The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-19
Attention Drawn to the Fact
That Denmark Offers
Fine Opportunities.
GROWS VERY LITTLE
FOR HER OWN USE.
Weed Grown in America Bought
by German Importers for Cash
and Sold to Danish Deal
crs on Credit Tobacco
in the United
Kingdom.

in the United
Kingdom.
Times- Dispatch Bureau.
Munsey Building.
Washington, y. c.. July 1s.
1t would appear as though Denmark
were an inviting field for the exporter
OF Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky
tobacco. Nearly all the tobacco used in
Denmark now comes from Hamburg,
Bremen and Amsterdam. according to
Committeeman Frank r. Mower. OF
Copenhagen. 1t appears that the large
dealers In the cities mentioned pay
cash for American tobacco and sell
to Danish dealers on credit The ques-
tion Is. Why cannot Americans credit
Danish importers as safely as they can
be credfted by German Importers?
Denmark imported 13.145.10l pounds
OF tobacco in 1906. or this amount
only 6ss.630 pounds came directly from
the United States.
There Is no government aid or en-
! enlargement for the production of to-
baccO in Denmark. Relatively. very
little tobacco is grown In Denmark,
the amount reaching only about 100.-
600 pounds. none OF which Is OF supe-
rlor quality, and all of 1t used solely
for long slnoking"-that Is. in a pipe
with a very long stem. None of the
tobacco Imported from the United
States is used In this way: consequent
tly no native tobacco Is used as sub
stitute for American export types Of
tobacco. Virginia tobacco is used for
short pipe smoking, and that from Ken
lucky. or roll tobacco" for chewing.
The cigars manufactured in Dem
mark are made from Brazilian and Java
'tobaccos. No cigars are manufactured
from American tobacco. because 1t Is
considered too strong. American Gig
arettes are imported. but no cigarettes
are manufactured. In recent years
most of the cheap cigarettes are inn
ported from Russia. and the better.
cigarettes are Egyptian. made from
Turkish tobacco, or a high grade OF
English cigarettes, in the MANUFACTURES
of which some American tobacco is
used. The consumption OF cigarettes
! has, during the last ten years. increased
from about 100000 600 to about 90. 0oo.-
600 annually.
Tobacco in the United Kingdom.
The situation in the United Kingdom,
according to Consul General Wynne, of
London, Is quite different. The total
imports of tobacco into that country in
1907 amounted to about 102, 900 900
pounds. OF this about 90,O00.00O
pounds came from the United States.
1mportations from other countries con-
sisted largely of cigarettes.
Some tobacco Is grown In ireland,
but none elsewhere in the United King
dom. In the general report OF the De-
partment OF Agriculture for Ireland is
sued In 1907, it Is stated that the ex-
periments In the growing and curing
OF the tobacco crop were continued In
1906. These experiments were conduct
cd under the special sanction of the
board OF finland revenue. with the OBJ
3ect OF determining the commercial
possibilities of tobacco cultivation in
ireland. In order to facilitate the cx-
periments. which involved somewhat
large expenditure a rebate OF one-thIrd
the duty levied on tobacco was allowed
to the growers The experiment at
Tagoat. County Wexford. was worked
on COS cooperative lines, eleven farm-
ers cropping about one acre each, the
tobacco being cured In one barn.
Curing barns We're provided by the.
department OF three centres. viz:
Navan. Tullamore and Tagoat Expert
ments We're continued at these centres,
the area under crop being about forty
sAVSa chi GS. ttuulllOU 10 these
centres, sanction was also granted in
five cases where the growers UNDER
took to provide at their own expense
suitable accommodations for the cur
Ing OF the leaf. Thirty-three acres
We're cropped by these growers.
The season on thu whole was report
ed to be favorable to the growth OF
tobacco, and the crop was successfully
harvested at all the centres The cured
leaf will not, however, be marketed
for some time, SO, that the financial
results cannot be stated, In order to
allow experiments to be carried to a
conclusion. the chancellor OF the ex-
5cllequer consented to extend to- ten
years the period Of five years original
lly6 gran ted during which the rebate Of
duty will be allowed on tobacco grown
for experimental purposes.
The French Tobacco Monopoly.
The Importation. manufacture and
sale of tobacco in France is a strict
government monopol from which the
state derived In Il 0G-anS average q y II
"a revenue amounting to ss93,OsO ,653.
Tobacco leaves and stems are imported
free OF duty by the government. but
this is prohibited in the case of pri-,
vate firms or individuals.
Alld III 4O1 ll1ttu
bacco In any fornl--ci gars, G Cigarettes
smoking tobacco. setc.-is limited to ten
lilos (twenty-two pounds) per annum
which may be imported by person
for his own use, under special permits
sion to be obtained from, the Minister.
of Finance. When imported for per-
sonal use cigars and q cigarettes are:
subject to "a duty Of SO francs per lsilo
(sa65 PEI 2..3 pounds snuff, chewing
and smoking to acco, 81 francs pe i
kiloaA 2,9OE per 81 spounds) with the
exception Of Turkish tobacco, which
pays duty Of IS francs per lsilo (s4;sa
PEI 2,2 pounds) 83 &. 81 III 5 5ssl,
81 The quantity imported under these
condi y onsE by Ind viduals Is inconsid-l
cradle. and the great bulk orlsthe I'M
poFtati n. as well as the entire manu-
tacture San d fsnle Of "a bacco ii France,
u handled BY the .'reg le,'''ll IL govern
mont bureau NAL ntalned for that pur-
pose. TAI s a. VIZ
Annual Imports,
ss The imports OF TO bacco and tobacco
ms 4, inf