The Cairo bulletin., 1907-08-30
GREAT CROWTHOF
TOBACCO INDUSTRY
lSHOWN IN BULLETIN JUST u.s.
SUED RY u S. CENSUS
BUREAU.
CIGARS AND CIGARETTES
Constitute TWO Main Branches OF
Manufacture--cr Great Increase in
Proportion Of Women EN-
ployed in the Industry.

Washington, Aug % The bureau
lof the census has Just Issued a report
ON the manufacture Of tobacco pre-
pared under the supervision of Mr.
IWilliam NJ. steuart, chief statistician
for manufactures. The statistics pre-
scented relate to the production o.
| cigars. cigarettes chewing ana amoE
Iiug tobacco ana snuff
Growth Since 1850.
The enormous growth OF the In.
dustry since 1859 is indicated by the
fact that the value Of products. for
the year covered BIZ the census Of
| 1905, was $331ll1681, the capital
employed being S323,9S3,50l In the
same year the industry expended
1926, 0SS, COS for materials; $G2.6l0 203
for wages; $500 434 for salaries:
and sS0,145.Qi6 for miscellaneous ok.
ponses,
Number of Wage Farmers.
The number Of wage earners EN-
ployed in 1905 In this industry was
1914 this represents the average
number employed during the year and
includes S5,69l men G6.30l women
and 741G children under lG years OF
age The proportion of women com
prised In the total has greatly In
creased IN recent years. In 1880 only
23I per cent Of the total number OF
wage earners in this industry were
women. This proportion increased to
29.S per cent in 1890, 372 per cent IN
300 and ans per cent in 1905.
Two Main Branches.
OF the reported aggregate value OF
products, cigars anr cigarettes form
64.7 per cent and chewing and smok-
ing tobacco and SNUFF 1873 per cent.
OF the total number Of wage earners,
S5 per cent were employed In the
OF cigars and cigarettes.
The number OF establishments re-
ported as engaged in the manufacture
Of cigars and cigarettes was 1896,
while the number reported for the
ether branch of the industry was
emily 43S. This striking difference is
due in part to the fact that cigars
and cigarettes are to a considerable |
extent manufactured in small estab-
lishments, whereas chewing and
smoking tobacco and snuif is mostly
produced in factories of considerable |
size. For the cigar and cigarette
branch Of tile industry the average
capital invested per establishment |
was only 1852, while for the other
branch It was s413,043. A similar
contrast appears in the average num- |
Der of wage eaIners per establish |
nent. the number being for cigars |
md cigarettes aud 50 for chewing and /
smoking tobacco and snuff
Tobacco Consumed.
According to the reports Of the !
Commissioner Of Internal Revenue |
he total amount Of tobacco manufac- /
ured in 1904 was 44S.511.5Ss pounds. I
he quantity used in the manufactrre
,f cigars and cigarettes being 1i1.-l
l2o02q pounds, as compared with
'67 49i554 pounds used for the pro
iucticu Of chewing and smoking to-
,acco and snun As reported by the
ensus the value Of the raw materials
mostly tobacco-used IN the manu-
acture 81 cigars ami cigarettes
sG9.29L01ll was more than twice
he value Of that consumed in the
ther branch Of the industry fs31.-
4I252.)
reduction OF Cigars and Cigarettes.
According 20 figures derived FROM
he reports of the Commissioner Of
Internal Revenue, the number OF
igars manufactured in the calendar
ear 1914 was 7376GG9.742 and the
lumber Of cigarettes was 3.f32.993-I
p As compared with the year 1900 T
bis shows an increase of l98 per /
ent in the manufacture OF cigars and +
{ 81 per cent in the manufacture Of
igarettes The census bulletin calls
ttcntion to the fact that the number
{ cigars and cigarettes consumed in
reased 275 per cent between 1890
nj 1905: and that between 1869 and
800 the consumption OF cigars mi
reased nearly sevenfold. while the
cpulation ia the same period in
reased only a little over twcfold
Principal Producing States.
The manufacture # cigars and /
Igarettes is one Of the few factory
idusties that are represented ia II
very state and territory. The pro- s