Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-11-26
Tobacco aud Cigars.

The rapid increase In the annual
consumption of tobacco IL having a
marked and favorable effect upon the
tobacco trade of this market. New
York alone consumes 800, ,OiO, 900 ci-
gars yearly, besides the immense
amount of tobacco in other forms,
including S,200,000 pounds of chew
ing and smoking tobacco, and 1900
pounds of snuff Tobacco is cultiva.
ted rs field crop in seventeens States
in the Union, and in almost all the
Others in a small way. Kentucky is
the largest producer, having raised
i'm 1869, 5000 hhds., and has increas-
cd the product this year, 1t IL estima-
ted, to over $4,000 hhds. Virginia
comes next in order, with about 50, :
600 hhds and Missouri with from
5000, 10 10000 hhds. The other to-
bacco growing States, except Con-
necticut, consumes nearly all that is
raised within their borders. Some
idea Of the extent of this business in
this city can be formed by present.
ing the annual amount of leaf-tobac-
GO consumed by one house alone
Thirty thousand acres of land are
required TO grow the leaf, over 6,00O
persons to raise II, and nearly 1000
shape.
Before the late war no plug tobacco
was manufactured in this vicinity,
but when we were cut Oft from the
supply three factories were started In
this city and Brooklyn, which man
ufacture a very large amount yearly,
and are doing u profitable business,
making of one variety called "black
plug,n rs much rs the whole State OF
Virginia, which formerly sent us all
the plug tobacco used in this market,
of all varieties, but now sends only
the variety known as natural leaf,
add large quantities of gianulated
tobacco for smoking. The manuf,c-
ture of this variety requires very
large amount ol capital, and Is, con-
sequently, confined to very few fac
tories. Snuff is also very expensive
to make, and the processes for its man
ulacture are long and tedious, from
nine months to six years being re.
quired, according TO the quality and
flavor Of the article produced. One
firm In this city have now on hand,
in stock, snuff over thirty years old
TO make good snuffis secret known
to very few, and requires peculiar
kind OF stock for its manufacture
The business Is a very large one, how
ever, and one concern has shipped as
many as 500 barrels at single ship.
ment, to the South. The manufac.
ture of cigars is the most important
branch OF the tobacco business. and
it is estimated that 1000 persons are
employed in this branch alone, turn.
ing out about 0Si, $50, 900 cigars fol
the year ending Juno 80, 1870 o
which New York made the largest
quantity, 2Sl, $4,000, and Virgins
the smallest, 1901, 900, these being the
amounts on which the revenue tax
was paid.
There Is a large amount of SNUG.
gled cigars sold in this market, the
estimate being set M high as one
tenth of all that are used in the city
of New York. Havana cigars com.
mand the highest prices In the mark
ct, and are imported very largely, the
imports into this port last year having
been 81 ,62l ,609, and they will be fully
as large this year; but very many o
the domesticcigars, after having beer
doctorcd with preparation called
Havana favor, are sold as imported
and very good Judges are deceived by
them. The imports of tobacco las
year amounted to 81, ,059, and Tho
exports to S2l 400, $50, which will b,
considerably less on account of tn,
continental war. Cigars are now
made by machinery, which make 1
very fair article, but not equal to tn,
hand made. A man can make from
$50 to 400 cigars n day by hand, anC
three girls with machine can max,
from | 1900 to 1000. y. Bulletin