The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1899-08-10
,isit 10 the Largest Tobacco-Fac-
tory in the World.
,,.. waking of Cigars and Cigarettes.

..... Lad, said to have ''done' this isle of
f,.n puro" until you have visited a
tabtica and inspected the whole
..- af converting the weed into the
..- rolls, big and little, beloved of
4.ta and many women. Perhaps the
.--oe IN which to pursue your in
,,.pls is the great Fabrica de Hon
Habana-the word honradez
-,snish for honesty" The factory
.,- in entire city square, from Cuba
~an gnacio, and in prosperous
mined out something over $780,
1S nd cigarettes per diem.
. g-euug the building you are met by
bis gentleman of Chesterfeldian
eut who speaks pigeon English
..e uban fashion and whose sole
Ian life is to exhibit this establish
Inst he shows you through the
oms and offices, and then
r- 1ou to the register, an enor-
u, containing thousands of names
e,u to append your own. What
- rove to the autograph hunter
nue. would be! On leaving the
tch visitor is again conducted
lister and asked to write opposite
-a.s his opinion of the factory, with
.-- 0t the peculiarities that have i'm
.- I'D and any criticisms or sug-
H- Me- may feel disposed to offer.
- multitude of signatures, illus
i to fame unknown, you may
names of ". II. Prescott, Henry
Anthony Trollope, Charles \.
ard Dana, NJ. Charney, Kings |
.a.Niu, Agassiz, and host of other
4hts OF past generations, follow
. Sc of later date, together with
.,uly- formulated opinions Some
.. t-ter are amusing: others frivilous,
u- die pretty girls employed, or
- .uIeciation of liberal donation of
nets of the place; while few are
.,nterous style of VIM. II. Seward.
. ote; II am deeply impressed
-uceessful manner in which the
-.t3r of La Honradez has combined
an productions with American
.us, European talent and Asiatic
a. our ex-Secre tary of State been
M- -le same to- day, he would have
led native and African for Asiatic,
where formerly thousand Chi
hes were employed there are now
lu La Honradez, about half the
NE of African descent and the
has never been drawn. At
tAird of the saddle hued, called
rasy white employees are
and to this day it is 50 difficult
.1e Cabans from quarrelling with
a- they are grouped by themselves,
are rooms whenever practicable.
y the piece, from eight to ten
atv and the average earning is
law experts making as much as
per diem. Besides their wages
t0~m are lodged free of cost, and
owed to smoke as many cigars
et-as as they like, of the MASTER
nd their own making-a an item
8I consequence to the proprietor,
usand men are smoking every
md only the best tobacco that
.ars from which retail at not less
MIS- apiece.
eat room where cigarettes are
ia Of the several hundred work
-ated before a tiny table, on
folds, fills, counts and does up
11es the fragrant little rolls. 1t
ling what accuracy and dexter
acquire from long practice in
md counting these small bits of
Watch those whose business it is
twenty-five cigarettes in a
INST as they are bought in the
states; you will see that they do
tinct, without counting, but de-
ng by single touch Of the fingers
one cigarette more or less than
ruied number. Just such marve
Ererity do old employees in the Blu
".t Engraving and Printing, at Wash
--'l acquire, counting coupons in the
Treasury. and other important
l'r ncle Samuel,
small room, full of silent, busy
looked like a nightmare. All
--u-esque figures, clad in blue dun
sa with eyes set on the bias and
's can shaven, or with pig tails care
visited up in Psyche knots, or
Use. slack hair cuI short and standing
Ft brstles in a backing -brush-are
1sly neat in their persons and at
aelng required to keep SO by the
- If the establishment. The dormi-
'leIe the contract laborers sleep is
e-e Of cleanliness and good order, its
with snow white spreads and pill
'r lud its curious personal belongings
.esr exiles from the Flowery King
catered about the room are little
.e,e gods, exquisite carvings, instru-
ID alleged music, gambling boards,
shoes of wood and straw and fans