Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-05-01

flavor and makes a pretty wrapper and
one of the most popular in use.
After the manufacturer has stripped
the leaves apart he places them away
to dry to that extent that they will
be ready to work. though not bone dry
so that they will crumple. When they
have reached that state they are plac-
ed in tin box, after which they will
not change in the least. The skilled
hand ready to begin to make what is
termed the long filler, takes these
leaves and rolls them into the required
shape. The proper amount of tobacco
put in. the wrapper of the tobacco
leaf of Sumatra growth is skillfully
put on, and the whole is placed in
little press of the shape the cigars are
to be. This press consists merely of
block Of wood with grooves in it. An
other block that matches is placed over
it and this is put under a lever where
it remains for about Is minutes. From
this they come out in the perfect
shape. There is little instrument
with a groove at one end of which is
a knife. The butt end of the cigar IS
placed under the knife and as much
- tAiD tlu Cul oil dS - iNpdiit'.
Then comes the pressing Of the name
upon the side of cigar. A little die is
arranged in the press. The cigar is laid
in the groove in which the die rests and
the lever is brought down. A pressure
and all is over, and the cigar is ready
for the market with the exception of a
little seasoning and packing in the boxes.
The workers of tobacco become, after a
time. 50 that they do not in the least
mind the smell Of tobacco. They say
they cannot smell it as they become 50
used to it. Neither does it discol0r the
hands as one would naturally suppose.
How are the hayseed cigars made?'
asked the reporter, wishing to secure a
little advice in that line for the sake of
suffering humanity.
Those are made out Of the chaff tina:
is broken from the long filler cigars. III
is rolled into a mass and wrapped"
How is ii that the market has so very
many poor cigars upon it,
The manufacturers who sell the poor
cigars Will not buy good tobacco They
will buy some Of a crop that is spoiln
or some of the rank sorts Of American
tobacco. The year 1893 furnished lots of
spoiled tobacco. You have doubtless.
seen the little stogies that sell for sl
small price They are made of tobacco
grown in this country. on which there
is no duty to pay. The sweetest of them
are made of Dutch tobacco. one of the
k nds raised in Ohio. That state raises
four kinds Of tobacco. The Pennsylvania
stock IS the strongest grown in this
country. 1t is often rank"
why was 1t that the Portland banker.
Brown had to pay 50 large a price for
his cigars? II was said he paid % cents
each for the 10 he used % smoke every
day. They finally caused i cancer in his
mouth and killed him"
IF he had bought the tobacco Of the
very same sort ne smoked ana had i'm
ported ii. having it made up in this
country it would not have cost him over
10 cents each. But you see the duty on a
manufactured cigar is enormous. Then
the Cubans slow and they charge
more for making a cigar than the Amer
lean workmen who can turn out from 900
to 500 in "A day"
ITO turn from the subject Of cigars.
what sort Of tobacco are the cigarettes
made from"
Many are made from cigar stubs,
while others are from a cheap grade of
tobacco. The bleaching is done by a
chemical process and by soaking the to-
bacco in hot water. This removed the
nicotine AT the same time the tobacco
is treated with a dope containing opium
which gives the effect"
How is the plug tobacco made?"
Usually it is from Virginia tobacco
which is picked the same as the other,
only it is thrown into a vat where it is
treated with a dope containing licorice
molasses. ana some sort of an alcoholic
beverage. This is pressed into blocks
and later a leaf tobacco is pressed over
it."
Cigar manufacturing in Augusta Is
growing to be a more remunerative oc-
cupation than it was year ago. The
goods are finding a more ready sale as
they are becoming known to the local
l.