New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-11-06
HOW CIGARETTES ARE MADE.

SEVEN MILLIONS IN A SINGLE YEAR-AN INDUSTRY
oF.INCREAsING IMPORTANCE,
A few years ago all cigarettes consumed in
the United states were imported while last year over
seven millions were manufactured here American cigar
makers have found necessary to comply with the m
creased demand cigarettes by supplying an article of
home manufacture visit the factory of Francis :.
kinney at No. III West Broadway, disclosed some in
tere.rlne facts in regard this branch Of industry
On the ground floor the tobacco stored in bulk Some
Of It Is kept there for years rs axe Is said TO enhance tue
flavor on the second floor women are employed to strip
the leaves the STEM In order to Keep the tobacco
at the proper degree OF moisture and to keep down
dust number Of atomizers used to discharge fine
spray of water into the room. At the farther
end OF the room there is combined pneu-
matte and hydraulic machine for pressing the
tobacco invented by Mr. Kinney Seventeen pounds OF
leaf are pressed by this into compact plug two feet
longand six inches square. The plug IS placed in an
automatic s0ffeeding cutter, aud speedily reduced 10
very thin slices. The different KIND. "a t are mKeu IN
various proportions before hey arc pressed according 10
r brand Of cigarettes IL sired The upper floors are o.
Cr.J ny the men and girls who roll the cigarettes. The
Tobacco already mixed and cut l. weighed ouT ana
.cf vght or 10 pay for any loss. The cigarette roll
rr are each provided with beroom OF about Iourieet
-1ngre niece Of stiff paper, fastened at one end
IN The table. The other end - tree ana assists
tRe ouerator bv curling up slightly. The paper
are about three inches long and one and half
inches wide They are pasted with minute quantity 81
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snotla of wood. After the ends OF the cigarettes are
imqd with pair OF shears they are taken To the pack
ing.room aud wrapped in bundles Of zen or twenty.
bc,lrorueter in the denotes the humidity OF the
fosphcre which must BE- regulated IN order 10 prevent
M accommodation OF the cigarettes after they IA q been
hacked Every prccaUuOu i taken TO have all the nJ-
ter11ls used aud the surroundings clean and pure. The
,nr wrappers are made i'm switzerland, OF the best rice
ttr,w A sheet oil this, when burned leaves scarcely
erc,ptibe ash. The employees strictly required 10
keen ihrIr hands clean and their tables neat. The build
inc thoroughly swept every week. and waste tobacco
is removed as soon a. 1t accumuaies \ physician Is
ENGAGED 10 that the employees are ~ good health
About the beginning 81 tins year new cigarette was
introIuctd by A. Pearl, of Pearl watson, OF No 90
Set,vclist Brooklyn II differs from other cigarettes
wYiny In having tobacco wrapper. The tax on 1000
ciattrS weighing three pounds or less Is u 49, II he
nt exceeds three pounds il 10 SO. was found mat
If ooccO could be made into small cigars, weighing only
tbree bounds to tine 900, tho saving IN tax would be
-. ,rrof Mr. Pearl accordingly divided three pounds
of tobacco into thousand portions resrr'nG enough
M me Leaf for wrappers. The eaVeS are paced one On
another the tips pointing one way anu are pressed INTO
a min mug which is eat into small portions or the proper
notb The uniform position OF the leaf IN the pug M
ANS the free burning Of the cigarette. The wrapper Is
similar tn tnr ordinary cigar wrapper curiosity is eN-
hbfr nj tni~ factory in the shape OF cigarette papers
mode nf y.cl-rr,ssCs They are manufactured largely
in -u.iu by "a gentleman Who was cured OF lung COM
p4ut the Use oi Wjief-'f'-' lh'J are Oh blteh-
Ism color, and Of hedNy texture