THE CUBA REVIEW 



THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY 



SMOKERS TO BE PROTECTED - GOVERNMENT REGULATION FOR MAKING 

 CIGARS IN BOND FLOOD LOSSES 



paragraphs of the tariff, act of October 3, 

 1913. 



"In order to comply with the requiremen. 

 that duty shall be paid on the tobacco 

 used, in its condition as imported, collectors 

 will require the weighing and exammation 

 and proper records to be kept of all to- 

 bacco taken directly into the bonded manu- 

 facturing warehouses from the import 

 vessel. In the case of tobacco transferred 

 from bonded warehouse into a bonded 

 manufacturing warehouse, from which to 

 make cigars, the records of the examma- 

 tion and weights at the time of the importa- 

 tion and entry of such tobacco will be used 

 in arriving at the correct amount of duties 

 due on the tobacco. 



"The collector will require, before the 

 removal of the cigars from the bonded 

 premises under a withdrawal for consump- 

 tion, that internal revenue stamps shall be 

 affixed to the boxes containing the cigars 

 and that the boxes shall be stamped to in- 

 dicate the character of the cigars, the origin 

 of the tobacco from which made, and the 

 place of manufacture." 



UNITED STATES PROTECTS SMOKERS 



Those who like genuine Havana cigars 

 will be pleased to know that a Senate 

 amendment to the United States tariff bill 

 has become a law : 



It will permit the manufacturer manu- 

 facturing in bond under the supervision of 

 the government to produce cigars made ot 

 imported Havana tobacco, and as the boxes 

 containing such cigars will bear a govern- 

 ment stamp it will thus afford absolute and 

 irrefutable guarantee of the genuine Ha- 

 vana origin of the cigars. 



The amendment reads as toUows: 



"Provided that cigars manufactured in 

 whole of tobaccos imported from one 

 country, made and manufactured in such 

 bonded manufacturing warehouses, may be 

 withdrawn for home consumption on the 

 payment of the duties chargeable on such 

 tobacco in its condition as imported, under 

 such regulations as the secretary of the 

 treasury mav prescribe, and the payment ot 

 the internal revenue accruing on such 

 cigars, and the boxes or packages contain- 

 ing such cigars shall be stamped to 

 indicate their character, origin of tobacco 

 from which made and place of manufac- 



*"lts author is Edward C. Berriman of the 

 firm of Berriman Brothers, large manufac- 

 turers of Havana cigars. Tampa, hla. 



The regulations under which manufac- 

 turers of clear Havana cigars may take ad- 

 vantage of the special section of the new 

 tariff law and manufacture their goods in 

 bond, and thus bear a government guar- 

 antee stamp certifying that they are made 

 exclusively from importe<l Cuban tol,acco 

 read as follows : 



"Only tobacco imported from one coun- 

 try may l)e taken into premises bonded tor 

 the manufacture of cigars, for use m mak- 

 ing cigars. Cigars manufactured from 

 such tobacco may be withdrawn for con- 

 sumption in the United States upon the 

 filing of an entry in the form provided by 

 Article 257 of the customs regulations ot 

 Vm for the withdrawal of merchandise 

 from bond for consumption, such orm o 

 entry to be modified to correspond to tlit 



'''^•The entry must specify in detail the 

 duality of tobacco from which the cigars 

 were made, and duty shall be paid on the 

 tobacco used, in its condition as -"Parted 

 at the rates provided in the appropriate 



Enormous losses from floods were re- 

 ported on November 1st everywhere in the 

 Pinar del Rio Province where the choicest 

 tobacco of Cuba is grown. Most of the 

 seed beds were wiped out and this means 

 a delay of at least two months in the to- 

 bacco crop. It is also said that a late crop 

 is seldom as good as an early one. 



The repulilic of Columbia has informed 

 the Cul)an government, through its repre- 

 sentative, that it has voted a law increas- 

 ing the duty on imported Cuban tol)acco 

 fifty cents per kilo. A great amount of 

 Cul)an tobacco is exported to Columbia 

 and this increase in the duty whicli covers 

 all kinds of tobacco > is, n.ituraUy, of mucli 

 importance. 



The Union of Manufacturers of Cigars 

 and Cigarettes in Havana named a com- 

 mittee to call uiion the Secretary of State 

 in order to persuade him to use his in- 

 fluence to have the 5 per cent reduction in 

 tlie duty on the shipments of cigars in 

 American I)ntt(.ms figured on the gross 

 amount, and not after the 20 per cent al- 

 lowance, according to our reciprocity. It 

 the Secretary of the Treasury in the United 

 States shouhl rule otherwise, the :, iier cent 

 vvouhl in rcahty be cut down to 4 jier cent. 



