{"product_id":"the-rj-reynolds-tobacco-company","title":"The R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this corporate history of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company  Nannie M. Tilley recounts the story of Richard Joshua Reynolds and the vast R. J. Reynolds tobacco complex with precision and drama.  Reynoldss rise in the tobacco industry began in 1891 when he introduced saccharin as an ingredient in chewing tobacco. Forced into James B. Dukes American Tobacco Company in 1899  the Reynolds company became the agency for consolidating the flat plug industry. In 1907  as the government began its antitrust suit against Duke  Reynolds himself bucked the trust and introduced another bestseller: Prince Albert smoking tobacco. The government won its suit in 1911; Dukes Tobacco Combination was dissolved  and Reynolds  left with a free and independent company  a much larger plant  and improved machinery  immediately began an expansion program.  In 1913 Reynolds introduced Camels  a blend of Burley and flue-cured tobacco with some Turkish leaf. Perhaps the best-known cigarette ever produced  Camels swept the market and generally led the way until the development of filter-tipped cigarettes in the 1950s.  Other important Reynolds advances include the systematic purchase and storage of leaf tobacco  the development of a stemming machine  the adoption of cellophane for wrapping cigarettes  and the production of cigarette paper. For its employees  the company established a medical department  introduced lunch rooms and day nurseries  and installed group life insurance. Perhaps more important than any of these items was the development of reconstituted leaf  a method of combining scrap tobacco and stems into a fine elastic leaf entirely suitable for use in any tobacco product. This achievement represented a savings of 25 percent in the cost of leaf and was followed by the development of the filter-tipped Winstons and Salems.  The R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company includes absorbing accounts of the companys steady technological progress  its labor problems and advances  and its influential role in North Carolina and in the industry through 1962.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44966773194805,"sku":"ByrdShop_0807816426","price":152.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780807816424.jpg?v=1770579532","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-rj-reynolds-tobacco-company","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}