Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-06-28
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COMMUNICATIONS.
EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENCE-No. 80
EnANkrnRr-nN-TuE-M MAINE

Ia W.
FRANKFoRr-oS-TuE-MMN
April - 1914.
THE TOBACCO TRADE IN EUROPE.
To he Editors of the Richmond EaQaoer:
Dear Sirs Immediately after transmitted
nv last despatch 10 YOU. statement oil Ire 'ooac
co duties and tobacco trade in Europe, made up
al Berlin by Baron Won Rheden, employed IN the
Foreign Office appeared in the PruSSian papers
Ii was doubllessly forwarded 10 The u states by
the last Steamer, bat in order that II may reach
you beyond all question have taken The trouble
m translate il and TO accompany il with some re-
marks. which tlls, will be peculiarly accepta-
hle at time. when all the light that can be shed
uoon our commerce with Germany Is required.
TRANSLATION.
|. In the Austrian empire. excepting HunSa-
ry. Transatlantic and the subordinate collhtrieS,(
the manufactures OF tobacco are monopoly OF
the State This monopoly began IN llinlled
degree, in some OF the provinces as early as The
wear 1870 In l122 the Imperial Exeheqner es-
lablished manufactures OF their own Since
l1Si a particular Reggie for the administration Of
ne Juties on, and manufactures OF, tobacco, has
existed Since 1884, the administration oil The
duties has been separated from the direction OF
the manufactures OF tobacco, and been trans
terred TO the Eychequcr. In ten large manu-
factories are annually manufactured two hun
dred thousand Prussian centners Inc prifale
manuf,ctori.s in Hungary and PENNSYLVANIA
Droh.ce on an average annually aboGt 10000
cen,ners The direction OF The tobacco manuiac-
tories buy the leaftobacco chiefly in Hungary
and. for example, paid in ISL, for leai tobacco,
which had undergone the ilrst iermenla'loh; ana
which was honestly bundled and not picked ou',
$50 that il 81 least contained one-hrdoi first quail
itvN a price Of 5 1860 forns--S2 5o--ior the
n.ti centner Of Vienna, for Debrecziner, Debroer
and Weitzncr leaf tobacco, and 2i-60 HORNS
- i3-ior the nett centner of Vienna, OF lZcSe-
diner Funfklchner and karolycr Leaf tobacco,
{Dehrecziner with Slolrer)
For such tobacco, out OF which the best leaves
have been picked. or in which they are al least
not found in the above mentioned proportion, OF
which is Of a low description Tor The melt ceninef
of Vienna 1850 horins So lis paid ior DE.
brccziner Weinner and Debroer leaf tobacco, ana
a 24-60 ilorins--Sl 93-tor TZeSediner, rum
kirchner, and karolyer leaf tobacco.
In the year 1888, the Direction of the tobacco
manufactures bought in Hungary about lso,tioo
ccn,ners of Leaf tobacco and besides lheFc was
imported on an average OF the years 1881 10 i>io
about 900 centncrs leaf tobacco from foreign
countries. among which was abou, 2i,oOo cent
ners from Tie United States. The 0rcJ0ge r@tte
of the imported leaf tobacco was .l3l lu3 Horns,
of the exported 429,l37 forins. The lmpo!t oll-
" for The cen:ner OF the Iollvercln iS9 lhtf. -
syr
, Grcal Britain end Icl,;nd, from the year
1871 10 1871, annually paid duty on 1900 900 10
5000 600 lbs. OF Leaf tobacco, and besides, there
was imported BY smuggling (accordinS TO stale
ment OF the American Chamber OF Commerce Al
LIVERPOOL which statement has not been reiuled)
3OOO0000 lbs Among this quantity was 81
600 900 to $4,000 600 lbs. from the United States.
The duty on leaf tobacco is 81 SCR per To-. and
on manufactured tobacco this y SCR per H.;
the smuggers sell their tobacco at "a 10 % SCR
rerlb.-conseouently, some SCR. cheaper than the
duty on leaf tobacco. The amount OF duty on
tobacco is about 3. 500 600 thaers.
3. Ffance-he chief items taken from the Re
view of the two worlds" The manufacturing of
tobacco was, in 1910, declared by an imperial de-
cree a prerogative of the Crown. Since that
time, the State is the sole manufacturer and seller
of the tobacco which is legally consumed in
France. The sale Of tobacco has, since 1910, in
creased from 40 to 100 millions pounds, and The
treasury derived from it in 1873 net revenue OF
almost 100000 francs The Reggie gets The
tobacco partly from foreign countries paricu-
larly irom the United States, and from Hun
gary. and partly from the six privileged depart
ments where only the cultivation of Tobac-
70 is permitted, and even there cultivation is
suffered only to small number OF land own
ers and for fixed quantity OF ground. These
departments are, the department OF the North, OF
lie Lower Rhine des Pas de Gala, OF the Lot, OF
the Lot and Garonne, and of the He and Viane.
The tobacco cultva,ors in France are obliged 10
deliver 10 the officers ofthe Reggie the whole amount
of their crop, and al price which the Regie ny
cs. The leaves which are declared MOI III lor
use, are burned. 1t is supposed that the cuiliva-
Tor of tobacco gains on every hectarc oil land on
an average $50 to go francs more profit than
The cultivation of grain would give him. The
lof,b o; n1o tnbacco which The RpUIe
nrtactures, is estimated al 100000 kilosrammcs,
which costs 666300O francs. The Reggie buys
also 900 900 xii. European tobacco al 330u,UoJ
francs; O. 100000 xii. American tobacco (whcrc-
of about 5000 900 xii. of the United Sta'c>.) at
100000 francs, and 900 xii. Havana Ci-
CARS at 3.li0,000 francs. Adding to this about
$50, 900 Kill tobacco annually coniisca,ed, the
Reaie brings into market % million three hundred
thousand Kill of tobacco, the purchase OF winch
costs 23,900000 francs. The number OF cult
yarors of tobacco in France, amounts 10 2o0l2,
of whom more than one-tourth live in the De
partmenl Of the Lower Rhine S779 hectares oil
land are used for the cultivation OF tobacco; and
produce on an average annually IL 10 10 millions
xii. of tobacco. The royal tobacco manuiacto-
ries employ 1858 laborers. The population oil
33973.4l2 souls, in the year 1913, consumed IN IN
France 6.60S,G7f xii. of snuff, ana io,il1ol3
kl. of smoking tobacco. This makes per heao
lJl grdnnleS Oh Suuil, d!lu 40 -i"iiA'A
king tobacco-proyins the great increase Of 'ooac-
90 consumption in this country. In France
there are only 10 manufactures OF tobacco, VIZ:
at Paris Strassburs, Lille, Havre, MoriaN'
Bordeaux, Jonncins. Toulouse, Lyons ana Mar
settles Each OF these manufacturers sell 10 GER
tain departments, and not beyond them. The 70
bacco is by the manufactures distributed 10 l'ie
magazines, of which there are 3oI, and from
thence it is sold TO the retail dealer OF Which
there are nearly 10000, and which must have a
license, and are subject 10 the continual control OF
the officers ofthe Reggie The State makes on the To-
bacco that is sold, profit Of All per cent, on an
average, and the retail dealers III to IL per cent
The annual gain of the retail dealers IS, on IN, an
average 480 francs From the enormous difler-
ence between the value and price OF tobacco IN
France. particular regulations against smuggling
have become necessary. It appears that the keSle
found the most effective means against smuggling,
in selling on the most exposed frontiers an inie-
r;or description Of tobacco, at a price which pro
n nor NAV be called low. The depart
tpnants which border on Switzerland, Germany
nnd Belrium. are divided into certain zones.
where the tobacco is sold one-thlra; one :: an,
,hree.fo,r,hs nay fourlifths cheaper, than IN the
interior Of The country The lowest prices are
on on the very frontier where the k,iogram I'm OF
the "Tabac canine" is sold at frs. ou-lo9 j.:
rhis price increases in proportion OF .ne ai :,
lance from the frontier, 10 the norman ply. =,
q francs. which is current IN inc grea'ss ;oI