The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-05-19
OF SNUFF
HABIT ALARMING
Increase ia Number OF Usecs 81
the Brown Poweier T.
Growing Steadily
IN SoUTA
More Taao 100000 pounds Of u,
Staff Is Consumed ia Ansrioa
EACH Northumberland
OF Tobacco.

Cticlgo |1riuune; IL costs t!t. grsat
A'neslcan pubic something l.kr
000, oUo annually TO square it's ami
bsll. More Man lh,o0o,op pounas VI
this Atticle are consumed each yett q
This country. And we gre not %l.tsfA.
nent rs a race OF slluil users. either
The figures are taken from die i1-
1erAal revenue reports. 50 they cannot
we'll lie. TAXES ace paid MHluallN on
lb.oOo,o0o pounds Of snuif in this coUsl-
Try. NJ the average price of IL cents,
u pound. which is II low estimate. tie.
nations snuff bill Will foot up To NOR.
than $1.o00.oo0. Md The custom of
snuff using is steadily growing, smut
ing is becoming popular.
Contrary to general opinion, sulitt
using is not confined to, or even ak
c~eptionallN prevalent among the for
eisn element. According TO one man
who has mad snuff in Chicago for half
ii lifetime. it is the native born Amer
lean of the southern states Who buys
most of the snuff sold in this country.
The foreign born snuff user is NOT so
numerous. nor does his Weakness for
the stimulant cost him so much rs i.
does the southerner of the Larger
Consumption in the South.
The great bulk OF the SNUFF manufac-
turing, as we'll as consuming, is dorls
in the south. AS the snuff is made al
most exclusively from the leaf grown
In that section, il is a matter of econ
omy To have the factories there. Tie
snuff made in his country is manufae-
lured principally from Virginia, Tem-
nessee or Kentucky tobacco. The best
is made from the product of the T'e,l-
nessee or Kentucky tobacco fields. The
quality of the tobacco compares favor-
ably with that put in the best plug to-
baccos. The leaf used is particularly
l1nN .S IlIlIinn tone Will G,,,i1 e. rt,,.
making.
Aside from the actual tobacco, the
other Ingredients used in the COMPOSE
tion of snuff are OF u much higher
grade than those used in help making
plug tobacco. The prices of the two
rose ~gelanttlnl, claret and honey are
used to give flavor and ron TO the
product generally, with %talnarimds and
ST. johns bread ground in If it is To
have a fruit flavor.
The first process in snuff manufacture
rs the grinding or pulverizing- o.
~caSionally Il manufacturer %ferlneuts his
leaf before grinding, but the accepted
method is to first grind, then fer,nent.
n grinding is done mostly in what
is termed snuff mulls." These mulls
are apothecary mortars on a large
scale. with power run millstomes Tor
pestles. The capacity of alnull is about
$50 pounds of leaf tobacco. The tobacco
is sround into three grades-fne. med
ium and coarse. The finest is used
for the manufacture of the higher
of smut, and Scotch and Macca-
boy rands
Fermentation.
IRON the grinding room the leaf goes
10 the f~armonting rooms. where ii is
subjected to fermentation at from 80
TO 40 degrees of temperature, accord
70 the degree of fermentation de-
sired. The fermentation takes from
twenty days to three months. In this
process the COMMON ground tobacco Isl
transformed, through the process OF
fermentation, to Il compact. cohesive
mass more akin to ~lalupblack than to-
baCco i'll any form. When ii is ready
Tor the mixer the stuff is taken FROM
the ternenting room and the other in
gradients, the faVors and perfumery
properties are knealed in.
occasional!y a little salt is added 20
give the snuff more zest and Taste.
Then 1T is packed i'm jars, uins or pack
ages and is ready fo. shipment. SNUFF
is still packed, for the most part. IN
stone Jars, as ii has been from time
lmmenorial. No modern method has
been found for packing it that Will nj
low 1t to retain its GOODNESS and nois-
as we'll as does the old Fashioned
stone lar.
The work of making the snuff is near
~ wholly in the hands of men. Girls
are employed TO do the packing.