The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-07-21

lone section is to be show the hurley
TYPES, the kind grown in Kentucky.
(which produces more than 314. o 10000
loopndS of leaf tobacco annually. This
lis the dark brown leaf that is so ex
ltensively used in the body Of plug chew
ling tObaccOs. Another plot Will form a.
field for the growing Of the bright types
lof tobaocos, the Kind produced with
Igreat success mainly in Virginia and
Ithe CarOlinas. Here the leaf shades
down and produces tobacco ranging in
coIor from yellow TO gold and from
joranse 10 lemon. Another plot will
grow nothing but Sumatra tobacco,
used exclusively for wrappers for Gig
ars. The color of Sumatra embraces
many shades of brown and SO thin do
tine leaves grow that it often requires
las many as 20 of them to weigh a
pound. The final plot is to be given
over to Havana tobacco from which the
filters are made for the best cigars on
market. The young plants will be
ItranSplanted from Cuba and will be so
handled that they Will retain all of
their native characteristics.
| In a central space created by these
-four growing fields OF tobacco will be
erected a curing barn. This barn. like
lall the other structures within the uni
IverSal tobacco exhibit vii be construct
led. or will appear to be constructed. en-
Itirely of tobacco. Excavations will be
iISlo al Liz Sloullu DcIItdln The DdTII
land installed. Fires will burn
lin them and the heat in ali parts of the
barn will be perfectly regulated. This
lis a most important part OF the tobacco
production. While the hurley types or
1.-THE Kentucky tobaccos. are cured in the
Iopen air. the value Of the bright types
grown in Virginia and the CaroIinas
depends largely on the success in cur
Ping . The color is the thing desired. IF
the tobacco is nerfectly cured it takes
lon the golden lemon OF orange color. so
greatly sought after, and mmand a
price on the market sometimes ranging
Eas high as a dollar a pound. Should
lthe curing not be successfully done the
same tobacco would sell for as low as
seven cents q pound.
In this curing barn the tobacco leaves
fashioned into hands will be
led on sticks and placed in the section
where the temperature is regulated for
the proper curing. Experts will watch
Ithe process and remove it at the proper
tune and plac more in the barn to UNI
Idergo the curing process.
The next section to be entered will be
Hong and narrow. The main thing
there sought IS to show how the pro-
duct S handled in warehouses. 4 large
Warehouse will be built: on the floors
iare to be shown hogheads of tobacco
land great piles Of the leaf spread out
fn tempting arrav. On these floors the
Isales will be made. the auctioneers and
buyers going from one pile to another
land Inspecting the various grades. So
lalSO will be shown ruck wagons, and
lthe most approved apparatus for quick
ly handling the raw material. All
laround the sides of the warehouse in
lglass enclosures will be the finished
products of the tobacco graded leaf ex-
Ihibit from every tobacco " state.
At either end of the warehouse will
lbe constructed two large seed beds
>r-, ~-- ~ 10000 h.
led. New rOun is best for this
IgrOund hat has never been broken. In
this rich soil thus prepared the seeds
iare sown and the Youngg plants care
fully tended. They are placed in cold
frames and covered with anvas When
HALL danger from frost is past. and the
young plants are thrifty and have at
ltained the size of young cabbageS
READY for the tra~nsplanting, they are
taken up and set out in the open field
~PTransplanting is absolutely essential to
Iobtain the best results in the cultIVa-
ltion of tobacco
After the warehouses the seed
ling beds are observed the visitor may
lenter the pagoda. In the center will be
built a pyramid with IN OctagOnal base.
This is to be composed entirely of the
various outputs of the tobacco factory,
arranged in an artistic manner. Inside
1.-THE walls of the pagoda, in glass cases
Twill be arranged further exhibits of the
finished product. Pyramids owl
Showing the relative amount of tobacco
produced annually will also be shown In
this tobacco pagOda. Mirrors Will be so
Iingeniously placed in the walls as to
~lcreate the illusion that the pagoda is
many times as large a. it actualIy is
The final section of the great exhibit
lSpace is to be occupied by the 81
makers. On the RICH the Havana Gig
lar makers VIII hold forth. There Will
t1o roo~y Of fbap, o11 fhoy will MAKO
their wares by hand with that dizziness
THAT has made the Havana cigar ia
tmouS wherever civilization has touched
In order to Ia the exhibit realistic
the Cubans will wear their native cos
TUNES. But few of their number will
|be able to speak the English language
However, the exhibit will be in charge
lof an American, and attendants who
lspeak English fuently will explain the
Exhibit to visitors and one may Watcn
, 1.-The HaVana cigar manufacture
their famous cigar; may see them plac-
: led in their original packages and on the
r ipayment Of the stipulated price may
:, lcarry away with him the quantity ne
l~1eSireS.
, No less interesting will be thee exhibit
lof the American cigar in q sim
liarly sized space removed from the
lCubans only by a spacious aisle. here
ly1l be numerous American cigar max
2 l,rs busiIy engaged in the manufacture
I l1f the domestic brands. Not only are
;, 1.-The high grades to be made, but alse
f Ehe cheaper cheroots and the famou
= lstogies from West Virginia and Penn
y sylvania. AS on the Havana side, the
= wares Of the domestic cigar makers VIII
e be furnished while you wait.
: There are wentv states extensively
4 Engaged in tobacco culture, all of which
n have collaborated in making the univer'
v tsal tobacco exhibit the greatest eve
contemplated. Kentucky. leads will
y E14,0 100000 pounds annually. North Car
r lolina comes next with 12l,oVO,o
= pounds: then Virginia with 122,O0O,0 O
: bounds: Ohio with s.. 0O0,O 900 pounds
O Tennessee with $4,000, 900 pounds; Wis
tconsin with A, 900, 900 pounds and so OIL
y down the list.
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