The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-12-15

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1890 :. ;. :. :. 5hoT $3.50, zoo
Since the census report of 1890 was
taken. the decline in price of cotton has
| greatly stimulated the production of to-
bacco in the counties Of Wilson, Nash,
Cumberland, Robson, Harnett, Johnston,
Edgecombe, Greene, Lenoir, Beaufort,
| Pitt, Washington, Franklin, Wayne, Mar
| tin, BERTHE end HalifeX
Some of these are now In the front rank
| OF the tobacco producing counties Of the
State, both in quantity and quality of the
product
Col. Cameron in his admirable treatise
on tobacco in the Handbook of North
Carolina issued in 1898, discredits the
census report of the crop in 1889, and
in support of his position quotes from
very carefully prepared address of Mr.
w. w. Wood, president of the State
Tobacco Association, made to that body
in August, 1891. Col. Cameron exon
crates the enumerators of the census
from carelessness or intentional error,
and explains the discrepancy of their re-
ports with the actual amount Of produc-
ton Mr.. Wood makes his estimates
from entirely different sources, and
reaches the conclusion that the crop
amounted to 100000 pounds. That,
Mr. Wood estimates, was none too large.
In it's famous Tobacco Edition, issued in
April, 1896, after six months careful study
of tobacco conditions in North Carolina,
the News and Observer said
North Carolina cultivated and cured
and sold in 1895, eighty-two million
(S2, 900 O0O) pounds of the best, richest and
sweetest leaf tobacco grown in the world
II sold at an average of eight cents
pound, bringing into the pockets of our
planters $6,500.O0O.
'"Our manufacturers have made into
smoking and plug tobacco, cigarettes, CT
CARS. ETC.. $4,000, 900 pounds OF this weed,
which has sold at an average OF 80 cents
per pound, making about $7,0OO,OOO Tin
addition to the price paid the farmers
for the tobacco before being manipula-
ted)-a grand total of s13, $50, 900 from our
tobacco industry in one year.
eve have in operation $50 manufacture
inc establishments, rs warehouses, 229
leaf factories. stemmeries, and prize
houses-all together representing a mon
ey investment of a little more than $26,-
600 900. and they employ in their daily OPP
crations $4,000 people.
"The industry covers the State, and its
effects are felt from Asheville to Green
Vile"
The American Economist, in recent
issue. gives the figures of the production
of tobacco and the manufactured pro-
duct 1t says that our production has
doubled since 1895 and 1--WE are consum-
ing about the entire output. 1t adds:
THE increase in cigar manufacture has
increased more than so per cent while
the manufacture of cigarettes has de-
creased from over 1900, 600, 900 in 1896 to
2,222. 900 900 in 1901. The tobacco used in
the cigar and cigarette output for the
year ending June 8, 1901, was approx
mately 12S,448,475 pounds. To this add
20 600, 900 pounds used in smoking to-
bacco and 24,S65,170 pounds imported,
and total of 173,S13,645 pounds was
apparently consumed. But on June 80,
1901, there were 17,S96,51 pounds in hand,
which would leave 155, 417127 as being
used. Deducting 5,417,127 pounds export
ed and total of about $50, 100000 pounds
would be required This is practically
the size of the domestic crop for 1899 and
1900, being little more and shows that
the market is now bare, and that the
1901 crop will be in good demand, and
will bring the highest price for years"