The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-03-16
MILIONS m SNUFE

Fvon with the Young Ladies Of
0cnI.h,n
rs,.,,s.-. can. 4. ,o,d IN Tho Sun
t l't,'l'..s's ~ I,,sri.s,, s-,r0 com.
,s,,. ~. ,ysornoratoS Monday a
i 80 !. y,itb 4 a,,thoriroa can.
-. $3.50. S,..,. !, az ~ m rTbsrs M An.
~. 49,. :. ~ : ,Sbom q
en- s,,.SI I, ,., s-Srss,s.sr ,5anaTer q
~. ~. = 10 "a, 4 Il h-sTch a. the
Wy .' y. ~ 1 S, connsny cbaTlna
1..',s, 80. 1850 ,h;S NV me new
~ s.-'ts =, =, H.. ,so,,s, fas,ar
.S.As'u -. -, .. 1, =. ,bscro Germany
q. :. -. .,..Si S,,,.cco co1,nanv snd
~ ~. .,.s .,,,s, ,,,a,,, .bns III.
~ $500, ~. ~ ,,. sa,,TS trdr.tr,ss u
1870. .. ...... ...S
s.. ,,, sSr - Z, o.n a A.. h..n,,, a, Inc
,1ar,csn ToSaeco comnany has man.
ufactured gnuft since the close Of the
civil var. and has been running night
and day since last April.
N sneal,inr Of the Snun industry Mr..
d. W. GAN. ir., said to a reporter Of
The sun. "our factory e steadily In
creasine the output Of snuf. In 1898 It
was only $4,000 pounds, while In 1893
me output was i.77s,OOO pounds. We
employ nearly 400 hands.
.'The snun we manufacture is Of
tbres I,inds. French .rappee. which was
formerly much used. but for which
there is now only q, limited demand;
.maccoboy, which Is used for chewing
az ws,, M inhaiinR purposes and IS
ground fne and highly scented. Then
tbsrs /. tha scotch snufr which is as
gne as flopr and IL used for chewing
,,,,rrosss The .rappee, costs from forty
es,ts h seve,ty three cents a pound;
tbs .,noccoboy, costs about Afty cents
\ noInd q does also the scotch
n,..,..,,,r. r,,,.,,,,,,. c,,,n,
aS III = A..
Ihe cnieE marAel tor snult . !" s .Hs
south ana southwestern patt :. y =: ~. .Hs
uhited s'ases, An wy sU4sn :. ~, ~ Ns a..
t 70 grea a. a a .S.n chew, tbe ends and
az" 80 ,,,h tbsr, On thsIr teeth am
III, 49, t,,s - .ha chewing a. .nrft il rapid.
y, sv-t to LIN, ' tba nlacs Of chewing gum
!, among the factory girls in Aiassachu.
.a.t.g ,, he, ana Tho taste more agree
st,S
,.Tho ,,ro,.,, ,,,ed IN the mannfaetur,
:, sn,,,i d ~ connl,cated 10 fully de-
- H. snrF, q maze ~ TN strongest
S ,.IaS =, sa ,S tobacco, grown IN virginia
80 49, Ran+,n,,, Tho tobacco e f,rst cut
= 80. .se ~ s.,,ova ,Ss sand and q 4
~. ~, - ~. =, t,,.o,,s nrocsss caIIed 'fer-
~ w. 80, ,,hish ,o,,ch dsnenas
I'sAsas ...,,,. | s",,o, nh. +obacco q ~
.Hs p = Sr,.S ana ground n = mix like
a.. 80 80 49,, 1000 asvoy n barrels
Ut ~, 80 ~ N', lac, stand,nr svs or ~
. - :. !. ,sas.,h,s AS,.r q has be.
lilS. 80. - q, q S,,ood e., sr,sII nacp.
sO.., " 49, .,,, ~. 4or" ~ a,,sn hlsdders
-, Wv Ss a,..sS ~ 4ta o,,,,,de mai.
49,. q. . s','''S - 90. N,ont.n
'Hs 'AsH. ,e9''S.S sss
s'OFy " St44
II has been stated by a recent writer
that the custom OF snun taxing IS as
old as the discovery OF the TOBACCO
plant.
"The first account ne says OF
snuff and snufhng is given by Ramon
Pane, friar accompanying Golumpus
on his second voyage OF discovery IN
1884 He ailuaes 10 lts use among M
a' nv, " i msan, q 1,s.s,i ~ .,,d q,
ne 4.u'' ~, - S.., 90, =, 80, ~ ~
hoye Osen sne tA' sa - n,. s,.1 en- ,s.ro
oss. tapl.Va s,oo =, sr .,Ls "a 1art,,
ouSt.uh u .oDI.sS - 'p s ,, ,a4 49,, a,
gu l'S use ~ w I'm. . ~ I q, 1890 :.
vogue anu splgaa i' ~. ~ 800 =,
Is sa,u 70 naVs U go H.9 - usee $500,
Dy .ne "ls al q. 49, en- - 49, oa,,r. T. w.
AeuiCl, l.' .,'s ., SesG ..o ~ sy .s,.,,.,,
iasle. par =. w. ,,,@s 49,, !, 1870
INC .nAuu ,s ,,..,a :, ' .Sn ha. sSe :,
was - p,ass ~ ,.,,a,s .. So s hs,,,a,,o.
inc manu- anu .'.''.,s 49, SUN ,,,t 49,.
tneFe eaule my VS. 'i.s S''I Sss.. =.
Wnicn weLe '"aus - So ., 49, M,
designs unS u SSs't :. sa.a as, ~.
use " sANN : W ~ - 80. al