The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-03
the nnIAR-Roor INDUSTRY.
whence the wood Comes and Haw
10 o. ~ orkcd.

From the London Times.
Mr Carmichael. British vice consul o.
Leghorn devo,es an interesting section %
the report on his district for the past year
70 an account 81 thc briar-roo, industry
The wood he says. from which briar pipes
are made O. not the root Of The brisr rose.
but the root Of the large heath known IN
botany as Erica arborca. Our "briar" Is
bul corruption OF che French bruyere-
broom or heath. That briar-root Industry
has bad Fomewhat curious history First
begun in the Pyrenees some MY years
ago. lt travelled along the French Riviera
and The Llguriin coast taking Corsica by
tho way to the Tuscan Maremma. and O.
has now reached Calabria in the south,
which Is az present It's most aourshing
center Naturally. when a district has
been exhaus. "a OF az lts roots the indus
try must come to an end there. and the
opinion has been expressed that the tat
ian branch OF IL cannot last much more
than another ten years LeEhorn has al
ways been the center OF the export %
Tuscan hriar-root since the Marcmfna In
dustry came into existence. but. a. the
south Italian hriar IN Of superior quality.
q large quantity 81 Tho Calahrlan root IT,
also imported into LeEhorn for selection
aud subsequent export The total export
from Leghoru b. estimated al 6Op1 mum
dred weight in the year, valued a. about
g3s 90. Fully half the export Is Ealabrian
root All the root that arrives in Leg
horn has already been cut on the spot into
the shape tn which 10 % exported 20 me
pipe manufacturing centers which are
principally. as regards Italian briar 81
cloud IN France. Nuremberg la Bavaria,
an prussia md
Thuringia.
The roots which are sometimes % "a
circumference OF two feet or more. are
cur into blocks ana then boiled. II Their
is any defect On the root which has not
been discovered before the boiling pro-
cess the blocks viii split sooner or later.
Brfar-root blocks are cut mo about
twenty-five different siz and three prin-
cipai shapes The shapes are Marseil-
iaise." relieve" and Belgian" The nrst
tSo ore the more usual shapes from the
first are cut the Ordinary biiar pipes.
which have bowl and stem ~ right an
x e.: relieve" blocks are cut into a shape
for hanging pipes. and Belgian" blocks.
for viii h there Is hut small demand, are
shaped 20 fashion into pipes which have
bowl and stem at an obtuse angle The
m uimum size OF the MAR eiiiaise'
BIO Ks - about three inches long two
-
broad. The Caiabrian blocks. selected az
Leghotn ard exported thence. seem 10 be
n favor with the trade, as they remain
so long on the dealers hands that they
would b. almost certain 20 split before
export n they were defective A Leghorn
dealer who does his own cutting IN Gala
iria has first 20 send the roots by wagon
to his work shops. whore they are boiled
and cut. thence aEain by wagon 10 the
nh f.funTA In light
ers for shipment 20 Lrghorn. At Leghorn
they are once more transferred TO light
ers and placed IN carts FOR transport 10
the warehouse where th y are unpacked
FOR selection They are thin repacked In
bases and cartel 70 che goods station for
conveyance abroad. Hence a considera-
bic time must e'apse before they leave
the hards OF a merchant who does his
own cutting in caiabria. cons lerahle
number - blocks are sent TO the United
States. but; apparently, none whatever 10
the united king icm.