The evening times., 1899-11-02
AMERICAN'ToBACCol AT PARIS.
An Elaborate Exhibff Being Abrams
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Inc ieaI tobacco exhibit Tor the Paris
Exposition CT 1900 is now being prepared
for shipment in the Division Of Soils ol
the Department 81 Agriculture. This will
be without doubt tho finest collection ever
exhibited by the United States. It in
cludes the varieties, grades, types, and
qualities of tobaccos from all of the prin-
oipal tobacco-growipg sections of this
country. This display will comprise only
the raw material, supplemented by large
collection Of photographs, and, in a few
instances, samples illustrating the differ
ent stages Of the tobacco in the process of
manufacturing.
The leaf tobacco exhibit is under the i'm
mediate direction Of Professor Milton
Whitney, Chief of the Division of Soils,
assisted by Marcus L. Floyd. tobacco ex-
pert Of that division. All Of the important
| tobacco growing districts were visited by
Mr.. Floyd during July and August. when
| material was collected for this exhibit.
Neither time nor labor has been spared to
| make this display credit to the United
States at large.
In the collection Of samples now being
packed for shipment the variety of shad-
ing, from the bright yellow and white
Burley to the dark wrappers and African
black. Immediately attracts the eye. The
uniformity, the arrangement Of the SAM
! plaes. the difference in texture Of the thin
and heavy leaves, the various qualities.
and the large number of grades are feat
ures of the display. The lover of the plug,
the cigarette. the pipe. and the expensive
Havana will find his especial weed"
In the raw material. The stogies, snuffs
and pipe smoking fobaccos are also repre-
sented in the collection
The differences in the foreign types are
worthy OF consideration. These are not
foreign in the sense that they are grown
in other lands, but In the sense that they
are cured and manipulated according to
the demands of the foreign trade. To the
general public such differences are often
hardly perceptible, but In the trade the
slightest shade Of color or thickness or
body OF the leaf, and often the length, is
taken into account. England takes all
kinds OF tobaccos, while Austria prefers
the medium colors. with a long. broad.
silky leaf, with small fibres The dark
brown types find the highest favor among
the Italians, and the French like still
darker leaf, long and smooth, about the
same in quality as the italian, but made
darker by stemming and hard pressure.
spain prefers fine, leafy lug, such as is
grown in Kentucky or Tennessee, while
Portugal requires a medium sized red leaf
Belgium, Denmark, and Norway use all
sweden prefer the dark, heavy types. The
low grades find favor among the Germans,
japanese, and Chinese, while the African
demands black. oily type.
All OF the tobacco sections have dis
played much concern in this exhibit, and
have shown much pride In the arrange
ment of the samples contributed. vir-
ginia. North Carolina, Tennessee, Ken
lucky, and Maryland contribute to the dis
Dlay OF what is known aa mar
ured and export types, such as are used
for cigarettes spuff. plug. chewing. and
pipe smoking, and export tobaccos. The
finer grades, the cigar types, are repre-
sented by samples from Texas, Connecti-
cut, Florida, New York, Pennsylvania,
Wisconsin. and Ohio.
The finest types. so far as price Is con-
cerned, are furnished in the form Of the
Cuban and Sumatra varieties, which are
equal in quality to the imported goods
The exhibit will also be supplemented by
tobacco In the various stages OF curing, |
manipulation. and fermentation. and by
literature relating to tobacco in all its
branches.
The collection will include about one !
thousand samples and will be ready for |
shipment early. this month. The exhibit |
is TO represent the various tobaccos OF the |
United States, rather than the display Of |
any particular firm. With few excep- !
tons the samples are in duplicates. the |
duplicates to be reserved for the Judges /
Of awards. The tobacco exhibit will be |
by many photographs Illus |
trating the tobacco industry from seed bed !
to finish.
Prof. Whitney. to whose control the ap-
preparation by Congress of $4,000 for to- |
bacco Investigations was confided, pro-
poses. as work to be carried on under that |
anDrOnriafiOp IN maj he ;ls -
the United States. TO secure a change in
the methods OF supplying tobacco to the
reggie countries" TO investigate the soils !
and conditions of growth in Cuba Suma-
ira, and other competing countries, to-
originate improved varieties for the prin-
,ipal tobacco districts of the United States.
md TO investigate and study curing man
pulation, and fermentation of tobacco in
all its branches. In the recent SOL map
ping in the Connecticut Valley district an
interesting feature was observed in the
act that there were found soil conditions
in the valley which are the same
IS those in Florida, where the finest quail
ty OF Cuban and Sumatra types are pro-
iuced, but these types cannot be grown
With the same success in Connecticut. The
iivision is making a study of this prob
EN- to discover just what causes the Diff
erence in the product
II is lne purpose OF the DIVISION TO send
field party to Louisiana early in 1900 to
make study of the soils of the perique-
obacco district in that State. Prepara-
ions will soon be made to equip a room
where experiments in the ferment alton
md curing of the various grades of tobacco
nay be carried on. By these investiga-
ions Prof Whitney hopes to make i'm
'rovements in the tobacco products and
n the trade as they exist today. Special
ttention will be given to the Cuban and
umatra types, as it is desirous to pro-
uce in this country a quality equal to
he imported article, so that the United
tates will not have to depend on foreign
oods.
Several bulletins on tobacco investiga-
ions have been published by the division,
he most recent beiSg THE Cultivation of :
igar Leaf Tobacco In Florida" by Mar
US l.. Floyd. This gives. from a practi-
al standpoint, the demands of the cigar
rade and shows how the growers have
ried to meet this demand in the culture
the tobacco in Florida. When it is con-
idered that the tobacco industry stands
econd in the amount of revenue brought
be work undertaken by the department
! this line may be better understood.
Vith this in mind, Secretary Wilson has {
etermined that it is essential that the
,bacco trade and industry should be thor ,
nghly Investigated and American tobacco ,
roducts well represented at the Paris Ex- s
osition of 1900.
TO ELECT A CoADJUToR.
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