The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-07-20
TIN FOIL AND
ITS MANY USES
An Indisren ,ible Adj nct to
the Tobacco In
dustry.
Is ROLLED, NOT BEATEN
Used TO Be Prepared as Gold Leaf,
bus American Machinery
Has Changed That
Method.
Is ROLLED, NOT BEATEN

New York Sun: II used 20 be that
tin foil was beaten out. as gold leaf has
always been and Is today: but about
fifty years ago an American invented
q machine FOR rolling out tin foil that
reyolutionized the tin foil Industry.
The beaten-out tin foil had been
made and used for very many years for
wrapping up various things which IL
was desired TO preserve In their origin
nj condition. The new process or man
ufacturc. by materially reducing the
cost or its production. widely extended
the use OF tin foil for these purposes OF
utility.
A little later the American who In
vented the tin foil rolling machine In
vented machine for cmbossing tin
foil, by means OF which any desired
design or pattern could be used. and
processes were devised for coloring tho
surface OF tin foil I'm any desired color.
80 that there came To- be produced tin
Tolls that were covered all over with
delicately embossed flowers and vines
ana stars and diamonds and stripes
AID SO on In "A great variety OF patterns
ana designs. and foil embossed In
Imitation OF silk and other fabrics. and
these prcttily embossed fols were coll
ored In many different delicate and
on one side and another color on the
other.
Embossed FoiIs.
The embossed foils were made also
with gold and with silver surfaces, az
were likewise toils smooth surfaced. In
short, tin foils had now come TO be n
thing OF beauty as well az utility. One
who had never seen any but the plain
smooth tin foil could have but little
notion. In fact. OF the beauty In which
tin foil Is now produced.
And with tin foil produced In such
forms IL came To be used not only for
purposes or utility. but for various uses
In which IL would add 10 the attract-
iveness OF the goods around which 10
was wrapped. The thlnnest OF the
colored and ornamental foils are called
tissue foils. and they are scarcely IL
any thicker than tissue paper. Tin foils
are rolled In an almost endless variety
or thicknesses. foils ranging from 1000
square Inches to 1900 square inches
being made from one pound OF metal.
Beside being used I'm the wrapping OF
various sorts OF products sold I'm pack
heads OF some. IL Is used for wrapping
around bottle necks and over the
heads OF come. IL In used for wrapping
chocolate and checscs and candy and
chewing gum and for cigars and
tobacco.
- an STORY or now Tin Toll
helped TO make one mans fortune, that
or man well known In his day and
stu well remembered. a tobacconIst
and tobacco manufacturer. As this
story runs, Gen. Scott. just then about
10 depart TO take command OF the
United States troops engaged I'm the
war with Mexico. came to this tobac-
conist and asked IL there were not
some way I'm which tobacco could be
put up for him so that IL would not dry
out and detcriorate In the country 10
which he was going.
Tobacco in Foil.
The tobacco man hit upon the plan
or wrapping the generals tobacco I'm
tin foil wrappers. This plan worked
beautifully. and there sprung up for
tobacco wrapped in tin foil n great de-
mand. which the tobacco man was
prompt TO supply. A felicitious and
attractive name long familiar. helped
TO increase the demand for IL. and a
fortune followed.
Chandeliers are wrapped up in tin
foil. I'm fact there Is a special foil I'm
long strips made for this use. Soap is
wrapped In tin foil. Violet colored and
prettily embossed tin foil is used for
wrapping up the stems OF punches OF
violets, and tin foil OF various sorts ia
wrapped around the stems OF bouquets
OF other flowers. Tin foil finds orna-
mental uses at Christmas time.
A sort OF tin foil which. however. Is
not called foil. but cap metal. is ex-
tensively used In the manufacture OF
bottle caps, OF which there are now
used I'm this country alone hundreds OF
millions annually. such caps being now
put on many bottled products 10 give
handsome finish 10 the package, IN
keeping with the general Improvement
now prevailing In putting up all such
packages. Bottle caps. which are OF
ancient use, were once all spun by
hand: and In fact. the finest and heav-
lest bottle caps are still made I'm the
same manner. but the very great ma
jority OF the enormously greater num-
Der OF bottle caps now used are ma
chine made.