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November 3, 1915
Honolulu Star Bulletin
Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii
What is this article about?
Leo G. Kaufman, a Pacific trader and Hawaiian tobacco plantation owner, swapped $18 worth of Manila cigars for a $14,000 copra cargo in the Pellew islands in 1899, but was left without smokes for the 28-day voyage to Manila.
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TRADES $18 WORTH OF CIGARS FOR
COPRA CARGO VALUED AT $14,000
From New York in the latest edition of "Tobacco," a publication dealing with the weed in various phases, comes the story of one Leo G. Kaufman, who claims to be the owner of a tobacco plantation in Hawaii and who has been seen sporting about Broadway of late, according to the magazine, with a rose pearl valued at $8000 shimmering in his necktie and wonderful Manila cigars of passing fineness protruding from his vest pocket. The cigars are said to cost 60 cents apiece in Manila.
"While such evidence of opulence might indicate that Kaufman devoted his entire time to the tobacco business," says the magazine, "he admits that his only present connection with the trade is the ownership of a Hawaiian tobacco plantation which he has not seen for four years."
"A Pacific trader, though not always so all-fired peaceful, Captain Kaufman trafficked in waters infested by sharks and on shores inhabited by cannibals. From Yap to Austral Isles they talk about him yet. On one of the Pellew islands in 1899 he exchanged 2000 Manila cigars, Londres size, for a schooner load of copra.
"At the prices that then obtained in Manila, the cigars the savages got were worth $18, the copra Kaufman secured was cheap at $14,000. But during the entire voyage from the Pellew group to Manila, Kaufman cursed, if he did not repent of the bargain. For the insistent natives taking every cigar that he had, left him without a thing to smoke for 28 days."
COPRA CARGO VALUED AT $14,000
From New York in the latest edition of "Tobacco," a publication dealing with the weed in various phases, comes the story of one Leo G. Kaufman, who claims to be the owner of a tobacco plantation in Hawaii and who has been seen sporting about Broadway of late, according to the magazine, with a rose pearl valued at $8000 shimmering in his necktie and wonderful Manila cigars of passing fineness protruding from his vest pocket. The cigars are said to cost 60 cents apiece in Manila.
"While such evidence of opulence might indicate that Kaufman devoted his entire time to the tobacco business," says the magazine, "he admits that his only present connection with the trade is the ownership of a Hawaiian tobacco plantation which he has not seen for four years."
"A Pacific trader, though not always so all-fired peaceful, Captain Kaufman trafficked in waters infested by sharks and on shores inhabited by cannibals. From Yap to Austral Isles they talk about him yet. On one of the Pellew islands in 1899 he exchanged 2000 Manila cigars, Londres size, for a schooner load of copra.
"At the prices that then obtained in Manila, the cigars the savages got were worth $18, the copra Kaufman secured was cheap at $14,000. But during the entire voyage from the Pellew group to Manila, Kaufman cursed, if he did not repent of the bargain. For the insistent natives taking every cigar that he had, left him without a thing to smoke for 28 days."
What sub-type of article is it?
Adventure
Curiosity
Personal Triumph
What themes does it cover?
Exploration
Triumph
Misfortune
What keywords are associated?
Cigar Trade
Copra Cargo
Pacific Trader
Pellew Islands
Manila Cigars
What entities or persons were involved?
Leo G. Kaufman
Captain Kaufman
Where did it happen?
Pellew Islands, Pacific
Story Details
Key Persons
Leo G. Kaufman
Captain Kaufman
Location
Pellew Islands, Pacific
Event Date
1899
Story Details
Captain Kaufman traded 2000 Manila cigars worth $18 for a schooner load of copra valued at $14,000 on one of the Pellew islands, but the natives took all his cigars, leaving him without any to smoke for 28 days on the voyage to Manila.