8] Cuban Counterpoint the cxclence af the plane one can infer that of iy natural con pi of tbcn Anew ps Nac For sd af the eobacen of his country: "A spl git confered pea of he A spc : Suge cane and ttnco ar pial plans ofthe tropic, a civil hot blooded, hating the cold, given to praigioes frovthin calle and lave wha endeac toot ne ot the Caban county pi Gane and tobacco do not conceatat al ther strength in ‘peat an et ike wheat art corm, plumed like conqeears inglariou oftheir ineage. No ike he yur and the prs humble nabiants of the ary do they hide their welt the ground atin mses por Bt for he plant of hes, or 06, or poi ther consmptin by mani ther coopers destrition, Each ofthese plants st gives is fit ound ves him ic Iie and ts powerity as elf mam wae he lathe spoils reproduce tal to give further fut, he Sus forgo part ofits et, mss sve pais frm thee of heat oro, some othe ubezeutes of he roots and ony this way can the male of eration be repeated forthe tien Noto with sugarcane o tobcio, more geneeus by fart cach Plant ges to man not only is complete stn but a the Sine time ft wnbraen conta Gane and thao yield hee ogo welh in uch away fitwithout depriving themselves ntare the aans by Which they perpetate the pai of deface ipa afer cg ity sem to he very Tat a pros ons, wil Sak ‘gin for sown eile sas sad repre seh ol earls year, 3 ong asic has the help of earth and sun, To, ace fer each plantas ven everyone ofits aroma eaves tothe harvester him ts myriad seta entre thee tion of i its the fllowing year. The diferenceberwees the «opines in the face that he cae comes pagan fom fe an tents whereas taken ioe ane from ieee whic Abuses alot (See Ba Il, Chae i) ‘Tobaco is brn sug i made Tobacco is horn pure, spo ced pure and soked pure. To secure methane Whi Date gar, lng series O complicated physocemieal oper Tobacco and Sugar [9 tons are required merely to climinate impuries—bagase, scum, seen, and obstacles in the way oferystalization Tobaeo's dark, ranging from blak o mulatto; sugars ight, Innging from mulato to white, Tobaco docs hot change 1 (olor; itisborn dark and des th olor of tree, Sugar changes is colorings its bora brown and whitens ive tft it 2 py malato aa inthis see pleases the common tat; then itis bleach and refined und ean pas for wit, cnvel al hee the world, each all mouth and bring a beter pec, clinbing tothe top ofthe social der in the same bot there ate no to cigars ake; each one has Aieene ste," isa phrase frequent among dering smokers Whereisall refined sugar tse he same Sugar has no odor; the meio obaco lien ts melanie offers gamut of ute aroma ofthe pare Havana gs, which ie intonkcating tothe welt the recking osis of European manufacture, which prove to wat levels Thman tate can sink, (One might even say tha tobacco affords xtisfction to the touch andthe sight. What smoker has not pase his band ex ingly ovr ce ich Bevo regalia of rehly opened box avanas? Do not cga and eguete act as ethan for vous tension to the staker who handles them and holds them delicately Beeween lips and Fingers’ And what about thewing tobsco or snuff Bo they not ila their werd tae tle sense? And, for the sight f nota cigar in the hands of & Youth symbol foretaste of manhood? And not tobacco at Hes mark of cls inthe rtentation of rand and shape? At tines necking ls than a orone corona trowned crown Ports who have been smokers have sung ofthe apt ecstasy that omc over them at they fellow with eye and imagination the bis smoke ssing upward, as though from the ashes ofthe ‘gu dying inthe re like a viet ofthe Inqlstion, ts spi, Purified an fs, were ascending to heaven leaving inthe af Ricrotypie sigs like inefable promises of redemcon ‘Whereas sugar appeals to only one ofthe senses, that of ease, Iohaeco appeals na oly tothe palate, bt othe sme touchy and sght Except for heating, there snot one of the BveSenaes that abaceo does not simulate and plese ‘Sugars asic in ts enietys much of tobacco lin