Weekly national intelligencer., 1853-03-26

SAGE, IIahcuo Sohptog Pnieo Va h"iAeADS
Guienne and Burgundy The cultivation never i'm
portant however, except in the three first named These
provinces most of them did not form part Of the French
monarchy till after tobacco had become considerable
article Of agriculture and commerce. and the culture and
manufacture had the date of the annexation, made
such progress that in the treaties by which Flanders
Asace Franche Compile, and Artois Incorporated
into the French monarchy special clauses provided Tor
the continued free culture and manufacture. Those uea-
ties respected by the French monarchs and In all
the subsequent contracts with the farmers general for
the manufacture and sale Of tobacco the privileges OF
these provinces reserved. In Germany and Swift
zerland the culture Of tobacco also confined within
very narrow limits up to the of the pre-
sent century In 1871 the Palanate and Nuremberg in
Germany and certain parts OF the canons of Berne FRI
burg and Vaud in Switzerland were the only districts
in which the culture known. Nuremberg produced
annually about $780, 900 pounds Switzerland about66000
pounds and the Palatnate at the most not exceeding
1910 000lbs ayordupos per annnm very small portion
only of the tobacco of the Palatnate manufactured
in the country for domestic consumption Nearly the
whole Of it carried for manufacture to the large
Establishments of Cologne Frankfort and Oenbaeh which,
with the manufactures of Holland Dunkrk and Alsace
supplied the demands OF in the seven circles
of Germany and Switzerland The tobacco produced in
Switzerland and Nuremberg manufactured and
sumed in those countries Such the state of things
in Germany till the Of republican France inter-
rupted the relations of France with eastern Europe The
first quality snus were furnished by the French factories
of Dunkirk where the manufacture with the culture
continued unshackled-Dunkirk being included in the
annexed province Of Flanders Dutch snufs were
sidersd forming the second quality and the produc-
tions Of the manufactures of Cologne Frankfort and
Ofenbach the third Common snuffs were sold by the
French manufacturers of Strasbourg sace at So francs
the quintal, pods de marc,) which is equivalent to
410 cents per pound ayordupos As for the smoking
tobacco used in Germany during the last century, two
thirds of it was supplied by the manufacturers of Am
sterdam and the other third by those Of Hamburg and
Hesse This pipe tobacco was manufactured from i'm
porfad Variu MARYLAND VIRGINIA nd loo
tobacco was hardly used except for the inferior
qualities of smoking tobacco These qualities were
manufactured almost exclusively at Srasbourg and sold
to the lower classes in Germany and for general
Switzerland and the Tyrol at about 1-IO cents per
pound. Snuffs Of the second and third qualities were
manufactured from Virginia leaves, mixed In various
proportions with those of Amersort Holland and Bel
GUM The factories Of Dunkrk nsed the Flemish tobacco
also Snufs for the lower classes manufactured
from tobacco of Alsace and the Palatnate
In France, prior to 1791 it in Alsace Flanders
and Artos that the culture Of tobacco assumed the
Agricultural and commercial Importance In the former
province the culture centered in the districts about
the cities of Srasbourg and Schelestadt where it
pied aggregate Of about $500 acres and produced
annually about 5000 quintals poids de marc) equva
lent to $500, 800 pounds ayoirdupois OF the annual
crops 700 IL 100 quintas purchased by
the French farmers general for the consumption of
France, for which they paid from So to 4 per quin
tai About 5000 qunals annually exported leaf
tobacco and the balance 900 "a 900 quintas
was manufactured at Strasbourg small portion of
the manufactures Of Srasbous suced for the demands
OF consumption in Provence and Franche Compte; the
rest exported into Germany Switzerland the Tyro
and even into Italy The manufactured tobaccos of
strasbourg also supplied notable contraband trade with
England and Spain The aggregate gross profits of the
tobacco growers and manufacturers in Asace at this
period prior to 1791) about S940, 900 per OF
this the share Of the planters nett profits after deductg
the expenses of cultivation about $l79,500 and
that of the manufacturers, nett profits after deductng
the cost Of the raw tobacco $S per quinta the
penses of manufacture and interest the capital
ployed was 1896, 800.
The tobacco produced in the province of Flanders lin.
Guiding the Cambreses and HaiHault superior qua
ty to that of Asace but the profits of the culture
less considerable per hectar OF the Importance of the
tobacco crops Of this province quantity idea
be formed from the figures Of the following table, showing
the amount of the crops in the single arondssement of
Lille for period Of eighteen years. from 1878 to 1870 in
elusive