Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-08-22
NICOTIANA.
Some Facts of Interest About the To.
bacco Crop.
The Yield Running Up Into Millions of
FouGds.

WASHINGTON, August 20-The Agri-
cultural Depa rtment has information in
dicating that the tobacco crop of this
country is likely to be very large this year.
Indeed, it is quite probable that it may
be the largest that this country has ever
produced. Every year seems to add to
the production of this article, until now
it is one of the most valuable crops
grown. Formerly 1t was supposed that
Virginia, North Carolina and Ken
lucky had practical monopoly of
the tobacco growing of the country.
Now 1t seems that it can be
grown almost anywhere, and there are
few, If any, States now in which it is
not grown. Tobacco is becoming a
much more general crop all over this
country and all over the world, tao, than
it has ever been before" said careful
student of this subject, talking to your
correspondent. 1t is grown in almost
every part of this country and other
countries are finding that it is much more
easily raised than was supposed, so that
the quantity grown the world over in
creases greatly each year."
What will be the result?"
"Overproduction, probably, the same
as most OF the other branches of indus
try Tobacco growing has been profita-
ble, and the result is being seen in the
increa sing crops everywhere. The acre
age Is large this year and the crop is re-
ported as very fiue in nearly all parts Of
the country. The East suffered some
from want of rain, but not seriously.
Our tobacco crop will be worth a good
many millions of dollars this year. es
pecially if there IS the usual demand
abroad for il"
How great has been the increase dur
ing the last few years?'
SO great that instead of 100000 600
DOunss boi"- the Jser's production, as 1t
was twenty years azo, that of this year
will probably be near 80, 600, 900 pounds
In addition to the tobacco raised in this
country, the imports of the present year
will make total IF about fifteen pounds
per head for the entire population of the
country. Half of that produced, however,
will be exported, leaving the total for home
consumption some 40 090,00 pounds, or
about eight pounds per head for the entire
population. The value of the imported
tobacco amounts annually to about Sl2,-
100000, which, adding to it the SS,000,000
of duty upon it, brings the total paid for
it by the consumers of this country up
to $40, 900 900, which sum is, of course,
reaches the consumer in the shape of
imported cigars.
Then the imported cigars are really
made here?"
Yes, most of them. This is not the
case with all of them, but most i'm ported
cigars are made in this country from i'm
ported tobacco. OF the COG, 900, 900 pounds
of tobacco grown in this country, 300,-
000, 900 will be manufactured into chew
ing and smoking tobacco aud snuff The
number of manufactures in this country
is to be counted by thousands. The
tobacco manufactures proper are about
1000, but of cigar manufactures
the number reaches more than 10000
New York and Pennsylvania have
each about 1000, Illinois and Ohio about
1900 each, none of the other States reach
ing in numbers so high as 1000 These
cigar manufactures made over 3000,-
100000 of cigars in the fiscal year just
ended, aud about $3.50, 100000 cigarettes.
For cigars and cigarettes alone the
amoupt Of tobacco used is about 5000,
600 pounds annually, while for chewing
tobacco and snuff the tobacco used
reaches only 2O0,000,000 pounds. Indeed,
the amount of material used in the
mauuiacture OF chewing to eco reaches
more than 200, ,000, 600 pounds.