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before the box can be opened. The cigar 

 weighs 16 lbs. to the thousand, the whole- 

 sale price will be around $275 per 1,000. 



TEN FIELDS FOR EXPERIMENTS 



Ten fields for the purposes of experi- 

 ments in tobacco cultivation will soon be 

 established by the government in the Vuelta 

 Abajo, at Pinar del Rio, Guane, San Juan 

 y Martinez, Artemisa, Viiiales, San Cristo- 

 bal, San Luis and other places. $4,000 has 

 been appropriated for this purpose. Sr. 

 Francisco B. Cruz, Director of the Agricul- 

 tural School in Havana Province, will be in 

 charge of the work. 



CIGAR TRADE ACTIVE 



The cigar trade with the United States 

 usually is at its lowest ebb during the two 

 vacation months, but strange to say not- 

 withstanding all the drawbacks existing in 

 the United States at the present time, the 

 unsettled condition of the tariff revision, 

 the tightness of money and the lack of new 

 enterprises, there is more call for some of 

 our renowned brands than we dared to ex- 

 pect so early in the season. Business 

 with England is never particularly active 

 at this season, but nevertheless that country 

 is calling for more cigars than in former 

 years. This is the season for Germany to 

 order, at first sample shipments of the new 

 crop cigars, and then after receipt and a 

 satisfactory trial, she generally places the 

 bulk of her orders for the year. The ship- 

 ments of cigars for France are usually 

 made during the months of December to 

 May inclusive, while the Regie during the 

 remaining six months of the year does not 

 send any orders at all, but this year we 

 have learned that it has already ordered 

 750,000 cigars of one size from one con- 

 cern, as a September shipment. Canada is 

 keeping well to the front, and South Amer- 

 ica and Australia are beginning to call for 

 heavier shipments right along. The lesser 

 countries are bound to take their customary 

 quantities as they need them, so we think 

 we are fully justified in describing the out- 

 look as more hopeful for our cigar indus- 

 try, particularly as the 1913 Vuelta Abajo 

 crop is bound to be satisfactory to the 

 smokers all over the world, owing to its 

 mild but highly aromatic quality, as well 

 as the perfect burn of the cigars. 



The leaf market has suddenly awakened 

 from its lethargy, and has become active. 

 Prices have ruled high, and in all probabil- 

 ity will continue to stay so, if they do not 

 go even higher later on. When a crop is 

 good there is always an increased demand, 

 as we are never sure of being able to count 

 upon more than one or two really good 

 crops in succession. F-'or this reason the 

 manufacturers that have enough capital will 

 try to buy more than a full year's supply. 



As the supply of wrappers might be run- 

 ning short some big sales of Partido wrap- 

 pers have taken place, one leaf dealer dis- 

 posing of 1,000 bales, running from Re- 

 sago la to Resago 7a. Only Remedios 

 tobacco is not moving quickly in the local 

 market, although in the countr\' the prices 

 for farmers' vegas are advancing. There 

 has been a great deal of speculation this 

 year in the Santa Clara Province. Store- 

 keepers, druggists and other people that 

 had a little ready money went in and 

 bought tobacco from the vegueros right 

 from the start. They either resold it with 

 a profit, when they could do so, or they 

 went to work and packed the tobacco 

 themselves. Some had no idea of what 

 correct packing meant, and through ignor- 

 ance they mixed the classes, or possibly a 

 few may have resorted to false packing 

 in the bargain. Such lots of tobacco will 

 have to be sold at low prices later on. 



There are no more bundles of leaf in 

 the hands of the vegueros, that are for 

 sale, excepting some small lots here and 

 there, which has either been held above the 

 market or is poor tobacco. — Havana cor- 

 respondence of Tobacco. Xew York. 



Rev. Charles W. Currier, I'll. D., recently nomi- 

 nated Bishoj) of Matanzas. 



He was sent to Surinam, Dutch Guiana, 

 South .America, and labored among the na- 

 tives there. He came to the United States 

 i:{ months later. In January, 1892, he paid 

 his first visit to Baltimore and remained 

 there some time. On September 3, 1900, 

 the cardinal honored the priest by appoint- 

 ing him pastor of St. Mary's Church, 

 Washington. 



