The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-17
CIGARETTES BY THE MILLION

Immense Product of the Tiny Rolls In
the United states.
From the New York Sun.
About the only fabulous figure" Cor
figures thought to be fabulous by
many of American products or manu-
facture used to be those of the corn
crop of the United States, exceeding
1000. 900 900 bushels a year. and touch
ing in 1891 the enormous total of 1885,
100000 But this mammoth figure of
the production of corn in the United
States is totally eclipsed by the figures
of cigarette manufacture, the total
number of cigarettes made in this
country last year being $500. 600. 900. The
total number of male persons in the
United States between the ages of IS
and A was returned by the last CEN
sus as l., 230, 900, but adding those above
A years of age and making allowances
for the increase in population since
1890. IL is safe TO say that there are
Is 000. 900 men and boys of cigarette"
smoking age in the United States, and
this would give an average of 200 ciga-
rettes for each man and boy in the re-
public every year. provided, of course.
that cigarette smoking was general in
stead of being. as IL is, restricted to a
very small fraction of the whole popu-
lation. mostly in the cities and large
towns.
An average of 200 cigarettes apiece a
year for the whole male population of
the country above the age of is gives
fair idea not only of the consumption
of cigarettes, which is now al
most stationary in volume, but also
of the manufacture of cigarettes, which
is practically limited to three states.
At the head of all comes New York,
which manufactures in a year just
about one-half of all the cigarettes con-
sumed. 1900 000, 900. Then comes Nir-
ginia, with a record last year of S35,-
600, 900, and, third, North Carolina (un-
comfortably near the foot in other mat
tiers of manufacturer, with 10000. 900.
These three states may be said TO mo-
nopolize the cigarette making business,
for after them come. quite a distance
behind. Louisiana, with 150,000,000 and
Maryland, with 5000 900. New York
state enjoys the distinction not only
of making, but of smoking. more ciga-
rettes than any other state in the
union, whereas IL can be said in eX-
tenuation of North Carolina and Nir-
ginia that they make cigarettes for
consumption elsewhere, not for home
use. The consumption of tobacco for
cigarette making, though a well de-
fined, popular prejudice rejects the idea
of any tobacco being used in cigarettes,
is 10000 900 pounds year, and of this
5000, 900 pounds are used by the New
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pounds by the Virginia factories and
$500, 900 by the North Carolina facto-
ries. BY far the largest part of the
North Carolina tobacco crop goes for
cigarettes. This is not ture of any state
except Virginia.
The number of cigars manufactured
I'm the United States last year, includ-
ing, of course. those said to be i'm
ported" was 400.000.000, and at the
head of all the states in the manufac-
ture of these was Pennsylvania, New
York coming second, Ohio third, Illinois
fourth and Florida (Key WesD fifth.
1t is encouraging for New Workers to
know that, although Pennsylvania
made more cigars than this state, New
York used more tobacco in hers. Ken
lucky raises an enormous amount of
tobacco, but does not use very much of
il for manufacturing purposes, Ken
lucky tobacco being sent to other
states. The Kentucky tobacco crop last
year was 90,0O0.00O pounds, of which
less than 900 900 pounds were manufac-
tured in the state. Connecticut, too,
raises much tobacco and manufactures
little. Eighteen pounds of tobacco are
required for 1000 cigars and three and
one-half pounds of tobacco for 1000
cigarettes.