The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-11-05

n tgp and eaeA row !. sssde1 - Gradually thatthe
eight % eighteen dollary thousand, han can
make with hand from 400 to $50 cigars . day. A
cigars day. . 6as them they are not in.
ished with that TASTE that perectedness which are
cSnparea aoss rapds nsd Sa'
country trade the pains are not taken with them
years age sttempts were MADE 70 construct =
MACHINERY FOR MAKING CIGARS.
accomplish the same but after years OF rutess en-
deavor and constant disappointment, relinquished
10 tie PUBIC which, was csne sS
applicable 70 cigar making, but none were able to
hs e ass
against ANYTHING designated cigar ma
snins S ,,ngn, such prejudice con.
| ~ last achieved. A machine has been constructed
BY means o. which cigar can DO made complete
the bunch formed into shape binder put on wrapper
rolled and head finished by continuous process.
Not only can cigars be made Of any length desired:
but the machines are 80 made that q change OF
! rollers can he effected IN few mlnutes whereby
cigars can be formed OF the various shapes desired:
Inc machine Is simple IN form, or durable material
and not liable to get out Of order. So easily 1t
operated that girls OF average intelligence. without
| toned to the manipulation OF tobacco, can In few
weeks become expert In the management. When
taught they can by aid OF the machine produce iar
greater number Of cigars day than can be made Dy
hand labor in the same period; That machines are
cigars. depends 70 a. great extent on
sD 0,s expedite a1 while
labor-saving or economical, they win command
preference that prejudice. no mattef now deep
rooted, cannot overcome; nor Will their introduce
ton result njurously to those engaged In the bus.
ness Of cigar making, for 1t is to such they VIII most
especially commend themselves. Furthermore, the
advantage Of being enabled 70 utilize the cheapest
labor attanabeis an inducemcnt suificent TO con-
these machines, viii make 1000 cears-one putting
the wrapper on and the other two making the
bunch; lhey are PAID hfty cents per 1000. Some
EXTENT OF TIE TOBACCO BUSINESS 4
can 20 formed by presenting the annual quantity Of
Thousand acres oland required to grow the guam
lily Of leaf CONSUMED yearly by this house, over
5000 people g raise 1t and nearly 1000 people to
manufacture 1t into such shape as to make 1t
palatable to the taste -Hea Ne.M
One firm has three large factories In Brock.
lyn engaged exclusively In the manufac-
are res sno with every edern spe
aDce used In this branch OF the business. Here
two immense steam engines and boilers drive three
hydraulic pumps or rams, which In turn control
three hydraulic presses, working twentyour retain
e!s about the same number OF finishing presses ana
also some sixty other presses for putting the plug In
boxes The Who'll operation of making plug tobacco is
very interesting First the leaf is taken out Of the
ALI are carefully assorted according to
sound they are entirely rejected and sent to another
factory. TO be used in connection with very COM
CLASSIFIED. and the leaf Is then dipped In large VAT
full OF icorcc in solution and after being thoroughly
soaked is taken out and hung upon sticks aud al
lowed TO evaporate the moisture, avoid It's be-
coming 'fnnky,' or mouldy. When thoroughly dry
IL IS put into large buiks and allowed to ''diawn
until ready for use; the leaf IS then carried to
table, where the stem Is extracted and it Is then
made into Jumps or rolls. This Is an operation
curing almost as much skill as making cigars, and
females generally the best hands, their fingers
are more nimbe. good hand wan readily earn
passed TO the mills and shapes where the perfect
arc put into iron cells or boxes, OF which the shapes
are composed The shape when filled - covered by
the tobacco ana when set, or twelve, of the
shapes are filed they are fastened together In re-
hydraulic press. They are then run from under tho
press upon a rail track and allowed TO stand for
several hours The tobacco Is then taken out OF the
shapes and each lump carefully repacSed in finish
ing press, where 1t again receives pressure OF 200
tons. IL is then ready for sale.
FINE CUT TOBACCO
Fine leaf tobacco Is cured by the sun, which gives
| IL afterwards selected, each different kind making
/ different class Of chewing tobacco. The leaf Is
med, then run into seli-feeding machine which
has knife that revoves at the rate OF 200 revou
fine as silk at tho rate Of 1000 pounds per day.
Tho "cutn Is carried into dryers" and after dry
the tobacco is put up in boxes, pals or barrels, and
Il ready for SALE
SMOKING TOBACCO
| fs made similarly to fine cut chewing, but cut
coarser unless IL OF the granulated sort. These
require TO be made in a different manner, various
manufacturers res0rting TO various methods For
instance, the leaf for one hour before being cut is
put through ~ pa; s process whereby ths
dried and cut into coarse aDres; then
put up in handsome muslin bags, and is ready for
| sale. Another kind passes through similar pro-
cess but on account Of the body the leaf contains,
IS impossible to take out all the nicotine, except
q the people who Cannot aaord higher NJ
priced article The operators III one house can turn
out an average OF 1000 bags each, or total Of
The process OF making good article Is a long and
| tedious one, period OF from nine months 10 six
years beiug required, according 10 the kind desired.
One firm have now on hand, in stock, snuff over
thirty years old. To make good SNUFF is an opera.
secrets ' known only to those Sc" who ' man
iacture 1t, besides requiring tobacco Of very pecu
manufacturers, while there are many manulacturers
oftobacco almost all the latter have tried to MAKE
oy cnTs se ~ az m d 4 the y
| small pieces, then moistened and fermented, which
occupies from four months TO year; then ground
| in mills to the grain required; then sifted, boted,
screened scented and picked If yellow, 1t is then
packed in bladders, put into steam house and
| CURED age is obtained. In the South 1t IL mainly
used for dipping or teeth cleaning, and one house
one Time to single Customer The oil or ottar Of
1 roses, which Is worth from ten to twelve dollars,
gold per ounce. is used great deal to scent snuff.
F! scent barrel Of the article. For
| FOREIGN SMOKING TOBACCO
\ there Is very little demand. The Turkish Is smoked
! by few the domestic being more of q fuvOrtte.
Looking into the manufacture Of tobacco 1t Is found
that Virginia makes the most tplug,r but OF black
| plug New York, comprchending Brooklyn makes as
| much as the whole OF Virginia. Before the war no
plug tobacco was manufactured North at all. Ken
lucky is the largest leat-growng State and raises
generally about 80 600 hhds. per annum though this
year she exceeded that and raised 10000 hhds.
comes next In Order After Virginia We e. nave Mis-.
souri,, averaging 5000 hnds per annum. The other
| t0bacc0-growing states come in the following
0rder:-Maryland, Ohio, Indiana Illinois, Tonnes
see, North Carolina, Connecticut, Pennsylvania.
TOBACCO SMUGGLING.
The smuggling Of tobacco Is carried on extensively
| There are various ways In which 1t is effected,
| known, though, to few. At Key West where Havana