New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-09

Tho falling or IN 1857 is accounted for by the failures
, ~ .o IN wtscon.,n and ohio 80 600 pounds lost
In 1888 serious loss both III prize al" "
quantity, caused by early frost
Two circumstances govern and change the N'u' "
ciga leaf different State and sections arc coh1
Whenever section Of country happens to produce
good quality crop the price there advance" and Vice versa
II poo- crop = raised II nails When nigh prices ptcNsi'
In for year then the production Is a"a'S -
much increased the following year that tae p'.c
falls materially unless the quality IL found - Dc
superior the crops raised In o'Acr s''''V'''
The figures prove eoncluslyey tina, tobacco Las
Kept Up in price better than any other ''Fn p'oOu' u
ing years. The production OF com IN uc
United states had fallen ~ from l6lTc21coo ou'n'''
brlncin, al average tco q 49, cents crown IN ire 1's
1882 10 $50 l6l 600 Ias,d in 1887. aud sold a. =
cents average per bushc IN iSS2 corn sold IN ConheVuV
=, % cents per bu.hc in 1887 At o. cents In Mas,'V
sett. corn o5 IN 1882 a. 20 cents IN 1901 Inc
reverse wa. the result tobacco the average pse IN
1851 was below 1867 In every stat" ca ep ">'o
>n and NcwYork and nearly cents mere per pounu o"
the Mole crop Of cigar leaf grown IN ne sN 9''''s
average pgice for corn In al the States CURING u" "
year. preceding 1880 was i26 cents Pc. bu'h'I 'c wv
age price from 1850 10 le,o i0.s. and rom loS- !"
lsss -:n less the rgsut per acre I'll u a,
against - IL The loves, p'le Of corn tor S N
states 81. cents per DiNnc vas Fa''G ~, ned in mat
Ten wears preceding 1881 so cent?, pe 'aJ - 'o
1851 70 se 80 Ssn' ,e He ySa = o., than on
SSa 4. compared with Pstos tne 4iasrsn'S '' VA;
noFe IN . ,a'o ISL to s w1s e 81 emit per
40 81 a. against 560 cents per bu-hei and @S ~ ls
rf, for the ten yeas preceding and tine -ain' 'hrmhAse
i. shown IN every other class Of produce rl-ed IN these
cisal.lcai tobacco growing states 5000. 49,. ,,.,, -,
me demand Tor SUnata tobacco all over ne worl1 anu
tho increase consumption % this article espr'h IN
ths ,rntly and TIC Increase IL duty IN 1883. a:Vtiuh~
n about - per pound a,cr,st now has hal W e
sult that In the face increase IN ne production o '
Island OF from ~. COO bscs in 1881 to 10 w
bal.s I'm isso pilce cass u-'G Ia tAs country
Ia, consanty advanced but 10 spit' Of the atNin.c IN
nrc. Tho inportaoAs have Increased rom $4,000 POUNDS
m lsss o pa o9O pounds ~ 1887 aud 10000 IA SN
market n@ c the Ia ti@cr sey bitter M tobacco
ron I'm 1887 and 1888 tilnn in 1882 aad 1883.
that thr acreage OF cigar lcN grown mas nos
Kent mace the Increase In population. the faul; uoS'
moi he inc reascd importation 81 tle foreign H,.
IL is tho Increase I'm cigarette smoking which II larse
three cigarettes '" IN" SMOKER
hoiny equal cigar. Since Tho year 1851 me
NJ cigarette factories hls utrta~d rom
ko- asa as3 1881 - 500 2b Toe n 1889 These cis
are,trs lufacur'd almost exclusively ~ other h'
rg,r ltof toha,co 1t j. admitted that thcl have mr..
cc,r manufacturers very materially. and had not Sum'n.
Loaf arrived improve the appearance" ant quaiN oi
rg,rs The consumption o. cigarettes would have teen very
much larger and the acreage Of cigar leaf grown ""nl
he much les than II to-day the whole output Of cisir-
e. 1855 va. tc than douSe that u the cigarette
| factories in number.
~, .ubo.n the total imports leo, tobacco generally
from 1881 1858 also In separate column the total M
nos AZ leaf also The prices ruling In these years
Tor Suuars leaf tobacco In the tniC Sst"s aud the %
mort. OF tobacco and stems which would s"cm to De
| worthy n confederation in this connection.