Milford chronicle., 1896-02-28
THE MANUFACTURE Of CIGARETTES.
An Average Of Two Hundred For Each
Male Adult Made Here Every Year.

An Average Of Two Hundred For Each
Male Adult Made Here Every Year.
About the only fabulous flgures' Tor
4 figures thought to be fabulous by many
/ of American products or manufacture
used to be those of the corn crop Of the
/ United States exceeding 1000, 600, 600
/ bushels a year and touching In 1891 the
| enormous total of 2, 060, 600, 600. But these
/ mammoth figures Of the production OF corn
! in the United States are totally collapsed by
/ the figures Of cigarette manufacture, the
/ total number of cigarettes made in this
country last year being 3, geo, 000 600, The
I total number Of male persons In the Unit
ed States between the ages Of is and "A
was returned by the last census as 10, $50,
600, but adding those above A years Of age
and making allowance for the increase of
I population since 1890, 1t is safe to say that
there are Is, 600, 900 men and boys Of ''cig-
arctic smoking" age in the United States,
and this would give an average of 900 Gig
arettes for each man and boy in the re-
public every year, provided of course that
cigarette smoking was general instead Of
being as it is, restricted to a very small
fraction of tho whole population, mostly
in the cities and large towns.
An average Of 200 cigarettes apiece a
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country above the age Of Is gives fair
idea not only of the consumption of olga
rettes which is now almost stationary in
volume but also Of the manufacture OF Gig
arettes, which IS practically limited to
three states. At the head of all others
comes New York, which manufactures in
year just about ope-half Of all tho oiga-
rettes consumed - /, 500, 600 0O0 Then
comes Virginia, with n record last year of
$50, 600, 600, and third North Carolina, I'M
comfortably near the foot in other matters
of manufacture, with 740, 900, 600. These
three states may be said to monopolize the
cigarette making business, for after them
come, quito a distance behind Louisiana
with loo, OQ0, 600 and Maryland with &c.
900, 900, New York state enjoys the dis
tinction not only OF making, but of smok-
ing moro cigarettes than any other state in
the Union, whereas it can be said in ex-
tenuation of North Carolina and Virginia
that they mako cigarettes for consumption
elsewhere, not for hCme use. The con-
sumption Of tobacco for cigarette max
ing though a well defined popular preju-
dice rejects the idea of any tobacco being
used in cigarettes Is 10000, 900 pounds a
year, and of this 6, 600, 600 pounds are
used by the New York cigarette factories,
3, 1900, 600 pounds by the Virginia factories
and 2, 500, 600 by the North Carolina fac
tories By far the largest part OF tho North
Carolina tobacco crop goes for cigarettes.
This is not true Of any state except Vir-
ginia
4he number Of cigars manufactured in
the United States last year, including Of
course, those said to be imported, - was
400, 100, 900, and at tho head Of all the
states in tho manufacture of these was
Pennsylvania, New York coming second,
Ohio third, Illinois fourth, and Florida
(Key Westl fifth. 1t is encouraging for
New Workers to know that, although
Pennsylvania made moro cigars than this
state, Now York used moro tobacco in /
hers kentucky raises an enormous
amount of tobacco, but does not use very
much Of it for manufacturing purposes, /
kentucky tobacco being sent to other
states. The Kentucky tobacco crop last
year was 1870, 600, 900 pounds of which less
than 300, 600 pounds were manufactured
in the state. Connecticut, too, raises
much tobacco and manufactures little
Eighteen pounds Of tobacco are required
for 200 cigars and 81 pounds Of tobacco
for 1000 cigarettes. New York Sun,