Show THAT TOBACCO DUTY THE TWO IWO DOLLARS IS PARTLY PAID BY T THE HE HOME GROWER rha clio poor cigar matter ilir aio hm a or of alio 1 smokers lie ll 11 calime rf ff teto of ailt ii lt an talt tn the importation and ami general use 0 of f sumatra leaf as wrappers lias has during he past len ien years built up the cisar cigar in ii austry in america made a market for native tobaccos cos given steady employment bic nt at good wages to thousands of cigar workers and satisfied tho the fast of the millions of smokers this tobacco used to cost our ci cibir lr manufacturers about aso before bufore the market began to feel the effects of the mckinley bill caily in 1830 1800 when the price rice climbed to aso to V 3 on oil up to P 3 and above so high that a quantity of isao sumatra leaf recently sold for 1 per pound the supply here of sumatra and leal leaf tobaccos cos is largely hild by speculators who pet get artificial art licina prices the tha duty as usual fostering combines rhe united states tobacco journal of sapt pt lit announces tho the completion of a leaf tobacco trust in cincinnati which will be incorporated in new jersey anil the same journal of sept 17 reprints reprint from tho the new york tribune a list of fifty six millionaires who have made niage their fortunes lit in tile tobacco industry many by speculating in sumatra not only diel did the use of Suni sumatra atra wrappers build up the industry here but bill when then tho the duty was light it encouraged small manufacture ra alio could always be certion of obtaining a apply supply of good wrapping tobacco at it 11 fair price before the introduction of sumatra the larger manufacturers would buy up tip the best donic domestic wrapping tobacco early in n the season and the small hirers with but little capital to co business wei c arta at fi great disadvantage with 1 a I high duty the tendency is to again put the manufacture of cigars into the lite hands hand if f large manufacturers rud end monopolists thus in 1380 whon when the mckinley McKin loy bill took effect nearly all the large manufacturers rs had an all eighteen months or two years supply lipply of sumatra on oil land hand while small email rs hall had only a few months supply ani and soon had biad to u o wr wrappers alpers it at 1 or sa 1 1 I anil compete with wrappers that cost cast 1 less per pound this duty at once increased tile the wholesale prices of cigars cigar from froin 2 to i on oa tivo five cent goods perhaps s seven even eighths of all then the trade e ei cli cry where became demoralized und md manufacturers manufacturer wire compelled to uso cheaper ll filler fillen to make smaller cigars und and in ill other ways to deteriorate their goods often f tell they hey squared accounts ily by reducing I 1 wages the effect upon the or ir consumers has been exasperating pe that they still demand sn diatra wrapped cigars is seen from the fact that there has been do great diminution in the imports of sumatra tobacco tile alie effect then has licen been lidd lad upon the millions of cigar heukers hm bui upon the tens of thousands of cisar cis ar audubon and upon thousands af small manufacturers md and is a doubtful boon to liun hill urge large cowit now it so happens liap pens that connecticut tobacco growers have been since 1890 and havu have been get ting good goo d prices tor for their tobacco the new york tribune and other republican papers have been becu bicci acci editing this thib prosperity to ilc Kinley tu ho vigorously that they havo have even made some of the democrats in ili connecticut believe their nunnette te tile tho united states tobacco of sept lu 10 in ill a two olumn editorial shows that by the tribunes own admissions connecticut tobacco hn hai icell been SO ho ilD improved proved use new dew that it is in appearance as gool good as f sumatra anil and better in quality of conree aliis is not true or cig cigar ir would not iby pay 3 for sumatra when they could get better for from twenty fate to fifty cents but it is truo true that the hotter better grade of tobacco giofu ill m connecticut is responsible fur the increased prices and prosperity elitle tl itle the follo following from this journal forever disposes of the tribunes tribune s absurdities what benefit can the domestic producer derive from froin tile the fact that thai we ire are importing nearly as great a quantity of sumatra under the two dollar tariff rate as wo did under tho the thirty tire five cent rale that tile connecticut pio producer ducer received a few cents muro more for his hii crop list last year that does not pro e that the domestic as a class received mole iloie connecticut produces the smallest Hu quantity of cigar leaf dy by far the largest quantity of our useful cigar leaf is produced in pennsylvania new kew york wisconsin and ohio the tha donienic dome donie tn tic producer in pennsylvania who raie raised d a chop of casta cases against new ED eng lauds cases less for his is last years crop crol than he probably ever did so did tile tho wisconsin iu producer for liis his cases anil and the nw york producer got less for liis his last years thau than for bi hit i ehte I 1 chop I 1 op when over 37 per cent of 0 the sumatra was admitted at the thirty five firo cent rat fata to of duty tho the more inore the connecticut fanner got last year vear was tt ab there foi 0 not due to me mc Kinley kiu but to the pour poor results of the cigar leaf growing states lie to simply got tho dioro at the expense of ids his birther biot lier producers iu in the other statch and not at expense or of tile sumatra iSarua tra or the sumatra importer im r the united states tobacco journal then chows that thu the duty did not eutch catch the cigar leaf growers vote of wisconsin be authur of ct the two dullar ige agu in ill the tobacco tob acco soiled sched ile iilo of the mckinley bill was loum dt in ili lii li which is ia almo alenot au exclusively tobacco tub acco growall gro growing will district and a at was elected 11 iu ll L hio 1 I place the suii IV ESin 1 londs the of tile first congressional district of connecticut alie I 1 be principal cigar leaf growing district of new lugland Fu gland wast was likewise defeated so 00 was the of tile the bi big rl flats ats in this bbate 11 on oil sept 2 24 14 the tobacco join nal re rc bew lewd l its onslaught and devoted two diore columns to explaining the effects af f tilt duty winch lias has reduced th price 1 wisconsin to lo an all average of five or bix cents cent a pound and ami of new york and ohio to baccus to perhaps the low lonn ct prices ever known knowd the ful following lowiD are extracts cst rafts 1 aiom I am this join nal it ilnay did not improve tile tobacco it II dil did not O tho at nor the oil foil f s F do of tab cougil borni sod iu in competition mith aih tile foreign leaf lea it did not prevent il levent tho the host front ati aking the tobacco beffie it il was to be cut it did not lot prevent ii the lie growth grolli of tho whito i ein eill it did not tile tho tobacco from rutting rotting it ditl not create it ii wider t nor even ern tho the on conod 01 ol for home market f fir or tho the trash vill vall all have to bo be exposi teil or used csc d fur I 1 lu li anure awl aul it did not raise pi ices the being robbed of 10 a pound on oil his wrapper lent leaf by alle ta 0 o tolly folly of tho the tobacco growers illusion gets els with the lie tobacco grower by cutting down the for ilia his fancy fillers to bare cost sumatra lias has become an absolutely essential senti il factor for the cigar industry otherwise no manufacturer would bo foul enough to pay c 4 for sumatra t lie could get in an finally equally glod wrapper produced it at home for fifty cents ce its a pound but wo we cannot prodica anything like sumatra for neither connecticut massachusetts new york ork pennsylvania nor wisconsin hits has got tho oil foil or climate of the tropical isle of su cintra neither would our importers be such tools as import f from rom 2 illja ill JU to bales of Suma sumatra a 3 ear as they did when sumatra came iu in under a low bat somi body lias got to pay alie raise in ill the sumatra duty tito importer does not pay it the manufacturer fac pays s it but lie ile wants to unload the tha expense on oil others and naturally tail y at first lio lie thought of the alie jobber and dealer but loth both kicked and defuse 1 to share the higher espouse of tile the mckinley tariff the consumer that is ig the smoker kicked I 1 likewise ike wise and ref refused used to pay liny MX lax cuts cf c ats for hi Iii nickel or aleven cents for his bis dime cigar there were lint but two other classes clas ses left to share the expense of the mckinley McKin loy tariff tha ci cibir maker ind and tile tho tobacco grower and both aro being made to pay the penalty of the mckinley tariff tho cigar maker by a reduction of liis wages and aboto the tobacco grower by a squeeze in the price of liis his pro lanct wrapper leaf wo we cannot grow to replace rc tile sumatra out but we can grow exceedingly fine binders and filler ae leaf if under tile lie low lom tariff tho the importer was willing to pay good price for binders and a very go glod odana and even high price for fino filler leaf all our domestic tio fancy baric tillers fillers commanded under udder tho the low lariff a much higher figure than most of thu the cigar leaf wrappers ever can now however the ho manufacturer has bag cither dispensed will the ua of this type of leaf or if lie it utilizes it he be v ants it at a very low figuie figgie at thu the low figure that fiat common fillers and binders fer formerly merly sold fur tile tho cut he in makes ikes on this cl ts s of goods good 3 now dow has to compensate hidur fur for the by the raised of his its wrapper leaf tho alio tino fine tiller filler ind and binder leaf that commanded the high prices price had bee boen ll 11 raisel raided by wisconsin new york pennsylvania sy liania ami ohio consequently tha tobacco growe a of these states h 1 a e to p ty ay tho the penalty for the outrageous mckinley tariff rate of P 3 and connecticut profits by it and profits by it alcue because she elie raises sonio some wrapper leaf itaf which lias has always been in demand even under tho lowest rato rate of duty und anil because wo we cannot import nil all the wrapper leaf our extensive cigar industry stands iu in need med of |