, 1881-01-05
TOBACCO IN FRANCE.

TORACt,O IN FRANCE.
Tho NIonopoly r:stnt,ltsY,cd Nv tho F1rat
NapolcoM-Ciaara, su,.T, Smoking Toe
f,acco, mid Gtgnrctx 7En%le and sold
ExclithiveiY by iise taovernn,cnt,
Nf,' l"rk 7f.fts.
WAsliiSaToS,d dah. Ill was III lslo thnt
ulo FHst NaEolenn' al!cr hnvlhg h!aua
t"orous" ''fcstlent!o" III the topncco ia''0s"
Try III fFahce, look iFoM luz l'eolle the hnn-
l1'aclnro ot t'to pant. anu p'acea III lie
hnt'tls of inc Government lie tobacco monop@
oily wll'ctt l!as existed unit! this day. II Is
sait! TINT the profits Of the tocaeeo trade
a rrn,vt In II ri,o, NJ t,o 1,o,,n,, ~ INA rni,s
h"a' ~. u. kNe "' .io "..so y. w." . ."
efHs II! tln't Sehr' Aahui.e t!'nSe WHO Wcie
gsse. was s w"n eos .n' ,'Sas H. VERY costly
nthcr ,,rrrfnms stnnos, tr'he Eunnnrnr nskr,I
for IN ,,,,,., ~ III. ,,,,s,,,n" a,,,, ,,,ns
~, ~, t.s ""ne :" s',s Mu.."''' a'' M"s
toM tnat s,'o w"s tho wlie s' OF tooac. nc.
Emperor Ind decided TINT tobacco should
a.. III S'pp"!tsng ny R'ea. at'a'es, al'u .'aa
r,t !a. os"f ~ tne , Wmote . fna'ss' , eseea e"
OF Ills Government Which was equivalent to
mr. 1,urcnu ~ fntnrnut Rnvruur. In this
way was cstohl,sl,c,l n mn,,nuoly which l,as
WY "a' ~, ssoa'su ~. '"ropols WIZ" a. IN t,'s
000,000.
American cutttvntor,. manufacturers. ana
consu,uers nf tol,ocrn cnrrot fnil IN Lc III.
tar"e,n,, H., ,"sns,,,,,,,, - IT,, .,,n,,,,nr t.,
which tho French Government manufactures
tic leaves grown au,,er its supervision nt
Go,,n or hnnrht IL, ia aenntx abroad mn,
sclls snufY. rirars. AMI smohlnp tol,arco IN
citizens WHO have 10 more right to nuke
md deal In these articles than they hnyc to
nrint Treasury t,otes from col,ntcrfelt
rn'e, tMa u p"s s.o' ~ talen.at @ " ~, A'nomg nta.g
,,,r,"a3 shu as,s3 IT., nH,,, tU 10 .i .e o Htse
,,,.,p.i .. nMr ,j,t, 1Jjs.'s al! Euias
tart HcnnsSo VIZ tt,s "i ,vt,in, ny ns1,tsi,s i,a
& ~ Gnn s,,1. eA'. III, u H., a,s ,ra S
!tct' rIoiM tils lepnIe nlc laken tilo hRntes ,e
tnet "G ,'in,, to ., o
n,,, r tse,,, Ts sn 81 3ss ,a, aea p Ian ~" i,
s, by I 1ese ta taS p%TiGmso o. & !oaeso y @ IN
soi. ~ ,Mtn, @ n ~ nm,,f"cs , ,,s,"co ~ WAY,
, ~ ~ ~, wear ~
stitn,,, ~ 1ou CO "a asio 1t -, *
sally eniiei, Wns ~ nssl tofo!at!ei 70 Gp!Mitl @
iu.m ni a"!s nis.sGs!i!,n ~, Vi .s nssa l,I ,,
niMat % oa, oU Gon sopaeco To @
@ o,aeco h It'll ia has of na,,factsers ~ u e VIZ ~
npnrHI;sed ;ss GM! hoMgit, and, M'tlsr severe s,
enm,IIes, nIr ~ peIs"s wete 1qfpnen % f0a 70 Mnso
IN t,ets pnssgsS,9m, t, nr , 10 1mpol, 1iote,gnt
n IMT,ttal topGe2: 70 n, ,r 81 WY Sr3,e, a ns ~
pev, a ea.e tehne ~ ,n WgiG rt 10
,"vTS1 , e1fEs H., ~ ~ tss ~ t, ~
,oye.et tooE 4 ao i1s ssrysG ho ~ exs
msro hS e ~ e ~
ate XII 'e eotfS io 1 tb SG MistTv el f 1S Fnees s
nnu tluoInng!ily fcoiga!tttaze,l: tur use ID tne
SERVES s;sps o. sc,clt se f g ~ was se.ec.
ai nrpvislon wns t'aaa 'or Inc prn.Servnainl'
at1 @ " t,,as., gass o. te poyrseS t sco",
after these i,na tor tw9 yenrs staaleu aiu
wnfRea IN mp tooaceo lacaotieS. al M excel
ieht caNil-Scrt!ce sysleni iegltiates lile pro
lli"!io.' anu retentlQh Oh tllese eaacateuageht
o. the Gotnr1,ltlenl.
l,a Tl,e rssie now l!as sixteen large tactorles.
twellty-seyen stnreilouses for native TO-
Gacco, any four sorsllos,cs for r lMporgd v t.
nAect,. X employs iii4rV lhnn ly'oV persons,
tclt hours pct tiny, n1la nearly all Of these are
pa,t! " ~ the nieee. ,,,.,-
~ tue De&:inltlig OF each year the Minister
q Finances t!esiEliates the Dspartmsnts tn
fra',fs N Mite n sonaseo Sy DO ealtlyntetd
to the plant Tie lust deerec confined tho