The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-21
Advertiser Bureau,
 1925, G. St, N. w.

 are about to be permitted the coveted opportunity of sampling a lot of to- | bacco for chewing and splitting pur- poses" makes apropos an old story the "jackies." Samples of chewing to- | bacco were handed around on certain ship at anchor among those who were were chaw." An old Irish sergeant of ma rines showed disposition to demand more than his allotment of supply. hay ing consumed a great deal of the weed. An officer remonstrated, saying 1t was about time the sergeant was delivering his opinion as to the quality or the tobacco.
 With a grieved tone, the old sergeant said, as he spat out large exhausted quid:
 De yez think I would risk me rippi- tashin wid wan chaw? Not be no means"
 Just now the office of the supply clerk of the Navy Department in Wash ington looks quite like tobacconists shop, which is due to the fact that and men of Uncle sam's fighting ships. Every bidder is required to sumpit a sample of each class of tobacco lnciuo- ed in. his bid. The successful bidder like. amount This tobacco consists or plug cut' and can be used for either chewing or smoking. The contract will be let not necessarily to the lowest
  lowest price the grade best suited TOT the purposes. The present contract for tobacco was secured on a pasls or 70 cents a pound.
 Twenty-nine bids have been made by nine different manufacturers or topac- co as follows:
 VI Butler M .. < Hossher Co., ,s Ri1hmone, eae9s e. Loriliard & O., Jersey City; N; j.. 31 1-2, 30 1-2; Lupfert. Scales Co.,. Win ston-Salem, N C.. 40 1.2; Larus Eros. co Ricsmond' Ta' aS $S' York 70; tl' N Ma9 Y S5 1-2, 37, 3S. ss; R.. A: Patterson To bacco Co, Richmond, Va, 36. 3s. 40, fl 1-2; Fucker & Whitten, Richmond Va, Ss., ss, 40, Al; Wright-caeessar roats Io-
 The successful bidder will not De known for about three weeks, ana the method by which the result is to De little story of the marines sergeant: The samples supplied by the bidder have the factory labels removed, secret Identification marks known only to the chief of the supply division being sub- stituted. One sample of each of the tobaccos thus marked is sent to chemist for analysis and goodly sup ply of the tobacco travellng incoB IS sent to the commandant Of the Brook, lyn navy yard who will appoint board of five officers whose duty 1t will be 10 determine which of the tooaccos come nearest to meeting the reqnireme1nts.
 
 chew. so that 1t will be an easy task to give the weed a thorough test. Tn addition to the judgment of the tooac- co-chewing officers the % oPlhiom cnns'dera 1d yae tion and samples furnished by the bid ders will be distributed among the ordinary sailors.
 Final results are reached by the pro cess of elimination, until the selection of the chewers dwindles down to two or three samples which are bound to be favorites. As soon as the result IS sent to Washington these unknown favorites are taken up with regard to the way they have stood the chemical test and the contract is awarded. Tn this way it may happen that the ioWest bidder often Is not in the running when 1t comes to making choice. Tor the combined judgment of a number Of men has been required to determine the successful bidder.
 bacco was supplied to the sailors as a portion of his daily ration, but that was abolished forty years ago: ln- article free, the government now in. sists upon the best. and then sells It to the satlor at the contract price, plus a very small per centage to cover tne that every man of the navy smokes and chews when he gets 1t from the naval stores. On board ship and at can teens, however. all the well kpown fancy brands of smoking and chewing tobacco can be purchased by officer and sailor alike. provided only he has the price. Uncle Sam exercises every care to provide his sailors with the pest ana the specifications provide that the to- bacco shall be manufactured from pure leaf tobacco of the growth of the cur contract is made and which shall have undergone a natural sweat. Deliveries are made at the New York navy yard fifty thousand pounds at a time.