The age-herald., 1897-09-05

tin. A business card of this establish ment has been preserved, which bears the inscriptions Foil Rolling Mills and Me- tallic Cap-works; tobacconists' foil, plain or embossed; tin sheat foil for druggfS fSus and bottlers, superior to the imported article" The new foil was first used for the wrapping of finecut tobacco, which had previously been wrapped in paper only. Its advantages for this purpose were obvious. including it's slightly ap- pearance and it's property of keeping the tobacco moist. The noted John Ander- son was among the first of the tobacco nists to use the foil extensively. and his example was soon followed by the Lor- illards and others. The printing or stamping of names and designs upon the foil was speedy outgrowth of its manu- fracture, which was stimulated after the imposition of internal revenue taxes in war times by the printing of the internal revenue stamp directly upon the tobacco wrappers. A contract for this work was obtained by MT. Crooke from the United states government, after many com plaints o1 fraud and of loss to the reve- nue through difficulties connected with the use of paper stamps.
 Vast quantities of thef foil are used for the packing of domestic Limburger cheese, the maternal being sent to the Northwestern states for that purpose by the car load. The wrapping of cigarettes in tinfoil is comparatively new develop ment, the importance of which is mani- rest when the extent of cigarette manu- fracture is considered. About one-half of the output of the Crooke factory is roll ed pure tin, as the. proprietors always insist that only this shall be used when the foil wrapping Is to be directly in con- tact with food. Large amounts re taken Tor the packing of yeast cakes and also for fancy cheeses and other food pro- ducts of the "delicatessen" order. A great demand for the pure tin comes from the manufacturers of plug tobacco, who use 1t for the wrapping of the separate plugs and also in sheets between layers Of the tobacco. When a machine for packing tobacco was invented. which re- quired tinfoil and paper to be fed, in to It together, process was devised by which the foil was furnished already backed with thick paper and firmly ad- herring to it. The pure tin, by the way, is not used for the Hamburger cheese wrappings, but the foil of tin and lead. as there is an inner wrapper of paper Besides, it is probably thought that floth- ing could hurt Limburger, anyway. Id -4a
 Teh embossing of the foil in various OF namental designs is branch of the busi- ness which had gradually developed un- til now highly artistic results are ohtain- ed. In the fancy patterns, the silvery surface is diversified in blight and tietaf effects, by stars, plaids, flowers bars. uiaSonal lines, etc. Many SanipleSe 1rt printed in colors. such as pink blue and red, both the colors and the patterns be- ing produced by putting the sheets of foil through process of regular cylinder printing. Other specimens are lacauered with gold and embossed ir, various forms, presenting a beautiful appearance, and still others are. brilliantly lacquer:d in colors. Confectioners, druggists, cigar manufacturers, and cigar-box makers use quantities of these fancy designs, many of which are specially made for particular firms and serve as sort of trademark. The thickness, or rather the thinress. of the foil runs from one-half of one-thousandth of an inch upward, the thinnest being the most expensive as representing the most labor. It is rolled in sheets, which nn the average are fifty inches long and five and a half inch S wide <some also being rolled as wide as