sumatra Packers of /^*^^^^^\lOy Atch St. I^af TobaccoK ^ ^^ J philada. H.5TRAUS l^.§>l€^Si!li$^<^)^ A.tJOtB IMPORTERS OF B«t«bllahed i ^LEWIS BREMER'S SONS IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra AND PACKERS OF ,S^ Leaf Tobacco a22 and 324 North Third Street, Philadelphia 90llt908]^bMl3d8l^ H^HILADELPHI^ Julius Hirschberg & Bro. Importers of Havana and Sumatra and Packers of Seed Leaf Tobacco 125 North Third St., Philada. L. BAMBERGER & CO. Benj. Labe Jacob Labe Sidney Labe BENJ. LABE & SONS IMPORTERS OF Sumatra and Havana Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco 228 North Third St., Philadelphia LiEOPOLiD liOEB 8t CO. Importers of Sumatra and Havana and «— » ■ Paclcers of Leaf Tobacco 306 North Third St., Phila. Fackers and Dealers In i-p.rt.,.oi SEED LEAF HAVANA and SUMATRA TOBACCO 111 Arch Street, Philadelphia Warcbonsesi Lancaster, Pa.t Milton Junction. %Vls.; Baldwinsvllle. N. Y. GEO. BURGHARD Importer of Sumatra and Havana and Packer of LeAF TOBACCO 238 North Third Street, Phila. P /'ffMnin/St, Phthth^a.Pu. The Empire Leaf Tobacco "^y^'^^ SUMATRA Importers and Dealers in ALL KINDS OF SEED LEAF, K^PPENBAC i642-4TN!ELt:V^mi. ST PHILADELPHIA J. S. BATROFF 224 Arch St., Philadelphia Co., 118 N. 3d St., Phila. iBrokerin LEAF TOBAeC^ E A. Calves cS, Co.HaVANA, 123 North Third street IMPORTERS of THE TOBACCO WORLD PHILADELPHIA EXPORT STAMP ISSUED BY CUBAN CIGAR MANUFACTURERS Authorized by the Government of the Republic of Cuba UUnIOMdeF^BBICANTESdeTabACOSyCIGABROS -^^^"" ^ lis LADE CUBA utonzadaporel Gobierno delaRepablica Garantiza ^ que los tabacoscigarrosy paqtietes dc picaduraqciellevenes^aprecipfa son fabricados per 9 HABANA ^^^|^BJJ.IJItfl[AIHIJJ:I.IJ]jJi;Hi;i^k-^JI.J..|lil!l.llk^^ Either the name of the Manufacturer or chat of his Brand will appear printed in the blank space of this Precinta or Stamp. ...IMPORTANT NOTICE... The preceding cut is a fac- simile, in its actual size, of the Precinta. or Warranty Stamp which is used by the members of, ^\^„«^ ^ig^r and Cig^^^ Manufictu?er8' Union of the Island of Cuba as a guarantee that the Cigars. Cigarettes and Cut Tobacco packages which bear these stamps were made in Cuoa. Thus a copy of the Warranty Stamp, attached to any Box of Cigars and Cigarettes, or to any Package of Cut Tobacco, means that those Cigars, Cigarettes and Cut Tobacco have been made m Havana, Cuba, with the Genuine Tobacco Leaf grown on the Island of Cuba. DON'T FORGET THIS, IMPORTERS, DISTRIBUTORS and RETAILERS. THE COLORS OF THE PRECINTA :-Black with Pale Blue Ground; fac-simlle of the Seal of the Presidency of the Republic, Sky Blue. general $25 a year license adopted, the city's revenue would amount to about $400,000 a year. I base these figures on the fact that there are nearly 20,- 000 dealers in Chicago selling tobacco in some form. Allowing 4,000 of them to drop out of business on account of the license it would leave 16.000 deal- ers, and they would yield the revenue Ibave named." A committee of the association will lay the plan before the License Com- mittee of the City Council next week. More Devastation in Kentucky. Hopkinsville, Ky., May 11. News has reached here that the plant beds of S. R. Moseley, at Roar- ing Springs, in Trigg county, were dug up by night riders. About 900 square yards were destroyed. Mr. Moseley 's plant beds were sown with grass seed several weeks ago, since which time he had sown new ones. In the last raid the night riders made sure by digging up both old and new beds. In the centre of one the dirt was formed into a pile shaped like a ^ave, sticks being stuck in for head and foot stones. Mr. Moseley is not a member of the association. On the same night plant beds on the farm of A. M. Henry, near Newstead. belong- ing to three colored croppers were de- stroyed. These negroes were all mem- bers of the association. In Caldwell county, night riders raided the home of a farmer named Hollowell and fired several shots into the house, slightly wounding Mrs. Hol- lowell. The reason for the raid is thought to be Hollowell's action in Jiving testimony against night riders « the recent trial. Tobacco Injunction Stands. Frankfort, Ky., May 10. The Court of Appeals has, through Judge Barker, declined to dissolve an 'ojunction to restrain a tobacco raiser Jjom breaking a contract with the Hurley Tobacco Society and selling his <=^P to the American Tobacco Com- ply- In the action is raised the ques- "on of the constitutionality of the J^^>alative act legalizing the forming pools by farmers on their products. NEW BRITISH COMBINE Proposes to Bring Concerns Out- side of Imperial Co. into Traders' Council. London, May 4. What may turn out to be a matter of some importance in the British tobacco trade is a movement just set on foot to unite all the independent concerns out- side of the Imperial Tobacco Company, which controls a very large majority of the English trade. These indepen- dent concerns include, among others, such influntial firms as T. Gallagher, Ltd., of Belfast; Muriatti & Sons, Manchester; Careras, Ltd., London; T. B. Goob, Dublin; Murray Sons & Co., Belfast; J. R. Freeman & Son, London; W. J. Harris & Son, London; Malcujik Cigarette Company London ; Cohen & Weenan, London ; Morris & Elkin, London, and Toefani & Co., London. It is now proposed to bring these different houses and manufacturers into what is called the Tobacco Traders' Council of Great Britain. This com- pany has been organized as a limited concern under the auspices of the various independent people already mentioned. The propectus declares that it is not a trust, but that it proposes to abolish unfair cutting and foolish competition, while giving to the members of the trade the control of their own business. Of course, it will fight the Imperial Tobacco Company, generally known as the British Tobacco Trust, and the idea is that the existing independent con- cerns can do this more successfully under a combination than separately. Stogie Mfg. Co. Changes Name. Pittsburg, Pa., May 11. The American Stogie Co., a subsidary concern of the tobacco trust, has been doing an extensive cigar business, mostly in cheap scrap cigars, put up in attractive style of packages, etc., and to further increase their business they are now changing the style name of their firm to the Union Cigar Co., so that they can push union cigars instead of stogies, which were their leaders a few years ago. A Good Pair to Go On . Two of Our Popular Five Cent Brands. Y Our Goods are Made of Best Selections, J| Made Carefully, and Made to Duplicate. 1 Wolf Brothers, RED LION, PA. INCREASE YOUR PROFIT! Columbia Straiiiht Will Do It. We bought a large supply of Good Hav- ana and Domestic Tobacco at the right time. We are located where Good Workmen can be had at Fair Prices. These facts enable us to make our COLUMBIA STRAIGHT a Five Cent Cigar of Highest Quality, Best Work- manship, to be Sold at Good Profit. Fred Schlaeger & Co., Columbia, Pa. Samples on application. W THE TOBACCO WORLD GROWERS MAY START FACTORY LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. If Trust Refuses to Buy Pooled interesting Communication on Maryland Tobacco and Methods of Tobacco. Lexington, Ky., May 10. W. B. Hawkins, one of the leaders in the Burley Tobacco Growers' Organ- ization, says that the association will probably establish a tobacco manufac- tory. "If the trust," he said, "con- tinues to show a disinclination to buy pooled tobacco, the growers will man- ufacture their own product. The capi- tal to operate the enterprise can be raised without difficulty. The farmers have formed a labor union and will affiliate with other labor unions. The tobacco manufactured by the union would have almost exclusive sale among union men. " Mr. Hawkins says that an arrangement will be made by which growers can trade tobacco for 8Coc.k in the company. Jobbers Change Location. Pittsburg, Pa., May 13. A. Friedberg & Bro., jobbers in ci- gars and leaf tobacco, formerly located at No. 6 Stevenson street, have se- cured new quarters at 317 Water street, between Smithfield and Wood streets. The firm commenced business in Monongahela, a suburb of this city, but some time ago removed here to be able to take advantage of the greater facilities which the city afforded and to profit by the greater opportunities of more rapid expansion. They seem to have met with success, since it has been necessary to seek larger quarters for the sei-ond time. Important Louisiana Change. Lake Charles, La., May 11. A deal was consummated recently, by which the Southern Cigar Company of this city becomes the owner of the re- tail cigar and tobacco business hereto- fore conducted by Sam Levy, at 723 Ryan street. Dallas Gross, president of the South- ern Cigar Company, made the deal for his company, which has taken posses- sion. The Southern Cigar Company is a close corporation controlled ex- clusively by the Gross family, and for the past five years has been engaged in their.anufactureof high grade cigars here, having a factory in the Kauffman building, which will now be moved into the building heretofore occupied by Mr. Levy, which has been leased by the new owners. J. L. Gross, Jr. will be associated with the company, and will be the road man for this section. Pushing Old Brands. The H. Sommer Co., of Quakertown, one of the oldest cigar manufacturing establishments in Pennsylvania, is also still one of the most active. The pro- duct of this factory is sold throughout many States, and an extensive busi- ness is done. This house is the manufacturer of the Red Ola, Dorothy Dix and King Clay, as well as a large line of others, but these in particular have been <>n the market for a considerable length of time, are thoroughly well established, and each succeeding year have gained a more extended sale, energy is being well further exploitation known brands. 6 Cultivation and Handling. The Cigar Box Lumber Situation Entertainingly Discussed. Among the letters received during the past week were several of much in- terest, and which were so edifying and entertainingly written that we take pleasure in printing them herewith in full. The first one was written by Franklin Weems, secretary of the Maryland Tobacco Groweis' Associa- tion, and reads as follows: "As a subscriber to your paper I de- sire to express my appreciation of its usefulness to the tobacco growers of Maryland, in that we are beginning to depend largely on it for uo to-date and reliable information regarding the current market conditions m all the to- bacco growing sections of the United States and foreign countries. "We keep a copy on file at one of our State tobacco warehouses and wish that everyone of the Baltimore commis- sion hots !S handling our crop of leaf to- bacco would also keep a copy on file so that Iheir patrons could have the bene- fit of your weekly market reports. Methods of Improvement. "The Maryland Tobacco Growers' Association is stnving to bring about such improveo conditions in growing, handling and packing that our cus- tomers both at home and abroad will feel that they can use more and more of our tobacco and can afford to pay such prices as will justify the cost of the extra care and labor involved." Classification of Crops. "Up to this year no attempt had ever been made to classify the various crop types that we produce, and no proper crop records have been kept. We have now undertaken such classi- ficalion and have established a grading bureau, by means of which we hope to enlighten our ..rowers as to current market conditions and furnish them with data that will be useful to them in their work." Demand is Increasing. "Good tobacco has, for several years, been cheaper in Maryland than any- where else in this country and our trade with domestic manufacturers has been steadily growing." Thirteen Year Old Tobacco. "One of our State tobacco ware- houses having been lately torn down in order to widen a street, a lot of about 17 hogsheads of tobacco from ten to thirteen years old was discovered and is now in the hands of the Slate to- bacco inspector in Baltimore, for sale. It is of all types from bright red and yellow crop leaf to old fashioned frost thoroughly informed. His letter will therefore be read with interest and profit by iioth cigar and cigar box manufacturers, all of whom are eager for all the information on this impor- tant subject that IS obtainable. Mr. Vandegrift's letter reads as fol- lows: "We have read the article in your issue of May 1, on re-maKing cigar boxes. This is the only article we have sten that presents the situation exactly as it confronts the cigar box manufac- turer and cites cor ectly the situation in the lumber market, as to the prices at the present time compared with prices of two years ago. "We desire to state that concerning the round logs which you speak about, very few came into the market except- ing in the last two years. At the pres- ent time there are quite a number of round logs in New York city at prices ranging from 9 to 11 cents, and ranging in size from 30 to 50 inches in circum- ference. "You can readily imagine how hard it is for a box manufacturer to take a log 30 inches in circumference, square it up. cut the heart out and lose from 6 to 8 inches diameter when the log it- self is only 10 inches in diameter. It is utterly impossible for a box manu- facturer to get op or bottom out of such sized logs. It is shameful to bring such logs into the market, as they are but mere limbs of trees." Spanish Cedar. "The lumber that is coming from Cuba into this market today is fiom tracts that have been gone over once before, therefore making it impossible to get larpe logs. The price of round logs is diuble what it was a year ago, and yet the size of the logs makes it almost impossible lor the box manufac- turers to use them. Moreover, the round logs being so small and young they have considerable white sap to the outer edge of the board, rather than the fine red color which centres of logs contain." Poplar Lumber. "As for poplar lumber, which is en- tirely used for the manufacture of veneered and imitation, would state that the demand for this lumber has in- creased rapidly for purposes other than cigar box lumber, and it is being cut up very rapidly. "Poplar logs and timber tracts are being sold today at much higher prices than were before known for twenty years. It will pay any manufacturer of cigar box lumber better to cut pop- lar logs into fine heavy timber, becau e Kiffor. fir.o fr^rv, i„fr« «i„»» A J they would make more profit out of the ^if^jonq n( thp riimaf bitten tips from late planted crops, and j^^J g^^^ ^^ ^^e exceedingly high "^"'""^ °^ ^^^ *^"'"*^ price of veneered and imitation, the manufacturers are not making the pro- fit they did two years ago when cigar box lumber was selling for less money." it all seems to have, like old wine, im- proved with age. Some enterprising manufacturers will no doubt secure the lot and get a good thing." Production Below Normal. "Our yield last year was below normal on account of a late summer rainy spell which interfered with the housing and curing, and I fear, that the scarcity of farm labor will have the effect of cutting down our acreage this year. " Planting will be Late. The cold weather has growers to re-seed their and planting will be late." Signed, Franklin Weems forced many tobacco beds so that much directed toward of these well The other letter referred to in our in- troductory remarks was received from Asa W. Vandegrift, President of Sheip & Vandegrift, Inc., Philadelphia, ex- tensive manufacturers of cigar boxes and cigar box lumber, and who beside being well known to the trade, is also Re-making Cigar Boxes. "As to your article about using cigar boxes over again. If it were possible to give the manufacturer a good box with any saving whatever we surely would be glad to see such a law en- acted. The answer to this by "Pack- ages" is surely well taken. To pro- duce a new looking box from an old one it is necessary to replane the small pieces of lumber, and in doing so you make the lumber thinner and a less substantial box results. Likewise to re-cut the ends where the nails have been driven in makes the box a trifle smaller. To do this work it costs for the labor more money than to make an entirely new box. , . . , , ,, "It strikes us that if this law should be enacted it could only be taken ad- vantage of by small cigar manufac- turers who retail their own cigars. "The large cigar manufacturers would have their own troubles in re. ceiving boxes fiom the various jobbere and large retailers of such size possibly they could not readily use. and possibly many of the boxes badly broken. To renew boxes by putting in some new parts costs just the same as new boxes perhaps even more. " ' Trade Paper Attack Unwarranted. "The boxmakers have stood aside for some months allowing articles in cer- tain trade journals, which were inimi- cal and prejudicial, to go unchallenged but we believe that the trade by this time well knows the true condition of affairs, and knows that the boxmaker has not taken an" advantage of the ci- gar manufacturer, but was compelled t » get back part of that which he was obliged to pay out." Cost of Labor, etc., Higher. "In addition to the extremely high price of material, labor has also stead- ily advanced in the manufacture of ci- gar boxes, same as in all other lines. "Under the present condition of the market the boxmaker is making less money that he did two years ago. "Freight on cedar lumber from Cuba has this month advanced $15 per M., board measure." Thanks for Square Deal. "We are glad that you have thor- oughly investigated the true condition and give the boxmakers a square deal." Signed, Asa W. Vandegrift. Miami Valley Tobacco History. Dayton, 0., May 11. About the year 1838, a Mr. Pomeroy from Connecticut moved into Mont- gomery county, bringing with him some tobacco seed from his native State. Being of an experimental tem- perament, he planted this seed on the banks of Hole Creek, near Centerville. So great was his success that the culti- vation of tobacco was gradually adopted by his neighbors. Until 1850, however, its cultivation was confined to Montgomery county. In that year, its cultivation was intro- duced into Greene county, and in 1851, a small quantity was raised in Butler. The next five years witnessed its in- troduction into Darke, Warren, Preble and Miami counties. In 1855. there were. 233.246 pounds raised in the above named counties, Darke county producing 7,132 pounds, about what an average crop would yield now. Until the year 1870, the seed leaf variety was about the only kind grown in the Miami Valley. In that year, however, some Yara seed was sent to the Valley, which, owing to the properties of the soil and con- developed into a variety, known as Dutch tobacco. Then another variety was introduced in 1876. In that year a Wisconsin grower secured seed from Havana and after meeting with success in growing it, sent some seed to a Mr. Zimmer, of Miamisburg, who distributed it among the growers of the vicinity. Success in its cultiva- tion was at once attained and Zimmer' Spanish now ranks as one of our lead- ing varieties. The crop of 1906, while in some respects of inferior quality, commanded very high prices, especially early l>" fall. At that time the field was flooded with buyers, good, bad and indifferent. The crop in the field looked fine but when shedded it contracted many diseases, shed burn, black rot. E. A. Calves & Co.« increase in wages. Suit on Stock Subscription. Louisville, Ky., May 11. A. A. Van Buren this week filed suit against the Weissinger Tobacco Company for the rescinding of a stock subscription of $2,000, which he alleges to have made in August, 1905, at the solicitation of the defendant concern. He said he was induced to buy on the representation that the company would apply the proceeds from the sale of $70,000 worth of stock to the purchase of the Green River Tobacco Company, at Maysville, and the remaining $30,000 worth of the capitalization to supply a working capital. This venture, it is said, was aban- doned, and the stock is now worth only 40, according to the plaintiff's claims. He declares that the company declines to refund his $2,000, and has not issued him his stock certificates. Tobacco Growers to Incorporate. Hartford, Conn., May 10. The Hartford County Tobacco Grow- ers' Protective Association met re- cently in Wells Hall. East Hartford. An enthusiastic meeting was held and by-laws were adopted. The association voted to incorporate under the general laws of the State, with a capitalization of $50,000. Secretary W. K. Ackerly said that the enthusiasm of the mem- bers bore fruit and a considerable amount of stock was subscribed for last evening. He knew of others waiting for an opportunity to go into the asso- ciation with financial aid. As soon as the association is incorporated, i*: is proposed to protect the members and growers in general by active means. Mr. Ackerly said that the growers are united for general activity all through this section and there are great pros- pects for the success of the under- taking. Destructive Fly Discovered. The tobacco growers of Robertson county, Tenn., are all stirred up over the appearance of an unknown fly, which is destroying their plants by the hundred. Reports from different sec- tions of the county state that no plant beds are going undisturbed by these mysterious insects. The flies are a lit- tle smaller than the house fly and be- sides being able to fly wherever they please, they can hop as far as the ordi- nary grasshopper. It is not thought that Robertson county will produce over half a crop of tobacco this season, owing to the de- struction wrought by the fly, heavy rains and the late spring. —Russell Bros., cigar manufacturers and retail dealers at Montello, Wis., have closed out their business, but both will again engage in the business. William Russell is going to Omro, and John Russell to Markesan. Constiluflon «%rvl„. stands for Quality and Workmanship. Remember that. % i w I j^yjy, ail r THE BEST wmm MADt iSiCIGAR ' ontheMarket /M.STEPPACHER Manufacturer . ! Reading PA ^ »«^i'#! t V Write for Samples aPrices Keyno Norristown Tobacco Works HAVANA SHORTS 2 oz. 3c. NORRISTOWN, PA. Manufacturers of Havana Shorts \\ Private Brands for Jobbers a Specialty Samples submitted on applicattoo IT is built for Strength, but is not iieavy. *■ Notice the position oi the Steel Spurs. It won't "Run Away." . . • Used in Factories and Warehouse* Price: $5.50 Testimonial :-- We have your box trucks in use for yeers and they have oWen us entire satisfaction. J. U. Brenner 4. Sons, Dayton, O. Box Truck will move manufaotureo by Tobacco Cases Thc Will. F. Kramcr Co* Easily ana Safely DAYTON. OHIO your ^^m THE TO BACCO W 0 R L D i^^S GEO. W. BREMER, Jr. BREMER BROS. in N. Tblrd St, PIIUDEUHU WALTER T. BREMER Importers, Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Hippie Bros. & Co. Importers and Packers of and Dealers in Leaf Tobaccos 231 Arch St., Philadelphia Our Retail Department is Strictly Up-to-Date LO UIS B YTHINMR & CO. Led Tobacco Brokers 308 RaCe St. p, ,| , , . . .Ad CommUsion Merchanto. rKllaOelpniJ Long Distance Telephone, Market 3025. John U. Fehr Established 1883 Geo. N. Fehr J. U. Fehr & Son Importers and Packers of Leaf Tobacco 700 Franklin St., 101 to 107 S. 7th St., READING, PA. CabI* Addrass, "Halland. Lancaater' Talaphone Sarvica JOHN F. HEILAND & CO. COMMISSION MERCHANTS AND DEALERS Leaf Tobacco Eastern Agents MaGee Tobacco Case S. Weinberg 121 North Third Street PHILADELPHIA Importer of SUMATRA and HAVANA Dealer in all kinds of SEED LEAF Tobacco B. VELENCHIK S. VELENCHlt ■apraaantlorf Vh. Hla^i VriTay^Lalf Voblcc; Co.? 48 Ele GheSfalUt StfCet r DaytoB. O.t ■rokn Tobacco Co.. Windsor. Ct.i A Koklnd. Cincinnati. O.i V. W. Dohimann & Son. Cincinnati. O.t tUUkmy A Halland. Lltita. Pa. F. O. Box 178 LANCASTER, PA. HENRY RINDSKOPF Packer and Importer of Sumatra. Havana ¥ IH A 1? TTID k C*C*i\ and Domestic Ll!j Af i UdAIjLiU N. E. Cor. Fifth and Washington Sts. Reading, Pa. VELENCHIK BROS. ""•"ij:r'in LE AF TOB/ieee Sumatra and Havana 134 N. THIRD ST., PHILADELPHIA f AARON B. HESS Packer of and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Pennsylvania. Seed B's and Tops READY FOR THE MARKET. Write for Prices. Office and Warehouse: 630^=636 N. Prince St Lancaster, Pa. Bell 'Phone; 77-X. Independent 'Phone: 1464-A. L. O. HAEUSSERMANN CARL L. HAEUSSERMANN EDWARD C. HAEUSSERMANN U. a. HA Importers of ANN & SONS Packers and Exporters of and Dealers in Sumatra and Havana Leaf Tobacco URGEST RETAILERS IN PENNSYLVANIA No. 340 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. THE TOBACCO WORLD E. A. Calves & Co.^ THE TOBACCO WORLD R^ BAVTISTA y CA.--Leaf Tobacco Warehouse-HABANA, CVBA Neptuno 170-174 ^ -^ - - ~ -— '^-^ =- ^ — Cable— Rotista RECEIPTS FROIII THE COUNTRY. Week ending Since May 4 Bales Vuelta Abajo 1.128 Special Partner— Gumerslndo Garcia Cuervo Semi Vuelta Partido Matanzas Remedies &b. Clara Santiago de Cuba 85 31 26 15 Jan. 1 Bales 7,990 483 391 245 4.770 1,729 15,608 Total 1,285 BRIGHTER SKIES IN YORK. and pleasure trip to Mansfield, O., where he has a very large account for his product. W. H. Raab, of W. H. Raab & Sons, cigar manutacturersat Dallastown, has been on a visit through the leaf tobacco sections of the Connecticut Valley. He was accompanied by C. G. Willis, of York. IMPROVEMENT IN LANCASTER. PABLO PEREZ CANDIOO 0BE80 Perez & Obese S. en C. (Sobrinos de G. Palacios) Orders More Plentiful. Stimulat- ing Trade. May-Day Strike. York, Pa., May 13. There has been a slight change for the better since my last report from this section. Manufacturers, while not jet generally busy are finding orders coming in moderately well, and pros- pects are now brightening. Some few manufacturers are getting out new brands, buying new labels and doing other things calculated to stimulate trade somewhat, which such action on their part often has the effect of doing. May day is not usually of much consequence in the cigar industry of this county, but this year proved to be an exception to the rule, and the cigar- makers at several factories having become lestless demanded an increase in the wage scale, which in view of the high prices for the raw material manufacturers could not accede to with- out giving the matter careful con- sideration and the result was that the men promptly walked out of the fac- tories. At one factory over 100 hands left practically in a body. This particular factory is known never to have laid hands off during a dull spell, nor even to have put them on a limit of production, and the fact was either forgotten or wilfully overlooked. In view of the fact that the firm had an immense trade and was not willing to undergo a complete revolution in its methods it was decided to offer a mild compromise which amounted to, it is said, about 1 cent per hundred, but it was accepted, and the next day all hands returned to their places, and full operations were at once resumed. Another and smaller factory suffered the same fate, and as the proprietor refused to made any concessions what- ever, the hands are still out. The first story or basement of the new cigar factory of Samuel Kauffman, at Dallastown, is completed and work on the building proper commenced. Emanuel Sechrist has also completed the foundation for his large establish- ment on the same street at the west end of the borough. The Red Lion Scrap Tobacco Com- pany building is fast approaching com- pletion, and will be placed under roof this week. Manager Mate says an- other month will witness it in operation, the boiler having alrei dy been placed while the other machinery is on hand ^or erection. Mr. Bushnel, of Scotten-Dillon Co., roanufactuiers at Detroit, Mich., was a recent visitor here, and booked several ^erysubstantial orders for his firm's product. Artus Spatz, of Dallastown, cigar oianufacturer, has been on a business Farmers Must Soon Sell Their Old Leaf or Pack It. Lancaster, Pa., May 13. There is not yet as much improve- ment in the leaf trade as had been hoped for, but packers are taking the situation philosophically and little real complaint is heard. Last week may be said to have shown slightly greater animation in the local market than sev- eral previous weeks did, but it was ow- ing to the presence of a few out of town members of the trade. Their purchases were, however, not exten- sive and ihe volume of the week's transactions was not greatly increased. There is still tobacco to be bought from growers, and the time is now rapidly approaching when .they must either sell at the best figure they can get, or pack it themselves. If a real warm spell should set in, the tobacco piled up in the bundles would soon heat up, and as packers seriously object to receiving tobacco that is in a high state of fermentation, farmers could not then sell it at all, and would be compelled to pack it to save it from ruin. The cigar output for April, 1907, has again eclipsed the production during the corresponding month of 1906, and yet more complaint was heard among the manufacturing branch of the trade this year than during the same period a year ago. The increase is attributed, at least partially, to the large production of foreign manufacturers who have opened factories in this district within the past year. There is also some indi- cation of more coming. Mr. Hummel, of New York, repre- senting the American Tobacco Com- pany, was at Terre Hill, and conferred with local business men in regard to lo- cating a factory in that town. A pub- lic meeting was held to consider his proposition, which is that the people of the town erect a factory building large enough to meet their demand for the present, on a site which will at any time afford its enlargement. The com- pany will guarantee a good rent as in- terest for the money invested. Satur- day afternoon another meeting was held on the second floor of Watts' store. Different committees were appointed to further the project and see what can be dune toward raising the amount re- quired to put up the building, after which it is proposed a stock company will be organized. A great deal of en- thusiasm prevails in the town concern- ing the matter and indications are that the factory will be located ther*> in a short time. A factory 50 by 150 feet in dimensions is under consideration. The cost would be about $15,000. Julius Vetterlein, of J. Vetterlein & Co., Philadelphia, was in this city last week looking over some tobacco re- cently purchased by his representa- ) VUELTA ABAJO FACTORY VEGAS a Specialty Proprietors of famous lowland Vuelta Abajo Vetfas Prado 121, Entrance, Dragones St Cable: Sodecio" HABANA, CUBA. GONZALMZ, BENITEZ & CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama y Viveres Amargura 12 and i4t sind San Ignacio 25 Cable: "Tebenitez" P. 0. Box 396 HABANA, CVBA LOEBNUNEZ HAVANA CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama 142 and 144 Consulado Street Habana Cable: REFORM JOS. MENDELSOHN LOUIS A. BORNEMANN MANUEL SUAREZ Mendelsohn, Bornemann & Co. Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO id Commission Merchants an( New York Office: 196 WATER STREET Havana, Cuba: MANUEL SUAREZ y CA., Amistad 95 A. M. CALZADA & CO. Packers and Dealers in Lr< and COMMISSION MERCHANTS Monte 156, HABANA, CUBA. p. O. Box. S9d. Cablet "CALDA." tives. He seemed well satisfied with the purchases. I. H. Weaver, one of our best known local leaf tobacco packers, was among the Lancaster contingent of visitors to New York last week to attend the con- vention of leaf men, but was obliged to return before the close of the conven- tion, owing to the serious illness of his father. J. W. Brenneman and Milton H. Ranck were also among the visitors to New York last week. Bloomsburg Factory Denied. We are in receipt of a letter from Messrs. Otto Eisenlohr & Bros., con- cerning the reported contemplation of opening a factory at Bloomsburg, which reads as follows : "In regard to the article in your is- sue of May 8, headed "Bloomsburg Factory for Eisenlohr" would say, that James H. Keefer is unknown to us and his claim that he was looking for a building in which to locate a factory for us was a misrepresentation, and your kind attention will oblige." Signed, Otto Eisenlohr & Bros. Change in Erie. A. A Brugger, formerly a cigar dealer in Erie, Pa., has sold out the re- tail cigar business and on May 1 opened a jobbing warehouse at 2326 Sassafras street, in that city, where he carries a full line of cigars, stogies, pipes, etc. His office address is 212 West Twenty- fourth street. He is still pushing the Erie Cigar Clippings, for which he owns the registered brand. fc » I TOBACCO WORLD MRNEST BLLINGER & CO. No. lOi water SUeet Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO New York LEAF TOBACCO. TOBACCO TRADE NEWS OF GREATER NEW YORK.^ New York Bureau of The Tobacco World New York, May 14. Many of the delegates to the National Yeomans & Cubit gave up their service ornCES : DETROIT, MICH. AMSTCROAM,HOLLAND. HAVANA, CUBA. JOS. S. GANS MOSES J. GANS JEROME WALLER New York, EDWIN I. ALEXANDER JOSEPH S. GANS & CO. Leaf Tobacco Importers and Packers of Telephone: 346 John 150 Water St., NEW YORK Starr Brothers LiEflp TOBACCO IMPORTERS and PACKERS of Established 1888 131 Water Street NEW YORK Telephone : 4027 John M. F. SCHNEIDER IMPORTER OF Sumatra Tobacco 2 Burling Slip, NEW YORK NES, CORNER KUIPERSTEEG, AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND Telephone: 377 JOHN Joseph Hirsch & Son IMPOBTERS OF SUMATRA TOBACCO OFFICEi "l-nn:,!^ 183 Water St. Cable Address: "HERE." NEW YORK JOSEPH HOLZMAN SUMATRA, HAVANA Xi-wK!?li^r^i^ and SEED LEAF 1 UUQI^dJ 185 Water St., New York JOHN W. IVIERRIAIVI & CO. "At the Sl^n of the Bull ^oi," New York Real Habana Se^ar, Makers and Importers Habana Scraps and Cultlnda (or Sale Cigar Leaf Convention have returned home and business in the leaf circles is again going on in its accustomed quiet way. The few who remained over are merely hereon pleasure bent and are not buying leaf. Praise is heard on all sides regarding the way the entertainment feature of the con- vention was conducted and the mana- gers in charge of same deserve great credit. Everything was done to please and entertain the delegates with a spirit that was commendable and the efforts of the committee were appreciated. The festivities will not be forgotten for many moons. • • • Nothing of importance occurred in the leaf market, there being no sales of any consequence to chronicle. There is a big demand for extremely light Florida, but the market is short on this class of leaf. The manufacturing line still remains good and most of the large factories are working up to their full limit. The clear Havana houses are ej^ceptionally busy, the out of town call on this class of goods being above the average. The retail trade showed a falling off from last week. Our weather man dished up some pretty tough conditions, and all stores suf- fered in consequence. • • w In a recent interview with a Cin- cinnati newspaper man. Max Schatz, of the Suesskind-Schatz Company, cigar manufacturers in East Fifty-ninth street, wished to correct the erroneous impression that had been circulated to the effect that he had retired from the Suesskind-Schatz Company. Mr. Schatz desires to announce that he has merely purchased an interest in the firm of M. Kline & Co., and that he still retains an interest in the Suesskind Schatz Company, although he will devote most of his time to the Kline firm in the future. • • a Charles H. Storm, of the cigar manu- facturing firm of Lopez & Storm, is at present in the West, in the interests of his firm, and is placing his brands in new sectione. • • • Business is running usually good with Balbin Bros. They report their Tampa factory as running to its full limit, and their goods are being shipped to their New York office as fast as they are completed. Edward Sachs, who is at present in the West, is sending in orders by the bushel, and business in other sections of the country is keeping the firm on the jump. • • a Among recent visitors were Justin Seubert, of Justin Seubert & Co., cigar manufacturers of Syracuse, N. Y., J. Quinn, of Quinn Bros., cigar manufac- turers and jobbers of Troy, N. Y., and David Ehrlich, of Ehrlicki & Kopf, Boston, Mass. This firm conducts an up-to-date store on Nassau street, between Spruce and Beekman and were known as one of the biggest price cutters in the city, before taking hold of the National Cigar Stands' line. The United, Schulte, Joseph Jonas and many other stores are in the immediate neighbor- hood, and if the drug firm starts in slashing prices as befjrea lively war can be expected. Schulte handles his own cigars, the United the trust goods, and Jonas only independent goods, while the drug firm makes no distinc- tion and handles all lines. • • • The United Cigar Stores Company are now installed in the new headquar- ters in West Eighteenth street. Their new building consists of twelve stories and will be occupied entirely by the chain store firm. This has been about the fifth move made by the company since entering the New York field, and the officers hope the new quarters will prove adequate for the proper handling of their business for some years to come. « • a Capt. Mike Flaherty is doing good work on the Redencion brand of im- ported cigars from the factory of Fer- nandez Riveiro y Cia. The Captain has been this firm's representative in the United States and Canada since last August, and in this short while has ac- complished wonderful results. a a a The store formerly occupied by the United, corner of Liberty and Nassau streets, has now opened as a Shulte branch. This is a busy neighborhood and great results are expected of the new branch. • • • The only Theodore Beckhart, repre- sentative of M. Oppenheim, leaf dealer, expects to leave the end of the week for a trip up the State, with a large line of seed and Havana samples. • • « Notwithstanding the strike in the ci- gar industry in Cuba, the National Cuba Co. wish it to be known that they had anticipated such action on the part of the workmen of the sunny isle and loaded up before hostilities begpn. They are prepared to make prompt ship- ments on their Lord Beaconsfield, Mi Corazon, High Life. Sol and Ramon Allones brands in any quantity. » * m Joseph Jonas, the independent re- tailer on Nassau street near Ann, re- ports business as top notch. He has accustomed his trade to anti-trust pro- ducts and it is very seldom a customer will ask for a trust brand. Competi- tion is strong in this section, and the success achieved by this store has caused considerable comment among the city's retailers. 12 The National Cigar Stands Company lost a good stand here this week when the well known drug firm of Reid, Rutherford, Constitution, Hunter— a strong trio. l\ Draco CiiJar Mfrf. Co., PhilaM' I For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to Esublished 1880 Monroe D. Sellers, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO., SELLERSVILLE, PA. *^^m THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^^ A. COHN & CO. IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra PACKERS OF Seed Leaf Tobacco and Growers of Georgia Sumatra 142 Water Street, New York EDEN CIGAR FACTORY BANCES & LOPEZ HAVANA, CUBA Catixto Lopez & Co. 180 Water St., NEW YORK Will receive and attend to orders Cigars made strictly of very best Vuelta Abajo Tobacco ENDS SMITH EDMUND H. SMITH Hinsdale Smith & Co. Importers of SUMATRA and HAVANA and Packers of CONNECTICUT LEAF 125 Maiden Lane Tobacco ESTABLISHED 1840 NEW YORK CABLE: "NARGIL" Scores of men who conduct tiny candy stands in the financial district have been worried lately, says a Sunday paper, over a rumor to the effect that they will soon be prevented by the ci- garette manufacturers from selling sin- gle cigarettes from the boxes instead of the boxes in their entirety. A great deal of the daily profit of these men accrues from the eale of individual ci- garettes to errand boys and messen- gers, and they foresee calamity in the eventuation of the report. How the manufacturers can place the ban is not stated. * * * Under the will of Charles E. Halli- well, late vice-president of the Ameri- can Tobacco Company, his widow re- ceives the income from about $5,000,- 000, which is one-fourth of the estate. Before her marriage, only a few months ago, Mrs. Halliwell was a practicing nurse. 15.369 Registered May 6, ., by Ivan T. Gotwalt, Ruth erford "^^Ti^rV"" are sold by successful dealers. There is a Reason. jrade-Mark Register. COMMODORE BARRY 15,363 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, stogies and tobacco. Registered May 2. 1907, at 9 a. m., by Kemble & Clark. Philadelphia. ROLLIN 15.364 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots and wbacco. Reeistered May 2. 1907, at ^a. m., by Kemble & Clark, Phila- delphia. SCHENLEY PARK 15,365 ror cigars, cigarettes, cheroots and stogies. Registered May 2, 1907. R,r. *• m-. by Stern & Thomson, Baltimore. Md. MISS ANNA 15.366 For cigars. Registered May 3, 1907, at 9 a. m.. by Wm. Herstein, Philadelphia. TYRONE GENTLEMAN 15,367 For cigars. Registered May 4, 1907, at 9 a. m., by J. B. Milleysach, Tyrone, Pa. MAJOR C. S. W. JONES 15,368 For cigars. Registered May 4. 1907, at 9 a. m.. by J. B. Milleypach, Tyrone, Pa. ROYAL SIRE For cigars. 1907. at 9 a. m York, Pa. CASTANO 15,370 For cigars. Registered May 8. 1907, at 9 a. m , by Jas. C. Kirk & Son Co., Philadelphia. SKI HI 15.371 For cigars, cheroots and tobacco. Registered May 8. 1907. at 9 a. m.. by J. W. Gohn Cigar Co., E. Prospect, Pa. RAMON 15.372 For cigarettes. Registered May 8. 1907. at 9 a. m , by L. Cohn & H. Friedberg, Philadelphia. DIXIE LEE 15,373 For smoking and twist tobacco. Registered May 9, 1907. at 9. a. m., by Emil Kiel. New Albany, Ind. ROY'S CHUMS 15.374 For cigars. Registered May 13, 1907, at 9 a. m., by Murphy Cigar Co. Baltimore, Md. SMOKE J. J. M'S RELIABLE 15.375 For cigars. Registered May 13. 1907, at 9 a. m., by Murphy Cigar Co., Baltimore, Md. MURPHY CIGAR CO. 15.376 Trade-name. Registered May 13, 1907, at 9 a. m., by Murphy Cigar Co., Baltimore, Md. BRUGGER'S ERIE SMOKES 15,377 For stogies. Registered May 14, 1907, at 9 a. m., by A. A. Brugger, Erie, Pa. REJECTED. Castona, Panama, Mechanics, Queen of Diamonds, Big Casino, Pandora, Ar- eola, Argola, Sky High, You;Know. JOSH BILLINGS 5c. Cigar / ''There hain't none better than the best — Josh Billings. Is the Best^ A cigar of merit with a push behind it. I The Best Little Cigars ever offered tiie American public. Golden Eagle Cigars ] They are extra large, Havana blend, and of perfect workmanship. Finest package. I. LEWIS & CO. Makers, Established 1870. N 6 WEF k, N.J. Z. JOHN NORRIS, Manager of the Philadelphia Office, 1 1 1 Market St. ;_13 TOBACCO WORLD Bstablished 1881 THE Incorporated 1902 W0RLD Published Every Wednesday BY thB TOBACCO WORLD PUBLISHING CO. 224 Arch Street, rhiUdelpKiA. Tav y Krodt H* C. McManus, President and oinl. Manager. 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 Bar 362. SUBSCRIPTION-PAYABLE IN ADVANCE t 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 tf- dence of merit as to entitle them to public attention. No advertisement Unown 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- Ushers Address Tobacco Wori^d Publishing Co^ , 224 Arch St., Philada. PHILADELPHIA. MAY 15. 1907. The Labor Situation. May day this year has brought forth the usual number of labor disturbances, but happily a goodly number of them have already been adjusted, and fur- ther and serious consequences are now less likely to occur this year. There has been a general agitation for an advance of $1.00 per thouaand by cigarmakers' local unions, but such action has not been backed up officially by the International Union, and conse- quently it will no doubt be confined to local unions as a purely local issue. Louisville. Ky., is among the points heard from lately, an advance of $1.00 was demanded there, and about 250 men will be affected, since manufac- turers cannot see their way clear to make any concessions at this time. Strike headquaaters have been opened and benefits are to be paid the strikers during the time they are out. It is a matter of encouragement that in view of the more or less demoralized condi- tions, owing to the high cost of raw and all other materials entering into the manufacture of cigars, that the labor question has not become more se- rious than it has. It would seem that the officials of the Cigarmakers' Inter- national Union of America are thor- oughly cognizant of these facts, and are therefore acting with a degree of wisdom which is calculated to streng- then their positiori rather than to pos- sibly bring about disruptions in their ranks by demanding impossible terms at an inopportune time. Friendly Advice. The Dark Tobacco Association, which is to organize Christain county, is of- fered, by the Hopkinsville Kentuckian, a little excellent advice as to the sane method of effecting the organization of local planters. The Kentuckian advises that in sending out speakers, good citizens should be selected and "agitators and inflammatory spell- binders who are trying to thrust them- ■elves upon the associa*^ion and to array neighbor against neighbor, should be kicked out." Continuing, the Kentuckian says: "Let every speaker who takes the stump plant himself squarely on the Bide of the law, of order, of civilization and good government, and condemn in unmistakable terms every form of night raiding and the destruction of property by masked marauders. "No good citizen in or out of the 14 association can uphold these things. No Christian or God-fearing nian would knowingly ally himself with barn- burners and plant-bed scrapers. The association does not n^ed to wink at these things. It does not deserve suc- cess if it countenances them." CONVENTION AFTERMATH. Harry S. Rothschild's new Filipino March. "All Out of Shtep But Pat," is bound to be an interesting musical event, when the final touches before publication are put upon it. As to whether a Teddy-Taft postlude may be tacked on to it or not, the blushing au- thor declines to be drawn out. Ed. Woodward, of the staff of John W. Merriam & Co., and Ed. Kraussman are responsible for the decoration of Convention Hall. National Association Secretary, Char- lie Fox, like most men of striking characteristics, is often mistaken for somebody in a profession or business entirely different from his own. Fox is mistaken, by strangers, for a parson, oftener than for any other calling. Captain Miguel E. Flaherty, whose proficiency in the Spanish tongue is matched o. ly by the fluency of his na- tive Milesian vernacular, and who is equally at home as an umpire in the noble national Spanish sport, or in fill- ing the role of Wyatt Earp in a glove contest, dropped into the Convention between times, and always managed to liven the occasion. "Get the Cap'n in fettle to sing 'Groves of Blarney,' and he'll talk more than any two men on the floor, and then fight the whole bunch, with one hand tied behind him, into supporting his views," said an old time admirer, after one of the Cap- tain's calls during a quiet spell of the Convention's proceedings. "Cincinnati has done both substan- tially and handsomely by the National Association," was the remark of an on- looker, as he beheld the new Vice- President, John Staun, take his posi- tion on the platform, after election to the office so acceptably filled by his predecessor, who also hails from the Queen City. National Treasurer Felix Eckerson's oratory is conceded equal to the emer- gency of coaxing money out of the deepest old stocking, and if the Asso- ciation ever should need a "big wad," it would be found that in Mr. Ecker- son it had put the right man in the right place. The Quaker City never has failed in hospitality, and delegates to next year's Con ention will find that New York is not the only place on the United States map where the pojourn- ing guest is not permitted to feel lonely. Since Oscar Hammerstein shook the dust of things Nicotian from his san- dals, to pursue more dazzling fame in fields dramatic and operatic, and the late lamented Gustav Fuchs, satiated to despondency with a world that to him had come to be sadly and hope- lessly out of joint, solitarily folded his mantle about him and passed over the Styx, William Taussig stands alone as an instructor and entertainer in English expressed a la Germanic idioms. Chunks of wisdom and avalanches of mirth were incessantly dumped on the late convention, that had been lost and sadly missed had Mr. Taussig not been on hund. May he never turn up missing on such an occasion. No guest of the local Association at Monday night's Hippodrome entertain- ment, stampeded for the tank, in the last scene of "Neptune's Daughter," though not a few of the older heads seemed suspiciously nervous about the think-tank workings of some of their younger and more volatile fraters. More than one serious countenance lightened, as if relieved from a heavy strain, when the curtain was at last pulled up and the scene shut out on the final spectacle. Special Sumatra Announcement. On the first cover page of this week's issue will be found an announcement of Sumatra tobacco by M. Kemper & Sons, one of Baltimore's oldest and best known leaf tobacco houses. The announcement is interesting from the fact that the firm is a direct im- porting house, and is now engaged in developing an extraordinary Sumatra business. With the ample resources of the house, and their wide experience in handling leaf tobacco, this department is likely tj grow to immense propor- tions. Their selections will no doubt be found to have been made with the greatest care concerning the needs of American manufacturers. In this connection it is appropriate to say that on the 28th of this month Mr. I. L. Kemper, of this firm, will sail for Amsterdam, to make still further selec- tion of tobacco for his firm. Philadelphia Tobacco Trade The retail trade is now hopeful that at least some good favorable weather conditions may be expected, as the ex- ceptionally unfavorable weather has been their greatest impediment so far this year. Yet we find a few, who, withal, have had an averagingly fair week's business during the past seven days, but they figure that with more favorable weather they would probably have had even larger receipts than they did. Not much complaint is heard around manufacturing trade circles, and gene- ral reports seem to indicate that the business with a majority of the houses is quite satisfactory. Manufacturers operating country factories are somewhat seriously inter- fered with by a^more stringent enforce, ment of the internal revenue regulg. tions, in so much that they are for. bidden the practice of sending leaf to- bacco out of their factories for strip. ping. A sufficient number of stripper are not obtainable in many of the cigarmaking sections, and manufac- turers have had to resort to the practice of sending out tobacco to the homes of certain residents in some^of the townB, for stripping, and in that way the help of a great many women and others was procurable. It is difficult to see how this practice could possibly bring about any loss to the Government, and yet the privilege which had grown into a custom, hag been withhdrawn. A meeting of cigar manufacturers had been called for last Friday mornlDg to consider the matter, and if possible provide ways and means by which to overcome the present difficulty, but it appears that the attendance was not as large as was hoped for, and nothing of a definite nature was accomplished. It is believed altogether likely that some further action will be taken in the near future. There is at present no organization of cigar manufacturers in this city by whom such matters could be taken up. W. A. Zaniffe has secured a judg* ment on a note for $126.00 given by Alice McCusker, a down town cigar manufacturess. Henry H. Sheip Manufacturing Co., manufacturers of cigar boxes at 529- 535 Columbia avenue, has placed on the market a new box composed of African cedar. They claim this wood will answer the purpose formerly performed by the Cuban cedar, which is a scarce article in the market today. Another favorable feature is the cost, the boxes being a little cheaper than the ones composed of Cuban cedar. The firm is rushed with orders on the new box, but so far have avoided disappointing customers and have made prompt deliveries. Frau & Pena, 1536 Columbia avenue, are working up to full time on their Mi Escudo, a clear Havana which comes in many sizes. The cigar commands a ready sale as soon as manufactured. ;S. Greenwald, son of B. Greenwald, who formerly conducted a retail and manufacturing plant at 141 Market street, has opened a cigar store at No. 107 Chestnut street. ^^M THE TOBACCO WO RLD ^^H I Dr. Herzl, the five cent Turkish ci- garette, is having a good run in the South End. Budin Bros., 425 South Third street, the manufacturers cUio it to be the best cigarette on the mar- ket for the money, and they are push- ing it for all they are worth. Forward, a Turkish mouth-piece which retaiUat seven cents, is another product of thi» house. •«% Charles M. Gudknecht, president of the La Hilda Cigar Factory at 231 Chestnut street, reports trade as being excellent. His firm has just placed on the market their Uncle Sam five cent cigar under an entirely new and attrac- tive label. This cigar comes in all the popular shapes, the londres and ftif fectos being the best sellers so ^•^ ° the clear Havana line their La Hii»' Key West goods still holds its own, tw W. A. LAHR HATHBSELEH I* Old Age Tells The Storv Wholesale Cigar Manufacturer eOODALt ^xs^^SSSI'ffy '^_ AS HrS PA»N* '\%'Vi^-^% t I -YBMIiSlOf). yy^'^^ A^^a:,.:^ i Red Lion, Penna. VlR^T^ I Get our prices, and make a fair comparison with those of other factories. Correspondence invited with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade. Samples Free to Responsible Houses. ■/ We believe in Honesty, Good Woriimanship, at fair prices to all. Correspondence Solicited THE OLD HONESTY CIGAR BOX CO.. C. W. Backs, Gen. M^r. Rear 634 Washiniiton Street, Readini^, Pa. THE TOBACCO W 0 RLD The Miami Valley Leaf Tobacco Co. ALLEN H. REEDER DAYTON, OHIO STANLEY M. KROHN Packers of Cigar Leaf Tobacco 1903-4-5 Zimmer Spanish, 1905 Gebhardt, 1905 Dutch, 1905 Connecticut, etc. FARNHAM & REYNOLDS Home Office: ADDISON, N. Y. Packers of Tinest Big Flats aod OnondagaL Tobaeco CONNECTICUT HAVANA SEED Warehouses : Addison. N. Y. Blii Flats. N. Y. Meridian. N. Y. E. Hartford, Cona. N T. J. DUNN & CO. Makers of the BACHELOR CIGAR 401-403 E. 91st Street. NEW YORK Perfect Bunching Machine SIZE, 16 BY 10 INCHES- -WEIGHT. !8 POUNDS D°ar Sir :--You may have used Bunching Machines, and they may not have been satisfactory. Neither were the first mowing machines, or the first sewing machines ; but could the farmer today get along with- out a mowing machine, or your wifeget along withouta sewing machine? They are both Simply Perfect, and do all that is asked of them. That is the story of our Bunching Machine; it is simply perfect, and we call it the PERFECT BUNCHING MACHINE, and it does every hing that is asked of it. Now, if this little machine is all we say it is (and we are pre- pared to prove it), and will help you to make more money than you are now making, help you to increase your output and effect a saving in cost of production, you surely, as a business man, should be willing to let ua tell you more about it. Will you write us? Or, call at our factory. No. 1.12 South Sixth Street, Philadelphia, any day, and see this machine in practical operation. Yours respectfully, G6e PERFECT BUNCHING MACHINE CO. We Make Ihe Best In the Market ACME EXTRACT 8k CHEMICAL WORKS E. G. Eckert, Proprietor Hanover, Pa, price of same running from $50 to $150 per thousand. L. Blavistocky, cigar manufacturer at 1247 North Second street, states that business with him could not be better, although he issues the usual complaint about the high price of the raw ma- terial. Notwithstanding his complaint he looked the picture of content when I called and was busy attending the shipment of orders. His two leading brands, the White Rose londres grande and the Faustinettes, are principally handled by jobbing trade which he has held for many years. The Liberman Manufacturing Com- pany, 814 Winter street, has been work- ing overtime of late turning out their suction tables. Their goods are being used in all up to date manufacturing houses and have given satisfaction wherever placed. Their orders on hand will keep them busy for some months to come. Herbst Bros., 16 South Second street, have taken hold of the postal card store which is situated underneath their fac- tory, and they will conduct the same in addition to their manufacturing business. A recent incorporation was Godfrey S. Mahn, with a capital of $50,000, to raise tobacco. The directors are God- frey S. Mahn, Philadelphia, M. J. Sheridan, East Orange, N. J., and S. R. Perry, New York. The factory of Jose Alvarez, No. 58 South Second street, turns out only clear Havana goods. The El Delirio in all sizes is the leading brand on which a good wholesale and retail trade has been secured. The retail store presents a neat appearance, with up to date fixtures, and caters only to a high class custom. M. Rosenstein, the leaf broker, hu invested in a new drug, which afUr mixing with water turns the liquid to a good strong indigo blue. Abe Pareira was experimenting with this wonderful discovery last Tuesday and succeeds in spotting up a new pair of tan shoei, I noticed Abe mailing a bill that even- SPECIAL notices! (12J cents per line, 8-point measure) \A, E WILL SELL AT AUCTION, od ^ ^ WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1907, « 10 o'clock, a.m., at the Factory, No. 125 South Second street, Philadelphia, the Leaf Tobacco and Entire Factor) Plant of Newbnr^er & Co., declining business. The factory is thor- oughly equipped, and consists of 63 Miller, DuBrul & Peters Suction Tables, 25 Borgfeldt Bunching Tables, Suction Plant, Cigarmakers' and Packers' Ta- bles, about 200 Chairs, Drying Racki, Presses of every description, including a large Stem-press, Scales, including 2 Platform Scales, Office Desk and Office Fixtures, Zinc-lined Stock-rooms, Stoves, etc. TnKomn- 60 cases Penna. 1904, 22 lUUdUl/U cases Conn. Binders, 10 bales Sumatra, 65 bales Havana-Re- medios and Vueltas— 2 bales Havani Wrappers, 3 bales Havana Scrap, and various other items. Tobacco and Fixtures can be exam- iued by catalogue on Tuesday, May 21, at the factory. WM. F. COMLY & SON, Auctioneers, 5-15c 27 South Second Street To Manafactnrers of Cigars: If you have any Cnttin^s, Scraps or Sittings to sell, write us. We are at all times in the market as Cash Buyers of all these products. EDWIN L. KOPPELMAN GO. 7-6-lh 81 Pine St., New York. pOR SALE.— On account of other in- -*- terests, manufacturer will sell his Stogie Manufacturing Business of $30/ 000 to $40,000 per year: established 20 years. Equipment, trade marks, labels, etc., offered in their entirety,or present proprietor will take entire output, m continue to market the goods. A good chance for an energetic business man. Address Success, care of The Tobacco World, Philadelphia. 4.17tf In our last issue we stated that the brands Russian Liberty, The Amis, William Penn, Cybalow and Meljdie were manufactuered by J. Friedberg. This was an error. The firm of Fried- berg & Cohn are the owners and manu- facturers of these brands, while Mr. Friedberg controls the Union League pOR SALE OR RENT— A three-story cigarette alone. ■*- and basement Factory Building, *^ with steam heat, elevator and skyligni The Frishmuth home, at 1732 Chest- nut street, belonging to the estate of the late Samuel H. Frishmuth, for- merly a member of the tobacco manu- facturing firm of Frishmuth Bros. & Co., was sold last week for $17,500, subject to a ground rent of $36,000. The premises consists of a four story brown stone residence on a lot 22 by size 35 X 100 feet; suitable for almost any kind of manufacturing business especially cigars. Located in a beauti- ful modern town of 1,800 population, *) miles from Philadelphia: excellent rail- road facilities, both steam and trolle.v. Address Box 16, care of The Tobacco World. Philadelphia. ^ »a brown stone residence on a lot klii by _^ ^ ^^ , , . ,. ^ ,.. .qK, 150 feet, the assessed valuation of which PAN make up good cigar line lor j" i« $70,000. __ _^_ bin? ^.H-. If necessary b^: 16 M. C. Bleiler, representing the Na- tional Selling Company, of Allentown, has been spending some days this week in Philadelphia among manufacturers, showing a large line of supplies. Benjamin Labe & Sons, the Sumatra and Havana importers at 228 North Third street, report the purchase of 150 bales of Sumatra, by their Mr. Jacob Labe, at the inscription held May 11. They have been heavy pur- chasers of the new tobacco and have some fine marks to offer to the trade. can furnish his own leaf. Highest erences. Address N. Y. Manufacturer, Box 20, care of Tobacco World, r"'* 4-1"' WE PURCHASE Cigar Molds-un- desirable shapes-such as IJ* 16,261. No. 8,832, No. 8,569. Write JA stating what you have and the qiia""i;i Winget Mfg. Co.. York, Pa. ^J^ FOR SALE. -36 Bunching MachinflJ 64 Cigar Tables, also 2 StrippiJ Machines. Will consider a fair on«. Address Box 21, care of The Tofff' World, Phila. ^" H^^ THE TOBACCO W O R L D ^^B 61/:^ A O 1^ Tl^Iiii^MQ Arstleotof Plain and Fancy Ribbons 1 © I\. }\. X\. 1 \dG^^ in ^ Write for Sample Card and Price List to Department W SSs. Galloons, WM. WICKE RIBBON CO. Taffetas, Satin and Gros Grain 36 East Twenty-Second St., NEW YORK II MARCUS JASKULEK Packer and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Nos. 812, 814, 816 East Third Street Dayton, Ohio. Joe Endress, Jr. A. C. Kercher Pioneer Leaf Tobacco Co. Germantown, Ohio Packers of CIGAR LEAF TOBACCO SAVE AGENT'S COMMISSION Wliy should the Cigar Manufacturer pay Agent's Commission ? We iurnish All Shapes of the Best Grade Cigar Mold, direct to Manu- facturer and will duplicate CXaCtly any shape you are now using. Send for our Catalogue of 1,500 Shapes The American Cigar Mold Co., Cincinnati, 0. Wisdom on the Label Wisdom in the Cigar A 5c. Smol&e that is so Good It is Bound to Repeat Ohmit & Kraft East Prospect SIGNS! Designers, Printers, and Litho- graphers of CLOTH. ROPE FIBER and CARDBOARD SIGNS. AND PAPER POSTERS. In Weatherproof Color* We have Something New In FOLDED EDGE SIGNS. i Write for Prices and Samples UNION LABEL on Work When Desireds We Furnish QUALITY AND SERVICE THE MASSILLON SIGN ^ POSTER CO. MASSILLON. OHIO. r r I Walter B. Hostetter & Co. Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco We make SCRAP FILLER for Cigar Manufacturers WRITE FOR OUR PRICES AND SAMPLES Rear of 144 W. Market St., on W. Mason Ave. YORK, PENNA. >« 17 Our Capacity for Manufacturing Cigar Boxes Is— ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE GOOD CUSTOMER Monroe D. Sellers, Sellersville, Pa. THE T O B A ceo WORLD Established 1890 (k Emory Martin (J) t ♦ t ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•« ♦♦♦♦♦■*->♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ !&.■ E. S. SECHRIST Dallastown, Pa. Manufacturer of Fine and Common ei6ARS Capacity, Twenty Thousand per Day Keep a Ci^ar Good Porever n^HE AROMA will last as long as the cigar. You won't lose on account of improperly kept goods. THE WINGET ABSORBING ANH MOISTEMN(j PAD can be applied to any size box for from five to seven cents each. Small stores and consumers don't need expensive humidors; this invention will do the work. Add a few drops of rum or other moisture to the pad occasionally, and the cigars will keep indefinitely in their original condition. Salesmen's samples kept fresh. Territory for sale and agents wanted in all localities. Write us. Winget Manufacturing Company ing, and I can just about figure t« whom if was sent. C. L. Haeussermann, of L. G. Haeus- sermann & Sons, has just returned from a week's visit to Reading and vicinity, where he is said to have met with a pretty satisfactory business. Hippie Bros. & Co. have been doing some active work lately. Charles Hip- pie has been covering the trade in York county, with excellent results, while Fred Hippie has been in the Reading and vicmity district. L. F. Mueller, with Dohan & Taitt, importers, packers and dealers of leaf tobacco of this city, recently returned from a trip among the Canadian cigar manufacturing centres, and a very satisfactory return is reported for this trip, which was the first for several years which he has made through that section for this well known old house. L. R. Eisenbrand, of this city, has already entered upon his new connec- tion with Cullman Bros., of New York. He was one of the Philadelphia contin- gent, which visited New York last week, during the Leaf Men's Con- vention. Mr. Jacobs, Pacific Coast represen- tative of Levi, Blumenstiel & Co., im- porters of Porto Rico tobaccos, has just made his initial trip to this city, vice D. J. Davidson, who is no longer with that house. Hy. Valenchik, of Valenchik Bros., spent a day or two in New York last week during the progress of the con- vention, which he incidentally also at- tended. Frank Dominguez, of E. A. Calves & Co., 123 North Third street, is back at his desk again after a short illness. He still looks under the weather, but expects in a short while to regain his old time strength. John Oberhelman, leaf tobacco broker of Cincinnati, stopped in Philadelphia for a day or two last week, en route from New York, where he had attended the Leaf Men's Convention. DEATH OF MRS. KAHLER. tra markets. Entirely different coa|. tions are governing the market in iji. ported goods, from those existing ji the domestic leaf market, and It \i therefore a matter of being able to show goods that are most suitable lot the buyer's purposes in order to aecii,, trade than is the case in domeatic goodp. Furthermore, it is pretty well understood that little if any change ii possible so far as prices of Sumatra lo,) Havana are concerned, and that fact, too, has been accelerating the transac- tions and sales. HUNTER ScCig^r is successful with successful dealers. El Draco Cigar Mfg. Co.. Phila. Wild Tobacco Found. Prof. Fritz Knorr, of the Colorado Agricultural College, has found tobacco growing wild in greatest profusion in the Montezuma Valley of Colorado, says the Kansas City Star. Prof. Knorr is a native of Kentucky and knows tobacco culture all the way from planting the seed to breaking ^ necks of the big green worms. While attending the Farmers' Institute at Cortez, in the Montezuma Valley, Prof, Knorr was asked to suggest a method for eradicating a very troublesome weed. He took a sample of the weed to examine and was amazed to see in iti very fine specimen of wild tobacco. It seems that none of the farmers there was familiar with the tobacco plant and did not recognize the obnoxious weed as the ancestor of the cigars they were smoking. It is believed that tobacco was raised extensively in the Montezuma Vallej ages ago by the cliff dwellers, the lost race that left so many evidences of their civilization and yet not a lineof their history. The wild tobacco plant flourishes there in greatest profusion in vicinities thought to have been culti- vated by the mysterious race and along what is believed to have once been their irrigation ditches. rA.Huml lEAfTIMajOd Wife of Well Known Cif^ar Manufac- turer Hilled in R. R. Collision. Reading, Pa., May 14. Many expressions of sympathy and condolence have been extended to Mr. E. E. Kahler, one of our best known cigar manufacturers, whose wife was a victim of the Honda, Cal., railroad accident, losing her life. Mr. Kahler has been almost prostrated with grief. PHILADELPHIA LEAF MARKET 18 YORK, PA, There has been a little improvement noticeable in local leaf trade circles during the past week, and while the business has not yet grown to any specially noteworthy proportions, there does exist a feeling of increasing confi- dence that a revival will soon set in. The so-called temporary needs of manufacturers seem to be gaining in number and quantity recjuired, with the consequent result that the trade is again approaching more nearly its nor- mal proportions. In imported leaf, we have it from several houses, that there is increased activity in both the Havana and Suma- THE BEST ORGANIZED MOST COMPLETE 0 LARGEST MAIL Om leaf tobacco, establishment; r AMERICA ^ NEW YORK ' CHICAGO ST. LOUIS For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to ^^ ^^, ^ M^„4:,f,?i''^'"Vr Monroe D. Sellers, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO., SELLERSVILLE. PA. W^K THE TOBACCO W O RLD J. B. MILLEYSACK Manufacturer of Fine Havana PlfSAR^ Hand-Made Wlw^llM No. 821 Lake Street LANCASTER, PA. Correspondence with the Jobbing Trade solicited. ESTABLISHED ,889 INCORPORATED .902 . A. B. HESS CIGAR CO. SUCCESSORS TO J. E. Sherts & Co. LANCASTER, PA. Manufacturers of All Jobbers Who Handle Travellers Tips Say it Always Moves Well "A flood Five Cent Cigar Abbott Cigar Co. ABBOTTSTOWN. PA. High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars E. RENNINGER Established 1889 Manufacturer of High and Medium Grade Cig ars Strictly Union-Made Goods. DCIlVer, PSL. CORRESPONDENCE INVITED FROM RESPONSIBLE HOUSES The Gilt Edge v^Cigar Box Factory CIGAR BOXES SHIPPING CASES LABELS EDGINGS RIBBONS ■>*» J. FRANK BOWMAN Cigar Manufacturers' SUPPLIES of Ail Kinds 51 Market Street LANCASTER. PA. Daily Capacity: Five Tiiousand Boxes 5AMPLE5&PRICL5 '"^-*< FURHISHED .. UPON Application INSTOCKv TO ORDER CIGAR LABELS It Will Remove Rankness from Tobacco Take Away Mustiness and Give Cigars Havana Flavor. CHASKEL'S SPANISH BETUNE Is Specially adapted to give that Peculiar Sourish Effect desired. Chaskel's Flavors the Cheapest in the \, market, considering what they do* A Card Will firing More Information and Prices^ Chaskel Chemical Works 265 West Broadway, New York CHASKEt'S CIOAR*Toa'^^ ^AVOPS CIGAR BOXES Cy^C^'BMM if^^ The Ideal Cigar Made in an Ideal Way Stephen Day 3c. Brand Is Strictly Union Made Ideal Gi^ar Go. CENTENNIAL, PA. mnERsor ARTISnC CICAR UBELS SKETCHES ANI^ QUOTATIONS niRNISHEV WRITE FOB SANPLESAII0 RIBBON PRICES Our Capacity for Manufacturing Cigar Boxes is— ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE GOOD CUSTOMER Monroe D. Sellers, Sellersville, Pa. THE TOBACCO WORLD Growers and Packers of HIGHEST GRADES CONNECTICUT HAVANA SEED The Krohn Tobacco Co. (of WINDSOR, CONN.) Our Plantations are in the most famous growing section Fine Handling Superb Qua| Address: F. B. GRIFFIN, Manager, NORTH BLOOMFIELD, CONN. -OR- A. H. REEDER, President, P. 0. BOX 574. DAYTON, 0. Established 1895 Telephone Connection T. L. ADAIR Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Red Lion, Pa. Special Lines for the Jobbing Trade S W. W. STEWART & SON Reading, Pa. Makers of the JOHN HAY LADY HELEN lOc. JOHN HAY, Jr. ELI PERKINS Hi^h Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Correspondence with Responsible Houses Solicited L J. SMITH & CO. Wholesale Cigar Manufacturers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Red Lion, Pa. «|J|||Il^nlfiEiQtor with ^peclaUy Designed Bands. ^ "^ and PAN ANNA 5c. Cigars TWO HAVANAS Two for Five Cents I Correipondence with Reiponaible Houi.s lolieitaJ. -* Private Brands made to order. J. F. REICHARD Wholesale Dealer in LEAF TOBACCO of All Grades Craley, Penna^ SMITH BROS. Brokers in Domestic ¥ C A C TT/^D A i^^i^^i^ and Imported LL/Vr 1 vJD/\I^L>LI No. 17 Charter Street, Dayton, O. Ohio Goods Our Specialty BOSTON'S BUDGET. Cut cigarettes and giving 10 packan of Carolina Brights gratis with eT«n thousand purchased. The Marlboro Cigar Co. are now tie «T ,,,, distributors here for the Geo W [Boston Bureau "The Tobacco World ^hilds. made by the American Ci»r What the Live Tobacco Men of The Hub are Doing. 19 Devonshire Street] Boston, May 13. Co. The Marlboro Cigar Co. hasbeeg for sometime the leading jobbers hen Retailers have certainly ^^^^ ^^ ot xxmon And mdeven^eni hrmd^^ ^u. against a spell of bad spring weather gars, cigarettes and tobaccos, and why this year. We had quite a snow storm ^j^^y gj^^^j^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ q^^ ^ ^^^^^ Saturday last, and in fact all the way cigar, made by the tobacco trusts, down Maine reports come of queer j^ygtery spring weather. g Steinberg, the proprietor of tbt Estaorook & Eaton opened their new ^j^ Hyman's store at 446 Atlantic avf store on Washington stieet this week nue. reports a steady increase in his » and they did a rushing busmess. Ci- ^^jj business. Mr. Steinberg hu gars were handed out freely to all new ^^^^^^ ^p considerable trade on bii and old customers. They gave mostly Steinberg's Havana Smokers, a uni* the Principe De Gales and Marguerites. ^^^^ ^j^^^^ ^^^ ^e sells moreofthii The store is one of the finest in the brand than of anything else in his show New England Ststes. The cigar humi- dors will hold nearly half a million cigars. Our large local factories are not find- ing business so good, in fact many have laid off considerable help. The .team- case. Al Blum, of the Butler-Butler Co, is here again after a few weeks ab- sence. The Egyptian Straights are g(^ ing nioely in the new style package. O. W. Altgeld, representing Shinan siers' SI rike is affecting the retail end of g^^^^ ^^^ york. is in town. He sue the business here ceeds Myer Haim. who formerly cane Hub bill boarded with posters advertis- ing their Prettiest cigarette, and Mr. Over in Chelsea I heard many com- ^ere. Shinasi Bros, are having the plamts last week from store keepers, Since May 1 there is **no license" there and it will probably harm the ci- ATtgeid expects to have six men under gar business for ihe coming year, after j^im to do the town up brown, making which time it is expected the people ^j^^^,^ disp.ays. etc. will vote for license again. ^ B. Bendheim. representing the L. Shapiro, who recently joined the pjp^ department of the Metropolitai White Rolls crew of salesmen, covered Tobacco Co., New York, who is at pre- himself with glory this week. He uid ^^^^ visiting the trade in Maine, ex- a very satisfactory business openmg up pects to visit his Boston friends next several new accounts. The White Rolls ^ggu cigarette is going nicely and the re- tailers seem to be pushing the sale of Between the Acts little cigars for the same on account of the package bearing American Tobacco Co. Ten package the union label. Bro. Lea. who has ^^ ^j^^ ^^ ^^^^ gj^^ Lgj.oyg ^re being charge of the Eastern business of the ^j^^^ ^^^^jg ^^ ^^^^y retailer purchas- Ware-Kramer Tobacco Co.. ia a hustler j^^ ^ thousand of the B. T. A little and his salesmen all seem to follow his example. H. O'Donell is doing nicely on the cigars. A. Levy and W. Kennerly are botk M. Dankner. a wholesaler and re- ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^ere on Sar- brug's Dolma and Milo cigarettes. G, P. Rogers is no more the New Englaixi tailer at 288 Hanover street, will shortly vacate his store, the premises having been leased to a slot machine repregVntatwe of the Surbrug Co. It and moving picture concern. j^ expected that a Mr. Bates will soon Sam Marcuson has been doing a re- bave the position formerly occupied by cord breaking business of late on his j^^ Rogers firm's new 10 cent cigarette. Samaris, johnson & Co. are advertising the which is made up in plain, cork, or Manuel Lopez Havana cigars for whicii mouth-piece styles. ^bey are the sole Eastern agents. This Handel & MarguUis have opened an brand is made up in 16 sizes and isrfr upto-date cigar store at 212 Dudley ported to be selling well. Ben AIL street. Mr. Handel has another store on Harrison avenue. At 63 Shawmut avenue, near the Pleasant street subway station, a nicely equipped cigar store and shoe shining parlor opened for business Saturday. Antonio & Agrippino are the prorietors. - Godfrey S. Mahn Co. has been in- corporated in New York to grow, cure and manufacture tobacco, with a capi- tal of $50,000. The incorporators are; Godfrey S. Mahn, Philadelphia ; Martw Sifl" J. Sheridan. East Orange, N. J-! The Menashi-Khoury Co. has re- „gy ^ p^^y^ 354 yy^g^ Fifty-eii moved to 287 Atlantic avenue, where g^j.^^^, New York, they have more room and will be better able to cope with their ever increasing business on the Menashi and El Ahram high grade Turkish cigarettes. —St. Regis Cigar Co., New York hn manufacture tobacco and cigars, Ulof, The incorporators are : Wm- '; been incorporated with a capital of ♦&«. 000. The incorporators are: Wm- f. The New England Cigarette and To- Ashley, Jr.. Max S. Hamburger"" bacco Co. will move this week from 80 Henry M. Wise, all of New York, to 68 Salem street. The Wells-Whitehead Co.. of Wilson. N. C. has salesmen here calling on the retailers selling the Wilson Straight Has won many races for deal*"* Try it. THE TOBACCO WORLD Telephone Call, 432— B ice and Warehouse: y^ • ^<*flH t i9 ^m ■^r.v-.-.^»a«- FLORIN, PA. Located on Main Line of Pennsylvania R. R. E. L. NISSLY Growers and Packers of Fine Ci^ar Leaf Tobacco Fine B*s and Tops Our Specialty ^ Critical Buyers always find it a pleasure to look over our Samples S«p|.. ch..rf«Ily P. O. Box 96 (■balHed apon request J. K. LEAMAN Packer of and Dealer in LEAF Tobacco MILTON H. RANCK Packer of Penna. Broad Leaf Dealer In All Gtades of Domestic Cigar Leaf Tobaccos 201 & 203 N. Dulie Street LANCASTER. PA. United 'Phones 138 North Market St. LANCASTER, PA. J. W. BRENNEM AN Packer and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Packing House, Millersville, Pa. Office and Salesrooms, 110 and 112 West Walnut St. LANCASTER, PA. 1^^ TRUMAN D. SHERTZER Dealer in Leaf Tobaccos and Manufacturer of Scrap Filler for Cigar Manufactorins Warehouses: MAIN OFFICE: rWuon, pa. Lancaster, Pa. H.H. MILLER Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds Fine Georgia and Florida Sumatra IMPORTED SUMATRA and HAVANA AND MUCH Fine Binder and Filler Stock 327 and 329 North Queen Street . LANCASTER, PA. B. R 600D & eO. PACKERS and DEALERS in Leaf Tobacco 142 North Market Street LANCASTER, PA. The York Tobacco Co. Packers and Jobbers in All Grades of LEAF TOBACCO Office and Warehouset 15 East Clark Avenue Haavfactiircra of '^T 1 W^ Cigar Scrap Tobacco 1 OPKj MB* W. B. HOSTETTER & CO. Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Rear of 144 West Market Street, on Mason Ayenae> York, Penna. We Make SCRAP FILLER for Cigar Manufacturers. I N. D. AUEXANDER, Packer of and Dealer in L,BAF Jobber in Sumatra, Florida Sumatra and Havana Lemon and Arch Sts. 2k r THE T O B ACCO WORLD cii^^B iDiffurACTUirca ana C^iAs^w^ t and Fine Nickel V^lgiir^ J For Wholesale and Jobbinii Trade Correspondence wUh Resp->nslble Houses InvlfeH TOBACCO BREEDING. r l4jjwraf|| IM^^^^*** ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ t*^" ♦ I ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ X ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 4 4 An interesting paper on this subject, prepared by Messrs. A. D. Shamel and W. W. Cobey, of the Plant Breeding Investigations of the Bureau of Plant Industry, is published by the U. S. De- partment of Agriculture— Bulletin No 96. Bureau of Plant Industry. In transmitting th« paper to Secre- tary Wilson, the Chief of the Bureau, Mr. B. T. Galloway, says: "The tobacco breeding work of the Bureau of Plant Industry has now been under way for several years, and re- sults have been obtained which have at- tracted widespread attention and proved of very great value to practical tobacco growers. This bulletin is intended to summarize the results secured up to date and to place the knoweldge ob- tained before growers in such a form that they will be able to understand it and apply it in the practical work of improving their crops. The experi- ments have shown that tobacco can be improved in many important ways, and the methods by which such improve ments can be produced are here de- scribed in detail." Believing the subject will be of in- terest to many of our readers. The To- bacco World will reprint each week an installment of the Bulletin, until all the more important points are covered. Needless to say, the Department's publication is profusely and handsomely I illustrated, but lack of space forbids our reproducing the illustrations. O.L SCHWENCK.E LITHOCR/VPHICCO CLARENDON ROAD & E.37TH ST. BROOKLYN . N .Y. ' -^V FINE CI GAR LABELS -^-^ PRIVATE BRANDS OF ORIGINAL DESIGN. C H I C-. A O O kw^^%%i^<^>%%%»»%<%%%%^%» ^«%%««%% J. K. Kauflfman. John McLaughlin. JOHN McLaughlin ^ co. Wholaaftia Daalera in All Kinds of I Plug Qi Smoking Tobaccos > AUo, All Gradaa of Fine Cigars (t. Leaf Tobacco No. 307 North Queen Si LANCASTER. PA. 22 INrRODUCTION. The growing importance of the to- I bacco industry may be realized from a brief summary of the estimates of value of the crop in the United States in the season of 1906. About 796.099 acres of tobacco were grown, producing an average yield of 857.2 pounds to the acre, or a total of 682.428.530 pounds. The average value of the crop was 10.0 cents a pound, or a total of about $68,232,647. While it is almost impossible to comprehend the magnitude of the value of the manufactured products of tobacco, a glance at the total figures may convey some idea of the devlopment of this great and distinctively American in- dustry. In 1900 the total value of the manufactured products of tobacco was $283,076,546. These products may be divided into three general classes, of which the values were as follows: Cigars and cigarettes $160,223,152; chewing, nmoking and snuff products, $103,754,362; stemmed and re-handled tobacco, $19,099,032. In the manu- facture of these products 142,277 people were employed, who earned a total wage of $49,852,484. In addition to the tobacco grown in the United States there was imported into the United States in the year ended June 30, 1906, $4, 143,) 92 worth of tobacco in a manu- factured condition and $22,447,514 worth of unmanufactured products, making the total value of the importa- tions during this period $26,590,706. During the same time the exports of manufactured tobacco were valued at $5,410,480, and of unmanufactured to- bacco at $28,808,367. In 1891 the to- bacco industry furnished almost J50,- 000,000 revenue to the Federal Govern- ment, and the revenue from this scuta now amounts to about one-eighth of tiit Government's total net receipts. The United States now grows by fe the largest quantity of tobacco p> duced by any country in the world While tobacco was grown bythefint settlers in the colonies and was oneol their principal cash crops, theexta- sive development of this industry Im been a matter of comparatively recot years. The introduction of tobaccoiutt different sections of the United States with their widely varying conditions ol soil and climate, has resulted intix production of types adapted to therali and conditions of these sectioni, u well as supplying a product for tiit varied manufactures now demandadbj the consumers of tobacco. Improvj- ments in methods of culture, curiai and fermentation have resulted in the production of tobacco having an ui- creased value, but the most important factor in the development of mors valuable tobaccos has been the prodw- tion of improved varieties by sd selection and breeding. The prodtictioi of these improved varieties adaptedtJ local soil and climatic conditions Im made possible the rapid developmat of the industry and enabled the United States in a comparatively short time to rank as the foremost tobacco-pro- ducing country in the world. The prosperity of the tobacco in- dustry as a whole and of the growen in particular depends on the denW ment of improved varieties of tobacco adapted to the demands of manufK turers and consumers. There is no crop which responds so readily to breediu as tobacco, as has been proved by tk experiments of the writers, and iti further true that without careful sel«- tion and breeding there is no crtf which BO quickly deteriorates in yi«l'' and quality. The extent of the •«• in the United States in which tk conditions of soil and climate are snit- able to tobacco culture is almost iffl- limited, so that it seems possible tiaj by giving attention to the production « varieties adapted to these conditi<* this country can continue to produce^ increasingly large yield of valuiN* tobaccos. The experiments of the writers bi« shown that it is possible to increase* yield and improve the '*y^. crop by seed selection and ^'f**** The methods of breeding worked Jj in the course of these experiment»»'j simple and practical and can be c*fl* out by every grower with Ht*'*^. extra cost in the production of crop. The fact that tobacco is p«rf«2 self-fertile and that self-fertili««J|J produces more uniform and «i^ developed plants than seed HUNTER IS is all to the front ; made by EL DRACO CIGAR. MFG. CO.. P'""' ^^gTHE TOBACCO W O R L D :^ JOHN D. UOINO OFFICE t g^ • FACTOHYi No. 118 Mifflin Street Manufacturer of \^J^ l^GLITS Gor. Maple 8l Plum Aves^ Lebanon, Penna. A Specialty of Private Brands. Telephone Connection Samples Sent to Responsible Houses. rt^wiinnt HERMAN DEUUE York, Penna. Maker of Delman 10 and 5c. Herdel 5c. Alex. Martin 5c. UNION MADE CIGARS Sold to Wholesale & Jobbing Trade only Samples to Responsible Houses m m l.»EA« Bear Bros. Manufacturers of FINE CIGARS R. F. D. No. 8, YORK. PA. A specialty of Private Brands for the Wholesale and Jobbing Trades Correspondence solicited Samples on application GEO. W. PARR I Manufacturer of FINE CIGARS { I Littlestown, Pa. MAKER OF SclTHEFERNSIDElSc. I Brands: G6e Bear, G^ Cub, Essie, and Matthew Carey C. E. MATTINGLY & CO. Manufacturers of Hi^h Grade Union Made I Sold to the Jobbing Trade only Correspondence invited W. R. DAUGHEHT Y & BRO Dallastown, Pa. FOR THE Wholesale Trade Only Union Chief Snpreme Union M nui ' iiT' IS ot Fine Domestic Cigars Blithest Quality Finest Packai^eA Wholesale and Jobbing Trade only Correspondence with Active Houses Invited Mc Sherrystown, Pa. ei-^NTQ ElOno Union Made S-Cent Cigars are as Good as Cigars Can be Made Chas. A. Oberly* Maker LEBANON, PA. R. E. JACOBY Wholesale Manufacturer of Strictly Uniform Quality of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Rothsville, Pa. Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited ZHX Cigars of Quality Sell and Repeat. Try THE DOCTOR 3c. Cigar WALTER S. BARE, Lltitz, Penna. Mailer of Hidli Grade Cltfara Ezclnalvaly. Established 1870 Factory No. 7B S. R. KOCHER Manufacturer of Fine Havana Cigars and Packer of WRIGHTSVJLLE. PA. CD«M1WCII|^; >2l H. G. BARNHART Giiiar Manufacturer Sprin^vale, Pa. One of Our Leading Brands : Cuban Duchess Only High Grade Tobacco Used Cigars always duplicate THE TOBACCO WORLD T.A.MYERS&c°-' ▲ I YORK, PENN'A E. A. Calves uses was comfortable. Sunday morning I did not get up early enough to give the ther- mometer record, but when I went out- side the house I found frozen ground and ice on standing water, and such weather does not hasten the growth of tobacco or any other young plants. I think that the setting season will in consequence be put off at least one week and perhaps ten days. Our correspondent writes : North Hatfield, Mass. : "The Wolfram Brothers have received the first install- ment of broadleaf, one hundred cases, from Connecticut, which they are to pack for Oshinskey & Zutty, of New York. This tobacco was assorted by 'he farmers, tied up in hands and packed in bundles. This all has to be shaken out and bulked before it is packed. The balance of the lot is ex- pected soon ; only one carload has been received. It has rained all day today, "ot hard, but continuously.— American Cultivator. month has been unfavorable. The plants in nearly all of the beds are up and in some of the earlier beds are well developed. No recent sales have been reported. Two of the local warehouses are still in operation.— Gazette. EDGERTON, WIS. With the tobacco handling season practically at an end, the chief concern now is centered in the prospects for the coming crop. Up to the present writing the weather cmditions have been such as to offer little encourage- ment. While the young plants are showing on well protected beds, the growth has been exceedingly slow, and under the most favorable conditions from now on the transplanting season promises to be late. Wiih the exception of the L. W. Scott warehouse, the handling of last season's crop is entirely closed in this market, though a few scattering lots may yet be purchased to be put over the tables. There is a prevailing complaint of a dull market for cured goods and trans- actions are confined generally to small lots. Manufacturers are believed to be playing a waiting game and buying only from hand to mouth as their necessities require. Shipments, SOO cases.— Reporter. BALDWINSVILLE, N. Y. The interest of the growers at present » centertd in the plant beds. The beds •'e doing well, although the cold ^e*ther that has prevailed so far this Constitution ^'tS.'Si^" ri iJ*.*^® '•* the good old way. "•ORACO CIGAR MFG. CO.. PHILA. —Amended articles of incorporation were filed with the Secretary of State at Madison, Wis., increasing the capi- tal stock of the Partridge Cigar Com- pany, of La Crosse, from $15,000 to $25,000. —The Kingbaker Cigar Company, of Sedalia, Mo., has filed a statement showing an increase of its capital stock from $5,000 to $15,000, all paid in. The company claims to have no liabilities. PATENTS RELATING to TOBACCO, Ft 852,052 Tobacco truck; Wm. Bech- tol, Arcanum, O. 851,681 Cigar machine; Wm. S. Luc- kett. East Orange, N. J. 851,769 Combined cigar cutter and pipe cleaner ; George Nelson, Milwau- kee, Wis. 851,773 Smoking device ; Gustav A. Pfortner, New York City. 851,848 Match making machine; James H. Weaver and I. R. Laux,Wads worth, O. 852,409 Apparatus for pressing leaf leaf tobacco ; Berohard Baron, London, England. 852,463 Tobacco hanger ; Thomas M. Shrock, Gardnersville, Ky. Porto Rico Ci^ar Co. Red Lion, Pa. WHOLESALE CIGAR MANUFACTURERS Maior Paul 1 Lord Selkirk VQC. Arrow Point J Tom Lewis — 2 for 3e. Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only SOMETHING NEW AND GOOD WAGNER'S CUBAN STOGIES Manufactured Only by LEONARD WAGNER F.C.O,, No. 2 707 Ohio St, ALLEfiHENY, PA GEO. STEUERNAGLE CELEBRATED Trad* ^^ai3c. HAND-MADE STOGIES. Manufacturer of Pittsburg Stories Goods sold direct to Jobbers and Dealers 5143 Penn Ave., Pittsburg, Pa, HAROLD FRIES FRIES &BRO. 92 Reade St., NEW YORK The Oldest and Largest House in the Trade. Manufacturers and Introducers of the WORLD-RENOWNED SPANISH BETUNS Only Non-Evaporating Cigar and Tobacco Flavors SWEETENERS, ETC. QomniA PrAA "^*'* **<"* PoO"'*' Flavor since 188S JdllipiC riCC Pleate Write for Them Guaranteed to be the Strongest, Cheapest, and Best E A Calves Havana, 123 North Third street IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA ^THE TOBACCO WORLD ^ H^^ THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^B ^M STEU- .4eY f 'WiWIII'BUl.MIWIf Established 1877 New Factory 1904 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ METAL EMBOSSLD LABELS METAL PRINTED LABELS ♦♦^ »♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ II. J. f leiscKKaAier Cigar Labels f i 238 Arch Street, Philadelphia. tit ♦ ♦ TELEPHONE 1561 ♦ 4^ LITH0GR.APH1NG SPECIAL DESIGNS t$ -i PaUntad March B. I8B7 H. W. HEFFENER Howard and Boundary Aves. YORK, PA. DEALER IN CIGAR BOX LUMBER. LABELS, RIBBONS, EDGINGS, BANDS, ETC. Weidman Bros. & Moy [oyer J Manufacturers of Ci^ar Boxes sp..,., *«.„„„„ gjjj^jj j^g^p EMBOSSING "'""w?,?*"^ Factories: Womelsdorf, Pa., Sinking Sprinf^, Pa. Established 1801 For All Kinds of Products Requiring Baling TOBACCO STEMS, PAPER. COHON. Etc Specially Constructed ..PRESSES.. For Leaf Tobaeco Packers Warranted to do more and better work in a given time, with less labor than any Press on the market Unsurpassed for power, strength, simplicity and durability, as well as ease and quickne-^b in operation Various sizes manufactured. Write for prices and full particulars. They are indispensable in leaf packing and tobacco warehouses. Hundreds in use. MINNICH MACHINE WORKS Landisville, Lancaster Co., Pa. JACOB a SHIRK Lancaster, Pa. JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS of American Tobacco Co, American Cigar Co. American Stogie Co. Luhrman & Wilburn Tobacco Co. Blackwell Durham Tobacco Co. Spalding & Merrick: Tobacco Co. IT Wn I PAY Vnil *** ^^^ ^^ PRICES before orderlnit floods elsewhere. •w^v -Established 1834— WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchanl 27 South Second Street ADEN BUSER Manufacturer of PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday \ars, Tobacco, Smokers^ Articles Special Sales of Leaf Tobacco Consignments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Day of Sale Brilliant as Diamonds Fragrant as Roses Good as Government Bonds^ Are the CIGARS Regis^tered^Branda "Brilliant Star" Clear Havana . . lOc.. **S. B." Half Havana 5c.. "S. B." Little Havanas 5c. "Honest Bee" 3c. "2— I— No" Mildest Cigar Made 2 fof 5c. Special Brands Made to Order Stauffer Bros. Mfg. Co., New Holland, Pa. ^S.Bd Vo«r Cig.r Buyer Here We Will S.ye Yoo Mone> For Sale by All Dealers Cig. Dealer I LUMBE LABELS EDGING ETC. i^ Cigar Boxes and Cases R. F. D. No. 3 i YORK, PENNA. Patent ^'despondence Caveats, Trade Marks, S Design-Patents, Copyrights, etc. soiiciud- John A. Saul I^ Droit Building. WASHINGTON, D. C. V I R a I N I A P E R I Q U E MIXTURE 6Ae AMERICAN TOBACCO CO., NEW Y08K i ' i t « E;^ \ E. A. Calves & Co. Havana, 123 North Third street i^J: 4' IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA THE TOBACCO W O R L D ^^» >S GOOD^S THEJVfAME TsaoiMahk. "^'6-5;^1e]^E^^^?vr' RCCISTCRCD Havana Cigars NONE GENUINE UNLESS BEARING THIS BAN H OUR TRADE MARK IN COLORS l.RE&INSBUHGiSONS uv \>^ ^ ''J' THE AMERICAN 0CWAR£ or iMfTAT/ONS, ON SALE EVERYWHERE Constant Growtli m sign if ies 1^ m Constant Merit! Cigars that hold the confidence of their smokers pay dealers bf St. DIAMOND JOE CIGAR FACTORY brands stand pre-emi- nently in a class of their own. H . F E IN D R I C H Evensville, Ind. ^\ '\vi>i; WARREN BECK & BRO. Ten-Gent Brands: r^* ^ %. m f > D.ke of Westminster CigaF Manufacturers Adoilrnl Ghcrardl Gen. Warren -^^ -■ v^ La Respobder Marcana j[ OI*lCf M d.a La Cantldad Michael Hose Manufac- turenof LEAF TOBACCO, For Gentlemen of Good Taste 1.5 / 1/ ^^^^i^^mmuAgncultun, IfigUbliBhed in 1881. Vol. XXVII., No. 21. i PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK. MAY 22. 1907. 1 One Dollar per Annum. Payable in Advance. Philipp J. Kolb&Co. Importers & Packers OF Leaf Tobacco 310 Race Street Philadelphia • CENTRAL UNION. United States Tobacco No other brand of Tobacco has grown so quickly in public favor EEiMTHAL | UmON I Reasons : Quality Price Union Label Friendly Dealers' Aid and Tobacco Trust's Hostility CUT PLUG. Co. Richmond, Ya. £F u M TOBACCO New s u M TOBACCO T R Crop u M TOBACCO Samples gladly submitted on application J\^ 2,600 Bales Purchased at tlie First Four Inscriptions M TOBACCO H.DUYS&CO. No. 170 Water Street, NEW YORK De Amsterdamsche Tabakshandelmaatschappij, Amsterdam, Holland u M TOBACCO -iy FELieE-« (S ^ A HIGH GRADE B^ iJC.CIGAR FOR kJLi. Sold Extensively by Leading Cigar Dealers and Druggists Throughout the United States SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES THE DEISEL-WEMMER CO., Makei^ LIMA, OHIO L Growers and Packers of FLORIDA TOBACCOS Write for Samples SCHROJEDMR & ARGUIMBAU 178 Water Street, New York E. ROSENWALD & BRO. il ^S^^ T H E TOBACCO WORLD r CHARLES M. GUDKNECHT, PRESIDENT La Hilda Cigar Factory (Incorporated) Manufacturers and Importers 231 CHESTNUT STREET Philadelphia CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED \^ (lord LANCASTER, 10c.) Oiler Bi k Ci. Manufacturers 615 Market St., Philada. (NICKELBY. 5c.) \t i SUPERIOR Quality and Workmanship Factory No. 968, First District Fenna. 1 1 •^ CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Kni^ 5-cent Ci^ar Made by Morris D. Neumann & (a PHILADELPHIA. PA. Reserved Factory 1839. First District Penna. Guaranteed Strictly Hand Made Imported Sumatra Wrapper Long Havana Filler ;^^^^^ ^^^VsV^'^^'^^^^ tX^'Q^ ^ HENRY HEYMANN'S SONS, INC. MAKERS Sinking Spring, Pa. kJ W. K. Gresh & Sons, Makers, Norristown, Pat "^iiP YOU CAN BUY WEAVER'S ORIGINAL HAVANA SHORTS! AT ^P^ ^i^^. All Jobbing Houses Parmenter Wax-Lined Coupon Cigar Pockeb Afford PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indorsed by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE Advertising Medium known. Racine Paper Goods Co., Racine, WiSfl^-^* Sole Owners and Manufacturers* THE TOBACCO WORLD Vol. XXVII., No. 21 PHILADELPHIA, MAY 22, 1907 One Dollar the Year BARSON GETS DRAWBACK ILLINOIS TO OUST CIGARETTE TROUBLE IN ILUNOIS FACTORY U. C. S. CO'S PRETTIEST STORE nn CiiSarettes Made of Turkish Tobacco and Not Weighing Over Three Pounds to the Thousand. Washington, D. C. May 17. On May 14. James B. Reynolds. Act- ing Secretary of the Treasury at Wash- ington.issued instructions to the Collec- tor of Customs at New York, allowing drawback on cigarettes to A. N. Bar- son & Co., to cover the exportations of <;igarettes manufactured by them, wholly with the use of imported Turk- ish tobacco, in accordance with their sworn statements, dated May 4, 1907. In liquidation, the quantity of im- ported tobacco which may be taken as a basis for the allowance of drawback shall not exceed 48 ounces for each 1,000 cigaret-es of the several brands manufacturered by them. Reference was made to the Depart- ment's regulations of July 3, 1902, es- tablishing a rate for the allowance of drawback on the exportation of cigar- ettes manufactured by the American Tobacco Co., which was extended to <:over the Barson incident, thereby plac- ing them on a par with the American Tobacco Co. Detroit Factory Expansion. Detroit, Mich., May 18. The Globe Tobacco Co. has just com- pleted a deal whereby it secures 54 feet of frontage on Fort street east, directly east of the company's present factory at Fort and Brush streets. With this frontage, the Globe people now own one-half of the entire block bounded by Fort, Champlain, Brush and Beaubien, and in a short time will spend many thousand dollars in the erection of new buildings. The Globe factory and the additional 54 feet frontage extend 144 feet on Fort street and to the alley running east and west between Fort and Cham- plain streets. Fronting on Champlain is the company's warehouse, 54 feet, occupying the space directly opposite the new purchase on Fort street. On the comer of Brush and Champlain streets is a vacant parcel owned by the company, with the same amount of frontage on Champlain that the factory has, directly opposite it, on Fort street. As soon as the lease expires on the building now occupying the site just purchased, the company will erect ad- HaVANA, 123 North Third street ....IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA J. Vetterlein & Co. ^^KTHE TOBACCO W O R L D ^B Importers of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF Tobacco 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia FOUNDED 1855 John T. Dohao v'.-rk o.-rJ y' Wm. H. Dohan de DOHAN 6l TAITT D &T Importers of Havaoa and Sumatra Packers of ^^^^^^^lO^ Atch St. I^eaf Tobacco 4^RIB^ PHIL4DA. B.labllsh«d 1825 K 7, 7 L B LEWIS BREMER'S SONS IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra AND PACKEBS OF Leaf Tobacco ^22 and 324 North Third Street, Philadelphia Julius Hirschberg & Bro. Importers of Havana and Sumatra and Packers of Seed Leaf Tobacco 125 North Third St., Philada. L. BAMBERGER & CO. Fackers aod Dealers In Importers of SEED LEAF HAVANA and SUMATRA TOBACCO 111 Arch Street, Philadelphia War«hoas«ai Laacaster, Pa.i Milton JnncUoa. Wis.i Baldwinsvlile. N. Y. I1.9TRAUS i&.§^€y@£!@^^)^ A,toei IMPORTERS OF aOII^9a8£liiMl3d9i^ I?HILADELPHie^ Benj. Labe Jacob Labe Sidney Labe BENJ. LABE Si SONS IMPORTERS OF Sumatra and Havana Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco 228 North Third St., Philadelphia /4jrM Third St, Ph/Afda/fiA/a./hi. Importers and Dealers in ALL KINDS OF SEED LEAF, The Empire V . _ _ SEED LEAF, m Leaf Tobacco "^y^"^ ( SUMATRA i U Co., 118N.3dSt.,Plii!a. B liEOPOLiD liOEB 8t CO. Importers of Sumatra and Havana " Pacicers of Leaf Tobacco 306 North Third St., Phila. GEO. BURGHARD Importer of Sumatra and Havana and Packer of LeAF TOBACCO 238 North Third Street, Phila. ENBAC 1^ 1642-44 N. ELEVENTH. ST Phiiadelphia J. S. BATROPF 224 Arch St., Philadelphia Broker in LEAF T©BAe60 E. A. Calves A Co.<£ MPORTERS of Havana, 123 North Third street PHILADELPHIA THE TOBACCO WORLD EXPORT STAMP ISSUED BY CUBAN CIGAR MANUFACTURERS Authorized by the Government of the Republic of Cuba UUNIONDEF^BR^CANTESDETABAC0SYClGARR0S ulonzadaporel Gobierno delaRepablica Garantiza que los tabacoscigarrosy paqaeies de picadiirao the South and West from Cincinnati <«. to the Pacific Coast. It IB said that another large cigar lactory is coming to York in the near juture and that it also will be a union «ctory. ' ' We might add that this is not an in- novation at all, because similar ^ethods have already been adopted D«Jore by manufacturers, not all of ^hom have found in it the degree of "atisfactory results that they had hoped for, and many of them ultimately changed again to the open shop system. Still, we have a few illustrations of success in union factories in this county, but the number of failures in successfully carrying out such a pro- gramme are perhaps in the majority. Mayer Bros, have in the past en- joyed )he patronage of some very large houses, but it seems a question if these can be carried over to accepting union goods in equal quantities at regulation union prices. If they can the venture will be successful from the beginning, but if not, a virtually new business will have to be built up, and that always takes time. Fortunately the firm is in strong financial standing, and whether the newly adopted system is a success or not, will not likely affect their stand- ing in the least. It is a business ven- ture, and that is about all there can be said about it. John Fiddler, with John W. Minnich & Son, has finished a six weeks busi- ness trip through the West, and has re- turned to the factory headquarters well supplied with orders. Warren Locke, formerly a book- keeper with J. E. Detweiler, cigar box manufacturer at Red Lion, has taken a position as salesman with Rost, Neff & Co., leaf dealers of Red Lion. The Belmont Cigar Co., of Red Lion, is now getting under way very nicely. They will make a special drive on the Juan Bazan and Happy Phil brands of nickel goods. The trade in general is fair through- out the county, but no buum is experi- enced nor is one expected immediately. LITTLE CHANGE IN LANCASTER •RUTHERFORD j^ Are Popular °^U8e They Please the Consumer. CLEAR HAVANA CIGARS Only an Occasional Sale With no Change in Prices— Factories are Also Quiet. Lancaster, Pa., May 20. There is still not much improvement in the condition of the local leaf mar- ket. Occasionally a small lot of 1905 goods is sold, but prices have not yet changed and activity is retarded. There have been several out of town buyers here during the week, but they bought rather sparingly. There is, however, much tobacco in warehouses here that has been sold, but is held on shipping orders. Trade among cigar manufacturers is also rather quiet, i. e., factories are all in operation but no urgent demand for goods exists. The A. B. Hess Cigar Co. is now be- ginning to carry out its well defined plans for expanding its business opera- tions. So far the house has met with good encouragement, and its product is giving thorough satisfaction. J. B. Koser, who was formerly en- gaged in the leaf tobacco business in this city, has practically retired, and gone to farming. He purchased a pro- perty some time ago along the banks of the Susquehanna and is making great improvements on it. John Slater, of ^Washington, Pa., has (Concluded on p. 18) ^ Write for Samples ^Prices Norristown Keyno\ Tobacco Works HAVANA SHORTS 2 oz. 5c. NORRISTOWN, PA. Manufacturers of Havana Shorts Private Brands for Jobbers a Specialty Samples submitted on applicatioo Tobacco Cases Box Truck easHy an safely IT IS BUILT FOR STRENGTH But is not heavy. Notice tlie position of tlie Steel Spurs. It won't "Run Away." Ls«d la Factories and PrJrO Sl4 4 A Warehouses every where tll^C «p;7.;JV Wolf &, Lukasawitz, Dayton, O., aay: ^iGenllemen: We Kave been uiing your Boil Trucka for a period of ten yeara, and would aay that they have given ua the beat aallafaction, and you may aend ua three more of iha aame make. MANUFACTURED BY THE WM. F. KRAMER CO. DAYTON. OHIO ) '^^m THE TOBACCO WOR L D^^^ Read the Cuban Market Reports New Remedios Crop will be Short, High Priced and Not Fit to Work VNTIL A YEAR FROM NOW Now is the Time to Buy Old Santa Clara, Firsts and Seconds Write for samples which will be sent free of charge HAMBURGER BROS. ^ CO. Stripping Department Importers of Havana 137 Gervasio Street HAVANA, CUBA 228 Pearl Street NEW YORK READING IN MOURNING. California Disaster Causes Sor- row in the City. Trade Re- ported Moderately Good. Reading, Pa., May 20. The entire city is in gloom as a result of the terrible disaster in California and the large number of Reading resi- dents who were among the victims. Otherwise the cigar trade in this section is moderately good, and some of the manufacturers are moderately busy. Dan Fleck, of the Fleck Cigar Co., started last week on a Western trip which will cover a period of several weeks. The factory is pretty well filled with orders at present, and a full force at work. Mr. Carroll wth M. Kemper & Sons, Baltimore, was here last week, and closed some nice sales on leaf tobacco to factories in this city and vicinity. D. Kaiberman, with Joseph Hirsch & Son, New York, J. A. Kinney, with A. Cohn & Co., New York, and L. F. Mueller, with Dohan & Taitt, Philadel- phia, were among the week's visitors in this city. I. L. Kemper, of M. Kemper & Sons, is expected here by the middle of next week. Mr. Carroll, with this firm, has gone to Binghamton, N. Y. Henry Heymann's Sons, of Sinking Spring, are pushing specially the Ha- vana Babies brand of 5 cent goods, and are meeting with encouraging success. John U. Fehr & Son, leaf packers, were reported a few weeks ago as hav- ing closed up their packing season, but Mr. Fehr has since started in buying again, and has secured about 200 cases 8 of Pennsylvania. Their warehouses will therefore remain open for several weeks yet. C. G. Derr, representing Henry Rindskopf, filled his defense to a suit brought by Levi, Blumenstiel & Co., leaf tobacco dealers of New York, against Mr. Rindskopf on notes given in the purchase of tobacco in 1906 and 1907. Mr. Rindskopf denies liability for the full amount, alleging that much of the tobacco delivered to him was musty and unsaleable, and did not come up to the conditions upon which it was purchased ; that some of the tobacco was returned to Mr. Rindskopf when sold to customers; that the firm had agreed to have the goods examined by expert samplers so as to separate the sound and unsound tobaccos, but failed to appear at the time agreed up m. Mr. Rindskopf states he paid the first note of $621.81, although in excess of the contract price, and that it was then agreed that no further notes should be paid until the stock had been examined. Mr. Rindskopf declares that he has the balance of the tobacco ready to be returned to the plaintiff and so notified the firm. Increased Tobacco Consumption in United Kingdom. In answer to a Virginia correspon- dent, Consul Daniel W. Williams, of Cardiff, Wales, furnished the following information concerning the British con- sumption of tobacco and tobacco manu- factures : The United Kingdom is undoubtedly the best market in the world for to- bacco, for its consumption has increased 30 per cent, in the past fifteen years, or at the rate of 2 per cent, a year. The use of tobacco is almost universal among the males above the age of 16 years. It is used in all known forms. Laborers consume large quantities of chewing tobacco during the hours when smoking is not permitted on account of the character of their work or other causes. The pipe is seen everywhere, in the home, on the street, and the sporting field, and in all lounging places, trains, boats, etc. The cigar is most noticeable among the professional, moneyed, and aristocratic classes, but the cigarette seems to be the special favorite of all classes and is consumed in immense quantities; it may be seen in the hands of mere lads as young as 8 years, and dealers report that there is a growinsg cigarette trade among women. Snuff takers are still not un- common. The growing use of tobacco is due to a number of causes. Many seem to think that certain climatic conditions, such as the excessive moisture in the air and the attendant depressing condi- tions, prepare the people to feel the need of its stimulating or soothing in- fluence. The steady exodus from the lanJ to the industrial centers and the wonderful development of arena sports have undoubtedly contributed to the in- crease in the past fifteen years. The social habits of the people are another important element. Oddly enough, there is practically no crusade against its use, by Church or State, beyond the effort made by the anti-cigarette leagues to induce lads to abstain from the use of cigarettes until they reach the age of 21 yearp. Trust Controls Trade. The trade has gradually passed into the hands of great companies which have well-defined and profitable "work- ing arrangements," and which in the United States would be known as "trusts." The greatest tobacco com- pany is very powerful and controls di- rectly or by contracts a large number of shops in eac city and town. There are many smaller companies doing a successful business on account of the great possibilities everywhere, for > tobacco shop never finds it necessary to drum up trade. All that is necessary is to plant a shop in the stream of trade and it will flow into it. A tobacco combine has the advantage over small competitors out of propor- tion to the difference in capital, for two reasons : There is a considerable excise tax on all forms of tobacco, and all the tobacco hap to be imported from over the seas. A small quantity of to- bacco has been grown in Ireland for thre years as an experiment, but this has no effect upon the trade. Extent of Imports. As will be seen in the following table, prepared by the Bureau of Manufac- tures, showing the imports into the United Kingdom in 1905 and 1906, M taken from British oflficial returns, the greater portion of the tobacco and to- bacco manufactures consumed therein is drawn from the United States: Description. Stemmed Unstemmed Cigars Cigarettes 1905 From Other U. S. countries $1,328,100 $308,2 7.142.200 2,103, W 5,361,500 1.000,2 21.000 605,9W Cavendish & Negroh'd 189.800 16.200 All other, and snuff 18,800 18^* Total Stemmed Unstemmed Cigars Cigarettes $14,061,400 4.051,700 $2,776,900 $321.»^ 9.667,500 2,345,7W 6,026,200 1,004.P 22,400 685, 5W CavendTsh & Negroh'd 20l',400 48,lOj All other, and snuff 20.200 ^^'^ Total $18,714,60 4,324,^ "All other, and snuff" not beij credited to countries is divided bet*^ the United States and other countri" to make the statement complete. ^^K T H E TOBACCO W O R L D ^^« E A. Calves HaVANA, 123 North Third street ^ PHILADELPHIA ...IMPORTERS of H. UPMANN & CO., HAVANA, CUBA 1& INDEPENDENT MANUFACTURERS OF THE CELEBRATED W^. H. tJPMANN CIGARS (hamna) BANKERS SHIPPERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS ESTABLISHED 1844 CHAS. LANDAU, 82 Wall St., New York; Board of Trade Building, Montreal ,,, sou: REPRESENTATIVE OF H. UPMANN BRAND FOR UNITED STATES AND CANADA jf m THE DROUTH AT LAST BROKEN IN CUBA. Heavy Rains in Havana on May 12th and 13th, and Probably General Over the Island. Cuban Editorial on the Cause of the Strike. Special Correspondence The five months drought is at last broken, and on Sunday it rained heavily most of the afternoon, and again early Monday morning. While no definite news has been received it is supposed that these rains were general through- out the country, and they have come none too soon to avert terrible suffer- ing. Even the country surrounding Havana had a parched, burned- up look, while the poor cattle stood huddled to- gether by the roadside vainly seeking shade and pasture. A fine white dust covered everything, and the cactus hedges looked as if they had been thickly powdered. This is probably the beginning of the rainy season, and from now on matters will undoubt- edly improve as far as the crop situa- tion is concerned. There was a fair amount of new Vuelta Abajo received from the country this week, but the continuation of the strike has paralyzed the market, and there are few buyers. Several New York buyers came in on the last steam- er, but so far have not begun to operate in our market. Again this week I have no sales to chronicle. Buyers Come «nd Go. Arrivals :— Lewis Cantor, of L. Fried- man & Co., Sol Hamburger, of Ham- I'urger Bros., Sydney Goldberg, of S. L. Goldberg & Sons, David H. Del- Bionte. New York. Departures :— Victor Ettlinger, for New York. Under the heading of "Some Plain Pacts about the Strike," our esteemed contemporary. El Diario de la Marina, published some interesting facta which, •n the absence of other news I am go- '»fi; to quote. As the strike still con- •nues and there is no immediate pros- pect of a settlement it may interest the readers of The Tobacco World to ConsTitution^c^iii?! We the Best that can be made. Do you sell them? LUIS NUNIZ of The Tobacco World.) Havana, Cuba, May 14, 1907. get at the real causes which brought the strike about, and which influ- enced the independent manufacturers to close their factories, as well- Ac- cording to th i Diario, after the Execu- tive Committee of the Cigarmakers' Union addressed a letter to Samuel Gompers stating therein their real and fancied grievances, that paper sent a | reporter to investigate, and he gathered the following information :— In the first place, he declares that it is not true that the trust pays its work- men in Spanish gold and sells its goods for American money. The trust, in common with other cigar factories here, sells its products at prices quoted in Spanish gold. It also keeps its ac- counts in Spanish gold, and it pays its employes in the same coin. This statement as referred for verification to the American Consulate, where the shipping papers could be seen. This is the principal grievance of the strikers, and if this proves to be false, it appears as if they were merely using this argument as a subterfuge to de- mand a 10 per cent, increase in their wages. If this increase were granted it would mean a loss to the trust of $500,000 per year, and an equal if not greater loss to the independent manu- facturers. In view of the fact that the trust worked at a loss of a couple of hundred thousand dollars during the last year, it is not natural to suppose that it is willing to grant a demand which would mean a double loss with- out any chance of recouping. The ci- garmakers also complain in their let- ter to Gompers about their hard life, but as the average cigarmaker earns from $18 to $20 per week, while the skilled workmen get as high as $40 per week for special sizes, these must be considered as fair wages. During the last few years notable improvements have been made in the sanitary arrangements of the fac- tories, and they are regularly inspected to see that these necessary improve- NANUEL NUNIZ HILARIO NUNIZ VENANCIO DIAZ. Special Partner MUNIZ HERMANOS y CIA S en C Growers and Dealers of YDELTA ABAJO, PARTIDO and REMEDIOS TOBACCO Cable : "Angel," Havana Reii\a. 20, HavanaL p. O. Box 98 SYLVESTER & STERN SUCCESSORS TO LEWIS SYLVESTER & SON Growers, Packers and Importers of Havana Tobacco HAVANA, CUBA Monte 56 NEW YORK 165 Front Street PLANTATIONS and ESCOJIDAS: In VUELTA ABAJO at PUERTA de GOLPE PARTIDOS REMEDIOS SANTIAGO de las VEGAS SANTA CLARA QUINTA CAMAJUANI " SANCTI SPIRITUS FACTOEY VEGAS A SPECIALTY CHARLES BLASCO Cofnml»»ion Merchant Leaf Tobacco and Clf^ara 1 O'Reilly St. b2^ Habana, Cuba GONZALEZ Y MIGUEL Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama Especial idad en Tabaco de Santa Clara de Primera Glase CabUi "CASIN" AMISTAD 97, HABANA^. t\ \\ W H^^ THE TOBACCO WORLD :^^B BEHRENS&eO. Havana, Cuba Manufacturers of the "SOL" Brand Finest Yaelta Abajo Tobacco Exclasively NO BETTER GOODS MADE QUALITY ALWAYS RELIABLE Sole Representatives for the United States and Canada : National Cuba Co., 147 Water Street, New York Sobrinos de A. Gonzalez LEAF TOBACCO MERCHANTS Principe Alfonso 116 y 118 Habana, Cuba Cable: 'Antero' GUSTAVO SALOMON Y HNOS. Especialidad en TABACOS FINOS de VUELTA ABAJO. PARTIDOS y VUELTA ARRIBA Monte 114 P. O. Box, Apartado 270 fl r^ 1^ ca i-fc c» Cable: ZALEZGON IlClUCiriCl UNO DIAZ R. RODRIGUEZ B. DlflZ 8t GO. Growers and Packers of Vuelta Abajo aod Partido Tobacco PRADO 125 Cable: ZAIDCO HABANA, CUBA PARTAGAS Independent Cigar Factory '!ave left behind almost the entire equipment of the old store. But in the new store, an even larger stock of the ciwra which have given the firm a na- tional reputation can be kept constantly on hand, and the ever growing business, ^nich made the change of location im- perative, can be adequately handled With the increased facilities with which tnis model establishment has been equipped. Constitution ^.^f^^V ti •vi?**'^® **» the good old way. «• DRACO CIGAR MFC. CO., PHILA. Good Weather Livens Up Trade. Hopeful All Along the Line. [Boston Bureau "The Tobacco World" 19 Devonshire Street] Boston, May 18. The cigar trade has improved nicely the past week ; the retailers had a good spell of spring weather this week and it helped cash register records consid- erably. The larger cigar factories are not doing the business done a year ago, and I understand that many cigar- makers have been laid off in the past sixty days. The cigarmakers' union is advertising extensively the blue label in the hope of improving the cigar business here. Goldsmith, Silver & Co., makers of the M. C. A. 10 cent cigar, are now putting out a new 10 cent perfecto, the Netherstone, and I understand it will be soon advertised largely. The National Cigar Stands Co. are now selling their cases direct to the druggist. Heretofore they only loaned the cases at a minimum fee per year. It is rumored that the Klein's Phar- macy and Walker-Rintels Co. will soon give up the National cases. 1 expect eventually to see all the druggists here give them up, except the Jaynes & Co. 's five stores, as this concern is practically owned by the Eastern Drug Co., who are the big stockholders in the National Cigar Stands Co. Alfowich Bros., 95 Friend street, who sell cigars, show cases, etc., have just purchased the 100 foot wall cases from the two United cigar stores which the latter have closed on School and Court streets. Anyone in search ot euch fixtures will do well to communi- cate with them. Ben Lett& Co., who recently took on the Sanchez & Haya line of clear Ha- vana, are placing same with all our prominent retailers. Ralph M. Cans, of Gans Bros., New York, makers of the popular William the Fourth cigars, is in town going the rounds in company with S. A. Frank, their local representative. This brand is taking hold nicely, and can be found in most every prominent store in Boston. There are two representatives here of theC. E. Barker Manufacturing Co., of New York, calling on the trade in the hope of interesting them in their new Gold Bond certificate proposition. J. N. Pike Co., of Lynn, and C. A. Amazeen &Co., of Clinton, both promi- nent tobacconists, have taken on their coupon system. I understand that the Surbrug Co. will shortly manufacture a 5 cent cork tip Turkish cigarette. Messrs. Ken- nerly & Levy are at present making a good showing on the Milo, Dolmas and Arabs. St. Urban, the latest 10 for 10 cents package made Ly the A. M. Pacholder Co., of Baltimore, is making quite a hit in this market. The goods are now being featured by the Adams House Pharmacy, Markell Drug Co., Erlich & Kopf, Bieringer Bros. Co., Rosenthal Bros, and many others. Fire Alarm, a new plug tobacco made by the United States Tobacco Co., of (Continued on p. 15) PABLO PEREZ OANDIOO OBESO Perez & Obeso S. en C. (Sobrinos de G. Palacios) VUELTA ABAJO FACTORY VEGAS a Specialty Proprietors of famous Lowland Vuelta Abajo Vefias Prado 121, Entrance, Dragones St. Cable: ^Sodecio.- HABANA, CUBA. JOSE F. ROCHA Havana Leaf Tobacco Especialidad Tabacos Finos de Vuelta Abajo, Partido y Vuelta Arriba San Miguel lOO Cable: "DONALLES" HABANA, CUBA GONZALEZ, BENITEZ & CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama y Viveres Amargura 12 and 14, and San Ignacio 25 Cable: "Tebenitez" P. 0. Box 396 HABANA^ CUBA LOEBNUNEZ HAVANA CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama 142 and 144 Consulado Street Habana Cable: REFORM JOS. MENDELSOHN LOUIS A. BORNEMANN MANUEL SUAREZ Mendelsohn, Bornemann & Co. Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO d Commission Merchants Havana, Cuba: an New York Office: 196 WATER STREET MANUEL SUAREZ y CA., Amistad 96 A. M. CALZADA & CO. Packers and Dealers in Lr< and COMMISSION MERCHANTS Monte 156, HABANA, CUBA. p. O. Box. 099. Cablet "CALDA.** U I t» i THE TOBACCO WORLD Established 1881 Incorporated 1902 Te B A e e e W0 ^ ld Published Every Wednesday BY THB TOBACCO WORLD PUBLISHING CO. 224 Arch Street. PKiUdelpKicL Jay Y. Krodt, H. C. McMantjs, President and Genl. Manager. Secretary and Treasurer. Entered at the Post Office at Philadelphia, Pa., as second class matter. Tki,«phonbs:— Bell, Market 28-97 ; Keystone, Main 45-39^ Cable Address, Baccoworld. Havana Office, Post Office Boa: j6a. SUBSCRIPTION-PAYABLE IN ADVANCES 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 t^ dence of merit as to entitle them to public attention. No advertisement xnown 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 WoRr,D Pubwshino Co., 224 Arch St., Philada. PHILADELPHIA, MAY 22, 1907. Pennsylvania's Child Labor Law. It is said to have cost the Common- wealth of Pennsylvania the eum of $83,000 to decorate, by the per pound and per foot rule, the offices of the State Factory Inspector in the new $13,000,000 State Capitol at Harrisburg, and yet, unfortunately, the department does not seam to work much, and certainly not any overtime by reason of which there can be offered any ex- cuse for the exorbitantly expensive lighting apparatus and other fixtures and luxuries. It is a regrettable fact that the Legis- lature which came to a close last week amid much hilarity, pomp and cere- mony, had failed to take action with regard to the proposed child labor law, and by that failure Pennsylvania is relegated to the rear of a procession making for higher attainments in citizenship. Child labor in all its evils is there- fore legally permitted to remain in this State for a period of at least two more years. Notwithstanding that other States are providing protection for children, our Legislators were pre- occupied in making many new statutes and numerous sinister appropriations to uphold the proud name of the Key- stone State, without a heed for the cry for remedies to improve the condition of the many suffering children in this Commonwealth. The tobacco trade is not free from the stigma of employing children in cigar factories and other places for the purpose, presumably of providing cheap help. We want, however, to be charit- ble enough to say that we believe that in a large majority of cases factory proprietors would cheerfully abandon the system, if assurance were given that all competitors in their immediate neighborhoods would do likewise ; so that the practice is indulged in with not altogether selfish motives, but in fear of results of competition of other manufacturers, and by keeping down cost of certain labor to be able to sell goods at certain figures. The fallacy of the theory lies in the fact that manufacturers employing children are in a large measure deceiving themselves with the idea that they are profiting by what is really a false economy. Leaving aside the sociological feature entirely, and looking at it from a purely commercial standpoint, we find that the employment of adults, only, 18 produces more work, and a better per- formance, which is so far in excess of the lesults of a child's work, that the very idea of greater profit by the child labor system in the average cigar fac- tory or kindred branches of the trade sinks into insignificance. And the flagrant exception to this rule is perhaps represented by the ex- tensive machine using establishment, an illustration of which exists right in this city, where it seems to be almost forgotten that the increased use of machinery calls for even greater skill and adaptability. Here children of tender years are employed to do a multitude of things which had much better be left to people more mature in body and mind. Yet the State is spending a large amount of money each year for its Factory Inspection Department, for sociological betterment, and we seem to be hardly keeping the pace of im- provement up to the standard pace in the rate of expenditure. Certainly the demand for reform will not be allowed to drop, but an enforced postponement for two years is a severe hardship, because the burden of labor laid upon so many children becomes constantly more grievous. Let us take consolation in the fact that some measure of relief can be looked for perhaps from national legis- lation. It is known that Senator Beveridge and others are favorable to a national child labor law. El Draco Changes Managers. A change has occurred at the local offices of the El Draco Cigar Manu- facturing Co., at Second and Arch streets, by the election of B. J. Cran- dall as General Manager to succeed Jos. Comber, lately resigned. When the change first became im- minent it gave rise to many conflicting rumors on the street, but all without foundation of fact, with the possible exception that for business reasons and to more greatly facilitate the details at the main office in this city, the out of town factory, which was located at Quakertown, has been discontinued. Aside from that, however, no change of any kind has occurred, and we are officially informed that there is no further change contemplated nor anti- cipated. The former salesmen are now all out and business is progressing with even greater celerity than heretofore. Kemper Will Visit Amsterdam. I. L. Kemper, of the well known leaf house of M. Kemper & Sons, Baltimore, has taken passage on a European steamer, and will sail from New York on May 28 Calculations are that this will enable him to reach Amsterdam, Holland, in time to attend the remaining three inscriptions of Sumatra tobacco at Amsterdam, which are scheduled to take p'ace on June 7, 28 and July 5, respectively. This firm has already secured a con- siderable quantity of new Sumatra to- bacco, but finding an active demand among manufacturers and others, it has been decided to attend the closing spring inscriptions for the purpose of making such additional selections as their growing business requires. H. Duys 4 Co.'s Activity. That H. Duys & Co. anticipated a thoroughly active year in Sumatra is evidenced by the fact that they have already secured over 3,000 bales of the new goods, and all of a class of leaf most suitable for their American trade, which covers nearly all of the United States and Canada. At the last inscription, held at Amsterdam on May 11, they added to an already large holding about 500 bales of Deli My | P. B., 225 bales of Deli My | E. and 200 bales of various other marks, making a total of over 900 bales. Philadelphia Tobacco Trade The marked improvement in the weather during the past week has brought about a decidedly more whole- some condition in retail trade circles. It was the first really moderate weather that we have had and its benef- icent effect was at once apparent and felt. The cash register told the tale. Retailers, however, are inclined to lament the fact that the interval of spring-like weather may necessarily be of only a short duration. Extremely warm weather is not the most desira- ble, nor the most beneficial, for the re- tail trade, and as that time of the year is already rapidly approaching it is al- together probable that we shall have only a comparatively short period of spring weather and the usual good spring business. However, everyone is glad of the change, and energetic tradesmen are prepared to take full advantage of it, and not waste time wondering what is yet to come. Manufacturing establishments are all pretty busy at this time, and a few are somewhat rushed. The fact that not a few of our fac- tories are wanting hands is indicative of fairly good times among them so far as orders are concerned. Some complaint is heard in the leaf trade, while others say that during the past week much improvement has de- veloped. George W. Ott, cigar manufacturer of South Bsthlehem, accompanied by Mrs. Ott, arrived in the city on Satur- day. Mrs. Ott came here to be treated for a disease of the eye and is at pres- ent at Wills' Eye Hospital, where she expects to remain for a week or two. Mr. Ott remained over Sunday. On the 15th inst. Arthur HagenfiCj^ manufacturers' distributing agents, jj. sued a circular as follows to the trade' To Our Customers — From this date until June 16, 1907. we offer a special discount of seven (7) cents per i ound on Pure Grape tob-icco when purchases are covered pound for pound by any oth. er brands (except Farmers Union and Union btandaro) made by Nail & Williams Tobacco Co., Inc., Louisville. Ky. When not covered as above, a special discount of three (3) cents will be given on Pure Grape durinj the period specified. Farmers Union and Union Standard are not included in this deal. We hand you herewith a Descrip. tive Price List and would call your attention especially to Dixie Kid Plug Cut and Wild Boar Sliced Cut, which are for a limited time, being sold with a gratis of one pound in ten pounds. The Pipe Time Long Cut is of superior quality for chewing and smoking. Soliciting your valued orders, we remain. Very truly yours, Arthur Hagen & Co. Mr. Hilbronner, of Hilbronner 4 Jacobs, cigar manufacturers at 327 Nurth Eighth street, has left on a trip for the West and will not return before the middle of July. Business is good with them and the factory is working up to its full capacity. "Professor" Max Herzog, represent- ing P. Dennerlein & Sons, leaf dealers of New York, made one of his periodical visits to this market on Monday, re- maining the balance of the week. J. A. Eberts& Co., distributors, with branches in Bethlehem, Reading, Easton, Bangor, Scranton and Allen- town, have placed a contract withL Stiefel & Co., of 235 North Eighth street, (factory at Souderton, Pa.) for one million Valley Green five cent ci- gars. These goods appear to be gain- ing a strong foothold through the State. The Wilson londres, another five cent product of the Stiefel factory, is also a winner and commands a fine locil trade. The Sir Henry Morgan, in the clear Havana line, is the seller in high priced goods. I was informed that the firm expect very shortly to open a fac- tory in Philadelphia in addition to their present one. Business in the retail store is reported good while sales in the wholesale department are above the average, with fine prospects for a good summer trade. W. C. Becker conducts a well ap- pointed store at 925 Girard avenoe. His leading five centers, the Havana Perfectos and Tabernero, enjoy a good local trade. His William Keith, a teo cent Havana filler, in many sizes, alio commands a good sale. In the cigarette line such goods as Arabs, Naturals $» Pall Mall have the run, while the United States Tobacco Co.'s producti are the sellers in the tobacco line. S^ Becker caters to a first-class trade and has built up a large following. Hit Tabernero 5 cent cigar is largely wM by retail dealers in this city a»i vicinity. H. J. Fleischhauer, lithographer fl< cigar labels, at 238 Arch street, « sending the trade some pretty sanaP'* of his work. He is rather busy ^ manages to deliver his orders wd« promised. v^ontinued on P- *•' ^^Mthe tobacco world^^S W. A. LAHR AttStlC Bl)f0(|^ Wholesale Cigar Manufacturer Red Lion, Penna. 11. Vl'^^T^ Get our prices, and make a fair comparison with those of other factories. Correspondence invited with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade. Samples Free to Responsible Houses. J ( THE TOBACCO WORLD MRNEST BhLINGER <& CO. m. .6x w»er su eet Importers of HA VAN A TOBACCO New York 6 LEAF TOBACCO. oprices : OCTROiT, MICH. AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. HAVANA, CUBA. New York, JOS. S. QANS MOSES J. GANS JEROME WALLER EDWIN I. ALEXANDER 1 . JOSEPH S. GANS & CO. Leaf Tobacco Telephone: 346 John 150 Water St., NEW YORK Importers and Packers of Starr Brothers liEAF TOBACCO IMPORTERS and PACKERS of Eatablished 1888 131 Water Street NEW YORK Telephone : 4027 John M. F. SCHNEIDER IMPORTER OF Sum atra Tobacco 2 Burling Slip, NEW YORK NES, CORNER KUIPERSTEEG, AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND Telephone: 377 JOHN Joseph Hirscli & Son IMPORTERS OF SUMATRA TOBACCO 0. Z. VOORBURGWAL 227 Amsterdam, Holland. Cable Address: "HERE." OFFICEt 183 Water St. NEW YORK JOSEPH HOLZMAN SUMATRA, HAVANA HT^-w K q .#^ ^ ^ and SEED LEAF IOUQCCO 183 Water St., New York JOHN W. MERRIAM St CO. "At the Sitfn of the Bull ^o^," New York Real Habana Seiiar Makers and Importers Habaoa Scraps and Cuttings for Sale G TOBACCO TRADE NEWS OF GREATER NEW YORK D New York Bureau of The Tobacco World New York, May 21. The quietness in the leaf market Company in their new quarters are still continues, with little prospect of finding trade up to the average. The activity for some time to come. The Waldoria, Waldoria Petit Dues and sale? here and there reported by some Waldorf Juniors are gaming in popu. of the leaf firms, of from five to ten larity everyday, and the company finds cases,, are to manufacturing houses it hard to make shipments on time, who usually purchase in large lots, but ... In an announcement in this issue, Hamburger Bros. & Co., the Havana importers at 228 Pearl street, advise the purchase of old tobaccos. The new In the cigar manufacturing line many of our factories are working full time. While a few of them experienced a ments. the call. who apptar now to be holding off until the new crop is marketed, with a email possibility of procuring same at a more advantageous figure. However, Havana and Sumatra are moving Remedios crop, according to advice* briskly with a number of sales reported received from Havana, will be a very of the latter. Prices of course are small one, and consequently high high, but manufacturers are needing priced, and the same will not be ready the goods. . ^ . to be used for a year at least. Messrs. Hamburger Bros. & Co. will submit samples upon request of any grade of leaf in the Havana line. . , . , , i.- 1 I • *u ^°^- Hamburger, of this firm, has shortage in help, particularly in the ^een in Cuba for the past two weeks, stripping department, very little incon- investigating crop conditions and will venience has been caused so far and ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ York this week. Not- all appear to be making promp ship- withstanding present conditions, the Clear Havana goods still have j^^^^^ j^^^ ^^^^^^ consideiable tobacco and is now putting up a good sized The retail cigar trade in the city showed an improvement over the pre- vious week. Warm weather has started in and retailers are looking for a good box trade. The opening of the new United store on the famous piece of ground at Np. 1 Wall street has caused considerable comment among the inde- pendents. It is quite an expensive lo- cation and it remains to be seen whether the chain store company can make it a successful stand. Double coupons were given out on the opening day with the usual souvenir match box. A large crowd was on hand, which necessitated the call for a few police tions of the country is reported from to keep order. In fact the United have ^^e factory as being excellent, a small police force of their own which • e • comes in handy on such occasions. ^o" Carlos M. Wintzer, representing , , , "The Tobacco World" at the Cuban Max Cans, of M. Cans & Son, after capital but who was sojourning in the quite a stay in Porto Rico, has returned "States" for a couple of weeks, sailed to New York in the best of health. packing. » m • "Snap No. 2" circular from Louis P. Sutter & Bros, is now going the rounds. It is a neatly gotten up affair and offers many bargains in the leaf line. * . . Victor Thorsch, representing the cigar manufacturing firm of T. J. Dunn & Co., manufacturers of the Pete Dailey and Bachelor cigars, is at pres- ent in the West plying his trade. He has opened up a number of new ac- counts on this trip besides his regular following. Business from other see- on Saturday lust for Havana. Adier & Sukovice, the leaf dealers of Pearl street, report a good steady trade. While a goodly proportion of their desirable leaf has been disposed of they still hold a fair supply of the raw material at reasonable figures. a a • A. N. Barson & Co. are making quite a success with their Blue Nile Turkish cigarette. It is a neat appearing, at- tractive package, and contains only the genuine Turkish leaf. Mr. Barson in- formed me that the public appreciates Avelino Pazos. of the Havana house of A. Pazos & Co., arrived in town this week. • • * William Bader. the Havana importer on Burling Slip, reports the wholesale business fair while the retail end is keeping up to the average. Mr. Bader expects to go to Havana within the next eight weeks. a a a A. Van der Poor ten & Son, le«^ dealers, appear to be running uP ^ their usual amount of business. Their avenue, which is a long estat place, has built up a fine trade, while the wholesale department on Pearl a good article and that the jobbers at retail store at 116th street and Second present handling the same are finding it a ready seller. a a a Royal Picadura. the Havana clipping from the factory of the Royal Tobacco Company. 204 Pearl street, is enjoying a good run in the city. ... The Petite Cigar Manufacturing 14 street is increasing its business. A- Freund is at present up the State, showing a full line of domestic and im- ported goods. . • a Victor V. Kohn and Walter J. R"'^ —^ ,- - - , enburg have formed a partnership uD- Rutherford ^''agS-s™* der the firm name of Kohn & Ruth^ are sold by successful dealers. ^^^«' *<> ^eal in leaf tobacco, and n There is a Reason. opened an oflfice at 136 Water stn^ I For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to Established is&o Monroe D. Sellers, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO., SELLERSVILLE, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD jlr. Ruthenburg was formerly a mem- ber of the firm of Kohlberg Bros, & Ruthenburg. , , , John W. Merriam, manufacturer of the Bull Dog cigar, with a factory at the corner of Water street and Maiden Lane, has packed his grip and is now in the West preaching the gosp. I of the "goods that sell," which are manufac- tured under the "old style process," consisting of light, airy work-rooms, skilled mechanics and high grade Ha- vana tobacco. I. Westheimer, the tobacco jobber, has moved into his new store at 439 Third avenue. Last June the old build- ing which was on the same plot of ground was torn down and Mr. Wes- theimer moved a block below He has now returned to the old spot and is ready for business. ... Bernard Raap, formerly a member of the cigar importing firm of B. Raap & Co., has filed a petition in bank- ruptcy, with liabilities of $3,100 and no assets. • • • A recent incorporation was the Colo- nial Development Corporation, to con- duct cigar stores. Capital, $100,000. Incorporators : W. H. Grace, Flatbush ; G. J. Dickinson, Grantwood, and M. B. Thayer, White Plains. The Spanish Benevolent Society, La Nacional, will hold their grand sum- mer night's festival on Saturday even- ing, June 8, at Sulzer's Harlem River Park. Many of our well known cigar and leaf men are members of the soci- ety, and the affairs held in the past have always proven successful, both socially and financially. A large attendance is expected OUR BOSTON LETTER. (Concluded from p. 11) "Central Union" fame is gaining much headway here. The wholesalers are pleased with the manner in which this tobacco is duplicating. D. B. Bendheim, of the Metropolitan Tobacco Co., reached the Hub last night. He will remain here the greater part of next week. Baker Bros, have remodeled their new store after the United style. They expect to move in completely next week. Col. Mayhew, with the A. T. Co., is here calling on his many friends and wquaintances. Sig. Baum (Turco American Tob. Co., New York), was here this week show- ing the new cork tipped Omega cigar- ette. Mr. Baum, as usual, booked some large sized orders for both the Omega and Kef cigarettes. i-- Shapiro, the new White Rolls ci- garette salesman, has been working Lowell, Brockton and a number of "«arby cities this week and reports •saving done a very satisfactory busi- Rosenthal Bros., the Hanover street wholesalers, have just laid in a supply J the Flor de Franklin cigar in Lon- J';e8 and Concha Perfecto styles, o'eringer Bros. Co. are the Boston Jistributors. and all the leading sub- Jobbers here have begun to work on ^'« brand which seems to duplicate . Mrever placed.and it is expected that " * ^^'Oft time these goods will cut •^'K figure in cigar circles. Sameryian, Barooshian & Co. is the name of a new jobbing firm in the ci- gar, tobacco and confectionery line, with headquarters at 512 Shawmut avenue. P. R. Moore and L. Trott, repre- senting the Wells-Whitehead Co., of Wilson, N. C are here working ihe Hub on the Wilson Straight Cut. a 5 cent Virginia filler cigarette. Cou- pons are packed in each package and redeemable at 50 cents per hundred. James Burns, the Eastern repre.^f nt ative of the Globe Tobacco Co., De troit, Mich., was calling on the jobbing trade this week. Nervy Navy plug chewing tobacco is their best seller here. E. Kleiner, of E. Kleiner & Co., New York, cigar manufacturers, spent sev- eral days in town this week. He re- ports having done a good business. Rosenthal Bro^. have the sale of his Lord Macauiey seed and Havana Koods. Mr. Kleiner says his factory is behind in filling orders, and that his concern at present is receiving plenty of orders from the Southern and Western trade. D. J. Davidson, representing L. Friedman & Co., New York, importers of Sumatra and Havana tobaccos, spent a few days here calling on the leaf dealers and large local cigar factories, and reports having done a very satis- factory business in his brief stay. A. F. Rico, the Havana importer, has returned from his trip to Cuba. On his way home he stopped off in New York to attend the Leaf Dealers' Con- vention held there last week. M. Barnett, of M. Barnett & Co.. has returned from a buying expedition to New York, where he made some very satisfactory purchases. Levenpon Bros., manufacturers of the popular 5 cent Boston Smoker, are at present over-sold many thousands, but they expect to put on a few additional cigarmakers so they can catch up with their orders. Ben Ali. SPECIAL NOTICES. (12^ cents per line, 8 point measure) To Manafacturers of Cigars: If you have any Cuttings, Scraps or Siftin^s to sell, write us. We are at all times in the market as Cash Buyers of all these products. EDWIN L. KOPPELMAN CO. 7-6-lh 81 Pine St., New York pOR SALE.— On account of other in- -*- terests, manufacturer will sell his Stogie Manufacturing Business of $30.- 000 to $40,000 per year : established 20 years. Equipment, trade marks, labels, etc.. offered in their entirety. or present proprietor will take entire output, and continue to market the goods. A good chance for an energetic business man. Address Success, care of The Tobacco World, Philadelphia. 4-17tf pOR SALE OR RENT— A three-story "*- and basement Factory Building, with steam heat, elevator and skylight ; size 35 X 100 feet; suitable for almost any kind of manufacturing business — especially cigars. Located in a beauti- ful modern town of 1.800 population, 33 miles from Philadelphia; excellent rail- road facilities, both steam and trolley. Address Box 16, care of The Tobacco World, Philadelphia. 5 8a pOR SALE.— A small lot of tobacco, '*- Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Zimmer, etc., and lot of molds, press, cuttings, scraps, etc., by manufacturers retiring. Address 2204 Market street, Philada. \A7E PURCHASE Cigar Molds-un- desirable shapes — such as No. 16,261, No. 8,832, No. 8,569. Write us, stating what you have and the quantity. Winget Mfg. Co.. York. Pa. 12-12tf pOR SALE.— 36 Bunching Machines, -'- 64 Cigar Tables, also 2 Stripping Machines. Will consider a fair offer. Address Box 21, care of The Tobacco Woild, Phila. 4-3tf A. COHN & CO. IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra PACKERS OF Seed Leaf Tobacco and Growers of Georgia Sumatra 142 Water Street, New York EDEN CIGAR FACTORY If BANCES & LOPEZ HAVANA, CUBA Calixto Lopez & Coi ISOWaterSt., NEW YORK Will receive and attend to orders Cigars made strictly of very best Vuelta Abajo Tobacco stai*'" ENDS SMITH EDMUND H. SMITH Hinsdale Smith & Co. Importers of SUMATRA and HAVANA "T r\h% ^ i^ r> r\ and Packers of CONNECTICUT LEAF 1 CJ U Q U d Ll' 125 Maiden Lane ESTABLISHED 1840 NEW YORK CABLE: "NARQIL" 7i,xft. ARE YOU SEEING THE TRADE mi ix WELU MADISON SQUARE GARDEN SEPT Z TO 14 1907 ASK ANYBODY- -THAT'S ALL APPLICATION FOR SPACE TO EXHIBIT SHOULD BE MADE TO TOBACCO TRAPES EXPOSITION CO rLATIRON PLD& NEW YORK I We believe in Honesty, Good Workmanship, at fair prices to all. Correspondence Solicited THE OLD HONESTY CIGAR BOX CO.. C W. Bucks. Gen. M^r. Rear 634 Washini^ton Street, Readin|{, Pa. ^^^ THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^H The Miami Valley Leaf Tobacco Co. ALLEN H.REEDER DAYTON, OHIO STANLEY M. KROHN Packers of Cigar Leaf Tobacco 1903-4-5 Zimmer Spanish, 1905 Gebhardt, 1905 Dutch, 1905 Connecticut, etc. FARNHAM & REYNOLDS Home Office: ADDISON, N. Y. Packers of Tinest Big Flats ana 0nondag8L Tobaceo CONNECTICUT HAVANA SEED Warehouses t Addison, N. Y. Bid Flats. N. Y. Meridian. N. Y. E. Hartford, Conn. T. J. DUNN <& OO. Makers of the BACHELOR CIGAR 401-405 E. 91st Street. NEW YORK The Orator ten cent clear Havana and the Rutledge five cent Sumatra wrapper cigar, from the factory of H. M. Henzel, 837 North Orianna street, are at present having a good run and the factory is working full time. The goods have been on the market many years and are increasing their sales steadily. due here this week, will have on board a considerable quantity of new Suma- tra for Leopold Loeb & Co., of this city. Geo. W. Bremer, Jr., of Bremer Bros., was confined to his home for several days this week, suffering from a heavy cold. George Burghard, one of our best known Third street houses, has had a Perfect Bunching Machine Mr. Blumenthal, of Jeitles& Blumen- thal, manufacturers of the well known Masterpiece five cent cigar, who is at "ther busy week so far. Local sales present in the West booking orders on '^ere quite good, and some fine b^tchei their popular lin*^, is expected back by of orders were also received from A. June 1. Business is reported good, and M. Lake, who is now on the road, their product is duplicating nicely. ^/•/^^^^•tww^ ^ PHILADELPHIA LEAF MARKET The leaf market has during the past week been again devoid of anything unusually interesting, so far as sales of seed leaf is concerned. There appears to be a steady gradual buying of such goods as are most needed for imme- diate use only, and in no greater quan- tity than actual necessity would seem to suggest. There is little distinclion in the variety of leaf most wanted, ex- cept that Connecticut tobaccos have perhaps been in the lead during the past week so far as volume of sales in the market is concerned. One transac- Morris Louis, formerly a member of tion of a two hundred case lot has been the leaf firm of M. Louis & Co., of reported, and additional deals are said North Third street, died Sunday after to be under consideration, an illness of over two months. Mr. Louis was sixty-two years of age. Funeral services were held from his late residence. 3729 North Carlisle street, on the 21st inst. was in Mt. Sinai cemetery. A special committee of the Philadel- phia Leaf Tobacco Board of Trade, ap- pointed by President Rosenberg, had suitable resolutions prepared and for- warded to the family. A. Pareira, of D. Pareira & Co., leaf dealers, was up the State this week and managed to put through some fair sized orders. M. C. Miller, leaf dealer, of Hart- ford, Conn., v\a8 here this week and showing a fair sized line of Connecticut tobacco. Chris. Nolte, of the leaf firm of A. H. Hershey & Co., Lancaster, Pa., was one of our visitors the early part of the week. SIZE, 1« BY 10 INCHES-WEIGHr, !8 POUNDS D*»ar Sir :— You may have used Bunching Machines, and they may not have been satisfactory. Neither were the first mowing machines, or the first sewing machines ; but could the farmer today get along with- out a mowing machine, or your wifeg«*t along withouta sewing machine? They are both Simply Perfect, and do all that is asked of them. That i.s the story of our Bunching Machine; it is simply perfect, and we call it the PERFECT BUNCHING MACHINE, and it does every hing that is Hsked of it. Now. if this little machine is all we say it is (and we are pre- pared to prove it), and will help you to make more money than you are now making, help-you to increuse your output ^nd effect a saving in cost of production, you surely, as a business man. should be willing to let us tell you more about it. Will you write us? Or. call at our factory. No. 132 South Sixth Street, Philadelphia, any day, and see this machine in practical operation. Yours respectfully, &6e PERFECT BUNCHING MACHINE CO. J. Greenwald, representing G. Falk & Bro.. New York leaf house, left the city on Monday for a trip up the State, with a complete line of seed, Sumatra and Havana samples. L. P. Kimmig & Co.. leaf dealers, 153 North Third street, have just re- ceived some of their packing of new Connecticut leaf. The goods show up fine and will undoubtedly meet a ready bale. B. Labe & Sons are receiving this week, per steamship Soestdyk. 154 bales Sumatra tobacco. This ship comes direct to theportof Philadephia. Sumatra can be characterized as fairly active, with a good steady de- mand lor both new and old goodB. Philadelphia as a Sumatra market ap- Interment pears to be gaining very rapidly in the volume of business done. Havana has been selling more freely, but inasmuch as stocks are not so plentiful, and prospects are that new goods will be coming in very late this year, prices are strictly firm, but with- out perceptible increase. EDGERTON, WIS. With improved weather conditionB the prospects of the new crop are cor- respondingly advanced. ConflictiDgW- ports reach us regarding the plant beds, however, some growers claiming tbey have an abundance of plants and for- ward enough for the usual planting sea- son, while the more general complains is that beds are slow and backward. Some damage, too. is reported from the late heavy freezes. As soon as tne corn planting is out of the way growers will turn their attention to preparing their tobacco fields, but warm growiHK weather must prevail if the transplant- ing season is not delayed beyond tne usual time. - u 'n« A few straggling lots of the w crop are being marketed at cheap ng^ and thus the work of warehouse We Make The Best In the Market ACME EXTRACT & CHEMICAL WORKS E. G. Eckert, Proprietor Hanover, Pa. 16 «» ures, — ^ A^^i* T ««v, ^t V c*«...,„ * r- • handling prolonged but generally Adolf Loeb, of K.Straus & Co., is ing the packing season is closed. expected home this week from Amster- h. T. Sweeney has disposed of apof dam, having secured a goodly supply tion of his 1905 packing during the ww of new leaf for his house. wh'ch comprises the only movemen old goods coming to notice. ^"^ ^l. *• ket for cured leaf both at home ana » Eastern centers continues dull, ^im^^ something develops to ''"P^'^^^-rton prospects of the coming cjop sw - packers are confidently looking w^ Leopold Loeb, of the Loeb-Nunez Havana Co., is expecting to leave this week for Havana, to investigate con- ditions on the island. The house has so early demand for their holdings. far secured considerable quantities of the new tobacco but has not yet re- ceived it at their warehouses. The steamer Soestdyk, which ir Shipments, 700 cases.— Repor^^ Rutherford, Constltutiofl. Hunter — a strong trio- El Draco Cirfar M«. Co., Ph'l««* THE TOBACCO W O R L D ^^^ 6I6AR RIBB0NS Manufacturers of Bindings, Galloons, Taffetas, Satin and Gros Grain kr»t'Lot of Plain and Fancy Ribbons Write for Sample Card and Price List to Department W WM. WICKE RIBBON CO. 36 East Twenty-Second St., NEW YORK MARCUS JASKULEK Packer and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Nos. 812, 814, 816 East Third Street ^ Dayton, Ohio. Joe Endress, Jr. A. C. Kercher Pioneer Leaf Tobacco Co. Germantown, Ohio Paclcers of CIGAR LEAF TOBACCO Wisdom on the Label Wisdom in the Cigar A 5c. Smolie tliat is so Good It is Bound to Repeat ; Ohmit & Kraft East Rrospect SAVE AGENT'S COMMISSION Why should the Cigar Manufacturer pay Agent's Commission ? We furnish All Shapes of the Best Grade Cigar Mold, direct to Manu- facturer and will duplicate CXaCtly any shape you are now using. Send for our Catalogue of 1,500 Shapes The American Cigar Mold Co., Qncinnati, 0. SIGNS! SIGNS! SIGNS! SIGNS! SIGNS' SIGNS CLOTH. ROPE FIBER and CARD- BOARD SIGNS and PAPER POS- TERS, In Weatherproof Colors. TRY OUR FOLDED EDGE SIGNS. Write for Prices and Samples. THE MASSILLON SIGN & POSTER CO. MASSILLON, 0 SIGNS! SIGNS! SIGNS! SIGNS! SIGNS! r ^ Walter B. Hostetter & Co. Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco We make SCRAP FILLER for Cigar Manufacturers WRITE FOR OUR PRICES AND SAMPLES Rear of 144 W. Market St., on W. Mason Ave. YORK, PENNA. V p. Our Capacity for Manufacturing Cigar Boxes is— ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE GOOD CUSTOMER Monroe D. Sellers, Sellersville, Pa. ^^^ THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^R For Gentlemen of Good Taste 5-S/IN FELieE-5 ps ^ A HIGH GRADE O ^ LiC.CIGAR FOR kJU. Sold Extensively by Leading Cigar Dealers and Druggists Tnroughout the United States SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES THE DEISEL-WEMMER CO.. Makeva LIMA, OHIO Boxes Established 1884 GEO. E. WISNER The Box Maker Cigar Boxes 'fflOold Embossing a Specialty Satin Labels Paper Labels Gold Leaf Work in all Forms 515 West Chestnut St. LANCASTER, PA. Both Phones Call and See Our Work We also make Paper Boxes (i) Emory Martin (I 4"4 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦•♦•♦•♦♦♦♦'♦■♦♦♦♦ t Established 1890 ♦ ♦ 4 ^ , , J ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 4 4 ♦ 4 ♦ 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 *■ 4 I ♦ i ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 4- i i E. S. SECHRIST Dallastown, Pa. Manufacturer of 4 4 Fine and Common 1 4 ei6ARS j 4 -f Capacity, Twenty Thousand per Day j i J ♦♦♦♦♦♦444444444444444444444444444 4444444444444444444 18 OUR LANCASTER LETTER. (Concluded fom page 7.) been spending a week at the factory headquarters here, and in company with John F. Hare, of the firm, visited Philadelphia and vicinity, where a sell- ing agency has been established in charge of N. T. Weser. Stanley M. Krohn, of the Miami Valley Leaf Tobcaco Co., Dayton, 0., left for his home on Wednesday last, having spent a week in Lancaster, after returning from the convention of leaf men held in New York during the previous week. J. Freyer. of Freyer Bros. & Co., New York leaf tobacco dealers, has been the rounds of the trade here dur- ing the past week, and is reported to have booked some very substantial orders for leaf tobacco. Charles Horwitz, with John H. Goetze & Co,, of New York, was also among the late visitors here, showing a line of Sumatra and Florida tobaccof. L Latzar, with E. Hecht & Co., of Chicago, was also among our trade vis- itors. "Izzy" is always among the welcome visitors here, and usually gets a full share of business. From what they say, he has no cause to complain this time either. Chris Nolte, of A. H. Hershey&Co., has been in Philauelphia for a couple of days, placing some of their packing of 1905 leaf tobacco. A. West Chester. Pa., newspaper says : "There will probably be a larger acreage of tobacco planted in Chester county this year than for several years. The good prices realized by growers last year have been an incentive to the farmers to try its culture again. For several years tobacco prices were low, but the enormous demand for tobacco has had a beneficial effect. It is said several old tobacco growers in the Bradfords and Marlboros will plant this year again." The cigar factory lately opened at Millersville by J. W. Brenneman is do- ing some very good work on the Our Principal brand of nickpl cigar. The Federation of Churches of this city for some lime has been considering the quesiion of the violation of the Sunday laws by local tradesmen. At a recent meeting counsel was em- ployed, who, in cc-operaiion with the Law and Order Committee of the Fed- eration will now take up the matter. For the present the Law and Order Committee will confine its attention to those who on Sundays sell cigars or to- bacco, cakes or candy, soda water or HUNTER Sc. Cigar is successful with successful dealers. El Draco Cii^ar Mi, Co., Phila. soft drinks ; to those who conduct ice cieam parlors or Haloons; to barben who do business on Sunday ; to butchen who sell or deliver meat between nine o'clock in the forenoon and five o'clock in he afternoon on Sundays ; to confec- tioners who deliver ice c-eam to hotels and private families oetween nine o'clock in the forenoon and five o'clock in the afternoon. On and after June 1, 1907, evidence will be gathered and prosecutions en- tered against violators. PATENTS RELATING to TOBACCO Ite, 853.924 Cigar cutter; Wm. F. Hen- drich and G. Garmisa, Chicago, 111. 853,314 Combined cigar cutter and lighter; Phil. J. Nawn, St. Louis, Mo. 853,650 Cigarette making machine, Eduard Schurmann, Kotzchenbroda, near Dresden, Germany. 853,279 Tobacco booking machine; Wm. Wadsworth, Wichita, Kan. Fa-husseyI LEAFTOMCfOll THE BEST ORGANIZED MOST COMPLETE 0 LARGEST MAIL ORDEE LEAF TOBACCO ESTABLISHMENT^ r AMERICA ^ NEW YORK ' CHICAGO ST. LOUIS For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to Established 1880 Monroe D. Sellers, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO., SELLERSVILLE, PA. S^M THE TOBACCO WORLD maB J. B. MILLEYSACK Manufacturer of Fine Havana Hand-Made No. 821 Lake Street CIGARS LANCASTER, PA. Correspondence with the Jobbing Trade solicited. ESTABLISHED 1889 INCORPORATED 1902 A. B. HESS CIGAR CO. SUCCESSORS TO J. E. Sherts & Co. LANCASTER, PA. Manufacturers of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars CORRESPONDENCE INVITED FROM RESPONSIBLE HOUSES All Jobbers Who Handle Travellers Tips ix?^^^W^vl Say it Always Moves Well '*A Good Five Cent Cigar Abbott Cigar Co. U ABBOTTSTOWN. PA. »^ The Gilt Edge ^ Cigar Box Facfory CIGAR BOXES SHIPPING CASES LABELS EDGINGS RIBBONS J. FRANK BOWMAN Cigar Manufacturers' SUPPLIES of All Kinds 51 Market Street LANCASTER. PA. Daily Capacity: Five Thousand Boxes E. RENNINGER Established 1889 Manufacturer of High and Medium Grade Cig, ars Strictly Union-Made Goods. DCIlVer P3, 322-326 . E.23RPST. SAMPLES & PRICES ^ FURNISHED ,. UPON Applicatiom IN STOCK, TO ORDER CIGAR LABELS i*!^^°"'<^^"'^ BANDS CHASKCtje CftTABU SHED 1871 l^e Ideal Gi^ar Made in an Ideal Way Stephen Day 5c. Brand Is Strictly Union Made Ideal Ci^ar Go. CENTENNIAL, PA. It Will Remove Rankness from Tobacco Take Away Mustiness and Give Clfiars Havana Flavor. CHASKEL'S SPANISH BETUNE Is specially adapted to give that Peculiar Sourish Effect desired. ChaskePs Flavors the Cheapest in the. market, considering what they dc *' A Card Will Brin^ More Information and Prices^ Chaskel Chemical Works 263 West Broadway, New York CIGAR BOXES mnERSor ARIMC aCAR UBCLS SKETCHES AM^ QUOTATIOHS fURNfSNEiy WRITE FOI 'SAMPLES ANl^ RIBBON PRICES k ( II Our Capacity for Manufacturing Cigar Boxes is— ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE GOOD CUSTOMER Monroe D. Sellers, Sellersville, Pa. THE TOBACCO WORLD Growers and Packers of HIGHEST GRADES CONNECTICUT HAVANA SEED The Krohn Tobacco Co. (of WINDSOR, CONN.) Our Plantations are in the most famous growing section Fine Handling Superb Qualitj Address : F. B. GRIFFIN. Manager, NORTH BLOOMFIELD, CONN. -OR- A. H. REEDER, President. P. 0. BOX 574, DAYTON, 0. Established 1895 Telephone Connection T. L. ADAIR Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Red Lion, Pa. Special Lines for the Jobbing Trade TOBACCO BREEDING. W, W> STEWART & SON Reading, Pa. Makers of the JOHN HAY LADY HELEN lOc. JOHN HAY, Jr. ELI PERKINS Hi^h Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Correspondenca with Responsible Houses Solicited L. J. SMITH & CO. Wholesale Cigar Manufacturers vend Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Red Lion, Pa. ^ ^^lH**'?*^, with aipeciaHy Designed Bands. .d PAN ANNA 5c. Cigars TWO HA V ANAS Two for Five Cents Correipondenec with Raaponaible Houxa aolicitad. — ^ Private Branda anade to order. J. F. REICHARD Wholesale Dealer in LEAF TOBACCO of All Grades Craley, Penna. SMITH BROS. Brokers in Domestic I 17 A 17 "T/^D A /^/^/^ and Imported Lll/\r 1 KJD/\K^K^\J No. 1 7 Charter Street, Dayton, O. Ohio Goods Our Specialty 20 expense of which must be borne directly or indirectly by the grower. (Continued from last week) The principal cause of the lack of The production of improved breeds of uniformity in tobacco is cross- fertilia. live stock [and varieties of fruits and tion. In tobacco, as in all other crops, cereal^ in fact, of all crops, might be seed resulting from cross-fertilization cited to prove the importance of apply- produces many plants u il ike either ing the principles of breeding to the Parent. Therefore such seed is und^ tobacco crop. It is only recently that sirable for the general planting of, systematic breedinjf experiments have crop where uniformity is so important bejn undertaken. It is hoped that the a factor. Where the tobacco seed results of the experiments cited in this Plants are grown without protection bulletin will serve as a means of creat- from cross-fertilization some of the ing general interest in this subject and lowers are cross-fertilized by insecti of inducing investigators, breeders, and or other agencies. Desirable pjantj growers to turn their attention to the may thus be crossed with undesirable further improvement of their crops. Plants in the same field or in adjoining Tobacco growers in the sections fields, and the plants grown from the where these experiments have been seed thus produced are usually ex- carried on have generally adopted the tremely variable, some of them re- improved methods of bagging carefully sembling the desirable plants from selected seed plants and of separating which the seed was harvested, others re- the seed, and they are using the im- sembling the inferior plants from which proved varieties of tobacco produced in the pollen was carried for crossing while the course of these investigations. In the remainder are of an intermediate most of these districts certain men have type, unsuited to the purpose for which become interested in the careful and the crop is grown, and therefore caus- systematic breeding of tobacco. '"« a loss to the grower. The writers TL /- . i; • LI-. tx u ni ^*., have observed numberless cases in dif- The Great Variability of Tobacco Plants ^^^^^^ ^^^acco growing sections where Under the intensive system of culti- several distinct and worthless new vation necessary for the production of types appeared in the fields, the plants profitable crops of tobacco, the condi- of which were grown fr im carefully tion of the soil, the fertilization, and selected seed. These undesirable types the cultivation are fairly uniform so could only be accounted for by the ac- far as the individual fields are con- cidental crossing of the seed plants the cerned. In those tobacco growing sec- year preceding or at some previons tions where the best grades are pro- time. The crossing of individual plants duced it is a common practice to grow of the same strain, even if both are de- tobacco year after year on the same sirable plants, results in undesirable field without rotation, instances being variations, many of which are ap- known where more than fifty consecu- parently reversions to earlier andun- tive crops have been produced on the improved types of tobacco, same field. This system of cropping in those varieties of tobacco in enables the growers to become thor- which the buds are removed long be- oughly familiar with the character of fore the flowers open on all of the the soil in all sections of the fields, so plants except those saved for seed pro- that any inequality in fertility can be duction, or where early topping ii remedied by the judicious application practiced, the opportunity for the of manures or commercial fertilizers, crossing of the flowers borne by seed or by methods of cultivation. Notwith- plants with other plants in the same standing these favorable circumstances figifj [^ almost wholly limited to the for the production of uniform plants, a seed plants. However, it frequeotl! careful study of the plants in these occurs that late or diseased plants, or fields reveals a great lack of uniformity possibly sucker branches that have as regards all characters. This lack of been overlooked, develop flowers «t uniformity is particularly noticeable just the right time to allow insectsto with respect to the variation in num- carry the pollen from these flowers to ber, size, venation, shape and habit of the seed plants and thus effect crosfr growth of the leaves borne by indivi- fertilization. There is little doubt tbit dual plants, the time of ripening of the many of the plants of irregular leaves on the same plant and on dif- unusual types are produced as a ferent plants, the number and size of of this kind of cross-fertilization, the suckers and the structure and ar- ^n important cause of variation i' rangement of the flowers and flower the use of immature seed. Many g"*' heads. From the practical standpoint, grg cut oflf or harvest the seed heai» there is no more important problem in before all the seed pods have turned tobacco culture than the production of brown; hence, before maturity. Th* uniform crops. A lack of uniformity writers have observed hundreds of '"' in the crop not only results in a low stances where the seed plants b«« yield, as a whole, and more especially been cut off while the flowers ^^ of the best and most profitable grades gtin jn bloom. On such seed heid< of the cured and fermented product, seed pods in all stages of maturity «>• but also increases the cost of sorting be found. Some of the pods are folly out the different types of leaves into ripe and contain mature seed, * their respective grades for market, the others have not fully developed. ^ TTTnri^rr^ri ®^ the seed is immature and contt'J' HUN 1 r.K — A Nickel Cigar little food for the nourishment ot^ Has won many races for dealers. plantlet. These seed heads are Try it. quently thrashed out with a tlaii o' THE TOBACCO WORLD Telephone Call, 432— B Office and Warehouse: FLORIN, PA. Located on Main Line of Pennsylvania R. R. E. L. NISSLY Growers end Packers of Fine Ci^ar Leaf Tobacco Fine B*s and Tops Our Specialty Critical Buyers always find it a pleasure to look over our Samples Saaples cheerfully gibaltted upon request P. O. Box 96 J. K. LMAMAN Packer of and Dealer in LEAF Tobacco United ^Phones 138 North Market St. LANCASTER, PA. MILTON H. RANCK Packer of Penna. Broad Leaf Dealer In All Giades of Domestic Cigar Leaf Tobaccos 201 & 203 N. Duke Street LANCASTER. PA. H. H. MILLER Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds ; Fine Georgia and Florida Sumatra IMPORTED SUMATRA and HAVANA AND MUCH Fine Binder and Filler Stock 32T and 329 North Queen Street LANCASTER. PA. B. F. 600D & eO. J. W. BRENNEMAN Packer and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Packing House, Millersville, Pa. Office and Salesrooms, 110 and 112 West Walnut St. LANCASTER, PA. ¥i^ PACKERS and DEALERS in Leaf Tobacco TRUMAN D. SHERTZER Dealer in Leaf Tobaccos and Manufacturer of Scrap Filler for Cigar Manufactaring Warehouses: MAIN OFFICE: LANCASTER and f 1 "D RED LION, PA. Lancaster, xa. 142 North Market Street LANCASTER, PA. The York Tobacco Co. Packers and Jobbers in All Grades of LEAF TOBACCO Office and Warehouse. 15 East Clark Avenue llaanlactnrera of "^^ I "W^ Cigar Scrap Tobacco I OFK, f &• W. B. HOSTETTER & CO. Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Sear of 144 West Market Street, on Mason Avenoe^ York, Penna. We Make SCRAP FILLER for Cigar Manufacturers. N. D. ALEXANDER, Packer of and Dealer in LEAF Jobber in Sumatra, Florida Sumatra and Havana Lemon and Arch Sts. 21 THE TO BACCO WORLD &9|0«!??S viUffiuriKCTumLS or all mimds or G8ai40CCNTRC5T %f Cigar box labels AND TRIMMINGS. Philadeluhia Office. BT3 Boms- BIdg-. H. S. SHRINGP^". Vl.rr Chicago, 53 Fifth Avenue. K. R. THATCHER, Msrr. San Francisco, 320 Sansome Street. L. S. SCHOENFELD. Mgr. ar Boxe s Cigar Box Lumber H Largest stock of ♦ ♦ Sawed Mexican and Cuban Cedar, Veneered Cedar, t Imitation Cedar. WRITE FOR PRICES COLUMBIA AYENDE and SIXTH STREET PHILADELPHIA. P L SCHWENCKE LITHOGRAPHIC CO CLARENDON ROAD fi, £.37- T" ST. BR OOKLYN . N Y. ^^^V FINE CIGAR LABELS ^^J'^ I hs ei s • PRIVATE BRANDS OFORIGINAL DESIGN *»AM r (VAtjt: '»»^^^^l^^^^^»»%%'^^%^^k»i John McLaughlin. J. K. KaufTman. JOHN Mclaughlin duction of a foreign grown variety (rf tobacco. Tobacco growers in this region secured small samples of the seed of the Sumatra variety of tobaeei from the island of Sumatra. At fir* small experimental crops were growi and seed saved from the best plantJ u these crops. In the course of this ei- perimental cultivation it was noticed that the plants grown under the partiil shade of trees in freshly cleared fiel* produced finer and more desirable leaves for cigar wrappers than the plw" grown in the open. This fact Iw "> the erection of an artificial shade over the fields, made of slats laid on a soil- able framework. This method « growing tobacco was introduced aboo 1896: by Mr. D. A. Shaw, of Quince Fla. Later, other growers used « coarse cheese cloth as a substitute W the slats. The shade method of gw*" ing tobacco in this region has deveM rapidly, and at the present time sever*! thousands of acres of tobacco are gro** under either slat or cloth shade, »* the industry has become establisbw a profitable and successful basis. >^ ing this time considerable attdO" has been paid to the production ol^ uniform type of tobacco adapted to climatic and soil conditions of this tion by the saving of seed from «•'' ^^ T H E TOBACCO W O R L D ^^^ JOHN D. UONQ OFFICE! £^ • FACTORYt No. 1 18 Mifflin Street Manufacturer of |^ 1 g & T S Cor. Maple &. Plum Aves, Lebanon, Penna. A Specialty of Private Brands. Telephone Connection Samples Sent to Responsible Houses. iiix.iMmar HERMAN DEUUE York, Penna. Maker of Delman 10 and 5c. Herdel 5c. Alex. Martin 5c. UNION MADE CIGARS Sold to Wholesale & Jobbing Trade only Samples to Responsible Houses Bear Bros. Manufacturers of FINE CIGARS R. F. D. No. 8, YORK, PA. A specialty of Private Brands for the Wholesale and Jobbing Trades Correspondence solicited Samples on application Brands: G^ Bear, S^ Cub, Essie, and Matthew Carey C. E. MATTINGLY A CO. Manufacturers of Hi^h Grade Union Made FOR THE Wholesale Trade Only Union Chief Supreme Union Mc Sherrystown, Pa. ei-ojvQ ElOno Union Made 5 -Cent Cigars are as Good as Cigars Can be Made Chas. A. Oberly» Maker LEBANON, PA. m Cigars of Quality Sell and Repeat. Try THE DOCTOR 5c. Ci^ar WALTER S. BARE, Lititz, Penna. *x Maker of Blih Grade Clears Exclnalvaly. >l GEO. W. PARR Manufacturer of FINE CIGARS Littlestown, Pa. MAKER OF 3c.lTHEFERNSIDE!5c Sold to the Jobbing Trade only Correspondence invited I I W. R. DAUGHERTY & BRO. Manufacturers of Fine Domestic Cigars Dallastown, Pa. HIGHEST QUALITY FINEST PACKAGES Wholesale and Jobbing Trade m Correspondence with Acttv* Houses invited ^S REINITiiig R. E. JACOBY Wholesale Manufacturer of Strictly Uniform Quality of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Rpthsville, Pa. Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited 'established 1870 Factory No. 79 S. R. KOCHER Manufacturer of Fine Havana Cigars and Packer of WRIGHTSVJLLE, PA. H. G. BARNHART Ciiiar Manufacturer Springvale, Pa. One of Our Leading Brands : Cuban Duchess Only High Grade Tobacco Used Cigars always duplicate 23 THE TOBAC CO WORLD T.A.MYERS&CE: ▲ I YORK, PENN'A SAMUEL FREV Craley, Pa. Manufacturer of Cigars for the Wholesale Trade OLD JUDGE 1 Zr MILD AND PLEASANT ) 1 f^- C^ 3C. BROWN BUCK (Banded) | ^ *"* «^^« THE CYCLONE ALLEN GOODRICH, 3c. Samples to Responsible Houses They Smoke It and Come A^ain peAco^i ^E titADE WlHHd^ BLEND, QUALITY and WORKMANSHIP to Please the Most Critical Smokers Manufactured for Joobing Trade Only The Toedtman Cigar Co. Makers of the Highest Grade of Sc. Cigars Exclusively MIAMISBURG, OHIO. fully selected plants of the Sumatra variety. When Sumatra seed was first intro duced into Florida the variety broke up into a number of different types.some of which were desirable, while others were undesirable. By reason of the small crop grown from such seed, the loss to growers from the production of undesirable types of plants was not very great. The growers naturajly saved for seed those plants which produced the most desirable types of tobacco, and as a result of continued selection of this kind a fairly uniform type of tobacco which was adapted to the local conditions in this section was secured. As the demand for this Florida grown Sumatra tobacco developed, resulting in increased acreages, seed was at hand which was thoroughly acclimatized for planting the larger area devoted to this crop. From time to time the tobacco planters in this region have obtained small quantities of seed from Sumatra, but in such cases this seed has been grown in a very limited way in very small fields until it has been acclima- tized and uniform types have been se- cured by seed selection. (Continued next week) THE TOBACCO THRIPS /, The American Tobacco Co. 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 A New and Destructive Enemy of Shade-Grown Tobacco. By W. A. Hooker, Special Field Agent, Bureau of Entomology, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. Introduction. In accordance with the authorization of the Secretary of Agriculture and the instructions of Dr. L. O. Howard, the writer left Washington, U. C, April 14, 1905, to investigate certain injury to shade tobacco at Quincy, Fla. He arrived at Quincy, April 16, and spent the following two months in the work. Having reached what seemed to be a satisfactory result, he left there on June 16. June 27 was spent at Palestine, Tex., and June 28 and 29 at Nacogdoches, Tex., in examination of tobacco fields. At Quincy the writer was associated with Mr. W. W. Cobey, tobacco breeding expert to the Bureau of Plant Industry, from whom valuable advice and suggestions were received. The writer again visited Quincy in October, 1905, and spent two weeks in a further examination. A continuation of the work was planned for 1906, but could not be carried out, although a visit was made at Quincy in November, to determine the results obtained where remedial measures had been employed. History. The first report of thrips injuring tobacco in this country, so far as the writer is aware, was made by Dr. F. H. Chittenden in 1904, the species con- cerned being considered as Euthrips tritici Fitch. As will be seen from the following pages, additional materiil showed that the insect concerned ig| new species, Euthrips nicotianae Hindi, A Russian, Lindeman, first described scientifically in 1888. a species of thripj, Thrips tabaci, which he reported at doing great damage to tobacco in thit country. While this same species ii generally distributed in our own coun- try, and although its list of food plaoti is large, it is not recorded as havisg attacked tobacco here. Several communications were re- ceived at this Bureau during the sum- mer of 1904, with inquiries concerning an injury to shade-grown tobacco ii Florida. The insect causing this injury was variously described as "a littk parasite," "a flea," "an unknown insect," etc. Not until the winterof 1904 could anyihing definite be learned At that time a report was received from Mr. W. W. Cobey, tobacco breed- ing expert, uf the Bureau of Plant In- dustry, describing the nature of the injury. It seems that on tobacco grown in the South, and under shade, especially, insect enemies of the crop are found at their worst. Of the many insects with which the planter has had to dealin the past, the bud worm, requiring two and three applications a week of arafr nicala, has been far in the leadintto amount of damage done. It often happens, when a crop is introduced J. H. LIEFTINCK & ZOON Sworn Tobacco Brokers Office and Sample Rooms: Brakke Grond and Frascatl, AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. STOKHUYZEN & BROM Sworn Tobacco Brokers Office and Sample Rooms: Nes. 84—86 (Opposite Frascatl). AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. NIENHUYS & HESTERMAN Sworn Tobacco Brokers Brokers lo the Deli MaatschaPPY AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND Office and Sample Rooms: 87 Rokin 11 100 Ne», opposite Fr»»c»fc Color and Cancelling Stamps Lead Seals and Stencils QUAKER CITY STENCIL and STAMP WORKS Incorporated 234 Arch St., Phlladelpbts RUTHERFORD ^^^Ma"d*eI*^* from the factory of El Draco Giiiar Mi. Co., Philada. E. S. SECHRIST, Dallastown, Pa>* Manufacturer of Fine and Common ifacturer oi Cigars Established 1890 Capacity, 20,000 per D»y E. A. Calves cS, Cox^c"> Havana, 123 North Third street MPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA ETHE TOBACCO WORLD HIGHEST JlWARD^ND GOLD MEDAL FOK EXCELLENCE AND QUALITY OF STOGIES. AT WORLD'S FAIR. ST. T.OUiS. 1904 WC MAKE THE CUBAN EXPORT. BULL'S EYE, ROYAL BLUE LINE. CYCLONE AND BIG STOGIES. First Quality. Long Filler. Hand Made JOHN SLATER & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Hand-Made, Long Filler and Mold Stogies OUR OTHER BRANDS NEW ARRIVALS, BROWNIES. GOLD NUGGETS. JERSEY CHARTER. BLENDED SMOKE^ BOSS. CASTELLO, AMERICAN PUFFS, LANCASTER BELLE. EVERY DAY SMOKE, LITTLE HAVANA. LITTLE DUTCH BLUE POINTS, GOOD POINTS, Etc Factory No. 164S. Capacity 5O.O0O.OOO a Year Factory: LANCASTER, PA. 24 into a new locality, that insects pre- viously unknown, finding in it a desir- able food, leave their natural food plant, multiply rapidly through new and more favorable conditionp, and thus become serious pests. This is what has happened to shade grown tobacco in the South. The suckfly ( Dicyphus mini- mus Uhl.). which first appeared on to- bacco in 1888. has made the raising of a second crop of shade grown tobacco in Florida unprofitable. The leaf miner orsplitworm (Phthorimaea operculella Zell., formerly known as Gelechia tolanella^oisd.) also has attacked and become injurious to tobacco. And now comes a new pest in this new tobacco thrips, which has threatened to surpass the destructive budworm in actual injury. Injury by the tobacco thrips was first observed in 1902, on tobacco grown in the field on which the first shade was erected in 1896. Since that time the insect seems to have increased rapidly, until, during the summer of 1905. the thrips was found in all shade tobacco fields examined, and the opinion is ex- pressed by several planters that, if allowed to continue its ravages, it is on a fair road to completely check the production of the shade crop. The history of shade-grown tobacco in this country dates back to the year 1896, when one- fourth of an acre of slat shade was put up at Quincy. Fla. It was found that Sumatra wrapper, to- baco grown in this way nearly, if not 'Itogether. equals the quality of the imported article. So successful has been the raising of ihis tobacco that today over 3.000 acres are grown under shade in Florida and the adjoining counties of Georgia, while' Texas has • smaller acreage. Nature and Extent of Injury. The injury occasioned by the tobacco tbrips is known as "white vein." *bich, as the term indicates, is due to « white appearance of the veins. These 'ems show on the wrapper when manu- 'wtured into cigars. The injury is brought about by the removal of the **Pby the adult thrips in feeding on the upper surface of the leaf. The thripg feed on the space between the veins as well as on the veins, but ex- •^ept on the veins themselves the indi- ^tions of their feeding disappear in ^be fermentation process. ^e work of the pest should not be confused with the so-called "white *"> * that sometimes occurs in tobacco '"[^i^'nthe North and which seems JJ be due to a physological disorder of ">• plant. fA« » result of the thrips's work, when the crop is affected to any extent, all the white vein tobacco must be sorted into a grade by itself and sold as such, the expense of grading being thereby largely increased. The value of the crop is also greatly reduced, as there is no demand for this grHde at present. There seems to b quite a variation in the estimates of the depre- ciation of tobacco thus affected, one packer estimating the value as de- creased from $1.50 to 30 cents, or a lo9s of $1 20 per pound, while another packer places the decrease at from $1 to 50 cents per pound. These seem to be maximum and minimum es«timates. For the year 1904 it is estimatt-d that 20 per cent, of the crop grown under slat shade was damaged to such an extent by white veins that it was thrown into a grade by itself. The injury for 1905 was decreased to a great extent by the heavy rainfall in the latter part of June and in July. In the crop of tobacco sprayed with emul- sion there were practically no white veins to be found, and this was the case in 1906 Early tobacco was especially affected by white veins in 1905, the injury having taken place previous to the rains. One crop of tobacco is esti- mated by the planter as containing 38 per cent, of affected wrappers, practi- cally one-half of which must necessarily be placed in a separate grade. Another crop is estimated as containing 20 per cent, of affected wrappers. 10 per cent, being placed in a separate grade. The amount of injury will vary from year to year, depending upon the period and amount of rainfall. (Continued next week) Business CKsLnges, Fires. Etc. California. San Francisco.— M. Kalnin, cigars, sold to Harry Johnson. Connecticut. Bridgeport.— Samuel Fogel, cigars, etc., files notice of sale. Illinois. Chicago.— E. E. Dayton, (2 E. 47th St.). cigars, chattel mortgage. $2,200. C. L. Tufford. tobacco, succeeded by J. J. McLouth. Massachusetts. Boston- -Sheppy Rabinowich. cigars, tooacco. etc.. chattel mortgage $1,888. discharged. Orange.— M. H. Richcreek. cigars, sold out. Springfield.— Albert B. Chamberlain, cigars, etc., sold out. North Dakota. Devils Lake— O. W. Rawson, cigars, deed, $2,800. Ohio. Dayton — J. W. Brubaker. cigars and tobacco, succeeded by D. E. Beeghly. Fremont. — Ronsky & Werner, cigars, succeeded by Ronsky &. Michael. Pennsylvania. Wi I kes-Barre.— Alexander E. Cohen, wholesale and retail cigars and to- bacco, petition in bankrutcy. Washington. Tacoma.— Ignazia & Baldi, cigars, confectionery, etc., sold to M i k e Christian. Porto Rico Ci^ar Co. Red Lion, Pa. WHOLESALE CIGAR MANUFACTURERS Maior Paul 1 ^ Lord Selkirk ^5c. Arrow Point J Tom Lewis — 2 for 5e. Wholesale end Jobblntf Trade Only SOMETHING NEW AND GOOD WAGNER'S CUBAN STOGIES Hanaiactared Only by LEONARD WAGNER r...o,y No. 2 707 Ohio St, ALLEfiBENY, PA. GEO. STEUERNAGLE THE CELEBRATED Manufacturer of Pittsburg Stories Goods sold direct to Jobbers and Dealers 5143 Penn Ave., Pittsburg, Pa, TntA. ***rlc '\ """' "^ ' Iv ^^vl^\ ai«Clet>xcdl. y^ SHBIhis , A^ HAND-MADE ^^ [

il6-l22 E:'I4TH^T^.NEW YORK: ' , •' •♦i'i„i '.; .. BRANCH FACTORY 540^550 W. SBTtlST NY "•■J \_^ A" tTQ.^TC, SENT. GRATIS pPO/^ REQUEST PffEPAID -■• -^WR/re'OS QErORE RLAC/fiiG ordeP?s FOR PRIVATE UABELS. BANDS. ETC New Orleans. ■T Cigar Labels San Fma,ncisco '''"S^% Chicago. NE;w:YoRK..>te^ Cincinnati, Established 1877 New Factory 1904 H. W. HEFFENER Howard and YORK DEALER IN CIGAR BOX LUMBER. LABELS, RIBBONS. EDGINGS. BANDS, ETC. Weidman Bros. & Moyer Manufacturers of Ci^ar Boxes Special Attention to GOLD LEAF EMBOSSING "'° woT°^ INLAND CITY CIGAR BOX CO. Manufacturers of Cigar Boxes and Shipping Cases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Bdgings 716—728 N. Christian St. LANCASTER. PA. 26 Factories: Womelsdorf , Pa., Sinliinfi Spring, Pa. Established 1891 ADEN BUSER Manufacturer of I > Dealer i LUMBE LABELS EDGING ETC. ^ Cigar Boxes and Cases R. F. D. No. 3 YORK, PENNA. ^^m. THE TOBACCO WORLD "^^m HINNIGH BALING PRESS ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦s ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ > ^ METAL EMBOSSED LABELS . METAL PRINTED LABELS ♦ < ♦-♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ it ♦ ♦ H« J* l! leiscKKauer Cigar Labels 238 Arch Street, Philadelphia. I TELEPHONE 1561 >♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦▼♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ^ UTHOGR.APHING SPECIAL DESIGNS ♦ >♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4 /♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ^4 X^ ■•••■ Pataated March O. 1807 For All Kinds of Products Requiring Baling TOBACCO STEMS. PAPER. COHON. Etc. Specially Constructed • •PRESSES*. For Leaf Tobacco F^acker^ Warranted to do more and better work in a given time, with less labor than any Press on the market Unsurpassed for power, strength, simplicity and durability, as well as ease and quickne: in operation Various sizes manufactured. Write for prices and full particulars They are indispensable In leaf packing and tobacco warehouses. Hundreds in use. MINNICH MACHINE WORKS Landisville, Lancaster Co., Pa. JACOB G. SHIRK Lancaster, Pa. JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS of American Tobacco Co. American Cigar Co. American Stogie Co. Lubrman & Wilburn Tobacco Co. Blackwell Durham Tobacco Co. Spalding & Merrick Tobacco Co. IT WIT T PAY Vnil *° ^^^ **^ PRICES befor* ordering |{oods elsewhere. 5 * 1 ! - Brilliant as Diamonds Fragrant as Roses Good as Government Bonds Are tne ClbAKo Registered Brands "Brilliant Star" Clear Havana . . lOc. **S. B." Half Havana 5c. "S. B." Little Havanas 5c, "Honest Bee" 3c "2— I— No" Mildest Cigar Made 2 fof 5c., Special Braads Mada to Order Stauffer Bros. Nfg. Co., New Holland, Pa. Send Your Cigar Buyer Here We Will Save Yoa Money —Established 1834- WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 27 South Second Street PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday Cigars, Tobacco, Smokers^ Articles Special Sales of Leaf Tobacco Consignments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Day of Sale Pate Cor J Caveats, Trade Marks, UlS Design-Patents, Copyrights, etc. Ser" John A. Saul Le Droit Building, WASHINGTON, D. C. Par Sale by All Dealers V I R O I IN I A P E R 1 Q U E MIXTURE G6e AMERICAN TOBACCO CO., NEW YORK i. E. A. Calves & Co.HaVANA, 123 North Third street ^ ^ PHILADELPHIA ....IMPORTERS ol H^^ THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^B MONUMENTAL LEAF TOBACCO CO. East Lombard St., between Charles and Light, BALTIMORE, MD. Importers and Packers of ei6AR LEAF T0BAee0 Goods Sold in Original and Broken Packages A large assortment of SUIVIATRA in less than bale lots to select from Orders for Samples Solicited •^S GOOD/5 THE/(AME f9 !^j^^^>^^^^^^ Growth m n si gn if ies Havana NONE GENUINE UNLESS m it^BEARINGTHIS WITH OURTRADE MARK IN COLORS *-x^x.x^ ^.wxx^ » vic»>* e RECif N'.BWMG & SONS UJ \r TME AMERICAN '^^^^% 3CWARE or lMiTAT/ON3. IE EVERYWHERE i H m I WARREN BECK & BRO Ci^ar Manufacturers York, Pa. Ten-Gent Brands: Dnkc of Westminster Admlrnl Gherardl Gen. Warren La Responder Marcana La Cantldad Michael Hose Manufac- turers of LEAP TOBACCa E. ROSENWALD & BRO. Y - -^ » i; D y liiBtablished in 1881. Vol. XXVII., No. 22. PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK. MAY 29. 1907. One Dollar per Annum. Payable in Advance. Philipp J. Kolb&Co Importers & Packers OF Leaf Tobacco 310 Race Street Philadelphia r • CBIVTRAU UNION. No other brand of Tobacco has grown «o quickly in public favor Reasons: Quality Price Union Label Friendly Dealers' Aid and Tobacco Trust's Hostility CENTRAL UNION CUT PLU5. TMP MfOTP.n ST*,rp,S TOBACCO CO, United States Tobacco i)o. Richmond, Ya. Constant Merit!! C Cigars that hold the confidence of their smokers pay dealers best. DIAMOND JOE CIGAR FACTORY brands stand pre-emi- nently in a class of their own. F E IN D R I C H Evansville, Ind, VA M. KEMPER ^ SONS Importers of Sumatrsi II E. Lombard St. BALTIMORE, AD We call attention to our late purchases of very choice marks of New Sumatra in Amsterdam We have a Complete Stock of Old Sumatras A request for Samples will receive prompt attention t^ _^ 0 Growers and Packers of FLORIDA TOBACCOS Write for Samples SCHROMDSR i& ARGUIMBAU 178 Water Street, New York |y^^ THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^, r CHARLES M. GUDKNECHT, PRESIDENT La Hilda Cigar Factory (Incorporated) Manufacturers and Importers 231 CHESTNUT STREET CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED r HILADtLrHIA J (lord LANCASTER. lOc.) OMir Bros. I Co. Manufacturers 615 Market St., Philada. (NICKELBY. 5c.) \ Philadelphia i>"^*"a& CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight 5-cent Gi^ar Made by Morris D.Neamano& Co. PHILADELPHIA. PA. Reserved Factory 1839. First District Penna. Guaranteed Strictly Hand Made Imported Sumatra Wrapper Long Havana Filler i I ^■ W. K. Gresh & Sons, Makers, Norristowii,P8> * HENRY HEYMANN'S SONS, INC. MAKERS Sinking Spring, Pa. H^ YOU CAN BUY WEAVER'S ORIGINAL HAVANA SHORTS AT All Jobbing Houses Parmenter Wax-Lined Coupon Cigar Pockeb Affofd PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indoned by all Smokeri, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE Advertising Medium known. I Advertising Medium known. . \J Racine Paper Goods Co., Racine, Wis..I'.ii ^^^^^^ Sol* Owncra and Manufacturer*' THE TOBACCO WORLD VoL XXVIL, No. 22 PHILADELPHIA, MAY 29, 1907 One Dollar the Year Gloomy Outlook in Tennessee. Clarkaville, Tenn., May 24. The Dark Tobacco Grow rs' Associa- tion met Monday in regular session. There was a large attendance of the growers and much enthusiasm was manifested. The district chairmen reported as follows : District No. 1— Prospects for a full crop are gloomy. Not more than 50 per cent, of last crop will be planted on account of the scarcity of plants and labor. District No. 16— No change in con- ditions. Worms are causing great de- giruction. Cut and army worms have made their appearance. No tobacco set out. District No. 22- Half or two-thirds of crop will be planted. Chairman Radford, of Christian county, made a short talk. He stated that the association was getting stronger all the time, and he believed in Christian county 85 per cent, cf the crop would be pledged this year. In that county, he said, the growers re- ceived as a fair estimate $334,000 more last year for their tobacco than the year before the association was or- ganized. It was announced that the colored members of the association would hold a meeting in Clarksville next Saturday at the Court House. Martin, Tenn., May 24, "I will give $50 in cash for enough tobacco plants to set out ten acres of land." remarked Price Thomas, a well to do farmer, residing near Martin, and he meant every word he said. For several days he had men out hunting plants. This is a remarkably high price to pay for the weed, for in ordinary crop years, a plant bed, having enough plantB on it to set out five acres of land, €an be purchased for from $10 to $12. This shows the scarcity of the plants in the dark tobacco belt of Tennessee, and the acreage is going to be cut short, probably half. The plant beds have been injured by the ravages of the cut worm and the continued rains and cool weather. Tobacco is bringing a higher price here than it has for some time, and if the scarcity of plants brings the acre- age down to a half a crop, the price of the weed is expected to soar away up. Farmers are away behind with their planting and hopes were entertained that they would plant and plow this veek. If no more rain falls within ten <'ay8, it will be ample time for the planting of the crops. The grass is a total failure. The *rmy worm and cut worm combined l»ave totally destroyed this crop, and the farmers will have to depend on the <^rn and oat crops. New Bethesda Enterprise. Another new cigar manufacturing wtablishment has been organized at Bethesda, Q., by L. H. Thrall. W. M. J;raig. C. B. Clark and O. H. Rinehart. 'twill be known as the Home Cigar Company. DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CIGARMAKERS' STRIKE SITUATION. Albany, N. Y., Manufacturers Organize for Mutual Protection. Lock Out in Saginaw. Mich. Binghamton, N. Y., is Yet Restless. None of the Contestants Seem Willing to Make Any Concession. Albany, N. Y., May 25. At a meeting of the cigarmakers' union last week it was unanimously decided to present a new bill to the manufacturers on May 27, said bill to take effect immediately. Under the agreement which they will demand there will be an increase of one dollar per thousand asked for on the general run of work in this city. The cigar- makers' scale is a sliding one, running from $7.00 to $16.00 per thousand. In this city there is a class of work done that runs about the same in all shops and the demanded increase will affect all manufacturers alike. The bill asked will be the same as the one in force in this city several years ago. At the time of the general depression in the business the cigarmakers reduced their price one dollar per thousand and have kept it at that rate until now. They are of the opinion that the time war- rants a return to the old scale. The indications of a strike are strong. The manufacturers recently organized and it was said at the time that the organization was for the purpose of meeting the demands which the men were expected to make and which ma- terialized at last week's meeting. One of the largest manufacturers re- cently laid off twenty-five men. Cigar manufacturers, however, have anticipated the present move of the ci- garmakers and have formtd an organi- tion for mutual protection and co-oper- tion, which will be known as the Union Cigar Manufacturers' Association, and of which W. N. Horton has been elected president and G. W. Van Slyke, secre- tary. Saginaw, Mich., May 24. Of Saginaw's 120 working cigarmakers about 75 were this week locked out by the employers. The trouble arises out of a new bill of prices for l«bor, that members of Cigarmakers' Union No. 130, of this city, some time ago pre- sented to the employers, asking that it should go into effect on May 16. The present bill of prices, the cigar- makers claim, will not increase the price of any job now being made in Saginaw, but instead provides for a change in the manner in which the ci- gars are made, which would enable the men to increase their output. The shops closed this week include those of Joseph Ditz, Joseph Marks, F. H. Mertz, Willis Weeks. J. M. Roberts and the Wolverine Cigar Factory, The men in the Krieg and George Schultz factories remain at work, the conces- sion having been granted, as is the case with the smaller shops in the city. The manufacturers declare that under present conditions of prices and com- petition they cannot afford to grant the demands of the men, that to do so would be ruinous to their business, so small are the margins of profits now in competition with trust goods. They state that the demands are unjust and will not be granted, and that the men are making good wages under the pre- sent scale. Binghamton, N. Y., May 25 The cigar making situation here is daily becoming more mixed up. Union men seem determined upon making a demand for an increase, but also seem unable to agree on the amount of in- crease which they shall demand. That matter has been left in the hands of National President Perkins, of Chicago. May Close Butler Factory. Lynchburg, Va , May 24. The rumor that the factory of the Butler-Butler Company, on Lower Seventh street, had been sold to the American Tobacco Company has been confirmed at the offices of the company. At the time the deal was confirmed. General Manager Booker was engaged with ofliicials of the American Tobacco Company in inspecting and going over the plant and it was impossible to see either General Manager Booker or the American Company's ofilicials. The purchaser will operate the Seventh street factory here which gives employ- ment to 300 or 400 men. It is stated on pretty reliable author- ity that the plant will be eventually closed and the goods heretofore manu- factured at this factory will be made at one of the numerous other factories of the trust. Economic reasons are said to have prompted a consideration of the practicability of such a step. New Ashville. 0., Plant. Lancaster, 0., May 24. A cigar factory for Ashville is now assured, says the Ashville Home News. The amount of stock subscribed is $10,000, and will in all probability be sufiUcient for a beginning. Lancaster people hold $3,000 and Ashville $7,000. The heaviest subscribers are J. P. Rockey and E. E. Smith, each having $2,500. The Ashville plant is really a re- organization of the one now located at Lancaster and which has been operated there for the past few years, but is changing its location owing to its not being able to secure help. From 50 to 100 people will be employed. The hall and balcony of the Messick building will be fitted up and it is expected to have the factory in operation by June 1. — O'Donnell & Stevenson have suc- ceeded to the cigar business of O'Don- nell & Delury, Salt Lake City, Utah. Michigan's Cigarette Bill Killed. Lansing, Mich., May 25. Dickinson's anti-cigarette bill went up in smoke, the House Committee of the Whole killing it at once and the House itself applying the axe after the committee had risen. Representatives Murray and L'Esper- ance were principals in the axe wield- ing game. Dickinson wanted the bill made a special order for Wednesday when it was reached on general ordi-r, but the enemies of the bill had the most votes and weie not disposed to allow him any time. Murray's speech was short and to the point. "I move that when the committee rise, it recommend that all after the enacting clause be stricken out," he said. Dickinson spoke in favor of his bill, telling of the Detroit lad who died last week because of the excessive use of cigarettes. "I'd rather be called a crank," said he, "and feel that I was doing some good with my vote than go home and know that I had done anything to fur- ther such cases as this one." L'Esperance called attention to the existing law providing that boys under 16 shall not be sold cigarettes, and pointed out that it was strong enough as it stands if boys only are aimed to be protected. L'Esperance avowed that he was against telling a "grown man" what he could or could not do. The vote in committee on Murray's motion was 45 to 31. When the com- mittee rose Dickinson called for a yea and nay vote on concurrence which re- sulted in the House concurring in the committee report, 43 to 31. There was considerable talk of scan- dal connected with this bill, the story being that it was to be pushed through the House and killed in the Senate by wrongful means, though Representative Dickinson was not believed to be any- thing but absolutely sincere in his work for the bill. The big jobbers of the State turned in and exerted wha: in- fluence they could to kill the bill in the House without the aid of graft. Many House members voted against the bill for this reason. ^««»««%%« Equity Organization Perfected. Factory Sites Selected (or Or|{anlza« tlon. Plans Outlined for Hand* linf{ Tobacco Crops. Lexington, Ky., May 24. Lexington, Louisville and Covington are to be selected as the sites for the factories to be operated by the Ameri- can Society of Equity, provided the American Tobacco Company does not purchase the 1906 and 1907 tobacco crops that have been raised in the Burley districts. H. B. Sherman, general field organizer of the American Society of Equity, was here recently on his way to Carlisle. Sherman re- ports that the Society of Equity has eighteen organizers in the field, and E. A. Calves & Co. DELA ^Autonzadaporel Gobierno delaRepablica Gar A NT! Z A qtie los tabacoscigarrosy paqaetes Je picaduraquellcvenesl'apnecinU son fabncadospor m REPUBLICA OE CUBA HA PROPIEDADARTISTICAEilHOUSTRIflL ESTAIREGISTMDAlNIODOSlOSPAISESv republicaoexuba HABANA Either the name of the Manufacturer or chat of his Brand will appear printed in the blank space of this Precinta or Stamp. ...IMPORTANT NOTICE... The preceding cut is a fac simile, in its actual size, of the Precinta, or Warranty Stamp, which is used by the members of the Cigar and Cigarette Manufacturers' Union of the Island of Cuba as a guarantee that the Cigars, Cigarettes and Cut Tobacco packages which bear these stamps were made in Cuba. Thus a copy of the Warranty Stamp, attached to any Box of Cigars and Cigarettes or to any Package of ^ Cut Tobacco, means that those Cigars, Cigarettes and Cut Tobacco have been made in Havana, Cuba, with the Genuine Tobacco Leaf grown on the Island of Cuba. DON'T FORGET THIS, IMPORTERS, DISTRIBUTORS and RETAILERS. THE COLORS OF THE PRECINTA :-Black with Pale Blue Ground; fac-simile of the Seal of the Presidency of the Rrpublic, Sky Blue. over 90,000 acres of the 1907 crops have been pooled. This acreage is nearly two-thirds of the entire Burley tobacco crop. He says that the society he rtily endorses amalgamation with the Ameri- can Federation of Labor, and he believes union men all over the country will en- dorse the movement. The rumor is current here that the Louisville Tobacco Warehouse Com- pany and the American Society of Equity are negotiating plans to pool all the tobacco on hand, which amounts to 150,000,000 pounds. The proposition is for the Equity representatives to pur- chase 51 per cent, of the capital stock in the Louisville Tobacco Warehouse Company and to fix the capital stock of the new company at $3,000,000. It is said that the Green River Association is also interested in the movement. Another Fire at Dayton their tobacco for less than they re- ceived for trash some time ago. A prominent farmer residing north of the city stated Saturday that a good many of the tobacco raisers had sold some part of their crop and had re- served part, believing that unusual high prices were soon to put in their appearance. The result was that the reserved portion of the crop has been left on the hands of che unwary raiser, and to rid himself of his tobacco he had been forced to sell at the buyer's price. Doings at Benton Harbor. S5,000 Daina|{e to Becker Factory. Tobacco Market Rather Dull. Dayton, O.. May 24. Lightning following a telephone wire caused a fire this week at the tobacco factory of Joseph I. Becker, in the rear of 429 East Fifth street, which entailed a loss to his stock of between ^.000 and $5,000 and to the building of about $400. The lightning early one morning fol- lowed the wires into the building and «et fire to a quantity of combustible •material nearby. Before it was dis- covered it had gained such headway as ^ make it exceedingly hard for the fire- men to extinguish the blaze. It was finally conquered however, but not until Mr. Becker had suffered a loss of between $4,000 and $5,000. and «ter the building had been damaged ^ the extent of $400. The building was owned by A. C. Marshall. Mr. Becker carried about $1,500 insurance on his stock. In reference to the tobacco market >t the present time, farmers living in J»e vicinity of Dayton, state the to- "^acco buyers are working hard to Wther in as much of the weed as they n find at very nominal price. In *ct, many of the farmers state that «ey can get nothing like the price they expected, and have been forced to sell Tannpa Business Brought Here. New Company Ori^unized. Benton Harbor, Mich.. May 25. A. M. Price, of the cigar factory which bears his name, recently pur- chased the entire equipment of the La Compania Domingue cigar factory at Tampa, Florida, and has moved the same to this city. Included in the sale was the sole right to manufacture the LaFinota, the Abou Ben Adhem and the Royal Egypt cigars, which will be placed on the market by Mr. Price within thirty days. The M. A. Price Co. has received a flattering offer to remove their factory to Lapeer. Mich., but Mr. Price stated that Benton Harbor bad been his home for so long and he liked the town so well that he had not decided whether he would ac- cept the offer or not. Articles of association were filed this week with the county clerk by the Up-to-Date Cigar Company, of this city, operating at 110 Water street. The capital stock is placed at $2,000, half 01 which is already subscribed. Six hundred dollars has been paid in, $400 in cash and $200 in personal pro- perty. The shareholders are Frank Needham, Ashley Smith and William Ehrle. Nashville Co. Incorporated. ^ Nashville, Tenn., May 24. The Nashville Cigar Company, with a capital stock of $10, GDC, has made application at the Court House for a charter. The incorporators are : W. M. Woolwine, W. F. Renner, George A. Krebs, Norman Farrell, Jr., and Wil- liam Luigart. A Good Pair to Go Two of Our Popular Five Cent Brands. V Our Goods are Made of Best Selections J| Made Carefully, and Made to Dupl J Wolf Brothers RED LION, PA. anus. I tions, J icate. ^ INCREASE YOUR PROFIT! Columbia Straliiht Will Do It. We bought a large supply of Good Hav- ana and Domestic Tobacco at the right time. We are located where Good Workmen can be had at Fair Prices. These facts enable us to make our COLUMBIA STRAIGHT a Five Cent Cigar of Highest Quality, Best Work- manship, to be Sold at Good Profit. Fred Schlaeger & Co., Columbia, Pa. Samples on application. M THE TOBACCO WORLD t-'TlEALM oPTfls PETAILEPS E. A. Calves & Co.HaVANA, 123 North Third street IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA CUBA DID NOT GET ALL THE RAIN ANTICIPATED. Showers Were Neither Long Continued Nor Widely Extended. Tobacco Packers are Still Waiting Favorable Conditions. Special Correspondence of The Tobacco World.) Havana, Cuba, May 21. 1907. It seems that the rainfall was not The letter to Samuel Gompers, which gj-ai all over the island, nor was it I mentioned in detail last week, has as heavy in most districts as it was at been answered, and the sum and sub- first supposed, su that it cannot be said stance is that Gompers, who was here the rainy season is at hand. While the in January, declares he made a thorough farmers in the country made the most study of the situation then, and he ofiheir opportunities and did as much agrees with the cigarmakers entirely, work as they possibly could the blan- First, that they are underpaid, and dura did not last, and they are still secondly that they are not vs ell treated. | waiting for a favorable atmosphere be- Of course this sympathy, in addition to fore commencing their packings on a generous contributions from the United large scale. A recently returned visi- States and Canada, has helped to tor to the famous Manicaragua section strengthen the cigarmakers in their states that, while there is no more to- pretensions, and even though the bacco in the fields, it is ail still hanging workers for the independent factories up in the drying sheds, the farmers be- expressed themselves as not being in ing unable to handle it under the pre- favor of the strike and declaring that sent atmospheric conditions. they were out of work simply because A few more buyers have arrived, but the independent manufacturers had de- several have left again for their homes cided in favor of a lockout, the fact re- in the North, being convinced that this mains that no peace overtures have is not the right season to operate in our been made so far. Gompers adds that market. Prices are so high that it he has sent a copy of the letter he re- seems impossible they should continue ceived to President Perkins of the Ci- at this level, and the more sanguine garmakers' International Union, and he feels confident that once the appeal is spread broadcast throughout the United States the union cigarmakers will not fail to respond generously to the same. He concludes by wishing them all success, and requesting to hear from them as frequently as con- venient. The cigarmakers here de- clare that they are greatly pleased with Gompers' letter, and they see no reason to despair at the prolongation of the situation. The exports of cigars have naturally fallen off considerably, as the weekly shipments per steamer show. Last week but 750,000 cigars were exported, while the usual weekly shipments LUIS NUNIZ MANUEL MUNIZ HILARIO MUNIZ VENANCIO DIAZ, Special Partner MUNIZ HER1V1AN05 y CIA S en C Growers and Dealers of VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDO and REMEDIOS TOBAaO "Angel?" Havana Rei Aft. 20, HaVana. p. O. Box 98 SYLVESTER & STERN SUCCESSORS TO LEWIS SYLVESTER & SON Growers, Packers and Importers of Havana Tobacco declare their intention of waiting until there are indications of a downward movement. Consequently there are no sales of any importance to be chroni- cled; in fact, I have only learned of two, one of a hundred bales and the other of three hundred bales of 1st cap- aduras of Remedies. Both transactions were consummated by house? there. Buyers Come and Go. Arrivals.— Levi W. Scott, of L. W. Scott, Boston; Bernard Lichtenstein, of Lichtenstein Bros., and Ernest El- linger, of E. Ellinger & Co., New York ; Florencio Vega, of F. Vega & Bro., Chicago. HAVANA, CUBA Monte 56 NEW YORK 165 Front Street PLANTATIONS and ESCOJIDAS: In VUELTA ABAJO at PUERTA de GOLPE PARTIDOS REMEDIOS SANTIAGO de las VEGAS SANTA CLARA QUINTA CAMAJUANI " SANCTI SPIRITUS FACTORY VEGAS A SPECIALTY Departures. —Sol Hamburger, B. Lichtenstein, and Lewis Cantor, for amount to over a million. New York. Havana Clgrar ManafacturcrM To repeat that the strike still con- tinues seems a futile statement of the fact, but the strike has now been put on such an organized footing that it seems impossible to calculate how long the strikers will be able to hold out. UnylnKt Selllnic and Other Note* of IntereMt. I understand that Manuel Garcia bought a fine lot of 1st capaduras of Remedios, amounting to about 300 bales. In regard to the report circulated that Meyer & Mendelsohn, of New CHARLES BLASCO Connnnlssion Merchant Leaf Tobacco and Clftars^ 1 O'Reilly St. b£S^ Habana. Cuba GONZALEZ Y MIGUEL Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama Especialidad en Tabaco de Santa Clara de Primera Glase C.bl« "CASIN" u A n A M A AMISTAD 97, HABANA^ SJf H. UPMANN & CO., HAVANA, CUBA m INDEPENDENT MANUFACTURERS OF THE CELEBRATED S^' H. UPMANN CIGARS Chamna) BANKERS SHIPPERS AND * COMMISSION MERCHANTS ESTABLISHED 1844 St CHAS. LANDAU, 82 Wall St., New York; Board of Trade Building, Montreal SOLE REPRESENTATIVE OF H. UPMANN BRAND FOR UNITED STATES AND CANADA fS 8 S^^ THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^^ BEHRENS&eO. Havana, Cuba Manufacturers of the '' SOL" Brand Finest Yaelta Abajo Tobacco Exclasively \!f. .t^BA^f^ WiW NO BETTER GOODS MADE QUALITY ALWAYS RELIABLE Sole Representatives for the United States and Canada: National Cuba Co., 147 Water Street, New York h > Sobrinos de A. Gonzalez LEAF TOBACCO MERCHANTS Principe Alfonso 116 y 118 Habana, Cuba *^'!S«,. GUSTAVO SALOMON Y HNOS, Especialidad en TABACOS FINOS de VUELTA ABAJO. PARTIDOS y VUELTA ARRIBA Monte 114 P. O. Box, Apartado 270 Cable: ZALEZGON Habana UNO DIAZ B. KODRIOUEZ B. DIAZ & CO. Growers and Packers of Vuelta Aba|o and Partido Tobacco PRADO 125 Cable: ZAIDCO HABANA, CUBA PARTAGAS Independent Cigar Factory , S. Jorge Y. P. Castaneda JORGE 8t P. CflSTAflEDfl Growers, Packers and Exporters of Havana Lieaf Tobacco Ejido, Corner Dragones Street, H A V A N A The Oldest Brand IE PARTAGAS YG a 4^BAHfc. The lc/21 Best Cigars Cifuentes, Fernandez y Ca, Proprietors 1^4 Industria Street Cable: ciFMR Habaua, Cuba AVMLINO PAZOS & CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Ramst PRADO 123 ON I LEVA JdRuRna SUAREZ HERMANOS (S. en C.) Growers, Packers ¥ £ HT 1^ and Dealers In Leat 1 OOaCCO FIGURAS 39-41. cabie: -cuetam • HAVANA, CUBA J. H. CAYRO & SON Dealers in Leaf Tobacco specialty: Vuelta Abajo and Partido Warehouse and Office: 92 Dragones Street, HAVANA, CUBA Cable Address: "JOSECAYRO" Conespoadence Solicited In Enrfllili HENRY VONEIFF F. VIDAL CRUZ VONEIFF Y VIDAL CRUZ LEAF TOBACCO PACKERS and EXPORTERS of 73 Amistad Street. HAVANA, CUBA Branch Houses: 616 W. Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Md. P. O. Box 433, T«mp«. P'»' ^ EVARISTO GARCIA JOSE M. GARCIA iOSE DlAl J. M. GARCIA Y CIA. Almacenistas de Tabaco Partido y Vuelta Abajo CON VEGAS PROPIAS ;ian Nicolas 126 y 128 cabi.: •jomacarcia • HABANA, CUBA ^^KTHE TOBACCO W O R L D ^^» Rf BAVTISTA y CA.--Leaf Tobacco Warehouse-HABANA, CVBA Neptuno 170—174 ~ ^ ^ Cable — Rotista Special Partner— Gumersindo Garcia Cuervo York, had absorbed the Loeb-Nunez Havana Co., Mr. Joe Loeb, of the firm here, states emphatically that he has no knowledge of any such deal, but that Loeb-Nunez Havana Co. has entered into a joint account with Meyer & Mendelsohn for packing this year. Baldomero Grau disposed of a fine lot of Remedios, 1st capaduraa, djring the past week. Leslie Pantin & Co. were the pur- chasers of about 100 bales of A 1 leaf. RECEIPTS FROM THE COUNTRY. Vuelta Abajo Semi Vuelta Partido Matanzas Remedios & S.Clara Santiago de Cuba Week ending May 18 Bales 2 294 149 195 5 15 253 Total 2,911 Since Jan. 1 Bales 11,613 701 627 250 4.888 1,984 20,063 Our Lancaster Letter. (Concluded fom p. 7.) only a couple of hundred cases, because farmers still held on to their "before Christmas season" idea of prices of leaf in the bundle. They would have put up a good sized packing if they could have secured enough at fair prices for this season of the year, and they are a thoroughly reliable firm. It may prove that it would have been well for farmers to have given them more serious consideration. S. R. Moss, of this city, has been mulcted to the tune of $10,000, by the action of the Supreme Court in refusing the appeal to that tribunal in the suit brought against him by the Receiver of the defunct City Trust Co. in an ac- tion to recover on the bond of the de- faulting President (deceased), upon which Mr. Moss was surety to that ex- tent, and which amount he is obliged to pay. Excellent progress is being made by the A. B. Hess Cigar Co., and opera- tions are being rapidly expanded in new territory. Duplicate orders are being secured steadily from all the older dis- tributors of the product of the factory, and the volume of business is growing constantly. Attention is directed to the announce- ment in this week's issue of George E. Wiener, one of the oldest cigar box manufacturers in this city, who caters only 10 manufacturers desiring strictly high grade boxes. A Visitor to the Old Dominion Tobacco Marts. Richmond, Va., May 23. We ha 'e a distinguished visitor at present in the tobacco leaf centres, *|nely, Captain Will Jackson, who is visiting the leaf markets of Virgmia, «nd is now in Richmond. He is one of the most popular gentlemen in the Dritish tobacco world, residing in Leeds, Yorkshire. ^^ The captain was born in that famous old city, Newcastle on Tyne, in the north of England, and educated at Dr. irwin'a academy in Yorkshire.,,,^ ine began his business career in lo83, with Messrs. R. Sinclair, of Newcastle fame and manufacturers 0| the famous Brown Spun Roll in *'l sizes. After ^gradually working through all departments, he was sent out to open new branch depots for that "jm in Sunderland, York, Leeds, and other large cities, distributing the pro- oucts^and^making the name of.Sinclair well known to smokers in all parts of the north and midland counties, handling ac that period a great quantity of the then new and popular Richmond products. Our Little Beauties and Richmond Gems. He was one of the promoters and hard workers for the Retail Tobacco- nists' Association and for some time Honorable Secretary to the Federated Association of Tobacconists of Great Britain, and has often told its members a touching story and assisted them to battle against the trusts, introducing^ many reforms and giving the trade the! benefit of his vast experience. The captain remained with the Sin- clair firm for ten years. He was al- ways noted as a keen and practical buyer. Among the many striking lines he put on i he market was "The Largest Box on Earth for a Penny" of wax matches. Not only did he stagger the trade, but also his own firm. A good story is told of the big wax deal. When the present senior partner, Mr. James Sinclair, was on a visit to one of the towns in which the firm had a store, so the story goes, he was just leaving the passenger station with one of the firm of Wills, of Bristol, when a lad rushed up to them and cried, "the biggest box of wax lights on earth, sir, only a penny. " The gentlemen looked at the box in the lad's hand, then at one another and Mr. Sinclair remarked, "that's Jackson again." Of course they both bought a box. Another won- derful line was one diozen boxes of safety matches (sold here in the States for 10 cents) for a pe ny. Again he appeared with a band of Scotch High- landers in the Queen's uniform, with kilts, of course, selling "two Scotch clay pipes and two covers for a penny, ' ' worth 20 cents hce. The cheapest lines in Wangee canes came through his hands, but the smart- est tidbit of his was the May Day pro- cession and horse (tradesmen's) show, where thousands of most attractive turnouts are seen in Leeds on that day, to compete for some valuable prizes. The Captain, then young Jackson, had been up the night before together with his assistants, preparing for the great event. The morini g broke, 'twas a lovely day and everyone astir early. The various railway companies' horses came first, and in the distance loomed to sight a "great mass of man, beast and 'bacca, " for on a huge wagon drawn by a team of six as fine and powerful Clyd3sdale horses as man ever set eyes on was piled high up in the air hogs- heads of tobacco, and on each tier was squatted a soldier representing various nations, and armed to the teeth, whilst on the topmost case sat a lone and weary "gentleman of color" (imported by young Jacksnn) and who had had a nip of John Bull's good ale, and was dosing off to sleep, to the alarm of the spectators. The young captain yelled at him, but could not rouse the nigger. Then he called to one of his men "Get ray rifle," and with one shot he carried off the helmet of that black warrior, who, needless to say, woke up, and al- most looked pale. After severing his connection with Messrs. Sinclair, the captain repre- sented Messrs. La Cros et Fils, of Bordeaux, France, Messrs. AbduUa, of Egyptian cigarette fame, and later Kinners, of Manchester, England. He served with distinction in the late Boer War, serving with Lord Strath- conna's Horse and the Prince of Wales' Own Yorkshires. He returns in a few weeks to Europe, and informs us he will be glad to re- ceive offers from firms handling really smart lines of goods suitable for the English market, and desires among other things offers on Porto Rican ci- gars and Pittsburg stogies. He may be addressed at 914 East Marshall street, Richmond, Va. Constifution «/„f cVa?I are the Best that can be made. Do you sell them? PABLO PEREZ OANDIDO 0BE80 Perez & Obeso S. en C. (Sobrinos de G. Palacios) (Leaf Tobacco J VUELTA ABAJO FACTORY VEGAS a Specially Proprietors of famous Lowland Vuelta Abajo Vei(aa Prado 121, Entrance, Dragones St Cable: "Sodecio." HABANA, CUBA. JOSE F. ROCHA Havana Leaf Tobaao Especialidad Tabacos Finos de Vuelta Abajo, Partido y Vuelta Arriba San Miguel lOO Cable: "DONALLES" HABANA, CUBA GONZALEZ, BENITEZ & CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama y Viveres Amargura 12 and 14, and San Ignacio 25 Cable: "Tebenitez" P. O. Box 396 HABANA, CVBA LOEB NUNEZ HAVANA CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama 142 and 144 Consulado Street Habana Cable: REFORM JOS. MENDELSOHN LOUIS A. BORNEMANN MANUEL SUAREZ Mendelsohn, Bornemann & Co. Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO d Commission Merchants an New York Office: 196 WATER STREET Havana, Cuba: MANUEL SUAREZ y CA., Amistad 96 A, M. CALZADA & CO. Packers and Dealers in Leaf and COMMISSION MERCHANTS Monte 156, HABANA, CUBA. p. O. Box. d9a. CabUt "CALDA.** U E. A. Calves & Co.<£" i .) i I I t ,-« It, ? I ! !<■ ' MPORTERS of Havana, 123 North Third street PHILADELPHIA THE TOBACCO WORLD Established 1&81 Incorporated 1903 T0B/ieee W0RLD Published Every Wednesday BY THH TOBACCO WORLD PUBLISHING CO. 224 Arch Street. PKiUdelpKia. Jay Y. Krodt, H. C. McMands, President and Genl, Manager. Secretary and Treaaurer. Entered at the Post Office at Philadelphia, Pa., as second class matter. TBI.BPHONBS:— Bell, Market 28-97 ; Keystone, Main 45*39^ Cable Address, Baccoworld. Havana Office, Post Office Bar j6». 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 «^ dence of merit as to entitle them to public attention. No advertisement ^nown 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. PHlLAOniLFHlA, MAY 29. iyU7. BONAPARTE'S SOLDIERING. The trade and the whole coutUry is getting sick and tired of the apparent tardiness in pushing to a conclusion the proposed and promised trust prosecu- tion?. Adroit attempts have been made to appease the urgent agitators by issuing from time to time reports cunningly prepared and purporting to show that matters of great interest and value, and which would also prove to be very sen- sational, had been discovered, but some- thing more tangible ia now soon ex- expected Current reports from Washington indicate that there may soon be another shift in the Attorney General's depart- ment. Attorney General Bonaparie is slated for retirement, according to intimations from a high source, the report generally credited being that the President has let it be known that his chief law officer "must fish or cut bait." It has become a matter of common knowledge at Washington that since Mr. Bonaparte has been in charge of the Government's legal aflFairs his de- partment has been practically at a standstill. Ill health has been given as the reason for the Attorney General's failure to keep things moving, and while the President has restrained his impatience up to this time, it is under- stood that he has given some pointed intimations that Mr. Bonaparte must either get well in a hurry or give way to a well man. Recently Mr. Bonaparte told the President that he was not well, but that he would soon be "out of the woods." His health has improved greatly since his last talk with the President, but still things are moving slowly at the Department of Justice. Mr. Bonaparte frankly confesses that he is not overworking himself, and it is known that he likes the berth of Attorney General much better than he did that of Secretary of the Navy. Among the important cases that are dragging before the Attorney General are those involving suits against several large corporations known as trusts, and prominent among which is the great tobacco corporation. A mass of evi- dence has been accumulated by the Department of Commerce and Labor, and this has been sifted and arranged by Mr. Bonaparte's assistants, but there the matter stands until they can get an interview with their chief. 12 INCREASED RAILROAD FARES. The autocratic President of the Phila- delphia and Reading Railway Company has decreed that a great increase shall be made in the rate of fares to many suburban points along its lines, and it has been done accordingly. This, too, at a time when there was enacted adverse State legislation, and by reason of which it stands out in all its harshness, creating the impres- sion that the railroad company through its President, whose certain previous acts were declared by him as a "divine right, ' ' moved to anger by the act of the Legislature, is by his abrupt manner, apparently venting its spleen on many unoffending patrons of the road. Forgetful, perhaps, that the people most seriously affected are those who have located along the Reading road, where they have built themselves homes, investing the savings of years, because of the low fare inducements held out to them, and which has made possible t>^e very large suburban traffic which the road now has. The people affected are naturally indignant, and feel that they are being badly treated. And they do not pro- pose to stand idly by and look on, but intend to take a little hand in matters themselves, even though individually they do not possess the power of the self-imposed "trustee of Providence." The tobacco trade, like all other brinches of our city's business inter- ests, is affected by this acMon on the part of the Reading Railroad manage- ment. A number of members of the trade are residents of suburban points traversed by the Reading system, and they are likely co undertake some re- taliatory measures, such as diverting their freight, etc., to other lines, and use their influence among their friends. This is in addition to various commercial organizations which are already ag- gressively moving against the offend- ing company, and which action may prove an irritating thorn in the side to the autocratic railroad president, who cherishes freight traffic more than any- thing else, and has declared it to be the profitable part of the Reading's busi- ness. Therefore the old axiom, that it is an ill wind which blows no one good, is truly applicai>le in this case. In North or South, in East or West, Beneath the Siar flag's sway- Was it Blue or Gray in which we drt-ssed? We hail Memor al Day. Philadelphia Tobacco Trade It was most amusing to read in a contemporary that a spring rush was on in Philadelphia and that dealers were busy. The report was a pipe dream, and the pipe which the dreamer must have smoked could not have been loaded with any of the Minnesota brand of smoking tobacco which, the same paper reported a few weeks ago, had been analyzed and found to contain in some instances only 10 per cent, of tobacco and the remainder made up of brown paper and straw. As a matter of fact the past week was not a good one with retailers, be- cause of the extremely unseasonable weather, nor do they expect any marked improvement until the weather conditions become permanently settled and the open door season becomes a matter of fact rather than of fancy. There is, however, little or no com- plaint coming from manufacturers, with whom orders are fairly plentiful, and every factory of importance ia working full time. There are a few exceptional cases where the demand for goods is urgent, and efforts are made to make prompt shipments to all. Sig. C Mayer, of Sig. C. Mayer & Co.. is again on a business trip among their distributors and will be gone until probably July 1. Quite a prominent display is being made this week in one of the show windows of Thomas Martindale & Co., at Tenth and Market streets, of a line of the clear Havana products of R. A. Bachia y Ca., of New York. More's cigar shop at Eleventh and Filbert streets, one of the three stores which they have been operating, is now closed, the stock, etc., having been sold at auction. The premises were recently sold and had to be vacated. at 61 cents, for Greenhall Bros.. Net York. Fred Kruse, of Hoboken, N J., secured 2 bales stripped Vueltaat 85 c^Tts, and 2 bales wrapj; er.s at $1.07- also 5 bales Kemedio«- at 50 cents. J. Goldsmith was a successful bidder on 17 bales Vuelta at 60c cents, and 18 bales Remedios at 50 cents. One bale of Sumatra, Deli 2 Bl.was knocked down to E. Miller, cigar manu- facturer, Philadelphia at 92^ cents, and another bale of Sumatra, Deli My V, 1. was sold at $1.25 to A. Price. All of the remaining marks of So- matra were bought in. The fixtures and equipment were pretty well sold out. Miller. DuBrul & Peters suction tables, of which there were 63 offered, wBre bid up to $5.25, but were not allowed to go at that. Borgfeldt bunching tables were bid up to $5, and sold at that figure. C. S. Turner Co.. cigar msnufac- turers, 45 South Third street, will Boon place on the market a cigar called Philmont to be retailed at 5 cents. The cigar is to be Sumatra wripped and contain only Havana filler, and will be in all the popular shapes. However, only the perfectos and londres will be placed on sale. The firm have alreidy put out some attractive advertiiiog matter, and they expect within a short time to create a good demand for their new product. The John Hay cigar, distributed by them, and which retails all the way from ten cents to two for a quarter, has a large following, while the Royal Game. Influence and John Hay, Jr., nickel goods, all handled by this house, command a good trade in their respec- tive sections. The C. S. Turner Co. are distributors as well as manufacturers, and are the selling agents in Philadelphia for the Wise Guy and Pedro Vegas, both five cent goods, and they report a good sale on both. A. W. Lennox, of Manrara Bros. & The United Cigar Stores Company Co., New York, manufacturers of clear celebrated an anniversary on Saturday, Havana goods, was 'o|{.** New York Real Habana Sedar^ Makers and Importers Habana Scraps and Cuttings for Sale c TOBACCO TRADE NEWS OF GREATER NEW YORK. D New York Bureau of The Tobacco World 14 In the leaf market the same condi- tions prevail as reported in letter of last week. Manufaciurers ttill are fairly busy, but all appear to have just about enough leaf on hand to fill their requirements. The call for Florida still increases, and while a number of lots were reported as changing hands the goods were of the undesirable class, the light and fine goods being entirely out of the market. Sumatra sales re- ported were not as large as the pre- vious week, but enough sales were con- summated which would entitle the past seven days to be recorded as busy ones. Sales of Havana were only in small lots and far between. The large manufacturers found con- ditons pretty fair as a rule, but a few of them issue a complaint of a little falling off in orders. The small shops all appear to have enough business on hand to keep th^m for some time to come. Retail business throughout the city is good. The warm weather has helped trade along a great deal. Sales of ci- gars by the box are on the increase. • * * Bert. W. Frankel, representing Ar- guelles, Lopez & Bro.. manufacturers of the Tadema Havana cigar, is at present down East in the interests of his firm. Bert is well thought of in that section, and always manages to get his share of the good things. ... Gans Bros., Fulton street, the manu- facturers of the William the Fourth clear Havana and El Cura Key West cigar, report busy times at their factory. Ralph M. Gans, who has just returned from the East after visiting S. A. Frank, his New England repre- sentative, found conditions excellent in that section. Nearly all of the jobbers in Boston are handling their goods, and duplicate orders are coming in regularly from them. • • • A. Fredericks, 1850 Lexington ave- nue, is increasing the sale on his La Almeida clear Havana cigar, which comes in all the popular shapes. The cigar can be found in nearly all stores in the Harlem and Bronx section, and orders are duplicating nicely. • • • E. Regensburg & Sons, the manufac- turers of the American cigar, are plac- ing their brand in new sections every day. The American cigar for many years has been one of the best sellers in the city in clear Havana goods. It is not a question here as to whether a retailer wants to handle the goods or not. In pretty nearly all cases it is compulsory, as can be shown by the fact that all United Cigar Stores sell them, although they are not displayed in their windows. The Regensburg factory has not experienced a dull day in many years. Their goods are con- tinually increasing in favor and their agents and distributors throughout the country are finding the American brand a ready seller and a good duplicator. New York, M'ay 28. , A quarterly dividend of one aod three quarters per cent, has been de- clared on the preferred stock of the United Cigar Manufacturers, payable to stockholders of record on June 1, 1907. The tiansfer book closed May 20. The S. Anargyros branch of the American Tobacco Co. has now changed its Ramleh brand to Hel mar, according to an announcement made with lat^ly sent out packages of Ramleh cigarettes, and which reads as folliws:— "Important! Ramleh will be He) mar. The unprecedented popu- larity of Ramleh has caused it to be imitated. We are not sure that we can stop such imitation because! there had been a local use of the name before we adopted it. In order to protect our friends, the consumers of Ramleh, we will, on or about July 1, 1907, manufacture and sell these same cigarettes in the same box. but with the name Helmar. The cigarette is absolu- tely the same and will remain the same." This notice would indicate that the American Tobacco Co. has decided upon a discontinuance of the use of the word formerly used by them and substituting: therefor the newly adopted name, and which is regarded as a victory for the Mentor Co., of Boston, manufacturers of Ramly cigarettes, which had insti- tuted suit against S. Anargyros, alleg- ing infringement on trademark rights. So far as the action has progressed, it has resulted in only a preliminary injunction against the defendant, who is permitted to manufacture and market the Ramleh cigarettes, but under a bond of $25,000 to cover any damages which might be assessed against it when the case is finally decided. • « • Harry S. Lederer has opened an office at 66 Nassau street. Mr. Lederer was for n:any years a traveling sales- man for Wm. Demuth & Co. and has now started in the pipe and cane busi- ness on his own account. He recently returned from London, where he made arrangements to handle the prodnct of the largest pipe manufacturer there. ■ • • The Manhattan Island Cigar Factory, W. Kauder, proprietor, 1408 Avenue A, who was recently burned out, has just closed negotiations for a factory in York, Pa., where they will resume manufacturing. This factory makes union cigars only. . • . Victor Malga, formerly in the cigvt business on his own account, is now on the road representing Gans Bros., William the Fourth clear Havana cigar manufacturers, Mr. Malga was this week in Baltimore and did remarkably well. Ralph Gans is at present on » trip down East and is also doing nicely- • • • Hamburger Bros. & Co., the Havana importers at 228 Pearl street. baW been doing quite an extensive busine* Rutherford ""'^^ are sold by successful dealers. There is a Reason. For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to Established 1880 Monroe D. Sellers, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO.. SELLERSVILLE, PA. fa^^ T H E TOBACCO WORLD ^^^^^ A. COHN & CO. IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra PACKERS OF Seed Leaf Tobacco and Growers of Georgia Sumatra 142 Water Street, New York EDEN CIGAR FACTORY BANCES & LOPEZ HAVANA, CUBA Calixto Lopez & Co. 180 Water St., NEW YORK Will receive and attend to orders Cigars made strictly of very best Strm!^mm^~«f»''- Vuelta Abajo Tobacco ENOS SMITH EDMUND H. SMITH Hinsdale Smith & Co. Importers of SUMATRA and HAVANA T r^ V^ ^ 1^ 1^ O and Packers of CONNECTICUT LEAF 1 VJUCIkjI^KJ 125 Maiden Lane ESTABLISHED 1840 NEW YORK CABLE: "NARQIL' in stripped Havana. A customer can pick out u bale in iheir city warehouse and have a bale of the same vega strip- ped in their Havana warehouse and shipped direct. « • • M. Barnett. the Boston leaf dealer, was in the Metropolis the early part of the week, and I understand purchased a fair supply of leaf. • • • Leopold Loeb, of Loeb-Nunez Havana Co., came over from Philadelphia on Saturday, and in company with Samuel Mendelsohn and I. M. Jacoby, of Meyer & Mendelsohn, took passage for Ha- vana, Cuba, on the steamer Havana, which sailed on that day. • • Sol Hamburger, of Hamburger Bros. &Co., returned this week from Havana, after a two weeks Istay, spent inspec- ting their holdings of Havana tobacco. • • • Louis Bythiner, a leaf broker of Philadelphia, was in this market on Saturday last, having come over from Philadelphia with Leopold Loeb. • • • M. Isaacs, with Zeegan Bros. & Co., «Mr manufacturers of London, Eng., *"ived here accompanied by his wife. *>"• Isaacs so far has purchased con- siderable tobacco to take back with •"11. Among the lots secured was one Jjnaisting of fifty bales of Havana. "hile he paid a high price for same, he ""formed me that he had to have the ^oods, as his trade demands a good loality cigar. Another lot of over "xty cases of Connecticut broadleaf *a8al8o secured by him. and he will *wt until these goods go through the **"*' before returning home. He is making his headquarters with ^Joseph Abrahams, 204 Pearl street. •< w « Ernest Ellinger, of Ernest EilinKer & Co., nhe Havana imptirttrs. who is at present in Havana, is expected back to the city about June 6. • • • I. J. Schoener, of I. J. Schoener & Co., leaf dealers. 169 Water street, is at present in Pennsylvania and finding business good DEATH or H. DUYS. Hendrik Duys, founder of the Suma- tra leaf tobacco importing firm of H. Duys & Co., of 170 Water street. New York, died on Thursday of last week, at the Hague, Holland, from heart failure. Mr. Duys was a Hollander by birth, and had practically spent his entire life in the tobacco business, and as early as 1875 he became interested in the im- portation of Sumatra tobacco into the United St tes. Coming to America himself, ten years later, he laid the foundation of the present immense busi- ness of H. Duys & Co., under the name of H. Duys, Jr. In 1900 he entered into an arrange- ment with the Amsterdamsche Tabak- shandelmdatschappij, after which more extensive operations were begun and the firm name changed to H. Duys & Co. In 1902 Mr. Duys took into part- nership his eldest son, John H. Duys, and shortly after that he practically retired from active business, and the management has since been continued in an able and highly successful manner by John H. Duys, but who is now as- sisted by a younger brother, Henry M. Duys. The house has risen from a modest beginning to the largest exclusive Sumatra importing house in the United States. For the past three years Mr. Duys, Sr., had spent much of his time at his old home in Holland, and had for some time been in ill health. JOSH BILLINGS 5c. Cigar "There hain't none better than the best' — Josh Billings. This Is the Best. A cigar of merit with a push behind it. The Best Little Cigars ever offered the American public. Golden Eagle Cigars They are extra large, Havana blend, and of perfect workmanship. Finest package. I. LEWIS & CO. Makers, Established 18 70. N CWaf k, N.J. Z. JOHN NORRIS, Manager of the Philadelphia Office, 1 1 1 Market St. -.15 il J ■■ s We believe in Honesty. Good Workmanship, at fair prices to ail. Correspondence Solicited THE OLD HONESTY CIGAR BOX CO., C. W. Backs, Gen. M^r. Rear 634 Washini^ton Street, Readinii, Pa. THE TOBACCO WORLD The Miami Valley Leaf Tobacco Co. ALLEN H. REEDER DAYTOIN OHIO STANLEY M. KROHN Packers of Cigar Leaf Tobacco 1903-4-5 Zimmer Spanish, 1905 Gebhardt, 1905 Dutch, 1905 Connecticut, etc. Charles Schavrien, a New York re- tailer and cigar manufacturer, came here on Wednesday to attend the leaf tobacco auction sale. He, however, purchased very little. %/% Q. M. Umstead. of Phillipsourg, N. J., jobber and retail dealer, was a visitor in Philadelphia during the past week. E. L. Nissly. a prominent tobacco packer of Florin, Pa., was in the city during the past week, witrj a fine lot of Pennsylvania tobacco. Leopold Loeb, of the Loeb Nunez Havana Co., left on Saturday last for Havana. Cuba. He was accompanied to New York by broker Louis Bythiner. ^^ Harry Salomon, of Gustave Salomon & Bro., Havana importers of New York, was here last week visiting the trade in company wiih Mr. Plummet, the firm's local representative. Kemper Sails for Europe. L L. Kemper, of M. Kemper & Sons, leaf tobacco packers and importers at Baltimore, Md , sailed for Europe on the 28th inst. He is accompanied by Mrs. Kemper, and after attending the several remaining spring inscriptions of Sumatra tobacco at Amsterdam, they will travel over the Continent, Paris and Rome being in the itinerary. The lateness of the planting season, which is owing to the continued cool weather and much rain, has also had some effect on the packing industry and has created a slightly more fever- ish feeling. From pjints in Pennsylvania come reports that a more plentiful supply of Florida tobacco seems available, and that some good sized lots have been received by several manufacturers in that section recently. We are also in- formed, however that the strictly first- class, or prime Florida tobacco, is not any more plentiful than it was, but that some of the darker tobaccos are being now more freely offered. Sumatra tobacco continues to move at a fairly brisk rate, in both old and new goods, and as the prices in Holland seem to have stopped in their ascend- ancy, the new goods appear to have become suddenly more attractive than before, owing partly, perhaps, to the favorable comparison with prices of old, goods, and partly to the reported quality of the goods offered at late inscriptions. Havana has also shown some improve- menc in this market during the past week, with a more fret- movement of goods. News of copious rains in Cuba have also had a cheering effect. NICE TRADE AT THE HUB. PHILADELPHIA LEAF MARKET The local seed leaf market has de- veloped no particularly interesting fea- tures during the past week and during which time a latder quiet market has pretailt^d. Nor was any special type of leaf in pronounced demand. There appears to have been a uniformly steady sale of small lots, and were probably ih 3 needs for immediate ute in tilling certain lioldings of manufacturers, but the •continued steady activity among cigar manufacturers convinces leaf handlers that the time is not far distant when larger purchases must be made by manufacturers, and that sooner or later they will be obliged to buy goods and pay whatever the then prevailing price •may happen to be. Traveling Salesmen Report Good Business and Ready Orders by Retailers. Cigar Store Gossip. [Boston Bureau "The Tobacco World" 19 Devonshire Street] Boston, May 27. Trade is advancing nicely ; the many visiting drummers with whom I come in contact tell me business is good with thtm Retailers ^eem ready to take new brands of cit^ars. and i take it from this that though they may do a little complaining it is only natural, and that the more they kick the better their business is progressing. The Wells-Whitehead Co.. Wilson, N. C, makers of the Wilson Straight Cut and Cirolina Brights, Virginia filler cigarettes, are muki ig numerous win- dow displays here. They have out large posters announcing that Mc- Greenery & Manning will redeem all the coupons in the packages at 50 cents per hundred. The Wilson cigarette FARNHAM & REYNOLDS Home Office: ADDISON, N. Y. Packers of Tinest Bi|^ Flats and OnondagCL Tobaeeo CONNECTICUT HAVANA SEED Warehouses t Addison. N. Y. Bid Flats. N. Y. Meridian. N. Y. K. Hartford. Conn. T. J. DUININ <& CO. Makers of the BACHELOR CIGAR 401-403 E. 91st Street. NEW YORK ^e Make Ihe Best Ml ""' the ket ACME EXTRACT A CHEMICAL WORKS E. G. Eckerl, Proprietor ' Hanover, Pa. bears the union label, and it is an un- derstood fact that a son of Mr. Hill, of the tobacco trust, is the largest share- holder of the Wells-Whitehead Co. stock and why the cigarette-makers' union allows the use of the union label on this brand is causing much gossip. I under- stand that the Ware- Kramer Tobacco Co. has just brought this matter before the Department of- Commerce and Labor at Washington, D.C., and expect to see something doing before long. They declare it is purely a case of sailing under false colors, and the A. T. Co. ought to have their name on the pack*»ge as manufacturers, instead of the Wells-Whitehead Co. A. few of our cigar dealers who carry a line of post cards of a "spicy" na- ture are in trouble again. For the past year many were arrested and fined i^lOU and more, but it does not seem to have much of an effect on others who seem to be willing to "take a chance." The Foresters of America held their annual convention here the past week and it brought many strangers here. The American House was the head- quarters and many of the cigarists in that locality fared well from members of the organization. H. Shortlai uer, formerly a cigar re- tailer on Cambridge street, has just put chased the cigar and tobacco store of A. Levine, 1 Commerce street, and will operate same on the old lines. Van Buskitk & Bruce have kept the painters busy and the outside appear- ance of the store on State street is now very attractive. Van's Special Havana Smokes are making a big hit not alone here but as far down Maine as the rail- roads run. The White Rolls cigarettes are now being advertised here by numerous window displays, sh w cards, free sam- ples, etc., and retailers tell me they never saw a new cigarette take so well wiih their trade as the White Rolls are doing. A new attractive card- board sign is being distributed, con- sisiing of a photo of a man's head with a fly on his nose, the word trust on his forehead and holding in both hands a card bearing the following reading : "We are only a fly, but oh, my ! White Rolls cigarettes is the cause, You bet. Ware-Kramer Tobacco Co., Norfolk, Va." Rutherford, Constitution, Hunter — a strong trio. fll Draco Ciijar Mj, Co., Philada. TRADE MARKS REGISTERED. THE SCEPTER 15.378 tor siogies. Registered May 15, 19oV. at 9 a. m.. by Sweet Home Stogie Co., Newcomerstown, O. DON CARLOS 15,379 For cigars. Registered May 15, 19u7, at y a. m., by Jacob G. Shirk, Lancaster, Pa. (Re-registration.) EL GLORIOSA 15.380 For cigars. Registered May 20, 1907, at 9 a. m., by Murphy Cigar |Co.. Baltimore, Md. LA COMIDA 15,381 For cigais. Registered May 21, 19tj7. iiL 9 a. m., by A. F. Muehlhau- ser, Quakertown, Pa. EL MERCADO 15,382 For cigars. Registered May 21, 1907, at 9 a. m. by A. F. Muehlhau- ser, Quakertown, Pa. EXCENTER 15.383 For cigars. Registered May 21, 1907, at 9 a. m., by A. F. Meuhlhau- ser, Quakertown, Pa. EL COMEDOR 15,384 For cigars. Registered May 21, 1907, at 9 a. m., by A. F. Meuhlhau- ser, Quakertown. Pa. MIRABO 15.385 For cigars. Registered May 21, 1907, at 9 a. m., by A. F. Meuhlhau- ser, Quakertown, Pa. ROYAL JEDDO 15,386 For cigars. Registered May 21 1907, at 9 a. m., by A. F. Muehlhau'. ser, Quakertown, Pa. POTOSIE 15,387 For cigars. Registered May 24, 1907, at 9 a. m., by Central Litho Co., Cleveland, O. AUTO CHIEF 15,388 For cigars. Registered May 24, 1907, at 9 a. m, by Central Litho Co., Cleveland, O. CO-OP-CO 15.389 For cigars. Registered May 24, 1907, at 9 a. m., by Central Litho Co., Cleveland, O. GRAND PERFECT 15,390 For cigars. Registered May 24, 1907, at 9 a. m.. by Franklin a Diebert, Orwigsburg, Pa. PRINCE ORLOFF 15.391 For cigars. Registered May 28, 1907, at 9 a. m., by Walder & Stein, Philadelphia. REJECTED. El Loro, Estrella, Jeddo, Concord, Seneca. Camp Fire, Evelina, Mattawa, White Rock, Illinois Club, Omena, Flor de Glenford, La Volga, El Contado, Columbia, Alhambra. SPECIAL NOTICES. (12i cents per line, 8 point measure) To Mannfactarers of Cigars: If you have any Cuttings, Scraps or Sifting to sell, write us. We are at all times in the market as Cash Buyers of all these products. EDWIN L. KOPPELMAN CO. 7-6- Ih 81 Pine St., New York. pOR SALE.— On account of other in- ■*■ terestB, manufacturer will sell hi! Stogie Manufacturing Business of $30,- 000 to $40,000 per year: established 20 years. Equipment, trade marks, labels, etc., offered in their entirety,or present proprietor will take entire output, and continue to market the goods. A good chance for an energetic business roan. Address Success, care of The Tobacco World. Philadelphia. tl!^ \\7E PURCHASE Cigar Molds-on- ^^ desirable shapes— such as m 16,261, No. 8.832, No. 8.569. Writeus, stating what you have and the quantity. Winget Mfg. Co.. York, Pa. Jg POR SALE.— 36 Bunching Machines- ^ 64 Cigar Tables, also 2 Stripping Machines. Will consider a fair otter. Address Box 21, care of The Tobacco World, Phila^ __J^ (T^OOD SALESMAN wishes to repr^ ^^ sent a house making line of Cpe»P Cigars in Londres and Pe r fee toa. trow $9 to $15: also a house making 1""?" goods. Florida.Seed and Sumatra gooflj from $20 up. Sell only to jobbing trjw on commission basis. Address J. '"•' Box 14, care Tobacco World. Fnil»-_J w ANTED-By a prominent Cbic««^ broker, a line of Union cigarBi* sell to big jobbing trade at $20 and aP wards. Only large and reliable man" facturers need apply. Address Ho^Jr care of Tobacco World, Phila^^Jlgi: NOTICE is hereby given thatanyoj using any of the following law* namely, Lipschutz'a 44 L'PSf J"^ Cico, El Proctor, or La Flor De WPJ or any other label or title reguterw owned by the undersigned, *';,«. prosecuted according to law. *" -^ plies no matter how the labels mi^ tion were obtained. "44" Cigar ^ Inc., B. Lipschutz. Pres. & Trea*.^ North 12th street, Phila. 16 ^^^ T H E TOBACCO W 0 R L D ^^» 61SAR RIBB0NS Manufacturers of Bindings, Galloons, Taffetas, Satin and Gros Grain iVst'lent of Plain and Fancy Ribbons Write for Sample Card and Price List to Department W WM. WICKE RIBBON CO. 36 East Twenty-Second St., NEW YORK MARCUS JASKULEK Packer and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Nos. 812, 814, 816 East Third Street Dayton, Ohio. Joe Endress, Jr. A. C. Kercher Pioneer Leaf Tobacco Co, Germantown, Ohio Pacliers of CIGAR LEAF TOBACCO Wisdom on the Label Wisdom in the Cigar A 5 c. Smolie tliat is so Good It is Bound to Repeat Ohmit & Kraft East Rrospect SAVE AGENT'S COMMISSION Why should the Cigar Manufacturer pay Agent's Commission ? We furnish All Shapes of the Bost Grade Cigar Mold, direct to Manu- facturer and will duplicate exaCtly any shape you are now using. Send for our Catalogue of 1,500 Shapes The American Cigar Mold Co., Qncinnati, 0, SIGNS! SIGNS! SIGNS! SIGNS! SIGNS! SI G NS CLOTH, ROPE FIBER and CARD- BOARD SIGNS and PAPER POS- TERS. In Weatherproof Colors. TRY OUR FOLDED EDGE SIGNS. Write for Prices and Samples. THE MASSILLON SIGN & POSTER CO. MASSILLON, 0 SIGNS! SIGNS! SIGNS! SIGNS! SIGNS! .it "^ Walter B. Hostetter & Co. Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco We make SCRAP FILLER for Cigar Manufacturers WRITE FOR OUR PRICES AND SAMPLES Rear of 1 44 W. Market St., on W. Mason Ave. YORK, PENNA. ^ ! \ Our Capacity for Manufacturing Cigar Boxes is— ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE GOOD CUSTOMER Monroe D. Sellers, Sellersville, Pa. THE TOBACCO WORLD Cigar Boxes Established 1884 GEO. E. WISNER The Box Maker igar Boxes ^Gold Embossing a Specialty Satin Labels Paper_Labels Gold Leaf Work in all Forms 515 West Chestnut St. LANCASTER. PA. Both Phones Call and See Our Work We also make Paper Boxes ♦•< ♦♦♦♦■♦■♦♦♦■♦-♦•♦•♦•■♦■♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦•♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ X t * Established 1890 ♦ I ^____ I I (t) Emory Martin (i) I ♦ ♦ 4 ♦ ♦ ♦ 4 4 4 4 4 4 E. S. SECHRIST Dallastown, Pa. Manufacturer of 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Fine and Common l 4 eiSARS i Capacity, Twenty Thousand per Day ♦ t t ♦♦•r444444444 444-»44444444 4444444 44 ♦♦♦444^44444444^4>^ OLDEST MANUFACTURERS OF PEACH i -PRUNE ESSENCES Also of the World Renowned and Non-Evaporating SPANISH BETUNS Cigar and Tobacco Flavors, Sweeteners, etc. Write for Free Samples and Particulars Guaranteed to be the Strongest and Best Established 1855 FRIES & BRO. 92 Reade Street, NE W YORK. YORK COUNTY CIGAR TRADE. Leaf Tobacco MarkeU. 18 The Labor Question Amicably Ad- justed. Rumored New Factory. Cigar Man Enters Politics. York, Pa., May 27. The cigar industry of this city and county is again in pretty good condi- tion, and an improvement over that of a few weeks ago is quite noticeable even to the casual observer. Orders are coming in steadily, and manufacturers making standard goods are having no difficulty in getting reasonable prices, but the conditions prevailing in the leaf market for more than a year past, together with the help problem, have purged this section pretty thoroughly of makers of ipurious union label and other goods not up to the standard of market values. Of course, there hrts lately been some difficulty with employers, but it was confined to factories the products from which have already established for themselves a place in the market, and that place can be held even though minor changes in conditions of employ- ment of cigarmakers may become necessary. The trouble arose from local issues made possible by certain peculiar existing conditions, but so far the employers have acted only after careful deliberation and their course has been wise, to such an extent that the matter has nut only not spread, but has been practically adjusted — a victory of diplo- macy by the employers. The recent unionizing of the large factory of Jacob A. Mayer & Bros., in North York, continues to be a much discussed subject. During the past few days rumors were current concerning the establish- ment here of a new cigar factory, which is to employ union cigarmakers only. The name has been given as the Manhattan Island Cigar Co., of New York. They are said to have secured a lease on the building formerly occu- pied by the Holtzman Manufacturing Co., on South Cherry avenue just off King street. Fifty men are to be employed at the beginning, but this force is to be augmented from time to time. The Manhattan Cigar Co. is a new name and not known to the mem- bers of the trade here. John W. Minnich. the well known Dallastown cigar manufacturer, re- cently purchased a White Steamer automobile, and entertained a party of f I lends on a fishing trip to Havre-de- Grace. The trip was made in the new steamer, and in the party was included A. F. Brillhart, of the Dallas Cigar Co., ot Dallastown. The primary elections on June 1, will name candidates for important county offices, one of which is that of Register of Wills, and for which H. F. Kohler, the well known cigar manufacturer at Nashville, is a candidate, and numerous members of the trade have expressed the opinion that he is likely to prove a very successful candidate at both pri- mary and final elections. [Note.— Advice received from our New York news representative states that the Manhattan Island Cigar Fac- tory, of which W. Kauder is proprietor, and which until burned out recently, had a factory at 1408 Avenue A, New York, had closed negotiations for open- ing a factory at York, Pa. Union made cigars had been made at this fac- tory, and these facts would seem to establish the identity of the new enter- prise referred to above. — Editor.] BALDWINSVILLE, N. Y. The continued cold weather hag k. tarded the plant beds. Many of tin plant beds are well advanced, however and the needed warm weather vjij make a rapid improvement. The wme. house of the American Cigar Co. closei last week. The warehouse of Tau88i» & Co. is still open. — Gazette. CONNECTICUT VALLEY. Conditions have improved to quite an extent. We have had a nice warm rain. The thermometer has risen tc above 75 degrees, and at times it ii really good growing weather. To- bacco plants are now coming forward very fast, and persons who thought that the first of June would be early, now think that by May 25 they rnij have plants ready to begin setting, But the time may be prolonged a da; or two, unless the weather should again become warm. Much now depeniii upon the temperature, as the recent rains have brought the land into fine condition. A little more rain would not come amiss, for the ground had become quite dry ; but we can stand it now for a short time without more rain. Our correspondents write : Hatfield, Mass. : "Tobacco planU are coming forward at a fast pace, Many growers will begin setting the first of next week. Charles L. Warner set four acres May 15-16." Bradstreet, Mass. : "0. Belden k Sons set the past week 4^ acres of to- bacco. Charles W. Marsh set some two or more acres ; these beds were in warm, sheltered places. Setting will not be the rule for another week, to- bacco beds as a rule are ten days late" North Hatfield: "This morning the temperature registered about 35 de- grees at 6.30, with the wind northwest, and I pity the little plants in the field tomorrow morning. Charles Marsh 4 Son of Bradstreet are drawing timber to build a 90 by 30 shed; they will in- crease their acreage. " —American Cul- tivator. EDGERTON, WIS. The plant beds are making some pro- gress, but the weather conditions of the past week have been much toocwrf to bring about the rapid growth » much desired at this time. A heavy rain has put the soil in fine condition as regards moisture, however, but what is most needed now is sunshine and warmer temperature to push the plants forward. Heavy freezes in the north- ern counties during the week, it " feared, have done some damage. Iw formed several mornings in the flOUt''* ern districts, but it is believed the plants have escaped. There is but little left to do about the warehouses in closing up the pacK- ing season on the '06 crop and in pi" leaf the market has developed nothm? worthy of mention. The ma""?'' turers are content to buy on a hand w mouth policy, hoping for lower level' in leaf prices that do not materialiw Shipments, 650 cases. — Reporter. «^^^>t^^ —Stover Cigar Manufacturing Co. with a capital of $100,000. has bea> registered in Camden, N. J-. ^^ li Stover, J. L. Cotter, I. Frankel, r. ^ Rinck and M. M. Garrison. HUNTER Sc. Cli^^ is successful with successful dealers. . El Draco Gi|{ar Mftf . Co.. ^^ For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to Established I88O Monroe D. Sellers, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO., SELLERSVILLE, PA. ^^M THE T OBACCO WORLD ^^»' J. B. MILLEYSACK Manufacturer of Fine Havana OIOADQ Hand-Made UlUMIlO No. 821 Lake Street LANCASTER, PA. Correspondence with the Jobbing Trade solicited. ESTABLISHED 1889 INCORPORATED 1902 A. B. HESS CIGAR CO. SUCCESSORS TO - J. E. Sherts & Co. LANCASTER, PA. Manufacturers of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars , CORRESPONDENCE INVITED FROM RESPONSIBLE HOUSES The Gilt Edge ^ Cigar Box Factory CIGAR BOXES SHIPPING CASES LABELS EDGINGS RIBBONS J. FRANK BOWMAN Cigar Manufacturers' SUPPLIES of All Kinds 51 Market Street LANCASTER, PA. Daily Capacity: Five Thousand Boxes OTABUSHtO 1671. mMSF@WKM All Jobbers Who Handle Travellers Tips Say it Always Moves Well '*A Good Five Cent Cigar Abbott Cigar Co. ABBOTTSTOWN. PA. y% E. RENNINGER Established 1889 Manufacturer of High and Medium Grade Cigars Strictly Union-Made Goods. DdlVGr Pfl, .« J'' '"'■ _^ .<->.c_j .<—»., 322-326 SAMPLES & PRICES FURNISHED r. UPON ' Applicatioh IN STOCK , TO ORDER CIGAR LABELS ''!*^.^°«.^..^n<^ BANDS It Will Remove RankDess from Tobacca Take Away Mustiness and Give dinars Havana Flavor. CHASHEL'S SPANISH BETUNE Is Specially adapted to give that Peculiar Sourish Effect desired. Ghaskel*s Flavors the Cheapest in the market, considering what they do* A Card Will Brin^ More Information and Prices* . Ghaskel Chemical Works 263 West Broadway, New York ^"ASKElJe 'VKUABUC ^ i^AVOPS CIGAR BOXES The Ideal Gi^ar Made in an Ideal Way ^ternEiri^^ m Stephen Day 5c. Brand Is Strictly Union Made Ideal Ci^ar Go. CENTENNIAL, PA. mnEtsor Mtnsnc aCAR U6ELS SKETCHES Altl> QUOTATIONS FURNISHOr WRITE FOB RIBBON PRICES Our Capacity for Manufacturing Cigar Boxes is— ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE GOOD CUSTOMER Monroe D. Sellers, Sellersville, Pa. THE TOBACCO WORLD I Growers and Packers of HIGHEST GRADES CONNECTICUT HAVANA SEED The Krohn Tobacco Co. (of WINDSOR, CONN.) Our Plantations are in the most famous growing section Fine Handling Superb Quality Address: F. B. GRIFFIN, Manager, NORTH BLOOMFIELD, CONN. -OR A. H. REEDER. President, P. 0. BOX 574, DAYTON, 0. ^B| 1 •-r^T-».ffii.<.%,, i:S:^ r.TAf Established 1895 Telephone Connection T. L. ADAIR Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Red Lion, Pa. Special Lines for the Jobbing Trade THE TOBACCO THRIPS By W. A. Hooker. Bureau of Entomology, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. (Continued from last week) ORIGIN AND DISTRIBUTION. plants were set in a 2-acre field at intervals of 4 and 8 rods. The day following was rainy and unfavorable to movement of the thrips, but the second following day was pleasant. In the afternoon of the second day an r^^ W. W. STEWART & SON Reading, Pa. Makers of the JOHN HAY LADY HELEN lOc. JOHN HAY, Jr. ELI PERKINS As soon as possible after reaching examination was made, and four plantB Quincy. specimens of the tobacco thrips were found to have been covered with were collected and sent to Dr. W. E. dii"t in the ridging for setting the field. Hinds, an authority on this group of Of the eleven remaining four plants insects. He found that they repre- were found without thrips. five with sented a new species and has named one each, one wit- two. and one with and described them. three. From this it would seem that This insect was taken by the writer the thrips are quite strongly attracted at Nacogdoches, Tex., on shade to- bacco, as well as at Quincy, Fla. In April adults and larvae were taken in . ,. , , , , large numbers on cocklebur (Xanthium breeding on the young plants the lower or sand leaves receive the greatest from the weeds in the field to the to- bacco. As the thrips commence feeding and Hi^h Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Correspondeoce Mrlth Responsible Houses Solicited L. J. SMITH & CO. Wholesale Cigar Manufacturers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Red Lion, Pa. WllbJtpeclitlly Uesidned Bands. .nd PAN ANNA dc. Cigars TWO HAVANAS Two for Five Cents ' Correipondence with Retponiible Houaea ■oticitMl. Private Brands made to order. J. F. REICHARD Wholesale Dealer in LEAF TOBACCO cf All Grades Craley, Penna. SMITH BROS. glabratum) growmg in the shade fields artd in smaller numbers on dewberry, inusiaid, and sbepheid's purse blos- soms. Ic has been taken by the writer at t .. , ■ i r .^ <. . ,. ,, T. • I .u • 1 A „.;«„ way up. In attacking a leaf they first Dallas, Tex., in both winged and wing- ^ Itss loims, on Johnson grass (Sorghum nalepense) in March. It would seem. Lhereiore. to be a general feeder and widely distributed through the South- ern States. VVmgluss females appear in May and deem lo predominate by the latter part of that munih. Ttiis species may be readily distin- guished from Euthrips tritchi Fitch by lis color, which is brown, that of tritchi being yellow. Differences in struc- ture by which the species may be ".'^'" '" ""'*■" ^"''" ""^ lu^ Ik-in. ,, , , J • .u rieties were grown together the thrips rtadily sepaiated are found m the postocular spines, those of nicotianse being weak and inconspicuous, while tntise of tntjhi are quite prominent. On the wings prominent differences are found in the number of Opines on the veins, the costa of nicotianae bearing tiom 19 to 24, the fore vein 13 to 18, and the hind vein 10 to 12, while in tritici the costa bears from 26 to 28, the fore vein 20 to 22 and the hind vein 15 to 18. HABITS. Feeding.- When examinations were first made, April 7. the adu>t thrips.- ^.^^^^^^ j^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^j^g^j^^g^g yet were found feeding m the seed beds on ^^.j^^ ^^ ^^^ j^ take wing, and its power the upper surface of the young tobacco ^^^^ ^^ limited, plants and in the field on the upper surface of the leaves of young cock- '^""" rLAnia. lebur weeds. In the larval stage they The tobacco thrips seems to be a feed )n the lower surface of the leaves general feeder, as adults were taken of tobacco and weeds, but as they be- in April on blooms of dewberry (Rubos come adult seem to prefer the upper ap.), shepherd's purse (bursa bursa- surface. a habit which is very favor- pastris). and mustard (Brassica sp.). able for remedial treatment, as they Adults and larv* were taken on oats, can then be reached much more readily wheat, cocklebur as well as on tobacca by sprays. To determine the attrac- upE HISTORY, tiveness of tobaccr. the experiment was Methods of study.-In order to deter- tried of transplanting, young tobacco plants into a field that had been pre- pared ready for transplanting, but in pa^ig'^f "tobaco leaves for per iodfl of which weeds, consisting of cockleburs ^^^j^^ ^^^ twenty-four hours, but re- and grass, were to be found. ^^^^^^ attempts failed to induce theo In order that thrips might not ac- t^^^^ipogit^ The parts of tobacco leave* cidentally be taken from the seed beds ^^^^ thereupon replaced by small bean amount of injury. From the lower leaves they gradually work up the stalks to the leaves above, until at harvesting time they have reached half appear feeding near the tip, and gradu- ally work toward the stem. It may be well to note here that the leaves are harvested by picking— called "prim- ing"—as they ripen, and that the stalks often reach the slats or cloth 9 feet from the ground. In the early stages of the tobacco the thrips are found on that grown in sun and shade alike, but as the sun tobacco thickens up they seem to leave it and are found in numbers only on the shade grown tobacco. In a field in which Cuba and Sumatra va- were found to be equally injurious to both. Jumping.— When disturbed, theadulta have the habit of jumping and have thus been mistaken by some for small fleas. This characteristic is typical of the genus to which the tobacco thrips belongs. The motion seems to be pro- duced by a combined movement of the wings and abdomen. Flight.— The closely related wheat thrips takes flight readily, but the tobacco thrips apparently does not do so. Notwithstanding all the observa- Brokers io Domestic I 17 A 17 TOR A C^C^C\ and Imported VJLfW 1 KJVDr\KJ used as a stopper for the vial in o'*^*'/^ keep the moisture from forming on tw HUNTEKzrAiii^L^i?5£ inside and thus catching the youi« Has won many races for dealers. thrips, which readily succumb when 8* Try it. caught. S^^ THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^S Telephone Call, 432— B O^e and Warehouse: FLORIN, PA. Located on Main Line of Pennsylvania R. R. E. L. NISSLY Growers and Packers of Fine Gi^ar Leaf Tobacco Fine B*s and Tops Our Specialty Critical Btiyers always find it a pleasure to look over our Samples S«pl«. che.rfully P. Q. BoX 96 aabailttcd upon request J. K. LEA MAN Packer of and Dealer in LEAF Tobacco ij8 North Market St. ^i^t LANCASTER, PA. MILTON H. RANCK Packer of Penna. Broad Leaf Dealer In All Grades of Domestic Cigar Leaf Tobaccos 201 & 203 N. Duke Street LANCASTER. PA. !> J. W. BRENNEMAN Packer and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Packing House, Millersville, Pa. Office and Salesrooms, 110 and 112 West Walnut St. LANCASTER, PA. ^S^ H.H. MILLER Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds Fine Georgia and Florida Sumatra IMPORTED SUMATRA and HAVANA AND MUCH Fine Binder and Filler Stock 327 and 320 North Queen Street LANCASTER, PA. B. F. 600D & eO. PACKERS and DEALERS in Leaf Tobacco TRUMAN D. SHERTZER Dealer in Leaf Tobaccos and Manufacturer of Scrap Filler for Cigar Manufactaring Warehouses: MAIN OFFICE: LANCASTER and RED LION, PA. Lancaster, Pa. 142 North Market Street LANCASTER, PA. The York Tobacco Co. Packers and Jobbers in All Grades of LEAF TOBACCO Office and Warehouse, 15 East Clark Avenue Maanfactnrcrs of ^^T 1 W% Cigar Scrap Tobacco * OPK, f &• W. B. HOSTETTER & CO. Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Rear of 144 West Market Street, on Mason Avenae> York, Penna. We Make SOtAP FILLER (or Cigar Manufacturers. N. D. ALEXANDER, Packer of and Dealer in LEAF TOBACCO Jobber in Sumatra, Florida Sumatra and Havana Lemon and Arch Sts. i I!- THE TOBACCO WORLD l38&l40CCNTRtST. VIKffUrACTURE* OT ALL MIMOS OT *f» NCW YORIV« Cigar Box Labels AND TRIMMINGS. Philadfrlphia Office. 573 Bourse BIdg. H. S. SFRINGEK. IVIj?r. Chicago, 55 Fifth Avenue. E. E. THATCHER, Mj?r. San Francisco. 320 Sansome Street. L. S. SCHOENFELD. Mgr. ^ ♦ ♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦ »♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦■♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ^ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ t X ♦ ♦ 4' H. P. KOHUER Nashville, Pe. Maker of DIGII GIIADC, (UND MADE Seed and Ha> ana C^ i A^-mm^ and Fine Nickel V^lgUFS For Wholesale and Jobbtnit Trade CorrrsponHpnce with Me«p-in«ible Houses Invt(»rl t 4 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ > O L SCHWEISCKE LITHOGRAPHIC CO I CLARENDON ROAD & £.37- !« ST. BR OOKLYN . N Y. hV fine cigar labels -^^^ PRIVATE BRANDS OFORIGINAL DESIGN FA R/\ M «4AK) F I^AMCl^CO i»»»»^^^^%»%»^^^ I%%%^»»^^»%^1^^<^^^^^^^ P John McLaughlin. J. K. Kauffman. JOHN McLaughlin ^ CO. Wholflsftle D«ftl«ra in All Kinds of Plug ®, Smoking Tobaccos > AUo, All Grades of Fine Cigars ®, Leaf Tobacco No. 307 North Queen Si LANCASTER, PA. 22 Life cycle. — The life cycle of this species is found to be quite short and very similar to that of the closely re- lated wheat thrips. Eathrips tritchi. In May and June only twelve or thir- teen days are required for its comple- tion. In the tobacco fields the eggs appear to be deposited in the tissues on the under surfac • of the leaf. In May and June the incubation period for eges laid in confinement in young bean pods seems to average about four days. The larvae, upon hatching, feed on the under surface of the leaf; during this stage, which lasts seven days, and be- fore changing to pupae, they molt twice. When about to pupate the lar- vae crawl to some obscure nook ; there they remain inactive, without feeding, during the pupal stage, which lasts two days. The adults, on emerging, have a yellowish color, which in a few hours turns to a normal brown. As adults the thrips crawl to the upper surface of the leaf and commence feeding. Hibernation. -The tobacco thrips ap- pears to hibernate in the adult stage. Wht-n the fields were visited, the latter part of October, not a specimen could be found, although another thrips (Chirothrips crassus Hinds), which were taken in large numbers in sheaths of grass founrl prowing in the tobacco fielJB, was at first mistaken for the to- bacco thtips. Mr. W. W. Cobey in- formed the writer that he had observed the tobacco thrips on the leaves of cocklebur about October 10, previous to a cold spell. Thus it would seem that the thrips goes into hibernation after the first approach of cold weather. (Continued next week) TOBACCO BREEDING. a branching habit of growth, bearini very small undesirable leaves of poor quality, resulting in a very low yield of an inferior tobacco. One of the main causes of failure was the lack of understanding on the part of the growr era of the effect of the change of coih ditions on the type of tobacco and their neglect to appreciate the necessity of securing strains of plans by seed selec- tion of the desirable types adapted to the particular conditions of soil aod climate in Southern Florida. If the acclimatization of these strains had been accomplished by seed selection in small fields, with little loss to tbo growers, the strains could have been grown on a more extensive scale with better chances of success. In order to illustrate the necessit; for the acclimatization of a variety of tobacco before it is grown on an exten- sive scale, the successful experimenii of the Bureau of Soils in the introduc- tion of Cuban tobacco in Texas maybe cited. After a previous unsuccessful attempt by farmers in Texas lo grow Cuban tobacco from freshly imported Cuban seed the Bureau of Soils began systematic experiments in growing small fields of tobacco and saving the seed of the most desirable plants ac- cording to the methods described in this Fa-husseyI lEAFMCfOd By A. D. Shamel and W. W. Coby. Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. Dept. of Agrioulture. (Continued from last week) About the time of the Cuban revolu- tion it became apparent that the supply of Cuban grown tobacco for the use of cigar manufacturers in the United States might become limited by reason of the unfavorable conditions for to- bacco growing then prevailing in Cuba. Under these circumstances it was thought to be a propitious time to intro- duce the growing of Cuban tobacco in Southern Florida, where the conditions of climate and soil were believed to be similar to those of Cuba. Considerable public interest was aroused in this pro- ject, and as a result large quantities of Cuban grown seed were secured and planted in certain sections of Florida. The crops raised from this seed proved to be a disappointment to the growers. The change of soil and climatic con- ditions resulted in the breaking up of the type of the Cuban variety into a large number of sorts, some of which were desirable, while others were un- desirable. Many of the plants developed Constitution *f„.*Si.?r Made in the good old way. EL DRACO CIGAR MFG. CO.. PHIL A. THE BEST ORGANIZED MOST COMPLETE 0 LARGEST MAIL ORDS leaf tobacco, establishment; r AMERICA ^ NEW YORK ' CHICAGO ST. LOUIS ^^E THE TOBACCO W O R L D "^^g JOHN D. UONO OFFICES g^ . FACTORYt No. 1 18 Mifflin Street Manufacturer of |^ 1 g fi. T S Cor. Maple 8i Plum Aves«. Lebanon, Penna, A Specialty of Private Brands. Telephone Connection Samples Sent to Responsible Houses. |«|X.lttffl2| HERMAN DEUUE York, Penna. Maker of Delman 10 and 5c. Herdel 5c. Alex. Martin 5c. UNION MADE CIGARS Sold to Wholesale & Jobbing Trade only Samples to Responsible Houses ^^^■^ - Bear Bros. Manufacturers of FINE CIGARS R. F. D. No. 8, YORK, PA. A specialty of Private Brands for tfce Wholesale and Jobbing Trades Correspondence solicited Samples on application Brands; SAe Bear, S6ff Cub, Essie, and Matthew Carey ■•'^•►•i C. E. MATTINGLY & CO. Manufacturers of Hi^h Grade Union Made FOR THE Wholesale Trade Only Union Chief Supreme Union Mc Sherrystow^n, Pa. ElOno Union Made 5 -Cent Cigars are as Good as Cigars Can be Made Chas. A. Oberly, Maker LEBANON, PA. ^ Cigars of Quality Sell and Repeat. Try THE DOCTOR .^i^iiociioi^ 1 i 5c. Q^ar WALTER S. BARE, Litltz, Penna. Maker of Ultfh Grade Cl^ra Ezclnalvely y GEO. W. PARR j Manufacturer of FINE CIGARS [ Littlestown, Pa. \ MAKER OF SciTHEFERNSIDElSc. Sold to the Jobbing Trade only Correspondence invited WrH. DAUGHEHTY & BRO. Dallastown, Pa. Manufacturirsoi Fine Domestic Cigars Blithest Quality Finest Package* Wholes.ile and Jo bing Trace only Correspondence with Active Houses Invited ^s Rein/t^^ R. E. JACOBY Wholesale Manufacturer of Strictly Uniform Quality of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Rothsville, Pa. Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited iistablished 1870 Factory No. 7ft S. R. KOCHER Manufacturer of Fine Havana Cigars and Packer of WRIGHTSVJLLE, PA. ^W^WCH^ H. G. BARNHART Ciiiar Manufacturer Sprin^vale, Pa. One of Our Leading Brands : Cuban Duchess Only High Grade Tobacco Used Cigars always duplicate >IH ^^gTHE TOBACCO W O R L D ^^g SAMUEL FREY } 2 for 5c. Craley, Pa. Manufacturer of Cigars for the Wholesale Trade OLD JUDGE \ C^ MILD AND PLEASANT THE CYCLONE j «^^» BROWN BUCK (Banded) ALLEN GOODRICH, 3c. Samples to Responsible Houses They Smoke It and Come A^ain \ I BLEND, QUALITY and WORKMANSHIP to Please the Most Critical Smokers Manufactured for Joobing Trade Only The Toedtman Cigar Co. Makers of the Highest Grade of 5c. Cigars Exclusively MIAMISBURG. OHIO. ( The American Tobacco Co. 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 bulletin. In these crops certain plants were found which produced leaves possessing the flavor and aroma desired in a high grade filler tobacco. The seeds from these plants were saved Udder bag, and their product has been found to poi^sess the desirable charac- ters of the parent plants. The tobacco has been sold at profitable prices, and the area devoted to the growing of this crop is being gradually extended in order to meet the demands of the manu- I facturers for this grade of filler to- j bacco. In Northern Florida the tobacco growers, as a result of their experience with the imported Sumatra seed, ex- perimented in growing, in the open, small fields of a cigar filler tobacco of a variety the seed of which was origi- nally introduced from Cuba. This variety of Florida filler tobacco is now being grown extensively and profitably in that section. The best illustration of the effect of a change of climatic and soil conditions upon the character of a variety of to- ^ bacco is found in the expeiience of tobacco growers in the Connecticut i Valley in the planting of Florida-grown : Sumatra seed and seed of the Sumatra variety imported from the island of Sumatra. As discussed in an article upon the improvement of tobacco by breeding and seed selection in the Year-book of the Department of Agii- culture for lf04, tobacco growers in the Connecticut Valley in the seasons of 1901 and 1902 grew extensive crops from seed introduc d from Florida and Sumatra. In a careful examination of these fields it was found that the change in conditions had resulted in the break- ing up of the type of the variety, so that several distinct types of tobacco were found growing in the same fields. Some of these types of plants produced well rounded leaves, with fine venation and elasticity, strength, gloss, grain, and other characters necessary in a high grade cigar wrapper tobacco. However, many of the types of plants produced long, narrow, coarse, pointed leaves, wholly unsuited for cigar wrap- per manufacture. In the case of an- other inferior type it was found that the leaves would not burn, although the remaining characters were those of a desirable grade of tobacco. It was impossible to sort out this type, even by the most careful inspection of the crop, and, as a result, when the manu- facturers wrapped cigars with leaves of this type and found that the wrapper would not burn, the quality of the entire crop was cimdemned. Certain other types of plants produced leaves of such thin texture or light body that when wrapped on cigars and allowed to dry out the wrapper frequently broke, or when the consumer carried the cigars in his pocket the wrappers were easily injured. One of the most striking types of from the factory of El Draco Citfar Mftf. Co., Philada. plants produced in the crops gro«i from this imported seed was tbeB^. gian type. In this case the plants bon leaves measuring from 30 to 46 ind« long and only 5 to 10 inches wjijc These leaves were pointed in shape, with coarse, angular veins, and astlm cured tobacco lacked the appearaoa necessary for a cigar wrapper tobacco its production whs a total loss tothi growers. The variation in type wii accompanied by differences in timeol maturity, so that the cost of the grow- ing and harvesting of these crops wu greater than in the case of unifom crops. The mixture of types wasae- companied by great variation as regardj the individual plants of each type, h many cases plants bearing 25 leava were found growing by the side of plants producing 10 leaves. Marked variations in size and shape of leava and in the number of suckers borne ky the individual plants were observed, and as a itsult it was found thattix comparatively small number of desir- able ty[jes could no' make up for the loss in the production of undesirabli and wonhless grades of tobacco. Asi natural consequence of this condition the extensive culture of this variety of tobacco from imported seed has beea abandoned, and the growers now have small fields and are selecting tho« plants producing the most desirabk grade of cigar wrapper tobacco witlu view to securing strains which aw J. H. LIEFTINCK & ZOON Sworn Tobacco Brokers Office and Sample Rooms : Brakke Grond and Frascati. AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. STOKHUYZEN & BRO« Sworn Tobacco Brokers I Office and Sample Rooms : I Nes. 84—86 (Opposite Frascati). AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. NIENHUYS & HESTERMAN Sworn Tobacco Brokers Brol Havana, 123 North Third street ..IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA g^^ THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^^ HIGHEST AWARD AND GOLD MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE AND QUALITY OF STOGIES. AT WORLD'S FAIR. ST. LOUIS. 1904 WE MAKE THE CUBAN EXPORT. BULL'S EYE. ROYAL BLUE LINE. CYCLONE AND BIG STOGIE^ First Quality. Long Filler. Hand Made JOHN SLATER & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Hand-Made, Long Filler and Mold Stogies OUR OTHER BRANDS NEW ARRIVALS, BROWNIES, GOLD NUGGETS, JERSEY CHARTER, BLENDED SMOKE^ BOSS, CASTELLO, AMERICAN PUFFS, LANCASTER BELLE. EVERY DAY SMOKE. LITTLE HAVANA, LITTLE DUTCH BLUE POINTS, GOOD POINTS, Etc. Factory No. 1645. Capacity SO.OOO.OOO a Year Factory: LANCASTER, PA. L. Huckins, Marvin, cigars. adapted to the conditions of the Con- necticut Valley. In the experimental fields of the Bun a i of Plant Industry, covered with cloth shade, where seed of desirable plants has been saved under bag for three seasons, uniform Btrains which are absolutely free from the unusual or distinct types observed in the fields from which the original selections of seed weie made, have been produced. (Continued next week) Business Changes. Fires. Etc California. San Jose.— E. S. Snell, cigars, dead. Connecticut. Bridgeport.— Samuel Fogel. cigars, etc., bill of sale. District of Columbia. Washington.— Herbert E. Woodbury, cigars and tobacco, bill of sale to Albert Herman. $2,250. Illinois. Chicago. — Clarence wholesale cigars, dead. Rock Island.— E. W. discontinued. Indiana. Huntington.— H. M. Whitecar, cigars and confectionery, assigned. Iowa. Lyons.— I. J. McCaulitf, cigar manu- facturer, consolidated with E. H. Kra- mer as Kramer «S: McCauliff. Nick Simons, cigars, sold out. Massachusetts. Lawrence.— Frank W. Chase, cigar manufacturer dead. Michigan. Cassopolis.— G. E. Harmon, cigars, «tc., chattel mortgage, $525. Minnesota. Duluth.— Charles G. Sliger, cigar manufacturer, real estate mortgage, Ji.ooo Montana. Stevensville.- F.W. Flowers, cigars, confectionery, etc, dead. New York. City of New York.— Kahn & Heine, •^'Mr manufacturers, dissolved ; suc- ceeded by Bernard L. Heine. Ohio. Cincinnati. - Charles Boalt Tobacco '^•> (not inc.), manufacturers, suc- ceeded by the Charles Boalt Tobacco Co. ''ermantown.— C. W. Clark, cigar manufacturer, d i s c o n t i n u ed. ^harles Rowe, cigar manufacturer, ""continued. Robert J. Shuey, TlUNTERSliT is all to the front ; made by **• WUCO CIGAR. MFG. CO., PhiUda. cigars and confectionery, discontinued —J. B. Shaw, cigar manufacturer, discontinued. Twin Valley Cigar Co.. manufacturers, discontinued. Pennsylvania. Scran ton.— Harry Dan vers, cigars and billiards, sold out. Rhode Island. Newport —Zarr & Farmer, cigars, bowling and billiards, chattel mortgage, $500, discharged. Washington. Spokane.— W. F. Hood, cigars, to- bacco, etc., deed. $400. Tacoma (South).— E. G. Edgar, ci- gars, confectionery, etc.. sold to Charles A. Gustafson. West Virginia. Moundsville. — A. J. Seamon, cigar manufacturer, incorporated. Racine. — M. J. Hermans Cigar Mfg. Co. (not inc.), Martin J. Hermans dead. Wisconsin. Sheboygan.— H. C. Wiehn, cigars and tobacco, warranty deed, $1,400. PATENTS RELA.TINC to TOBACCO Et . 854.191 Tobacco booker; Robert LI Anger, Weyauwega, Wis. 854.140 Ci>'arette making machine; Louis B. Barron, London, Eng. 854.579 Match box ; James W. Hurd, Dona, Va. 854.384 Bag for pulverizing sliced plug-cut tobacco; George S. Ross, Riverside, 111. —Fred Stussy, cigar manufacturer at Eau Claire, Wis., has secured new quarters at 308 Madison street, where greatly increased facilities are at his command. Mr. Stussy has on the mar- ket several orands that have won foi him an enviable reputation. He is confining himself to manufacturing in a wholesale way, and supplies his pro- duct direct to the retail trade. —Colfax Tobacco Warehouse Co., with a capital of $3,000, has been in- corporated by George F. Vorland, Ben Bjornson and A. A. Anderson, of Col- fax, Wis. —Auburn Tobacco Co., of Auburn, N. Y., has been incorporated, with a capital of $40,000, by Edward A. Ross, Chas. I. Avery, of Auburn, N. Y., and Jonathan Vipond. Jr., of Scranton, Pa., to manufacture tobacco, etc. — A new cigar factory building is being erected at Minoqua, Wis.. 20 by 40 feet, which when completed will be occupied by R. C. Wasserburger. Porto Rico Gi^ar Co. Red Lion, Pa. WHOLESALE CIGAR MANUFACTURERS Major Paul 1 ^ Lord Selkirk ^5c. Arrow Point J Tom Lewis — 2 for So. Wholesai* aod Jobbtntf Trade Only SOMETHING NEW AND GOOD WAGNER'S CUBAN STOGIES Manufactured Only by LEONARD WAGNER r.c.ory No. 2 707 OIlio St., ALLE6HENY, PA GEO. STEUERNAGLE Manufacturer of Pittsburg THE CELEBRATED Xra.cia "k^mTte %fACTV»^ Kaelstircd.. 1# 1^ HANDMADE ■ STOGIES Stories ! Goods sold direct to Jobbers and Dealers S143 Penn Ave., Pittsburg, Pa, HAROLD FRIES FRIES &BRO. 92 Reade St., NEW YORK The Oldest and Largest House in the Trade. Manufacturers and Introducers oi the . . . WORLD-RENOWNED SPANISH BETUNS Only Non-Evaporating Cigar and Tobacco Flavors SWEETENERS, ETC. ^Qmnlp FrPP ^*^^ ^°'^ Popular Flavor since 186ft JdlUpiC rice Please Write for Them ^ Guaranteed to be the Strongest, Cheapest, and Best 'I pr* II 26 24 / 1 I h I E. A. Calves A Co.*NCH FACTORY S4d- 550 W 58 TM ST NY CATAt^ffelkOfr OUR STOCK C/GAR LABELS, FLAPS, BA/^DS, ErC'EtC, ^EAfr GRATfS UPOf^ REQUEST PREPAID ' A' . WRITE US BEFORE PLACING ORDERS - " ^ FOR RRIVATE L-ABELS. BANDS. ETC. t, -..^^j»^«y,,^..a^. ■ ^^vm-wwimimam INLAND CITY CIGAR BOX CO. Manufacturers of Cigar Boxes and Shipping Cases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Edgings New Orleans. Cigar Labels San Francisco Chicago. ' ..■■..<:■'.•- .'. • ♦'''■ Cincinnati ■ , <«m^t!m^i*M>Mmm*im»!imt*im»i^ 716—728 N. Cliristian St. LANCASTER, PA. Established 1877 New Factory 1904 H. W. HEFFENER Howard and Boundary Aves. YORK, PA. DEALER IN CIGAR BOX LUMBER, LABELS, RIBBONS. EDGINGS, BANDS, ETC. Weidman Bros. & Moy er Manufacturers of Ci^ar Boxes SwoLl AtCnllon gpj^p j^j,^p EMBOSSING "'° W.^rk*"^ Factories: Womelsdorf, Pa., Sinkinii Sprinii, Pa« Established 1891 ADEN BUSER Manufacturer of Dealer in LUMBER LABELS EDGING ETO. \- ^ Cigar Boxes and Cases R. F. D. No. 3 YORK, PENNA. THE TOBACCO WORLD HINNICH BALING PRESS ♦ ♦ 4 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ►♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ METAL EMBOSSED LABELS METAL PRINTED LABELS ♦ ♦ »♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ X X H r II* J* r leiscKKauer iJ^ Cigar Labels 238 Arch Street, Philadelphia. Sit TELEPHONE 1661 ♦ ♦ : >^4444^^**4'*44^>4'444v44*4*♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4 ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦*♦#► ^ T-- /♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦^ »♦♦♦»< SPECIAL DESIGI PatMtad Marok 9. 18B7 For All Kinds of Products Requiring Baling TOBACCO STEMS. PAPER, COHON. Etc Specially Constructed ..PRESSES.. For Leaf Tobaeco Packers Warraoted to do more and better work in a given time, with less labor than any Press on the market Unsurpassed for power, strength, simplicity and durability, as well as ease and quickne b in operation Various sizes manufactured. Write for prices and full particulars. They are indispensable in Uaf packing and tobacco warehouses. Hundreds in use. MINNICH MACHINE WORKS Landisville, Lancaster Co., Pa. —Established 1834— WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 27 South Second Street PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday Cigars, Tobacco, Smokers^ Articles Special Sales of Leaf Tobacco Consignments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Day of Sale JACOB G. SHIRK Lancaster, Pa. JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS of American Tobacco Co. American Cigar Co. American Stogie Co. Lubrman <& Wilburn Tobacco Co. Blackwell Durham Tobacco Co. Spalding & Merrick Tobacco Co. IT WTf f DAV VniT *<» ^*^ ^"^ PRICES before 11 T?1LjL( rAI lUU ordering tfoods elsewhere. Caveats, Trade Marks, Design-Patents, Copyrights, etc. 26 Patents ''%ri2tr'' John A. Saul ^ Le Droit Building, WASHINGTON, D. C. Brilliant as Diamonds Fragrant as Roses Good as Government Bonds^^ Are the CIGAKO Re^is^tered Brands "Brilliant Star" Clear Hfty%n» . . lOc. *'S. B." Half Havana . .'' ^ , . Sc. "S. B." Little Havanas 5c.. '•Honest Bee" ...... 3e. "2— I~No" Mildest Cigar Made 2 fof 5c. Special Brand* Made to Order Stauffer Bros. Mfg. Co., New Holland, Pa. Send Your Cigar Buyer Here We Will Save Yoa Neney For Sale by All Dealers V I R a I N 1 A P E R I Q U E T'^^jjr/^ MIXTURE me AMERICAN TOBACCO CO.. NEW YORK < II I It E. A. Calves <&, Co.^^c> Havana, 123 North Third street MPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA ^^M THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^B V^ LIBRARY' BECl:iTED >S GOOD/5 THEJ^(AME Navana Cigars NONE GENUINE UNLESS WITH OURTRADE MARK IN COLORS 0£V\^ARE or iMfTATfONS, ON SALE EVERYWHERE Constant Growth si gn if ies j'HirSfc Constant Merit!! ^ Cigars that hold the confidence of their smokers pay dealers bfst. DIAiMOND JOE CIGAR FACTORY brands stand pre-emi- nently in a class of their own iiiBtablished in 1881. Vol. XXVII., No. 23. PHILADELPHIA and \EW YORK, JUNE 5, 1907. I One Dollar per Annnm. Payable in Advance. V Philipp J. Kolb&Co Importers & Pacxers OF Leaf Tobacco 310 Race Street Philadelphia • CBINfTRAU UNION. No other brand of Tobacco has grown so quickly in public favor Reasons : Quality Price Union Label Friendly Dealers' Aid and Tobacco Trust's Hostility United States Tobacco Co. Richmond, Ya. F E N D R I C H Evansville, Ind, WARREN BECK £i BRO. [D.k. ot'w..«mi..i« Ci^ar Manufacturers Admlrnl GhcrardI Gen. Warren -^r | n La Respoiider Marcana ]. OlTlCf aivLm La Cantldad Michael Hose A. F. BrilUuii Wk\ CIpr Ci Manufac- turenof LEAF TOBACCO, i5 a J>*V Bor Gentlemen of Good Taste ^S/^N FELI E^ fS ^ A HIGH GRADE R^ iJCciGAR FOR iJC. Sold Extensively by Leading Cigar Dealers and Druggists Throughout the united States SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES THE DEISEL-WEMMER CO., Makei« LIMA, OHIO M TOBACCO New Crop u M TOBACCO s u M TOBACCO T Samples gladly submitted J^ 2,600 Bales Purchased on application y\ at the First Four Inscriptions H. DUYS & CO. ^: S U M TOBACCO T R A No. 170 Water Street, NEW YORK De Amsterdainsclie Tabaksliandelinaatstliappij, Amsterdam, Holland M TOBACCO Growers and Packers of FLORIDA TOBACCOS Write for Samples SCHROMDMR & ARGUIMBAU T/8 Water Street, New York ~^ E. ROS Ill .1^ Uf E. A. Calves & Co.HaVANA, 123 North Third street ^ PHILADELPHIA IMPORTERS of Kthe tobacco world /S GOOD^S THEJ^fAME a,,^^ RCCISTCIttO Constant Growth Havana Cigars NONE GENUINE UNLESS .BEARING THIS BAND WITH OUR TRADE MARK IN COLORS ■t REGfNlBURGiSON? u7 \V\V ~7 ^ TMF AMERICAN 3CWARE or /MfTAT/ONS, ON SALE EVERYWHERE m ====== signifies Constant Merit! >Cigars that hold the confidence of their smokers pay dealers best. DIAMOND JOE CIGAR FACTORY brands stand pre-emi- nently in a class of their own H S F E IN D R I C H Evansville, Ind, ^ WARREN BECK Si BRO. Ten-Gent Brands: Dvk« of Westminater Admlrnl Ohvrardl Ocn. Warren La RespoBider Marcana La Cantldad Cigar Manufacturers York, Pa. Michael Hose A. F. Brilllufi Manuiac- turertof LEAF TOBACCO, / l^IBRARY XECBITED iiHurSfc lijstablished in 1881 Vol. XX VII., No. 23 8. 1 PHILADELPHIA and ^EW YORK, JUNE 5, 1907. 1 One Dollar per Annam. Payable in Advance. Philipp J. Kolb&Co. Importers & Packers OF Leaf Tobacco 310 Race Street Philadelphia r • CENTRAL UNION. United States Tobacco Co. Richmond, Va. No other brand of Tobacco bas grown so quickly in public favor Reasons : Quality Price Union Label Friendly Dealers* Aid and Tobacco Trust's Hostility i5 ^A u M TOBACCO New Crop M TOBACCO For Gentlemen of Good Taste S-SyiN FELieE-J C5 ^ A HIGH GRADE O ^ cJC.CIGAR FORiJC. Sold Extensively by Leading Cigar Dealers and Druggists Throughout the United States SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES THE DEISEL-WEMMER CO., Makei^ LIMA, OHIO s u M TOBACCO T Samples gladly submitted *v 2,600 Bales Purchased on application ys^ at the First Four Inscriptions H. DUYS & CO. u M TOBACCO ^: No. 170 NVater Street, NEW VORK De Amsterdainsche Tabaksliandelmaatschappij, Amsterdam, Holland M TOBACCO Growers and Packers of FLORIDA TOBACCOS Write for Samples SCHROMBMR & ARGUIMBAU T78 Water Street, New York E. ROSENWALD & BRO !■! INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE ^^M T H E TOBACCO W O R L D ^^ r CHARLES M. GUDKNECHT, President La Hilda Cigar Factory (Incorporated) Manufacturers and Importers 231 CHESTNUT STREET CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED PHILADELPHIA (lord LANCASTER, lOc.) Oil Bros, k Co. Manufacturers 615 Market St., Philada. (NICKELBY. 5c.) i CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Kni^t 3-cent Ci^ar Made by Morris D. Neumann & Co. PHILADELPHIA, PA. ( ( As )JOud as ll;e best; Belter than the rest. n i: HiiiiiiVii SUPERIOR Quality and Workmanship Factory No. 968, First District Penna. , I Guaranteed Strictly Hand MaJe Imported Sumatra Wrapper Long Havana Filler :^'os'»^ j^^^v*--^^^^-^ j^;^'£*^T^'' A:t^ ^^ :--«-r2e": vj HENRY HEYMANN'S SONS, INC. MAKERS Sinking Spring, Pa. 5-cent Ci^ar Walder & Slein, Makers, Philadelphia Fifteenth and McKean Streets Factory 1839. First District Penna. W. K. Gresh & Sons, Makers, Norristown, Pa# kJ j^ YOU CAN BUY WEAVER'S ORIGINAL HAVANA SHORTS AT 0 ¥4 All Jobbing Houses Parmenter Wax-Lined Coupon Ci^ar Pockels Afford PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indorsed by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE Advertising Medium known. Racine Paper Goods Co., Racine, Wis., ll.S.i Sola Owners and Manufacturers- THE TOBACCO WORLD Vol. XXVIL, No. 23 PHILADELPHIA, JUNE 5, 1907 One Dollar the Year ATTEMPTS TO EVADE REVENUE ACTING COMMISSIONER RECONSIDERS RECENT RULING Peddlers Said to be Plying Their Trade at Night, Carrying Un- taxed Stogies With them. De- creased Output Shown. Empty Boxes Refilled. Pittsburg, Pa., May 31. A systematic attempt to defraud the Government of revenue tax, it is said, has been unearthed here. It is charged that certain Russian manufacturers of stogies are peddling goods under cover of night without paying the usual tax and are underselling the legitimate manufacturers. It is charged that their customers are principally Italian fruit dealers. Their method is to carry loose stogies in satchels or other pack- ages, fill up empty boxes and give the buyer the benefit of the revenue tax. The manager of a large local concern declares that he has ottered to furnish the names of at least 25 persons who are engaged in this work, but that cer- tain local Go ernment ofilicials laughed at him and said nothing cou'd be done. It is said to be significant that the published records of the internal rev- enue department at Washington show that there has been a falling off in the manufacture of stogies in the Twenty- third District, which includes territory embraced in 23 counties between Erie and Altoona, of about 9,600,000 for the year, and this has started manufac- turers guessing. No reason can be as- signed for it and no statement of the shrinkage can be obtained from the local revenue oflice, because it was stated that strict instructions had been issued at Washington to give out no information. Local revenue officers deny that their attention had been called to any systematic plan to defraud the Government in the manner stated, and said they would be only too glad to cause the arrest of the guilty if the names of the persons could be fur- nished. The offense is punishable by a heavy fine and imprisonment. The Government tax on tobies is $3 a thousand, so it is contended that if the law is being violated it means quite a saving to persons unscrupulous enough to take advantage of the Gov- ernment. Another reason assigned for the falling off in the manufacture of stogies in the Twenty-third District was the agitation against the sweat shops of Pittsburg, many persons hav- ing refused to buy stogies because of the alarming reports published about the conditions under which some of them are made. The last published re- sh A ^^^ internal revenue receipts '^^A- '^® decrease in production of jnis district to be almost 10,000,000 for J"e year, but showed an increase for ™arch of about 1,400,000. l^ocal cigar dealers assert that there tL k^ '*'^*® * demand for stogies as ere has been, because more persons J:,"°w smoking cigars, and because most dealers sell stogies three for five o!«f .'?« *way with the four for five S fk'"^'®- ^^" ^^^ o^her hand, it is ««>a the legitimate manufacturers are inn«T'"*. increased orders and are al- •noat unable to supply the demand. Forbidding Issue of Monthly Reports of Sales of Revenue Stamps. They Will be Furnished as Heretofore, with a Trifling Exception. After diligently searching the law applicable to the recent ruling of Act- ing Commissioner Williams, and failing to find sufficient authority, he has prac- tically revoked his action as contained in circular No. 485, issued under date of May 10. 1907. modifying it as fol- lows:— "Circular of May 10. 1907. is hereby modified so as to permit col- lectors of internal revenue to fur- nish a monthly statement of stamp sales in districts where manufac- turing taxpayers are so numerous as to preclude the possibility of de- termining from such statements the output or operation of individual manufacturers. Collectors are warned, however, that no such statement should be furnibhed for any district where by reason of a consolidation of sales of separate factories controlled by one person, a combination of persons, a corpor- ation or a company, the operations or output of any individual manu- facturer may be disclosed." The strong criticism which was Washington, D. C. May 31, 1907. brought about by the promulgation of the obnoxious order and the eneraetic protests of trade organizations and in- dividuals had much to do with the de- cision of the Acting Commissioner in rescinding the ruling prohibiting the giving out of monthly returns by in- ternal revenue collectors of the sale of stamps for cigars, tobacco, etc., but he was more particularly governed by the fact that he found his position un- tenable and not fully warranted by the internal revenue regulations. How- ever, all is well that ends well, and the trade will no doubt be content with its victory. [Note.— We direct attention to the letter forwarded to Acting Commis- sioner Williams by President Cullman, of the National Cigar Leaf Tobacco Association, which will be found in this issue.and which was in type at the time the above correspondence was received. It is well worth careful reading by everyone interested in the' matter.- Ed. FATALLY INJURED AT FIRE IN THEIR SUMMER HOME. Walter A. Schiffer and His Two Daughters Lose Their Lives as a Result of the Burn- ing of Their Cottage at Long Branch. ., , ^ , New York, June 1, 1907. More heartfelt sympathy was never Manufacturers' Co.. telephoned to shown for any member of the trade than was expressed this week for Wal- ter A. Schiffer, secretary of the United Cigar Manufacturers' Co., who suffered the sad bereavement of the loss of two children, who were burned to death in a fire which completely destroyed their summer home at Long Branch, on Thursday night last. The cottage which had been leased for the season, and was one of the handsomest in the place, caught fire late in the evening, after the household had retired. Ori- ginating in the kitchen it spread with astonishing rapidity to other portions of the building, and Mr. Schiffer was one of the first to be awakened by the crackling of the flames. With heroic effort he succeeded in awakening all the members of the household, but so much progress had been made by the flames that several of the occupants were compelled to jump from windows, and the strenuous friends in New York from Long Branch (where he had gone to render whatever assistance he could) that Mrs. Schiflfer was doing quite well, but that Mr. Schiffer's condition was v=ry critical. At 11.30 a. m., on Saturday, when he was called up from New York, he an- nounced that Mr. Schiffer had died a half hour previous. It was a terrible blow to all of the several oflRcers and hundreds of em- ployes of the company with which Mr. Schiflfer had been so promiently iden i- fied. Mr. Schiffer was one of the most widely known and popular members of New York's coterie of tobacco men, and his loss is keenly felt throughout the entire country, as his friends were numbered by the thousand. The triple funeral of Walter A. Schiffer and his two daughters was held efforts of Mr. and Mrs^ Schiflfer to today at Salem Fields"cemetery. and rescue their family proved unavailing. .. j . u , J-. " Their two young daughters, named ^«« «"ended by a large number of men Ruth and Marian, aged 14 and 12 years, Prominent in the trade, who wished to respectively, succumbed to the injuries render a last tricute of respect to the they received, shortly after being re- dead. The floral offerings were some- moved to the cottage of a neighboring thing magnificent, almost beyond the doctor, where the parents are still un der the physician's care. Mr. SCHIFFER ALSO SUCCUMBS. New York, June 3. On Saturday morning Jacob Wer- theim, president of the United Cigar could be expected. power of description. He is survived by the widow and one young son. Mrs. Schiffer, at this writ- ing, is said to be doing quite as well as Hernsheim's Building Withdrawn New Orleans, La., May 30. It leaked out among real estate men this morning that the American Cigar Company has been trying to sell the building on Magazine street occupied by its Hernsheim Branch, but that it had withdrawn the property from the market because conditions did not ap- pear favorable for its sale. In this desire to sell lies quite a story of development. Years ago, when the building at Magazine and Julia streets was put up, it was in the heart of a neighborhood of homes, which have gradually been replaced by manufac- turing or other commercial establish- ments, thus forcing people employed in the immense cigar factory to live at a distance from their work. It seems to be the desire of the American Cigar Company to establish a modern factory of huge dimensions in a neighborhood wherein its employes may live. At an opportune time, in the opinion of real estate men, the Hernsheim property will again be placed on the market and if ii is possible to sell it to advantage. New Orleans may see one of the largest and best equipped cigar factories in the world rise up in its midst. Another Florida Co. Incorporated Findlay, 0., May 31. The Gadsden County Cigar Leaf To- bacco Company, of Findlay, was in- corporated in Columbus Thursday with a capital stock of $10:000. This com- pany, headed by John Schaefer and Crist Seib, began making cigars in this city seventeen years ago. The com- pany has two small factories, one on Meeks avenue and the other in the al- ley between Cherry and Center streets. While the factory is yet in its infancy so far as operations are concerned, the incorporation has put it on a founda- tion with prospects of its growing into a large concern. Last August the company purchased a tract of land in Gadsden county, Fla., on which it raises tobacco exclusively for the Findlay factory, although surplus stock will be disposed of to other concerns. Henry Schaefer and Richard Rieger are now on the Southern tobacco plantation cul- tivating this year's crop. However, the product will not be in working order until about the first of next year. The incorporators of the company claim that the price of tobacco has steadily advanced until they have been almost compelled to raise their own material or accept an inferior grade and change the quality of their manufactured product. The incor- porators are John Schaefer, David A Schaefer, C. Leib., Fred F. Schaefer and Herman O. Reiger. — D. W. Linder, formerly engaged in the leaf tobacco business at Miamis- burg, O., but who last fall associated himself with the Toedtman Cigar Co., also at Miamisburg.has withdrawn from the latter firm, and in conjunction with his son will again enter the leaf trade. They will erect a new warehouse on the Herman Tietig property recently pur- chased by them for that purpose. E. A. Calves A Co. Havana, 123 North Third street ....IMPORTERS >-^ PHILADELPHIA J. Vetterlein & Co. ^^Mthe tobacco world^^» Importers of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF Tobacco 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia FOUNDED 1855 John T. Dohan Wm. H. Dohan I Tip &.T* < FLOR "^E^' de DOHAN & TAITT D 81T Importers of Havana and Somatra Packers of /^^^P^IO^ Arch St. heaf TobaccoK .«». / philada. VC.STRAUS A.IACB 45Rie^> Eatabllshed I L ^^B Y S ^LEWIS BREMER'S SONS IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra AND PACKERS OF Leaf Tobacco 322 and 324 North Third Street, Philadelphia Julius Hirschberg & Bro. Importers of Havana and Sumatra and Packers of Seed Leaf Tobacco 125 North Third St., Philada. L. BAMBERGER & CO. ':rr;r" SEED LEAF rpr\T> a nnn HAVANA and SUMATRA l.\J 1jJWJ\J\J 111 Arch Street, Philadelphia Warehousea: Lancaster. Pa.; Milton Junction. Wis.; Baldwinsvllle. N. Y. 9M&9082liiiiaiS98i^ l!» H ILADEILPHI^ Benj. Labe Jacob Labe Sidney Labe BENJ. LABE & SONS IMPORTERS OF Sumatra and Havana Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco 228 North Third St., Philadelphia liEOPOLD LiOEB 8t CO. Importers of Sumatra and Havana and ^^ Pacl(ers 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. nirdSt, Phihi Importers and Dealers in ALL KINDS OF SEED LEAF, The Empire ISEEU LC.A Leaf Tobacco "^y.^'*^ SUMATRA Co,, 118 N. 3d St., Phila. Vc KRUPPENBACH » ®M>ER m\ LEAF T^ACCO 1642-44 N. ELEVENTH, ST PHILADELPHIA J. S. BATROFF 224 Arch St., Philadelphia Broker in LEAF T0BAee0 E. A. Calves & Co.^>lil;tli^llll^^ UUNIOMDEF^BRlCANT^SDETABAC0SYClCARR0S (jlonzadaporel Gobierno delaRepablica Garantiza qtje los tabacoscigarrosy paqaetes dc picadura que llevencs^appecinfa son fabncadospor HABANA IUjJ||:^^jjjJjU^:M■JJ:^l■J|j.H.w|i^;>^^WJjl^ Either the name of the Manufacturer or ihat.of his Brand will appear printed in the blank space of this Precinta or Stamp. ...IMPORTANT NOTICE... /^f preceding cut is a facsimile, in its actual size, of the Precinta, or Warranty Stamp, which is used by the members of the Cigar and Cigarette Manufacturers Union of the Island of Cuba as a guarantee that the Cigars, Cigarettes and Cut Tobacco packages which bear these stamps were made in Cuba. Thus a copy of the Warranty Stamp, attached to any Box of Cigars and Cigarettes or to any Package of Cut Tobacco, means that those Cigars, Cigarettes and Cut Tobacco have been made in Havana, Cuba, with the Genuine Tobacco Leaf grown on the Island of Cuba. DON'T FORGET THIS, IMPORTERS, DISTRIBUTORS and RETAILERS. THE COLORS OF THE PRECINTA :-Black with Pale Blue Ground; fac-simile of the Seal of the Presidency of (he Republic, Sky Blue. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT PROTESTS Against Edict 0! Acting Commissioner of Internal Revenue Forbidding Publi- cation of Monthly Statistics of Prouduc- tion of Cigars, Tobacco, etc. An order recently issued by Acting Commissioner Williams, of the Internal Revenue Department, by which collec- tors of internal revenue are forbidden to furnish the trade or daily press with figures showing the sales of revenue stamps for cigars, tobacco, cigarettes, etc., which he alleged was a technical violation of the law, has attracted a great deal of attention from the trade and the press. Severe criticism has been made and some strong protests have been filed against the bureaucratic action by a servant of the people's government, not only because it has become a time-honored custom, but because there is a law to govern the Acting Commissioner's action in the matter of publicity of the official re- turns to the the Government for the sale of cigar, tobacco, cigarette and other stamps. President Jos. F. Cullman, Jr., on behalf of the National Cigar Leaf To- bacco Association, has forwarded to Washington a formal protest against the action, and it is as follows ; National Cigar Leaf Tobacco Assoc'n, 175 Water street. New York, May 25. Hon. Robert Williams, Jr.. Acting Commissioner of Internal „. Revenue, Washington, D. C. Sir: As president of this Asssociation, my attention has been drawn to a recent ruling of your office (T. D. 1166, May 10. 1907), prohibiting collectors of internal revenue from giving out in- torrr.ation heretofore obtainable with fegard to the sales of stamps represent- ing the production of cigars and other tobacco products of their respective aiBtricts'by months, etc. I note that tne ruling is issued in consequence of complaints to the effect that the publi- cation of the figures referred to "has jn a number of districts resul ted in mak- mg public the monthly production of certain manufactures of tobacco, cigars, «c. and that this publicity "is forbid- Jf" by the terms of Sec. 3167 of the Re- 'i'®J Statutes, which provides that it M .? ""'awful for any collector, dep- «'y collector, agent, clerk, or other offi- WashingtoP, D. C, May 31, 1907. cer or employe of the United States to divulge or make known in any manner whatever not provided for by law to any person the operations, style of work, or apparatus of any manufac- turer or producer visited by him in the discharge of his official duties, etc." 1 appreciate fully, as do all the mem- bers of the Association which I have the honor to represent, the propriety of treating as confidential all figures showing individual operations in the cigar and tobacco manufacturing indus- try, and while, as I read the statute cited in your ruling, it was not intend- ed to prevent such publications as have heretofore been made at monthly intervals, nevertheless I do rot desire to suggest the adoption by your Bureau of any course to which any manufac- turer could fairly take exceptions. On behalf, however, of the entire leaf packing indu8t»*y and of the leaf to- bacco growers of the whole country, I most earnestly protest neainst the adoption by the Internal Re/enue Bu- reau of a policy that will deprive the trade of the exceedingly valuable statistics her2tofore available monthly which are based upon the returns of your staff of collectors of internal revenue. These figures constitute in- valuable guides to the leaf tobacco grower, dealer and manufacturer, re- cording as they do the monthly con- sumption of the important product which we grow and handle. For many years these figures have been regularly available and if they are to be with- held hereafter the demoralization to all branches of the trade can hardly be estimated, I can conceive of no greater calamity that conld befall us, short of the destruction of our crop, than the withholding of these figures, which are taken into account in practically every current transaction throughout our trade. I beg to remind you that the Federal Government, notably through the De- partment of Commerce and Labor and the Department of Agriculture, is con- stantly devising new methods for pro- curing accurate trade statistics for the advantage of the leading industries of the country, and it is only a few weeks (Concluded on p. 7) Constitution^*^ are the Best that can be made. Do you sell them? A Good Pair to Go On CfH.^R^4U Two of Our Popular Five Cent Brands. V Our Goods are Made of Best Selections, / ^ Made Carefully, and Made to Duplicate. U ] Wolf Brothers, f J RED LION, PA. L INCREASE YOUR PROFIT I Columbia Straiiiht Will Do It. We bought a large supply of Good Hav- ana and Domestic Tobacco at the right time. We are located where Good Workmen can be had at Fair Prices. These facts enable us to make our COLUMBIA STRAIGHT a Five Cent Cigar of Highest Quality, Best Work- manship, to be Sold at Good Profit. Fred Schlaeger & Co., Columbia, Pa. Samples on application. 1 THE TOBACCO WORLD ^-^'REALM oPT«5 tJBTAILEPS Timely Talks with En- terprising Dealers Cigar Stores as Social Centers. Cigar stores are more or less quasi pub- lic places and proprietors should re- member the fact and not expect, as some dealers do, that customers should have on "drawing room" manners. A glum, unsociable clerk or proprietor is as sure to drive trade away as is poor, unsatis- factory stock, and if he expects to build up business the proprietor, whether he likes it or not, must cultivate a pleas- ant, sociable disposition. Many cigar stores are breeding places for all sorts of arguments and controversies on all sorts of subjects by all kinds of men— and, assuming no harm threatens, the dealer should put up with them and if called upon, step in and have his own little say on the subject in hand- being careful, all the time of course, to see that no sales are lost. Because he would not let cusomers hold harm- less arguments in his shop of an even- ing, a Lehigh avenue cigar dealer drove many good customers away — to a rival store- with the result that he failed in business. He finally managed to start another store, and as he says now, "customers can argue themselves to death for all of me. I have found that letting them talk makes me many good customers and I make instead of lose. I have found that men look upon a cigar store as a regular good place to meet and chat, and from a business point of view it pays to let your store have that reputation." * * * Conveniences. One of the best investments a retail dealer can put his money in is to have convenient toilet accessories in or adjoining his store. And yet this is a subject given rare, if any attention. The importance of having toilet acces- sories for the accommodation of patrons is easily demonstrable. Not only will a customer using such facilities feel thankful for the convenience, but in nine cases out of ten he will show his appreciation of the kindness extended by buying something. He will be sure to make other calls, too, if the store is anyways handy, and thus a more or less permanent trade is secured. Another thing too much neglected by dealers is the neglect or non-disposition to furnish patrons with drinking water. Smoking of itself produces more or less thirst, and a customer who finds a cooling draught of water conveniently at hend, is sure to appreciate the favor and think better of the thoughtful dealer who provided it. Providing toilet ac- cessories and drinking water may be more or less troublesome and laborious, but the effort is well worth while. Modern storekeeping is a great advance over past methods, and improvements of the kind noted are wholly in line with advanced methods of shop keep- ing and salesmanship. Provide cus- tomers with creature comforts and they are sure to buy their goods of the dealer furnishing such conveniences. 6 The dry, churlish and disagreeable merchant never has much chance for business success, for it is human nature for normal, cheerful men to seek cheer- ful dealers with whom to spend their money. Dealers should remember that the man before the counter has the power to make or break him and he should treat said money-spender with gentlemanly considsration. • • • , Are Cigar Dealers Close? •yhe writer has often heard men out- ^ side of the tobacco business express the opinion that cigar dealers, as a rule, are close. The criticism is not well taken nor is it true. No merchant in business is giving away— nor can he afford to give away, more or less quan- tities of his goods or products. It is most likely that because he handles goods so generally liked and popular, the cigar dealer comes in for a trifle more criticising than merchants in other lines. As a matter of fact the average cigar dealer is quite liberal when it comes to presenting friends and customers with cigars— and oft- times he can really not afford to and do justice to himself. Too many men out- side the business think there is a big profit in handling tobacco and cigars ; that the dealer makes four cents on a five cent cigar; that his expenses are low and that generally he is a fortunate being, with light work to do. who mikes a fine living tasily. It would be better for cigar dealers if much of this nonsense could be removed from the minds of customers, for then there would be more mutual respect in trade relations and Mr. Customer would not expect so much for his money. Know- ing cnes realize that the retail cigar dealer has plenty of hard work and figuring to do to be successful in busi- ness, and it isn't conducive to cheer- ful feelings to know that the buying public looks upon the dealer as a hard- fisted, get-rich-quick mortal who pre- fers to sell and not give away his cigars and tobacco. ■ • • The Show Window. 'T'he store show window — or windows * if there are more than one— are now so commonly recognized as of great advertising value, that to neglect them —providing no attractive exhibits— is to be improvident and fairly wasteful. Trimming windows effectively is con- ceded to be an art. Every one cannot dress a window artistically, it is true, but it is an art that can be acquired more or less by studying the subject, examining the display windows of others and continuously practicing at seeking some sought for end. Fortunately for cigar dealers they have in hand a great deal of >40od ma- terial with which to produce good, at- tractive show window displays, and it should be part of their regular business duty to set aside so many hours for such work. Advertising in papers costs money and takes time to prepare good copy for the space occupied. The show window, which is virtually only another kind of advertising space, should re- ceive the same if not more attention. Certainly the results produced by good window displays are very often most direct and profitable, for customers are fairly enticed into the store to make purchases by articles or attractions seen by them in the window. Again, while passsersby may not step in at once to buy, they are ofttimes greatly influenced by what they see n. Very often, extremely simple effects produce the most effective and adver- tising value results. Place one cigar on black satin in a black satin lined window, with a card, "Whose make of cigar is this?" and you will set lots of people to guessing. More show window talk next week. • « • The Value of Suggestion. Suggestion is pointed to by many, as a good method of selling goods. To illustrate: A hungry man, pausing before a restaurant window full of ap- petizing food, is quite apt to go in and indulge if he has the price. Several things that suggest smoking- -that lead • o the desire for a good cigar or pipe of tobacco, can be named, and it might be added dealers may think up a number of "suggestion" ideas of their own. Suggested ideas as to smoking are best put on show cards, it would seem, although in some cases window displays can be made to good effect. Here are a few suggested ideas for window or store placard : "AFTER DINNER our Blank cigar will make you feel more contented. It is a regular after dinner 5 cent smoker." "BETWEEN ACTS at the theatre a short smoke seems doubly enjoy- able. Try the Opera, 5 cents." "A MAN OUT FISHING without cigars can't have a good time. Have you bought some for your trip?" "IF YOU ARE GOING AWAY on a business trip, better lay in some of your favorite cigars. You may get the kind you can't enjoy away from home." For a window display here is a sug- gestion. Have a hunting scene, with figure of a man in mountains, shoot- ing game. A placard should point the moral : "Be sure and have cigars along when hunting ; it is dismal sport with- out your favorite brand." Giving Credit. Extending credit to customers is a '-^ subject that is given more or leu consideration by every retail tobacco merchant, and of course most divergent opinions are held. The comments of one elderly, experienced dealer are interesting. He said : "Giving credit is sort of a science to my way of think- ing. Credit giving is all right if you don't lose money, and it is all wrong if you stack up a big pile of Lills. To han- dle credit successfully a merchant ought to be a mind reader— but, seeing mostof them are not, they should become close students of human nature and strive to read character. Now. if a drunken loafer of a man comes in my store and asks credit for a plug of tobacco, I'm justified in at once refusing him— for he has no right to ask or expect 'tick' when he know he has no mean of pfiy- ing for what he gets on trust. Here's a good point to remember: Confine the giving of credit to regular, known customers or men who live in yoar neighborhood and of whom you know more or less of. I have a workingman customer who gets his tobacco on credit every month. He's a railroader, works hard and is as honest as the sun. Every pay day he is as particular to pay me my tobacco bill as he is to pay his house rent. Now let me compare him with some other men who are simi- larly situated. Another workingman who makes the same wages, got a month's credit of me— then disap- peared; transferred his payless patron- age to my brother tobacconist over on the next block. After sticking him a month's bill, the fellow emigrated on to another shop — and so he kept on until he had 'skinned' a dozen or more of us. Instead of paying his honest tobacco bill, he spent it for liquor. In due time such fellows play themselves out in a neighborhood and then they move on— get a job in another section of the city or out of town, and com- mence their tricks over again. I'm fairly on to such fellows, now. If I give credit I want to know the appli- cant for it is married, settled down and a bona fide resident of the neighbor- hood. As to the better class of patrons such as clerks, storekeepers, house- owners and such like, that you more or less know personally, it is a pretty safe thing, as a general rule, to give them reasonable credit. As a rule they won't ask for it unless temporarily out of change, or some similarly good reason, and they seem usually anxious topaf their score and get the thing off their minds. I have quite a number of men who run bills by the month. They get what they want and walk out while I chalk it up to their account. They pay regularly and seem to prefer get' ting their cigars that way. Factie* wish I had a lot more of just such cus- tomers." * ♦ ♦ Make Access Easy. It may seem a small thing, and yet such a trifle as a hard door to open has diverted trade from one cigar store to a neighboring one. We all know bo* annoying it is to have to stand «w push and pull to get open a atubboro ^^MTHE TOBACCO WORLDS Gieske & Niemann, Packers & Dealers in Loaf Tobacco No. 204 South Charles Street Baltimore, Md. store door. If a tricky or worn catch or slide has to be worked with for some time before the door gives, our temper and patience is tried, and on our next visit, remembering it, we are apt to go to the other store nearby, in order to save being annoyed again. Cigar deal- ers should have tight, ill-fitting store doors promptly put in order. It will be money in their pockets and save cus- tomers' tempers and swear words. ^*«^%%^ President Cullman's Protest. (Concluded from p. 5) since your own Bureau promulated a circular calling upon the tobacco pack- ers of the country, who are largely embraced in this Association, to co- operate in the work of gathering cor- rect statistics showing the current movement of leaf tobacco. We appre- ciate the importance of such work and at our recent convention in this city our members were urged to give your Bureau every possible assistance in this matter. The statistics of the crop movement, however, are of insignifi- cant importance compared with the figures heretofore available showing the monthly production of cigars, to- bacco, etc., which I may say without exaggeration have had an eflTect upon the price of every pound of tobacco sold by farmer or dealer throughout this country in recent years. I feel confident that in this matter you do not desire to inflict a hardship upon our industry and that you are guided solely by your wish to protect the legitimate business secrets of individual manufacturers. I have the honor to suggest, therefore, that in lieu of the publications heretofore made showing production by collection districts, you ^ill authorize the preparation in your Bureau of a monthly table showing the output of cigars, cigarettes and other tobacco products by States. It is most essential that the statistics should present the output by States for the reason that the factories of the manu- facturers of cigars and other forms of manufactured tobacco are so localized and segregated with respect to the types of leaf employed therein that a general statement of the total produc- tion of the United States in any given month conveys no information to the grower or dealer in any particular kind of leaf. If, in isolated cases, you should find it desirable to combine the totals of two or more States for the purpose of effectually concealing in- dividual operations. I can conceive of no objection to such consolidation. Trusting that you will give this im- portant matter your early and favorable attention. I am. Very respectfully yours, Signed, Jos. F. Cullman, Jr. We understand that by direction of President Cullman, the Association's Washington representative, in present- ing the communication, urged the re- storation of the former practice of giving out the statistics by Internal Revenue Districts, except that the re- turns of districts in which only a single concern or ownership heavily predom- 'nates be withheld hereafter, to avoid I ^^K THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^B QEO. W. BREMER, Jr. BREMER BROS. in N. Third St, PHIUHPHU WALTER T. BREMER Importers, Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Hippie Bros. & Co. Importers and Packers of and Dealers in Leaf Tobaccos 231 Arch St, Philadelphia Our Retail Department is Strictly Up-to-Date • LO UIS B YTHINMR & CO. Leaf Tobacco Brokers «)UO K&CC ^^'nf •! A t U.^ and Commission Merchants. 1 llll&ClClpnl e,' Long Distance Telephone, Market 3025. Cable Address, "Hellano, Lancaster* Telephone Servic* JOHN F. HEILAND & CO. COMMISSION MERCHANTS AND DEALERS Leaf Tobacco Eastern Agents MaGee Tobacco Case Representlnii Oaorde H. Rumrtll. Janesvllle. Wis.; /| O 17 /^L 1. A. C} A A Tk« Miami Valley Leaf Tobacco Co.. ^Q Hi* LllieSinilt ijtreet Dayton. O.; Tlie Krohn Tobacco Co.. Windsor. Ct.i *"• O. Box 178 Downard & Koklnj. Cincinnati. O.t w A ]\J#^ A CrpfTtn U A r. W. Dohrmann & Son. Cincinnati. 0.| Ij Al^ V^il.3 1 II1K9 t^ A* Hatakey & Helland. Litltz. Pa. HENRY RINDSKOPF Packer and Importer of Sumatra. Havana ¥ I]! A 17 r|1/\1> A i^i^i\ and Domestic LLiAF i UoALlLlU N. E. Cor. Fifth and Washington Sts. Reading, Pa. John U. Fehr Established 1883 Geo. N. Fehr J. U. Fehr & Son importers and Packers of Leaf Tobacco 700 Franklin St., 101 to 107 S. 7th St., READING, PA. I S. Weinberg 121 North Third Street PHILADELPHIA Importer of SUMATRA and HAVANA Dealer in all kinds of SEED LEAF Tobacco H. VELENCHIK S. VELENCHII VELENCHIK BROS. '•"""tX'in LEAF TOB/1(5(30 Sumatra and Havana 134 N. THIRD ST.. PHILADELPHIA >• AARON B. HESS Packer of and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Pennsylvani^L Seed B's and Tops READY FOR THE MARKET. Write for Prices. Office and Warehouse : 630-636 N. Prince St Lancaster, Pa. Bell 'Phone : 77-X. Independent 'Phone: 1464-A. tc L. O. HAEUSSEMMANN CARL L. HAEUSSERMANN EDWARD C. HAEUSSERMANN U. G. HAEUS3ERMAINN <& SOINS I m po rt e rs of Pacliers and ExpoHers of and Dealers in Sumatra and Havana Leaf Tobacco LARGEST RETAILERS IN PENNSYLVANIA No. :240 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. ^^gTHE TOBACCO WORLDS E. A. Calves & Co.HaVANA, 123 North Third street ^ PHILADELPHIA m^ ..IMPORTERS of HAVANA TOBACCO HOLDERS ARE IN A QUANDARY. Shall They Hold on to the Stocks Now in Hand, or Sell at the Present Prices Lest a Decline Should Strike the Market? Special Correspondence After my return from a short vaca- tion spent in the United States, I have been somewhat nonplussed by the con- . buyers have been in no hurry to concede the high pretensions entertained by the farmers. The opinion still prevails that this year's Remedios tobacco will need a far longer time than usual to cure thoroughly in the bales, and therefore neither dealers or manufac- turers will gain anything by purchasing early this year. At the same time our packers and dealers who are accus- tomed to handle this leaf have become convinced that unless they can buy the bundles at very moderate prices they will be unable to make any transaction? successfully with the Northern buyers, and under these circumstances opera- tions in the country continue in a para- lyzed state. As soon as the farmer convinces himself that he will have to accept what our packers may be dis- posed to pay for his tobacco, operations may commence upon the regular scale. Quite a number of Northern buyers, as well as manufacturers from Tampa and Key West, have been coming to Havana of late, less with the idea of making immediate purchases than to post themselves thoroughly about the actual situation, and for this reason sales have been again quite limited. Owing to the strike and lockout in the factories of the Havana cigar man- ufacturers there is no demand for local consumption needs, the only exception being the cigarette manufacturers, who are buying sparingly for immediate purposes. "El Tabaco," in its number of May 25, gives the whole leaf crop of 1906 as 279,633 bales, or almost 200.000 bales less than the one of 1905. VCNANCIO DIAZ. Special Partner MUNIZ HERMANOS y CIA S en C Growers and Dealers of VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDO and REMEDIOS TOBACCO Cable : "Angel," Havana Reina. 20, HavanoL p. 0. Box 98 SYLVESTER & STERN SUCCESSORS TO LEWIS SYLVESTER & SON Growers, Pa'ckers and Importers of Havana Tobacco >' »s HAVANA, CUBA Monte 56 NEW YORK 165 Front Street PLANTATIONS and ESCOJIDAS: In VUELTA ABAJO " PARTIDOS " REMEDIOS at PUERTA de GOLFE SANTIAGO de las VEGAS SANTA CLARA " QUINTA CAMAJUANI " SANCTI SPIRITUS rACTORY VEGAS A SPECIALTY '1? CHARLES BLASCO Comnnission Merchant Leaf Tobacco and Clftara 1 O'Reilly St. ^£S^ Habana, Cuba GONZALEZ Y MIGUEL Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama Especialidad en Tabaco de Santa Clara de Primera Glase Cablet "CASIN" AMISTAD 97, HABANA. ^ H. UPMANN & CO., HAVANA, CUBA INDEPENDENT MA NUF ACTURERS OF THE CELEBRATED S^' H. UPMANN CIGARS (hMna) BANKERS SHIPPERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS ESTABLISHED 1 844 i3t CHAS. LANDAU, 82 Wall St., New York; Board of Trade Building, Montreal soli: representative of H. UPMANN brand for united states and CANADA !n ^^K T H E TOBACCO W O R L D ^^W BEHRENS& eO. Havana, Cuba Manufacturers of the '' SOL" Brand Finest Yaelta Abajo Tobacco Exclosively ^^BA^^i WiW NO BETTER GOODS MADE QUALITY ALWAYS RELIABLE Sole Representatives for the United States and Canada: National Cuba Co., 147 Water Street, New York Sobrinos de A. Gonzalez LEAF TOBACCO MERCHANTS Principe Alfonso 116 y 118 Habana, Cuba Cable: "ABtero" GUSTAVO SALOMON Y HNOS. Especialidad en TABACOS HNOS de VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDOS y VUELTA ARRIBA Monte 114 P. O. Box, Apartado 270 fJ ^^ V^ci i-| c» Cable: ZALEZGON IiaUallCl ■■UNO DIAZ R. RODRIGUEZ B. DiflZ 8t CO. Growers and Packers of Vuelta Abajo and Partido Tobacco PRADO 125 Cable: ZAIDCO HABANA, CUBA S. Jorge Y. P. Castaneda JORGE & P. CflSTAflEDfl Growers, Packers and Exporters of Hsivana Iieaf Tobacco Egido, Comer Dragones Street, H A V A N A 10 PARTAGAS Independent Cigar factory The Oldest Brand L^/ IS PARTAGAS YG a 4^BAHSi. The Ic^l Best Cigars CifuenteSf Fernandez y Ca. Proprietors i*;^4 Indttstria Street Cable: ciFMR Habana, Cuba AVMLINO PAZOS & CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama PRADO 123 Habana Cable: ON I LEVA SUAREZ HERMANOS (S. en C.) _ , Growers, Packers ¥ £ ^11 1^ and Dealers in LeBi i ODaCCO FIGURAS 39-41. cbU: -cuetara- HAVANA, CUBA J. H. CAYRO & SON Dealers in L,eaf Tobacco specialty: Vuelta Abajo and Partido Warehouse and Office: 92 Dragoives Street, HAVANA, CUBA Cable Addressi "JOSECAYRO' Coriespondence Solicited In Enillak HENRY VONEIFF p. yiOAL ORUZ VONEIFF Y VIDAL CRUZ '''"Tx'poR^TERSo, LEAF TOBACCO 73 Amistad Street, HAVANA. CUBA Branch Houses: 616 W. Ballimore Street. Baltimore. Md. P. O. Box 433, Tampa, Fli. EVARISTO GARCIA JOSK M. GARCIA iOSE DIAZ J. M. GARCIA Y CIA. Almacenistas de Tabaco Partido y Vuelta Abajo CON VEGAS PROPIAS San Nicolas 126 y 128 cabie: "jomagarcia" HABANA, CUBA ^^THE TOBACCO WORLDS Rf Bf AVTISTA y CA.-Leaf Tobacco Warehouse-HABANA, CVBA "^ ' ' ~ ■ •■ NeptUnO 170--174! Special Partner— Gumersindo Garcia Cuervo Cable— Rotista Sales As far as I have been able to learn, sales consisted of 600 bales in all dur- ing the past week. 400 of old' Remedies Isi capaduras, and about 200 bales of new Partido, all of which were taken by American buyers. Bnyom Come and Go. Arrivals, or returned to Havana : — Don Federico Berndes, Don Avelmo Pazos, Joe Mendelsohn, and Harry Mendelsohn, accompanied by his bride. Departures :— David H. Delmonte, for New York. Havuiiii CiK»r Miinufac'iarcrM are still fighting their battles with the cigarmakers, and while one friend of mine thought that there were signs of weakening in the ranks of the strikers, nothing seems to be known officially yet. If the cigarmakers would only put on their thinking caps a little bit and reason out for themselves that the 10 per cent, increase demanded in their wages would be only a delusion and a snare, they would quickly come to terms with their bosses. The delusion and snare consists in their having to pay for their necessities the same coin in which they are paid, or in other words if they would receive their pay in American money, they would have to pay their grocer and butcher, as well as other tradespeople, in American money. It seems a pity also that with the good demand ruling in the United States for Havana cigars, our cigar manufacturers are unable to fill the accumulating orders. The only blessing may be that all the old unsalable stocks which may have been lying around all over the world will thus find a market. Up to the 15th of May exports of cigars have shrunk nearly one-third in volume as compared with last year. Paralyza- tion in the cigar business is gradually extending itself to other branches of trade in the island. There is some bit- ter feeling against Manuel Lopez, owner of the Punch factory, who, not belonging to the Union of Manufac- turers, is still working and trying to profit by the misfortune of his brethren. BayinK, Sellinfc and Other Note* of IntereMt. Sobrs, de Antero Gonzalez are slowly receiving tobacco from their Vuelta Abajo and Partido esojidas In the former region they have purchased suf- ficient to guarantee them at least 5,- 000 bales. Bruno Diaz & Co., are working three «9cojida3 in Alquizar, with nearly 400 people. Don Avelino Pazos has two large es- cojidas in Bejucal and Ceiba del Agua, where 250 people find employment. . Aixala & Co. have started their pack- '^ in San Antonio de los Bancs, with 200 people. Jorge y P. Castaneda expect as usual to pack about 5,000 bales or more this y®*r, in San Antonio de los Bancs. RECEIPTS FROM THE COUNTRY. Vuelta Abajo ^emi Vuelta JJirtido Matanzas «emedios& S.Clara Santiago de Cuba eek ending Since May 25 Jan. 1 Bales Bales 2,388 14,001 69 770 258 885 250 a 14 4,902 119 2,103 Total 2,848 22,911 Boston Cigar Trade News. (Concluded from p. 7) up in good style, and at present the only two occupants are a gent's fur- nishing store and a small jewelry dealer, and the latter intends shortly to remove his business to offices in the Jewelry Building. When the United closed down its Jojrnal Building store, the most of its customers went over to the new Washington street store, and the Broomfield store got very little of that trade. Joseph J. Alexander, cigarmaker, 7 Church Place, has filed a voluntary pe- tition in bankruptcy. He owes $1,523. of which $487 is secured and $1,036 is unsecured. No assets. It is rumored here that the Surbrug Co., of New York, has sold the l^ilo brand of cigarettes to the tobacco trust, and many of our wholesale to- bacconists appear to think that Shinasi Bros. ' Naturals and Prettiest are also in the combine, owing to the extensive bill board advertising being done to ad- vertise the Egyptian Prettiest cigar- ette. The London Cigarette Co., Limited, 111 Fifth avenue. New York, is a new branch of the trust. They are now plac- ing on this market a new 25 cent cigar- ette called the House of Lords, which goes to the retailers at $18.50 per M. A. Levy and W. Kennerly, the two Boston salesmen of the Surbrug Co., New York, are meeting with much suc- cess in placing their new Bohemian smoking mixture. They report a satis- factory sale of the goods. The United States Tobacco Co. is pushing the sale of Local Union, a 2\ oz. long cut, and Fire Alarm, their latest brand of plug tobacco. J. Man- gan. their Boston salesman, is doing some active work on both brands. Geo. L. Symons, of Symons-Krauss- man Co., N. Y., was here Friday and Saturday and t ok some nice orders for his Flor de Baltimore, Gladora and Winifreda cigars. Mr. Symons reports that business is very good with them at present. George H. Russell, representing the Allen Tobacco Co., New York, makers of the popular Telonette short smoke, who has been here for a fortnight, leaves for Providence today, but will return in about a week's time. The cigarette and tobacco business of A. Chertoff, also known as the Colum- bian Tobacco Co., at 41 Cross street, will shortly be incorporated under the State laws. The services of S. Beren- son, a former t^bacconist of Fitchburg, Mass., have been secured, and the vari- ous brands of cigarettes of the old firm will be pushed. Mr. Berenson is a very capable man, and no doubt will make a good showing in a short time. The Royal Bengals are again being advertised by means of numerous win- dow displays. The Hanover street store of Jaynes & Co., the cut price druggists. 18 exhibiting this week an atttractive bas relief sceneograph show- ing up the Richmond factory where the Royal Bengals are made. At night, when the exhibit is lighted up. it looks very realistic and causes crowds to con- gregate in front of the window. Tessier Bros., the Dorchester drug- gists, have just taken on Gans Bros.' William the Fourth cigars in several sizes. Bieringer Bros. Co. reports a steady increase of the sales of the Flor de Franklin cigar. They are selling at the rate of 25,000 a week of this popu- lar nickel cigar. M. Cohen & Co., makers of the popu- lar 6 cent American Smoker, are doing some effective window advertising. Saturday they had a young man dressed up in the garb of "Uncle Sam" and he was seated in J. S. Brown's window, 8 Washington street, smoking the American Smoker, and was sur- rounded by a lot of dummy cigar boxes. It is needless to say ,the cigar had a good sale at Brown's throughout the day. Ben Ali. PABLO PEREZ OANDIDO 0BE8O Perez & Obeso S. en C. (Sobrinos de G. Palacios) (Leaf Tobacco) VUELTA ABAJO FACTORY VEGAS a Specialty Proprietors of famous Lowland Vuelta Abajo Vedas Prado 121, Entrance, Drai^ones St Cable: "Sodecio." HABANA, CUBA. JOSE F. ROCHA flavaoa Leaf Tobacco Especialidad Tabacos Finos de Vuelta Abajo, Partido y Vuelta Arriba San Miguel lOO Cable: "DONALLES" HABANA, CUBA GONZALEZ, BENITEZ & CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama y Viveres Amargura 12 and 14, and San Ignacio 25 Cable: "Tebenitez" P. 0. Box 396 HABANA, CVBA LOEB-NUNBZ HAVANA CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama 142 and 144 Consulado Street ^""reform Habana JOS. MENDELSOHN LOUIS A. BORNEMANN MANUEL SUAREZ Mendelsohn, Bornennann & Co. Importers ol HAVANA TOBACCO and Commission Merchants New York Office: Havana, Cuba: 196 WATER STREET MANUEL SUAREZ y CA., Amistad 96 A. M. CALZADA & CO. Packers and Dealers in Lreof and COMMISSION MERCHANTS Monte 156, HABANA, CUBA. p. O. Box. SOS. Cablet "CALDA.' 11 III 11 till I m III III Hi ! ^^MTHE TOBACCO W O R L D ^^» O&ce: ERNESX EL/I/INGER & CO. No. jOj water Street Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO New York LEAF TOBACCO. orriCES : DETROIT, MICH. AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. HAVANA .CUBA. New York, JOS. S. GANS MOSES J. GANS JEROME WALLER EDWIN I. ALEXANDER JOSEPH S. GANS & CO. Leaf Tobacco Telephone: 346 John 150 Water St., NEW YORK Importers and Packers of Starr Brothers r^rSs 0, liEflF TOBACCO 131 Water Street Eitabliahed 1888 NEW YORK Telephone : 4027 John M. F. SCHNEIDER IMPORTER OF Sumatra Tobacco 2 Burling Slip, NEW YORK NES, CORNER KUIPERSTEEG, AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND Telephone: 377 JOHN Joseph Hirsch & Son IMPORTERS OF SUMATRA TOBACCO 0. Z. VOORBURGWAL 227 i o o w"*!"^ C# Amrferdam. Holland. 1 O 3 WQ t e F S t. Cable Address: "HERE." NEW YORK JOSEPH HOLZMAN SUMATRA, HAVANA -y ^ hts;> r^r^r\ and SEED LEAF lUJJQL>dU 185 Water St., New York -•I* JOHN W. MERRIAM St CO. "At the Sitfn of the Bull ^oi," New York Real Habana Seiiar^ Makers and Importers Habana Scraps and Cnttlnds for Sala c TOBACCO TRADE NEWS OF GREATER NEW YORK. : New York Bureau of The Tobacco World No change in the leaf market this week. It is the same old story. High prices with the large manufacturers holding off to the last minute, waiting for the new goods to come in. The Havana market is exceptionally dull and no sales were reported during the week. The manufacturing line is fair and prospects for a good summer trade look promising. Conditions in the retail trade are in- teresting. The United Cigar Stores Co.. Schulte and the Edwin Cigar Stores Co., are having a cigarette war, and such goods as Naturals, Prettiest and Turkish Trophies are being sold at cost or near. Business is good with the retailers and the increase in box sales is continuing. • • • A recent incorporation was H. M. Miller, to deal in tobacco and cigars, with a capital of $100,000. Directors— H. M. Miller, V. Gutierrez and C. B. Jaqua, all of New York. •» • Louis Schramm, of Herz Bros., who has been attending the inscriptions in Amsterdam, returned home this week, satisfied with his purchases. a • • Sol. Hamburger, of Hamburger Bros. Co., reports the business of his house as being up to the average. Their stripping department in Havana is working full timj filling the orders re- ceived here. • • m John W. Merriam has returned home from his short Western trip and reports an increasing demand in that section for the products of the Bull Dog Fac- tory. « • a Simon Ottenberg, of the f!rm of S. Ottenberg & Bros., cigar manufac- turers, died last Tuesday. Mr. Otten- berg was fifty-nine years of age. He is survived by a widow and' a brother, I Henry Ottenberg, who is connected with the American Exchange Cigar Company. a a a Wm. Wicke Ribbon Co. report trade as being excellent. Their line of cigar ribbons is too well known to require description. The house is a firm be- liever in printer's ink and is getting the usual returns. a a a Fred Kruse, of Hoboken, N. J., who purchased considerable tobacco at the auction sale of Newberger & Co., held in Philadelphia last week, has had con- siderable trouble regarding two barrels of stripped filler which was among the lot he purchased. Mr. Kruse bid 85 cents for the tobacco, which he under- stood was the price duty paid. Messrs. Newberger & Co. now want an addi- tional 40 cents for the duty, making the price $1.25 per pound. Mr. Kruse stated that he didn't have to go to auc- Rutherford '^'•'SgS^™™ are sold by successful dealers. There is a Reason. J. S. Lederer, who has since the merger of the cigar manufacturiot business of Hummel & Vogt, of Looii- ville, Ky., with the American Cigv Co. been associated with the trust u Southern District Manager of the A. C. Co. factories, has severed his con- nection with that concern. • mm The A. H. Hillman Co.. distributort of independent cigars, etc., will soon place upon this market a new nickei cigar manufactured by R. G. Sullivtn, the well known cigar manufacturer of Manchester, N. H., under the name of Boston Mail. The Allen Tobacco Co., of this, city i» exploiting a new deal on their Telon- ette little cigars, and with each h^ Telonettes will give free 100 Allenettei or 100 Subways. « • • S. R. Moss. President of the S. R- Moss Cigar Co., of Lancaster, P»" was a recent visitor in this market He states that fairly goodjprogrese i» being made in the erection of «"** factory to take the place of theoo* destroyed this spring by fire. « a • Louis P. Sutter, of Louis P. Sot** & Bros., returned last week from AH' New York, June 4. tion sales to buy filler at $1.25, with hotel and car fare charges to boot. He had an interview heie with Mr. Newberger, but the chances are a law- I suit will result, as Mr. Kruse wants the tobacco at 85 cents, while Mr. Newberger intends to make him take it at $1.25. a a a At the second inscription of Sumatra tobacco, held at Rotterdam on May 30, there were about 850 bales of tobacco secured for the American market The principal purchasers were : A. Cohn & Co., Hinsdale Smith & Co., L. Schmid & Co., E. Spingarn& Co., and F. &E. Cranz, of New York, and B. Labe& Sons, of Philadelphia. • • • Nearly three hundred union cigar- makers are now on strike at Albany, having been informed that their de- mands for increased wages would not be granted by the manufacturers. Representatives of the union were plainly informed that the manufac- turers could not pay the increase de- manded and do business in competition with non union manufacturers, with the present high cost of leaf tobacco and the great increase in the price of cigar boxes, etc. The principal fac- tories affected are G. W. Van Slyke4 Horton, B. Payne's Sons and Daerstyne Bros., which are among the largest factories in the capital city. a a a The Ware-Kramer Tobacco Co., Nor- folk, Va , manufacturers of the popular White Rolls cigarettes, have changed their New York headquarters from 684 Lexington avenue to 144 Grand street J. S. Oliver will continue in charge of the New York of!ice as heretofore 12 For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to Esublished 1880 Monroe D. Sellers, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO.. SELLERSVILLE, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD P. St S. LOEWENTHAL Seed Leaf Tobacco X Florida Sumatra No. 138 Water Street, NEW YORK gterdam, having made considerable pur- chases ot Sumatra tobacco for his house, and left for Chicago within a few days after his arrival here. a a * Taussig & Co., importers and packers of leaf tobacco and growers of Florida tobacco, report trade as being excel- lent. They are growing an extra large amount of Florida this year and the tobacco so far looks to be a banner crop. While they are nearly sold out on old goods they still have on hand a few choice lots for which they ask a reasonable figure. a a a Henry Lewis, of Lewis Brcs., who has been on the sick list, is expected at the office this week. Business with them is reported good. a a a Paul Langerfeld announces the open- in? of his new cafe and grill-room, ^'YeOlde Tavern," at 23 John street, near Broadway. M. E. Flaherty, bet- ter known to those in the tobacco trade as "Captain Mike," will have control of the cigar department. E. G. Tully will act as manager. Both Mr. Flaherty and Mr. Tully are combining their efforts to put before the public the finest possible line of imported ci- gars at low prices. Specialties will be made of the La Redencion and La Ba- ronesa cigars made in Havana by Fer- nandez, Riveiro & Co. a • a The many salesmen of P.& S. Loewen- thal, the leaf dealers at 138 Water street, are now on the road and are finding business good considering the strenuous times. M. H. Dallett is in Cleveland, H. L. Berger, in Detroit, Max Raphael, in Duluth, Mayer Sachs, in Norfolk, S. A. Peck, in Springfield, Mass., C. W. Kempt, in the Southern part of Ohio, while L Newman, H. Freund and M. Loewenthal are attend- ing to the business in Greater New York and suburbs. A new arrival at the office is young Harry S. Loewenthal, a son of S. Loewenthal, who is being taught the leaf business. There is very little doubt that in a short time young Harry will be among the firm's grow- ing trade showing the wares of this popular house. He has my best wishes. TOBACCO IN YORK COUNTY. Remarkable Movements in Leaf Market, as Reported by a Phila- delphia Daily. York, Pa., June 3. The trade in this section is progress- ing in a quiet, modest way, without any undue excitement. Manufacturers are moderately busy, but certainly not at all rushed. Anent an article published recently in a Philadelphia daily, to the effect that prices for all grades of seed to- bacco had advanced 50 per cent, in the last year, with the result that the popular five-cent smoke, sold generally by the trade at $30 a thousand, now costs between $26 and $27 a thousand to produce, and which article a York daily re-published in full, the paper seeing the blunder which it had got- ten into, has als i an interview with a Red Lion manufacturer, with the ap- parent idea of squaring itself with the folks at home. This is what it said : "Red Lion. May 31.— Cigar manufac- turers here are not alarmed at the word sent out from Philadelphia of an advance of 50 per cent, in nearly all grades of seed tobacco in the Pennsyl- vania market, over the prices of last year, and say it will not affect them to any extent as they have a large supply on hand and that they do not manufac- ture the same grade of cigars as do the large city manufacturers. 'We are satisfied with a dollar profit on a thousand. ' remarked one of the manu- facturers, 'and this we can readily ob- tain, as our expenses are not near as heavy. Besides this we deal directly with jobbers and not through agents and as a result can sell at a much less profit. Of course the cities to meet the prices for seed leaf must make an inferior cigar for the same money. This we need not do, as our product is now of about the same grade as they will be compelled to make it. Many of us here who have a large stock on hand can readily, if it comes to the worst, dispose of it at a high profit and thus keep our class of goods on the market at the same prices. Most of the Pennsylvania tobacco here was pur- chased at 12 cents in the whole, so you can see what we could make if it was placed on the market at 15 and 18. which is now being paid. I am not in the least apprehensive lest Kentucky and Maryland leaf tobacco, which are beirg bought up by the large dealers at low prices, will make an inroad and result in a permanent competition with the Pennsylvania tobacco in this sec- tion. The Southern as well as the Northwestern product is already used as fillers here on account of its cheap- ness. I can't see any danger ahead for us.'" As a matter of fact the Philadelphia daily referred to has several times this year published greatly misleading re- ports concerning the price of seed leaf tobacco, and with its last tirade has also turned a complete somersault. It started out by reports that the leaf market at Lancaster had broken and prices were smashed to their lowest level, and now completely reverses it- self by stating that seed leaf bad ad- vanced 50 per cent, within a year past. The well informed members of the trade know how ridiculously false the reports have been each time it at- tempted to publish anything about con- ditions in the tobacco trade. The pity of it all is, however, that each time other and equally ill-informed papers have used the reports, and thereby caused much harm and no good. It is wholly untrue that the Lancas- ter leaf market broke several months ago. and that prices went to smither- eens, nor have prices advanced 50 per cent, within the past year. As a mat- ter of fact prices during the past six months have moderated a little but not to an extent that need have alarmed anyone, nor is there likely to be any seriously radical change in price in the immediate future. Much depends on the success of this year's crops, both as regards quantity and quality. (Concluded on p. 16) Constif ution «nrv'.„. stands for Quality and Workmanship. Remember that. A. COHN Sl CO. IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra PACKERS OF Seed Leaf Tobacco and Growers of Georgia Sumatra 142 Water Street, New York l» ■ B EDEN CIGAR FACTORY BANCES & LOPEZ HAVANA, CUBA Calixto Lopez & Co. 180 Water St., NEW YORK Will receive and attend to order* Cigars made strictly of very best Vuelta Abajo Tobacco iill» ENDS SMITH EDMUND H. SMITH Hinsdale Smith & Co. Importers of SUMATRA and HAVANA T i^ V\ ^ i^ #^ 1^ and Packers of CONNECTICUT LEAF 1 xJUQI^K^kJ 125 Maiden Lane ESTABLISHED 1840 NEW YORK CABLE: "NARQIL' APPLICATION FOR SPACE TO EXHIBIT SHOULD BE MADE TO TOBACCO TRAPES EXPOSITION CO WBTIWm.""'""^ FLJITIWON BLD& NEW YORK 13 m ^ E. A. 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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 COc, 224 Arch St., Philada. PHILADELPHIA. JUNE 5, 1907. BLUE LAWS AT LANCASTER. ^ Tobacco interests in Lancaster, Pa., ^nd vicinity, seem to be having troubles of their own. Well-meaning ecclesi- astics, sky-pilots and bigoted co-asso- ciates have excavated the venerable and ancient Blue Laws of the State and propose to make all merchants close their stores and ehups un the "first day of the week, commonly called Sun- day." So warm did they make it for dne poor grocer lately by causing his arrest, giving him a "hard name," etc., that it induced a stroke of apo- plexy and he died. Just how such un- Cbristianlike and fanatical persecution can accomplish good in any community is difficult to understand. It is putting the moral quadruped behind the moral wagon ; choosing Satan's fool plans in- stead of following the common- sense teaching of the Great Master they think they are serving. Of course, in the crusade for closed stores on Sunday, retail cigar and tobacco merchants usually are shining marks for the first blows struck. For that reason The To- bacco World extends sympathy to mem- bers of the trade in Lancaster. We hope that if they can't open their stores on Sunday they will at least be allowed an equal privilege with the preachers of opening their mouths. And if they do open them, it might be well for them to discuss plans for having the dark- ases, out-of-date and fanatical Blue Laws repealed. Otherwise conditions may reach a point described as follows : Some towns there are so very good. That nothing's done on Sunday ; And buds about to burst there should Defer the burst 'til Monday. WISCONSIN'S PROSPECT. Wisconsin tobacco growers are be- coming greatly alarmed at the con- tinued cool weather and its consequent effect upon the lateness of a tobacco planting season. Only a few days since, trainmen, on the early trains be- tween Milwaukee and Madison, Wis., reported that the low lying lands were white with frost. As a result of this continued cool weather many farmers in that section of the country have decided to change their usual crops of tobacco to sugar beets this year, because sugar beets, it is claimed, can withstand the coolest weather in that latitude, and can be planted as late as the middle of June 14 and are in no danger of serious harm by light frosts in the fall. If this action should become exten- sive this year, and should be found to work as well in its ultimate results as growers believe it will, it may also have a disastrous effect upon the sup- ply of Wisconsin tobaoco. which is said not to be over abundant now. The one hopeful consolation which the trade has is the fact that in normal years t' bacco is Wisconsin's most pro- fitable crop, and farmers will probably more fully realize this after each suc- ceeding year of beet sugar raising. Notwit standing an occasional mis- hap to the tobacco crop by damage from the elements, tobacco has for manv years been a strong mainstay in Wisconsin, and its value is not so likely to be overlooked by the thrifty Nor- wegians. ARKANSAS ANTI-CIGARETTE ACT. Not to lie outdone by other States, Arkansas has also entered the cigarette legislating arena, and has decided to forbid its citizens smoking cigarettes after January 1, next, if the bill re- cently passed in the State Legislature does not miscarry in effect, because the selling or giving away of cigarettes has been penalized. There would have been just as much good reason to have forbidden chewing tobacco or using snuff, if not even the smoking of tobacco in any form. We fail to see how the State can with constitutional legality forbid its citizens to smoke cigarettes any more than it could forbid the use of tobacco in any other form. Cigrarette smoking, like many other habits, is harmless when indulged mod- erately, and harmful only if practiced to excess, and if Arkansas succeeds in actually preventing the sale or use of cigarettes it will have accomplished what several older States have signally failed to do, even though they have rigid anti-cigarette acts on their statute books. — Co-operation among the merchants of any town or city is desirable it they wish to keep local trade at home— but it is still more desirable when trade in- terests are threatened or an earnest effort is being made to extend trade and build up the city. Philadelphia Tobacco Trade The entire tobacco trade of this city has been exceptionally quiet during the past week fand utterly devoid of interest. With but one real fair day during the entire week, the retail dealer was most affected. To be sure, Thursday, Decoration Day, was ideal, but then only a half day's business was to be done, and the days immediately preceding were so disagreeable little benefit was felt by dealers even en that popular holiday, which is usually counted upon for a fair share of extra business. The usual Saturday business was also badly interfered with by the severely cold storm, which lasted for more than twenty-four hours. Manufacturers are having a fairly good business, de-'pite the complaints being heard from retail dealers here as at many other places where an exceed- ingly late season has been experienced. There is no indication of dull trade among any of our larger manufac- turers, ail of whom are working stead- ily, and with full complements of hands. There are even a few exception- al cases in which more help is wanted by manufacturers, and at least one of the oldest and best known houses in this city is now prospecting for an ad- ditional factory in the rural districts. There is good reason to expect that they will be successful, for the enter- prise would be a desirable acquisition for any country town. Some new advertising signs are ready for distribution on the Flor de Balti- more clear Havana cigar, made by the Symons-Krausman Co., of New York, and distributed in this city through H. D. Narrigan & Co. «^ Walder & Stein, of Fifteenth and McKean streets, are now bidding for public favor in this city with their La Volga brand of 5 cent cigars. The brand has been on the market for some years and the present owners succeeded to it by purchase. After having im- proved the product in quality, style and appearance, much vigor has been en- thused in the work of exploiting the product, and encouraging success has been achieved. The goods are now on sale at a number of well known retail stores thoughout the city. New friends are being made for the brand every day. «% The output of all the Eisenlohr Bros' factories, which now number nearly a score, is still inadequate, and an effort is being made to increase the number of Cinco cigars made. Re- cently the firm secured an additional country factory building at Gordon- ville, Lancaster county, which will be used exclusively for stripping purposes, and which it is hoped will be a help in supplying filler for various factories. Since the edict of an over-ambitious bureaucrat of the Internal Revenue Department at Washington, forbid- ding positively the stripping of leaf tobacco outside of licensed establish- ments, the matter of securing an adequate supply of strippers has be- come a serious menace to large manu- facturers, and the action has no doubt prompted the firm in making the pres- ent move. It may also set an example for others to follow. Sales of the popular Vesper cigar, of Oblinger Bros. & Co.. are reported to be gaining steadily m and around thi» city, notwithstanding a very pogy spring business among retailers, which was caused principally by the unfavor- able weather with which we have suffered for a long ti|ne. The Saborosa. which is one of our "landmarks" and made by Vetterlein Bros., is also keeping well abreast of its previous excellent records. Not only in Philadelphia, but from the East and South, there are coming in many fine orders and in duplicate. Pennty). vania is now being more aggressively exploited and encouraging responses are coming from various parts of the State. The Bayuk Bros. Cigar Co., of "Havana Ribbon" fame, isoperatingto the fullest capacity of their factory, and still are behind more than a quar- ter of a million Havana Ribbon cigars alone in filling orders. The El Basco Cigar Co., at 137 Mar- ket street, which has several brands 00 the local market, is also developing a good trade throughout Southern New Jersey. Proprietor Strause, of this factory, is extensively interested Id various enterprises in that section of the country. Philadelphia and vicinity is rapidly becoming a scrap tobacco smoking and chewing consuming territory, and the sale of good plain scrap tobacco is daily increasing, and several factories are now engaged in making that class of goods in this vicinity. One of the latest acquisitions is the Norristown Tobacco Works, at Norristown, Pa. In addition to making the Keyno Ha- vana Shorts, a 2 oz. package of plain scrap, selling at 5 cents retail, they also make a specialty of packing to- bacco under private brands for jobbers and large dealers. They offer to sub- mit samples on application. When Arthur Hagen & Co. last week dished out to reporters the fact that J. Harvey McHenry of that firm had gone to visit the Jamestown Fair, it was not divulged or even intimated that an important business mission was the real secret of his visit to the Southland. The firm, which has for some time posed as a strictly independent manu- facturers' distributing agency, felt somewhat chagrined when it was an- nounced that Butler-Butler, Inc., had capitulated to the trust. Promptly and manfully they dis- continued the account. They could not well do otherwise and maintain the po-ition they had assumed in the trade, but as a result they were, at least temporarily, left high and dry as re- gards a domestic cigarette account It was not for long, however. Some rapid-fire prospecting was done and with excellent success, as will be seen by the following announcement:— "Having perfected arrangements with the Ware-Kramer Tobacco Co. to represent them elsewhere, 1 beg to advise you that on July li 19U7, 1 shall discontinue the man- agement of this territory, and our Philadelphia office will be closed; after wnich date the affairs of the company, now under my jurisdic- tion will be placed in the hands of Messrs. Arthur Hagen & Co., 15' North Third street, Philadelphi*- "I desire to take this opportunity > ^^m. T HE TOBACCO WORLD "»M3» W. A. LAHR HATHOSELEH .Old Act TtL.1.5 Ihe Story Wholesale Cigar Manufacturer ^\ss^onoTHr II ^ ^(mrH4L^Cu.,Jc^^ Red Lion, Penna. ^IRUT^ '^ r Get our prices, and make a fair comparison with those of other factories. Correspondence invited with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade. Samples Free to Responsible Houses. jiiit ! H \ I We believe in Honesty, Good Workmanship, at fair prices to all. Correspondence Solicited THE OLD HONESTY CIGAR BOX CO., C. W. Bucks. Gen. Mgp. Rear 634 Washington Street, Readini^, Pa. ^^Mthe tobacco world^^e The Miami Valley Leaf Tobacco Co. ALLEN H. REEDER DA.YTON OHIO STANLEY M. KROHN Packers of Cigar Leaf Tobacco 1903-4-5 Zimmer Spanish, 1905 Gebhardt, 1905 Dutch, 1905 Connecticut, etc. to express my appreciation for the . courtesies and conpideration you j have extended to me in the past, ] and solicit a continuance of the same on behalf of Messrs. Arthur flagren & Co. "Trusting that they may be favored with your continued inter- est and hearty co-operation in the promotion of White Rolls cigar- ' ettes, I beR to remain, ' Yours very truly, i ?s the grass has been white with frost, and on Wednesday morning I saw ice formed in pails and still water ; not much weather for the hastening the growth . UPON Applicatioh TO ORDER CIGAR LABELS !*!*^.! STEWART & SON Reading, Pa. r: 40tJNff4y Makers of the JOHN HAY LADY HELEN lOc. JOHN HAY, Jr. EU PERKINS 3c. Hi^h Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Correspondence with Responsible Houses Solicited L. J. SMITH & CO. Wholesale Cigar Manufacturers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Red Lion, Pa. With .Specially Designed Bands. and PAN ANNA 5c. Gifiars TWO HAVANAS Two for Five Gents Correipondence with Reiponsible Hou... loUcilaJ. -^ Private Brands made to order. J. F. REICHARD Wholesale Dealer in LEAF TOBACCO of All Grades Craley, Penna. SMITH BROS. Brokers in Domestic ¥ 17 A 17 X/^D A i^i^i^ and Imported LC/Vr 1 WD/\V^\^VJ No. 17 Charter Street, Dayton, O. Ohio Goods Our Specialty 20 TOBACCO BREEDING. By A. D. Shamel and W. W. Coby, Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. (Continued from last week) A few of ihe growers of the Sumatra variety in the Connecticut Valley in- troduced Cuban-gruwn seed and used it lur planting their general crops. In these fields the breaking up in type was not su noticeable as in the case of the Sumatra variety, but the effect of change in conditions in the variety was shown in ' he production of so-called freak plants. These plants had a branching, or suckering, habit of grow- ing, bearing very small, sharply point- ed, coarse leaves that were worthless for cigar-wrapper purposes. In a care- ful study of the plants in these fields It was found that at least one-third of the entire crop consisted of these freak plants. In one of these fields the writers maue selections of seed plants of the most desired type, bearing the size, ^hape and general character of leaves adapted for cigar wrappers. This seed was saved under bag. and a similar plan has been followed up to the pres- ent tima. The writers duiing the past season planted in Florida Connecticut-grown deed of the Sumatra variety. It was found that while there was a noticeable change in the shape of leaf and in some minor characters in the Florida-grown Loljacco, there was no violent breaking up of the type or indication of unusual variability. This experiment and other observations have led the writers to believe that the effect of changing seed fiom the North to the South is not accompanied by such marked changes as when seed is taken from Tropical conditions to Northern latitudes. In summing up the observations on this subject it can safely be said that it is a dangerous policy to plant large crops of tobacco with imported seed or with seed from a very different section. In most cases it has resulted in fail- ure and caused considerable loss to the growers. The general crops should be planted from seed produced under the same conditions as the crop which is to be grown. If it is necessary to change the seed or desirable to test imported varieties, it should be done on a small scale, followed by a most careful selection of seed plants, and the seed should be saved under bag, safe from cross-fertilization. THE STRUCTURE AND ARRANGEMENT OF FLOWERS. A careful study of the tobacco flower is one of the most essential factors in the beginning of tobacco breeding. Successful results, particularly in the production of new varieties, can seldom be obtained until one becomes familiar with the structure of the flower and the manner in which these parts perform their several functions. A full realiza- tion of the ease with which crossing takes place can only be obtained in this way. and. as has been previously stated, the prevention of promiscuous cross-pollination is <>f first importance in the production of a desirable and uniform type of tobacco. J-J (J N y £ R--AJ^ickel^igar Has won many races for dealers. Try it. Fig, 1.--0iaorammatio Sketch of Tobacco Flower. The tobacco flowers are arranged on a branching determinate flower head, which appears when the middle leavei are about half-grown and continues to develop and produce new flowers dur- ing the rest of the life of the plant. Figure 1 is a diagrammatic sketch of a tobaco flower, showing the parts of the flower and the general way in which pollination takes plac<.. The calyx (a) is the outer, green five-parted, floral envelope at the base of the flower which serves to protect the flower in the bud. The corolla (b) is the delicately colored floral envelope inclosing the reproduc- tive organs of the flower. Its color tends to attract insects, which are the principal agents in cross-pollination. Next inside the corolla are the five stamens, which are the male reproduc- tive organs of the flower. Each stamen consists of the filament (i), supporting the anther (j) in which the pollen grains (k) are produced. The central organ is the pistil, or female part of the flower. The terminal enlarged portion (g) is the stigma. The pollen grains (k) adhere to the surface of the stigma (g) and germinate, sending an extremely minute tube (I) down through the central conductive tissue (h) of the style (f). This tube extends into the cavity of the ovary (d) and finds its way into the ovule (n) through a small duct or micropyle (m), where fertiliw- ation takes place. Other ovules («) are fertilized by other pollen tubes. These ovules develop into seeds after fertilization. The ovary is two-celledf with a fleshy central placenta (c) * which the ovules are borne. The early capsules mature always before the flowering ceases. The shape of the delicately colored corolla is somewba' I 'I ^^M THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^^ Telephone Call, 432— B Office and Warehouse: FLORIN, PA. Located on Main Line of Pennsylvania R. R. E. L. NISSLY York, Penna. We Make SCRAP FILLER for Cigar Manufacturers. N. D. ALEXANDER, Packer of and Dealer in LEAF Jobber in Sumatra, Florida Sumatra and Havana Lemon and Arch Sts. 21 m i !! II 1 1 THE TOBACCO WORLD I38&I40CCMTRc5t. I mi w-rm OIF ALL Minoft or Cigar Box Labels AND TRIMMINGS. Philadelphii Office. 573 Bourse BIdg.T H. S. SPRINGER. Mgr. > ♦♦^♦^ ♦J; Chicafifo, 56 Fifth Avenue. E. E. THATCHER. Mgr. San Francisco, 320 Sansome Street. L. S. SCHOENFELD. Mgr. iNBYe.BU. ar Boxe s Cigar Box Lumber i - - ' i R Largest stock of |f ^ Sawed Mexican and Cuban Cedar, ^ Veneered Cedar, ^ Imitation Cedar. J WRITE FOR PRICES COLUMBIA AYENDE and SIXTH STREET PHILADELPHIA. 5 O.LSCHWENCKE LITHOGRAPHIC CO ^ CLARENDON ROAD& E.37'TH5T.BROOKLYN. NY. ^^^^ FINE CIGAR LABELS ^-^ PRIVATE BRANDS OFORIGINAL DESIGN SAKi rWA.|SJC:iBfcCO John McLaughlin. J. K. KaufTman. P I JOHN McLaughlin (t co. 1 Wholssale Dealers in All Kinds of TTOoissaie ueaiers in aii Kinds ol < Plug ^ Smoking Tobaccos > Also, All Grades of Fine Cigars Color and Cancelling Stamps Lead Seals and Stencils QUAKER. CITY STENCIL and STAMP WORKS Incorporated 234 Arch St., Philadelphia E. S. SECHRIST, Daliastown, Pa.. Manufacturer of Fine and Gommoii ifacturer of Cigars Established 1890 Capacity, 20,000 per Day ^^g THE TOBACCO WORLD '^^^' HIGHEST AWARD AND GOLD MEDAL FPU EXCELLENCE AND QUALITY OF STOOIES. AT WORLDS FAIR. ST. LOUIS. 1904 WE MAKE THE CUBAN EXPORT. BULLS EYE. ROYAL BLUE LINE. CYCLONE AND BIG STOGIES. First Quality. Long Filler. Hand Made JOHN SLATER & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Hand-Made, Long Filler and Mold Stogies OUR OTHER BRANDS NEW ARRIVALS, BROWNIES. GOLD NUGGETS, JERSEY CHARTER, BLENDED SMOKE BOSS, CASTELLO, AMERICAN PUFFS, LANCASTER BELLE, EVERY DAY SMOKE LITTLE HAVANA, LITTLE DUTCH BLUE POINTS. GOOD POINTS Etc Factory No. 1645. Capacity 5O.O0O.O0O a Year Factory: LANCASTER, PA. LEAF TOBACCO MARKETS (Concluded from page 18) tions might be in readiness for the fields by June 20. The situation as we view it is that there is more reason to fear that growers will be so behind with other farm work that they will not have their fields in readiness by the usual planting date than they will be waiting for plants. A little straggling business is yet being done in warehouse handling of last season's crop, two houses having closed in the market during the week. There is no business to speak of in the '06 crop and in cured leaf the local markets have no new developments. Shipments 750 cases. -Reporter. Business Cha^nites, Fires. Etc Connecticut. New Haven.— W. W. Hardy & Co., cigars, sold out. Georgia. Atlanta.— Bowden Cigar and Soda Co., succeeded by Shelly Ivey. Illinois. Chicago.— Luther F. Mitchell, cigars. etc., chattel mortgage, $2,500. B. Morris & Sons, cigar manufacturers, petition in bankruptcy. Charles P. Smith, cigar broker, petition in bankruptcy. Highland Park.- Peter F. Dooley, cigars, etc., bill of sale, $1. Iowa. Bloomfield. — W. A. Herman, cigar manufacturer, succeeded by Thomas L. Higbee. Carroll.- Wiederhold & Pharrdescher, cigars, William D. Wiederhold suc- ceeds. Massachusetts. Boston. — Hattie Bailey, wife of Harry, tobaccu, etc., files certificate to do business in own name. Medford.— Frank B, Oilman, cigars, chattel mortgage, $2,100. Missouri. Kansas City. — Mols Tobacco Produc- tion Co. incoiporated; $10,000. New Hampshire. Nashua.— Thomas A. Phelan, cigar manufacturer, chattel mortgage, $134. New York. City of New York.— Hirtenstein & Greenwold, manufacturers and retail cigars, dissolved ; business continued ^y Adolph Hirtenstein. Penn Yan.— William Dolan, cigar manufacturer, chattel mortgage, $433. Utica.— S. J. Wolfe, tobacco and "ewB, damaged by fire. Ohio. Delphos. — Steinie, Shaffer & Co. (not inc.) cigar manufacturers, Henry Shaffer dead. Rhode Island. Providence.— Edgar B. Chatterton, cigars, etc., chattel mortgage, $154. South Dakota. Salem. — G. F. Meyer, cigars, suc- ceeded by 3. Gladstone. Washington. Tacoma.— E. M. Prochaska, cigar manufacturer, deed, $3,000. Expert to Aid Canadians. Consul Harry A. Conant, of Wind- sor, advises that tobacco growers of South Edsex county, Ontario Province, are to receive the benefit this year of assistance from an expert employed by the Dominion Government. It is an- nounced that he will open six experi- mental tobacco stations in different parts of the country for growing both cigar and smoking tobacco. Proved seed from Wisconsin will be used and the expert will have personal charge of the tobacco until it is harvested. Be- sides the Wisconsin seed thorough ex- periments will be made with Comstock Spanish, Havana seed leaf, and Burley. Death of A. M. Adams. Allen M. Adams, for many years superintendent of the F. F. Adams Tobacco Co. factory at Milwaukee, Wis., died at his home in Waukesha. Wis., recently, and was buried at the Forest Home Cemetery. He is sur- vived by a widow and five children. H. M. Wing and C. T. McMillen, for- merly salesmen with W. T. Bacon & Co., of Indianapolis, have formed the Temple Cigar Company and opened a retail cigar store at 25 E. Market street, with a line of popular goods. PATFNTS RFI \TIN' roRArrO Ft 854.871 Match making machinery; Almon B. Calkins. Belleville, N. J. 854.870 Match making machinery; Almon B. Calkins, Belleville, N. J. 854.991 Match box; Wm. E. Ed- wardi*, Irvington, N. J. 854.820 Holder for cigars and the like; Wm. B. Goodwin. Columbus, O. 854.960 Match Irghter; Justin G. McCarthy, Chicago, 111. 855.203 Cigar cutter ; Alfred Schick- erling. New York City. 854.863 Match machine; John S. Woodbridge, Detroit, Mich. nilJNTERlfMir is all to the fmni ; made by EL DRACO CICbAR. ^t^U. CO , Philtdft Porto Rico Ci^ap Co. Red Lion, Pa. WHOLESALE CIGAR MANUFACTURERS Maior Paul ] Lord Selkirk [3c. Arrow Point J \ Tom Le^vis— 2 for So. Wholeaale and Jobbing Trade Only SOMETHING NE^V AND GOOD WAGNER'S CUBAN STOGIES Manufactured Only by LEONARD WAGNER F.c.o,y No. 2 707 Ohio St., ALLEfiHENY, PA VUe GEO. STEUERNAGLE Manufacturer of THE CELEBRATED TTa.cle T> Havana, 123 North Third street .IMHui^TERS of PHILADELPHIA «^^ THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^» ;f r^ STELNER.SONS a ri^ ■■:. '*f' l*Z ', : * , p»ANCMVACTO»5ty S40,-,55Q yv. 58 TM5T N V V' , .£-'? . '^ '' ^ ^ CATA'La^es,o0;^ouR;STocK*OfGAR Labels^, flap's, bands . [ . ^^ ^.^^W^JT^lU^^asrORE ^>l}ACfNG' ORDERS . * , , *- JZOR f*/^JVAr£: L-AaELS. BAr^os. Erc.t>. ■ ^^' 2=SI Established 1877 New Factory 1904 H. W. HEFFENER DEALER IN CIGAR BOX LUMBER, LABELS, RIBBONS, EDGINGS, BANDS, ETC. Weidman Bros. & Moyer Manufacturers of THE TOBACCO WORLD '^ BINNICH BALING PRESS ♦ ♦ it 11 ?l il tl. J. t leiscKKa\ier Cigar Labels 238 Arch Street, Philadelphia. I TELEPHONE 1661 '♦ tx ^ttt.^.t ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦j^^ Pataated March O. 1807 For All Kinds of Products Requiring Baling TOBACCO STEMS. PAPER, COTTON. Etc. Specially Constructed ..PRESSES.. For Leaf Tobacco Packers Warranted to do more and better work m a given time, with less labor, than any Press on the market. Unsurpassed for power, strength, simplicity and durability, as well as ease and quickness in operation Various sizes manufactured. Write for prices and full particulars. They are indispensable in leaf packing and tobacco warehouses. Hundreds in use. MINNICfl MACHINE WORKS Landisville, Lancaster Co., Pa. -•••> JACOB G. SHIRK Lancaster, Pa. JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS of American Tobacco Co, American Cigar Co. American Stogie Co. Luhrman & Wilburn Tobacco Co. Blackwell Durham Tobacco Co. Spalding tS: Merrick Tobacco Co. IT WII I PA V Vnil *° ^^'^ ^^ PRICES before 11 TT 1LL< lAI lUL orderind doods elsewhere. I ••••• Brilliant as Diamonds Fragrant as Roses Good as Government Bonds Are the CIGARS C/J^-a. "Brilliant Star" Clear Havana . . 10c. **S. B.'' Half Havana 5c. "S. B." Little Havanas 5c "Honest Bee" 3c.' "2-1— No" Mildest Cigar Made 2 fof 5c Special Brands Mada to Ordar Stauffer Bros. Mfg. Co., New Holland, Pa. Send Your Cigar Buyer Here We Will Save Yoo M«n«y^ INLAND CITY CIGAR BOX CO. Manufacturers of Cigar Boxes and Shipping Cases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Edgings 716—728 N. Christian St. LANCASTER, PA. 26 Ci^ar Boxes Speo'al Attention to GOLD LEAF EMBOSSING ""^ wo^r?''°^ Factories: Womeisdorf, Pa., Sinliinti Spring* Pa. Established 1891 ADEN BUSER Manufacturer of Dealer in LUMBER LABELS EDGING ETC. Cigar Boxes and Cases R. F. D. No. 3 YORK, PENNA. —Established 1831— WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 27 South Second Street PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday Cigars, Tobacco, Smokers^ Articles special Sales of Leaf Tobacco ^nsignments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Day of Sale t> o / za n y^ O Caveats, Trade Marks, ^ ^LdlLi^ Design-Patents, Copyrights, etc. ""'Ser "" John A.Saul Le Droit Building, WASHINGTON, D. C. For Sale by All Dealers V I R a I N 1 A P E R I Q U MIXTURE GAe AMERICAN TOBACCO CO., NEW YORK I I m m u W: E. A. Calves Havana, 123 North Third street .IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA .S^K THE TOBACCO WORLD '^B I MONUMENTAL LEAF TOBACCO CoTF i East Lombard St., between Charles and Light, BALTIMORE, DID. Importers and Packers of eieAR LEAF T0BA(3(30 Goods Sold in Original and Broken Packages A large assorlment of SUIVIATRA in less than bale lots to select from Orders for Samples Solicited *^S GOOD^S THE/fAME Constant Growth sign if ies I ^^^ RCCtSTCREO Ha van a Cigars NONE GENUINE UNLESS WITH OURTRADt MARK »N COLORS C£V\/AR£ or iM/TATtON3. ON SALE EVERYWHERE Constant Merit! Cigars that hold the confidence of their smokers pay dealers bfst. DIAMOND JOE CIGAR FACTORY brands stand pre-emi- nently in a class of their own H m F E IN D R I C H Evansville, ind. r WARREN BECK & BRO. Ci^ar Manufacturers York, Pa. Ten-Gent Brands: nnkr of Vt'estmlnster Adtnlrnl GherardI Gen. Warren La Respouder Marcana La Cantldad A. F. Brillh*/' Manufac- turers of LEAF TOBACCO, DiM, Pe Hi fl E. ROSENWALD & BRO. 17 ricultur*' Established in 1881 Vol. XXVII in 1881. ) ., No. 24. \ PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK. JUNE 12, 1907. I One Dollar per Annum. Payable in Advance. Philipp J. Kolb&Co. Importers & Packers OF Leaf Tobacco 310 Race Street Philadelphia r • CENTRAL UNION. No other brand of Tobacco has grown so quickly in public favor Reasons : Quality Price Union Label Friendly Dealers* Aid and Tobacco Trust's Hostility CENTRAL UNION CUT PLUG. !*"',"f,'ot;o.v'inGtNiA. United States Tobacco Co. Richmoadja. 6 ^ M TOBACCO New Crop TOBACCO S u M TOBACCO T Samples gladly submitted R 2,600 Bales Purchased on application ^ at the First Four Inscriptions H. DUYS & CO. M TOBACCO ^ No. 170 >Vater Street, NE>V VORK De Amsterdamsche Tabakshandelmaatschappij, Amsterdam, Holland u M TOBACCO 0 Growers and Packers of FLORIDA TOBACCOS Write for Samples SCHROMDMR & ARGUIMBAU 178 Water Street, New York Hif 't I ^^M T H E TOBACCO W O R L D ^^» r CHARLES M. GUDKNECHT, Pbesident La Hilda Cigar Factory (Incorporated) Manufacturers and Importers 231 CHESTNUT STREET CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITEP Philadelphia ^ lilt (lord LANCASTER, 10c.) Oil h k Ci. Manufacturers 615 Market St., Philada. (NICKELBY, 5c.) SUPERIOR Quality and Workmanship "^nHRvaaiHHr-t^rr Factory No. 968, First District Penna. Ill Guaranteed Strictly Hand MaJe Imported Sumatra Wrapper Long Havana Filler HENRY HEYMANN'S SONS, INC. MAKERS 1 Sinking Spring, Pa. # CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight 5-cent Cigar Made by Morris D. Neumann & Co. PHILADELPHIA, PA. ( ( As j^oud as the be^i ; Belter than the rest. )) 3-cent Walder & Stein, Makers, Philadelphia Fifteenth and McKean Streets Factory 1839. First blltrlct Penna. \V. K. Gresh & Sons, Makers; Norristown, Pat YOU CAN BUY WEAVER'S ORIGINAL HAVANA SHORTS AT Sa All Jobbing Houses d Parmenter Wax-Lined Coupon Ci^ar Pockefe Afford PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indorsed by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE Advertising Medium known. Racine Paper Goods Co., Racine, Wis., D.S.i Sola Ownera and Manufaclurara' THE TOBACCO WORLD Vol. XXVII., No. 24 PHILADELPHIA, JUNE 12, 1907 One Dollar the Year FLORIDA vs. CONNECTICUT. THE ILLINOIS CIGARETTE BILL WAREHOUSE FOR MILWAUKEE. TOBACCO FOR THE VETERANS. H. S. Frye Believes Southern Lea! More Dangerous than Sumatra. According to reliable advices more than 90 per cent, of the New England tobacco crop of last year has been s Id, the aggregate amount received for the crop being about $5.0n0.000. The fig- ures are sufficient evidence that this is one of New England's important and highly profitable industries. Although the tobacco was of an unusual quality, prices for Havana and seed tobacco have not been higher than usual. Broadleaf pi ices i roke badly a month ago and scores of broadleaf growers sold their crops at less than cost. They have since regretted their haste. It is of more than passing interest to note that Horace S. Frye, a former president of the New England Tobacco Growers' Association, is of the opinion that New England growers face a greater danger from the competition of Florida and Georgia shade grown tobacco than from Sumatra or other imported wrapper tobacco, which is dutiable at $1.85 a pound. Mr. Frye says that Florida growers are fully as intelligent as the New England grow- ers and have the advantage of cheaper labor, a more fertile soil and better climatic conditions. These growers are producing cigar wrappers which manu- facturers find more economical at $1.50 and $2 a pound than the New England product at less than half the price. While Mr. Frye is not prepared to sug- gest a remedy, he is confident that the next few years will prove the truth of his contention that the time and energy now being spent to combat a reduction in the tariff on tobacco from the Philip- pines could be more profitably employed in meeting the situation created by the Florida and Georgia planters. Has Been Signed, But Its Legality Has Yet to be Proven. Springfield, III.. June 6. The Berry anti-cigarette act, prohib- iting the use of cigarettes, cigars or tobacco by any person under 18 years old in any public place, was approved by Governor Deneen. A penalty also is provided for furnishing smoking materials to persons under this age, while for manufacturing, selling or giv- ing away cigarettes containing aiy substance deleterious to health, other than tobacco, a penalty of a $100 fine or jail imprisonment of thirty days is provided. «M«^^i«M« Tobacco Trust Employes' Bounty New Orleans, La., June 6. In connection with the bounty which it is providing for its employes, the American Tobacco Company has issued the following letter: "Upon proof of the death before July 1, 1907, of any person in the employment of this company at the time of his or » her death, who shall have been continu- ously in the employment of the company for at least one year preceding his or her death, and whose wages do not at the date of his or her death exceed fifty dollars per week, the American Tobacco Company will donate in cash to the person finally designated by such em- ploye, a sum of njoney equal to the ^ages paid to such dead employe by this company during the last year of his or her life, not exceeding, however, in any case, the sum of five hundred dollars (($500). "An employe desiring to avail himself or herself of this bounty must give to the cashier of the branch at which he or she ia employed, the name of the per- son selected to receive it; and such se- lection may be changed by the employe, and payment will be made only to the Peraon finally designated, and not to the heirs, executor, administrator, creditors or assigns of such persons. The American Tobacco Co." Cigarette Law to be Tested. Chicago, 111., June 7. My Lady Nicotine is to be compelled to bring a lawsuit. Her friends say that she has been grossly slandered by the the Illinois Legislature, Lucy Page Gaston and Lee O'Neill Browne. Miss Gaston retorts that My Lady Nicotine is a jade.^ And Lee O'Neill Browne just laughs because he has shown how easy it is to "put over" a joker on the Legislature. The alleged slander of My Lady Nico- tine is that she is specifically and by name called "a substance deleterious to health" in the anti-cigarette law. Manufacturers, dealers and smokers of cigarettes are agreed that the Legis- lature having applied that epithet to tobacco, must prove it. They have not started their suit yet, but they undoubtedly will as soon as the law becomes effective. July 1. Chicago d(>alers and makers of cigar- ettes had not realized yesterday the full effect of the law the Governor signed Monday. Miss Gaston seemed the only one who knew its exact terms. They are as follows : "Section 1— Be it enacted, etc.. that every person who shall manufacture, sell, or give away any cigarette con- taining any substance deleterious to health, including tobacco, shall be pun- ished by a fine not exceeding $100 or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed thirty days." Tobacco men supposed that the terms were, instead of "including tobacco." "other than tobacco" And that was the language until Lee O'Neill Browne, "the member from La Salle," according to report, gave a practical illustration of introducing a joker. President Curlett, of the United Cigar Stores Companyj^of Illinois, said yesterday that he had not seen the law, but that he had no doubt its con- stitutionality would be tested when the time came to enforce it. " It is for Miss Gaston and her friends to prove tobacco is deleterious to health," was the gist of the opinion of a dozen lawyers— all cigarette smokers. - The Molo Tobacco Production Co. has been incorporated in Kansas City, with a capital of $10,000, by Irving M. Hill, Louis J. Long and Alfred R. Kent. Local Collector of Customs Wants $10,000 Structure. Milwaukee, Wis., June 7. After years of patient toiling in the effort to get a bonded warehouse for Milwaukee in which to store imported tobacco and other merchandise. Collec- tor of Customs W. H. Devos is going to "take the bull by the horns" next fall and prepare a bill which he will ask the local congressman to introduce at Washington. By the terms of the bill the Revenue Department will be authorized to erect a bonded ware- house in this city. The need for such a structure has long been recognized both by the local customs officers and the Department at Washington. Collector Devos has made several trips to Washington for the express purpose of inducing the authorities to authorize him to con- struct such a building. These efforts have all been in vain because such an expenditure can only be made by the Department upon the authority of a special act of Congress. Numerous expedients have been tried in an effort to make the basement of the Federal Building here come up to the requisites of a storehouse. Among these expedients was the one of in- stalling an elaborate system designed to increase the humidity of the atmos- phere there in order that imported to- bacco might be stored without losing weight. This was a failure as were several other expedients tried and at last Collector Devos has determined to put the case squarely up to Congress at the next session by having the neces- sary bill introduced. Association Tobacco Sold Well. Springfield, Tenn., June 7. The tobacco sales of the Planters' Protective Association have been quite active at the salesroom here this week, the prices received being much higher than before the organization of the farmers and the establishment of the salesroom here. Some of the fine selec- tions brought as much as 17 cents a pound. This is a higher price than ever heard of before. The farmers are going wild over the prices they are receiving. Paducah, Ky., June 7. A. N. Veal, local salesman for the Dark Tobacco Growers' Association, said this morning that 2,000 hogsheads of tobacco had been sold by the associ- ation so far this year, as compared with the first five months of last year when only 40 hogsheads had been sold. And the improved conditions are further illustrated by the fact that the 2.000 hogsheads sold this year, have been sold at an advance of $2 over the prices of last year. It is reported that the association may stop its sales now. but this report is not credited by the local officials. Increased demand, poor pros- pects for next year's crop, and an actual scarcity this year, are given as the reasons for the high tobacco market. Generous Citizen Will Supply the Washington Temporary Home. Washington, D. C. June. 8 Matters of interest to former soldiers and sailors of the Civil War and the war with Spain were transacted by the board of management of the Temporary Home for Soldiers and Sailors at a meeting held this week at the institu- tion. 106 Third street. Col. Benjamin F. Chase, who is just recovering from an attack of illness, was in his place as president of the board. Tobacco as a charity was one of the subjects that occupied the attention of the board. The statement was made by a member that when habitual tobacco users, as are most of the veteran soldiers, are in need of a supply of the weed it is a genuine charity to supply the want, as otherwise they may suffer severely. The subject was brought before the board as the result of a reading of the monthly report of Capt. A. A. Maxim, superintendent of the home. One of the items showed that Nathan Sickle, of 1011 Pennsylvania avenue, had agreed to furnish the inmates of the home from week to w^ek with all the tobacco and pipes they may need. On motion a resolution was unani- mously adopted extending the thanks of the board to Mr. Sickle for "his kindness and interest" in the veterans. Superintendent Maxim characterized the new tobacco charity as "a God- send," and added that Mr. Sickle had already sent the horr.e a large supply. Moonshine Cigar Manufacturer Arrested. Newark, N. J., June 6. After a hearing held before U. S. Commissioner Samuel F. Bigelow, in the Federal building yesterday, Gene- roso Delia Vechia, a qualified cigar manufacturer, of 137 Seventh avenue, was held in $300 cash bail to await the action of the Federal Grand Jury on a charge of removing from their place of manufacture fifty unstamped cigars. Delia Vechia was arrested on Satjrday night by Plain Clothesman Victor A. Tortoriello, of the Second Precinct, at the instance of Captain John E. Brown. The evidence adduced by District Attorney J. B. Vreeland showed that a 17-year-old boy whose name was not as- certained, had removed the cigars which were a kind of Italian cheroot selling at retail for a cent a piece, from the manufacturing room, and was about to deliver them to James Dolos, of 32 Garside street. The officers entered the place before delivery was entirely made and the money changed hands. The man had been held in $500 realty security, but on motion of former Judge Sweeney, Commissioner Bigelow re- duced the amount of the bail when the cash was offered. Vincenzo Camisa. of 14 Sheffield street, was arrested the same night on a similar charge and his case was to have come up before the commissioner this morning, but was laid over. E. A. Calves A Co. Havana, 123 North Third street IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA ^^MTHE TOBACCO W O R L D ^^» J. Vetterlein & Co." m porters of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF Tobacco 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia FOUNDED 1853 John T. Dohan Wm. H. Dohan >^D 6lT^ < FLOR ^s#^ de DOHAN & TAITT D &T Importers of Havana and Sumatra Packers of /^^^^J^JO^ AtCh St. K.5TRAUS i^.^€^i!)s$^^)^ A.Loea IMPORTERS OF Batabllshed \: — f f ^LEWIS BREMER'S SONS IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra B AND PACKERS OF Leaf Tobacco 322 and 324 North Third Street, Philadelphia Julius Hirschberg & Bro. Importers of Havana and Sumatra and Packers of Seed Leaf Tobacco 125 North Third St.. Philada. L. BAMBERGER & CO. TOBACCO 111 Arch Street, Philadelphia Warahouaest Lancaster, Pa.; Milton Junction, Wis.; Baldwinsvllle. N. Y. Packers and Dealers In ,« ^ r SEED LEAF ■■iporters of wr«-i«-ia-» Mjm^.t-m.m. HAVANA and SUMATRA rhrrxfSt, PMlado/pfila Importers and Dealers in ALL KINDS OF SEED LEAF, The Empire SEED LEAF, m Leaf Tobacco "^y.^"^ SUMATRA 1 U Co., 118N.3dSt.,Phila. aoi&9a8;^0i^i3dsiv I^H I L A D E L PH ie?3C! Benj. Labe Jacob Labe Sidney Labe BENJ. LABE & SONS IMPORTERS OF Sumatra and Havana Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco 228 North Third St., Philadelphia LtEOPOLiD 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. r Pi^oisTe/feo lfi42-44 N. ELEVENTH. ST U KRUPPENBACH I^ILADELPHIA J. S. BATROFF 224 Arch St., Philadelphia Broker in LEAF T0BAee0 E. A. Calves & Co.^:"c^> Havana, 123 North Third street IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA ^^K THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^B EXPORT STAMP ISSUED BY CUBAN CIGAR MANUFACTURERS Authorized by the Government of the Republic of Cuba <^\C REPUBLIC A DE.CUBARFPll'BLlCA.DF:Ct3R A ilK ONC !!{ REPUBLICADE CUBA REPLBLICADECUBA "cKt^'i CUBA niondeF/^RICANTesdeTabacosyCicarros .^OBAL f. \^ jO. 'HaVANA, 123 North Third street ...IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA LARGER SUPPLIES OF LEAF NOW REPORTED IN CUBA. Vegas in the Vuelta Abajo, Said to Aggregate 3,000 Bales, Waiting for Buyers. Question Is, Why Were They Passed By? Special Correspondence The movement in the market during the past eight days has only been mode- rate, but with prices well sustained. The remaining stocks of old Remedios seem to be gradually dwindling, and it therefore looks as if the supply of this style of leaf will alsj be entirely ex- hausted before the new crop comes to market. While it may be said that the rainy season has finally set in all over the country, the receipts of new tobacco are still about 1,000 bales per week be- hind as compared with the 1906 crop, and notwithstanding the very small crop of last year we are still over 7,000 bales short in our receipts from the country up to this date. However, this apparent shortage *will soon disappear after the tobacco has undergone the fermentation process in the piies and the escojidas can work with fulf steam. Although I stated in my last report that the bulk of the Vuelta Abajo crop seemed to have already been bought up in the country, I have learned from other sources that there are still quite a number of vegas unsold. Besides I have seen an article in "La Lucha." of June 1, in which the farmers from Vinales bitterly complain that the Ha- vana packers have been offering too low prices and that there are still some 120,000 cujes (bundles) for sale, which, in the event of remaining unsold, the farmers will be obliged to pack them- selves. It states in this article the l> HENRY VONEIFF F. VIOAL CRUZ VONEIFF Y VIDAL CRUZ PACKERS and EXPORTERS of LEAF TOBACCO 73 Amistad Street. HAVANA, CUBA Branoh Houses: 616 W. Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Md. P. O. Box 433, Tampa, Fl*- EVARISTO GARCIA JOSE M. GARCIA iOSE DIAZ J. M. GARCIA Y CIA. Almacenistas de Tabaco Partido y Vuelta Abajo CON VEGAS PROPIAS San NIcoIhs !26 v \2S c.r,: "joMACRC!i»" HABANA CUBA ^^m. THE TOBACCO W O R L D ^« Rf BAVTISTA y CA.-Leaf Tobacco Warehouse-HABANA, CUBA o»ui„ D»*.„*- INeptunO 170—174' special Partner— Gumersindo Garcia Cuervo Cable— Rotista be able to work over a month upon their present holdings) there is really no valid reason why the manufacturers should give in. On the other hand, it seems almost a foregone conclusion that prices will have to be raised from 15 to 20 per cent, upon an average on all sizes, owing to the enhanced cost of the raw material this year, and while each one hates to be the first, it seems imperative that concerted action be taken. Buyinnc, SelllnR; and Otber Note« of Interest. E. H. Gato has been buying some 700 bales of 1st capaduras of Remedies during the last two weeks. Gonzalez, Benitez & Co. closed out their old holdings of about 500 bales dur- ing the past week. Ernest Ellinger, who returned to the States this week, has been making some moderate purchases suitable for his trade. Sobrs. de Antero Gonzalez have been sellers of 250 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Partido, new crop. Sidney Goldberg is still in town, watching his opportunity to pick up some lots of tobacco which S. L. Gold- berg & Sons might turn easily with a profit. The Loeb-Nunez Havana Co. has re- ceived several small vegas of Vuelta Abajo, new crop, which are of an ex- ceptionally good smoke and fine burn and quality, being of the temprano kind. They sold 200 bales of Vuelta Abajo "libra de pie" to the local ci- garette manufacturers. Manuel Suarez & Co., while not ex- tremely busy just now, are always on the lookout to locate suitable lots of the new crop for their customers. Bruno Diaz & Co. disposed of 100 bales of Partido from their packings. AvelinoPazoB has just returned from a trip to the country, inspecting their various escojidas in the Vuelta Abajo, as well as in Bejucal and Ceiba del Agua. Antonio Santaella and E. J. Stachel- berg have set the ball rolling by some purchases of the new crop, af well as making some contracts for future de- livery. Victor Ettlinger is hard at work at- tending to the escojidas in Vuelta Abajo of E. Hoffman & Sons. Jorge y P. Castaneda are now receiv- ing weekly shipments from their large escojida at San Antonio de los Banos, which is under the personal supervision of Don Severo Jorge, and they are now in a position to offer some choice grades to their many customers. Perez & Obeso are hard at work in their various escojidas in Vuelta Abajo and Partido, and will have some very fine tobacco to offer to their friends this year. RECEIPrS FROM THE COUNTRY. Vuelta Abajo oemi Vuelta Partido Matanzas Jemedioa& S.Clara Santiago de Cuba Total 2,607 25,518 Among the passengers arriving per steamship Olivette, on June 1, I noticed Week ending Since June 1 Jan. 1 Bales Bales 1.843 15,844 132 902 598 1,478 11 261 ara 8 4,910 a 20 2,123 were 35 cigarmakers from Tampa or Key West. This seems an anomaly, for cigarmakers to come here where there is nothing to do, and particularly if business is as brisk as reported at the two above named places. Experiments in Connecticut. The Hockanum (Ct.) Experiment Sta- tion of the Bureau of Plant Industry of the Dept. of Agriculture has assumed a business-like air. Prof. Archibald D. Shamel, who has charge of the ex- periments in the Connecticut Valley, said Sunday that the work of the com- ing season would be more elaborate than heretofore. The Bureau of Plant Industry will co operate with the Con- necticut Experiment Station in running three sets of experiments in Hockanum, Granby and Suffield, each field com- prising two acres. On these model plantations the improved breeding and selection of plants of broadleaf and Havana seed tobacco and the hybrids will be continued. In the shade-grown work, two acres will be devoted to the breeding of the best strains of Cuban, Sumatra and Havana seed for shade culture and an additional three-acre tent will be maintained to ascertain the exact cost of production of Cuban and Sumatra under cloth in the Connecticut Valley. Seed bed investigation is now going on, the beds under observation being divided to show the effect of the dif- ferent means of sterilization for the elimination of "thielavia basicola," or root rot, a fungus which worked havoc last year in the seed beds and fields and has reappeared this year in untreated beds with renewed vigor. The best means of sterilization yet found is by steam forced into the ground before planting. The ground is subjected to a heat of 180 degrees for one hour, which clears the bed of the fungus as well as killing all weed seeds. Another method is by use of formaldehyde, a sure remedy for the fungus but of no effect on weed seed. A third means is by burning over the affected ground. This was effective but after the first year exhausts the humus in the soil and is undesirable. From the experi- ments the Government hopes to ascer- tain the best means of sterilization and report the results of the tests. Equally important in tobacco culture with seed selection is the study of fer- tilizers and curing. In consideration of the fertilizers the Government has established two stations, one in Granby and the other in Windsor, to make scientific comparisons of the different requirements of the soil. Ground feld- spar as a substitute for potash is under- going an exhaustive three-year test. Comparative tests of cotton seed meal, castor pumace, and manure as producers of nitrogen are being started, as well as similar comparisons between potas- sium carbonate, double manure salts and cotton hull ashes for potash. Various combinations of lime are to be tried as affecting the free burn of the (Concluded on p. 17) Constitution «ra^ are the Best that can be made. Do you sell them? PABLO PEREZ OANDIOO OBESO Perez & Obeso S. en C. (Sobrinos de G. Palacios) (Leaf Tobacco) VUELTA ABAJO FACTORY VEGAS a Specialiy Proprietors of famous Lowland Vuelta Abajo Veitas Prado 121, Entrance, Dra^ones St Cable: "Sodecio." HABANA, CUBA. JOSE p. ROCHA Havana Leaf Tobacco Especialidad Tabacos Finos de Vuelta Abajo, Partido y Vuelta Arriba San Miguel lOO Cable: "DONALLES" HABANA, CUBA GONZALEZ, BENITEZ & CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama y Viveres Amargura 12 and 14, and San Ignacio 25 Cable: "Tebenitez" P. 0. Box 396 HABANA, CUBA LOEB-NUNBZ HAVANA CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama 143 and 144 Consulado Street '^""reform Habana im JOS. MENDELSOHN LOUIS A. BORNEMANN MANUEL SUAREZ Mendelsohn, Bornennann & Co. Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO d Commission Merchants an New York Office: 196 WATER STREET Havana, Cuba: MANUEL SUAREZ y CA., Amistad 96 A. M. CALZADA & CO. Packers and Dealers in L^efif and COMMISSION MERCHANTS Monte 156, HABANA, CUBA. p. O. Box. 89a. Cablet "CALDA.** 11 m i i iiiii ) ; ( E. A. Calves & Co.olit co operation in making them a success. Thanking you for past favors, which we can assure you are appreciated, we remain. Very truly yours, (Signed) Arthur Hagen & Co. PHILADELPHIA. JUNE 12, 1907. AMEND LEAF STRIPPING LAW. From the viewpoint of The Tobacco World, it is time for cigar manufac- turers to seriously take up the matter of the Federal law regulating ai rip- ping leaf tobacco, and endeavor to have it amended so that manufacturers can have stripping done outside of li- censed factories. Under the law, as it is now on the statute books, cigar manufacturers are prohibited from hav- ing stripping done at the homes of strippers or elsewhere. It must be done in the factory, whether or no the manufacturer can secure employes to do the work. The law, it stems to us, casts an unnecessary adverse reflection upon cigar manufacturers and one they are justified in resenting. No one dis- putes the right of the Government to secure its revenue from tobacco, but how it can lose anything by permitting leaf tobacco to be stripped at private farm houses, etc., is a question. As the anti-stripping in homes regulation now stands it works uncalled for hard- ships on manufacturers and willing workers anxious to secure employment. Many good leaf strippers are unable for various reasons to work in fac- tories: but they can, at home, give several hours a day. to such work and it seems wholly just to permit them to do the work inasmuch as in most cases Buch strippers stand in need of the ex- tra money tbey earn. Unable, only too often to get experienced help, manu- facturers are benefited in having strip- ping done outside. He is assured of being able to fill orders on time and hold trade. So far there seems to be no sane, valid reason in favor of the law prohibiting leaf stripping in all but li- censed factories. And as there are many solid, sensible and logical reasons why it ought to be permitted outside of said factories, manufacturers should have heart-to-heart talks with their Congressional Representatives and Senators. No doubt they can persuade them to have the obnoxious regulation amended. In their efforts to have the law amended, cigar manufacturers should have the hearty assistance of tobacco growers and leaf dealers, for reasons quite self-evident. The leaf growcjrs are classed as agriculturalists and, if what President Roosevelt said in his Lansing. Mich . speech be followea, .« ^'v L :_ .avk^nM ■'w«#^i«al />rkliaro — One way to help tobacco growing farmers sell more of their product, via leaf dealers, is to permit cigar manu- facturers to have leaf stripping done outside of licensed cigar factories. And that's a strong point to urge upon the National Legislative and Execu- tive departments. CONGRATULATIONS. the Government is under moral obliga tions to aid the farmers in every possi- ble way. 12 Wisconsin is proud of her record for tobacco leaf growing the past season. Over $700,000 worth of tobacco leaf was raised, giving employment to many wprkers and enriching the growers— all of which is pleasing news. As a result the Wisconsin leaf growers are to be congratulaed— first, because they are domestic tobacco growers, and secondly because their success will tend to bene- fit domestic tobacco interests — as Cuba wants to place an export tax on raw tobacco, according to the following account clipped from a newspaper: Havana. Cuba, May 28. Should Governor Magoon accede to the request to place an export tax on raw tobacco Americans will have to pay more for Havana cigars. General Car- los Garcia Velez, a prominent politician, is at the head of the movement to put a tax on raw tobacco. He claimed that Cuba's tobacco manufacturing in- dustry was being rapidly destroyed, over 70,000,100 less c gars being manu- factured now than were in lyOO. He de- clares that if an export tax is placed on the raw material factories which have moved from Cuba will return. He claimed that the raw tobacco was sent to for»?ign countries, where it was blended with inferior tobaccos and the cigais from this combination were sold as genuine Havanas. And as Mexico is vigorously exploit- ing tobacco growing with the view of securing additional and larger Ameri- can markets, it would seem a good thing for American growers to grow all the leaf they can. For, grow as much as they can, with the rapid increase of population, there will be no falling off of imports and domestic growers are sure of selling every pound they raise. — Tobacco growers in several West- ern States are reported to be organiz- ing into an association for the purpose of protecting their interests and ex- ploiting domestic leaf tobacco. So far so good. But the tobacco growers re- ferred to propose to affiliate with trade labor unions to fight trusts and monopo- lies. It wou^i seem that the tobacco growers would be far better off if they "flocked alone," for labor unions never affiliate with anybody except to benefit themselves— and usually at the other fellow's expense. June has opened with favorable weather for the retail trade and dealer^ have been settling down to a far more steady ttade as a result of this agree- able change in the weather conditions. A general feeling prevails that re- tailers may yet record a pretty good business before the vacation exodus be- gins, and should we be favored with fine weather minus extreme heat this summer, it may yet prove to be an ex- cellent summer season and then a good business throughout may be had. %% Despice the backward season and its consequent dull trade generally and quite as much so in the cigar trade as in any other business, it is a note- worthy fact that there have been fewer changes this spring among dealers than is the case even during a more favor- able spring season, an indication that dealers are withal pretty well satisfied, else they would doubtless have become more restless and many more changes in locations, etc., would have resulted. «/» Local manufacturers are also in good spirits at present, and a number of them have already begun to feel the good effect of better weather condi- tions, particularly those whose trade is confined to Philadelphia and local points The most serious condition confront- ing intermediate manufacturers is the continued stiff leaf market, which, although a little easier than it was six months ago, is still commanding a pretty high price for all kinds of leaf tobacco. «% , The C. S. S. Turner Co., of this city, will shortly place on the market a high grade cigar under the title of Sir Conan, and in connection with which an attractive package is to be also presented. Prompted by the success they attained on their Philmont nickel cigar, they have decided upon an ad- ditional brand, which will be pushed with the same vigor that brought the Philmont so rapidly to the front. In the special notice column of this week's issue is an advertisement of a thoroughly progressive Philadelphia ci- gar manufacturing concern, which is desirous of securing the services of a thoroughly active and energetic sales- man, and a man who can properly qualify will undoubtedly find it an ex- ceptional opportunity for building up quickly a very lucrative position, as the goods of the house are already well and favorably known. Pursuant to the announcement made last week that Arthur Hagen & Co. proposed to have a full line of high grade Turkish cigarettes in addition to the line cf domestic goods of the Ware- Kramer Tobacco Co., we are in receipt of the following notice from them, which fully explains itself: June 8, 1907. To our Customers, Gentlemen:— In consequence of the sale of Butler- Butler, Inc., to the American Tobacco Co., we have re- linquished their account. We beg to inform you, however, that we have secured the following accounts on long term contracts which woiild seem to insure their independence, viz. Ware- Kramer Tobacco Company, of Norfolk, Va., manufacturers of the famous White Rolls cigarettes, and the Mentor Company, of Boston, Mass., manufacturers of the following brands of Turkish cigarettes: Ramly (the Suit has been instituted against Philipp J. Kolb & Co., leaf tobacco deal- ers, by Furth & Singer, attorneys for Phillip Ertheiler, erstwhile cigar manu- facturer and promotor of the United Tobacco Improvement Co., for rent alleged to have become due by the failure of Kolb & Co., to vacate their former premises on Arch street promptly upon the expiration of their lease which was to terminate Decem- ber 31, 1906. Kolb & Co. say that a safe and another article had remained in the building until the morning of January 1. 1907, and that they were removed shortly before 9 o'clock on that day, when the keys were formally surrendered. Messrs. Kolb & Co. have retained Joseph Green wald, a well known local practitioner, and if the case is pressed it is likely to be a battle royal. It was first stated that the claim wms to be for one year's rent, but the building having recently been again occupied, it is stated that a claim for five month's rent only has been presented. Norman Glassmire, a bo 'kkeeper at the Womelsdorf factory of A. S. Valen- tine & Son, was last week a visitor to the Philadelphia offices of the house. %^ Morris Fisher will soon open a cigar stand at the northeast corner of Second and Arch streets, in a portion of the premises until recently occupied by his brother in-law, 3. Beckert but who has relinquished the business. Mr. S. Beckert, by the way, is also engaged in the retail cigar business at 205 North Second street. «« Geo. Burns, a cigar manufacturer and dealer, 1010 Columbia ave. has opened a saloon in the downtown section, and it is said he will sell out his cigar busi- ness as soon as a satisfactory purchaser can be found. Charles A. Krull, a well known cigar manufacturer and dealer at 1924 Oxford street, recently opened an additional factory at Quakertown, which will oe used exclusively for the manufacture of hand made goods. H. J. Miller, formerly with the Weisert Bros. Tobacco Co., has taken the account of the John Weisert To- bacco Co., of St. Louis., and will repre- sent them in Pennsylvania. Delaware and New Jersey. The firm is manu- facturing an extensive line of tobaccos, among which their Big John brand of cut plug, packed in 2Joz. foil and 16 oz. tins, is a strong leader in this section. Mr. Miller has in a few short weeki opened some very desirable account* on the new product. R. A. Scranton, district manager for Butler-Butler, Inc , has employed* crew of artists and missionary men H a more than usually ambitious cam- paign on the Pall Mall and other cig»f' ette products of the Butler-Butler house in this city and vicinity. %% Red Raven Walters, as he is csH*' by his friends, a representative of ti* (Conclnded on p. 16) i THE TOBACCO W O R L D ^K W. A. LAHR a.'it'''^ i^?''?^**7?"7/^''^^'^ 'r'iZ^i^! HATHOSELEH Wholesale Cigar Manufacturer Red Lion, Penna. r vi H u T^ Get our prices, and make a fair comparison with those of other factories. Correspondence invited with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade. Samples Free to Responsible Houses. ^^MTHE TOBACCO W O R L D ^^^ 11 III I m I MRNEST BLLINGnR & CO. m. x6. wZer street Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO New York LEAF TOBACCO. orriCES : DETROIT, MICH, AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. HA VAN A, CUBA. New York, JOS. S. QANS MOSES J. GANS JEROME WALLER EDWIN I. ALEXANDER IMPORTERS and PACKERS of JOSEPH S. GANS & CO. ^nSiSt of Lhaf Tobacco Telephone: 346 John 150 Water St., NEW YORK Starr Brothers liERF TOBACCO 131 Water Street Eitablished 1888 NEW YORK Telephone : 4027 John M. F. SCHNEIDER e IMPORTER OF Sumatra Tobacco 2 Burling Slip, NEW YORK NES, CORNER KUIPERSTEEG, AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND Telephone: 377 JOHN Joseph Hirsch & Son IM POSTERS OF SUMATRA TOBACCO OFFICEi \^.r3rr 183 Water St Cable Address: "HERE." NEW YORK JOSEPH HOLZMAN SUMATRA, HAVANA'-p^L -^^^^ and SEED LEAF lUUQUUU 185 Water St., New York JOHN W. MERRIAM St CO. "At the Sii{ii of the Bull ^oi," New York Real Habana Sefiar^ Makers and Importers Habana Scraps and Gnttlntfs for Sala [^ TOBACCO TRADE NEWS OF GREATER NEW YORK. ^ New York Bureau of The Tobacco World New York, June 11. resulted in favor of the brokers for the full amount claimed, and this verdict is now reversed on the ground that the defendant's responsibility for his sec- retary's acts was not fully shown. Conditions in the seed leaf market still remain quiet and there appears little prospect for an early let up. Very few sales of any consequence took place during he week. Havana sems to be moving slowly, in fact there is no great quantity of desirable leaf in the market. One well known im- porter, when interviewed, stated that he didn't believe there were over 100 bales of Vueltas on the street. Of course it is his opinion, and it is safe to say there is much more than that, but small as compared with the stocks on hand at times. Cigar manufacturing appears to have quieted do An and factories are not as busy as they were. However, a reac- tion is expected very soon if we are fa\ored with warm and seasonable weather, which can't arrive too soon. The retail cigar dealers through the city all complain. Weather has been very poor and a large falling off of sales has resulted. There is nothing new to report in the chain stores com- panies' affairs, excepting the slashing of prices on independent brands of cigarettes in the business section of the city. « • • Judgment was entered this week by the American West Indies Trading Company against L. Wormser and M. E. & C. Falk, for $1,291 costs resulting from a trademark litigation. • • • Robert B. Dula has been elected Vice President of the American Tobacco Company to succeed the late Charles B. Halliwell. Mr. Halliwell's place in the Board of Directors has not yet been filled. • • • Ernest Ellinger, of Ernest Ellinger & Co., the Havana importers, after a short stay in Havana has returned to New York. George Levy, the tobacco broker, closed out this week a few fair sized lots of new Connecticut dark wrappers and seconds. Mr. Levy reports trade as quiet, but his complaint appears to be the usual one among dealers and brokers. • • • The Appellate Division of the Su- preme Court last Friday reversed a verdict for $4,500 against Brod»e L. Duke, brother of the Tobacco King, obtained by Norden & Co., cotton brokers, and ordered a new trial. Mr. Duke was sued on a speculative account maintained by him. On one of the deals the brokerage firm lost $4,500, and when they called on Duke to make good, they were informed that the transaction had been conducted by his secretary and not by him. There have been two trials, and at the first a ver- dict was entered in favor of Duke. This was reversed, however, on the ground that there was at least a prima-facie case against him. The second trial Rutherford ^X"™'""" are sold by successful dealers. There is a Reason. Joseph Abrahams, wholesale and re- tail leaf dealer at 204 Pearl street,, re- ports a fair trade in the retail ^nd. Business of course is not what it should be, and ail retailers in the down town section notice a falling off, but 'Joe manages to be doing something all the time. f * • Nicholas D. St. George, Vice-Presi- dent of E. D. St. George Company, manufacturers of advertising signs, 67 Spring street, has returned from a very successful trip. The house manu- factures an up-to-date line of adver- tising goods, and numbers among its customers many of the large cigar manufacturing houses through the country. William H. Simkins, of 1006 Market street, Philadelphia, is the representative in that busy centre and Mr. St. George informed me that orders were coming in nicely from that section. • • • At the seventh inscription of Suma- tra tobacco which was held this year at Amsterdam there were more than the average of heavy purchases by American houses for the American market. Over three thousand bales were secured for the United States trade out of a total offering of about twenty-three thousand bales, and at prices closely conforming to those established at previous sales of this spring. Among the heaviest purchasers were E. Rosen wald & Bro., who secured about 1,200 bales. A. Cohn & Co. re- port the purchase of about 1,500 bales, and the American Cigar Co. is said to have secured about 500 bales. Roths- child & Bro., S. Rossin & Sons, H. Duys & Co., and Hinsdale Smith & Co., all of New York, made some additional purchases. There now remains but two more spring inscriptions, which are to be held on June 28, and July 5. Internal revenue returns of the sale of stamps indicate pretty good progress by the manufacturers of the metropol- itan districts during the month of May as compared with May, 1906. So far as the production of cigars in con- cerned, a decrease of 4,000,000 from the previous year is reported in the combined output of the second and third districts. In the production of cigarettes valued at more than $2 per thousand there i*, however, a noticeable increase as com- pared with the same month of last year. This comparison becomes even more interpsting as we proceed to take into consideration the result of the totals to June 1, which exactly reverses the facts set forth above. During that period the production of cigars shows an increase of 24,000.000, and in the production of cigarettes •& 14 For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to Esublished 1880 Monroe D. Sellers, KEYSTONE OGAR BOX CO.. SELLERSVILLE, PA. ^THE TOBACCO WORLD A. COHN 8i CO. IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra PACKERS OF Seed Leaf Tobacco and Growers of Georgia Sumatra 142 Water Street, New York EDEN CIGAR FACTORY ENOS SMITH EDMUND H. SMITH Hinsdale Smith & Co. Importers of SUMATRA and HAVANA and Packers of CONNECTICUT LEAF 125 Maiden Lane NEW YORK Tobacco ESTABLISHED 1840 ra >^t* CABLE: "NARQIL' p. & S. LOEWENTHAL Pac k» rs of Seed Leaf Tobacco X Florida Sumatra No. 138 Water Street. NEW YORK increase of 218, 000, 000 is shown to June 1, as compared with the production of the corresponding period of 1906. • • • The will of the late and lamented Walter A. Schiffer, formerly Secretary of the United Cigar Manufacturers' Co., who died from frightful burns received during the complete destruc- tion of his summer cottage at Long Branch, N. J., has been filed for pro- bate. The exact value of the estate, which is known to be large, was not given, and the bulk of it will eventually go to his only surviving child, a son, now in the nineteenth year of his age, and who is a student at Yale. The executors named are the widow, Mrs. Jennie Schiffer, Charles J. Waxel- baum, a brother of Mrs. Schiffer, and Jacob Wertheim, who was Mr. Schif- fer's life-long partner, and is the pres- ent president of the United Cigar Manufacturers' Co. The widow has been given power to distribute $10,000 among such charities AB she may select. • • • John W. Merriam & Co.. of the Roy- croft Cigar Shop, at Maiden Lane near Water street, are making some exten- sive alterations and improvements. They have secured considerable floor space both on Water street and on Maiden Lane, aod those floors are undergoing a complete transformation, to better adapt them to the needs of cigar factory pur. oses. When all the contemplated changes shall have been made and refitted, their working capacity will be greatly en- larged if not almost doujaled. The fame of the Bull Dog cigars has grown at a wonderfully rapid rate, and the present expansion has become necessary to keep pace wirh the pro- gress of the business. • • • M. J. Ford, a cigar b»"oker of Boston. Mass., was a visitor in Gotham last week, en route to Columbus, O., where he will meet his family, now visiting Mr. Ford's old home. • • • N. Schwab, President of the Vicente Portuondo Cigar Mfg. Co, Philadel- phia, was a visitor in this city during the past week The firm has a large trade in New York on their cigars, and Mr. S. was well pleased with the way in which he found things moving. « • • F. Barman, of F. Barman & Co., Los Angeles, Cal., cigar dealers, sailed last week from New York, on the steamship Caronia, for Europe. He was accompanied by Mrs. Barman. • • • Morris D. Neumann, of M. D Neu- mann & Co., well known cigar manu- facturers in the Quaker City, was also among the recent visitors to this city. • • • ' L. G. Deschler, of Indianapolis, after spending some days in New York, re- turned to his home last week. BANCES & LOPEZ HAVANA, CUBA Calixto Lopez & Co. 180 Water St., NEW YORK Will receive and attend to orders | p Cigars made strictly of very best ipiEPii- Vuelta Abajo Tobacco JOSH BILLINGS ^ 5c. Cigar ^ "There hain't none better than the best** — Josh Billings. This Is the Best, ^SBMUil^ 1 A cigar of merit with a push behind it. The Best Little Cigars ever offered tlie American public. Golden Eagle Cigars They are extra large, Havana blend, and of perfect workmanship. Finest package. I. LEWIS & CO. Makers, Kstablished 1870. Newark, N.J. Z. JOHN NORRIS, Manager of the Philadelphia Office, 1 1 1 Market St. We believe in Honesty, Good Workmanship, at fair prices to all. Correspondence Solicited THE OLD HONESTY QGAR BOX CO.. C. W. Backs. Gen. M^r. Rear 634 Washioi^ton Street, Reading, Pa. (It ttl THE TOBACCO W O R L D ^^S The Miami Valley Leaf Tobacco Co. ALLEN H. REED£R DA,YTON OHIO STANLEY M. KROHN Packers of Cigar Leaf Tobacco 1903-4-5 Zimmer Spanish, 1905 Gebhardt, 1905 Dutch, 1905 Connecticut, etc. THE LOCAL TOBACCO NEWS. (Cor.ciuil'd fiom p. 12) 'scrap tobacco department of Arthur Hagen & Co.. was a visitor at the office headquarters on Saturday last after a short but very successful trip around Bethlehem and vicinity, where the goods are meeting with an excellent sale. The six cigar factories operated by S. Valentine & Son are taxed to their full capacity and several of them are working even as late as ten o'clock at night to meet the urgent demand for the several prominent house leaders in the firm's output. The Betsy Ross five cent cigar, Paul Jones, a seed and Havana product, and Tirador. a clear Havana cigar, are at present in a more than usually strong demand. N Leventhal, who some time ago succeeded Miller & Leventhal, cigar dealers and jobbers at 802 Vine street, is exhibiting some unusually attractive window displays of his leading product. Mr. Leventhal is now pushing aggres- .sivejy for an increased cigar jobbing 'trade. '> M. Zifferblatt, at 34 North Thirteenth street, is having a fine run on his E. Ml Z. 5 cent cigar The brand has now b^en on the market for some time and is fast making new friends. A unique window display is on ex- 4)ibit at the Fitz^'erald Cigar Emporium at Forty-third and Lancaster avenue, «f the Nat Wills 5 cent cigar, made by •the Merchants Cigar Co , of York, Pa. 'We are informtd by B. Labe & Sons that they have received cable advice on June 7, from Mr. Jacob Labe stat- ing that he had purchased at the in- scription held in Amsterdam on that day 75 bales of Sumatra tobacco for their American trade. T. Deelman, representing Hinsdale • Smith & Co., Sumatra importers of New York, is this week visiting Phila- delphia, it being his maiden trip to the Quaker City. Bernard Walder has succeeded Walder '& Stein, at Fifteenth and McKean streets, and will continue the manu- facture of the La A^olga, and other brands, and will push their sale with even increased vigor. The La Volga is meeting with a steady demand, that is most likely to grow more vigorous with the energetic pushing which Mr. Walder proposes to put in the enter- prise. Hippie Bros. & Co. received a few days ago a very large shipment of Florida Georgia tobacco of which the house has been a very extensive hand- ier this year. Their purchase is said to have been about 50 bales, among which are the most desirable colors and sizes. .George Burghard also reports a very active business in Georgia tobacco, of which he is carrying a very superior iine. , ie Irvin Labe, with B. Labe & Sons, left on Thursday last for an extended Western business trip. Sidney Labe, of this house, is making a short tour through Pennsylvania this week, and very encouraging reports are being received from Mr. Tanner, their repre- sentative in Canada. A Pareira, of D. Pareira & Co., left yesterday upon a visit to the leaf mar- kets in Connecticut. ANOTHER DULL WEEK in BOSTON Hub Retailers Feel Grouchy when "Old Probs" is Mentioned. [Boston Bureau "The Tobacco World" 19 Devonshire Street] Boston, June 10. The retailers had another bad week of it. During the past week we had two days of sunshine and the remaining days were either rainy or cloudy ones, and the drummers calling on the trade received plenty of hard luck stories on their rounds. As reported in my last letter the tobacco fcitrippers employed in most of the large local factories are out on a strike. It is expected that the cigar manufacturers will submit to the in- crease of pay asked for by the strip- pers. Many of the smaller lactories have already given in and the others will probably follow suit next week. Practically every cne of the 2.800 members of Cigarmakers' Union No. 29 were present Friday evening at a special meeting held at Faneuil Hall. The reports showed that 1,400 were enjoying an enforced loaf because of the tobacco strippers' strike. All told 360 stripper girls are out on a strike in seven of the large factories, all the prepared stock in these faciories having been made into cigars. Eigthy-seven of the smaller shops have already given in to the new demand, which amounts to about 5 per cent, a week increase. A committee from the Strippers' Union, which was at the meeting, read the reports and figures on the strike. They declined for their union the cigar- makers' offer of financial support, stating that such bssistance was not needed at present, the union having a good-sized fund of its own. The cigar- makers levied an assessment of $2 on each of the 1,400 members at work as a jrecaution for a possible emergency, and it also elected a committee of ten to recommend further ways and means to take care financially of the unem- ployed members while the trouble is on. J. Oppenheim, formerly Eastern representative of the Cayey-Caguas Tobacco Co., is now traveling South in the interest of Durlach Bros., the Porto Kican cigar firm. George L. Symons, of Symons- Kraussman Co., the up-town union cigar manufacturers, expects shortly to leave on a two months trip, going as far as Chicago. H. C. Mayberry, of the Manhattan Briar Pipe Co., New York, was a recent caller on the Boston trade. C. Herbert, the popular Eastern representative of Durlach Bros., the Porto Rican cigar manufacturers, visit- ed the trade this week. There are many Royal Bengal dis- plays about town. A. J. Pearlstein, the able representative of the American Cigar Co., is making a good showing on these short smokes in this market. C. Amazeen, of Amazeen & Co., to- bacconists, Leominster, Mass , was here this week purchasing supplies. Sam Marcuson, of the Khedivial Co., is in New York on a few days' business trip to the factory. Bert Frankel, the Eastern represent- ative of Arguelles, Lopez & Co., left Saturday night to spend a few days in Gotham. G. P. Rogers, of the Carney Uigar Co., has just returned from a trip to the Jamestown Exposition. The Adams House Pharmacy, which recently took on several sizes of the Sanchez & Haya clear Havanas, re ports a good sale on s^me. H. J. Mandell, a Cambridge street dealer, with a branch store at 3 Wash- ington street, has just installed in both stores the Barker Manufacturing Co. 's Gold Bond Certificate scheme. Bradbury Bros., the Dorchester drug- gists, have added several sizes of the William the Fourth cigar to their case. P. E. Beamish has purchased the cigar stand in the Rexford Hotel for- merly operated by Joe Coydick. In Wonderland Park, Revere Beach, the same party has the cigar privilege who had it last year. Outside of the Poet, Marksman and 7-20-4 cigars the only other cigars handled are those of Johnson & Co., of this city R. Lea, Jr., the New England repre- sentative of the Ware-Kramer Tobacco Co., has just returned from a trip to the factory in Norfolk, Va. L. Shapiro will try conclusions with the Lawrence trade this week in the interests of the White Rolls. Ben Ali. SLOW SALES IN LANCASTER unsold. Although the weather condi- tioBs so far have been anything but favorable to raising a new crop, the weather has helped the farmers with their last year's crop, in the matter of keeping it from getting into too high a state of fermentation, in which event they would have to either pack it in cases or take the great chance of having it absolutely ruined if allowed to be- come heated on piles in their tobacco barn cellars. The prospects for the new crop at present are rather gloomy. Farmers are pretty busy in setting it out, but the plants are not only very small, but very scarce also. I hear of a great many growers who have decided to let their plants remain in the beds until along about the 20th of the month, at earliest, in order to allow them to grow before setting them out, preferring to take the chances on the fall weather, but having a more hardy plant to begin with, rather than set them out while they are still so small and tender. Much has been read by members of the trade here through the columns of SPECIAL NOTICES. (12i cents per line, 8 point measure) To Manafactnrers of Cigars: If you have any Cuttings, Scraps or Sittings to sell, write us. We are at all times in the market as Cash Buyers of all these products. EDWIN L. KOPPELMAN CO. 7-6 Ih 81 Pine St.. New York. Yet Stocks of Old Leaf are Les- sening. No Let-up in Price of New Crop. Lancaster, Pa., June 10. The movement of old goods is still slow and only small lots are being pur- chased, mostly by local members of the trade. During the past week the market has been especially bare of out of town people who were looking for any goods. Despite the slow move- ments of goods the stocks are appar- ently- gradually dwindling, and I was told a few days ago that it would per- haps be a surprise to some people, when they came here to buy later on, to find the supply really so limited as they are likely to. Of new goods there is still some buy- ing from farmers, but prices have not, even yet, eased up very much, while the crops are beginning to be widely scattered. That is, those which remain Rutherford, Constitution, Hunter — a strong trio. t\ Draco Gitfar Mi. Co., Philada. pOR SALE. — On account of other in- -*- terests, manufacturer will sell his Stogie Manufacturing Business of $30,- 000 to $40,000 per year ; established 20 years. Equipment, trademarks, labels, etc., offered in their entirety, or present proprietor will take entire output, and continue to market the goods. A good chance for an energetic business man. Address Success, care of The Tobacco World, Philadelphia. 4.17tf EXPERIENCED CIGAR SALESMAN wanted. — A good, steady, experi- enced cigar salesman, with an estab- lished territory, and who can furnish first class references and bond if re- quired, can make satisfactory arrange- ments with a reliable house to sell their well advertised and successful brands. Address Progressive, Box 12, care of The Tobacco World, Phila. 6-12c STERNFELD & LEUSCII INo. 36 LaSalle Street. CHICAGO Agents for Union and Non-Union Cigar Fac- tories. Correspondence with Manu- facturers invited. 6 51b \A7E PURCHASE Cigar Molds-un- desirable shapes — such as No. 16,261, No. 8,832, No. 8,569. Write us, stating what you have and the quantity. Winget Mfg. Co., York, Pa. 12-12tf \X7 ANTED— By a prominent Chicago ^ broker, a line of Union cigars to sell to big jobbing trade at $20 and up- wards. Only large and reliable manu- facturers need apply. Address Box 15. care of Tobacco World, Phila. 5-29r. \X7ANTED. —Foreman over cigar- ^ ^ makers on hand and paper work, in Pennsylvania factory; must have wide experience and come well recom- mended. Address Box 11, care of The Tobacco World. 6-12c THE TOBACCO W 0 R L D ^^» eTi^AlP l?Tl^Ti^lVTQ Arsl"Inentof F\w[\ and Fancy Ribbons 1 ^r l\. XV J[^ 1 JD JD ^^ iN O Write for Sample Card and Price List to Department W WM. WICKE RIBBON CO. 36 East Twenty-Second St., NEW YORK Manufacturers of Bindings, Galloons, Taffetas, Satin and Gros Grain The Tobacco World regarding the many depredations of the Kentucky night raiders and seed bed destroying fiends, but little may they have thought of such an occurrence happening right in our midst, yet it has really come to pass. On the farm of Rudolph Herr at Fairland, thieves last weok raided the tobacco beds and stole all the growing plants intended tor a two acre crop. The Lancaster County Tobacco Grow- ers' Association will hold its regular meeting in Grand Army Hall, this afternoon. Notices have been sent out broadcast urging every grower to at- tend this meeting which is expected to be an interesting one. According to the stamp returns for the month of May there was another new record made for output in that month. $204,626.61 was collected in this district from the sale of cigar stamps; $2,265.34 from the sale of to- bacco stamps, as compared with $207,- 682.33 from the sale of cigar stamps during the month of April, while during the month of May, 1906, sales of stamps for cigars amounted to $194,072.40. These amounts represent an output as follows : May, 1907. 68 208,700 April. 1907, 69.22 ,440 May, 1906, 64.657,480 From these figures it will be seen that while May was 1,018,740 short of the output of April, 1907, it has eclipsed the output of May of last year by 3,551,220, and in fact it was the largest May output since 1901, which was a rather phenominally large month's output. An attachment has been issued in a judgment secured by the J. L. Metzger Tobacco Co. against W. D. Sahm, a former Akron cigar manufacturer, but as an individual, and as an executor of the estate of Jonn G. Sahm, garnishee. The judgment was for $259. John Helter, a former Lititz cigar manufac'urer, died last week from an attack of rheumatism of the heart. Mr. Helter was about sixty years of age. and had been in the cigar or to- bacco business for the past twenty years. Edgar S. Gleim, a son of John S. Gleim, of this city, and who is well known to the trade as a former cigar manufacturer, died at his home in this city last week, after a long illness. Mr. Gleim some years ago underwent an operation for bladder trouble, from the effects of which he never fully re- covered. Mr. Gleim was 42 years of age, having been born in Philadelphia in 1865. He was engaged with his father in the cigar manufacturing busi- ness in this city for several years. He next became a partner of C. A. Yecker in the management of Fulton Opera House, which they conducted for several years. Mr. Gleim had a very large circle of friends, and was beloved and respected by all for his many excellent qualities. During the past few years he endured a great deal of suffering, which he patiently bore without com- plaint. From boyhood he was a great lover of clean sport, and especially of baseball. He was quite an accom- plished player, and belonged at different times to strong amateur teams of this city. He was also a gunner and fond of hunting. He assisted in organizing several gun clubs in this city, and was a very active member. He did much to promote and advance good sport, and was always willing to do all in his power to make organizations to which he belonged successful. He leaves a wife, who was a daughter of the late B. Yecker, and three young daughter^, Alice, Dorothy and Mary Besides his parents he leaves one brother, William, of this city, and who is the present local manager of the Theobald & Oppenheimer Co. 's cigar factory on Water street. John McLaughlin, North Queen streec jobber in tobacco, cigars, etc., and packer of leaf tobacco, has been confined lo his home for five weeks past, suffering from a complication of ailments, but is now improving very nicely. Simon Shisler, one of the most popu- lar retailers in Lancaster, has been ill for some days w th an attack of ap pendicitis, but hopes are now enter- tained by his physicians that his suffer ing may be relieved without having to re>»ort to the knife. G. Henry Sachs, who succeeded J. Albright & Bro. on East King street, about April 1, is meeting with excel- lent succes^. and each succeeding wetk since he took possession has shown an encouragmg increase in the volume of business done. Heniy R Trost & Co. have now is- sued cards as leaf tobacco samplers and inspectors. Mr. Trost was for many years the Lancaster representative and inspector for the New York inspection firm of F. ^. Linde, Hami ton & Co . but severed his connection with that house on May 1, to eng^lure in business on his own account. He is not only well and favorably known to the trade here, but thousands upon thousands of samples drawn by him have been handled by the trade and he has gained practically a national reputation as an inspector of leaf tobacco. The Five Penny Weight cigar, a ni kel leader made by H. & J. Breit- weiser. of Buffalo, N. Y., has found its way to this city where it is on sale. A. B. Hess, leaf tobacco packer, has recently returned from a visit to Ohio, where he inspected his holdings of leaf, and from the reports he gives he is ap- parently very well satisfied with his purchases. Experiments in Connecticut. (Concluded from page 11) cured leaf. Cover crops, especially of vetch planted in rotation, are being tested with splendid resutia in the re tention of nitrogen for the tobacco plants. It is a common experience where land has been fertilized every year for a long series of years with the same manures that plants become less able to withstand disease. Not only in to- bacco culture is this true, but asparagus rust, "dibeck" or root rot in orange trees and the wilt fungus and root disease of cotton plants are directly traced to this cause. In several cases where land has "run out" for tobacco, the Government has inaugurated a series of experiments to cover several years to learn the best means to re- cover the productiveness of the soil. At the laboratories in Washington the burn and stretch of Connecticut Valley tobacco have been studied with great care and a new field of investiga- tion has been opened in the tests for comparative parts of nicotine in dif- ferent plants. Plants vary in nicotine contents from 1.6 per cent, to 6 per cent., and by seed selection and con- tinued study it is expected that in the future strains of tobacco with a known and constant proportion of nicotine will be produced. T. J. DUNN <& CO. Makers of the BACHELOR CIGAR 401-403 E. 91st Street. NEW VORK Joe Endress, Jr. A. C. Kercher Pioneer Leaf Tobacco Co. Germantown, Ohio Packers of CIGAR LEAF TOBACCO FARNHAM & REYNOLDS Home Office: ADDISON, N. Y. Packers of #'"* S ^-»- --» *- 1 .ar Sir :— You may have used Bunching Machines, and they may j not have been satisfactoty. Neither were the first mowing machines, or the first sewing machines ; but could the farmer today get along with- out a mowing machine, or your wifeget along withouta sewing machine? ,They are both Simply Perfect, and do all that is asked of them. That is the story of our Bunching Machine; it is simply perfect, and we call it the PERFECT BUNCHING MACHINE, and it does everything that is asked of it. Now, if this little machine is all we say it is (and we are pre- pared to prove it), and will help you to make more money than you are now.making, help you to increase your output and effect a saving in cost of production, you surely, as a business man, should be willing to let us tell you more about it. Will you write ua? Or, call at our factory. No. 132 South Sixth Street. Philadelphia, any day, and see this machine in practical operation. Yours respectfully, S6ff PERFECT BUNCHING MACHINE CO. TRADE NARKS REGISTERED. Business Changes, Fires, etc. ILLINOIS CLUB 15,392 For cigars. Registered June 1, 1907. at 9 a. m., by A. P. Snader, Ephrata, Pa. BES ANTLER 15.393 For cigars. Registered June 1, 1907. at 9 a. m., by Sassaman & Co., Sumneytown, Pa. ON 1.1 WON 15.394 For cigars. Registered June 3, 1907, at 9 a. m., by A. P. Snader, Ephrata. Pa. BANZAI 15,395 For cigars. Registered June 3, 1907, at 9 a. m., hy A. P. Snader, Ephrata, Pa. STRANGER 15.396 For cigars. Registered June 3, 1907. at 9 a. m., by A. P. Snader, Ephrata, Pa. MANUAL 15.397 For cigars, cigarettes and tobacco. Registered June 4, 1907, at 3 p. m., by Henry George. Philadelphia. TENTATION 15.398 For chewing and smoking tobacco. Registered June 7, 1907, at 10 a. m., by H. J. Miller. Philadelphia, Pa. ROYAL FLUSH 15,399 For cigars. Registered June 10, 1907, at 2 p. m,, by J. Bieverman, Philadelphia. Pa. Rejections. Ante-Bellum Duke of York PATENTS RELATING TO TOBACCO. Etc. 855.615 Cigar and tobacco moistener ; Emanuel L. Buxbaum, Chicago. 111. 856,030 Cigarette ; Joseph Cavargna. Birmingham, Eng. 856,045 Smoking pipe; Robert Fling, St. Paul. Minn. 855.893 Tobacco pipe; Patrick A. Kenna. Sydney. New South Wales, Aus. 855,993 Match box; Albert G. Sla- ter, Viele. la 855, 48 J Match holder; Edgar H. Williams, Indianopolis, Ind. 38,603 Design— Cigar band or wrap- per; Louis C. Wagner. New York City. 38,6U4 Design— Cigar band or wrap- per; Louis C. Wagner, New York City. —The McCourt Cigar Co., of Rock- ford, 111., with a capital of $5,000. has been incorpDrated, by Peter R. Kenne- dy, Harry J. Mcourt and |Hiram H. Parker. California. Bakersfield.— H. W. Thomas, cigars, notice of sale to C. T. Metcalf . Connecticut. Bloomfield.— The Bloomfield Tobacco Co., real estate attached. Florida. Jacksonville.— H. C. Armstrong & Co., wholesale cigars, succeeded by J. R. Werner. Georgria. Atlanta. — Ivey Shelly, cigars, etc., applied for charter as College Coopera- tive Co. Illinois. Chicago.— Frederick R. Dusenbery, cigars, etc., bill of Fale. $1. Indiana. Fore Wayne.— Ora Tonkel, cigars, etc., chattel mortgage, $450. Indianapolis.— Charles E. Hoffmeis- ter, cigars, etc.. chattel mortgage, $300. Rochester. — Izzard & Russell, cigar manufacturers, succeeded by Newton M. Izzard as Model Cigar Store. Iowa. Columbus Junction.— H. L. Willmer- ing, billiards and cigars, succeeded by C. C. Clark. Waterloo. — J. R. McCoy, cigars, sold. Massachusetts. Lowell.- Harry P. Entwistle, cigars, tobacco and groceries. Michigan. Detroit.— Harry C. Bell, wholesale cigars, petition in bankruptcy. New York. City of New York.— H. Duya & Co., leaf tobacco, Hendrik Duys dead — F. & L. Gompers. manufacturers and retailers of cigars compromised. B. Hyman, leaf tobacco, compromised. Ohio. Bellefontaine.— F. H. Baker, cigars, canceled chattel mortgages, $1,100. Oregon. Portland.— Samuel Mudelman. cigars and tobacco, sold to Riley & Beck. Washington. Tacoma. — J. H. Hall, cigars, confec- tionery, etc., succeeded by G. V. Thompson. D. A. McLennan, ci- gars, etc., burned out. West Virginia. Wheeling.— W. N. Eichberg & Co., tobacco, closed. Wisconsin. Milwaukee— Henry Peache, cigars, etc., bill of sale, $650. HUNTER 3c. Clftar is successful with successful dealers. El Draco Citfar Mi, Co., Fhila. For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to Established 1880 Monroe D. Sellers, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO., SELLERSVILLE, PA. ^^M T H E TOBACCO W 0 R L D ^^^ J. B. MILLEYSACK Manufacturer of Havana Hand-Made No. 821 Lake Street LANCASTER, PA. Correspondence with the Jobbing Trade solicited. CIGARS ESTABLISHED 1889 INCORPORATED 1902 A. B. HESS CIGAR CO. SUCCESSORS TO J. E. Sherts & Co. LANCASTER, PA. Manufacturers of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars . CORRESPONDENCE INVITED FROM RESPONSIBLE HOUSES The Gilt Edge V. Cigar Box Factory CIGAR BOXES SHIPPING CASES LABELS EDGINGS RIBBONS J. FRANK BOWMAN Cigar Manufacturers' SUPPLIES of All Kinds 51 Market Street LANCASTER, PA. Daily Capacity: Five Thousand Boxes The Ideal Ci^ar Made in an Ideal Way Stephen Day 3c. Brand Is Strictly Union Made Ideal Ci^ar Go. CENTENNIAL. P4. All Jobbers Who Handle Travellers Tips < Say it Always Moves Well •'• ''A Good Five Cent Cigar'^ Abbott Cigar Co. ABBOTTSTOWN, PA. E. RENNINGER Established 1889 Manufacturer of High and Medium Grade Cigars Strictly Union-Made Goods. DCIlVCr PcL , 4_^ •«"» •« — > • #~^ • < -326 E.23«J>&T. 5AMPLES&PRICtb ^ FURHI5HED ,. UPON Applicatiom IN STOCK. TO ORDER CIGAR LABELS S^^^!^.^"-^ BANDS It Will Remove Rankness from Tobacco Take Away Mustiness and Give Cigars Havana Flavor. CHASKEL'S SPANISH BETUNE Is specially adapted to give that Peculiar Sourish Effect desired. Ghaskers Flavors the Cheapest in the market, considering what they do. A Card Will Brin^ More Information and Prices. Ghaskel Chemical Work& 265 West Broadway, New York CtGAR BOXES SKETCHES AND QUOTATIONS FURNISHOy WRITE rot smmsm RIBBON PRICES 1 I Our Capacity for Manufacturing Cigar Boxes Is— ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE GOOD CUSTOMER Monroe D. Sellers, Sellersville, Pa. TOBACCO WORLD Crowers and Packers of HIGHEST GRADES CONNECTICUT HAVANA SEED The Krohn Tobacco Co. (of WINDSOR, CONN.) Our Plantations are in the most famous growing section Fine Handling Superb Quality Address: F. B. GRIFFIN, Manager, NORTH BLOOMFIELD, CONN. A. H. REEDER, President. P. 0. BOX 574. DAYTON. 0. Established 1895 Telephone Connection T. L. ADAIR Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Red Lion, Pa. Special Lines for the Jobbing Trade Hi iiii W. W. STEWART & SON Reading, Pa. Makers of the JOHN HAY LADY HELEN lOc. JOHN HAY, Jr. m PERKINS Hi^h Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Correspondence with Responsible Houses Solicited liii III L. J. SMITH S CO. Wholesale Cigar Manufacturers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Red Lion, Pa. ifHiurnrRits With ^peciaUy Designed Bands. and PAN ANNA 3c. Cidars TWO HA V ANAS Two for Five Gents Correspondence with Responiible Houses solieitad. Private Brands made to order. J. F. REICHARD Wholesale Dealer in LEAF TOBACCO of All Grades Craley, Penna. SMITH BROS. """^"Z fZ'^eS LEAF TOBACCO No. 1 7 Charter Street, Dayton, O. Ohio Goods Our Specialty TOBACCO BREEDING. By A. D. Shamel and W. W. Coby, Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. (Continued from last week) A very interesting phenomenon of growth takes place in the filaments of the stamens immediately after the opening of the flowers, which can be taken as an evidence of the natural self- fertilizing habits of the plants. An examination of the flower just pre- vious to the time of opening will reveal the fact that the pistil is longer, and ex- tends up beyond the stamens, but when the anthers open and the stigma be- comes receptive a very rapid growth of the filaments takes place, which causes the open pollen sacks to be pushed up past the stigma, and in al- most all cases they come in direct con- tact with the stigma in passing upward. This gives an opportunity for at least a portion of the pollen grains to adhere to the viscous surface of the stigma and for self-fertilization to take place, as shown in figure 1. It ia just before this process occurs or while it is in pro- gress that there is danger of, or oppor- tunity for, cross-pollination. The open flower contains a small drop of nectar at the base of the corolla tube, which is sought by htneybees, bumblebees, and humming birds, as well as by many species of minute insects, all of which carry pollen from flower to flower and from plant to plant in their constant search for the honey-like substance secreted in the corolla tube. In passing m and out of the flowers the bodies of the bees and other insects and the beaks of the humming birds become dusted with pollen, which is transported by them to the pistils of the next flower visited. The ovules are as readily fertilized by pollen from the surrounding plants as by the pollen from the flower in which they are pro- duced. This continuous crossing neces- sarily results in the introduction and intermixture of poor and undesirable vaireties in our best strains of tobacco. The observations of the writers plainly ehow the absolute necessity for protecting the flowers of the seed plants from cross-pollination. Careful experiments have demonstrated that in many instances the stigma of the to- bacco flower remains in a receptive condition for three or four days. This condition results in a two-fold disadvan tage whtn no protection is used against cross-pollination. In the first place, it affords abundant time and opportunity for complicated crossing, for each flower 19 viaited many times a day by various insects and often by humming birds; and, secondly, it brings about conditions favorable for the production of seed of weak vitality. Previous ex- perimenters have pointed out the fact that the best seed is not produced as a result of premature or late pollination, either of which is likely to occur in the case of tobacco flowers under natural conditions. When fertilized only by pollen of the same flower, the pollina- tion takes place at exactly the right time, or when the stamens^push past the receptive stigma, which results in the production of a superior grade of seed. The readiness with which tobacco flowers can be cross-fertilized greatly facilitutes the opportunity for produc- ing new and valuable varieties by arti- ficial crossing. In the course of the experiments here recorded it has been found perfectly possible to combine certain desirable qualities found in dif- ferent strains and at the same time to eliminate some of the undesirable characters by producing hybrids be- tween strains of tobacco. The method of cross-pollination used in the experiments of the writers is to remove all capsules, open flowers, and flower buds from the flower head ex- cept those which are m the proper stage of development to open within the following twelve or fifteen hours. In preparing these remaining flowers they must be carefully opened and emasculated by the use of a scalpel, small scissors, and a fine pair of for- ceps. Great care must be taken in re- moving the anthers before they have dehisced, in order to avoid injury to the stigma. The emasculation should be done in the afternoon, after whch all of the flowers must be carefully covered with a thin paper bag as a pro- tection against insects or other agen- cies whereby pollen might be trans- ferred to them. In the forenoon of the following day the emasculated flowers should be ready for pollination, but the exact time for applying the pollen must be determined in the case of each individual flower by the appearance of the viscid, sticky fluid on the surface of the stigma. The pollen from the male parent plant can be best applied to the stigma of the female with the point of a scalpel or other sharp instru- ment. When applied with a brush there is danger of some of the pollen grains adhering to the hairs of the brush after each operation, resulting in considerable mixture of pollen, but where the scalpel is used there is no difliculty in removing all the pollen af- ter each operation. The paper bag must be replaced over the flowers as soon as they have been pollinated, and must be allowed to remain until the seeds have sst and all danger of cross- ing has passed. In crossing it is not essential that both of the parent varieties be grown in the same community. Pollen from tobacco flowers when thoroughly dry will keep for several weeks or longer without deterioation. The writers have sent pollen through the mails a dis- tance of more than a thousand miles with perfectly satisfactory results. When not intended for immediate use, it should be harvested when perfectly dry and carefully taken off the anthers after they have dehisced and become dried out. These dry anthers may be put in small vials, and the pollen kept long enough for all practical purposes, provided the vials are carefully corked and kept dry. HUNTFR--A Nickel Cjgtf Has won many races for dealers. Try it. ^^S T HE TOBACC 0 WORLD ^^S Telephone Call, 432— B Office and Warehouse: FLORIN, PA. Located on Main Line of Pennsylvania R. R. E. L. NISSLY «««'^-*^4^4-« ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ I X H. F. KOHLER Nashville, F^q. Maker of ni<7P C::ADr. HANDMADE Seed and Ha> ann and Fine Nicke I Cigars For Wholesale and Jobbioit Trade CnrrxsponHf^nce with Kpsp'tn«iblp Housps Invltp'l ♦ ♦ t 4^' ♦ ♦ t ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 4 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ I ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ t ♦ t ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ O.L SCHWENCKE LITHOGRAPHIC CO CLARENDON ROAD & £.37- T« ST. BROOKLYN . N Y. ''V FINE CIGAR LABELS ->^ PRIVATE BRANDS OFORIGINAL DESIGN John McLaughlin. J. K. Kauffman. JOHN Mclaughlin AUo, All Gradas of Fine Cigars ^ Leaf Tobacco No. 307 North Queen St LANCASTER. PA. 22 <^^^^%%<^%i^i^^^»^^^^^^^| The large number of seed produced in a single pod and on a single plant makes it possible to obtain definite re- sults from selection or hybridization in Ola -co m uh m ire quickly than in the I'a-^^ of most other plants. Careful coun s show that from 4,000 to 8,000 seeds are produced in a single pod of normal size, and an estimate of the average number of pods on each plant shows that the (jrdinary tobacco plant produces from 500 000 to L 000.000 seeds. In many cases the writers have secured from 1 to 1^ ounces of seed from a sin- u:le plant when the seed has been saved under bag according to the method out- lined in this bulletin. This large num- ber of seeds gives an excellent oppor- tunity for testing each selection or cross on a large scale. The quantity of seed produced varies inversely with the number and size of leaves on the plant. The production of a large num- ber of good sized leaves is almost in- variably accompanied by the prodjc- tion of a small quantity of seed. (Continued next week) v*f^^tlWW% THE TOBACCO THRIPS By W. A. Hooker. Bureau of Entomology, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. (Continued from last week) Since it is evident that the thrips pass the period between crops in the tobacco field feeding upon catch crops that follow, as rye, wheat, etc., or upon weeds which have been allowed to grow, it seems advisable that thor- ough and clean cultivation be practiced. While it is possible that the employ- ment of the kerosene emulsion treat- ment, as recommended, may prove so effective as to permit the growing of catch crops without injurious effect, yet a thorough cultivation of the soil after the crop is harvested is stidg'y aivised, for besides its effect on the thrips it will result in the de- struction of the budworm and horn- worm pupae and grasshopper eggs. As soon as priming is finished the stalks should be plowed under, together with all other vegetation in the field. Althouah cockltburs were observed re- peatedly during the summer of 1905, coming up the day following cultivation and although the seed may lie in the soil two or three years before germin- ating, yet if the weeds are prevented from fruiting in the fall by keeping the soil well plowed the effect will soon become apparent. The practice followed by some plant- ers of keeping a space of 10 feet bor- dering the shade field free from all vegetation is quite desirable as affec- ting the thrips. Ic i 3 the general practice to grow oats in fields bordering the shade tobacco, but as the tobacco thrips is found breed- ing in vast numbers in oats it would seem advisable to replace oats with corn in these border fields. The part that irrigation may take in controlling the thrips seems to be of importance. Somewhat less than one* fourth of the shade tobacco in Florida la irrigated. This is carried out by one of two methods, namely, surface or over- head delivery. Surface irrigation, which is largely practiced, does not seem to affect the pest. In the over- head method piping is empluyed, pro- vided at intervals with laterals that extend 4 or 5 feet above the cover and to which are attached nozzles that give a fountain spray. In this way an arti- ficial rain is produced. This overhead irrigation seems to have quite a notice- able effect in decreasing the nUmben of thrips. Three irrigations weekly seem to be much more effective than two. One firm estimates a decrease in injury of 10 per cert in a field thui i rigated in 1904. The great expense of piping and damage from freezing has kept the method from being in- stalled to any great extent as yet. In growing wrapper tobacco, shade is produced by the use of either slats or cheese cloih. The temperature in the shade produced by the former is re- duced about 10 degrees from the nor- mal, while by the latter it is increased 10 degrees. From information received FahusseyI LEAFMCam ««%%%•%« Constitution ^„.'ZtSr Made in the good old way. EL DRACO CIGAR MFG. CO.. PHILA. THE BEST ORGANIZED MOST COMPLETE M LARGEST MAIL ORDS LEAF TOBACCO, ESTABLISHMENT II r AMERICA ^ NEW YORK ' CHICAGO ST. LOUIS ^^gTHE TOBACCO W O R L D ^^^ f JOHN D. UONO OFFICE I £^ . FACTOKYt No. 118 Mifflin Street Manufacturer of |^ Igfi VS Cor. Maple & Plum Aves, Lebanon, Penna, A Specialty of Private Brands. Telephone Connection Samples Sent to Responsible Houses. f ||SX.Itt«ng^ HERMAN DBUUB York, Penna. Maker of Delman 10 and 5c. Herdel 5c. Alex. Martin 5c. UNION MADE CIGARS Sold to Wholesale & Jobbing Trade only Samples to Responsible Houses Bear Bros. Manufacturers of FINE CIGARS R. F. D. No. 8, YORK, PA. A specialty of Private Brands for the Wholesale and Jobbing Trades Correspondence solicited Samples on application Brands: G^ Bear, G6a Cub, Essie, and Matthew Carey C. E. MATTINGLY & CO. Manufacturers of Hi^h Grade Union Made FOR THE Wholesale Trade Only Union Chief Supreme Union Mc Sherrysto wn. Pa. e^OJVQ ElOno Union Made 5 -Cent Clears are as Good as Cigars Can be Made Chas. A. Oberly* Maker LEBANON, PA. m A Cigars of Quality Sell and Repeat. I THE DOCTOR 5c. Gi^ar WALTER S. BARE. Lititz, Penna. Maker of Uldh Orede Clears Exclnslvely >i GEO. W. PARR Manufacturer of FINE CIGARS Littlestown, Pa. 1 MAKER OF 5clTHEFERNSmEl5c Sold to the Jobbinj^ Trade only Correspondence invited I W. R. DAUGHERTY& BRO. Dallastown, Pa. M'lnuf idun rsoi Fine Domestic Cigars Highest Quality Finest Packatfe. Wholes.. le and Jo bing Tra« e o .ly Corrcspordrnce with Active Hou>es Invited R. E. JACOBY Wholesale Manufacturer of Strictly Uniform Quality of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Rothsville, Pa. Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited v. 11 liii ■li f .1 Hstablished 1870 Factory No. 79 S. R. KOCHER Manufacturer of Fine Havana Cigars and Packer of WRIGHTSVJLLE, PA. cjCVMi mSsss H. G. BARNHART Ciiiar Manufacturer Sprin^vale, Pa. One of Our Leading Brands : Cuban Duchess Only High Grade Tobacco Used Cigars always duplicate M THE TOBACCO WORLD til '! \i SAMUEL FREY Craley, Pa. Manufacturer of Cigars for the Wholesale Trade OLD JUDGE ) C^ MILD AND PLEASANT ) 7 f^- C^ THE CYCLONE ( ^^* BROWN BUCK (Banded) [ ^ lU* 3C, ALLEN GOODRICH. 3 c. Samples to Responsible Houses They Smoke It and Come A^ain I n BLEND, QUALITY and WORKMANSHIP to Please the Most Critical Smokers Manufactured for Joobing Trade Only The Toedtman Cigar Co. Makers of the Highest Grade of 5c. Cifirars Exclusively MIAMISBURG. OHIO. i 11 The American Tobacco Co. Bootjack 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 Tliey Please All Tastes it is found that the thrips have, up to the present tinne, causd a much larger percentage of injury to tobacco grown under the slat shade. During the sum- mer of 1905, however, they were found causing no small amount of injury to tobacco under cheese cloth. Whether or not the meteorological differences between cheese cloth and slat shade have an influence on the thrips's work, cannot be told at present, but the mat- ter is important and should be watched closely. INSECTICIDES. In carrying on experiments to deter- mine the most effective and practical insecticides, reference was made to Professor Quaintance's bulletin entitled "The Strawberry and the Onion Thrips." The insecticides which Pro- fess r Quaintance found to be most ef- fective on Euthrips tritici were given repeated trials. As a result it was found that the resistance of the to- bacco thrips to insecticides is far greater ?han that of Euthrips tritici. In experimenting with insecticides three important points, aside from their effect upon the insect, were to be considered: First, their relative cost; second, the expense involved in their application and, third, their effect, if any, upon the foliage. From the na- ture of the mouth parts of thrips, which are fitted for piercing and sucking, stomach poisons were not available and contact insecticides were necessarily used. These latter, as is generally known, kill by entering through the breathing pores and setting up an ir- ritation, or by closing them and bring- ing about the death of the insect from suffocation. It has been found that the adult feeds largely on the upper surlace of the leaves. In this habit, therefore, lies our oppor unity to treat the pest successfully with insecticides. Among the insecticides experimented with are the following, the sprays be- ing applied with a knapsack sprayer: Rose leaf insecticide.— This is a high grade extract of tobacco. Professor Quaintance, in his experiments with the wheat thrips, finds this insecticide to be the most effective and practical remedy for use against the thrips af- fecting strawberries, and recommends for that species 1 part to 48 of water. This strength, when used upon the to- bacco thrips, has but little effect. Various strengths were tried. When 1 part of the insecticide to 20 parts of water is used, the thrips seem to be paralyzed, remaining immovable for (bout an hour and a half, after which they commence to show life, and soon become as active as ever. Further ex- periments with this insecticide show it to be effective when used with whale- oil soap in the following proportions : Rose-leaf insecticide 1 quart Whale-oil soap ) pound Water 20 quarts. RUTHERFORD ^^^^L?.!^*^^ from the factory of El Draco Ciiu Mii, Co., Philada. Nikoteen. — This is a preparation ad- vertised as contaming 40 per cent, of nicotine. It was applied in various strengths. Sprayed at the rate of 1 part to 144 of water, 38 per cent, of the thrips were found to be dead wheo the examinaton was made, twenty-four hours later. No greater strengths were tried, as the cost of the insecticide would not allow its use. Tobacco decoction. — This was made by boiling 1 pound of tobacco, stems and leaves, in 1 gallon of water for a half hour. This strength was very ef- fectve, practically all of the thrips that were fairly hit by the spray being killed. Weaker strengths were less efficient. As other forms of nicotine were found to be more effective in com- bination with whale-oil soap, the latter was used with the decoction. When so used, however, the mixture, owing ap- parently to some chemical change which had taken place, burned the leaf. (Continued next week) — Corn from which the proper kind of cobs for the manufacture of cob tobacco pipes can be procured grows only in Missouri, and in but four counties of that State. By what law of nature this is caused has not been explained, but experiment as tn^y may, agriculturists in other >tates have been unable to produce the valuable corn used in the manufacture of corn cob pipes. J. H. LIEFTINCK & ZOON Sworn Tobacco Brokers Office and Sample Rooms : Brakke Grond and Frascatl, AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. STOKHUYZEN & BROM Sworn Tobacco Brokers Office and Sample Rooms : Nes. 84—86 (Opposite Frascatl). AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. NIENHUYS & HESTERMAN Sworn Tobacco Brokers Brokers to the Deli Maatschappy AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND '^ Office and Sample Rooms : 87 Rokin ^ 100 Nes. opposite Frascati Color and Cancelling Stamps Lead Seals and Stencils QUAKER. CITY STENCIL and STAMP WORKS Incorporated 234 Arch St.. Philadelphia E. S. SECHRIST, Dallastown, Pa.. Manufacturer of Fine and Common ifacturer of Cigars Established 1890 Capacity, 20,000 per Day 24 ^^gTHE TOBACCO W 0 R L D ^^^ HIGHEST AWARD AND GOLD MEDAL FOE RXrp, . ....r-r ..^ ^,,.,„y ^p ^mniKK, AT WORLDS FAIR. ST. LOUIS. I904 WE MAKE THE CUBAN EXPORT. BULL'S EYE. ROYAL BLUE LINE. CYCLONE AND BIG STOGIES First QuAlity. Long Filler. Hand Made JOHN SLATER & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Hand-Made, Long Filler and Mold Stogies OUR OTHER BRANDS NEW ARRIVALS. BROWNIES, GOLD NUGGETS, JERSEY CHARTER, BLENDED SMOKE BOSS, CASTELLO, AMERICAN PUFFS. LANCASTER BELLE. EVERY DAY SMOKE * LITTLE HAVANA, LITTLE DUTCH BLUE POINTS. GOOD POINTS Etc Factory No. 1645. Capacity 5O.O0O.OOO a Year Factory: LANCASTER, PA. Leaf Tobacco Markefs BALDWINSVILLE. N. Y. The interest of the growers is cen- tered in the plant beds. Although the weather has been unfavorable, most of the beds are farther advanced than could be expected, the few recent warm days having made a decided improve- ment in the appearance of the plants.— Gazette. CONNECTICUT VALLEY. Another week of the nastiest spring weather which has been our fortune to witness. But now things look a good deal brighter, and if we could but have a few good warm days the business of tobacco setting would begin to hum. As it is, several tobacco set- ting machines are to be seen at work. The plants were getting pretty large, too large, in fact, to be kept in the beds. I hear that some pieces are so whipped by the wind that it would be some time before they recovered from the effect. Four days of such wind as we had the past week would discour- age most any kind of young vegetation. This morning the farmers are digging plants and this evening will see several acres added to the amount now suffering in the fields. Our correspondents write: Feeding Hills. Mass. : "A little more tobacco will be raised this year than heretofore. The season is about two weeks later than usual. Tobacco beds ■re in all stages of progressiveness; now and then one looks fine but most of them poor. Five crops of 1906 re- main unsold. These are cased and waiting for better prices." Conway, Mass. : "Setting tobacco here began in good earnest last Monday, but the weather continued so cold that the growers were frightened, so the most of them stopped setting until the last of the week, but Boyden Bros, have their ten acres nearly all set. We We having a nice rain, only it is cold." North Hatfield, Mass.: "Setting here has begun, although on a small scale, but the farmers are all ready to commence tomonow, if the weather is ■'' right. Some have set today, but the ground is rather too wet for the plants to start growing. There is some complaint of root rot in this section; nothing serious as yet, only a part of some beds. Still cold weather. A few tobacco growers have transplanted an ■ere or two of tobacco in order to save the plants." F'eeding Hills. : "Setting out the young plants is at a standstill, because Of the continued cold and wet weather. "TlUNTERlfffi" is all to the front ; made by ^ DRACO CIGAR. MFG. CO.. PhiUda- Those that have plants ready will hustle as soon as the weather is suitable." Bradstreet: "Owing to the cold wet spring, tobacco setting is going slow for the want of plants. A few are well along, but the rest have not com mrnced Bel.fen Bros., C. W. Marsh W H. Langdon. Edgar H. Field and John Brennan are among those setting todav We have another cold rain, makinur setting imp:ssible.'— Ameri- can Cultivator. EDGERTON, WIS. Another week of cold rains ani only a moderate amount of pleasant weather has not improved the new crop pros- pects as was hoped. The plant beds are making slow progress and only a small percentage of them will be in readinet-s for transplanting by the 20th. With exceptional weather from this on the hulk of the crop can scarcely be in the fields hy the close of the month. With- out question the planting will be late this year and the hope of the crop must come from weather conditions at the harvest end of the season. The con- tinued wet weather has put back all farm work so that growers have af yet accomplished but little towards pre paring their fields, and even if the plants were in readinesH transplanting would not become general for some days yet. There will be busy times ahead for the farmers for the next few weeKS. The market for cured le.f contains no news. A few odd jobs are yet to be completed about the warehouses, but nothing worthy of mention has re- curred. Old tobaccos have only a mode- rate demand, as manufacturers still in sist on lower leaf prices. Shipments 700 cases.— Reporter. Porto Rico Ci^ar Co. Red Lion, Pa. WHOLESALE CIGAR MANUFACTURERS Maior Paul ^ Lord Selkirk [Qc Arrow Point J Tom Lewi»— 2 for Sc. 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HEFFENER THE TOBACCO WORLD HEVNICH BALING PRESS ♦ ♦ ♦ # ♦ ♦ ♦ * .^♦^♦^METAL EMBOSSLD LABELS METAL PRINTED LABELS ♦♦* r ♦ ♦ it ♦ ♦ tft H* »# it« PaUotcd March 9. 1897 INLAND CITY CIGAR BOX CO. Manufacturers of Cigar Boxes and Shipping Cases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Edgings 716—728 N. Christian St. LANCASTER. PA. 26 Ci^ar Boxes SD.ol.1 Attention gQj^p j^gj^p EMBOSSING "'° Wo°rk*°^ Factories: Womelsdorf , Pa., Sinltind Spring, Pa. Established 1891 ADEN BUSER Manufaoturer of Dealer in LUMBER LABELS EDGING eto. ^ Cigar Boxes and Cases R. F. D. No. 3 YORK, PENNA. For All Kinds of Products Requiring Baling TOBACCO STEMS. PAPER. COTTON. Etc. Specially Constructed ..PRESSES.. For Leaf Tobaceo Packers Warranted to do more and better wurk in a given time, with less labor, than any Press on the market. Unsurpassed for power, strength, simplicity and durability, as well as ease and quickne-'S in operation Various sizes manuf.ictured. Write for prices and full particulars. They are indispensable in l«af packing and tobacco warehouses. Hundreds in use. UINNIGH MACHINE WORKS Landisville, Lancaster Co., Pa. — EsUblished 1834— WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchanis 27 South Second Street PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday Cigars, Tobacco, Smokers' Articles special Sales of Leaf Tobacco Consignments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Day of Sale -•••- JACOB G. SHIRK Lancaster, Pa. JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS of American Tobacco Co. American Cigar Co. American Stogie Co. Lubrman <& Wilburn Tobacco Co. Blackwcll Durham Tobacco Co. Spalding & Merrick Tobacco Co. IT WIf f Da VVftIT *» GET ^^ PRICES before 11 iTlLL lAI lUll orderlnit |{oods elsewhere. W ■■■ ■ 'I Brilliant as Diamonds Fragrant as Roses Good as Government Bonds Are the ClIlAKo Regis^tered^Srands *• Brilliant Star" Clear Havana . . IOc. **S. B." Half Havana 5c. "S. B." Little Havanas 5c. ♦'Honest Bee" 3c. "2— I— No" Mildest Cigar Made 2 fof 5c Special Brands Made to Order Siauffer Bros. Mfg. Co., New Holland, Pa. Send Your Cigar Buyer Here We Will Save Yon Money For Sale by All Dealers Patents Caveats, Trade Marks, Design-Patents, Copyrights, etc. '^''ZTJur John A.Saul Le Droit Building, WASHINGTON, D. C. V I R Q I N I A E R I Q U E ^^£S2i: MIXTURE aAe AMERICAN TOBACCO CO., NEW YOKK i \ : IH ^ta I I ■ i Hill E. A. Calves & Co.<-:^c^> Havana, 123 North Third street ....IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA ^^MTHE TOBACCO WORLD ^»B M. K MM PER & SONS IMPORTERS OF Sumatra and Havana Tobaccos No. 11 Mast Lombard Street BALTIMORE, MD. We have on hand desirable marks in Old and New Sumatras, also a lull line of Havana Tobaccos ORDERS FOR SAMPLES WILL RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION /S GOOD/S THEJVfAME RCCISTCRCD //a va/s/a Cigars NONE GENUIN TRADt C£.\/\/AR£ or tM/TATfONS, ON SALE EVERYWHERE Constant Growth si gn if ies W Constant Merit! Cigars that hold the confidence of their smokers pay dealers best. DIAMOND JOE CIGAR FACTORY brands stand pre-emi- nently in a class of their own F E N D R I C H Evansville, Ind. w\ / Established in 1881. i Vol. XXVII.. No. 25. I PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK. JUNE 19, 1907. ( One Pollar per Annum. 1 Payf ble in AdvMiee. Philipp J. KolbACo. Importers & Packers < w OF Leaf Tobacco 310 Race Street ^ Philadelphia j::^ UNITED STATES TOBACCO CO. . . . MANUFACTURERS OF . . . IDLE HOUR . . . Sliced Plug CENTRAL UNION . Cut Plug EPICURE (^S/.t;r..") Shredded Plug HUNT CLUB . . . Cube Pipe Tobacco SPHINX MIXTURE . Smoking UNION MADE GOODS INDEPENDENT FACTOBY RICHMOND, VA. 6 ^ WARREN BECK £i BRO. *DS!I?*«^T«.mi„.i.r Ci^ar Manufacturers Ad Havana, 123 North Third street IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA ^^KTHE TOBACCO W 0 R L D ^^» J. Vetterlein & Co.' m porters of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF Tobacco 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia FOUNDED 1853 John T. Dohan Wm. H. Dohan Ty &.T^^ < FLOR "^m^ de DOHAN & TAITT D &T Importers of Havaaa and Sumatra Packers of /^^^^J^ JO7 Arch St. I^eaf TobaccoK ^ «^ J philada. R. STRAUS fJ A.tAU IMPORTERS OF Eatabllshed 1825 7 B LEWIS BREMER'S SONS IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra AND PACKERS OF Leaf Tobacco 322 and 324 North Third Street, Philadelphia y s Julius Hirschberg & Bro. Importers of Havana and Sumatra and Packers of Seed Leaf Tobacco 125 North Third St.. Philada. L. BAMBERGER & CO. TOBACCO 111 Arch Street, Philadelphia Warchouaeat Lancaster, Pa.i Milton Junction, Wis.; Baldwinsville. N. Y. Packers and Dealers In tapoH.™ of SEED LEAF HAVANA and SUMATRA I ^ '*- _L 9M&9a8J!l0Ml3d9i^ n»H I L A D E L PH ira Benj. Labe Jacob Labe Sidney Labe BENJ. LABE & SONS IMPORTERS OF Sumatra and Havana Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco 228 North Third St., Philadelphia i Third St, PhJAtdeJjphia, Pa. The Empire Importers and Dealers in ALL KINDS OF SEED LEAF, SEED LEAt. m 1 Leaf Tobacco "*!*"* T| fJ SUMATRA 1 UUUUUU Gom SUMATRA 118 N, 3d St., Phila. IiEOPOliD LOEB 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. |- ^£ai£T£fftO ..1642-44 N.ELtlVEf H. ST. PhilaGelphia J. S. BATROFF 224 Arch St., Philadelphia Broker in LEAF T0BAee0 E. A. Calves & Co.^^c IMPORTERS of Havana, 123 North Third Street PHILADELPHIA ^^g THE TOBACCO WORLD "^^^ EXPORT STAMP ISSUED BY CUBAN CIGAR MANUFACTURERS Authorized by the Government of the Republic of Cuba • UUN10NDEF^BBICANTESDETABAcosYClCABROS --^^^^^ lis LADE CUB All utorizada porel Gobierno delaRepablica Garantiza que los tabacos.cigarrosy paqdjefes de picadjroatiellevenes^aprecinfa son fabncadospor ^M^^l^^qH^,B!^j;^lJN■!i!■yil;ti[>-^il>f;ll^l:l■lli>'^i;^f:l^^>ti:H;]^>^f>^i;^|.|^Hi'i^^^ i HABANA Either the name of the Manufacturer or that of his Brand will appear printed in the blank space of this Precinta or Stamp. ...IMPORTANT NOTICE... The preceding cat is a fac simile, in its actual size, of the Precinta. or Warranty Stamp, which is used by the members of the Cigar and Cigarette jvianuracturers union ot the Island of Cuba as a guarantee that the Cigars. Cigarettes and Cut Tobacco packages which bear these stamps were made in Cuba. Thus a copy of the Warranty Stamp, attached to any Box of Cigars and Cigarettes or to any Package of Cut Tobacco, means that those Cigars, Cigarettes and Cut Tobacco have been made in Havana, Cuba, Vith the Genuine Tobacco Leaf grown on the Island of Cuba. DON'T FORGET THIS, IMPORTERS, DISTRIBUTORS and RETAILERS. THE COLORS OF THE PRECINTA :-Black with Pale Blue Ground; fac-simile of the Seal of the Presidency of the Republic, Sky Blue. \. IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS OF MY LORD NICOTINE. Tobacco in the Period 0! (he Roman Empire. \ / CONDUCTED BY W. H. PRESCOTT. Copyright 1907. by The Tobacco World. IL— A FEW REMARKS ON CREDIT. "Ye gods! but what a magnificent morning!" So said Lord Nicotine, tobacco mer- chant of Herculaneum. as he stood in the door of his cigar shop on the Rue de Caesar, tying his sandals on and gazing at the heights of II Vesuvio in the distance. It was in truth the morn of a perfect day. Bright and clear rose the sun, while perfumes of flowers floated from the distant gardens of the Colesium. Wrapping his toga more closely about his well proportioned frame. Lord Nicotine sniffed the cool morning air. "Gee! but that's the stuff for me this a. m.." he said. "I've got a head on me like a bubbling retort. That wine I got down to Cuneo's last night dum near knocked me. I'm going to cut it out. too. Hello. Donizetta !" he exclaimed as a Roman plebian came into the cigar store, shovel in hand, on his way to work. "Hello Nick!" said Donizetta "been up all night? Say. boy, you'd better chop off night-hawking for awhile or your old woman will give you the rolling pin. Say. Nick will you trust me to a piece of cut plug 'til Saturday night? Garabaldi pays all the canal hands then, and I'll be sure and stop in and pay you." Lord Nicotine's manner changed. He had looked cheerful— or rather tried to, considering the throbbing head he had on him— but now he scowled : "Look here, Don," said he, "this is about the tenth time you're asked for tick and I've turned you down every time. Know why? No? Well, I'll tell you ; you owe me flf ty piastres for plug you got six months ago. After you'd got your bill up to the flagging point you shook my shop and went down to Thomasi Dunn & Ci. You hung them 1P for about fifty Bachelor cigars, then you dumped them and got tick 'At the Sign of the Tom Cat'. What t'el? Think we cigar men can carry a bum like you for life? Think I can feed my face on your nerve? Not on your life, you foxy canal digger. Just let me give you a tip, Don— and I mean it. When your get your pay envelope Saturday night, cut out the booze and take every red ducat home to your wife. She knows where the money ought to go ; she knows how to 3pend it. Your kid. Marc, needs a new pair of sandals. Your daughter needs a new tunic— why don't you let your wife get 'em? Credit is for those who are careful to make good and not bite off more of it than they can chew. You make ten piastres a day and blow in three for rum, tobacco and chariot fare. Do you think that right? Well, if you do, never come in here again or I'll chuck you out. No, I won't give you a ducat of tick— but there, there's a hunk of chewing I'll give you. Now get to blank out 'cause I'm going in for a soup bowl full of black coffee." Donizetta disappeared and Lord Nico- tine retired to the spacious dining room at the rear of the store. "Mornin', Nickie," he said to his wife, "How's things going this morn- ing?" "Nicely, thanks," said sweet-faced Lady Nicotine. "Sit down to the table Nick, and we'll have coffee and hard- tack." [Note- -As explained in The Tobacco World June 12, 1907. the accounts of My Lord Nicotine and Tobacco in the Days of the Roman Empire (now appearing in this journal as an exclusive feature) are being translated from papyrus records which the celebrated archaeologist Prof. K. Ript, L. D., says he unearthed last year at the ancient buried Roman city of Herculaneum, destroyed by a volcano A. D. 79.— Ed.] —Henry E. Sonnemann and Anton Amann have formed a partnership and will shortly engage in the manufacture of cigars at 704 Division street. Water- town, Wis., under the firm name of Sonnemann & Amann. Both members of the firm were former umployes of Wiggenhorn Bros., of that place, until a strike was ordered several weeks ago. Two of Our Popular P'ive Cent Brands. rOur Goods are Made of Best Selections, Made Carefully, and Made to Duplicate. Wolf Brothers, RED LION, PA. INCREASE YOUR PROFIT I Columbia Straiiiht Will Do It. We bought a large supply of Good Hav- ana and Domestic Tobacco at the right time. We are located where Good Workmen can be had at Fair Prices. These facts enable us to make our COLUMBIA STRAIGHT a Five Cent Cigar of Highest Quality, Best Work- manship, to be Sold at Good Profit Fred Schlaeger& Co., Columbia, Pa. Samples on application. ii ' III 111 m THE TOBACCO WORLD ^"'TIEALM oF-m- 15BTAILEPS Timely Talks with Enter- prising Dealers. ^t'T'here's an old saying that every -^ man thinks the other man's trade is the best," said a Baltimore retailer, "and I confess that on dull days I get that idea myself occasionally. But a clerk I have is weeding the notion out of my head. Sometimes I think em- ployers should go to their clerks for knowledge and example — on the 'go to the ant, thou sluggard,' plan. Now about the clerk : I never saw such a fellow for getting romance and pleas- ure out of the cigar business. His comments on ordinary, every-day store affairs are positively refreshing and do great good in stirring up my blaae interest in mere routine work. One of his regular remarks is: 'I wonder if — . ' He wonders if a pretty Cuban girl made t)i« clear Havana the gentle- man just bought. He wonders, when polishing up the nickel and bra«s work, if gold will ever become ko cheap it can be used for cigar store ornaments. He wonders what they will make cigar boxes of when all lumber is gone. That's the way he goes on — seems to take a romantic interest in everything about him, dull, commonplace or other- wise. And, just the same, it's a bloom- ing good disposition to have. Eh?" * * * . The Worm Turns. As he was about to leave a large re- tail cigar store t'other day. The Tobacco World ambassador was halted just outside the door by a somewhat sour-faced clerk, who said: "Say, Tobacco World man : You fellows are always harping on what's good for em- ployes and what clerks should and should not do. Turn about's fair play. I've a bit of advice here for the 'bosses. ' Print it, will you? It might help les- sen our condition of servitude." He handed over a roll of manuscript. And it read : "DONT'S FOR EMPLOYERS." "Don't watch your employes to see if they are watching the clock. Double anxiety only enhances the worry," "Don't hand out good advice unless you are willing to reward those who take it with a salary-raise handout." "Don't have so many rules that em- ployes must lose time reading them. Time is money." "Don't call down a clerk before a customer. It would be more humane to knock him down." "Don't blame the clerk with a bed. razor and chair because business is dull. Troubles exist everywhere." "Don't expect double work of mar- ried employes- they can't help it." "Don't get dippy on 'system.' Too much of it isn't good for the system." "Don't preach 'A place for every- thing' unless you furnish the places." "Don't expect a $15 man to wear a never-come-off smile on an $8 salary." "Don't examine the cash register after every sale. Most of the clerks belong to the Y. M. C. A. — or they are willing to." "Don't expect your employes to be mind-readers. Tell them 'hov« ' and 'when' occasionally." 6 Employer and Employe. Employers may bear in mind to their ^ own benefit, perhaps, that their personality— their temperament, man- ner of treatment and general conduct, has much to do with making or break- ing the employes under them. This subject has probably received very little consideration from many store keepers and merchants, and yet it is an important one. We all know the grouchy employer — the unfortunate man who, either from ill-health or natural disposition, makes all about him uncomfortable and even disgusted. Then there's the over-bearing em- ployer, who speaks to his help as though they were slaves rather than human beings with feelings and ambitions of their own. The chronic fault-finding employer is sure to be in need of a new clerk often, for human natuie has its limits and any sane employe, nagged to the verge of desperation, would rather lose twenty jobs than bear with unnecessary petty peisecution. A brief deicription of an almost ideal employer was given lately by his clerk, a >oung man who has been with him for some time. '"My employer," said the cUrk, "is first of all a gentleman in every sense of the word, and as I was raised in an atmosphere of refinement I easily realized the fact and appreciated it. He never gives 'orders' — merely sug- gests, and do you know that is one of the most pleasant things in my store life. A hard, earnest worker himself, my employer had to expect me to do my share of work, i have done so, willingly— because I appreciated his position and the further fact that I knew he was a man who would, almost unasked, pay a salary commensurate with the position. He's thoughtful of my welfare to the extent of letting me keep regular dining hours and hours for proper recreation, sleep, etc. He has let me off a number of times to attend ball games and other functions and I reciprocated by remaining after hours to help him when extra work was on hand. He is considerate, yet strict; good-hearted, but thoroughly business- like, and just the right sort of a man to work for. I'm looking ahead to a time when I hope to get a partnership. My father will help me in that respect— and I'm saving up right along. I believe my employer would take me in as partner because he has often expressed, in a quiet way, opinions flattering me as a steady, reliable fellow— one bound to Succeed. I intend to live up to his opinion. Some time ago I read an arti- cle by Elbert Hubbard concerning what and what not employes should do and it proved so helpful I have saved it. Here it is— read it." He handed the writer the following slip: "If you work for a man, in heaven's name work for him. If he pays you wages which supply you your br< ad and butter, work for him, speak well of him, think well of him, stand by him, and stand by the institution he repre- sents. "I think if I worked for a man I would work for him. I would not work for him part of his time, but all of his time, I would give an undivided service or none. "If put to a pinch an ounce of loyalty, is worth a pound of cleverness. "If you must villify. condemn and eternally discourage, why, resign your position, and when you are outside damn to your heart's content. But I pray you, so long as you are a part of an institution do not condemn it. Not that you will injure the inscitntion, not that, but when you disparage the concern of which you are part you disparage yourself." it is referred to other cigar store clerks and employes, without comment. ADVERTISING TIPS. THE SHOW WINDOW. "\ ./ Dy cultivating the faculty of obser- ^ vation retailers can secure many ideas for attractive window displays by "looking at the shop windows" of other merchants. Especially if visiting the large cities, letailers in towns are apt to pick up valuable hints and suggestions. A dismal show window rather tends to suggest a dismal store and a grouchy proprietor. Make the window attrac- tive with bright colors and dust-free, cleanly looking goods. To over-do and crowd a window exhibit is really to impair its trade- pulling effect. With 500 different brands of cigars, tobacco and cigarettes in a window, the average man scarcely finds chance to fix his mind on any one of them. A chance to sell is lost be- cause of over-doing the thing. A bottle of light wine, a box of ci- gars, a meerschaum pipe, a tin of smoking tobacco and a box of matches, all on a salver and with nothing else to distract the show window gazer's attention, is apt to prove a good display. It suggests comfort— at the club, at the home "den" or aboard yacht or liner. A New York trade journal editor, who has made a careful study of show windows for years, says: "It is useless to hunt for the failure microbe or to sigh for the discovery of the anti-bankruptcy serum, while show windows remain neglected or only partly utilized. The retailer who lays his financial troubles at the door of a chain store system or a trust may not have compared his own windows with those of the trust and chain-system's stores, but it is not likely that the public has been equally careless or blind. Consequently any disparity in the appearance of his own windows is likely to have much greater weight as a factor in his success or non success than he would be willing to concede. Less talk about the enormity of the crime of buying from trusts and more care of the retailer's show window would be conducive to the peace of mind and general prosperity of retail merchants." Young men anxious to become cigar store clerks are reminded that they have a short cut pull to securing a good job if they can design attractive window displays and write window and store placards. If you have artistic ability, young man, cultivate it, for the com- mercial world has need of all such ability it can secure. Offer a prize of a box of cigars to the one furnishing designs and sketches for a show window display, and promise a good cigar to all whose designs are submitted. If the scheme works as well as it did in a New England city, you will secure some meritorious ideas. r V. _, /Consistency is said to be a jewel— and ^-^ is; and persistency— so far aa advertising goes— is a precious jewel. The advertiser can get a tip on adver- tising by watching a bull dog in a fight. Once he gets his "holt," the genial purp with the iron jaws never lets go. If you start advertising never let go. Stay with it. Have "nerve" and patience. Be a "good loser"— at least until your advertising has had a fair show to "make good." Rome wasn't built in a day, and one advertisement or sometimes ten do not build up a big salts account. But give printers' ink time, in the right place, and it will prove a profitable and faithful friend. The fact that trade journals and other publications are constantly advis- ing business men and houses to adver- tise is not a sign that they are exploit- ing advertising that they may secure selfish profit. They have no particular axe to grind. But, being in a positioft of positions to judge, test and see the good results coming from advertising they want others to know of and profit by such knowledge. They are to be thanked— not criticised, for "booming advertising" and advising all kinds of publicity. Hide your light under a bushel measure and you can't see it yourself, say nothing of the public, which usually is interested in matters of its own until attracted to other affairs by securing its attention. By all m?ans "blow your own horn" some. If you don't nobody will do it for you— for nothing. Here's a few hints on advertising, by Expert Mahin, thnt you can peruse to advantage: "An untruthful advertisement makes a skeptical purchaser, if it makes a pur- chaser at all. The skeptical purchaser always keeps his hand tightly on his pocketbook. "There is inertia in a train of thought as in a train of cars. It takes energy to start or stop either. There is econ- omy in trying to think about one thing at a time. "The man who says he doesn't adver- tise to get business, but to keep what he has, forgets that if advertising will pull trade away from him it will pull it toward him. "Remember, in writing advertise- ments, that there are only two classes of readers — those who are busy and those who are lazy. The busy haven't time to read uninteresting long stories, and the lazy will not. "No money is lost in 'indirect adver- tising.' One must necessarily be most interes ed in making his own business a success, but he must not lose sight of the fact that whate\er benefits the com- munity benefits himself." • • • \ RETAILERS' QUIZZES / / AND ANSWERS \ [Edited by W. H. P.] Question— I am 21 years of age. Am I old enough to open the doors of a cigar store?— Willie Drexelbilt. Answer— Indeed you are, Willie' That is unless the doors are locked and bolted. Q. — I am a widow; have buried five kind husbands and all of them were cigar dealers. Now another cigar mso li % ^^^IHE TOBACCO WORLD Gieske & Niemann, Packers dealers in Leaf Tobacco No. 204 South Charles Street Baltimore, Md. has asked me to be his happy bride. Shall I say 'yes?'— Lonely Mary. A.— Sure! If he's willing to take "his turn next," tell him "yes" three times over and then run him around to the minister's. Q — I was getting out some cigars from under the counter last night when a great big black snake, eighteen feet long, crawkd out and hid in the cash register. What would you advise me to do?— Nervous Clerk. A.— Change to soda water and bromo. Q — My wagon man took out a load of cigars to deliver C. O. D. He cam« back inside of an hour with a bl^ck eye and a regular Third Ward skate. Haven't seen horse, wagon or cigars since. Of such conduct what am I to think?-01d Jobber. A.— Don't think— shoot! Q. — I smoke twenty packs of cigar- ettes a day and find I am getting bug- house-y. What shall I do?— Sour Cor- poral. A. —Smoke one hundred packs a day and finish the job. Q.— Ought I to marry a woman who smokes a pipe? — Smit-'Ten. A.— Sauce for the goose ought to be ditto for the gander. Q.— Can you suggest a name for a cigar to retail at one cent? — Kutter. A.— Yes. "Down and Out." TO PROTECT THEIR INTERESTS Green Bay, Wis., Manufacturers Form Association to Avoid Loss from Bad Debts. Green Bay, Wis., June 14. Cigar manufacturers have organized an association with protection for its object, that is, protection from bad debtors. A black list will be drawn up and in the future the cigar manufac- turers will try to protect themselves and each other from the large loss which they have sustained each year. The association is yet in its infancy, having just been organized, but big things are being planned and its pro- moters hope to see it grow into one of the strongest organizations in the city. Besides the protection afforded by the association other things will be essayei One of the endeavors of the society ^1 be to induce the manufacturers to lyfike a uniform cigar. As yet nothins^ has been done in regard to the crices charged for cigars, but this nbiy be attempted later, as the association grows, and after some of the tasks which have been started are completed and the preliminary work of organiza- tion has been finished. All of the union cigar manufacturers in the city are members and much enthusiasm has been shown by those who have joined the society. The meet- ings have been well attended and pros- pects of success for the new organiza- tion are bright. Are Popular Because They Please the Consumer. Meetings are held once each week, usually on Monday night, and the as- sociation meets in the factories of the different members, as no hall has been secured. Officers of the association are : Pres- ident, John Huerth ; Vice President, Jacob Reis; Secretary, Arthur Bacshe; Treasurer, Louis Vilim. Passing of Old Lebanon Business Lebanon, Pa., June 15. The Standard Leaf Tobacco Company, a new firm composed of Lebanonians has purchased the entire stock and in- terest in the business of former Coun- cilman Wm. J. Swope, leaf tobacco dealer, at 714 Chestnut street. Posses- sion was given on June 1. Clayton D, Long, who has for a num- ber of years been associated with his father, D. B. Long, in the manufac- turing business at 15 and 17 North Sixth street, is the manager of the Standard Company. The transfer means the retirement from active business, for the present, at least, of Mr. Swope, after thirty years of continuous activity in the to- bacco trade. He has been engaged in the leaf tobacco business at the present location for seventeen years, and prior to that was on the road in the same line of business. Mr. and Mrs. Swope will shortly take an extended trip through the West. SUCCESSOR WELL KNOWN. Mr. Long, his succesfor, is almost as well known in the tobacco business as Mr. Swope, though many years the lat- ter's junior. He has had over fifteen years' experience in the business, and will carry on the business on a large scale, with a full line of the best im- ported and domestic leaf tobaccos. For a number of years Mr. I^ong has been connected with the Long cigar factory on North Sixth street, but will hereafter devote his time solely to the leaf tobacco trade. He will have two warehouses, one a^JHV""9laHEberry avenue, in tjj^^ear of Mr. Sv^^'s premises^rtra one at 510 Union aven TEXAS HAVANA CIGARS. iCi I 1 To be Made from Purely Texas- Grown Tobacco. Orange, Tex., June 14. There will soon be on the market Havana cigars made from tobacco grown in Texas. L. H. Shelfer, who established the Shelfer Brown demon- stration farm near this city two years ago, has obtained a license to operate a cigar factory. The leading brand of cigars will be tha "Orange County Ha- vana Cigar, Made of Orange Tobacco," which will be made in 5, 10 and 15 cent sizes. The business will be styled "The Orange County Demonstration Cigar Factory." —The Lorain Cigar Co., of Lorain, O., has increased its capital stock from $10,000 to $25,000. A steady increase of the business of the company is said to have made this action necessary. Norristown Keyno\^ Tobacco Works HAVANA shorts) norristown, pa. J Manufacturers of Havana Shorts 2 oz. 5c. Private Brands for Jobbers a Specialty Samples submitted on applicatiot IT IS BUILT FOR STRENGTH But is not lieavy. Notice ttie position of the Steel Spurs. It won't "Run Away." Price $5.50 Laed In Factories and Warahousaa evarywhere Wolf & Lukasawitz, Dayton, O. , ■■r: iGentlemen: We hire been uiini your Boat Trucks for ■ period of ten yean, and would aajr thai iheir have given ua the beat aaliafaclion, and you mair aend ua ihrea mora of (ha aame make. MANUFACTURED BY R^^ T^.,^1.^"^'''' ^'''' THE WM. F. KRAMER CO. DOX 1 rUCK easily and safely dayton. ohio 11 ^^M THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^» GEO. W. BREMER, Jr. Illli il BREMER BROS. Uf N. Third St., PHILADELPHIA WALTER T. BREMER Importers, Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco lillt 5|; !iJ Hippie Bros. & Co. Importers and Packers of and Dealers in Leaf Tobaccos 231 Arch St., PhiladelpMa Our Retail Department is Strictly Up*to-Date LO UIS B YTHINMR <& CO. Iwi Tobacco Brokers 308 RaCe St. p- .| ^ • - • . and Commission Merchants. F IVlIaaClpnii^ Long Distance Telephone, Market 3025. John U. Fehr Established 1883 Geo. N. Fehr J. U. Fehr & Son Importers and Packers of Leaf Tobacco 700 Franklin St., 101 to 107 S. 7th St., , READING, PA. J I. CSabla Address, **H«lland. Laacaater* Talaphona Sarvica JOHN F. HEILAND 8i CO. COMMISSION MERCHANTS AND DEALERS Leaf Tobacco Eastern Agents MaGee Tobacco Case .' 48 E. Chestnut Street ilil n II Beprasantlnif Oaortfa H. Rnmrill. Jaoesvlllc. Wis. Tha Hlanil Valley Leaf Tobacco Co. Dayton* 0.| Tha Krohn Tobacco Co.. Windsor. Ct.i Dowaard & Koklntf. Cincinnati. O.; F. W. Dobrmann & Son, Cincinnati. O.t ■alabey & Helland. Lititc. Pa. F. O. Box 178 LANCASTER, PA. S. Weinberg 121 North Third Street PHILADELPHIA Importer of SUMATRA and HAVANA Dealer in all kinds of SEED LEAF Tobacco B. VELENCHIK S. VELENCHII VELENCHIK BROS. ""■"tx'in LEAF TGB/ieee Sumatra and Havana 134 N. THIRD ST.. PHILADELPHIA HENRY RINDSKOPF Packer and Importer of Sumatra. Havana ¥ 1? A 1? TOD A P*!^ A and Domestic LLjAE 1 UO ALlLiU N. E. Cor. Fifth and Washington Sts. Reading, Pa. AARON B. HESS Packer of and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco PennsylvanidL Seed B's and Tops READY FOR THE MARKET. Write for Prices. Office and Warehouse: m-m N. Prince St Lancaster, Pa. Bell 'Phone : 77-X. Independent 'Phone : 1464-A. k L. O. HAEUSSERMANN CARL L. HAEUSSERMANN EDWARD C. HAEUSSERMANN ilim liilli' U. O. HA importers of ANN & SONS Packers and Exporters of and Dealers in Sumatra and Havana Leaf Tobacco LARGEST RETAILERS IN PENNSYLVANIA No. 240 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. M 8 THE TOBACCO WORLD E. A. Calves & Co.^^c> Havana, 123 North Third street IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA CONTRACTING FOR FUTURE DELIVERY IN HAVANA. The Old ''Follow the Leader" Game Inaugurated. How Long Can It be Kept Going, and What Will be the Result? Special Correspondence Sales during the past week, as far as reported, do not show any large volume of business transacted although I have learned from seveial sources that some of the Tampa manufacturers now among us have been taking time by the forelock and have made contracts for future delivery. This surely indicates from which side the wind is blowing, and that the Tampa and Key West manufacturers ao not carry sufficient stocks to make them independent of the present market situation. As they have to pay considerably higher prices this year, compared with last season, it is more than likely that they will also raise their prices, or change their sizes somewhat, so as not to lose any money. At last the weekly receipts go to show that the escojidas are beginning to work upon a more active scale. The news from the Santa Clara province is very discouraging for all people who handle this style of leaf, as the hope of seeing lower prices this year may as well be given up if the present state of affairs should continue. It seems that some hothead, who could not wait any longer and calmly take his chanes, has started the ball rolling by paying the same ridiculous high prices as were conceded to the farmers last year. Like the leader of a flock of sheep, which has the rest of the herd at its mercy, as it will follow him blindly over any precipice, so it seems that the dealers and packers of Reme- dios tobacco have argued the point that if Mr. Soandso could afford to pay these prices, they could do likewise. It is stated that for the bundled tobacco from $20 to $25 per qq. has been paid, and this, to the knowing ones of the trade, means that the prices for 1st and 2nd capaduras will rule at about the same figures as they did last year. How in name of common sense 6ny reasoning merchant should pay such ridiculously high prices for a crop which is known to be, by universal assent, partly defective, it is hard to under- LUIS NUNIZ MANUEL NUNIZ VENANCIO DIAZ. Special Partner HILARIO NUNIZ of The Tobacco World.) Havana, Cuba, June 10, 1907. stand, particularly when it is a fact that the consumption has decreased fully 50 per cent, and at the prevailing high prices is liable to shrink still more. As this year's growth, according to all reports, cannot be used by the cigar manufacturer before the winter of 1908 at the very earliest, no dealers or manufacturers in the United States I will be in a hurry to buy the 1907 crop of Remedios, and 1 therefore look for a very slow and dragging business dur- ing the balance of this year. Had our dealers and packers used more judg- ment and commenced buying the crop at about one-hulf of the figure at which they are said to have started in, the outlook would have been far different, and everybody might have had a chance to handle this kind of leaf and make a moderate profit. However, it is pos- sible after the fever of excitement has abated and our leaf dealers think more calmly and commence to reason that they will not continue to pay exorbi- tant figures, and will try to secure the balance of the crop at more reasonable prices. Let us hope, for the benefit of all concerned, that this may be the case, and that the bird which lays the golden eggs may not be killed. SaleM during the past week ran up to 1,205 bales, consisting of 818 bales of Vuelta Abajo, 87 of Partido and 300 bales of Remedios. Of the above quantity 587 bales are reported to have been sold to American buyers, while the remainder of 618 bales went into the hands of the local cigarette manufacturers. Bnyem Come and Go. Arrivals : — Antonio Rico, of El Arte Cigar Co., B. Cuesta, of Cuesta, Rey & Co., J. Lozano, of F. Lozano & Son. E. J. Stachelberg, of M, Stachelberg & Co., Tampa; Fred Meyer, of John H. Meyer & Son, W. D. Castro, of W. D. Castro, Chicago. Departures.— John Fielding, for New York; Elias Aarons, for New Orleans; Sidney Goldberg, *for Vera Cruz. MUNIZ HERMANOS y CIA S en C Growers and Dealers of VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDO and REMEDIOS TOBACCO Cable : "Angel," Havana ReiivdL 20, HavanaL p. 0. Box 98 SYLVESTER & STERN SUCCESSORS TO LEWIS SYLVESTER & SON Growers, Packers and Importers of Havana Tobacco HAVANA, CUBA Monte 56 NEW YORK 165 Front Street PLANTATIONS and ESCOJIDAS: In VUELTA ABAJO at PUERTA de GOLPE " PARTIDOS " SANTIAGO de las VEGAS " REMEDIOS " SANTA CLARA ". QUINTA CAMAJUANI " SANCTI SPIRITUS FACTORY VEGAS A SPECIALTY CHARLES BLASCO Commission Merchant Leaf Tobacco and Ciftara 1 O'Reilly St. gsS^ Habana, Cuba GONZAI^EZ Y MIGUEL. Almacenistas de Tafaaco en Rama Especialidad en Tabaco de Santa Clara de Primera Gase Cablet "CASIN" AMISTAD 97, HABANA* H. UPMANN & CO., HAVANA, CUBA m INDEPENDENT MANUFACTURERS OF THE CELEBRATED '^^. H. UPMANN CIGARS ChImna) BANKERS SHIPPERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS ESTABLISHED 1844 CHAS. LANDAU, 82 Wall St., New York; Board of Trade Building, Montreal SOLE REPRESENTATIVE OF H. UPMANN BRAND FOR UNITED STATES AND CANADA df ^1 M ill! i BEHRENS & eO, Havana, Cuba Manufacturers of the "SOL*' Brand finest Taelta Abajo Tobacco EKclasively %m .^48At^f< ^FiW NO BETTER GOODS MADE PARTAGAS Independent Cigar Factory L*^/ IE PARTAGAS YG a QUALITY ALWAYS RELIABLE Sole Representatives for the United States and Canada: National Cuba Co., 147 Water Street, New York 4MBAt^ The lc«l Best Cigars I CifuenteSf Fernandez y Ca. Proprietors 174 Industria Street Cable: ciFMR HabanR, Cuba Sobrinos de A. Gonzalez LEAF TOBACCO MERCHANTS Principe Alfonso 116 y 118 Habana, Quba Cable: "Aauro" AVMLINO PAZOS & CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama PRADO 123 Habana Cable: ON I LEVA SUAREZ HERMANOS (S. en C.) Growers, Packers 1" £ T^ "L and Dealers in LCai i OOaCCO FIGURAS 39-41. c-bie: "Cuet«r«" HAVANA, CUBA GUSTAVO SALOMON Y HNOS. Especialidad en TABAGOS HNOS de VUELTA ABAJO. PARTIDOS y VUELTA ARRIBA Monte 114 p. O. Box, Apartado 270 Cable: ZALEZGON Habana lUNO DIAZ K. KODHIGUEZ B. DlflZ 8t CO. Growers and Packers of • Vuelta Abajo and Partido Tobacco RRADO 125 Cable: ZAIDCO HABANA, CUBA S. Jorge Y. P. Castaneda JOI^GE & P. CflSTfll^EDfl Growers, Packers and Exporters of Havana Iieaf Tobacco Egido, Corner Drajones Street, HAVANA lu J. H. CAYRO & SON Dealers in Ueaf Tobacco specialty: Vuelta Abajo and Partido Warehouse and Office: 92 Dragones Street, HAVANA, CUBA Cable Addresst "JOSECAYRO" Correspondence Solicited In Enrfllah \ HENRY VONEIFF F. VIDAL ORUZ VONEIFF Y VIDAL CRUZ '""'^H^'poR^TERSotLEAF TOBACCO 73 Amistad Street, HAVANA. CUBA Branch Houses: 616 W. Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Md. P. O. Box 433, Tampa, Fit. EVARISTO GARCIA JOSE M. GARCIA iOSE DIAZ J. M. GARCIA Y CIA. Almacenistas de Tabaco Partido y Vuelta Abajo CON VEGAS PROPIA5 San Nicolas !26 v 128 c.r,: -jomac'rcu • HABANA, CUBA ^^^ THE TOBACCO W O R L D ^^^ Rf BAVTISTA y CA.-Leaf Tobacco Warehouse-HABANA, CVBA Cable Rotista NeptUflO 170—174 Special Partner-Gumersindo Garcia Cuervo Havana Clicar MnnufaciurfrN are still in the same predicament, as the attempt made by Gen. Pino Guerra to come to a compromise between the trust and the strilcers has completely failed. It seems the trust was made to believe that if it offered an increase of wages of 3J per cent, that the same would be accepted by the strikers, but when the trust finally agreed to this proposition the leaders of the strike had changed their minds, and insisted upon their original proposition of de- manding the same figures in American money, or virtually 10 p r cent, in crease. I heard it stated that the men who are at the head of this movement, and who have engineered the strike, are the identical ones who gave Tampa so much trouble a few years ago, and who were finally kidnapped and de- ported when the cigar manufacturers could not stand their goings on any longer. Whether this will be the final solution here, or whether the question may yet be solved in a peaceable man- ner, remains to be seen. It is a riddle, however, where all the money is com- ing from to support the idle men and their families, although that there must be a great deal of suffering is undeniable, and that trade in general is more or less affected begins also to be noticeable. There is already a scarcity of cigars for local consumption, and it is less a question to get the ac- customed sizes at even a higher figure, than to get any at all at any figure. BuylnK, Selllngr and Otber Noten of Intereat. Muniz Hnos & Co., have been selling their receipts of new Vuelta Abajo, some 361 bales, mostly to the local ci- garette manufacturers, although a few bales went to the United States. Facundo Arguelles has been buying right along, although he would not commit himself in stating the exact number of bales already acquired. Cardenas & Co. sold 300 bales of Vuelta Abajo (libra de pie) to the local cigarette manufacturers. Sylvester & Stern started their San- tiago de las Vegas packing on the 4th inst., and, I understand, they intend to pack close on to 5,000 bales. Their fine building at 6 Monte street, in a new coat of paint, is looking spic and span, and all the interior arrangements have been completed in an up-to-date fashion, so that now they have good light and can show their tobacco, rain or shine, at any time. Urbano Gomez & Co. disposed of 150 bales of Vuelta Abajo. It seems this house is going into the leaf busi- ness deeper and deeper from year '^ year. The Loeb-Nunez Havana Co. received a fine vega of 200 bales from the Vuelta Abajo during the past week. Leopold Loeb, Samuel Mendelsohn and I. M. Jacoby.af ter having inspected their Vu- elta Abajo and Partido packings, also 'Went upon a trip to the Santa Clara province, the end of last week. . Sobrs. de A. Gonzalez disposed of 107 bales of various classes of leaf. J. F. Berndes & Co. bought 100 bales of 1st capaduras, old crop. Jorge y P. Castfineda made some sales of their San Antonio de loa Banos es- cojida. Edgar J. Stachelberg arrived hare last week, and is actively in the mar- ket trying to secure the finest tobacco he can find. RECEIPTS FRO\I THE COUNTRY. Since Vuelta Abajo Semi Vuelta t^artido Matanzas rtemedios & S.Clara Santiago de Cuba Week ending June 8 Bales 3,291 195 789 5 297 Total 4,577 Jan. 1 Bales 19,135 1.097 2,267 266 4,910 2,420 30,095 PABLO PEREZ CANDIOO 0BE8O New Auburn Company Formally Launched. Auburn, N. Y., June 15. Formal transfer has been made of the business of the Auburn Tobacco Company, formerly owned by Elmore N. Ross, John N. Ross, William H. Ross, and Edward A. Ross, comprismg the firm, to its new owners, who have filed articles of incorporation with the Secretary of State at Albany and will do business under the old name with a capital stock of $40,000. All the for- mer owners have withdrawn from the business entirely with the exception of Edward A. Rosa, who will act as trea- surer and manager of the new c rpora- tion. J. Vipond Jr., of Scranton, Pa., is presideni. Mr. Vipond is actively interested in the Scranton Tobacco Company, of Scranton, Pa. It is the intention of the new com- pany to greatly enlarge upon the old business of the Auburn Tobacco Com- pany and extend its operations over a much greater field. In order to do this it has been found necessary to move into quarters with better facilities for its particular line of business, and on June 20. the property formerly oc- cupied by Walter Bray in Exchange street will be used as its place of busi- ness, extensive repairs being made in the meantime. The entire building will be used. Several more salesmen will be employed to exploit one grade of tobacco alone. The business of the old firm was es- tablished in September, 1898. at 109 State street. Since that time the rapidly increasing trade has twice forced the company to move into larger quarters, and at the time of its sale the Auburn Tobacco Company enjoyed one of the most flourishing wholesale busi nesses in the State of New York. Its success was mostly due to the untiring efforts of its manager, Edward A. Ross. Smaller Albany Factories Sign Scale. Albany, N. Y., June 14. The new agreement and wage scale demanded by local Cigarmakers' Union No. 68. has been signed by the following employing cigprmakers: Hinkleman, Fisher, Horan, Hoffmeister, Burgman, Winhold, Allen & Van Souten. White Bros.. Koons. Fish, Bagle, Mitzheim, Becker. Lavin. Brightmyer. McDuff, Lunghon, P. F. Ryan, J. M. Johnson, Manger, Murphy, Herscholz, Quinn, Heinz, W. H. Girvin, Keller, Harris, McCarthy. Thornton. Mrs. May, Bruesch, Winne. Van De Bogart, Wide- man. Tiernan, J. Smith, G. Smith, W. Reilly. Roche Bros.. M. Russell, Lang Bros., F. Loran, J. J. Koons, T. Kenny, H. Heinberger, G, Graves, J. H. Girvin, J. Gilligan, F. P. George, H. Faubel, M. Coiley, G. Brown, J. Bowers, L. Snyder. This represents a majority of the smaller factories of Albany, but the real large factories are quite as con- spicuous by their absence from the list. Constifution Seed & Hav- ana Cigars are the Best that can be made. Do you sell them? Perez & Obese S. en C. (Sobrinos de G. Palacios) (Leaf Tobacco] VUELTA ABAJO FACTORY VEGAS a Specialty Proprietors of famous Lowland Vuelta Abajo Veiias Prado 121, Entrance, Dragones St Cable: "Sodecio." HABANA, CUBA. I »H JOSE F. ROCHA Havana Leaf Tobacco Especialidad Tabacos Finos de Vuelta Abajo, Partido y Vuelta Arriba San Miguel lOO Cable: "DONALLES" HABANA, CUBA il GONZALEZ, BBNITEZ & CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama y Viveres Amargura 12 and 14, and San Ignacio 25 Cable: "Tebenitez" P. O. Box 396 HABANA, CUBA LOEB-NUNEZ HAVANA CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama 142 and 144 Consulado Street ^'"reform Habana JOS. MENDELSOHN LOUIS A. BORNEMANN MANUEL SUAREZ Mendelsohn, Bornennann & Co. Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO and Commission Merchants New York Office: Havana, Cuba: 196 WATER STREET MANUEL SUAREZ y CA., Amistad 95 A. M. CALZADA & CO. Packers and Dealers in L^eaf and COMMISSION MERCHANTS Monte 156, HABANA, CUBA. p. O. Box. 59a. Cablet "CALDA." 11 . < m E. A. Calves & Co.ci- garette agitators are responsible for the W%mfmi%/^>%t^ —If the price of leaf tobacco con- tinues to rise there may be a boom in the air-ship market. It will require one to reacn said prices. ^^1%%%^ THE LOCAL TOBACCO NEWS The retail trade has improved con- siderably since the warmer weather seems to have set in in earnest. Street tiaffic has increased wonderfully and dealers along the thoroughfares leading to parks and other open air resorts are feeling the good effect to a marked de- gree. Electric fans have been set in ir.otion and summer is apparently here, but the trade misses the usual spring season. In cigar manufacturing circles the trade is generally reported as moder- tely good, but when we refer to the sale of revenue stamps for May we find that the month was really a record breaker, as compared with the moiith of May for many years previous. May, 1907, has to its credit an output of 60.- 452,650 cigars, 17,600 little cigars, 17.- 089,000 all tobacco cigarettes. 7.802,500 paper covered cigarettes, 468.400 pounds of snuff, and 113,310 pounds of manufactured tobacco. The cigar out- put shows an increase of nearly 4,000,- 000 over May, 1906. Not only has the Theobald & Oppen- heim«>r Co. commenced active opera- tions in the construction of its new ci- gar factory, which is to be located on Fotirth street near Girard avenue, but they have also acquired an additional plot of ground upon which it has been decided to erect an annex, which will extend along the full length of the fac- tory on the north. It will be a two story structure, and used principally for warehouse purposes. The main structure, which will be built of brick and concrete, will have a frontage of 85 feet on Fourth street, and extend along Cambridge street 168 feet to Ori- anna. along which it will front 108 feet. It will be six stories high, and contain every known modern improvement and device. It has even been lately plan- ned to equip it with baths for use of the employes, a dining hall,, etc. In short it is to be the model factory through and through. At the present time the house is having a heavy de- mand for the Quatility and Dolly Dollars in nickel goods, and the Wm. Penn and Royal Lancers in 10 cent products. Jobbing houses report that although the demand for goods by dealers has increased finances do not seem to be much easier, if any, and collections are hardly up to the standard. A day clerk in the employ of Fred Hoch & Co.. at their Columbia avenue and Sydenham street store, on Sunday afternoon last, tapped the cash register of its contents and unceremoniously decamped for parts unknown. He had come on duty about 1 t/clock p. m , and was seen to leave the store shortly be- fore 4, closing and locking the door. An investigation of the cash register revealed the fact that about $36.00 had been taken in by him during those few afternoon hours, and that constituted the amount of his plunder. No trace of his present whereabouts has as yet been obtained, alth looked over than for several weeks previous. The long continuing unseasonable weather appears to have had the effect of awakening manufacturers to the fact that if perchance the crop should be a short one this year, or inferior in any way, it would undoubtedly have an adverse effect on the market, and prices would stiffen in consequence. Both leaf dealers and manufacturers are hoping that such may not prove to be the case, realizing fully what a dis- astrous effecc it would have on the in- dustry, which has been growing so rapidly. It is, however, only a matter of a fe«v weeks until it will be possible to predict more intelligently and accu- rately just what the chances are. Some activity has been experienced in impoited goods, particularly Suma- tra, which is having a very gratifying sale. In Havana leaf the market is still more unsettled by a sort of in-between- season, and the arrival of new goods is now eagerly awaited. • • • Pretzfeld & Co. report having secured considerable Sumatra tobacco for their trade at the inscription held at Am- terdam on June 7. • • • Ernest Ellinger, of E. Ellinger & Co., importers cf Havana tobacco, returned to New York from Cuba last week, having come by rail after visiting seve- ral important Southern clear Havana manufacturers en route. He states that he secured a considerable quantity of tobacco to supply his trade, but that prices are greatly advanced over last year. Packing of his new goods is pushed forward as speedily as it can be safely done. • • • Park & Til ford have issued a very handsome booklet, which is one of a series gotten out by them. The present edition is intended for yachtsmen, and consists of an eight page folder, which is illustrated and exquisitely executed. Special attention is given in it to Park & Tilford's line of smokers' supplies. • * * Maurice Wertheim, a son of President Jacob Wertheim, of the United Cigar Manufacturers' Co., has been elected secretary, succeeding the late Walter A. Schifler. The vacancy in the Board of Directors, caused by Mr. Schiffer's death, has not yet been filled. Mr. Wertheim, Sr., is expecting to sail on June 20 for Europe, where he will meet Edward A. Kerbs, of the company , to consult with him concern- ing some very important matters. • • • S. F. Hess, head of the widely known tobacco manufacturing firm of S. F. New York, June 18. Hess & Co., of Rochester, N. Y., died at his home in that city on June 6, of neuralgia of the heart, at the age of 74 years. Deceased had been engaged in the tobacco business since 1867. He is survived by a widow and one son. a • a A. Bijur and his bride, after a short honeymoon abroad, have returned to New York. • • • Theodore Wolf, leaf dealer, died at his home, 23 East Eighty-eighth street, the early part of last week, after a long illness. Mr. Wolf was 65 years old, and came to this country from Germany when a small boy. His wife died about three years ago, and he leaves no children or other near relatives. m * • M. Isaacp, who is here on a purchas- ing trip for Zeegan Bros. & Co., cigar manufacturers of London, Eng., has left for Boston, where he will remain ten days. On his return to this city he expects to make his final purchases of leaf, and has booked passage on a steamer sailing July 26 for England. " * • While the city trade is kind of quiet, John J. Sanders, of the Manufacturers' Supply House at 113 Maiden Lane, re- ports orders coming in nicely from the country. • • • Laborers were at work Saturday sift- ing the ashes of the ruins of the fire in search of diamonds and jewelry belong- ing to the family of Walter A. Schiffer. Captain C. Fred Nelson, a fireman, the morning after the fire picked up valuable diamonds and purses belong- ing to Mrs. Schiffer, which he returned to the widow. Laborers employed by Joseph J. Kiernan brought to the sur- face Saturday two gold watches, ooe gold bracelet, one diamond p:n, one ring wi h two diamonds and a sapphire. The safe was found to be intact. The value of the diamonds and jewelry lost in the fire is estimated to be $40,000. ■ • • Fred. Bauer, representing Louis E. Neuman & Co., lithographers, left Monday on a trip through Pennsylvania, where he has a large and growing trade. • • • E. Bunzelman & Son, wholesale and retail leaf dealers, 100 First street, re- port business as fair. They enjoy s good trade among the East Side manu- facturers and are continually expanding their business. a a a Samuel Hecht, cigar manufacturer of West Haven, Conn., was in the city on Monday. • a • J. Monheimer & Co., 206 Pearl street, the trade printers, are sending out samples of their work, which con- sist of sample tickets and revenue books. Rutherford ''XS;™" are sold by successful dealer*. There is a Reason. For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to Established 1880 Monroe D. Sellers, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO.. SELLERSVILLE, PA. I HE TOBACCO WORLD P. St S. LOEWENTHAL ^^ Packers of Seed Leaf Tobacco A,, D Florida Sumatra No. 138 Water Street, NEW YORK BUNKER HILL DAY IN BOSTON. Therefore a General Shut-Down of Business, but Retail Cigar Men Profited by the Holiday. [Boston Bureau "The Tobacco World" 19 Devonshire Street] Boston, June 17. There was a noticeable increase of business the past week in tbe cigar and tobacco trade, due probably to the warm weather we have had the past few days. Today is Banker Hill Day ; it is a legal holiday here and all the business houses will be closed. Our popular resort. Revere Beach, which is considered Boston's Coney Island, did a very profitable business today, the weather being real warm. There is no change in the tobacco strippers' strike in the large local fac- tories. The Waitt & Bond factory is the only one of the seven large factories to give in and the cigarmakers have shut down in the other six factories. It is expected that these other factories will soon give in to the new demands of the strippers* union, but it may take several weeks before the owners decide on doing so. The Retail Drug Dealers' conven- tion is being held this week at Mag- nolia, the popular aristocratic summer resort. Druggists from all over the State are in attendance, and I under- stand that the National Cigar Stands Co. 'p proposition is being discussed. Nat Morris (Turco American Tob. Co.) has returned after an absence of several months, and he reports that the Omega cigarette is selling great since it has been made in cork tip. Samuel Marcuson (Khedivial Co.) is putting out lots of ad ertising matter on the Oxford and Samaria cigarette, and in consequence both brands are moving nicely. Charles Ellis has been down Vermont exploiting the Cortez and Smokecraft cigars. The White Rolls cigarettes are dupli- cating nicely and A. Lea, the Boston representative, is well pleased at the progress made so far. L. A. Stillings, representing the Lon- don Cigarette Co.. Limited. N. Y., a branch of the trust, reports a good business on their new 25 cent package of Turkish cigarettes called House of Lords. Mr. Stillings has a crew of 20 men under him and they are at present working the principal cities in New England. One piece of advertising matter on the House of Lords cigarette consists of an elegant pocket cardcase, with a package of expensive playing cards therein. Larus Bros. Co., Inc., makers of the popular Sensible and other brands of smoking and chewing tobaccos, are now celebrating their 30th anniversary, and in consequence have mailed their cus- tomers here a circular letter of thanks for their liberal patronage in the past Constitution Seed and , , , Havana ■tands for Quality and Workmanship. Remember that. and hoping for a continuance of* the same. George M. Cawthorne, the popular East Boston tobacconist, who for the past few weeks has had charge of the Allen Tobacco Co.'s brands in this mar- ket, is making a grand showing on the Telonetie and Subway little cigars, and these brands are moving very freely with the wholesalers at present. The A. T. Co. has a crew of salesmen here selling Navy tobacco to the re- tailers, and with every IJ lbs. pur- chased are giving them as free goods a package of Dinner Bell, a scrap chew- ing tobacco. Many retailers gave to their Turkish Trophy customers Saturday with every package, asmallmoxing picture book representing many up to date ideas. N. Alfowich, of Alfowich Bros., spent several days down Maine this week, trout fishing. He reports that he caught several gefiltered fifh. S. Weiss, representing Kauffman Bros. & Bondy. was here last week showing a nice line of pipe samples. Fire Alarm, the new plug tobacco of the United States Tobacco Co., is in- creasing daily in popularity. Rosenthal Bros., the Hanover street tobacconists, have just taken on the Gold Bond certificate scheme of the C. E. Barker Mfg. Co., N. Y. Ben AM. WW%>*'«'» Birthday Surprise and Greetings. Members of the Janesville Leaf To- bacco Dealers' Association aSurpristd G. H. Rumrill at his home Friday evening and assisted him in celebrating his fifty-seventh birthday. E. Haskins held Mr. Rumrill at his warehouse till alter seven o'clock on the pretension of making a large purchase and when the two reached the Rumrill residence the company of eighteen men had gathered. The surprise was complete. A sumptuous four- course dinner was served under the direction of Mrs. Rumrill and then fragrant Havanas were lighted. Music was furnished with a phonograph and witty stories told. With a few pleasing words Stewart B. Heddles presented Mr. Rumrill with a handsome gold headed cane, be. The plant beds are making some progress, it is true, but not coming forward as they would under warmer temperature and plenty of sunshine. There is a per- centage of growers who will start their transplanting the coming week, how- ever, which is not far behind the usual time of planting the crop. But the average grower finds his plants so much belated that the bulk of the crop can scarcely be pitched in the fields this month even under favorable weather conditions. The cured leaf markets are barrerf of all news of importance either in East- ern centers or among local dealers. G. H. Rumrill, of Janesville, picked up • car of bundled leaf here this week. Shipments 600 cases. -Reporter. For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to i. . u, . . Monroe D. Seller*. KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO.. SELLERSVItLErpI! THE TOBACCO W O R L D ^^^ J. B. MILLEYSACK H Manufacturer of I Havana PIOADC Hand-Made UlUHlvd No. 821 Lake Street LANCASTER, PA. Correspondence with the Jobbing Trade solicited. ESTABLISHED 1889 INCORPORATED 1902 A. B. HESS CIGAR CO. SUCCESSORS TO J. E. Sherts & Co. LANCASTER, PA. Manufacturers of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars . a^\AMJ CORRESPONDENCE INVITED FROM RESPONSIBLE HOUSES The Gilt Edge y ^ Cigar Box Factory CIGAR BOXES SHIPPING CASES LABELS EDGINGS RIBBONS J. FRANK BOWMAN Cigar Manufacturers' SUPPUES of All Kinds 51 Market Street LANCASTER. PA. Daily Capacity: Five Thousand Boxes All Jobbers Who Handle Travellers Tips lil ^ .vVVlilUiiUilUy/ , -5 - '*■ «s jr , ' ^«GrSTE«*0 3^1 -•srs Tr TTTTTmTnu U'k Say it Always Moves Well ''A Good Five Cent Cigar Abbott Cigar Co. ABBOTTSTOWN. PA. 9ft E. RENNINGER Established 1889 Manufacturer of High and Medium Grade Cigars Strictly Union-Made Goods. DCIlVGr PSL 322-326 E.23«PST. -^.^ 5AMPLES& PRICES '^■^mm FURNISHED r. UPON Application IN STOCK. TO ORDER CIGAR LABELS S.!°.».!<..^"d BANDS It Will Remove Rankness from Tobacco Take Away Mustiness and Give Cifiars Havana Flavor. CHASKEL'S SPANISB BETUNE Is Specially adapted to give that Peculiar Sourish Effect desired. Chaskel's Flavors the Cheapest in the market, considering what they do. A Card Will Brin^ More Information and Prices.^ Chaskel Chemical Works. 265 West Broadway* Ne'w York CHASKCLje CJ0AR*T09A^ CIGAR BOXES The Ideal Ci^ar Made in an Ideal Way Stephen Day 3c. Brand Is Strictly Union Made Ideal Gi^ar Go. CENTENNIAL, P4. SKETCHES AND QUOTATIONS xm\vm WRITIFOt RIBBON PRICES Our Capacity for Manufacturing Cigar Boxes Is— ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE GOOD CUSTOMER Monroe D. Sellers, Sellersville, Pa. THE TOBACCO WORLD tirowers and Packers of HIGHEST GRADES aNNECTlClIT HAVANA SEED The Krohn Tobacco Co. (of WINDSOR, CONN.) Our Plantations are in the most famous growing section Fine Handling Superb Quality Address : F. B. GRIFFIN, Manager, NORTH BLOOMFIELD, CONN. -OR- A. H. REEDER, President, P. 0. BOX 574, DAYTON. 0. Established 1895 Telephone Connection T. L. ADAIR Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Red Lion, Pa. Special Lines for the Jobbing Trade W. W. STEWART & SON Reading, Pa. It! Iliti jOtlNif4y Makers of the JOHN HAY LADY HELEN lOc. JOHN HAY, Jr. ELI PERKINS ; m Hi^h Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Correspondence with Responsible Houses Solicited L. J. SMITH & CO. Wholesale Cigar Manufacturers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Red Lion, Pa. K ^!|^0l<>^*l^*^EiC|llC ^>*'> >peclaUy Designed Bands. i^-fi^ .-^SL. :^i^ ^^^ PAN ANNA 5c. Ciiiars ' TWO HAVANAS Two for Five Cents Correipondence with Responsible Houses sobcilwl. "^ Private Brands made to order. J. F. REICHARD Wholesale Dealer in LEAF TOBACCO of All Grades Craley, Penna. SMITH BROS. Brokers in Domestic ¥ 17 A 17 T/^R A f^r^f^ and Imported LLL/Vr 1 kJOiSX^K^KJ No. 1 7 Charter Street, Dayton, O. Ohio Goods Our Specialty 20 TOBACCO BREEDING. By A. D. Shamel and W. W. Coby. Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. (Continued from last week) On account of the large quantity of seed produced by a single plant under normal conditions and the fact that the various characters of a tobacco plant are in erited so strikingly and uni- formly by its progeny the following year when the seed is saved under bag, protected from cross-fertilization, it is possible for the tobaccco grower to secure uniformity with considerable degree of improvement in type, quality, and yield by one year's selection. One plant often furnishes enough seed for an entire crop, and the plants raised from this seed always produce a very uniform lot of tobacco when cross-fer- tilization is not allowed to take place. THE NECESSITY FOR INBREEDING. In the season of 1903 the writers, in company with Dr. H. J. Webber, visi- ted the tobacco fields of the Connecticut Valley in response to a request of the growers for assistance in the produc- tion of uniform strains of tobacco by breeding and seed (^election. During the survey of this region with a view to gaining an idea of the variability of the varieties of tobacco, it was deter- mined to inaugurate a series of experi- ments in a practical way for the inves- tigatonof the methods of savmg seed. In view of the results of the investi- gations of Darwin and others on the comparative vigor of growth, seed pro- diiction, and other characters of tobacco plants raised from seed obtained by cross and by self fertilization the seed of select plants of the different types of tobacco was protected from cross- fertilization by inclosing the flower heads with a light but strong form of paper bag. Other seed plants were saved without such protection, as is ordinarily done by the tobacco growers. The seed harvested from these seed plants was saved separately, stored in jri.all Klass vials adapted to this pur- pose, and labeled according to the sys- tem now in use by the breeders in the plant breeding investigations of the United States Department of Agricul- ture. The record of the number of leaves, size, thickness, shape, and color of leaves, number of suckers, height of plant, habit of growth of leaves and plants, time of maturity of leaves and seed, and other characters was kept ac- cording to the system used by Doctor Webber, modified by the writers for use in keeping a pedigree of tobacco va- rieties. The seed of the plants finally selected for experimental purposes was sown in ordinary seed beds, separated into many small sections by thin board partitions, each of which was capable of holding 500 seedlings. The seedlings from these separate seed bed plants were trans- planted to separate rows or plats in the exjierimental field, each row or plat HUNTFJ^ — ^ ^'^^^^ ^'g" Has won many races for dealers. Try it. being carefully labeled so that the plants could be traced directly back to the original seed plants. The manur- ing, or fertilization, and preparation of the soil in the experimental field and the transplanting, cultivation, and har- vesting of the plants were all conducted with the greatest possible care to give all of the rows or plants equal oppor- tunity for growth. For instance, the seed of all of the plants of a variety was sown the same day. and at the proper time the seedlings of this va- riety were all transplanted the same day. At the time of harvest the leaves of the individual rows or plats were primed or the plants cut on the same day, and the leaves or plants were hung in the curing shed so as to get as nearly uniform conditions for curing as were consistent with the practical handling of the crop. The leaves of plants se- lected for seed were harvested separ- ately and labeled so that the product of each plant could be intelligently used in comparative tests of the cured and fermented crop This labeling process involved considerable extra work and attention in the field, curing sheds, and warehouses, but was absolutely neces- sary for a definite selection of seed plants for the next season's use, based on the character of the fermented to- bacco. The rows or plats of plants grown from seed of individual plants saved under bag, i. e., self -fertilized seed, showed remarkable uniformity in type, size, shape, and appearance of leaves, habit of growth, and all other characters, and conformed closely to the type of the parent plants from which the seed was saved,. The con- tinued saving of self-fertilized seed for three seasons has furnished no evidence of a decrease in the rate of growth or constitutional vigor of tobacco plants as a result of this practice. On the' other hand, by reason of the selection of the best plants in the different va- rieties every season there has Leen a marked increase in the productiveness and the general vigor of constitution of the varieties under consideration. Self-fertilization is the closest pos- sible degree of inbreeding, and it is the general impression that this practice is usually associated with a loss of vigor of growth, with a predisposition to dis- ease, and other undesirable results. In tobacco, so far as our experience goes, this does not happen, and the exact opposite of this condition obtains, viz, that inbreeding is beneficial to the gen- eral development of the variety. It is unfortunate that it is impossible to present tabular data at the present time showing the behaviour of plants raised from artificially cross fertilized seed within the variety in comparison with plants raised from self-fertilized seed. The principal object of this work has been the achievement of practical results, so that the opportunity for scientific observations and experiments has been necessarily limited. However, the writers have had the privilege of making careful observations on the re- sults of saving seed from plants grown under large field tents and comparing the plants raised from such seed with I w g_THE T OBACCO WORLD Telephone Call, 432 -B Office and Warehouse: FLORIN, PA. Located on Main Line of Pennsylvania R. R. E. L. NISSLY Also, All Grades of Fine Cigars ®, Leaf Tobacco No. 307 North Queen St. LANCASTER. PA. 22 <^%%^^^^i (Contmued from last week) Whale oil soap.— This was used in the proportion of 1 pound of soap to 6 gallons of wattr. When examined shortly after spraying the thripn were seemingly as lively as ever. A strength of 1 pound to 5 gallons killed about 50 per cent, of the thrips, but seemed to burn the leaf slightly. Glucose and molasses. — It was thought that possibly the thrips might be caught or prevented from working on the leaf by mea>is of a sticky spray. A propuition of 1 quart of glucose to 6 quarts of water was tried. While a few thrips were caught and killed by the spray, others had escaped and were found, after the water had evaporated, walking about over the leaf without trouble. Molasses, also, was tried, but found to be even less effective than the glucose. Dusting with lime or other powders seems to be of little value, as the thrips are found making their way about through the dust without trouble. Lime also has the disadvantage that it is not entirely washed off by rains. Arsenicals were tried, but, as ex- pected, seem to be of little value when used for the thrips. Kerosene emulsion.— Since this is our strongest contact poison it was thought from the first that if it could be used in sufficient strength to kill the thrips without injury to the tobacco leaf, it would furnish a satisfactory remedy. Experiments were made with the fol- lowing formula for the stock solution : Kerosene 2 gallons. Hard soap ^ pound. Water 1 gallon. A strength of 1 part of stock solu- tion to 10 parts of water proved jjquite satisfactory in killing the thrips. This spray was found to burn the leaves when used in the sun, but further ex- periments have demonstrated that it can be used on a cloudy day or late in the evening without danger of injury. Gonstitution ^'tJ'ciSr Made in the good old way. CL DRACO CIGAR MFG. CO.. PHIL A. THE BEST TREATMENT. Of the many insecticides used, kero- sene emulsion has been found to be the most satisfactory remedy for the to- bacco thrips. Tobacco decoction in a concentrated strength seems to be ef- fective, but, because of the amount of material necessary and the labor in- volved in its preparation, its use is less satisfactory. Rose-leaf insecti- cide, while effective in concentrated strengths, is impractical because of its greater expense as compared with the emulsion. The advantages of kerosene emulsion are its destructive power against the insects and its low cost when compared with other possible remedies. Its one disadvantage lies in the fact that it can not be applied while the sun is shining. This has been over- come by night applications, as herein described. It was suggested that the kerosene might affect the aroma of the cigar. Cigars wrapped with sprayed tobacco, however, fail to give evidence of any such effect. Very particular attention was paid to this point, but no traces whatever of the kerosene in either the leaf or the cigar could be detected. HOW TO MAKE KEROSENE EMULSION. The formula heretofore given, namely, 2 gallons of kerosene, 1 gallon rA.HUSSEvI lEAf TOMCCO d THE BEST ORGANIZED MOST COMPLETE AND LARGEST MAIL ORDEE LEAF TOBACCO ESTABLISHMENT r AMERICA « NEWYORK \ CHICAGO I ST. LOUIS j THE TOBACCO WORLDS JOHN D. UOINQ OFFICE t ^^ ^ FACTORYi No. 1 18 Mifflin Street Manufacturer of |^ 1 g fi T S Cor. Maple & Plum Aves. Lebanon, Penna. A Specialty of Private Brands. Telephone Connection SsmplCS Sent tO ReSponsiblc HouSeS. HERMAN DEUUE York, Penna. Maker of Delman 10 and 5c. Herdel 5c. Alex. Martin 5c. UNION MADE CIGARS Sold to Wholesale & Jobbing Trade only Samples to Responsible Houses ■EM. Bear Bros. Manufacturers of FINE CIGARS R. F. D. No. 8, YORK, PA. A specialty of Private Brands for tte Wholesale and Jobbing Trades Correspondence solicited Samples on application GEO. W. PARR Manufacturer of FINE CIGARS Littlestown, Pa. MAKER OF 5c.{THEFERNSIDEl3c. Sold to the Jobbing Trade only Correspondence invited \\i. iE[. W. R. DAUGHERTY & BRO. Manufacturers of Fine Domestic Brands: Sie Bear, S6t Cub, Essie, and Matthew Carey C. E. MATTINGLY & CO. Manufacturers of Hi^h Grade Union Made FOR THE Wholesale Trade Only Union Chief Supreme Union Cigars Dallastown, Pa. HIGHEST QUALITY FINEST PACKAGES WholMal* and Jobbing Trade m Corrcapondence witb AcUva Booaea Invited n Mc Sherpystown, Pa, el- ojvq ElOno Union Made 5 -Cent Cigars are as Good as Cigars (Jan be Made Chas. A. Oberly* Maker LEBANON, PA. s Cigars of Quality Sell and Repeat. Try THE DOCTOR t T M: •{OiMIOciiBk^ i 5c. O^ar WALTER S. BARE. Lititz, Penna. Maker of Hlrfh Grade Citfara Exclnalvely. R. E. JACOBY Wholesale Manufacturer of Strictly Uniform Quality of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Rothsville, Pa. Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited .^Istablished 1870 Factory No. 79 ! S. R. KOCHER Manufacturer of Fine Havana Cigars and Packer of I WRIGHTSVJLLE, PA. H. G. BARNHART Ciiiar Manufacturer Sprin^vale, Pa. One of Our Leading Brands : Cuban Duchess Only High Grade Tobacco Used Cigars always duplicate 28 1 THE TOBACCO WORLD SAMUEL FREV Craley, Pa. Manufacturer of Cigars for the Wholesale Trade OLD JUDGE ) C^ MILD AND PLEASANT ) 7 (^^ Zr THE CYCLONE j ^^* BROWN BUCK (Banded) [ ^ IW* 9C. ALLEN GOODRICH, 3 c. Samples to Responsible Houses They Smoke It and Come A^ain HI] BLEND, QUALITY and WORKMANSHIP to Please the Most Critical Smokers Manufactured for Joobing Trade Only The Toedtman GigGir Go. Makers of the Highest Grade of dc. Cigars Exclusively MIAMISBURG. OHIO. m i i The American Tobacco Co, Bootjack 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 24 water, and one halt pound of soap, is followed when hard soap is used. The soap should be cut into fine shavings and dissolved in the gallon of boiling water. The water should then be added to the kerosene while still hot and churned by means of a force pump, pumping it back into the same vessel for ten minutes. When thoroughly emulsified it has a creamy appearance and upon cooling becomes much thicker. A certain naphtha soft soap is now manufactured that will dissolve readily and oy the use of which the emulsion can be made without heat. When this soap is used, a pint will replace the hard soap in the formula. This naphtha soap has the advantage that it can be made up at short notice and at any place needed. In lots of 100 pounds it can be obtained at 3^ cents per pound. Whale-oil soap has been used to repluce hard soap in the formula, but seems to have very little advantage over hard soap. When making the emulsion, care should be taken that it is completely emulsified. Each particle of the kero- sene must be surrounded by a film of soip and unless this be brought about by thorough churning with the force pump the kerosene, being free, will not mix with the water, but will rise to the surface and, as the sprayer be- comes nearly empty, will be forced out in the spray and burn the foliage. WHEN TO APPLY THE EMULSION. The emulsion should be applied first when the plants are in the seed bed. A number of applications will be advis- able in order that the hibernated thrips may be killed and not carried to the field on the plants when set out. Spraymg in the field should be com- menced as soon as the plants are trans- planted. Two applications a week, when possible, seem advisable. By Ftarting when the plants are in the seed bed and spraying regularly, it seems probable that the pest can be almost entirely checked. In combating the budworm of tobacco it is necessary to apply Paris green in the leaf bud (1 tablespoonful to a peck of corn meal) two or three times weekly to prevent serious injury. The moisture furnished by the kerosene ■pray, when it comes in contact with the Paris green, has a tendency to slightly burn the bud, and care should be taken not to spray into the bud more than is necessary. As the plants get larger this can be easily prevented. It will be found well to apply the Paris green and meal on the morning follow- ing the spraying, when possible. HOW TO USE THE EMULSION. After experimenting with different strengths it was found that 1 part of the stock emulsion to 10 parts of water is effective. The emulsion may be from the factory of El Draco Giijar Mftf. Co., Philada. handily diluted to the required strength in large quantities, in barrels or casks set near the rows to be sprayed. If left standing for longer than two days, the kerosene separates from the soap, and therefore should not be diluted un- til the day it is to be applied or day be- fore. The tobacco has been sprayed with emulsion during the day until it was 6 inches high, without burning. Even if burning does occur in this early stage it is not objectionable, aa the leaves drop from the stalk before priming commences. The emulsion is best applied by m>eans of a knapsack sprayer. While the plants are small the insecticide can be properly applied by spraying one row at a time, but as the plants get larger it has been found best to spray a row twice, going down on one side and back on the other. It has been found that spraying can be commenced shortly after 5 o'clock in the evening, except it be a very bright, hot day, when it will be necessary to wait until a little later. On large plantations this gives insufficient time during daylight, and spraying after dark becomes neces- sary. In so spraying after dark the use of two hands to a row, one on each side, preceded by a boy with a lantern or a torch, is a very satisfactory and economical method of application. Care should be taken that the spray is distributed over all the leaves, as it must come in contac with the thrips when spiayed, in order to be effective. (Concluded next week) J. H. LIEFTINCK & ZOON Sworn Tobacco Brokers Ofiice and Sample Rooms : Brakke Grond and Frascatl. AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. ifacturer of Cigars Established 1890 Capacity, 20,000 per Day i STOKHUYZEN & BROM Sworn Tobacco Brokers Office and Sample Rooms : Nes. 84—86 (Opposite Frascatl). AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. NIENHUYS & HESTERMAN | Sworn Tobacco Brokers Brokers to the Deli Maatsohappy AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND OfUce and Sample Rooms : S7 Rokin HAND-MADE ' STOGIES. Pittsburg Stories Goods sold direct to Jobbers and Dealers 5143 Penn Ave., Pittsburg, Pa, 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 18d5 FRIBS & BRO. g2 Reade Street, NM W YORK. 26 I, ii in m ittiii m w N m ^^S T H E TOBACCO WORLD W-? STEINER.SONS & co 116-122 E.I4TH. ST. NEW YORK. '^ BRANCH FACTORY S50-5LOW. S8TH5T NY. fj* j CATALOGUES OF OUR STOCK CIGAR LABELS, FLAPS, BANDS, ^TC, ETC., SENT GRATIS UPON REC^UEST PhtEPAID C> .^ WRITE US BEFORE RL^CING ORDERS w^ji;- FOR PRIVATE LABELS. BANDS. ETC., IHT Established 1877 New Factory 1904 H. W. HEFFENER Howard and Boundary Aves. YORK, PA. DEALER IN CIGAR BOX LUMBER, LABELS, RIBBONS. EDGINGS, BANDS, ETC. Weidman Bros. & Moyer Manufacturers of Ci^ar Boxes Special Attention to GOLD LEAF EMBOSSING "'°"wo°r?''°^ Factories: Womelsdorf , Pa., Sinklnfi Sprinii, Pa. Established 1891 INLAND CITY CIGAR BOX CO. Manufacturers of Cigar Boxes and Shipping Cases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Edgings 716—728 N. Cliristian St. 26 LANCASTER, PA. ADEN BUSER Manufacturer of Dealer in LUMBER LABELS EDGING ETO. ^ Cigar Boxes and Cases R. F. D. No. 3 YORK, PENNA. \ Minnich Baling Press PATENTED MARCH 9. 1897 1 ^mS^^^^H 1 k ^w^ ,L> — m'M p <-.* iiSF ■■umi i ^m mi ' ■' ". ' .->•/ '■■■ ii.'.'glrfyj m For All Kinds of Products Requiring Baling TOBACCO STEMS, PAPER, COTTON, Etc, Specially Constructed V . Presses FOR LEAF TOBACCO PACKERS Warranted to do wore nnd better work in a ftiven ttw' with 7e-s labor, than any Press on the market. Unsur!>assed f<>r power, strength, simplicity and durability, as well as ease and quickness in operation. Vari- ous sizt's manutactnred Write for prices and full particulars. They are indispens- able in leaf packing and tobacco ware- houses. Hundreds in use, Minnich Machine Works L^ndisville, Lancaster Co., Pa. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ^♦♦♦t*25Ilfl55Ii^"*'"* »-ABELS ^ METAL PRINTED LABfctsJ%^ *♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦<.♦♦♦♦ ^♦5<^%^ ♦ ♦ ^ " ►♦♦♦♦♦ H tl. if • f leiscKKa\i Cigar Labels er n 238 Arch Street. Philadelphia, f ' | { i TKLEFHONE 1561 Z ♦ 11 ♦ ♦ LITHOr.R.APHlNG , , ^ ^^^, SPECuT.V«ICNr*t*lf^ —Established 1834— WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merclianis 27 South Second Street PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Mvery Thursday Cigars, Tobacco, Smokers^ Articles special Sales of Leaf Tobacco Consignments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Day of Sale HAVANALLIN -Ts Guaranteed to be the Most Powerful and I^asting Havana Cigar Flavor ever produced. We Sell It, Acme Extract & Chemical Works i JACOB G. SHIRK Lancaster, Pa. JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS of American Tobacco Co. American Cigar Co. American Stogie Co. Lubrman & Wilburn Tobacco Co. Blackwell Durham Tobacco Co. Spalding & Merrick Tobacco Co, IT WIT I PAV Vnil •** ^^^ ^^ PRICES before 11 TT ILL r At lULI orderln({ ijoods elsewhere. ■* Brilliant as Diamonds Fragrant as Roses Good as Government Bonds Are the CIGARS Regiatered^Branda Brilliant Star" Clear Havana . . fOc. S, B." Half Havana . . . , , 5c. **S. B." Little Havanas 5c. "Honest Bee" 3c "2~I— No" Mildest Cigar Made 2 for 5c Special Brand. Mad. to Ordar Stauffer Bros. Mfg. Co., New Holland, Pa. ''%^<^<^> ' 1 .■^•?"-V^• 1 5 \ \ I( (i Send Your Cigar Buyer Here We Will Save You Money E. G. ECKERT. Proprietor. Hanover, Pa. For Sale by All Dealers Caveats, Trade Marks, 'C^S.lGTIIS Design-Patents, Copyrights, etc. '^'T^S^tiT John A. Saul Le Droit £ttiWng, WASHINGTON, D. C. V I R a I IN I A E R I Q U E MIXTURE GAe AMERICAN TOBACCO CO.. NEW YOKK I I- ^ i»! Ill' m E. A. Calves & Co.^:;c^> Havana, 123 North Third street ....IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA ^^m THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^» r M. KEMPBR & SONS IMPORTHRS OP Sumatra and Havana Tobaccos No. 11 Mast Lombard Street BALTIMORE, MD. We have on hand desirable marks in Old and New Sumatras, also a full line of Havana Tobaccos ORDERS FOR SAMPLES WILL RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION ys G00D>\5 THEJVfAME ^^ ^ u Havana Cigars Growth m signifies Constant Merit! Cigars that hold the confidence of their smokers pay dealers best. DIAMOND JOE CIGAR FACTORY brands stand pre-emi- nently in a class of their own NONE GENUINE UNLESS BEARING THIS BAND WITH OURTRADt MARK IN COLORS CiLWARE or iMiTAT/ONS, ON SALE EVERYWHERE P E N D R I C M Evansville, ind. Michael Hose A. F. Brillhttl WARREN BECK £i BRO. Ten-Gent Brands: Dnkr of Westminster Adtairnl GherardI Gen. Warren La Raspobder Marcana La CJantldad Cigar Manufacturers York, Pa. E. ROSENWALD & BRO. Established in 1881. i Vol. XXVII., No. 26. I PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK. JUNE 26. 1907. ( One Dollar per Anrn I Payable in Advance. Philipp J. Kolb&Co Importers & Packers OF. Leaf Tobacco 310 Race Street Philadelphia V- '^ * UNITED STATES TOBACCO CO. MANUFACTURERS OF CENTRAL UNION . Cut Plug IDLE HOUR . . . Sliced Plug EPICURE ('■s/.'.'.r,."') Shredded Plug HUNT CLUB . . . Cube Pipe Tobacco SPHINX MIXTURE . Smoking UNION MADE GOODS INDEPENDENT FACTOBt RICHMOND. VA. i5 ;i M TOBACCO New •1^ s u M TOBACCO T Samples gladly submitted Iv on application ^ Crop u TOBACCO T : 3,200 Bales Purchased Up to Date M TOBACCO ^ H. DUYS & CO. No. 170 Water Street, NENV VORK De Amsterdamsche Tabakshandelmaatschappij, Amsterdam. Holland M TOBACCO ;i7 Growers and Packers of FLORIDA TOBACCOS Write for Samples SCHROMDMR & ARGUIMBAU 178 Water Street, New York J ], l; m '^^K THETOBACCO WORLD m^M r "^ CHARLES M. GUDKNECHT, President La Hilda Cigar Factory • (Incorporated) Manufacturers and Importers 231 CHESTNUT STREET CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED r HILADtLrHIA (lord LANCASTER, 10c.) Diier Ms. I Co. Manufacturers 615 Market St., Philada. (NICKELBY. 5c.) CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight 5-cent Gi^ar Made by Morris D.Neumaao& Co. PHILADELPHIA, PA. "As good as the best ; Better than the rest. >j 5-cent Bernard Walder, Maker, Philadelphia Fifteenth and McKean Streets Factory 1839, First District Penna. SUPERIOR Quality and Workmanship Factory No. 968, First District Penna. Guaranteed Strictly Hand Made Imported Sumatra Wrapper Long Havana Filler W. K. Gresh & Sons, Makers. Norristown, Pa. II ^^ YOU CAN BUY WEAVER'S ORIGINAL HAVANA SHORTS AT If \ I - \ HENRY HEYMANN'S SONS, INC. MAKERS Sinking Spring, Pa. '^(^^ All Jobbing Houses b& Parmenter Wax-Lined Coupon Cigar Pockets Affoid PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. ladoTMd by all Smokeri. and are the MOST EFFECTIVE Advertising Medium known. i Advertising meaium khuwu. n J Racine Paper Goods Co.,Racine,Wis.,D.S.i ^^^^r Sol* Owners aad M*naf«ct«rcra> THE TOBACCO WORLD Vol. XXVII. , No. 26 PHILADELPHIA, JUNE 26, 1907 One Dollar the Year SALE OF EQUITY TOBACCO. PROTESTING AGAINST WAREHOUSE REGISTRATION ORDER. President Cullman's Letter to Commissioner Capers Points Out Many Weaknesses in the Present Ruling. It was Mostly of Low Grade, But High Prices Were Realized. Louisville, Ky., June 20. A pretty large sale of Green River tobacco of the 1905 crop has been made by the Louisville Warehouse Company. About 500 hogsheads were sold at prices ranging from $6.75 to $12 a hun- dred. The name of the purchaser has not been given out. Most of the tobacco sold was trash. A considerable number of hogsheads, however, was leaf and lugs pooled at Whitesville, Lewisport, Hawesville and Hartford. On all grades sold the prices realized were in excess of those fixed by the society. The leaf was sold for $12, which is an advance of $2 over the fixed price. About one-third of the trash was sold for $7.25 and the re- mainder for about $6.75. Equity men are well pleased with the sale and particularly with the good prices obtained. A leading Equity man said yesterday : "The price for each class sold was on an average about seven ty-fiv*^ cents on the hundred higher than the price set on it by the executive committee. This has proven highly gratifying to the committee and has been pointed out as convincing proof of the correct- ness of our claim that the interests of the growers were being lookfed after by the committee and also that the Louisville Warehouse Company can be trusted to do the right thing at the right time. The committee has always claimed that this is true. " CIGARETTE LICENSES HELD UP City Collector Awaits Courts' Ac- tion on Anti-Cigarette Law. Chicago, 111., June 22. " Thirty thousand dollars worth of ap- plications for cigarette licenses are now being held up by Collector E. J. Magerstadt to await a decision on the new State anti-cigarette statute. Be- fore the law was passed he had issued 130,000 worth of licenses for 1907, but since that time has refused to issue permits, as there would be no way of returning the money to applicants should the law be declared valid, and the sale of cigarettes stopped. Indian Territory Tries Tobacco Raising. Ardmore, I. T., June 21. Several Kentuckians, who have been prospecting and recreating in this city *nd vicinity the last two weeks, have concluded to embark in the cultivation of tobacco in this locality next season. They say that this region will prove a first class country for the growing of the weed ; that the soil and climate are Just about right for the successful fsising of that particular plant. The decision by the Interna! Revenue Department that registration by leaf tobacco dealers at one place is not sufficient to cover the business which may be carried on by the same concerns in one or more other places, and which waa handed down by John W. Capers, the new Commissioner, has brought about a renewed vigorous protest on the part of the leaf trade, as voiced by Joseph Cullman, Jr., President of the National Cigar Leaf Tobacco Association, which is herewith published in full, as follows: New York, June 19, 1907. Hon. John G. Capers, Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Washington, D. C. Dear Sir: On behalf of this Association, which includes within its" membership the «>%'«•<*>%%>% —The Louis Klein Cigar Co., of Cleveland, O., has been incorporated with a capital of $100,000. principal packers of domestic cigar leaf tobacco, I have the honor to request a ruling upon a feature of the Bureau's circular of March 6. 1907 (T. D. 1134), regarding so-called branch leaf tobacco details of his warehouses that will harmonize the -"-'--' — -• -- conflicting views of various collectors and their deputies and that will pre- vent a threatened construction that would be most disastrous to the inter- ests of the entire trade and ultimately to the tobacco growers themselves. In view of the fact that T. D. 1134 goes into force on and after July 1, next, I would greatly appreciate your early attention to this communication. I am advised that in the opinion of certain collectors, leaf dealers doing business in New York City, for exam- ple, who may pack leaf tobacco in storage warehouses in Wisconsin or some other leaf growing State, must not only register as leaf dealers at least one warehouse in each district in which they pack or store tobacco, but they are debarred from recording the sales made by them at their places of business in New York on their Book 5i> kepi at New York and must regard all such sales as having been made at the warehouse from which the goods are shipped to the purchaser. Such a construction would involve the keeping of false records, which I am confident the Bureau does not contemplate, and in addition would be most destructive to our business. It is our understand- ing that the provision of T. D. 1134 referred to applies to leaf dealers who actually make sales at one or more of the warehouse maintained in the leaf growing districts, whether or not they also make sales at some other place of business, as in New York or elsewhere. Whether our understanding of the de- cision referred to is correct or not, however, I would earnestly request that it be so construed and that, if necessary, it be modified to that end. The construction to which we object would result in the disclosure of the private affairs of the leaf packer to his agents, to the packers from whom he may at any time purchase leaf, and to the manufacturers to whom he may sell, for the reason that all the sales made at his chief place of business must be entered up as having been made at the warehouse from which the leaf is shipped and charged on Book 59 at that warehouse to the manufacturer to whom the goods are sold. The par- ties in charge of these so-called branch warehouses are merely the agents of the New York packers and may at any time become the agents of other par- ties or go into business on their own account. To put them in possession of complete lists of our customers would inevitably result in heavy losses to us. For as many years as the memory oi the oldest New York packer runs, it has been his custom at the end of the packing season to transfer the tobacco in his storage \«arehouses in the leaf growing districts to his Book 59 kept in New York, and thereafter whenever a sale was made at New York it has been the desire that the purchaser's name should not be disclosed, he in- structed his agents to ship the goods to his order at the point of destination and then endorsed the bill of lading over to the manufacturer buying the leaf, thus enabling him to secure de- livery thereof by the carrier. In this manner the disclosure of the private business has been ob- viated and at the same time the Gov- ernment has been afforded complete and accurate records with which to trace all leaf tobacco from the grower's hands to the cigar manufacturer's fac- tory. Any construction of the existing regulations which would deprive us of the right to do business in this manner would be nothing short of ruinous and would afford no advantage whatever to the internal revenue service. We have no objection whatever to a construction of the regulation that would require packers having their principal place of business in the city of New York, for example, and main- taining storage warehouses in the leaf irowini; districts, to register and keep Book 59 at one such warehouse for the purpose of making the daily entries of leaf purchased in that internal revenue district, as required by Section 3360 Revised Statutes. All we ask is that at the end of the packing season the leaf so purchased may be transferred to our Book 59 at our principal place of business and that our sales to our customers, which invariably take place at such offices, shall be recorded on our Book 59 kept at headquarters and taken up by our customers in a corresponding manner. In this connection I beg to invite your attention to the fact that while we are willing to register at one ware- house in each internal revenue district where we pack tobacco, we do not, as a matter of fact, carry on a leaf dealer's business in such districts and, strictly speaking, are not amenable to the laws relating to dealers. Section 3244, Revised Statutes, sub-division 6, defines a leaf dealer as follows: "Sixth. Every person shall be regarded as a dealer in leaf tobacco whose business it is, for himself ;or on commission, to sell, or offer for sale, or consign for sale on com- mission, leaf tobacco." As a matter of fact, those whose principal place of business is not at their warehouse, do not sell, offer for sale, or consign for sale on commission a single pound of leaf tobacco at any of the warehouses which is maintained in the leaf growing districts, the transac- tions at such warehouses being limited strictly to receiving, packing and stor- ing goods. Further, the terms of Sec- tion 3235, R. S., explicitly exempted the owners or operators of storage warehouses from liability to pay special tax under the Spanish War revenue act, providing that "nothing herein contain- ed shall require a special tax for the storage of goods, wares, or merchandise in other places than the places of busi- ness." It has been repeatedly held by the Bureau that the requirements re- garding the payment of special tax while the war revenue act was in force applied to registration when the aet was repealed. Section 26 of the act of October 1, 1890, which repealed the special taxes previously enforced, pro- vided as follews: * • * "Every such dealer in leaf tobacco * * • shall, however, register with the collector of the district his name or style, place of residence, trade or business and the place where such trade or business is to be carried on, the same as though the taxes had not been re- pealed, and the failure to register as herein required shall subject such person to a penalty of $50." I do not think it would be contended for a moment that if an individual, not registered as a leaf dealer, should pur- chase a quantity of leaf tobacco from a grower and pack and store same, he would become liable as a leaf dealer until he actually sold or attempted to sell such tobacco. Certainly nothing in the statutes providing for the regu- lation of transactions in leaf tobacco would justify such a proposition. I would suggest in this connection that our contention that all our sales are made at our place of business in New York, where the transaction actu- ally takes place, and not at the ware- house from which the goods may be shipped, is based upon a well settled principle of law and that any other conalfPttetMH would be false and con- trary to universal commercial practice. I have the honor to be, Very respectfully, (Signed) Jos. F. Cullman, Jr., President National Cigar Leaf To- bacco Association. The original ruling concerning the registration of leaf tobacco dealers was made on March 6, last, but was not to take effect until July 1, so as to permit dealers to pefect arrangements neces- sary to comply with the order. Although a modification was promptly urged and^a delegation had proceeded to Washington to confer with the then Commissioner Yerkes, no final decision was rendered by him during his tenure of office. On June 15 the present Com- missioner Capers issued a letter an- nouncing that the original order of the Bureau would neither be revoked or even modified, and that leaf dealers would be expected to comply with the decision after July 1. GOODRICH WILL APPEAL. Papers in Little Cigar Test Case Being Prepared for Submission to Supreme Court. Milwaukee, Wis., June 20. Papers in the appeal of A. Story Goodrich, of the tobacco firm of A. S. Goodrich & Co., who was convicted in the Municipal Court of violating ,the anti-cigaWte law by selling "little ci- gars," are being prepared by his at- torneys and the case will come up in the Supreme Court this fall. Mr. Goodrich, in discussing the case, said he had no doubt that the Supreme Court will declare that the law does not apply to these articles. "I do not believe Judge Brazee would have held as he did if we had fought the case to the end," said Mr. Good- rich. "I wanted to have the law set- tled and was advised that the only way to get it settled throughout the State E. A. Calves & Co. Havana, 123 North Third street -> ' ..-=«»^.rr,o ->-^ PHILADELPHIA > .IMPORTERS of E. A. Calves & Co. >D8lT^< I nil John T. Dohan \ '.V-k o. 'fJ^ Wm. H. Dohan FLOR de DOHAN & TAITT D &T Importers of Havana and Sumatra Packers of ^^^^^^^^lO^^ Atch St. K.5TRAUS A.lOtM L^af Tobacco 45Rie^ PHILADA. Batabllshed n;^ — L ^^B S ^LEWIS BREMER'S SONS IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra AND PACKERS OF i. 9WI^9a84!liimi3dSlW IP&HIL A DELPHIC Leaf Tobacco 322 and 324 North Third Street, Philadelphia Julius Hirschberg & Bro. Importers of Havana and Sumatra and Packers of Seed Leaf Tobacco 125 North Third St., Philada. L. BAMBERGER & CO. Packers and Dealers In i-,.K.,.o. SEED LEAF HAVANA and SUMATRA TOBACCO Benj. Labe Jacob Labe Sidney Labe BENJ. LABE & SONS IMPORTERS OF Sumatra and Havana Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco 228 North Third St., Philadelphia liEOPOLiD liOEB 8t CO. Importers of Sumatra and Havana " Packers of Leaf Tobacco 306 North Third St., Phila. 1 1 1 Arch Street, Philadelphia War«h( Lancaster. Pa.; Milton Junction. Wis.; Baldwinsvlllc. N. Y. GEO. BURGHARD Importer of Sumatra and Havana and Packer of LeAF TOBACCO I 238 North Third Street, Phila. 147 M Third St, PhiMe^a.hi. Importers and Dealers in ALL HINDS OF SEED LEAF, The Empire Leaf Tobacco «^y.^''^ SUMATRA Co., 118 N. 3d St., Phila. l642-TrRELE.VE7mi. ST. PHILADELPHIA J. S. BATROFF 224 Arch St., Philadelphia Broker in LEAF T0BAee0 E. A. Calves & Co.<6 MPORTERS of Havana, 123 North Third street PHILADELPHIA ^^m THE TOBACCO WORLD EXPORT STAMP ISSUED BY CUBAN CIGAR MANUFACTURERS Authorized by the Government of the Republic of Cuba ;(^ilki!^ll^^'fJ'l^^l|ifliiRi]l|:^^[>^^ UUNlOMDEaBRICANTESDETABAcoSYClG/^RROS utcnzada porel Gobierno dela Repablica Garantiza que los tabacoscigarrosy paqijeies de picadara quellovon es^aprecinfa son fabricados por RrPiRLicADELURA ;LAPROPIEDADARTISTICAi;iHDUSTRIflLESTfl:REGISTRADflEN:TQDOSL0SPfllSKvREPUBLiCADECUBA)]i^9a:^' HABANA Either the name of the Manufacturer or that of his Brand v«ill 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 Precinta, or Warranty Stamp, which is used by the members of the Cigar and Cigarette Manuiacturera Union of the Island of Cuba as a guarantee that the Cigars, Cigarettes and Cut Tobacco packages which bear these stamps were made in Cuba. Thus a copy of the Warranty Stamp, attached to any Box of Cigars and Cigarettes or to any Package of Cut Tobacco, means that those Cigars, Cigarettes and Cut Tobacco have been made in Havana, Cuba, with the Genuine Tobacco Leaf grown on the Island of Cuba. DON'T FORGET THIS, IMPORTERS, DISTRIBUTORS and RETAILERS. THE COLORS OF THE PRECINTA :-Black with Pale Blue Ground; fac-simile of the Seal of the Presidency of the Republic, Sky Blue. was to let judgment go against me and take an appeal to the Supreme Court. Judge Brazee seemed to be in some doubt about the meaning of the law, «nd in order to be in a position to take an appeal I finally instructed my at- torneys to make no further opposition and allow the judgment to go against me. Judge Brazee stated from the bench that if the case was taken to the Supreme Court he did not think there ought 'o be any prosecutions until that tribunal decided it, and I understand that this view meets with the approval of the district attorney's office." OROWING TOBACCO IN HAWAII. LANCASTER TOBACCO OUTLOOK Experiments Show that it Can be Done Profitably. Dr. Jared G. Smith, director of the United States Experiment Station in Hawaii, announces that as a result of experiments it has been demonstrated that tobacco can be grown in Hawaii on a basis to make it commercially profitable. The experiments have been made with growing it both under cover and without cover, and on areas sufficient to fully test all elements of the cultivation and production. Tobacco has been raised in Hawaii by the natives for nearly 100 years. But its quality has been such that it had no commercial value, being used Bolely by the natives. Dr. Smith says that this quality, is due apparently to the fact that the natives have continued to use the seed of the tobacco grown here year after year without any selec- tion or change. He says that tobacco Krown from selected seed, even with- out any special culture, is free from the objectionable qualities of the na- tive tobacco. When properly culti- vated and properly handled and cured, tobacco grown here has high commer- cial value. He says that the culture ought not to be undertaken without sufficient capi- tal to provide the necessary buildings «nd appliances for curing the tobacco. :put that if these are once established !» any locality, he believes that there '8 a great deal of land in Hawaii well adapted to tobacco culture, and that the crop may ultimately be of such importance as to be second only to the sugar crop. Little Change in Trade Conditions Packers are Finishing Up and Growers are Setting Out Plants. Lancaster, Pa., June 24. While conditions generally among the leaf men show a more cheeerful aspect, there has really been no note- worthy change in the market. Packers are finishing up their season as speedily as possibly, and although there is yet a little tobacco remaining in growers' hands, it is only a comparatively small proportion. Some of the bulk-sweated 1906 to- bacco, particularly tops, is on the mar- ket, and in fact quite a little has been sold. There has been more inquiry for goods during the past week or so, and dealers are beginning to believe that manufacturers will soon have to assert their needs and that the market will begin to show some signs of activity before many more weeks have passed. As it is, there is constant dickering for goods, but the prices which have been held out for seem to be the whole reason why more sales have not been made. Of course, there are still some old goods in this market, but the quan- tity is perhaps less than manufacturers may have anticipated, and it will all have some bearing on the market con- ditions once the season opens and buyers begin to replenish their reduced stocks. The matter of damage in the 1906 to- bacco just packed, and a considerable amount of which has already under- gone at least a preliminary examina- tion, has been pretty carefully gone into. The results, in view of the fact that the crops of last year as a rule were very light in weight, were ex- tremely gratifying, inasmuch as only a very small percentage of damage was found to exist, and in not a few in- stances there were practically none at all. Packers, by long experience and a (Concluded on p. 20) CLEAR HAVANA CIGARS Are Popular Because They Please the Consumer. A Good to Go On a«^^2Eil^NT cP^j2?^^ RUTHERFORD . Two of Our Popular Five Cent Brands. j y Our Goods are Made of Best Selections, J || Made Carefully, and Made to Duplicate. (^ ] Wolf Brothers, [ J RED LION, PA. L INCREASE YOUR PROFIT I Columbia Straight Will Do It. We bought a large supply of Good Hav- ana and Domestic Tobacco at the right time. We are located where Good Workmen can be had at Fair Prices. These facts enable us to make our COLUMBIA STRAIGHT a Five Cent Cigar of Highest Quality, Best Work- manship, to be Sold at Good Profit. Fred Schlaeger & Co., Columbia, Pa. Samples on application. H mil THE TOBACCO WORLD ^-'TiEALM OPTH3 l^ETAILERS ADVERTISING TIPS. If you can talk via an advertisement about the same as you would to a cus- tomer in your store, your advertise- Timely Talks with Enter- prising Dealers. «vherr> Wolf 4, Ljkasawitz, Dayton, C, ■■yi lIGenllemeni We li«ve been using your Boaa Truclis for ■ period o( ten yean, and would may (hat (key have given ua (he bea( aaiia(arlion, and you may aend ua (hree more of (ha jame make. MANUFACTURED BY THE WM. F. KRAMER CO, riATTON, OHIO .7 ilMil •^1 H^^ THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^B GEO. W. BREMER, Jr. BREMER BROS. m N. itini St, rinuDELrnu WALTER T. BREMER Importers, Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Hippie Bros. & Co. Importers and Packers of and Dealers in Leaf Tobaccos 231 Arch St, Philadelphia Our Retail Department is Strictly Up-to-Date LOUIS BYTHINER <& CO. Leaf Tobacco Brokers 308 RaCe St. -,- .^ - i^i -^ and Commission Merchants. rUllaaClpnii^ Long Distance Telephone, Market 3025. Gable Address. "Hallaad. Laacaatcr* Telephone Service JOHN F. HEILAND & CO. COMMISSION MERCHANTS AND DEALERS Leaf Tobacco Eastern Agents MaGee Tobacco Case Beprceentlnrf H. ■nmrlll. Janeavllle. Wla.t yf Q 1? #^L. ^ 1 A. C^J. A. Hleml Valley Leaf Tobacco Co.. ^O lj« LlOeSUlllt ijtreet DaytoB. 0.| ■roliB Tobacco Co.. Windsor. Ct.i ''• ^' ^'*'^ *'* Bo ward & Koklntf. Cincinnati. 0.| F. W. Oohrmann & Son. Cincinnati. 0.| ■•••bey A Hellead. Lltlts. Pa. LANCASTER, PA. John U. Fehr Established 1883 Geo. N. Fehr J. U. Fehr & Son Importers and Packers of Leaf Tobacco 700 Franklin St., 101 to 107 S. 7th St., i READING, PA. I S. Weinberg 121 North Third Street PHILADELPHIA Importer of SUMATRA and HAVANA Dealer in all kindsof SEED LEAF Tobacco H. VELENCHIK S. VELENCHU VELENCHIK BROS. ""•"t'rs''in LE AF TOB/ieee Sumatra and Havana 134 N. THIRD ST., PHILADELPHIA HENRY RINDSKOPF Packer and Importer of Sumatra. Havana ¥ 171 A 1? ^00 A C*C*f\ and Domestic LLjAI i UIjALiLiU N. E. Cor. Fifth and Washington Sts. Reading, Pa. AARON B. HESS Packer of and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Pennsylvania. Seed B's and Tops READY FOR THE MARKET. Write for Prices. Office and Warehouse: 63(l-(i36 N. Prince St Lancaster, Pa. Bell 'Phone: 77-X. Independent 'Phone : 1464-A. I L. O. HAEUSSERMANN CABL L. HAEUSSksMAPtN EDWARD C. HAEUSSBRNANN L. a. HAEUSSBRMANINf & SONS I m po rte r S of Packers and Exporters of and Dealers in Sumatra and Havana Leaf Tobacco LARGEST RETAILERS IN PENNSYLVANIA INo. 240 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. I 8 THE TOBACCO WORLD E. A. Calves & Co.HaVANA, 123 North Third street IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA BUSINESS SOMEWHAT IMPROVED IN HAVANA MARKET. Buyers Complain of the High Prices Demanded, Yet Puarchases are Being Made. No Change in the Strike Situation. Special Correspondence of The Tobacco World. ) Havana, Cuba, June 17, 1907. Sales during the past week show expect to make any money, and per- that business has improved and that haps might lose some money on his there is a fair demand for the new escojidas, he was compelled to go in, Vuelta Abajo and Partido vegas which in order to protect the interest of his are coming to market. While the customers who would be looking to him Tampa and Key West manufacturers for tobacco this coming fall. It re- complain about the high prices, it mains to be seen how the manufac- seems, however, that they have come turers and dealers of the United States to the conclusion it is far better to will view the present crop, and whether provide themselves with sufficient th^y will invest in same or not. ' The 4Btock to last them during the season old stocks of Remedios, owing to its than to buy only sparingly from hand lighter quality, seem to be finding to mouth, in which case they might favor with the Tampa and Key West finally be compelled to pay the same manufacturers, and it would not be high prices for inferior goods than surprising if the few remaining stocks they could get to pick at now. Of in first hands should be finally purchased course, in order to do so they have to by them, make contracts for future delivery, as saiea the tobaccos are only arriving in small during the past week total 2,075 bales, quantities and very few packings if divided into 465 bales of Vuelta Abajo any are bringing running or assorted 750, Partido and 860 bales of Remedios. lots. While undoubtedly the new For the American market 1,554 bales Vuelta Abajo has produced some ex- were taken, by the local cigarette cellent tobacco, there will be quite a manufacturers 425, and 96 bales were proportion of inferior goods shipped to Europe. As far as Remedios is concerned it Bnyer. Come and Go. seems that "Capa la Chiva," buyer for Arrivals :— Antonio Fanego Rico, of Manuel Menendez Parra, and Sobrinos A. F. Rico & Co., Boston; Alfred Et- •de Venancio Diaz were the ones who this tlinger, of E. Hoffman & Sons, Mar- year started the game by paying the celino Perez, of Marcelino Perez & Co., unwarranted high prices and forced the Isidor Weinbaum, of John W. Merriam ■other packers and dealers to do like- & Co., and B. G. Davis, of New York, wise. I am assured, however, upon Departures:— Carlos Behrens, Mor- good authority, that the 1907 crop has timer Regensberg, Ramon Lopez Fer- some excellent tobacco of fine quality, nandez, for New York ; Angel Cuesta good-sized leaves and perfectly sound, ^nj g J. Stachelberg, for Tampa, which promises to cure well, and ^^^^^^ ^^^^^ M«naf«c.orcr. perhaps may be used by the manu- factureis during the winter or early There is no change in the strike sit- spring of 1908. If this should be the "ation and all the factories of the case then possibly the high prices Union of Manfacturers remain closed, might be justified. On the other hand. Evidently it seems that the cigar- there is also quite a large quantity of makers are receiving enough support inferior tobacco and the buyers who from the cigarmakers in the United shall have purchased this class of to- States, or that they must be followers bacco at high figures will undoubtedly of the methods employed by the famous rue the day when they gave authority Italian faster, Succi, who demonstrated to their buyers to purchase. One to the inhabitants of Havana a few packer told me quite candidly today years ago that a man could live with- that while he regretted that such high out food for forty days providing he prices were paid, and that he did not had sufficient water to drink. The LUIS NUNIZ MANUEL NUNIZ HILARIO NUNIZ VENANCIO DIAZ. Special Partner MUNIZ HERIV1AN05 y CI4 S en C Growers and Dealers of VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDO and REMEDIOS TOBACCO Cable : "Angel," Havana Reiiv^L 20, HavanoL p. o. box 98 SYLVESTER & STERN SUCCESSORS TO LEWIS SYLVESTER & SON Growers, Packers ' and Importers of Havana Tobacco HAVANA, CUBA NEW YORK Monte 56 165 Front Street PLANTATIONS and ESCOJIDAS: In VUELTA ABAJO at PUERTA de GOLPE " PARTIDOS " SANTIAGO de las VEGAS " REMEDIOS " SANTA CLARA " QUINTA CAMAJUANI " SANCTI SPIRITUS FACTORY VEGAS A SPECIALTY CHARLES BLASCO Commission Merchant l^eaf Tobacco and Clftarai 1 O'Reilly St. bSSs^ Habana, Cuba GONZALEZ Y MIGUEl- Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama . Especialidad en Tabaco de Santa Clara de Primera Gaae Cbl.. "CASIN" „ A n A N A AMISTAD 97, HABANA. H. UPMANN & CO., HAVANA, CUBA m INDEPENDENT MANUFACTURERS OF THE CELEBRATED m^- H. UPMANN CIGARS Chamna^ BANKERS SHIPPERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS ESTABLISHED 1 844 CHAS. LANDAU, 82 Wall St., New York; Board of Trade Building, Montreal SOLE^ REPRESENTATIVE OF H. UPMANN BRAN/) FOR UNITED STATES AND CANADA m g^^ THE TOBACCO WORLD ^»g BEMRENS& eO. Havana, Cuba Manufacturers of the " SOL" Brand Finest Taeha Abajo Tobacco Eiclasively w ^'^BA^^i ^FiW NO BETTER GOODS MADE PARTAGAS Independent Cigar Factory N/ IE PAR'DIGAS YG? 4^BA1^ The ic^l Best Cigars QUALITY ALWAYS RELIABLE Sole Representatives for the United States and Canada: National Cuba Co., 147 Water Street, New York Cifuentes, Fernandez y Ca. Proprietors 174 Indnstria Street Cable: ciFER Habaua, Cuba Sobrinos de A. Gonzalez LEAF TOBACCO MERCHANTS Principe Alfonso 116 y 118 . Habana, Ouba Cable: "Asten" AVBLINO PAZOS & CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama PRADO 123 Habana Cable: ON I LEVA SUAREZ HERMANOS (S. en C.) Growers, Packers ¥ il ^11 L and Dealers in LGSLL 1 OOaCCO FIGURAS 39-41, CabU: "Cnetara- HAVANA, CUBA GUSTAVO SALOMON Y HNOS. Especialidad en TABAGOS HNOS de VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDOS y VUELTA ARRIBA Monte 114 p. O. Box, Apartado 270 Cable : ZALEZGON Habana lUNO DIAZ R. ■ODRIGUEZ B. DiflZ & CO. Growers and Packers of Vuelta Abajo and Partido Tobacco PRADO 125 Cable: ZAIDCO HABANA, CUBA S. Jorge Y. P. Castaneda JOHGE 8t P. CflSTAflEDA Growers, Packers and Exporters of Havana Lieaf Tobacco %ido, Corner Dragones Street, HAVANA iU J. H. CAYRO & SON Dealers in Leaf Tobaceo Specialty: Vuelta Abalo and Partido Warehouse and Office: 92 Dragoi\es Street, HAVANA, CUBA Cable Addressi "JOSECAYRO* Coriespondence Solicited In Enrfllah HENRY VONEIFF p. VIDAL ORUZ VONEIFF Y VIDAL CRUZ EXPORTERS of LEAF TOBACCO 73 Amistad Street. HAVANA. CUBA Branch Houses: 616 W. Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Md. P. O. Box 433, Tampa, Fla. EVARISTO GARCIA iOSE M. GARCIA iOSE DIAZ J. M. GARCIA Y CIA. Almacenistas de Tabaco Partido y Vuelta Abajo CON VEOA* PROPIAS 8an Mcolas 126 y 128 c.t>.= ■ momac.-rcm • HABANA. CUBA Rf BAVTISTA y CA.--Leaf Tobacco Warehouse-HABANA, CUBA '" NcptunO 170"-174< special Partner— Gumerslndo Garcia Cuervo Cable— Rotista manufacturers in the meantime are preparing to strip some of the new to- bacco which they have been receiving, 80 that they will be in a position to have sufficient well cured stripped fillers of the new crop on hand as soon as the strike shall come to an end and busi- ness start up again. Don Carlos Behrens, who left upon Sunday last by the steamship Havana for Europe, via New York, has under- taken this voyage partly for the sake of his health but at the same time- keeping an eye open for business. He expects to return about the middle of September, when the new crop may be in a condition to be workable. It is stated that importers from the United States, Canada and Europe have given large orders to our cigar manu- facturers, as far forward as the month of December, and to be executed by weekly shipments. Whether the manu- facturers are willing to execute them at the old figures, or whether they will insist upon a raise in prices is not known yet. That prices will have to be raised in some shakpe or form is not questioned by any of our manufac- turers. What is in dispute yet is who will be the first and what percentage will be added to the previous price list? BnT. I I |i^1 i" V "i^ ^. ^"^ f^fi-nn BANCES & LOPEZ HAVANA, CUBA Calixto Lopez & Co. 180 Water St., NEW YORK Will receive and attend to orders Cigars made strictly of very best j». Vuelta Abajo Tobacco 11 T H E T OBACCO WORLD MRNMST MLLINGER & CO. m. x6r w7ter SUeet Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO New York LEAF TOBACCO. oprices : DETROIT, MICH. AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. HAVANA, CUBA. New York, JOS. 8. OANS MOSES J. QANS JEROME WALLER EDWIN I. ALEXANDER JOSEPH S. CANS & CO. ^^""^ackTrt of Leaf Tobacco Telephone: 346 John 150 Water St., NEW YORK Starr Brothers 0, liERF TOBACCO IMPORTERS •nd PACKERS Brtabliahed 1888 131 Water Street NEW YORK Telephone : 4027 John M. F. SCHNEIDER IMPORTER OF Sumatra Tobacco 2 Burling Slip, NEW YORK NES, CORNER KUIPERSTEEG, AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND Telephone: 377 JOHN Joseph Hirsch & Son mrOITERS OF SUMATRA TOBACCO 0. Z. VOORBURGWAL 227 Amsterdam, Holland. opricEi Cable Address: "HERE." f 183 Water St. NEW YORK JOSEPH HOLZMAN SUMATRA, HAVANA 'Y K a /^ ^ AX and SEED LEAF 1 OUClL«CO 185 Water St., New York c TOBACCO TRADE NEWS OF GREATER NEW YORK. D New York Bureau of The Tobacco World Business at a standstill and cjllec- tions coming in slowly is the complaint issued by leaf dealers this week. The weather has become seasonable, but it has not affected manufacturing to such an extent apparently, as to necessitate purchasing of more leaf. Manufac- turers are only buying in small quanti- ties and are waiting for the new to- bacco. Sumatra, while 'sales were not as numerous as during the preceding week, was fairly active and a few of the houses report some fair sized transac- tions. Retail business is good. The warm weather has helped that branch of the trade along a great deal. Price cutting is only going on in the down town section. • • • A new company is being organized and will be known as the W. F. Con- way Stores Co., to conduct cigar stores. The capital will be $100,000. The objects of the company will be to con- duct stores and stands through the country. Only independent goods, in cigarettes, tobacco and cigars, will be handled. The main office will soon be established in New York. • • • M. J. Bloom is the name of a new leaf firm which started business this week at 224-226 Pearl street. Mr. Bloom was formerly connected with S. Ashner as a salesman, and has a large following who wish him success in his new venture. • • • Chas. F. Kaiser, of 0. L. Schwencke Lithographic Co., Clarendon Road and East Thirty-seventh, street, Brooklyn, has returned from a very successful trip which took him as far as Pittsburg. Mr. Kaiser reports business rather quiet with the cigar manufacturers around New York, but that conditions are much better in other cities. • • • A. Pareira, of Pareira & Co., leaf dealers of Philadelphia, stopped off in the metropolis for a couple of days this week on his way back from Con- necticut, where he purchased some leaf. • • • The Sheldon cigar brander and cutter, which has be^n placed on the market by B. Sheldon, who by the way is a cigarmaker at 6724 Third avenue, Brooklyn, appears to meet everything promised for it. It is a very simple affair and takes up very little room on the table. It brands and cuts the cigar with one movement, and it is guaran- teed not to injure the most delicate wrapper. It retails at eight dollars, and this price includes enough letters to meet the requirements of most man- ufacturers. • • • Abe Goldsmith, representing a grow- er, was in the city this week showing quite a large assortment of Florida tobacco. While he had very few lights his mediums and darks were disposed of without much trouble. • • • RS. A. Peck, who is one of the staff New York, June 25. of salemen fo^ the leaf house of P. & S. Lowenthal, was married at Albany recently to Miss Mayme Neuhof. The couple at present are at Niagara Falls and expect to go farther West. They will make their way homeward by short journeys, and I was informed they ex- pect to I each Coney Island the middle of next month, when their honeymoon will terminate • • • A rat gnawing his way into a box of matches is supposed to have started a fire which damaged the stores at 2008 and 2010 First avenue the early part of this week and caused a panic in the Lesser cigar factory on the fioor above. A dozen men and women were at work in the factory when a column of smoke was pouring past the windows. Aftef a stubborn fight the firemen thought they had entirely extinguished the flames. An engine had left the scene when the fire started afresh. Another alarm was sent in and this time a good job was done with about $10,000 dam- age. The cigar factory was pretty well smoked out. «• • w Business with A. Hussey Leaf To- bacco Co., the mail order leaf house, appears to be up to the standard for this time of the year. The house is a strong believer in printer's ink, and in consequence is reaping the usual re- sults. • • • The Bell Pure Air and Cooling Co. have removed their offices to the 22nd floor of the West Street Building, West and Cedar streets. • • • The Retail Cigar and Tobacco Deal- ers' Asociation, of New York, has been now practically wound up, by the distribution of a final dividend of 3 per cent., making a total of 18 per cent, paid t« creditors, some of whom, how- ever, were also stockholders, and who lost the whole of their inveastment. • • • John E. Sutter, of Louis P. Sutter & Bros., has gone on a two weeks fish- ing expedition to Nova Scotia. He had spent a day last week in Philadel- phiia. where the house has a large patronage. Mr. Thompson, the Penn- sylvania representative of the house, is now covering that territory and Baltimore. VOGT A SUICIDE. Resident Manager of A. T. Co. at Louisville Shoots Himself. Louisville, Ky., June 22. Charles C. Vogt, resident manager of the American Tobacco Co., and for years identified with the tobacco in- dustry of this city committed suicide this week by shooting himself. Ill health is supposed to have been the cause of his action. Rutherford *^X"« *" are sold by successful dealers* There is a Reason. E. A. Calves A Cox:'c::> Havana, 123 North Third street ^ PHILADELPHIA ....IMPORTERS of ^^Sthe tobacco worlds A. COHN & CO. IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra PACKERS OF Seed Leaf Tobacco and Growers of Georgia Sumatra 142 Water Street, New York ENOS SMITH EDMUND H. SMITH Hinsdale Smith & Co. Importers of SUMATRA and HAVANA and Packers of CONNECTICUT LEAF 125 Maiden Lane Tobacco ESTABLISHED 1840 NEW YORK CABLE: "NARGIL' P. St S. LOEWENTMAL Packers of Seed Leaf Tobacco • X Florida Sumatra No. 138 Water Street, NEW YORK FARNHAM & REYNOLDS Home Office: ADDISON, N. Y. Packers of Finest Bi<{ Flats Tobacco anc Onond>L CONNECTICUT HAVANA SEED Warahonsaa i Addison, IN. Y. Blii Flats. N. Y. Merldlaa, IN. Y. E. Hartford. Cona. TOBACCO TRUST PROSECU- TIONS. Oovernment to Bring Proceedings to Test Its Methods. The Retail Chain Stores May be Reached. Washington, D. C, June 24. The tobacco trust is to be the next combination against which the Govern- ment will bring proceedings in the United States Court for violations of the Sherman Anti-trust Law. The operations of this trust, and particularly its selling methods through which it has been alleged all competition has been stifled and driven out of business have been under investigation for several months by special agents of the Department of Commerce and Labor and by J. C. McReynolds, former Assis- tant Attorney General. When the Department of Justice some months ago began an active inquiry into trust methods of business follow- ing a special appropriation by Congress for that purpose Mr. McReynolds, who had made a specialty of that class of work, was prevailed upon to give up his place in the department and become special counsel in trust cases. He was assigned to the tobacco trust inquiry and has devoted a vast amount of time to a study of the operating methods of the American Tobacco Company, com- monly known as the tobacco trust. Mr. McReynolds was at the Depart- ment of Justice Saturday, and had a long conference with Attorney General Bonaparte and Mr. Purdy, assistant to the Attorney General. Officials de- clined to discuss the object of Mr. McReynold's visit, but it is known that the tobacco case was under con- sideration. The papers in the case are about ready, and all the testimony has been carefuly gone over. It is believed that the suit will be brought within a very short time, in which the Govern- ment expects to show that the tobacco trust has been conducting its business in violation of the anti-trust law and combining to prevent that free compe- tition which the law they are charged with violating is supposed to guar- antee. Although the prosecution will be inaugurated at once in the United States Circuit Court in New York city, it will be in the form of a bill of com- plaint, setting forth that the American Tobacco Company not only has mono- polized the wholesale tobacco trad3 of this country, but it also has control of the retail business, and that it is resort- ing to unlawful and unscrupulous competitors to the complaint will ask an order dissolving methods to drive wall. The bill of the court to issue the trust. If the initial prosecution proves suc- cessful the United Cigar Stores Coni- pany may then be attacked ii a simi- lar manner. To Henry W. Taft. the brother of Secretary Taft, gnd James C. McRey- nolds, special attorneys for the depart- ment, is given the credit of having elicited the definite declaration that the United Cigar Stores Company is a corporation controlled by the American T )bacco Company which owns $600,000 of the $900,000 of the common and all of the preferred stock and most of the bonds. The method of the tobacco trust in entering the retail trade is to purchase in the name of the United Cigar Stores Co. the business of a jobber and retailer and make a con- tract with him not to engage in the tobacco business again. A strong case has been made out by the Governrr.ent against the trust, and the officials of the Department of Justice are convinced that the Govern- ment will win. Unless the tobacco trust appeals to the Supreme Court, the case should be disposed of within six months. ^ JOSH BILLINGS 5c. Cigar ] "There hain't none better than the best" — Josh Billings. This Is the Best. A cigar of merit with a push behind it. The Best Little Cigars ever offered the American public. Golden Eagle Cigars They are extra large, Havana blend, and of perfect workmanship. Finest package. , I. LEWIS & CO. Makers, Established 1870. N C WErk, N.J. Z. JOHN NORRIS, Manager of the Philadelphia Office, 111 Market St. III!! i n For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to Established I88O Monroe D. Sellers, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO.. SELLERSVILLE, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD Bstablished 1&81 Incorporated 1902 T0 B /I e e 0 W0 R LD Published Every Wednesday ^ BY 1*TT|t TOBACCO WORLD PUBLISHING CO. 224 Arch Street. PhiUdelpKia. Jay Y. Erodt, H. C. McManus, President and Genl. Manager. Secretary and Treasurer. Entered at the Post Office at Philadelphia, Pa., as second class matter. TrjcBPHONes:— Bell, Market 28-97 ; Keystone, Main 45'39^ Cable Address, Baccoworld. Havana Office, Post Office Boat j6». SUBSCRIPTION-PAYABLE IN ADVANCES 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 «^ dence of merit as to entitle them to public attention. No advertisement xnown 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 Pubwshino COc, 224 Arch St. ,. Philada. PHILADELPHIA, JUNE 26, 1907. AS TO STEALING TITLES. The way certain cheap cigar manu- facturers—and especially some in West- ern Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio — appropriate registered cigar or tobacco brands to their own use, is open to both criticism and condemnation. As the laborer is worthy of his hire so also the honest cigar manuafcturer is en- titled to an exclusive use of his regis- tered cigar and tobacco titles and it is unfair, to put it mildly, for any other manufacturer or jobber to appropriate the same without leave or so much as a "thank you." The old and over- worked excuse : "I did not know the title was being used" is inexcusable, inasmuch as with very little effort and expense any cigar or tobacco manufac- turer can easily ascertain if he has a right to the use of a title or whether in all honesty, said title being regiatered and used, if he should not leave it severely alone. The deliberate appro- priation to his own use of another manufacturer's cigar or tobacco brand, constitutes the larcenous appropriator, a trade evil and one to be avoided. If he is tricky in one thing he will be apt to be in another. A contemporary, referring to the theft of trade titles and ideas says : "When a man has made a good useful product, put it on the market, adver- tised It and made a success of it. the man who comes along and imitates it in cheaper, inferior article and takes a name so close to the original as to be confusing to^ careless buyers, he is to all intents and purposes a thief, whether he ever goes behind bars or not. He steals another man's ideas and the profits from them that natur- ally belong to him. thereby becomes a moral thief. This class of wrong doers usually ^ake care to keep just within the limits of the law, so they are hard to punish by the courts, but the open court of public opinion ought to attend to their case and punish them in the most effective way, by ignoring them entirely. Do not deal with makers of cheap substitutes, if you would not support and encourage a moral thief!" All of which The Tobacco World en- dorses and recommends to the con- sideration of cheap cigar manufac- turers who are marketing their goods under other men's titles. SCORE ANOTHER FOR TOBACCO. From statistics gathered by a New Orleans student of economics, he con- cludes that one person in every 900,000 of population goes crazy from exces- 14 sive indulgence in alcohol and tobacco. Ninety per cent, of the insane are made so from excessive indulgence in alcohol and drugs. As to alcohol and drugs The Tobacco World is not con- cerned in this article, the point we de- sire [to make being that if only one person in 900,000 of population is mentally unbalanced through excessive use cf tobacco (with alcohol) all the tales told by a;iti-tobacco folks about the weed being a nerve and brain de- stioyer is untrue and nonsensical. If some of the blatant demagogues would learn to smoke good tobacco in modera- tion we venture to say they would have a better quality of brains even if they had no increase of that useful grey substance. FORGET IT! "For" and "against" are the two divisions of friends and foes of the ci- garette— the tobacco and rice paper roll which has come in for a large share of public attention for many years. A peculiarity of the "foes" of cigarette smoking is that most of them have never smoked cigarettes and of course they are cock sure that they are harm- ful, dangerous and poisonous. On the other hand, that large class of moderate cigarette smokers, who manage to at- tain 8 ripe old age as a general rule, enjoy their cigarettes, suffer no dam- age to body or mind and give no heid to the anti-cigarette crusaders. It is as true of cigarette smoking as it is of many other ^indulgences that if smoked or taken to excess, evil or harm will follow, not because cigarettes or indulgences per se are harmful, but be- cause the indulgee— the one who lets ap- petite run away with him— is at fault. Cigarette smoking is generally conceded to be harmful to the young, and so too are coffee drinking, wine-bibbing and a dozen other things, but to the average man cigarette and tobacco smoking is harmless; in fact it is more often a pleasurable benefit and solace, and all that the pedagogic anti cigarette and tobacco crusaders can do and say will not prevail against their use. With so many right down out and out evils in the world to eradicate and overcome, it seemi odd that so many evil-eradica- tors tie up to condemning cigarettes — an easy task at all times. Are the anti-cigarette crusaders lazy that they do not battle with more evilish evils? Belittling cigarettes and tobacco by the crank and fanatical "antis" be- comes tiresome. Why don't they "forget it?" THE LOCAL TOBACCO NEWS The local retail trade scored a good business during the past week, but again they are lamenting. The fact that it is already so close to the usual vaca- tion season, when their eales usually fall off, is already causing some anx- iety. If it should come to pass that the summer develops into an exces- sively warm one, it is very likely to have the effect of driving trade out of town, and having had only a short and dull spring business they have good cause for anxiety over a prospective poor summer season. It is probably rather a difficult thing for the weather dispatcher to send just the kind that will suit everybody at the same time. It has been freakish enough of late, but yet it is not quite what is wanted, and as it is, the soda water dispenser has rather the best of tha out and out cigar dealer. Cigar manufacturers are not finding much fault with present events, and in fact not a few find themselves so thoroughly occupied that they have not time to think of trouble. They are, however, having just a little trouble of their own, about which they don't care to say any more than they must. It is with the Government, in requir- ing of them certain conditions, which requirement they say, is at the present day and under existing conditions a serious menace to their wellbeing. Furthermore, it has been put up to them in such a way that they are chafing under the severely stringent rules now sought to be enforced. A call was issued by representatives of several of the more important manu- facturers in this vicinity, which read as follows : — Philadelphia, June 17. Dear Sir : You are no doubt familiar with some of the recent decisions of the Hon. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, also some interpretations of the present laws regulating the busi- ness of manufacturing cigars, which we know are entirely inadequate. The resulting conditions are such that it has become a matter of extreme necessity for some action to be taken to secure such revisions as are fair and equitable to all concerned. At a recent meeting of a few of the manufacturers of the First District of Pennsylvania a committee was appoin- ted for the, purpose of looking into ways and ineans whereby this result could be accomplished. The undersigned committee, after thorough and careful consideration, found It necessary, first, to form an organization of the cigar manufac- turers of the First District of Pennsyl- vania so that, as a unit, our rights would be more readily recognized, and, second, out of the ^M^c^b of such an organization, to employ counsel to represent us in Washington. In order to organize such a body, you are earnestly solicited to be present at a meeting called especially for this purpose at the Bingham House, Eleventh and Market streets, Philadel- phia, Thursday morning, June 20, 1907, at 10.30. and to notify any other manu- facturers who may be interested. Respectfully, Harry Dietsch, Representing Otto Eisenlohr & Bros., Philadelphia. Ferdinand Sommers, Representing H. Sommers Co., Quaker- town, Pa. J. P. Kline, Representing L. B. Miller & Co., Red Hill, Pa. In response a meeting was held at the Bingham House Eleventh and Mar- ket streets, on Thursday morning last. Although the attendance was not as large as had been hoped for, assurances had been received from nearly every important manufacturer in the district that they heartily endorsed the move- ment. Small as the attendance was there was no lack of enthusiasm on the part of those present, and the foundation of a formidable organization has probably been laid. Oflficers wtre chosen in the persons of H. Dietsch and Ferd. Sommers as temporary chairman and secretary, respectively. The chairman appointed a committee of five members on organization, as follows:— John N. Koib, of the Theo- bald & Oppenheimer Co. ; J. P. Kline, of L. B. Miller & Co. ; J. M. Rodgers, with Birdsall & Adams; A. F. Quinn and W. K. Roedel. This committee is scheduled to meet next Thursday evening to formulate further plans for aggressive action, after which a notice will be issued to every manufacturer in the district who may be interested in the movement, and a final organization meeting will be held. The idea of an asociation of cigar manufacturers in this city is not new, but no crganization of any kind has existed among them for some years past, and it has been pointed out that never before did the conditions indicate the actual necessity of organized effort to counteract and relieve by reversion certain requirements now being more fully enforced in a manner highly inimical to the interest of the industry. Once the spirit and enthusiasm of the local trade becomes thoroughly aroused there is good reason to hope and believe that an organization will develop that will be a credit to the trade and be a power for good to the entire industry. For the second time within nine months the immense cigar box manu- facturing establishment and lumber plant of the H. H. Sheip Mfg. Co., at Sixth and Columbia avenue, was dam- aged by fire, on Saturday afternoon last, causing a loss estimated at $150,- 000. but which is covered by insurance. The fire burned with remarkable rapidity and in a short time valuable machinery, finished stock and costly timber were destroyed. The flames were discovered shortly before 3 o'clock in the dry kiln of the establishment. It is thought they originated by reason of the high tem- perature steam pipes in this particular room igniting the wood work. In less than half an hour the fire, fed by the large quantity of cedar wood stored in the plant, spread with such rapidity that three additional alarms were sounded in rapid succession. The intense heat from the fire, to- gether with the high temperature of the day, was a great handicap to the firemen. They fought the flames in relays and a large staff of physicians was on hand to render aid. The smoke entered the houses in the immediate vicinity of the box factory and became so dense that the occupants left their homes and went into the streets. The building in which the fire origi- nated is a long two-story structure ex- tending from Columbia avenue about two hundred and fifty feet on Sixth street. Adjoining this and facing on Columbia avenue is a six-story brick building, which was licked by the flames ^^^. THE TOBACCO WQRin ^^^^ W. A. LAHR IP i: I^VlSTIC BmHQ^ HATH9SELEH .Old Aqc Jcllt, h I ■: r JHY Wholesale Cigar Manufacturer Red Lion, Penna. VI VL^A ' , ym^^aB^^uj^^m^i . Get our prices, and make a fair comparison with those of other factories. Correspondence invited with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade. Samples Free to Responsible Houses. We believe in Honesty, Good Workmansliip, at fair prices to all. Correspondence Solicited THE OLD HONESTY CIGAR BOX CO.. C. W. Bucks. Gen. M^r. Rear 634 Washington Street, Readinif, Pa. S^K T H E T QBACCO WORLD ^B The Miami Valley Leaf Tobacco Co. ALLEN H. REEDER DAYTON OHIO STANLEY M. KROHN Packers of Cigar Leaf Tobacco 1903-4-5 Zimmer Spanish, 1905 Gebhardt, 1905 Dutch, 1905 Connecticut, etc. "and for a time thieatened. Another building on Randolph street escaped damage. Fortunately there were but few men in the place when he fire broke out. Saturday being a half holiday, the seven hundred hands employed in the factory had quit work gome time befoie the firej was discovered. At 4 o'clock the flames were finally gotten under control. Had it not been for the fact that the fire occurred at a time when few people were in the premises, fatalities might have easily occurred. As it is an Assistant Fire Chief and his driver had a narrow escape from perhaps fatal injuries while the hotse which was pulling the vehicle was killed, as a re- sult of a collision with an automobile at Mervine street and Columbia avenue. The chief and the driver were thrown out, but escaped wiih a few bruises and proceeded to the fire in a trolley car. The Theobald & Oppenheimer Com- pany took title last week to two two- story factory buildings and a lot 88 feet 6 inches by 166 feet, at the northeast corner of Fourth and Cambridge streets, for $35,000, from Rachel G. Davis. It is assessed at $24,500. «» A Tobacco World representative has observed that a rather extensive opera- tion has been commenced by an out of •town manufacturing house, through its local manager, to heli> along the^^ale of its go3ds. The plan adopted, while not alto- gethnr new, is being so systematically carried out that its effect is being felt in a most substantial way — that of in- creased orders for the goods from dealers. F. B. Robertson, Factory Represent- ative of the Manchester Cigar Mlg. Cq., of Baltimore, who are the makers of the Match It cheroots and Manches- ter Stogies, has been conducting the campaign which consisted in part of the preparation of a certain number of •envelopes, on which were printed or stamped the names of certain dealers, - and in the envelopes were enclosed one •«ach of the cheroots and stogies. The 'samples thus prepared were then de- liverd to the dealers and by them dis- tributed. That the plan has proven successful has been evidenced by the fact that an actual increased demand has been ex- perienced by those dealers who have so far been reached by this method, and the plan is to be extended to cover the '>^whole city more or less thoroughly. It has developed, however, during the progress of this exploitation, that re- tail dealers finding a demand for the goods and requesting them from their respective jobbing houses, were not always accommodated with a supply, particularly the Manchester Stogie, it appearing that not every jobbing house had them in stock. When complaints were lodged with Mr. Robertson, the representative here, he felt it his duty to supply the needs of the dealers in some way, even if it could not always be done directly through jobbers. D. J. Millett, 1426 Ritner street, has ficted out one of the most attractive stores in the whole of the down town section. A line of fine goods and a carefully kept store make an attractive combination at all times, but Mr. Mil- lett has also thrown a strong person- ality into hip place, and it is fast be- coming a popular rendezvous for down towners. There is perhaps not a happier re- tailer in town today than Joseph Way, notwithstanding his three stores and hotel stand. It has become almost a password in the trade that whatever "Joe" undertakes is a success before he begins. But like the Napoleons of all times, he too, recently met his "Waterloo." Things were going along pretty lively one day, not long ago, and Joe actually tried to be at the three stores at one and the same time. It was perhaps the first time in his life that he failed in his undertaking, but he did in this one. He took the defeat philosophically, and sitting down he began to figure out how he could gtt his new cigarette Mask and Wig on the market quickly. It is said he has solved this problem, and the goo-s will soon be in. Between his two stores — one at 70 North Twelfth street and another at Thirteenth and Silver streets— James Stead is doing a double turn quite suc- cessfully. He is in proximity to several United stores, but feels no ill effect. %^ A. K. Moore, Seventh street above Chestnut, fully corroborated the state- ment that retailers generally, and particularly in the central business sec- tion of the city, have had a very satis- factory trade for the past week or two. Shipton & Payne, North Fifth street cigar jobbers, have installed an electric flash light sign advertising this week the Match It cheroots. The scheme in connection with the sampling the firm was doing worked admirably, and now the sales of the goods are jumping way up. The Booh & Griffin Co. have taken possession of their cigar stand "In the Corridor" of the Real Estate Trust Building at Broad and Chestnut streets, and are open for business, although the formal opening will not take place before Saturday next, June 29, for which occasion elaborate preparations have been going on for some time. Application has been filed with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for a charter and the business will be incor- porated under the name of the Boch- Griffin Co., the applicants for the charter being R. W. Boch, N. M. Griflfin and M. £. Stern. ConsUtufion ^<^Vava„. stands for Quality and Workmanship. Remember that. John W. King, formerly a repre- sentative of the American Tobacco Co., was a recent visitor in this city, repre- senting the clear Havana manufactur- ing firm of Cuesta, Rey & Co., of Tampa, Fla. Mr. King has a large personal acquaintance in the trade and was cordially received. A. C. Eisenlohr, of Otto Eisenlohr & Bro., has been in ill health for some time and after the excitement incident to the inscriptions of Sumatra tobacco at Amsterdam, several of which he at- tended during the earlier part of the season, he became worse. He is now recuperating at Hot Springs. Qboid, a granulated cut plug smok- ing tobacco manufactured by Larus & Bro. Co., of Richmond, is meeting with an exceptionally good sale here. Not only are the goods on sale at every independent retail store in the city, but the demand has been so strong that even the United Cigar Stores Co. were obliged to carry it, and find it almost impossible to keep a suflficient supply on hand. %/% B. Podolnick is the last addition to the cigarette salesmen force of Arthur Hagen & Co , and began his new duties on Monday. Mr. Podolinck is already widely known in the down town dis- tricts, and it can be reasonably expec- ted that he will develop a strong fol- lowing in that section. ««% Leopold Loeb, of Loeb-Nunez Havana Co., returned last Saturday from his trip to Havana. Announcement has been made of the engagement of Fred. Hippie, of Hippie Bros. & Co., leaf dealers, to Miss Es- terley, of Pottsville. Charles Moulter, of Buffalo, N. Y., arrived in this city this week, to re- main some days. Mr. Moulter is offer- ing on this market a large line of Wisconsin lobacco. H. Dolinsky & Sons, of this city, are the victors of a highly interesting lawsuit, which, although pending for nearly two years, was brought to a successful termination last week. The firm are packers and dealers in leaf tobacco and have been for some years packing, from time to time certain lots of tobacco in what is known as the Connecticut Valley, but which valley extends considerably into the State of Massachusetts. About two years ago, so the story goes, Harry Dolmsky, of this firm, was driving through the State of Madsa- chusetts looking at various lots of leaf tobacco. He was accompanied by the firm's local broker or buyer. They happened to come across another buyer named B. M. Warner, and during the course of a conversation Mr. Warner mentioned a certain crop of tobacco and urged Dolinsky to look at it. Dolinsky is said to have remarked that he did not wish to interfere with any deal Warner had in prospect, and is said to have been assured by Warner that it would not interfere at all with any of his plans. The result of his visit to that particular farm, which is owned by a Mrs. Haskell, of Brooklyn, N. Y., but managed for her by a Mr. Hargraves, a locally well known raiser of tobacco, was that Mr. Dolinsky was so well pleased with the appearance of the crop that he eventually bought the goods, had them delivered to a ware- house and proceeded to pack the same. At this point, however, Mr. Warner instituted proceedings against Dolinsky & Sons, and under an antiquated statute of Massachusetts alleging interference with contract, and claimed that Dolin- sky had bought the goods knowing that he had also agreed to take them at a certain price, and having failed to re- ceive the crop that he was injured and brought this action to recover damages alleged to have been sustained. In order to bale the Dolinskys into the Massachusetts courts the plaintiff caused an attachment to be isssued on the tobacco in the warehouse. As has been said, it was not until about two weeks ago that the case finally came up for trial. Both sides had employed the most able counsel obtainable, and the case was most bitterly fought from start to finish and resulted, as has been said, in favor of Dolinsky and with costs placed upon plaintiff. It seems to be a notorious fact that packers of leaf tobacco attempting to do business in Massachusetts and un- fortunately becoming involved in litiga- tion have almost invariably met with rev'erses in any attempt to secure relief. The case was tried in the Supeiior Court of Massachusetts be- fore Chief Justice Aiken and even the Justice's charge to the jury was gener- ally regarded as rather partial to the plaintiff, but notwithstanding this, the jury, constituted mostly of farmers, after a comparatively short delibera- tijn, rendered a verdict in favor of the defendant— Dolinsky. Needless to say that Dolinsky & Sons naturally feel elated at the result of their fight, and feel also that they have rendered a valuable service to the leaf trade at large in having established an illustrious precedent. PHILADELPHIA LEAF MARKET While no particular animation has developed in the local market during the past week there has been a slight increase in activity, due probably to the fact that there is now a better prospect for a fair crop of tobacco this year, in which event the market may eventually be affected to a greater or less extent. Not that prices have yet been any- way affected, but goods are being more freely offered, from which it seems evident that the fears entertained in some (luarters for some weeks that there might perhaps be practically no crop at all have been allayed. Sumatra has been fairly brisk in both old and new goods. The Havana market has not changed materially since our last report. i ^^m. THE TOBACCO W O R L D "^^B RIBB0NS Manufacturers of Bindings, Galloons, Taffetas, Satin and Gros Grain i"l"Lnt of Plain and Fancy Ribbons Write for Sample Card and Price List to Department W WM. WICKE RIBBON CO. 36 East Twenty-Second St., NEW YORK U. J. WOUF, Manufacturer of CiQARS and STOQIES For Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Short Filler Stories, $7.73 per M. WOLFSBURG, PA. SIGNS! SIGNS! SIGNS! SIGNS! SIGNS! SIGNS CLOTH, ROPE FIBER and CARD- BOARD SIGNS and PAPER POS- TERS. In Weatherproof Colors. TRY OUR FOLDED EDGE SIGNS. and Samples. Write for Prices THE MASSILLON SIGN & POSTER CO. MASSILLON, 0 SIGNS! SIGNS! SIGNS! SIGNS! SIGNS! Santiago Factory Burned. Santiago. Cuba, June 19. A disastrous fire has occurred in the Picote Tobacco Factory of Rovira & Fontanals here, and the entire business district had a narrow escape from be- ing destroyed. The cause of the fire is not known. — Military authorities in Italy con- sider tobacco one of the comforts essen- tial to the soldiers, and cigars are served out to them with their rations. %M^^^^m^ TRADE NARKS REGISTERED. ARTISTS CLUB 15,400 For smoking lobacco. Registered June 11. 1907, at 9 a. m., by Frederick Hoch & Co.. Philadelphia, Pa. SIR CONAN 15,401 For cigars. Registered June 11, 1907, at 9 a. m., by C. S. Turner Co., Philadelphia, Pa. ARMY & NAVY 15,402 For cigars. Registered June 13, 1907, at 9 a. m., by George M. Burns, Philadelphia, Pa. Re registration. THE GUTENBERG CLUB 15,403 For cigars. Registered June 18, 1907, at 9 a. m., by Phillip W. Unger & Co., Philadelphia, Pa. FRATERNITY RIBBON 15.404 For cigars. Registered June 19, 1907, at 9 a. m., by Central Litho Co., Cleveland, O. ANTI-NICOTINE CIGARETTE CO. 15,406 For trade name. Registered June 20, 1907, at 9 a. m., by L. Cohen & H. Friedberg. Philadelphia, Pa. STERLING FRIENDS 15,407 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, stogies and tobacco. Registered June 24. 1907. at 9 a. m., by Z. John Norris, Philadelphia, Pa. Rejections. Nobetto, Antler's Club, Old Trusty, Pioneer, Old Timer, Old Reliable, Sea- side, Sea View, Jack Horner, Ambas- sador. SPECIAL NOTICES. To Manofactarers of Cigars : If you have any Cuttings, Scraps or Sifting to sell, write us. We are at all times in the market as Cash Buyers of all these products. EDWIN L. KOPPELMAN CO. 7-61h 81 Pine St.. New York pOR SALE.— On account of other in- -■- terests. manufacturer will sell his Stogie Manufacturing Business of $30,- 000 to $40,000 per year ; established 20 years. Equipment, trademarks, labels, etc., offered in their entirety, or present proprietor will take entire output, and continue to market the goods. A good chance for an energetic business man. Address Success, care of The Tobacco World, Philadelphia. 4-17tf STERNFELD & LEUSCH No. 36 LaSalle Street. CHICAGO Agents for Union and Non-Union Cigar Fac- tories. Correspondence with Manu- facturers invited. 6 5]h \A/E PURCHASE" Cigar Molds-un- desirable shapes— such as No. 16,261, No. 8,832, No. 8.569. Write us. stating what you have and the quantity. Winget Mfg. Co., York, Pa. 12-12tf \A/ ANTED.— 100.000 American To- bacco Co. Tags or Certificates; will pay the highest prices. Write how many you have. Address F, care of The Tobacco World, Phi la. 6-26a \717 ANTED— By a prominent Chicago broker, a line of Union cigars to ell to big jobbing trade at $20 and u p- wards. Only large and reliable manu- facturers need apply. Address Box 15, care of Tobacco World, Phi la. 5-29r. Rutherford, Constitution, Runter — a strong trio. f:i Draco Gitfar MH. Co., Philada. T. J. DUISN St CO. Makers of the BACHELOR CIGAR 401-403 E. 91st Street. NEW YORK Joe Endress, Jr. A. C. Kercher Pioneer Leaf Tobacco Co. Germantown, Ohio Packers of CIGAR LEAF TOBACCO SAVE AGENT'S COMMISSION Why should the Cigar Manufacturer pay Agent's Commission? W© furnish All Shapes of the Best Grade Cigar Mold, direct to Manu- facturer and will duplicate CXaCtly any shape you are now using. Send for our Catalogue of 1,500 Shapes The American Cigar Mold Co., Cincinnati, 0. Perfect Bunching Machine \ SIZE, 10 BY 10 INCHES" -WEIGHT, 18 POUNDS Dear Sir :— You may have used Bunching Machines, and they may not have been satisfactory. Neither were the first mowing machines, or the first sewing machines ; but could the farmer today get along with- out a mowing machine, or your wife get along without a sewing machine? They are both Simply Perfect, and do all that is asked of them. That is the story of our Bunching Machine ; it is simply perfect, and we call it the PERFECT BUNCHING MACHINE, and it does everything that is asked of it. Now, if this little machine is all we say it is (and we are pre- pared to prove it), and will help you to make more money than you are now making, help you to increase your output and effect a saving in cost of production, you surely, as a business man, should be willing to let us tell you more about it. Will you write us? Or, call at our factory. No. 132 South Sixth] Street. Philadelphia, any day, and see this machine in practical^' operation. Yours respectfully, G/ie PERFECT BUNCHING MACHINE CO.! I III! II tl i 1 I Our Capacity for Manufacturing Cigar Boxes Is— ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE GOOD CUSTOMER Monroe D. Sellers, Sellersville, Pa. For Gentlemen of Good Taste s-SyiN FELieE-5 B ^ A HIGH GRADE R^ iJLi.CIGAR FOR i[JC« Sold Extensively by Leading Cigar Dealers and Druggists Throughout the united States SEND FOK CATALOGUE AND PRICES THE DEISEL-WEMMER C0.» Makei-s LIMA, OHIO [BOSTON BREVITIES. (Concluded fiom p. 11) -out for a few months, and they seem not to care whether the strike runs any length of time or not. I learned at one of the large jobbing: houses here that the Quincy cigars are beginning to get scarce and this is judged by the jobbers' orders for ^ame being much cut down ^hen ordered in too large a quantity. There is hard y a week goes by that there are no association conventions 4>eing held here : the headquarters id \i8aa'lly the American House. This vfeeV, the A. 0. U. W.. Jr., and the Hardware Dealers' Association are holding their conventions here. Last week the Retail Druggists' Conventon held sway at Magnolia, and I under- stand the American Tobacco Co. had some of the salesmen there sampling their new House of Lords cigarettes. The pipe smokers have of late been patronizing various brands of can smoking mixtures, and on my rounds I beard that there is a big improvement in the sale of high grade smoking mix- tures. A handy pocket cigarette making machine, retailing at 50 cents each, is taking hold nicely here. One of our cut price druggists tells me he has sold over three dozen in the past two weeks and the customer usually buys his cigarette paper and tobacco at the time he buys this mechanical device. A small printed slip of paper is now being packed in every package of the Ramleh cigarettes, announcing the fact ithat on and after July 1, the name of 'the cigarette will be changed from Ramleh to Helmar (Ramleh spelled 'backward). The Watch and Ward Society are still '-after the cigar dealers handling obscene post cards. This week a cigarist on Atlantic avenue and one over in Chelsea were haled to court and in each instance "^be fine was 100 plunks. • Big Brothers cigarros, which were formerly packed 5 for 10 cents are now packed 4 for 10 cents, and in each pack- age is a coupon redeemable for pres- fents. All of Jaynes' drug stores are featuring these goods in their window displays this week. Since the price advance to $1.80 per m. on Big Brothers many tobacconists refused to handle .same. Stephen G. Ruth, of the Allen To- bacco Co., New York, is in town for a few days, going the rounds with George Russell. George Bush, salesman for C. E. Ellis, maker of the Lobster cheroots, 18 who was on the sick list for the past twelve week3, is out and about once more. Mr. Bush expects to work the principal towns in Connecticut next week. J. S Perlstein, manager of the little cigar department of the American Cigar Co., has just returned from a very successful trip taking in Provi- d« nee. Worcester and Springfield. He reports that the sale of the Royal Ben- gals is largely on the increase in his terr tory. The new window displays are showlhg good returns. Sam Marcuson is busy taking orders for Samnris. the Khfdivial Co. 's latest brand. It is certainly making a hit in Boston. H. J. Mandel, of Rosenthal Bros., and several other progressive tobacco- nists are featuring the C. E. Barker Manufacturing Co., of New York, Gold Bond certificates, and report they are trade brintteis. A creditors' petition has been brought againdt George W. Justus, known aldo as the Boston Pipe House, by Julius Weis and others holding claims amount- ing to $1,027. Mr. Justus has been in business for many years. He was for- merly in partnership under the style of Justus & Gould, and at one time operated the cigar store now occupied by the United Cigar Stores Co. on Causeway street near the North Union Station. The Mentor Co. here, makers of the Mentor and Ramly cigarettes, report that orders are coming in f romall parts of the country for their Ramleh cigar- ettes, and they are finding it hard to fill same promptly. A. H. Hillman & Co., the New York jobbers, are especially keeping them busy. Their output is 250,000 cigarettes a day, and they are being shipped out as soon as packed in the boxes. Erlich & Kopf are again featuring in their window display A. M. Pacholder Co.'s St. Urban, 10 for 10 cent cushion top package of little cigars. C. R. Lovell, of New York, repre- senting Imhoff & Co., Denver Pa., and other Pennsylvania concerns, is calling on the jobbing trade. L. Shapiro has returned from a suc- cessful trip to Lowell, Lawrence and Haverhill, where he did some effective missionary work on the Ware-Kramer Co. 's White Rolls cigarettes. All of our Boston jobbers are finding the White Rolls good duplicators, and before long they will be on a par with the sale of Sweet Caporals, which is going back- ward here. Ben Ali. BOSTON STRIKE OFF. All the Factories Except One Re- sume Operations. Boston, June 24. '. \ The Boston cigar manufacturers, with possibly one exception, have complied with the demands of the Strippers' Union, and operations are expected to be resumed tomorrow morning. The one exception was the firm of Henry Traiser & Co., makers of the popular Pippin cigars, whose output is in the neighborhood of 75,000,000 per annum. Leaf Tobacco Markets BALDWINSVILLE, N. Y. The warm weather of the past few days has made a great improvement in the plant beds, the plants in many of the beds being ready for transplanting. A few growers have commenced set- ting and the next few days will see many of the fields set out. CONNECTICUT VALLEY. At last the season has changed and has brought us days that are warm, although the nightd continue cold, but they are much warmer than they were a week ago. Tobacco that was set a week or ten days ago has grown but little very until within a day or two. Within three or four days a good many acres have been set out, and the num- ber left unset begins to look quite small and with this warm weather next week will see the bulk of the setting done in this locality, and what is unset June 22 will hardly amount to much, so it is said by those who calculate to finish by that date. I hear of several who will either finish Saturday, or very early in the following week. Now after we have fretted and fumed because of the late- ness of the season, we find that the time is not so bad after all, but we have become so used to seeing so much set in the month of May, that we really supposed tobacco set after ihe middle of June would amount to but very little. But now the beds are coming along so fast that the growers can pull the plants about as fast as they can set them in the fields and an acre or two each day soon reduces the look ahead very fast. Our correspondents write : Conway, Mass., June 16: "Tobacco setting is pretty well along here now, and the balance will be put in this week. It has been so cold nights that tobacco could not grow much, but it is getting rooted, so that when warm weather comes it will grow right along. Very few cutworms troubling so far." Wethersfield, Conn., June 15: "No tobacco transplanted as yet, so far as I know, and I hear of no plants that are large enough. Rather discouraging weather for tobacco or any other crop." North Hatfield, Mass. : "In this town it is estimated that an increase of 200 acres is intended, at least so it is reported. Right in this locality I think that fully 50 per cent, of the crop has been set, some are talking as high as 60 per cent, of the whole town has been set. This week will see quite a number of the growers finishing, and hoeing will become the order of the day. Some fields are so dry that boat- ing is necessary before setting owing to the dry condition of the soil. The crops here all need rain. The price of plants has fallen to $1 per thousand, and every day now the price will be lowered."— American Cultivator. EDGERTON, WIS. The planting of the new tobacco crop has now fairly started in most of the growing sections of the State and from this on will be pushed with all possible dispatch, as this work is close on to two weeks behind the average season. The weather if the week has been ex- ceptionally favorable for the rapid ad- vancement of the plant beds, which are now making such phenomenal growth as to crowd the preparation of the fields. Severe st irms, however, have done some injury to the beds, through hail and heavy rain falls in a few lo- calities. The soil is in excellent shape for transplanting and with moderate temperatures a good stand ought to be secured. It is already evident there will be a shortage of plants of suflficient size to get out the contemplated acreage within the ordinary limits of the planting season, but just how much a decrease cannot be determined at this time. The conditions of the cured leaf mar- kets remain unchanged and a dull busi- ness is reported both among local packers and in the Eastern centers as well. The recent warm days have started the warehouse bulks into a sweat that will continue until the cur- ing is complete. Shipments 800 cases. -Reporter. HUNTER~Sc. Cl^ar is successful with successful dealers. EI Draco Giijar Mi, Co., Phila. For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to Monroe D. Seller*, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO.. SELLERSVltLTpA! ^^ THE TOBAC CO WORLD 'W^, J. B. MILLEYSACK Manufacturer of CIGARS Hand-Made No. 821 Lake Street LANCASTER, PA. Correspondence with the Jobbing Trade solicited. ESTABLISHED 1889 INCORPORATED 1902 A. B. HESS CIGAR CO. SUCCESSORS TO J. E. Shafts & Co. LANCASTER, PA. Manufacturers of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars , vUjiAW4 CORRESPONDENCE INVITED FROM RESPONSIBLE HOUSES The Gilt Edge Cigar Box Facfory CIGAR BOXES SHIPPING CASES LABELS EDGINGS RIBBONS J. FRANK BOWMAN Cigar Manufactorers' SUPPIIES of All Kinds 51 Market Street LANCASTER. PA. Daily Capacity: Five Thousand Boxes li All Jobbers Who Handle Travellers Tips Wm 3^1 ^tClSTERt'' Say it Always Moves Well '*A Good Five Cent Cigar Abbott Cigar Co. ABBOTTSTOWN. PA. }\ E. RENNINGER Established 1889 Manufacturer of High and Medium Grade Cigars Strictly Union-Made Goods. DCIlVGr Ps, ,g--%»\^ 'f^**^^ • 4-\ • t E.23«P&T. .^^ 5AMPLE5&PRICt!, ' FURNISHED /. UPON Applicatioh IN STOCK. TO ORDER eiGAR LABELS It Will Remove Rankness from Tobacco Take Away Mustiness and Give Cli^ars Havana Flavor. CHASKEL'S SPANISH BETUNE Is specially adapted to give that Peculiar Sourish Effect desired. ChaskePs Flavors the Cheapest in the ^ market, considering what they do. CHASKEL'S ^AVOPS I ^NO 00C8 Farthest. A Card Will Brin^ More Information and Prices* Chaskel Chemical WorksL 265 West Broadway* New York f? CIGAR BOXES The Ideal Ci^ar Made in an Ideal Way Stephen Day dc. Brand Is Strictly Union Made Ideal Ci^ar Go. CENTENNIAL, P4. mmsof CIGAR U6CLS 5KETCHESAM> Ql/OTATIONS niRN)5lia» SANP1ES'AN9 RIBBON PRICeS Our Capacity for Manufacturing Cigar Boxes Is— ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE GOOD CUSTOMER Monroe D, Sellers, Sellersville, Pa. THE TOBACCO WORLD Growers and Packers of HIGHEST GRADES CONNECTICUT HAVANA SEED The Krohn Tobacco Co. (of W^INDSOR, CONN.) Our Plantations are in the most famous growing section Fine Handling Superb Quality Address: F. B. GRIFFIN. Manager, NORTH BLOOMFIELD, CONN. -OR A. H. REEDER, President, P. 0. BOX 574. DAYTON. 0. Established 1895 Telephone Connection T. L. ADAIR Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Red Lion, Pa. Special Lines for the Jobbing Trade W. W. STEWART & SON Reading, Pa. W J0IWH4V^ Makers of the JOHN HAY LADY HELEN lOc. JOHN HAY, Jr. ELI PERKINS ! Hi^h Grade Seed and Havana Cigars CorreapoodeDC* with Rcaponsible Honaes Sollcitad L. J. SMITH & CO. Wholesale Cigar Manufacturers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Red Lion, Pa. With Specially Dealtfned Baoda. -d PAN ANNA dc. Gidars TWO HAVANAS Two for Five Cents CorreapooJence with Reiponaible Houaaa aolicitaJ. Private Bran da aiade to order. J. F. REICHARD Wholesale Dealer In LEAF TOBACCO of All Grades Craley, Penna. SMITH BROS. t ^ Brokers in Domestic T 17 A 17 T/^D A f^f^r^ and Imported LEL./Vr 1 KJlDlSX^K^KJ No. 1 7 Charter Street, Dayton, O. Ohio Goods Our Specialty 20 LETTER FROM LANCASTER. (Concluded from page 5) systematic way of watching all de- velopments of the crops reported from the different sections of the growing district, have become very wise to the fact that the crops from certain grow- ers are always pretty safe crops to handle, while those of others are much more prone to damage. The latter class are severely let alone by the knowing ones, and yet even those crops which some packers are wary of seem to find buyers, but then the inexperi- enced must expect to profit by experi- ence just the same as those who now have the experience did in the past. It is a fact, nevertheless, that it is due to this knowledge that the tobacco crops are today so well handled as they are. If there was a farmer in Lancas' ter county who was not up to his neck in work during the past week or two, it is safe to say he was not a tobacco grower. The writer has personally seen hundreds of teams in the fields all engaged in transplanting. The matter of plant scarcity seems less serious than at first reported. The real diffi- culty is that there is not a sufllicient supply of plants of a size usually de- sired to enable farmers to go right ahead, but they find it necessary in some localities to wait a few days for plants to gain some in size before transplanting can be completed. It is also found that many farmers are set- ting out plants of a smaller size than has been their custom heretofore. It can scarcely be argued as an un- wise move to use smaller sized plants, provided there is uniformity in the size of the plants, for why should they not thrive just as well in the field as in the seed bed, if not even better? The cigar manufacturing industry in general is somewhat slow just now. In fact 1 hear considerable complaint from one of the largest factories in this section that it is very draggy just now. It is now a matter of conjecture as to whether June will show as healthy a condition this year as last year did in the cigar output. Some progress is now being made at the new Moss factory building, the foundation walls being practically com- pleted. It is not expected, however, that the building will be entirely finished and ready for occupancy for many months yet. John McLaughlin, who had been on the sick list for a number of weeks, is again able to go out, and now spends a few hours every day at the store on North Queen street. The improved weather conditions have had a wholesome effect on various branches of the business. J. G. Shirk, a well known cigar and tobacco jobber, has felt the good of it by a livelier business, and retail dealers all are much encouraged. Morris Rosenthal & Co. are engaged H UNTERzrA_Nl£li?LCif»£ Has won many races for dealers. Try it. in making some improvements to their warehouse on West Chestnut street, in- cluding a cement pavement. Harry W. Bremer, of Lewis Bremer's Sons, spent a day in Lancaster last week looking over the leaf market. Barney Livingston, of New York, a commission leaf dealer and novelty salesman, was a visitor here during the past week. TOBACCO BREEDING. By A. D. Shamel and W. W. Coby, Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. (Continued from last week) The comparison of the plants raised from seed saved under these field tents and exposed to cross- fertilization with the surrounding plants and of plants of the same variety raised from seed pro- tected from cross-fertilization by paper bags shows that self-fertilized seed produces more uniform, vigorous, and productive plants than the open-fertil- ized seed, which is to a greater or less extent cross-fertilized between plants of the same variety. It appears that the cross-fertilization of tobacco seed, even though it occurs between good individuals, has a ten- dency to seriously break up the type. Along with the variability of type in- duced by cross-fertilization, it fre* quently happens that many freak plants resembling the wild species appear; these can only be explained with our present knowledge of the subject as reversions. Such freak plants are not usable for profitable manufacture, and consequently are a source of loss to the growers. The size and weight of seed from the inbred plants are equal to and in most cases greater than the seed saved from open-fertilized plants. In a series of comparative tests of the two kinds of seed in the case of four varieties grown in the Connecticut Valley it was found that the inbred seed was heavier and larger than the cross-fertilized seed. The total quantity of seed harvested from the open-fertilized plants usually exceeded that of the inbred plants. This was due to the fact that in the case of the inbred plants more of the seed bearing branches were removed than where the plants were allowed to set seed under natural conditions, in order to adapt the seed head for the best pos- sible development under the paper bags. Where an equal number of seed pods was examined for yield of seed the in- bred seed equaled or exceeded in quan- tity the cross-fercilized seed in the variety. In the case of hybrids or in the crossing of two distinct strains or varieties the yield of seed, as well as rate of growth of the hybrid plants, was greater than that of the inbred seed and plants. It is true that some of the improved inbred strains produce but little seed compared with unimproved types of the same variety. Inbred strains have been selected for increased yield and number of leaves, which seem to be correlated with lessened seed pro- duction. The same correlation holda true where open-fertilized strains have I a^^ THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^^^ Telephone Call, 432— B Office and Warehouse: FLORIN, PA. Located on Main Line of Pennsylvania R. R. E. L. NISSLY York, Penna. We Make SCRAP FILLER (or Cigar Manufacturers. D. AUEXAINDER, Packer of and Dealer in LEAF TOBACCJO Jobber in Sumatra, Florida Sumatra and Havana Lemon and Arch Sts. i THE^TOBACCO WO RLD Cit^^B vmffurAieTuirc* or all wiwo* or l38ai40CCNTPi:5T. Cigar Box Labels AND TRIMMINGS. rhjladelpbia Office, 573 Bourse Bldg. Chicago, 56 Fifth Avenue. F. E. THATCHER, Mgr. San Francisco, 320 Sansome Street. L. S. SCHOENFELD, Mgr. ^^^^^^.^^^.^.^.•.^.^^^.^^^^^^^^^^^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^♦♦♦♦♦^'♦^♦'♦^-^^'^^ 1 1 m >. ! ' ! t iiH^ It; !i' ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ t ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ H. F. KOHLBR Nashville, Pa. Maker of Hirjll CaADC. n\NDMADE Seed and Ha> ana C^iA^wc and Fine Nieli^el V^igCir* For Wholesale and Jobblnii Trade Corr»spond«*nce with Resp >n«l« Daalers in All Kinda of 1 Plug ^ Smoking Tobaccos ' AUo. All Grades of Fine Cigars Qi Leaf Tobacco No. 307 North Queen Si. j j LANCASTER. PA. j 22 been selected for increased number and total yield of leaves. The rateof gprmination of the inbred in comparison with the cross-fertilized seed was thought to be slower in some of the experimpnts carried on in the season of 1604. However, further com- parisons have failed to bear out this conclusion, and it is the belief of the writers, based on careful observations on this subject, that the inhred seed pprouts as rapidly as the cross-fertil- ized seed. It seems probable that in the cases observed by growers in 1904 a difference in moisture content of the rotted apple-tree fiber, the medium used for t-prouting, was the cause of the apoirent differences in time of sprout- ing. So far as the writers' observations go, the inbred seed produces more rapidly growing plants than the open- fertilized seed and consequently earlier plants for transplanting. There is no djubt. further, that the inbred seed otoducps a larper proportion ot seed- lings for tranpplanting at one time than the open-fertilized seed, which is an important matter to the tobacco grower, who is frequently forced to wait for seedlings on account of the lack of uniformity of plants in beds sown with open-fertilized seed. Darwin's conclusions on the compari- son of tobacco plants raised from in- bred and cross-fertilized seed for three years are as follows: "Taking the plants of the three generations altogether, the crossed show no superiority over the selffer- lilized. and I can account for this fact only by supposing that with this species, which is perfectly self-fertile without insect aid, most of the individ- uals are in the same condition as those of the same variety of the common pea and of a few other exotic plants which have been self- fertilized for many generations. In such cases a cross between two individuals does no good ; nor!doe8 it in any case, unless ♦he individuals differ in general consti- tution, either from so-called spontane- ous variation or from their progenitors having been subjected to different con- ditions. I believe that this is the true explanation in the present instance, becau.-e, as we shall immediately see, the offspring of plants which did not profit at all by being crossed with a plant of the same stock profited to an extraordinary degree by a cross with a slightly different sub-variety." These conclusions of Darwin were based upon greenhouse and garden tests, where, of course, it was not pos- sible to study and compare the charac- ters of quality or the value of the to- bacco from the inbred and cross-fertil- ized seed. The observations of the writers upon tobacco grown in the field under normal conditions in the different tobacco-growing sections bear out the conclusions of Darwin on this subject, and show, further, that the inbred seed produces more profitable crops of to- bacco than the seed resulting from open or cross-fertilization within the variety. (Continued next week) THE TOBACCO THRIPS By V^. A. Hooker. Bureau of Entomology, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. (Concluded) COST OF SPRAYING. Supplies and labor.— The applications necessary to k^ep the pest in check will be found to vary considerably, de- pending upon the rainfall. It seems impro able that spraying for the maxi- mum period of ten weeks will be found necessary when regular spraying is started while the plants are still in the seed bed. The amount of spray neces- sary and the labor required in spraying varies with the growth of the plant. It was found in June, when the plants were about 2 feet high, that 8 acres wer^i sprayed in four hours by nine men and three boys, using six spray pumps and applying 50 gallons of the diluted emulsion per acre. This was at a cost of about 55 c^nts an acre for labor and 50 cents for spray. It is roughly es- timated that the expense will not ex- ceed $20 an acre, even if found neces- sary to spray twice weekly for the maxim jm peiiod of ten weeks. Apparatus.— In applying the emulsion it is necessary, from the nature of the crop, to use a knapsack sprayer. These rA.HUSSEvI Constitution ^f„.%Sr Made in the good old way. EL DRACO CIGAR MFC. CO.. PHILA. THE BEST ORGANIZED MOST COMPLETE AND LARGEST MAIL ORDEE LEAF TOBACCO , ESTABLISHMENT IN r AMERICA « NEW YORK ^ CHICAGO ST. LOUIS ^gTHE TOBACCO WORLD JOHN D. UONQ OFFICES g^ S *-■. *-» *• C» FAV^IAJKll No. 118 Mifflin Street Manufacturer of \^J^ 1 gel PS Cor. Maple & Plum Aves. Lebanon, Penna. A Specialty of Private Brands. Telephone Connection Samples Sent to Responsible Houses. FACTOKYi HERMAN DEUUE York, Penna. Maker of Delman 10 and 5c. Herdel 5c. Alex. Martin 5c. UNION MADE CIGARS Sold to Wholesale & Jobbing Trade only Samples to Responsible Houses Xi^f^^^^m> 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 ' "EM. Samples on application Brands: 5^ Bear, S^ Cub, Essie, and Matthew Carey GEO. W. PARR j Manufacturer of FINE CIGARS { Littlestown, Pa. MAKER OF SclTHEFERNSIDESc Sold to the Jobbinjr Trade only Correspondence invited W. H. DAUGHEHTY & BRO. Dallastown, Pa. ■^^^SHlRtey^ C.H.I C. E. MATTINGLY Si CO. Manufacturers of Hi^h Grade Union Made FOR THE Wholesale Trade Only Union Chief Supreme Union M.inuf < urt rs oi Fine Domestic Cigars Hli{hest Quality Finest Packatfeik Wholesale and Jobbing Trade only Correspondence with Active Houses Invited Mc Sherrystown, Pa. ElOno Unloo Made 5 -Cent Cigars are as Good as Cigars Can be Made Chas. A. Oberly, Maker LEBANON, PA. R. E. JACOBY Wholesale Manufacturer of Strictly Uniform Quality of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited ^...blished 1870 F^'on' N«- 78 S. R. KOCHER Manufacturer of •< A Cigars of Quality Sell and Repeat. Try THE DOCTOR 5c. Gi^ar WALTER S. BARE, Litltz, Penna. Maker of Hirfh Or«d« Cltfara Exclaalvaly. Fine and Packer of WRIGHTSVJLLE, PA. r i ^m WClii^ ~1 H- G. BARNHART iVAJ"^ ^^"^^^.^ ] ciiiar Manufacturer Sprin^vale, Pa. One of Our Leading Brands : Cuban Duchess Only High Grade Tobacco Used Cigars always duplicate 23 THE TOBACCO WORLD T.A.MYERS&co. A I YORK, PENN'A. SAiVlUEL FREV Craley, Pa. Manufacturer of Cigars for the Wholesale Trade OLD JUDGE 1 Cr MILD AND PLEASANT I ^^* BROWN BUCK (Banded) THE CYCLONE j } 2 for 5c. ALLEN GOODRICH, 3c. Samples to Responsible Houses They Smoke It and Come A^ain pBACOfi ^E TRADE WlNNCi^ 11 III BLEND, QUALITY and WORKMANSHIP to Please the Most Critical Smokers Manufactured for Joobing Trade Only The Toedtman Cigar Co. Makers of the Highest Grade of 5c. Cigars Exclusively MIAMISBURG. OHIO. II Hi liiii II lit ^ t The American Tobacco Co. 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 Drumtnond Natural Leaf Plug J. T. Plug Battle Ax Plug Always Uniform and Reliable They Please All Tastes sprayers can be purchased for from $5 to $15. The writer would recommend the purchase of the better grades, as they will be found the most satis- factory and in the end the cheapest. SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS. The following recommendations are made as a result of the experiments carried on in 1905, and the success fol- lowing their practice: 1. Practice clean cultivation of the field between crops, 2 Plant fields bordering the s ade to other than cereal crops. 3. Locate the seed bed outside the tobacco field. 4 Apply kerosene emulsion (1 part to 10 parts of water) with a knapsack sprayer twice a week regularly, com- mencing while the plants are in the seed bed. It is very important that the spray be regularly and carefully applied dur- ing the first few weeks after transplant- ing, in order that the adult thrips which have passed the winter in the tobacco field be killed before depositing their eggs on the tobacco or weeds in the field. CAUTION. The ker<8ene emulsion must be churn d until thoroughly emulsified, else burnmg will follow the application. The emulsion should not be made up to the 1 to 10 strength until shortly before using, as when left standing for longer than two days the excess of water has a tendency to dissolve the soap surrounding the oil globules, set- ting the oil free. Spraying must be done in the even- ing (after 5 o'clock), else the sun's rays will cause a burning of the leaves, following the spray. Spraying may be done on a cloudy day, but only when there* is no danger of the clouds break- ing away and allowing the sun to ap- pear. Spraying should not follow an ap- plication of Paris green, and when preceding it the plants should be al- lowed to dry before the Paris green is applied. Care should be taken not to spray into the leaf bud, so far as that can be avoided. THE TOBACCO THRIPS IN 19056. Although the writer was unable to continue the work in Florida the past year (1906), as planned, he took ad- vantage, in November, of the oppor- tunity offered to visit Quincy. An interview with teveral planters was sufficient to further convince him of the practicability of spraying with the kerosene emulsion and the efficiency of this spray when carefully applied. The injury produced by the thrips the past year has been only about 60 per cent, of that of 1905. This is undoubt- edly due to the variation in the period and the amount of precipitation, as be- fore stated by the writer. EFFECT OF THE SPRAY. As previously stated, the writer was associated during the work on this in- sect with Mr. W. W. Cobey, tobacco breeding expert of the Bureau of Plant Industry. During the past two years Mr. Cobey has had opportunity to ob- serve the results "btained from the use of the kerosene emulsion spray and at the request of the writer has prepared the following statement in relation to its effect on the character of tobacco and the desirability of its use : It is the opinion of the writer, after a careful comparative study of the treated and untreated tobacco, that the use of kerosene emulsion on tobacco, when carefully prepared and applied at the proper time under favorable condi- tions, is in every way practicable and can be profitably employed by tobacco growers in preventing almost wholly the ravages of this insect. There was considerable apprehension among the tobacco growers at first regarding the probable injurious effects of the kero- sene emulsion on the character of the tobacco. However, a careful study of the cured and fermented tobacco from the sprayed plants showed that the sprayin/ with keiosene emulsion had not injured the quality or reduced the value of the crop. It has been impos- sible to discover any difference in the color, elasticity, or aroma of the treated and untreated tobacco after curing and fermenting. On the other hand, the prevention of injury to the tobacco by the thrips, by menns of the kerosene emulsion ^pray. prevented a serious loss to the grower. The injured tobacco may be fer- J. H. LIEFTINCK & ZOON Sworn Tobacco Brokers Office and Sample Rooms : Brakke Grond and Frascatl. AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. RUTHERFORD ^^^^L'Lir/''* from the factory of El Draco Ciiiar Mi, Co., Philada. STOKHUYZEN & BROM Sworn Tobacco Brokers Office and Sample Rooms : Nes. 84—86 (Oppoalte Frascati). AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. NIENHUYS & HESTERMAN Sworn Tobacco Brokers Brokers to the Deli Maatsohappy AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND Office and Sample Rooms : 87 Rokin 4L 100 Nea. opposite Frascati Color and Cancelling Stamps Lead Seals and Stencils QUAKER. CITY STENCIL and STAMP WORKS Incorporated 234 Arch St.. Philadelphia E. S. SECHRIST, Dallastown, Pa.. Manufacturer of Fine and Common ifacturer ot Cigars Established 1890 Capacity, 20,000 per Day ^€2S^3>? ^^K T H E TOBACCO W 0 R L D Sfa I HIGHEST AWARD A^D GOLD MEDAL FOK EXCELLENCiS AND QUALITY OF STOQIKS. AT WOltLDVS FAIB. ST. lOLIS. Itf04 WE MAKE THE CUBAN EXPORT. BULL'S EYE. ROYAL BLUE LINE. CYCLONE AND BIG STOGIES. X First Quality, Long Filler. lUnd Made JOHN SLATER & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Hand-Made, Long Filler and Mold Stogies OUR OTHER BRANDS NEW ARRIVALS BROWNIES, GOLD NUGGETS, JERSEY CHARTER, BLENDED SMOKE, BOSS, CASTELLO. AMERICAN PUFFS. LANCASTER BELLL. EVERY DAY SMOKE, LITTLE HAVANA, LITTLE DUTCH BLUE POINTS. GOOD POINTS. Etc. Factory No. 1645. Capacity SO.OOO.OOO a Year Factory: LANCASTER, PA. menteu sufficiently to even up the color of the leaves and darken the white or discolored veins so that the injury will not be noticeable, but this severe sweatinR will darken the leaves to such an extent that thny can only be classed as dark wrapper. The use of ihe spray was quite gene- ral dunng the seas m of 1906. and se- rious injury lo the toliacco from the thrips was thus prevented. It was found by those who commenced to up- ply the spray early in the season and were forced to discontinue it after the tobacco was about 2 feet high, that there wa«« hut very little injury by the thrips, while these who did not use it suffered a loss to an extent of about one-fourth of that of 1904. During the year the injury under slat shade was .very slight. For those who may apprehend injuiy to the quality of the tobacco it may be said that the experiments conducted during the last two seasons indicate that when spraying is begun very early in the sesson it will not be necessary to continue it after the crop is about half grown. Business Changes, Fires, etc. Minneapolis' Large New Factory. Minneapolis. Minn., June 21. J. W. Pauley has secured a permit for the erection of the largest cigar factory in the West. The factory will be located at 1017-19 Washington avenue N. It will be a three story structure and cost $30,000. Building operations will begin forth- with. —The Merchants' Cigar Co., of Birmingham. Ala., has been incorpor- ated by H. E. Shropshire, Jr.. B. Chose and G. A Kohler. The capital stock is $5,000. —The Columbian Tobacco Company, of Boston, Mass., with a capital of $10,000. has been incorporated by A. Chartoff, Jacob Sapire, and Joseph Chartoff. — Celestino Vega & Co., of Chicago. 111., to manufacture cigars and smokirp articles has been incorporated by Aartn Strau3s, Celestino Vega, and Henry Homer. The capital is $150,000. Indiana. Anderson.- M. P. Hooker t, cigars, chattel mortgage, $1,100. Iowa. Dubuque.— Thomas W. Wells, cigars, sold out. Minnesota. St. Paul.— Fred. Lindner, cigars, etc., bill of sale, $150. Ohio. Cincinnati.— David Augenblick, cigar manufacturer, deed. $4,000. Dayton.— C. F. Marsh, pool and ci- gars bill of sale. Springfield.— Armstrong Bros., ci- gars, etc., out of business. Van Wert.— R. P. Jones, cigars, etc., sold out. Oregon. Medford. -Karnes & Ritter, cigars, tobacco and confectionery, succeeded by Ritter & Dunlap. Ontario. — Pefferle & Fisher, cigars, confectionery, etc., dissolved; Pefferle continues. Pennsylvania. Allegheny.— Meziwitz & Mellon, ci- gars, etc., closed by sheriff. South Carolina. Sumter. -W. W. Abbot*, cigars and billiards, succeeded by Garren Cigar Store. , . ^ Washington. Seattle.— Charles A. Swanson, ci- gars, deed, $325. PATENTS RELATING TO TOBACCO. Etc. 857,274 Pocket matchbox; Marcu Gabasio, Turin, Italy. 857.217 Box fastener; Wm. Tisch, La Crosse, Wis. 857.218 Cigar moistening box ; Wm. Tisch, La Crosse, Wis. 38.628 Design— Cigar ; Henry Ru- den, Chicago. III. The Riemin^ton Billing and Tabulating Attachment accomplishes all kinds of Bining, Statistical, and Accounting Work on the New Models of the l^cmington Standard Typewriter as quickly and as accurately as ordinary typewriting is done. It automatically secures perfect perpendicular as well «s horizontal alignment Porto Rico Ci^ar Co. Red Lion, Pa. WHOLESALE CIGAR MANUFACTURERS Maior Paul 1 Lord Selkirk ^OC. Arrow Point J Tom Lewis— 2 for 5e. WhoUaala and Jobbing Trade Only SOMETHING N^W AND GOOD WAGNER'S CUBAN STOGIES Manafacturad Only by LEONARD WAGNER r.e.o,,N„.. ]0]OhioSt,ALLEfiliENY,PA GEO. 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V I R O 1 N 1 A R E R I Q U E MIXTURE 56e AMERICAN TOBACCO CO. NEW YOll E. A. Calves A Co.HaVANA, 123 North Third street ....IMPORTERS of mil ^^M THE TOBACCO WORLD PHILADELPHIA i.^r M. KMMPER & SONS IMPORTERS OF 'umatra and Havana Tobaccc No. 11 Mast Lombard Street BALTIMORE, MD. We have on hand desirable marks in Old and New Sumatras also a full line of Havana Tobaccos ' ORDERS FOR SAMPLES WILL RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION /S GOODjAS THEjyfAME s^d^; Growth signif iesi Havana NONE GENUINE UNLESS REARING THIS BAND WITH OURTRADt MARK IN COLORS f ^-f GfN- H. \>.£ —J ^ THE AMERICAN IE EVERYWHERE A Constant Merit! Cigars that hold the confidence of their smokers pay dealers bfst. DIAMOND JOE CIGAR FACTORY brands stand pre-emi- nently in a class of their own H. FENDRICH Evansville, Ind. WARREN BECK 6i BRO. Ten-Ceot Brands: r^*^ \ m t Dok, of %ie»tmi«sier v^igsr MQnufacturers Ad.nirnl GherardI Gen. Warren La RespoiMcler Marcaoa La Oantldad York, Pa. Michael Htse A. F. BrilUuttl Manufac- turers of LEAF TOBACCO, E. ROSENWALD & BRO. ^ V ' CONTINUED ON NEXT