CIGAR-MAKERS, 267 
The variety of soil, exposure, climate, and atmospheric 
influences are greater than can possibly be in Cuba, and when 
the best is discovered, combining all the requisites, which 
undoubtedly will be the case with an increased culture of the 
plant, it will be found to be equal to the Vuelta Abogo of 
Cuba, and much more extensive. The subject of tobacco 
lands, evidently, is not well understood in Mexico, as it must 
be, from great experience, in Cuba. All of these varieties 
of lands and circumstances exist in Mexico, and it is safe to 
predict that, at some day, this country will stand pre-eminent 
over all others in this industry. 
We extract the following from the Tobacco Leaf in 
regard to cigar-making in Cuba :— 
“The rule is that a cigar-maker devotes all his ingenuity 
and diligence to one class of goods. For example, one work- 
man makes only Londres; another only Regalias ; another 
only Milores Communes ; and so on. In the Cuban’s factory 
the operatives are allowed to smoke as many cigars as they 
like when at work; and to take home with them, when they 
leave work in the evening, five cigars each. The immigra- 
tion of Chinese laborers into Cuba has modified, and must 
further modify, the labor market there. In the cigarette 
factories at Havana, Chinese workmen are almost exclusively 
employed. Though objectionable for many of their moral 
habits, these workmen are nevertheless docile, ingenious, 
laborious, and contented.” 
A writer, alluding to the manufacture of cigars, says :— 
“The colors or strengths are Amarillo Claro, bright yel- 
low ; Amarillo Obscuro, dark yellow ; Claro, bright ; Colorado 
Claro, bright red; Colorado, red; Colorado Obscuro, dark 
red; Colorado Maduro, red-ripe or mellow ; Maduro, ripe or 
mellow; Maduro Obscuro, dark ripe or mellow; Pajizo: 
Claro, bright straw-colored; Pajizo, straw-colored; Pajizo 
Obscuro, dark straw-colored ; Fuerte, strong or heavy ; Entre 
Fuerte, rather strong or heavy; Flajo, light. Then there 
are the indications of the qualities:—Superfine; ro, not 
quite so fine ; Flor, finest or firsts ; Superior, next, or seconds ; 
Buenos, next, or thirds. The cigar has a notable history. 
First has to be determined the part of the plant from which 
it is taken ; then the part of the leaf from which it is taken, 
the tobacco being best which is furthest away from the 
