Except in the case of cigars made in Cuba the wrapper leaf is usually of a different class of tobacco from the rest of the cigar, as the qualities to be fulfilled by each part is different. The qualities required in a cigar must be viewed both from the smokers' and the manufacturers' standpoints and the leaf must be such as to conform to these qualities. Thus the smoker is concerned with the burning quality, the taste, flavor, aroma, color, general appearance and strength of the cigar. The manufacturer in addition to seeking leaf that will answer the smokers' requirements also has an eye to economy and requires the leaf to have qualities regarding size, weight, texture, etc. Therefore, in the best cigar leaf the following qualities are more or less essential: (1) good color, (2) fair body, (3) a continuous pleasant aroma, (4) fine texture combined with a certain toughness, (5) small ribs and veins, (6) good combustion so that it will hold fire for 4 or five minutes. The burning must be free and even with a white or whitish-brown ash which remains intact until cigar is three-fourths smoked, (7) good size of leaf, (8) must be elastic and souple, must not be brittle, (9) it must be free from spots and light in weight. Some of these qualities are essential in filler leaf; some in wrapper leaf. Thus the _color_ of filler leaf does not matter; neither does the aroma of the wrapper the essential qualities of which are color, lightness and elasticity. The cigars consumed in the U. S. are either (a) Imported or (b) Home Manufactured. (_a_) IMPORTED CIGARS The most important of the imported cigars are those that come from Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines. Up to the time of the Civil War cigars were imported principally from Germany and Cuba and the value was about 4-1/2 million dollars annually. High import duties have, however, altered this and the number of imported cigars is nearly 90 per cent less than formerly. The value of the import has not, however, fallen so much, that is to say only the higher grades of cigars are imported. The value of cigars now imported does not exceed 3 million dollars annually and they are principally Cuban. CUBAN, OR SO-CALLED HAVANA, CIGARS