The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-09-10
AMERICAN TOBACCO
GROWERS PROFIT
Cuban Revolution Comes at
Right Time.
Cost of Running Government Print
ing Office Is Six Million Dollars
Annually.
THE NON-RE-FlLLABLE BOTTLE.

Washington, Sept. 1O.--"It is an
i'll wind that blows nobody good,
says an old saw; and while slaves
of My Lady nicotine the world over
have just cause TO regard the insur-
rection in Cuba with fear and tremb-
ling. American tobacco growers in
the sunny south are likely to reap
rich profit in consequence. mo-
ment more deadly in its effects on
the tobacco industry could not have
been chosen for the uprising. Some
of the choicest tobacco in the world
is raised In the Plnar del Rio province
of Cuba. whore the revolutionists are
holding forth with an earnestness
which makes II impossible for the to-
bacco growers To attend to the now
fully ripened crop. A few days more
and it will be hopelessly ruined
Last years crop was short because
of heavy rains in the island. which
not only ruined the unharvested crop,
but rendered large areas OF the fin
est tobacco lands unit for tillage.
This fact accounted, in large meas
ure. for the very satisfactory prices
received for the American product
Reserve supplies were very much de-
pleted, and II the present Cuban CROP
is not forthcoming at the proper
time. prices for domestic grades are
likely to go sky high The situation
is viewed with particular anxiety byI
Washington cigar manufacturers and
dealers, whose trade demands the fin.
est qualities OF tobacco in large guam
titles. Much of this comes from the
famous vuoalto Abayo district. and
II the instruction shodld extend to
that province. the results are too
dire for contemplation. Very little
tobacco from Cuba has been received
by local manufacturers this year. and
they declare that all appeals for a
fresh supply are in vain.
Cost OF Printing.
II talk be cheap, then the records
Of the government printing Office
the largest printing establishment ia
the word-show the exception which
proves the rule. approximately &c.
000, 900 year are required to run
this immense plant, which is now
taking advantage of the summer re-
cess to catch up with its one job of
printing congressional talk and the
government records and documents.
The most important items of cost are
coal and gas, which amount to some
$4,000 a year: but even the seem
ingly most trivial supplies account
for thousands OF dollars in the grand
total. About 10000 pounds of COM
mon book ink are required for ordi-
nary work. besides thousands OF
pounds of job ink, enclosing VAIN
ish and many special makes of ultra
marine, poster red and label inks IT..
the finer work; and II takes nearly
200, 900 towels and IL tons of soap
to remove the surplus ink from the
hands of the employees. The launder-l
ing OF the towels alone costs sS.5Ogl
a year About 5000 barrels oil
sawdust are used every year. chiehy|
In keeping splttoons In a sauitars,
condition. Fifty thousand pounds Of
glue, 200 barrels of -four, $4,000
worth of thread. 5000 pounds of
Irvine, 10000 worth OF cotton and
book cloths are some of the other
items of expense More than four
tons of glue, 30 barrels of -four, co.
600 Yards of cloth, five carloads of
binders board. a ton of thread. &c.
600 yards of tape and $4,000 worth
of gold leaf for ornamenting the very
simple cover design, the consumed
by a single publication-the famous
year book of the department of agri-
culture.