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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