The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-11-21
FACTS ABOUT TOBACCO.
How Chewing Tobacco Is Manufactured
Authorizations and limitations.

How Chewing Tobacco Is Manufactured
Authorizations and limitations.
'.Men do not chew tobacco nova
days" remarked a leading tobacconist
OF this city.
How is that?" asked the astonished
reporter.
when you call for plug of to-
oacco, "replied the dealer ''you certainly
get modicum of the fragrant leaf, but
it bears only small proportion tn the
amount of other ingredients with which
it is combined. The leaf is Il 6ped in a
heavy solution ofrum, molasses, licorice,
glycerine and other 'havoring' sub
stances until it absorbs fully beventy-
five per cent. of them. Time was when
the tobacco was the principal part of
the plug; to-day, however, only the
filler and wrapper are of the weed pure
and simple. and. as / have said, they
are only as one to four in the weight
added of foreign ingredients. / think
this accounts for the growing tendency
of young persons to the chewing habit.
The odor which comes from the breath
of the chewer, you may have noticed, is
not that of tobacco, but of licorice, and
the new and most popular brands are
those which contain most sweetening.
But no matter how the plug is made it
sells, and the sales are increasing.
Some of the newfstyle plugs bear fancy,
names, being called after well-known
brands of champagne, wines and spirits,
and the chewer is led to believe that
genuine champagne or old port enter
into the detection with which the leaf
is dosed. This is, of course, merely an
appeal to the imagination, and the wine
or spirit flavor is partly due to a more
or less large compound of the ingre-
dients have named, with. no doubt.
an increased admixture of rum or low
grade alcohol
us there a large profit. in plug to-
bacco?" asked the reporter. {
Not at the present time except to the
manufacturer. The retail trade very
much cut up, and Isuppose in no other
business is there so much close COM
petition. As soon as man establishes
tobacco store and works up a trade
with fair prices and moderate margin
of profit he. is speedily handicapped by
speculators, who will start next door, or
in the immediate vicinity, and make q
trade by underselling, even if they have
to sell at wholesale prices to secure that
end" sat 'F'i tee tf "-i-
'Is fine,cut subjected to this heavy
style of flavoringp"
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