PORTO Rico CIGARS 



From Porto Rico the U. S. ships about 125 

 million cigars annually. 



PHILIPPINE CIGARS 



The laws in force between the U. S. and the 

 Philippine Islands, governing the tariff, provide 

 for the importation annually from the Philip- 

 pines to the U. S. free of import duties, of cigar 

 wrapper leaf and filler leaf mixed or packed 

 with more than 15 per cent of wrapper leaf, 

 not in excess of 300,000 Ibs. ; of filler leaf alone 

 not in excess of 1,000,000 Ibs.; and manufac- 

 tured cigars in number not exceeding 150,000,- 

 000. The shipping must be direct. 



As the Philippine leaf is excellent and labor 

 there is cheap, the U. S. smoker is thus enabled 

 to get a very good smoke at a small cost. The 

 full number of cigars allowed at least is im- 

 ported. In 1913 the importation of Philippine 

 cigars and cheroots to the U. S. was 1,641,832 

 Ibs. valued at $2,296,823. 



HOME MANUFACTURED CIGARS 

 For the home manufactured cigar trade the 

 leaf used is either imported or home grown. 



Imported cigar leaf comes principally from 

 Cuba, Dutch East Indies (Sumatra, Java, etc.), 

 Porto Rico, Mexico, Brazil, and the Philippines. 



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