Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-02-27
THE MANUFACTURE OF CIGARETTES.
An Average of Two Hundred For Eact
Male Adult Made Here Every Year,

An Average of Two Hundred For EacI
Male Adult Made Here Every Year.
About the only fabulous figures (ol
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, ,000 00(
bushels year and touching in 1891 the
enormous total of 2, 060, 000 900. But these
mammoth figures of the production of corr
In the United States are totally eclipsed by
the figures of cigarette manufacture, tht
total number of cigarettes made in this
country last year being $500, 600, 900. The
total number of male persons in the Unit.
ed States between the ages of 1S and a
was returned by the last census as 13, 23O,
600, but adding those above A years of age
and making allowance for the increase OF
population since 1890, it is safe to say that
there are 18, 900, 900 men and boys of "cig
arctic smoking" ago in the United States,
and this would give an average of 200 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 very small
fraction of the whole population, mostly
III Il6 ClGl6S anu ldT56 bOWuSt
An average Of 300 cigarettes apiece a
year for the whole male population of the
country above the age of 19 gives fail
idea not only of the consumption of ciga.
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 one-half of all the ciga-
rettes consumed - 1,S00, 900, 900. Then
comes Virginia, with record last year of
1876, 900, 900, and third North Carolina, un.
comfortably near the foot in other matters
Of manufacture, with 100000, 900, These
three states may be said to monopolize the
cigarette making business for after them
come, quite distance behind, Louisiana
with $50, 900, 900 and Maryland with 36,-
900, 900. New York state enjoys the dis
tinction not only OF making, but of smok-
ing more cigarettes than any other state in
the Union,' whereas it can be said in ex-
tenuation Of North Carolina and Virginia
that thoy make cigarettes for consumption
elsewhere, not for homo USE The con-
sumption of tobacco for cigarette max
ing though we'll defined popular preju-
dice rejects the idea of any tobacco being
used in cigarettes, is 12,000,00 pounds a
year, and Of this 100000 pounds are
used by the New York cigarette factories,
100000 pounds by the Virginia factories
and 2, 100000 by the North Carolina fac
tories By far the largest part OF the North
Carolina tobacco crop goes for cigarettes.
This is not true of any state except Vir-
ginia.
The number of cigars manufactured in
the United States last year, including, of
course, those said to be imported, was
400, 100000, and at the head of all the
states in the manufacture of these was
Pennsylvania, New York coming second,
Ohio third, Illinois fourth, and Florida
(Key West) fifth. 1t Is encouraging for
New Workers to know that, although
Pennsylvania made more cigars than this
state, New 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 100, 600, 900 pounds, of which less
than 100000 pounds were manufactured
In the state. Connecticut, too, raises
much tobacco and manufactures little.
Eighteen pounds Of tobacco arc required
for 1000 cigars and 81 pounds of tobacco
for 1000 cigarettes. New York Sun.
Congressman Cannon has n dry wit To