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Show Tobacco for the Bailor Man. Uncle Snm admits that the most Important Im-portant thing In the Ufa of his sailor men Is thetr tobacco. All otbr supplies sup-plies are bought, as Undo Sam thinks they ought to be bought, and the low-tat low-tat bidder under the specifications gets tho contract. But tho sailor men choose their own plug tobacco, and that's what is bought, nud by the ton, and put In the commissary for thorn. Tho board of officers sitting on tho Job take all tho plugs thnt manufacturer! submit to them, cut thorn up Into bits, distribute- them around nmong the men and then tako n vote on It by getting all the opinions proporly classified. clas-sified. Then tho sailor men can't kick about tho tobacco becauso they did It themselves. New Y-ork Press. |