The factories in which the Manila cigars are made are worth visiting. They are counted among the show-places of the city. Visitors are always welcome and given an opportunity to follow the entire process of manufacture from the time the bales of tobacco reach the warehouses until the finished cigars are packed in air-tight cases for shipment to all parts of the world. In these factories every precaution is taken to guard against dirt and disease. No one is employed except after a searching physical examination and thereafter all the employees are regularly examined twice a month. Every now and then, government inspectors visit the factories, and these have a right to condemn a lot of cigars which they do not think is up to the standard. No scraps of any kind are used in the making of Manila cigars. There are no broken leaves and no dust. There is nothing in the cigar but long, clean leaves of tobacco. The Manila cigar is the mildest made. It is the most pleasant and satisfying smoke that can be had at any price. CIGARS EXPORTED, 1913-1922 ------+------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------- | To all countries | To the United States +------------+-----------+--------+--------+-------------------+-------------------+--------- | | |Average |Per cent| Number | Value | Average | | |value |of total+------------+------+-----------+-------+ value Year | Number | Value |per |exports | | Per | | Per | per | | |thousand| | Cigars | cent | Pesos | cent | thousand ------+------------+-----------+--------+--------+------------+------+-----------+-------+--------- | | Pesos | Pesos | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1913 | 191,762,442| 6,024,468| 31.42 | 6.31 | 71,513,141| 37.29| 3,285,776| 54.54 | 45.95 1914 | 154,753,363| 4,630,318| 29.92 | 4.75 | 56,205,050| 36.32| 2,400,252| 51.84 | 42.71 1915 | 134,647,687| 4,114,605| 30.56 | 3.82 | 61,169,600| 45.43| 2,302,444| 55.96 | 37.64 1916 | 193,025,578| 5,688,751| 29.47 | 4.02 | 111,478,216| 57.75| 4,066,242| 71.48 | 36.47 1917 | 284,524,500| 9,588,192| 33.70 | 5.07 | 202,198,534| 71.07| 7,725,966| 38.20 | 38.29 1918 | 360,144,827| 14,252,637| 39.57 | 5.21 | 248,747,584| 69.07| 11,365,675| 79.85 | 45.69 1919 | 392,339,462| 18,157,707| 46.28 | 8.07 | 263,942,555| 67.27| 13,828,639| 76.16 | 52.39 1920 | 421,545,143| 25,442,276| 60.35 | 8.43 | 316,862,859| 75.17| 21,092,607| 82.90 | 66.57 1921 | 154,879,488| 6,454,886| 41.67 | 3.66 | 68,216,608| 44.04| 3,960,503| 61.36 | 58.06