The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-06
THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY.

THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY.
It is said thai the exports Of manu-.
featured tobacco this year will exceed
the weed in the raw state will be near
ly seven times greater. These ship
ments will very Srge1y increase our
trade balance abroad and bring back
many millions IN gold.
The tobacco industry in the United
States is enormous, and far greater
than that of any other country. In
1906 there were In the United States
7a6.o9a acres in tobacco. which yielded
6S2,42S,53O pounds, valued in the raw
at s6S,232,647.
Kentucky leads with an acreage in
1906 of 100000 and a yield of ESQ.,
Next to Kentucky comes North Caro-
lima, with an acreage of 12o.3sS and a
production of 6a.So7,64 pounds. valued
at s6,9S0.16i. Virginia is third. Her
acreage in 1906 was 10S,971, but her
production was greater than hat OF
NORTH Carolina. being 73,555,425
pounds. valued at s6,03t,545. The ex-
PLANTATION is that Virginia produces
large quantities of heavy dark tobacco.
while North Carolina grows bright to-
bacco which is of lighter weight.
The United States has no rival wor-
thy of the name in the tobacco grow
lin r ipdIctr,- Avajnct ~, prn1pcfinp
of 796,O99 pounds in 1906. the crop in
other countries In 1870 was as follows:
Russia, 2s2,767,Ooo pounds; Germany.
I2,e11,Q00 pounds; France. 54,61o.o0O
pounds: Hungary, 134.567,o0O pounds;
Cuba, 45.74s,Ooo pounds: Brazil, $4,000
900 pounds: Japan. 1o5.S5S,O 900 pounds.
Java, 100000 pounds; Sumatra. 49,
500, 900 pounds; Turkey, 10000. GOO
pounds; Philippines. s3,1oo.ooo pounds.
The worlds product in that year was
approximately 1000, 600 900 pounds. of
which more than one-third was grown
in the United States. We nave no sta
~tistics of the manufacturing trade
later thar 1905. In that year there
We're 1866 concerns making cigars
and cigarettes: the capital employed
was sl45,155.945; the cost of raw ma
terial used In the year was sS1,134.-
sci. and the value of the output was
$e14,350,057. For making chewing and
smoking tobacco and snuff there were
1913 establishments; the capital enl-
ployed was s17s.s47,556: the cost OF
raw material used in the year was s44.-
a5i,047, and the value OF output was
s116,767,630.
The internal tax on tobacco for the
year 1906 yielded the government a
revenue of s4S,422,997. In England the
tax on raw tobacco is very high, and the
revenue from this source last year was
S66.904,390 In France the government
has a monopoly of the trade, and the
tax is 96 cents a pound. The monopoly
IS worth about 500, GOO. 900 4 year to
the government. The governments of
Italy, Spain, Austria and Turkey also
have u tobacco monopoly n impose
heavy taxes
The tobacco industry in Virginia
shows wondrous growth in h past
several years. In 1900 the capital en-
ployed was s6,5OS,6ls; in 1906 it was
s2$.477,G49. Tobacco is one of the chief
industries of Richmond. We handle
the raw tobacco in all it's ramif1cations
and manufacture plug. cigars. cheroots
and cigarettes. We have sixty-five to-
bacco concerns, employing l0,167 hands;
s6,336,o5o capital engaged In the trade,
and sales amounting to nearly 100000
600. Tobacco was the first industry
Richmond ever had, and it is crafty
ing to know that it is row one of the
largest M most progressive.