Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1911 — Tobacco for the Sailor Man. [ARTICLE]

Tobacco for the Sailor Man.

Uncle Sam admits that the most Important thing in the life of hfs sailor men Is their tobacco. All other supplies are bought, as Uncle Sam thinks they ought to be bought, and the lowest bidder under the specifications gets the contract. But the sailor men choose their own plug tobacco, and that's what Is bought, and by the ton, and put in the commissary for them. The board of officers sitting on the Job take all the plugs that manufacturers Hubmlt to them, cut them up into bits, distribute them around among the men and then take a vote on It by getting all the opinions properly classified. Then the sailor men can't Mck about the tobacco because they dkl It themselves.—New York Press.