Ye Olde Tobacco House
PARTAGÁS
PARTAGÁS
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THE ORIGINS OF PARTAGAS TRACE BACK TO 1827 WHEN JAIME PARTAGAS BEGAN MAKING CIGARS IN A SMALL SHOP IN HAVANA. ORIGINALLY FROM SPAIN'S CATALONIA REGION, PARTAGAS CAME TO CUBA FOR THE TOBACCO PROCESSING BUSINESS AND SOON COULDN'T RESIST THE TEMPTATION OF MAKING HIS OWN CIGARS.
MANY SMALL CIGAR SHOPS WERE STARTED AT THE TIME DUE TO A REDUCTION OF TAXES ON CIGAR MANUFACTURING AND A DISMISSAL OF STRINGENT TRADE UNION REGULATIONS. PARTAGAS BEGAN BUYING VARIOUS TOBACCO PLANTATIONS IN THE VUELTA ABAJO AND SEMI VUELTA REGIONS AND BUILDING LARGE STOCKS OF TOBACCO--A MOVE THAT HELPED HIM THROUGH A HORRIFIC HURRICANE IN 1844 THAT WIPED OUT MANY GROWERS.
AFTER AMASSING A FORTUNE THROUGH CIGARS AND TOBACCO, PARTAGAS IN 1845 BUILT THE ROYAL PARTAGAS CIGAR FACTORY (REAL FABRICA DE TABACOS PARTAGAS). HE WAS REVERED BY HIS WORKERS AND HE BELIEVED THAT KEEPING THEM CONTENT WAS THE ONLY WAY TO MAINTAIN OUTPUT AND QUALITY. HE WAS ONE OF THE FEW FACTORY OWNERS TO ALLOW DAILY READINGS OF NEWSPAPERS, NOVELS AND OTHER LITERATURE TO THE ROLLERS--A PRACTICE NOW WIDELY IN USE.
