The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-06
LESS CHEU-ING or TOB4CCO.


The Government report just issued shows
that during TIE fiscal yearO lS'S.!Eithi coun-
try manufactured for homo consumution
4.52".S72.3O4 cigars This is an apparent de-
crease Of 1+4,2'ai from the year before. It
shoull be stated that in April and May. 1919
when it was known that the tax was TO be in
creased. there was n rush to get goods shipped
out 81 the factories to escare the new tax and
II is estimated that about l2O,OOO.OOO cigars
were thus made in excess Of tn" normal prod
uct These cigars really belong to the fiscal
yeacJust ended. and so II may be said that there
was an actual increase instead OF decrease in
production.
The tax amounted to $lG3O7. JOS for lS!'S-!0
against Sl3G4G O4H in lS''1-!N. an increase OF
$2,,iSl .U5S. 1t is also interesting to note that
with the renewal Of prosperity the product Of
What are generally regarded as the cheap cigar
districts no longer shows the great increases
Of few years ago. The stogle districts OF
Iennsyvana show Il decrease Of 20. OUO, 900 for
the year, while the higher grade Philadelphia
goods show an increase of nearly l2OUU,UOO.
tho Virginia cheroOts and stoRIes show a gain
OF 1O,uuO.OOO The districts manufacturing
me Havana cigars from imp~rted lihvann to.
I4UO.OUU.
ten or twelve years this product steadily grew,
increasing from 2l5l l1.HiOin $50 to 4.vi3.-
l,HEt3 IN 1877. passing even the record Of
cigars. Their came the antl-cgarette agta-
ton. and the tax was advanced from - c-Brs
Thousand TO II 30. Tne effect is seen i'll the
!act that this ysaith total production amounted
TOD. I33.G'S.!Wi only. That there is HpINren'iy
little decrease in the world demand Tor cigar
cites Is shown by the fact that the exports of
American made cigarette continue to- in
crease despite the numbers oi EuIouean firms
with American machinery and American meth
obs W hich have recently begun business For
the eleven months closing MAY q tbs total
exports or cigarettes was lW4,JlTUOO as
crease Of lO5,2oQoVo., The tax collected on
agai"st S3.5!'3oil in Is},7-!S. IN incteasc q
$ilOIl2. On aIi-tobaHco cigarettes inc tax
COLLECTED was $24l .4lH in lS'S-M'. as aEninet
SiOJ.G1D IN lSii-!S. an increase Of elil.7 .'S
In manufactured 'uhnrc" which includes
chewing and smoking Varieties there is the
greatest change. The heavy decrease in the
the nahit Is well under way to extinction. The
stronghold of the chewing industry, Missouri,
shows decrease OF 5,UuOOOU pounds last year.
the Fifth kentucky district shows a decrease
OF 4,6OUOOO hounds, New Jersey shows a de-
grease q nearly 1000 900 pounds and the New
York district, making the flpc cut chewing to-
the decrease Of l,lJJ.23l pounds IN manu-
featured tobacco from gross product in
be in chewing tohaccos rather than in smuk-
Ing tobacco. although there appears little
ioubt that while the production ol the CHEAPER
kinds OF smoking tObaccus has largely in
creased. the high priced grades. selling at II
a bound and upSard. have greatly decreased
II ronu!hrity on e again The exports tel q
$TOHGiS pounds In lS'7-IIS, an Increase ,! ~
1913 pounds tor the year,
az snuff there Is little 10 he said. II shows
total product for tho yctt o! lili2I lNi
pounds, this Icing u decrease Of !wiol1
pounds from nsr years record but Ms uroNss
nothing, snuN Icing q product which 10 aged
before sale, and III" tast TWO years combined
show gain o; pretty large Tr"ppltIons.