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...machine competition from abroad has been stiff: one machine can turn out cigars 25 times as fast as a practiced torcedor. Cuba's cigar output has been falling, and cigar makers have been out of work. Last year the hard-pressed Cuban Cigar Makers Union, in an attempt to revive the industry's prosperity, agreed to the introduction of machines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CUBA: Men v. Machines | 7/16/1951 | See Source »

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