Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-06-24
1876 hhds
1873
The quantity grown in 1910,
Export OF ISL,

Amount of consumption,

Amount of consumption, "',o4o ooo
Mr.. Dodge estimates the consumption at 'o,ooo
ho.lo,ds which lie believes 10 be lar below the guam
THY. , , c, ..,-.c
w,s 4 $40 GiC lbs in l325 l43l0,5o lbs IN SIS, -,
| 40 725 lbs-being increase OF consumption over
The first period Of SIS per cent, and over the iatitf "
| nor cent Owing to the system oil smuggling tobacco
,n,o tie KINGDOM caused by the high duty, the ora'
statements do not afford safe data as 10 thr amount
mpored or consumed but there is no doubt The i"'
taton and sumption would be Ill Pafi gitat
l er If the duty was less
4 rla total i'm poriaon into Great Britain from 1876
/ u 1888. wns ,.l2972 hhds, allowing 100 pounds
for each The total reexpor,aon for the same Per'od
was G5a 3-J hhds and the consumption 39l 3l9 hhds
Tie duty paid upon COL ,797 hhds imported into Eng
land Ireland and Scotland, from $780, c7, Ooo,-
44s equal TO :iG 555 the original cost Of the to-
bocco charged with this enormous amount at cents
the pound, being but $l3,c2 9,'}ol
The average importation into France OF American
tobacco, from leo 10 1910, was 7,3il hlds From
French memorial the commerce aud navigation be-
i tween France and The United States communicated by
4 DE Bacourt the French minister, 10 the Secretary
If the Treasury and submitted to the Committee Of
WAYS and Means in July, ISL, find that the Amer
can tobacco forms iourits of the whole imports oil To-
reqn tobacco into France that, from 1925 1855
has been continual increase III the quantity imported
with the exception of the year 1881 The import IN
i-2S was 952, S5l kogrammes and i'll lcl0 il reached
62lgG27 kilogramines, equal To l4,O6O,dll lbs.
sumntion of American tobacco was far from attaining
i in + rance at the time when that branch OF COM
merce was Free the amount to which il has reached
During the period from SGG to 1910, under the free
regime the average quantity introduced every year
was but 2142 ,l29 kilogrammes, while that average,
from 1876 to 1885, up to 3,2l2,so3 klogrammes;
and that in the ten years between 1880 and lcl0,
reached ,2I9,G27 kilogrammes II must be remarked
besides that the free regime existed during the
French empire when France had mneh more extend
4 md nj IN al
present time However this may be, 1t appears from
memoir presented to Nj. DE Vergennes in I7S', the
value of the consumption was estimated al TIN millions
of vres nearly equal 10 two millions OF dollars, while
in 1896 the supply furnished Tor that year had reached
only TO The value oi $500 900.
.Nanutacturcd TObarco.
In the absence OF any authoritative source in rela
ton TO the quantity of tobacco manufactured in the IT,
States reference may be had TO the table of exports for
the quantity and value therein stated and leave the
consumption of the same by the people OF the u. ).
10 be inferred from the average growth OF number Of
years, and the amount exported, as has already been
observed.
The manufacture of tobacco has increased four fold
since 1890 The quantity exported from lc9 10 $50
shows increase the preceding thirty years Of
I-} per cent From lc2l 10 1890, the export ~,
So ,262 bs valued ut 81 ,oi64l0; from ESQ 10 $40
the export 81, 300 lbs I'm increase Of 5 per
cent, and valued at 50 620,l7l
From ls 10 1910, the quantity of tobacco of foreign
growth imported in manufactured state, amounted To
G3S, So boxes of cigars containing 600 EACH and
lued al S7O0G,7SS snuff 72,c;'o lbs, and crude tobacco
III 1873 lbs valued at sos 6l9. very small quantity
is exported
From review Of the subject as above detailed, the
great inequality between the return made 10 the plan
lers and the amount levied by European Go
vernments upon our staple, ~ very evident. What
would be the effect upon the tobacco interest," if foreign
restrictions removed and free importation allow
ed, is matter abont which diversity of opinions may
be entertained. The capacity to grow tobacco in the
L. s. has been shown An open and free competition,
in the absence of duties abroad, might lead to
such extensive culture TO deprec ate the article,
unless the demand kept pace with the supply.
Here follow tabular statements from to u inclu.
sve, Of which we have room to give only brief alb.
sract:
A. Statement of Tobacco imported and exported an
nually and from England and Scotland during the
period from l16l 10 l175.
The average yearly imports were II 957,139 pounds:
7G79e bids The average yearly exports 73,050, 5iG
lbs; GG,s75 hhds-ayerage yearly consumption, III
oCG 992 lbs 9.r22 hhds Excess of imports ex-
ports l73, Co.., $50 lbs; las. S37 hhds.
T. Showing the quantity Of Tobacco exported from
the United Colonies from i772 to 1852 inclusive To-
D tai pounds exported, 45i, I3,972-consumed
naming hand in Grea, Britain, l9l, 2,3rG lbs
i do in other countries in Europe, 292,:1l oGG lbs.
c. /. Quantity of Tobacco exported fr~T, the United
States from 1857 to 1850, inclusive Total pounds
ported, 2G7. 900 consumed, remaining on hand
e. in Great Britain, 1873, 43l lbsn other countries of
/. Europe, 49,, $50 lbs.
c. = Tobacco, snuff and manufactured Tobacco, ex-
ported from the United States from 1870 To $50, in
elusive and its value since 1902 2o2S 4Ol hogsheads
leaf tobacco average price for eighteen years $50 40
f per hogshead. Total value since lsG2 SOS, 2S2 696
0 Snuff and manufactured Tobacco, l2,0I5 ,3)6 lbs.
d. Number Of pounds weight Of Tobacco imported
into and exported from the United Kingdom from
!. l7s5 1879, inclusive. Imported, ,49l 5G7 ,i2l-Re.
exported, viz raw, Sic, eG2, 744-manuiaciured 80
$ I59 GI-deivered for home consumption, 46',6336-l
1t asserted in Parliament in 1898, that the con-
sumption Of Tobacco in 52 had increased 81 per cent
$ since lsl4.
+. Statement of the number of pounds of Tobacco
charged with duty, and amount of duty paid on the
same, from 1850 10 1888, Is years excepted3 Total
pounds charged with duty, 49, 05 or Col 79 hids
d 81 50 10 Is. Average per year, 1895 hhds Con-
sumption, o,55 hhds Yearly balance 5,s42 hhds:
F. Statement of the tobacco, snuff, and mnnufac-
q tured tobacco exported from the United States an.
J. nrally, from ISL 10 1870 incusve.-ln lS2l, Co..
80 hogshrads-Value, 50 Obs 962-Averuge value
d per hocshead, sd l9-Pounds of snuff, 44,3o2-
Pounds of manufactured tobacco, ,32 949-Value OF
last, Sli3 0c-1o'al value of tobacco trade So,
IS IN ,045 In sl0 ll9,4s4 hhds.Value, 81, sc3,"7-
d Average value per hhd Ssl n5.-Tota in 90 years,
,792,000 hhds-Vaue, $l3l 34G, 5l4-Ayerage value
per hhJs, So 81 Pounds Of manufactured tobacco,
~, lG6 254-of snuff, S477Value of snuff! and ma
, nufaciured tobacco, $500 Isl Total value of to-
bacco trade, 1927 ,G29 lbs. In le4l, l47,7g5 hhds-
/ Value, Sl2173,2l4.
G. Statements showing 10 what countries the larger
portion of tobacco is exported annually, from l52 to
1910, inclusive. England, 52l Gao Value, 500,
l9I4GG-Francc, e3i hlds. Value, $1,000 ,346-
: Holland, 423,7O7 hhds.-Value, $2i 800 ,465-Ger
: many, 373,9ls hhds.-Value, SIe7A, lc6-All other
@ countries, 322, sol hhds.
r II. Statement Of manufactured tobacco imported
into the United States, from $500 10 l-40.-Cigars,
boxes containing 0G0 cach,) G3-, c57-Value, 81
0CG, 7eo-pounds snuff, =, s39-"hrr than snuff and
l. cigars, III 1853 pounds-Vaue, SG3,G9.
Pounds Of ToLaoco gathered IN t0rh State and Territory
in $40, npprars by The tenSas IF $40.
States. Pounds.
Maine 20
New Hampshire 10
: Massachusetts Ga ,955
n Rhode Island 3i7
Connecticut AL ,653
Vermont $50