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"What this country needs is a good five-cent cigar", spoke Thomas Marshall, Vice President under Woodrow
Wilson (1913-21). Not only did King Edward Cigars answer this call, they cut the price in the Depression
to 2 for 5 cents. This was made possible, in part, by Swisher's far-sighted investment in 1923 in rolling
machines that transformed the business by mass-producing cigars that were superior in uniformity,
appearance and quality. This was neither the first nor last innovation as this venerable company enters
its third century of operation.
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