New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-14

economzed THE tobacco by consuming The whole.
There no stump to lose and throw away; hence
the weed has been invariably tho subject Of heavy
taxation and a. the price in all European countries
has been enormously high in consequence, pipes, and
not cigars, became the avorte mode Of consuming tho
plant. For the opposite Of chespness cigars
have always been the fsvorte of Americans a. well as
of the people Of the West Indies The doubtful honor of
originating them belongs to us. Byron aid, when
balancing the merits of chewing and smoking,
yet thy true lcvrrs more admire By far
Thy naked eau'iesI give ~es oissf."
To descend from metre 10 machinery, il may DO
adoef. that as Americans were the first machines to
smokS they were also the frst TO make machines for
man, featuring cigars. The consumption in this country
/, So ~ dgi, and or asng constantly, that in-
eenious minds directed their attention at very carry
day TO the subject. Many failures resulted and only
one or two really successful machines produced.
One Of these very soon after being patented, became
the property of Liverpool house, who purchased the
patent for Great Britain. They made great improve
nens in IL, and in their hands it BE- ,ame paying ma
chine. This machine produces 5000 cigars per day.
An ordinary fast hand will not make more than 500
per day. II has since been introduced into Pru ssia
and there patented. The extremely low prces at which
German cigars imported into this country sold may
be owing TO the use of this machine. II may bs
doubted, after ALL whether 1t performs as work well,
as the German cigars badly made being generally
wrapped 80 tight that few of them viii smoke. II
none Of them woud-or if cigars in general labored
under the same defect-it would be better for tho
health and fortune Of thousands. 1t il not surprising
that machines for manufacturing cigars have attracted
the notice Of inventors the wonder is that many moro
machines have not been produced, the quantity Of
cigars which the world consumes bsng almost unim-
tied. Havana alone exports 100, 600 0oo, and
90 Of these smoked up in the United States.
| How many additional millions, made Of rank Amer
can tobacco are manufactured aud smoked among us,
| il would puzzle all the census-tekers to say.
| BANK.NoTE ESGRAyISG.-The pressing necessity
there is for some improvement in the process Of
ufacturing bank notes is orciby shown in the exist
ence of the numerous detecors, whose principal bust
ness consists in keeping the public advised Of the
counerfeiis rs they successfully appear. Counter
| fetng bank notes has become a regular business
among us and gives employment to large number OF
persons In this respect other country in the world
is ike u.s. Some of the most ingenious men among us
| devote their whole time to the fabrication OF theee
notes. until the amount of counterfeit and spurious
ones in general circulation has become great 90 10
REQUIRE ucessant and laboors caution to prevent loss.
No efficient preventive OF this widespread dishonesty
| has ever been discovered. The chemist, the paper
maker, the artist the printer and many others, have
in vain attempted to remedy the evil. Photography,
hography, aud the anasatc process Of printing, ae
all enlisted in aid of the counterfeers. SO far these
arts have been able to reproduce anything which the
| bank mote engravers have brought out. The late
Association for the Advancement Of Science discussed
the question to some extent but without any practical
result 1t was bro ught before them because counter
eiiing was by regarded as branch OF the mo
arts! The Managers Of the Bank Of England have
asona~n@d all hope Of preventing counterfeting They
argue that whatever has done another can
initiate In this posture Of things let American genius
erapple with the difficulty and devise effective
check to the arts of the counteeiter There is way
| by which it can be done beyond all doubt. Ample
fame and amper fortune will be the sure reward of the
| ingenious mind that solves the problem. 500