Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-12
FABRICA De HONRADEz.
A visit to the Largest Tobaeoo-Feotory IN the world
The Making OF Cigars and Cigarettes


every minute. and only the best tobac.
co That grows. cigars from which retail
at not less than 20 cents apiece.
In the great room whore Cigarettes
are made. each Of the several
hundred workmgn o. seated before
inv table on which he folds.
mis-. counts and docs up IN packages
the fmcunt little rolls n ~ aHtpnlHh-
Ing what accuracy aud deNterity they
acquire from long practice in hand
ling and counting these small hits OF
paper Watch those whose business %
is 10 enclose twenty-five cigarettes ln
package iuHt JH they are bought 200
tho United stutrHi YOU VIII see ih1t
they seem 90 do % by Instinct. without
counting but determining 3y "a single
touch of the fingers " there IL one
cigarette moro or less than the re-
quirgd number. Just such marvellous
duNturlty do old employees M the bureau
Of engraving and printing ut washing
ton. acquire. counting coupons in tho
United states treasury, and other linz
purtnnt work for Uncle sam.
one small ROOM, tull of SILENT busy
AalatFa. looked like "a nightmare. All
thc uruteaque figures clad iu blue dun
rurUe. with Dyes HHt ln gu the bias and
heads Glenn Fhnyon, ur with plg-ihllH
carefully twisted up iu Psyche Knots.
or runrro black hair cut short ana
Htnudiuu go iikr thn hrlHt.nH ln black
Ing hruHh-urr HCrupulouHly neat in
their persons and attire. being ~
quirsd tp keep Fu hy the rules uf tho
establishment The durmltufN where
tho contract lthurrrH sleep is model
Of cleanliness and good ORDER lH cots
with
sNow-wHITE "sPREADs"
and pillows. ana ita curious personal
belongings uf these oNilcs FROM the
b. NH".HHHNFHN H|H.|HH tho
room nra little chinese GODS. exquisite
carvings Instruments OF nliegrd music.
gambling boards. funny shoes VI wood
and straw and fans galore.
An tho worl,mcn nro required To- wear
n certain hat ia iiluradcE' stamped
ON the band, thefo lH 10 Rigorous nyH-
tenn. In the shape 81 fines. Tor any To-.
frlnroucut OF rules or dcrpllctl0n ~
duty. and everything goes on With mile
tafy precision. One odd feature, COM
mon 10 an cuban cigar factories. a. the
rcudor-u man employed ON purpose 20
entertain the others. Tie occupies "a
Kind ~ pulpit. erected near tho center
NJ tho main roumi ANA reads FORENOON
and afternoon, two hours at tiine
from newspapers and current litnW-
turo. Exciting political questions are
tnbuoed. Tor mnnifuft reasons, ana u
~ the general testimony that much hot-
tor work ~ done during the reading
hours than ut other times Strikes are
lamontnhly frequent especially among
tho cuban employees. who work thUm-
selves up Into "a high state OF excite
mont on slightest provucutlou. Az "a
rule. however. the strikes are not Hrri-
Gus or of long duration, the tompcH t-iu-
u-tenpot rage. which soon blows over,
being Latin characteristics. The
cigar makers have thUir unions called
Gremipa. which are almost uH prolific nf
mischief as those M the United States,
aud IN the interests ~ law ana order
should be atUrnly suppressed hy tho
strong hand % the government in amy
country.
The women and girls, employed In
stripping the leaf have "a large. airy
apartment in themselves and how tholr
tongues do run. Gossip Jest and
suatchoa OF song keep time with their
nimblo fingers. Each has n powder
box unconcealcd somewhere about her.