The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-21
400 Years of Tobacco
ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF MIIADY NICOTINE AS SOLACE
FOR WHITE MAN CELEBRATED BY THE WHOLE WORLD

incense. During a part of the seven
tecnth century tobacco was burned
i'll church. together with frankincense.
II 'lrst tobacco on the English stage
was in Ben Johnson's comedy, Every
Man to His Humor." In this play
captain BoAadil appears smoking a
pipe in company with others addicted
tc the same practice and who are
cont"mpt"ously styled in the stage d!-
rections. "a rout Of stinkards."
Bobadil is made to break out into
the following flamboyant praise of his
pipe: Sir. believe me on my rela-
ton for what l tell YOU the world
snail not reprove. l have been in the
Indies where this herb grows and
tlemen more of my knowledge have
received the taste of n other nutri-
Hient in the world for the space of
lime and twenty weeks but the fume
OF this simple only. Therefore, il
: cannot be but it is most divine. T
do hold it and will affirm it before
any prince in Europe to be the most
,reeicus weed that ever the earth
rendered to the use of man."
Strange to say. tobacco smoking was
regarded as bad form in England
ilftv Years ago 1t had lost it's high
standing of the earlier period and was
ned to he the practice of only the
Euisarian. The Bohemians could in
uulsr: put the man of rank and social
stahulng could not. But this tenn
porafH blight has worn away from the
reputation of the tobacco drinker"
n today the highest gentlemen of
the land indulge.
At the present time in all civilized
countries the percentage of non
smokers among grown men is very
low. IN most barbarous lands not
ohiy the men but the women and the
children smoke. When the first teach
ers went into the Philippines they re-.
ported the small islanders as getting
out their pipes 1or a Duff during re-.
cess. ~
The word tobacco" has been OK.
for the word cigar The
Indians called their cigars "tobagos"
n named an island which
ne Iancicd resembled an Indians pine
"~Tobago." AS the first importations
OF the weed into Europe came from
thls place the name was assumed as
that of the weed itself. The real name
IS hard to give. The Carribees called
II "cohiba.' the Indians in what is
no." Virginia designated it as ''uppo-
VOC" McXicans knew it BY the name
plccelt.' in parts Of South America
it was called "yoIi." and the Brazil.
lans called it 'petun."
Sir Walter Raleigh is princina,lv
known to fame through his real oI.
legendary efforts to introduce TO
nacco drinking to the English court.
we all remember the picture in the
reader in which the faithful man
servant douches Sir Walter with a
bucket Of water in the BELIEF that
his master is on fire.
The first mention of the nine of
peace m through one Montmarny.
y hhight of Malta and governor OF
Canada in 1915. who concluded a
commercial! treaty with the native
tribes Of the ~Algonouins. Montagnez.
,,urons ard Chcrokces by taking n
or peace usually is about four or five
iect long. OF light wood. and pro-
fusely ornamented with ribbons. tre.s.
es or w0men's hair, strings Of coral
pcans. and feathers. particularly those
OF the war eagle. The One of the
.rlnes telt themselves bound to orna-
m"nt the calumet in the most hand.
some and effective manner.
From these small beginnings q
Years the tobacco industry has
grown with the use of the plan to
ne n OF the greatest in the world
me United States in 1907 produceI
,il,i21'ooo pounds; Cuba. 81, 505, 900:
sTe sno 92'73o,oOo; santo Domingo.
Brazil, s4,25s.oo6; Hungary ,i%i isS'o;
900: France 40.s1o. 900; Germany ' e.
tG5'noo; Russia. EGG. 25 5000; Turkev
too' "oo, o9o; Java. G7,oSs,Ooo suma.
ira, 47,"G3,000: Japan. 1~O4,575,Oo0.
grand total Of the worlds nro.
AUCTION for tina year was 2.33s, io7.-
In the United States in the same
year 100000 pounds of tobacco
were consumed BY Americana Oar
many smoked. snuffed and chew,d
od'ooo'o pounds. inc Russia 10
U ooo pounds: The per capita on
sumption In the United states was
$40 pounds for each man. woman sn1
enid. Which would mean that The
ivcrage consumption Of the rcal
smokcrs ,'"nld not have beer less than
|" pounds. Germany ana Austri,
chch consumed something more tham
ah!.e pounds per capita. France uses
slS pounds per ralItn: Hungary
49,: INC ,,ni'cd Kingdom, 1875. and