facture of cigars was established at Hamburg 

 in 1796. The custom did not spread rapidly 

 and did not reach any considerable proportion 

 in England till about 1830 when the high duties 

 were considerably reduced. 



Cigar making has always been a staple in- 

 dustry in Cuba. It was there when the Euro- 

 peans landed and it is there still. Its record is 

 unbroken. There was always a greater or lesser 

 exportation to Europe and elsewhere. 



THE, CIGAR BUSINESS OF THE U. S. 



Of the various manufactured products of 

 tobacco leaf, the cigar trade is the most im- 

 portant in the U. S., its value being greater 

 than that of all other tobacco products com- 

 bined. 



The magnitude of this branch of the tobacco 

 business may be gauged when we state that at 

 the present time there are made annually in 

 the U. S. cigars of all kinds to the amount of 

 about 81/2 billions. The Census Bureau Report 

 for 1912 shows that for that year the number 

 of full-sized cigars made and on which tax was 

 paid was in round numbers 7,500,000,000, and 

 of "little cigars," that is under the regular size, 

 about 1,000,000,000. These figures are cer- 

 tainly stupendous, particularly when we con- 

 sider that, in addition, at least several hundred 



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