for the smoker. In the large factories the pro- 

 cesses are under strict hygienic conditions, 

 which is not usually the case in the small work- 

 shops where the hand-made goods are prepared. 

 The various machines used in the manufactur- 

 ing processes are highly complicated and a 

 detailed description of them would be too tech- 

 nical for these pages. 



The paper used for wrapping cigarettes has 

 frequently been the subject of most unwar- 

 ranted attacks and the most absurd statements 

 have been made regarding it. Investigation and 

 analysis of the paper used in the very cheapest 

 grades of cigarettes by competent authorities 

 have failed to find anything deleterious to 

 health. The paper used for this purpose is 

 made principally in France. It is of the kind 

 known as rice paper although it has no connec- 

 tion whatever with rice. It is a vegetable sub- 

 stance being made usually from the membranes 

 of the bread fruit tree or else from fine trim- 

 mings of flax and hemp. The materials are 

 thoroughly washed and treated with lime and 

 soda before and after pulping. Careful analysis 

 are made to see that nothing is left that might 

 be harmful and the manufacturers use the great- 

 est care and judgment to see that their product 

 is as pure and perfect as possible as it is their 

 interest that it should be so. The paper is ex- 



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