76 HEARINGS BEFORE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE. 
country if we can produce a tobacco that will take the place of the 
Cuban tobacco. 
Mr. Bowre. Or that will approximate it. : 
Mr. Wurrney. I had intended bringing this matter up a little 
further on in my talk, but it comes in very well here. I have some 
cigars here. I thought you gentlemen would be interested in this 
and that some of you would smoke, probably, and I had our man 
make these from smokers. They are made out of this tobacco which 
has just come from the bulk, so that the tobacco is not aged. This 
filler leaf needs to lie in bulk and in bales for at least two years, if it 
can be allowed so long. 
Mr. Burtrson. You mean the Texas tobacco? 
Mr. Wuirney. Yes; to age it. 
Mr. Bowtr. Is it the same with Habana tobacco? 
Mr. Waurtney. Yes. 
Mr. Henry. This is hardly a fair test of tobacco, then? 
Mr. Wurrneyr. No; it is hardly a fair test, and yet I am sure you 
can find the aroma that you gentlemen are accustomed to in your 
Habana cigars. You will notice that there is still a little harshness 
about this, but there is a very fine aroma that closely approximates 
the Cuban tobacco. 
The CHarrman. Where did this tobacco come from? 
Mr. Wurtney. This tobacco comes from east Texas. 
Mr. Bowing. It is a fair test, except as to its age? 
Mr. Wurrnry. Except as to the age. 
Mr. Henry. Right there, perhaps, I ought to say for the benefit of 
the smokers here that Cuban tobacco or any other filler tobacco is sup- 
posed to be at least a year old before it is fit to use. 
Mr. Scorr. Do I understand this tobacco has been grown this year? 
Mr. Wurrsey. It was grown this year and just taken out of the 
bulk. It is not even thoroughly fermented; so, as Mr. Henry says, 
it is rather a severe test, but I think it is all right. 
Mr. Burteson. On the point of these tobacco investigations, are 
you making investigations in any other places than Connecticut, Penn- 
sylvania, and Texas? 
Mr. Wurrnry. Yes; in Alabama, South Carolina, and Ohio, and we 
propose this year going into New York and Virginia. 
Mr. Lams. Have you found any of that soil in Virginia? 
Mr. Wurtney. No, sir; not for this tobacco, but for export tobaccos. 
The CHarrMaAn. You want the salaries of the inspectors and their 
ato | expenses ! 
Mr. Wurrney. Yes, Mr. Chairman. I think I have made myself 
quite clear that that is the reason for believing we should have two 
inspectors, one for the eastern work and one for the western work. 
It is to watch the efforts of the men and make the results conform to 
what the other men are finding. 
Mr. Grarr. I notice you classify one of the soils in Tazewell County, 
Ill., as Yazoo clay or silt, one of the two. : 
Mr. Waurryey. Yes. 
Mr. Grarr. I think there were both. 
Mr. Wuiryey. Yes; we brought that up the Mississippi River from 
Yazoo County, Miss., where we first encountered it. It is identically 
the same soil, so far as we can determine. It is essentially the same. 
