The Washington herald., 1907-08-31

baceo, prepared under the supervision Of
William NJ. Steuart. chief statistician for
manufactures.
The statistics presented relate to the
production OF cigars, cigarettes. chewing
and smoking tobacco, and snuff.
Census statistics of the manufacture Of
tobacco appeared first at the Census Of
1910
The returns at the census Of 1850 were
for "tobacconists:" the value Of products
was reported as Sl2,491,l47, of which
$5,l57,e52 was from Virginia; the number
| of establishments in the United States
was LIS; the capital. S5,OOS, 295; the num-
Der Of wage-earners. 1896, Of which
/ 1876 were females. the cost Of labor.
s., 42o. .2Os. and Of materials. S7.9n,72s.
Enormous Growth of Industry.
The enormous growth OF the industry
since 1850 IS indicated by the fact that
the value of products, for the year COW
cred by the census OF 1896. was 1891 IL. .61.
the capital employed being S323, ,9s3, ,59L In
the same year the industry expended
S126.0 COS for materials; s62.6lo.303 for
! 016 for miscellaneous expenses.
The value OF products increased 25.6 per
cent for 1905. as compared with 1c9. the
cost Of materials, S5.S per cent; and the
amount paid in wages, 306 per cent The
reported capital shows an increase OF
1905 per cent This disproportionate in
crease IN capital is very striking. The
| increase, It seems, was mostly confined
10 the ltem cash and sUndries. and may
be due in part 10 some differences in the
method Of reporting this item at the two
/ censuses.
| Exceptional Amount OF Capital.
/ But the figures seem 70 indicate that
| for some reason a very large and excep-
tional amount Of capital was employed
in this industry I'm the year covered by
the census OF 1906 as compared with con-
diuons FIVE years before.
| The number Of wage-earners employed
/ in 1866 in t.ds Industry was 159. 4OS; this
! represents the average number employed
during the year, and includes S.. .691 men,
/ G6,301 women. and 7.A6 children under
/ sixteen years Of age The proportion Of
/ w0mer comprised Ia the total has greatly
increased in recent years. In 1850 only
81 per cent Of the total number OF wage
/ earners in this industry were women.
( This proportion increased TO 29.S per cent
I IN 1890 57.2 per cent in 1860 and 416 per
/ cent IN 1906.
Main Branches of Industry,
OF the reported aggregate value OF
products, cigars, and cigarettes form CA
! per cent; and chewing and smoking to-
bacco and snuf. 35.3 per cent OF the
/ total number Of wage-earners, s. per cent
were employed in the manufacture OF
cigars and cigarettes. The number Of es-
adjustments reported as engaged in the
manufacture Of cigars and cigarettes was
/ Is 2s5. while the number reported for the
other branch OF the industry was only
/ 49,
According 10 the reports of the Com
missioner Of Internal Revenue, the total
amount OF tobacco manufactured in 1854
/ was 44S,5i1. 5S3 pounds. the quantity used
| in the manufacture Of cigars and cigar
/ cites being 14l.020,029 pounds. as compared
with S07. 49, .554 pounds. used for the pro-
ductioE OF chewing and smoking tobacco
and SNUFF. As reported by the census, the
/
/ bacco-used in tie manufacture OF cigars
and cigarettes 1864. .2sl.0lD was more than
/ twice the value Of that consumed in the
ether branch Of the industry G3l.347.252
Cigars and Cigarettes.
| According to figures derived from the
reports Of the Commissioner Of Internal
Revenue, the number Of cigars manufac-
tured in the calendar year 1904 was 1913
! GO, ,742, and the number OF cigarettes was
3, 493. .992. 40 As compared with the year
/ 1900. this shows an increase of 1874 per
/ cent in the manufacture Of cigars. and of
/ "a per cent IN the manufacture Of cigar
cites.
The census bulletin calls attention 70
/ the fact that the number Of cigars and
! cigarettes consumed, increased 275 per
cent between 1900 and 1900; and that be
| tween 1859 and 1865 the consumption of
cigars increased nearly seven-fold. while
/ the population, in the same period, in
| creased only a little over two-fOld.
In Every State and Territory.
The manufacture OF cigars and cigar
cites is one Of the few factory industries
/ that are represented in every State and
Territory. The production ranges in value
from $3.50. reported for the State Of Mis-
sissippi. to s60.629 617. reported for New
York The production in New York
represents In value 2S.2 per cent Of the
total production (214S5G051) Of the United
States
There we're four other States for which
/ the reported value of products exceeded
! 10,0O0,O0O. These States. with the value
of product, were as follows: Pennsyl-
vania, SS9 O79, 10: Florida, SIG 76t. .276; Ohio,
/ 1924 go. and Illinois, S11.669.4S5-
| As compared with the census OF 1900 a
very noteworthy increase in the value OF
product IS shown for the State Of New
Jersey. in which the production increased
| from s2647,5 for 1900 to SS,SSl.611 in 1905.
| This INCREASE was due chiefly TO the es-
/ tabllshment of a number Of large cigar
| factories, most Of which were owned by
| one corporation.
Exports and Imports.
| II would appear from the figures pre-
sented In this bulletin that the mauufac-
lures Of tobacco in this country are prin-
cipaIly for domestic consumption. This is
particularly true as regards cigars.
! The value Of the annual product OF ci-
gars in the United States as reported at
| the census of 1905 was S1sS1S6.S72, while
the total value of cigars exported during
the fiscal year 1908 was only $685. The
exports of cigarettes assumed somewhat
| greater Importance. The total value u
| the cigarettes produced In the United
States was S16,S54, ,S09, and the value OF the
exports was s2,934,S76.
| The value OF cigars, cigarettes, and
| cheroots imported in 1905 was 81, OPS 1G7.
Funeral of J. l., Minetree.
/ Funeral services over the remains OF
James Lawrence Miaetree, who was found
| dead Wednesday nil-ht on q Norfolk and