Evening journal., 1899-11-10
GONE UP IN SMOKE:
BUT FEWER CIGARETTES ARE USED
THAN FORMERLY.

Tobacco Chewing Is Also Somewhat
on the Decline, but Snun Taking
Stlll Continues--Interestin Statis-
ties From the Government Report.
The Government reports just issued
shows that during the fiscal year OF
1S9S-99 this country manufactured for
home consumption 4,529, ,S72. .304 cigars.
This is an apparent decrease of 12,147,-
266 from the year before. II should
be stated that IN April and May. 1898,
when 1t was known that the tax was
TO be Increased, there was a rush TO get
goods shipped out of the factories TO
escape the new tax, and IL is estimated
that about 120,0O0,000 cigars were thus
made In excess OF the normal product
These cigars really belong TO the fiscal
year just ended, and so it may be said
that there was an actual increase In
stead Of a decrease in production.
The tax amounted to S10,3O7, 10S for
1S9S.99 against S13G2G.O49 I'm 1S97-9S
an Increase of S2,6S1 .05S. 1t Is also in.
terestlng to note that on the renewal Of
prosperity the product OF what was
generally regarded as tn cheap cigar
AANAAA'AN AO ANAH'A NhNMNA AhN -AN'N
increases of n few years ago. The
stogle districts OF Pennsylvania show
decrease of 20.OOO.0OO for the year,
while the higher grade Philadelphia
goods show an increase of nearly 12.-
100000; the cheap goods OF Ohio fell
of l9OO0.0O0. but the Virginia cheroots
and stogies show gain Of 10,O00,OOO
The districts manufacturing fine Ha-
vana cigars from imported Havana to-
bacco show increases. Key West and
Tampa gaining 2,5O0,O00 and New York
gaining 11.O0O,00O.
In cigarettes there Is a crisis. For
the past ten or twelve years this prod
uct steadily grew, increasing from
2,1J1. .515.. .3G0 In 1889 to d.003. 169,O93 In
1897, passing even the record OF cigars.
Then came the anti-cigaretto agitation,
and the tax was advanced from 80
cents thousand to Sl.5O The effect
is seen in the fact that this year the
total production amounted 20 3,T3J, ,69S-
COG only That there is apparently lit
tie decrease IN the worlds demand for
cigarettes is shown by the fact that the
exports Of Amerlcan-made cigarettes
continue to increase despite the NUM-
bers of European firms with American
machinery and American methods
which have recently begun business.
For the eleven months closing May 81
the total exports Of cigarettes was l.
O64. .517 900. as against S99,31T.OO for
1S97-9S. or an increase. Of 1O5,2OO,OOO.
/ The tax collected on paper cigarettes
in 1SgS-99 was 81 4.2O3. T35. as against
S3.593,Ol1 in 1S97-9S, an increase OF
| S61O.T42. On all-tobacco cigarettes the
tax collected was S547 4i5, In lS)s-.m,
as against S4OJ.676 In lS91-9s, an in-
| crease OF SALT
In manufacturing tobacco, which in
cludes chewing and smoking varieties,
there is the greatest change. The heavy
decrease in the chewing districts show
apparently that al last the habit Is well
under way TO extinction. The strong
hold of the chewing industry, Missouri
shows decrease of 100000 pounds
last year. the Fifth Kentucky district
shows decrease of 4,50O0 600 pounds
New Jersey shows a decrease Of nearly
5.OOOO0O pounds, and the New YORK
district, making the fine cut chewing
tobacco has decrease Of 1,OOO,OOv
mounds. The decrease Of 81, 1902
pounds in manufactured tobacco from
n gross product In 1S9T-9S of 294,2ol,-
941 pounds would seem to be ln chew
Ing tobacco rather than m smoking
tobacco. although there appears little
doubt that while the production OF the
cheaper kinds Of smoking tobaeeos has
largely increased. the high-priced
grades. selling at 81 n pound ana up
ward. have greatly decreased in pop.
ularity. Once again the exports tell
different story. Last year there was
exported 7S1 All pounds OF plug tobac-
co. as against -709,64S pounds In ls9''
9s. an increase Of 1888 pounds for the
year.
OF snuff there Is little 10 be said. Il
shows a total product for the year OF
14.6271O6 pounds, this being decrease
of 9O4.O45 pounds from last years rec
ord; but this proves nothing snun be-
ing a product which Is aged before
sale. and the last two years combined
, show gain Of pretty large proper
tions.