The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-03-28


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Nnabe, made " P S5S:IISSs 1850
4" WellSburg. ..,...... l'S by "
other points ...,'.' o'O,OO
Total. Observation-Disclosures =.
This Is an increase Of about five mil
lions over the number made In 1870
In the manufacture Of these cigars 074
400 pounds of leaf tobacco were cor
mmed, Of which 100000 pounds wer
used in this city alone, This gives a
average Of nearly eighteen pounds oil lea
TO the thousand cigars, which, we ar
informed by the revenue officers, Is a yer!
fair average for the variety Of cigar
made. 1t Is thought about lOur.itths o
all the cigars made in the district ar
ostogics," which require, on an average
about sixteen pounds Of leaf to the thou
sand. The remaining onc.Gflh are OF {
finer grade than the common stogie, re
Quirlng, on an average, from twenty tC
twenty-five pounds to the thousand. In
this city the proportion Of stogieS, to the
whole number made in the city, is per-
hsps somewhat greater; probably about
six.sevenths. AS the manufacturers are
not required, in their returns to the Gov.
eminent officers, to specify the number Of
each grade Of cigars made by them, these
proportions can only be estimated.
The largest manufacturers are in this
city. The greatest number made at one
factory during the year was 100000.
the next greatest number $780,.
900, and the next 100000. We
use only round numbers, emitting
the odd thousands. The numbers made
at each factory in the district run from
these figures down to less than 10000, in
cases where the factories were in opera.
ton but q small part Of the year. The
greatest number made at any one factory
outside Of this city was l,2l4,OOO, a facto.
Yin Wcllsburg making that number.
The quantity of leafper thousand cigars
used by each Of the various manufacturers
runs from fourteen to thirty.two pounds.
As to this latter quantity, it is thought
either to be an error in the report of the
manufacturer as to the quantity Of leaf
consumed by him, or that he made more
cigars than he reported. 1t is the rule
with the officers TO require that the mum
Der of cigars to be properly accounted for
shall bear fair proportion. to the leaf used
in their manufacture, having reference to
the grade and size Of the cigars made by
him and the character of the leaf used.
There were in operation for some por.
lion OF the time during the year seventy
factories, the most of them the whole
year. These factories employed during
The year orwhilcin operation about $50
lOurneymcn cigar makers and about 100
pcrSOns-mostly children-in stripping
tue stem from the leaf to prepare it Tor
tue hands oil the cigar maker. Probably
about twO'thirds Of the manufacturers
work at the business themselves, giving
about four hundred persons actually labor.
ing In the business Of cigar making, or in.
Guiding shippers or stemmers, 500 per.
sons. This branch Of business In this city
alone affords employment to- about 27C
men making cigars, and rs persons as
sIemmep. Anaverage days work, lor'a
stogie cigar maker is from 600 to 700 ci.
gars-SaY $50. Therefore, the whole num-
Der Of cigars made in the district would
Afford employment for 100 cigar makers
Tor every working day in the year. The
number made in this city would employ
nearly lao persons, besides the children
mentioned en- every working day in the year.
The government tax on all grades Of
cigss is five dollars per Thousand, and
spaid by attlxing to the packages when
soId' tax'paid stamps purchased from the
Collector Of the district Such stamps
wei were sold during the year for S1,1SS,.
WV cigars, yielding tax amounting 10
tlS,GSO 80. Themanuiacturers in this
city purchased stamps for 27,106,5OO
cigars, thus paying a tax thereon OF
NS,O7 80. The greatest number Of eli.
San sold during the year by.one manu-.
Ia Gc'ureF was 2I4l8,OOO-tax, $l9,OO5 90.
The next greatest number was . ,SO1 600
Lax, $ls,5O5 90, and the next 3 100000
-ax, $ll@ 90, All these sales were
msdeby Wheeling manufacturers.
Another source of revenue from this
branch Of industry Is the scraps and clip.
pings arising from the manufacture of
ssaS. These are largely used for smok-
ing tobacco When sold for that purpose
lucy are required to be put up in packa.
KS not exceeding one pound in weight,
ana arc required to pay a tax OF sixteen
vea's per pound. More than $4,000
POUNDS OF these scraps were sold
% ,S, @e manufacturers of this city during
,sn' yielding tax of more than sBBS0,
Nearly 0S mn ,>o,,,, ., 10 ~,