The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-04-11

the dread disease may be soattsrsd by, tho
cigars which Aro made in this breeding
ground Of fever. Thousands of cigars afs
rollsd oyery day In these sqsAiid, vermin
infested fsyer .resking tonsnents and afs
city, bnt all over the country. IL IL the
only industry Of hundreds Of these poor
Russian familiss and while The tsnsment
'house product 10 bRd enough u any time,
from both \ AAnitaty and smokers stand
point, the case bsccHss po.tttytIy alarm
ing when ~ spidsmia spreads through the
Tbs tensmsnt houss cigar evil. though
frequently attacked, has mover bssn stamped
ont. Owners Of small factories ssnd ont
''piscs work. j. the jewellers IN the rseking
tenements and the goods are boxed and
labeled ~ ofths ~outputof . regular factory.
9 has besn brought agsin bstsrs The pub
JIG throueh she work Of the physicians in
charge Of tho plsgus stricken s~sctisH. II
these great tensmeAts on the east side OF
town families Of the psor Russian Jews are
huddled like bees in Z hive, Il il 40 infrs-
qucnt thing for . fsElly Of I've or six to
occupy one room. Proper sanitation y i'm
possible, snd " Ii among psor Creatures like
those badly n%ourishsd, insuhicisatly clothed
and never washed, that IN epidemic like
ths typhus tiEds its victims.
A bundle Of 100 pounds of leaf tobacco is
furnished by the .'manufaotursr," and for
this this oiRArmaks Is obliged TO return l05
for rolling the leaf ID supposed to. make up
the extra i've pounds. He il paid = few dol
lars q thousand for his work OF making the
cigars, but IL he can turn in 40 on 100
pounds Of cigars for his 100 pounds OF to-
bncco he5is paid extra, and 10 asked NO
questions as to where the tobacco come
from. Here ia tbs only source Of profit.
and thu uiAw Rruufavt ~ nnt IL allu IN nvnil
himself Of II. Cigar stumps are gathered
from the cutters and the o%uspidors OF the
saloons, are taken 10 the tenement houses,
carefully nnrolled and used for ".filleia."
II has developed into a regular industry,
and in the gray of the morning you will sss
cleaning spittoons. II is the duty OF the
bartender on early watch az 1T is called,
to clean out the place, but he finds dozens
OF these hunters after stumps who are
willing and anxious to sweep out the bar
rooms for tho stuInps which are lying on
the floor. andto wash out the cuspidors for
the partly smoked cigars which float in
them. The 1eor and ouspidors Of q fairly
popular barroom will often yield q couple
of pounds OF stumps And about forty
pounds Of this vile .'fller' can be used to
every 100 pounds of tobacco.
When one contrasts this flth-lAden and
disease-resking stuff. gathered from ths
barroom and The cutters and made into
cigars in sitting tenements where typhus,
diphthsria and scarlet fever rage, with the
carefully selected golden Leaf, prepared In
the light, airy factories and wrapped in
flaay rice paper BY tho dainty fingers Of
prstty.Rirls. il is no wonder the cigarette
i'm sksr fssis that hs has decidedly the bsst
Of the bargain. The daily output Of the
tenement house" factories il large, and 10
scattered all over tho country. and the
hunters Of stumps are industrious.
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