Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-02-25

Washington. Feb 2S-H'ore ihsn
one billion dollars worth ~ tobacco
and manufactures OF tobaCcl lave
pas I'd through ports Of n, United
States since 1890, the valu ct the
exports from the country during u.t
period having aggregated SO mil
lion and the imports into IN" couu-
Try 3S6 million dollars. Tie, hg-
urcS are exclusive OF trade passing
between The United Stats and its
noncontiguouS territories w'icL
other tobacco brought in from Porto
Rico valued at five and three quar-
ter million dollars and shipments II
tobacco To Alaska. Hawaii and Porto
Rico valued nearly two million dol
lars.
The United states beads the word
as an exporter OF tobacco having
supplied over forty-one milho"
dollars in a total OF approximately
$50 mi lion dollars worth OF tobacc,
and manufactures which entered
international markets last year
The principal countries exportin;,
tobacco, according TO figures com
piled by the Bureau OF Statistics %
the Department OF Commerce ahd
Labor. are the L tied States. forty
thirty-one and one half million tee
Dutch East Indies, twenty-;hr.2
mil ion; the United Kingdom. seven
million; Brazil four million. AVID
Netherlands. three and one-har
million dollar \ second group of
impC rtant important exporters ~
tobacco with exports averasing loss
than three million per annum in
cMics Egypt. one and three quartz
million dollars Austra-HuNRary ana
Greece each about two and one half
million Germany China and McNi-
co, each about one and ono half n J.
don: France and Algeria, ea,.
about one and one quarter million.
Japan. ono and one-fifth million
India and Switzerland. each abou,
three-quar' ers OF a million: Ita,y.
one hal; million and Ceylon, Pr
garia. French Indo. China, Dcnma !.
and Australia total OF about or,
million dollars in amount arginr
between two and three hppdrrG
thousand dollars each
ed tobacco Cuba is at the head o
tn" list with q total OF thirteen mil
lion dollars compared with six nil
Lion for the United Kingdom. fu,Il
and three quarter million fhr trc
/ United States, two and one hall
million for Netherlands. two aud
one third million for Egypt. one a1r
one half million for Germany and
Brazil, one and one-quarter milf,
for France. one million each f.r
Japan and Australia Hungary. thrrr
quarters OF million for Algerir
and one-haf million each for ITALY
! Belgium and India OF the tobac o,
+ exported from tho United Statw
/ eleven per cnt. is IN manufactured
/ form; and from Cuba. about fort r.
/ five per cent while practicc w vi
the domestic exports OF tobacco from
! the United Kingdom. Netheriands
Egypt, Germany, France. and Aus-
/ tria Hungary are In the manufacture
cd state. Both Germany and Jqpd;.
export practically all OF the.r to
bacco in the form Of cigars q II
cigarettes
Germany and the United state
are the words leading markets for
tobacco, Germany. being crcdito ;
United states with thirty million
dollars worth of imports Of that az
ticle. compared with twenty-fro
million dollars worth imported into
the United Kingdom and ten million
into Austria HunRaria Countries
importing between four and ten M
Hon dollars worth Of tobacco an.
ypually include France. Belgium.
Netherlands, and Canada: thse i'm
porting between two and one half
and four million dollars worth each.
the Straits Settlements. China. Esyp'
Australia. the Philippine Islands and
Spain. and other importan importers
OF tobacco include Argentina. Svi'7-
erla"d. Roumania India. Swo1pl
Norway Portugal and the D"c1
Eas indies iu various amounts from
ono 20 two and one half milton
dollars .........
OF the tobacco imported into Tho
United States in 1909 twenty sS
million dollars worth vas raw ard
-four million manufactured Germany