Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-12-27
MISSOURI AS A
REVENUE State
HAS No COMPETITOR IN PRO
DUCTION or TOBACCO.
A Great beer State
Large Quantities of Whlskcy, Brandy
and Butterinc Also Produced
and Used.

Jefferson city, Mo- Dec. 26,--In
annual output of chewing tobacco
Missouri leads the world 1t has no
close competitor.
This Is the assertion made IN tho
1910 Red Book OF the bureau of la
Dor statistics in n chapter devoted
TO the tobacco and liquor industries
Of Missouri. Then Labor Commis-
sioner ]. c. A. Hitler, with facts and
figures, proceeds to prove that his
declaration Is correct Quoting copi-
ously from the article In question,
the information made public today on
the tobacco industry reads:
I'm the year 1909 the tobacco fac
tories OF Missouri turned out 59.li9,-
2l5 pounds OF plug tobacco, which
amount IL over 100000 pounds
more than the quantity North Caro-
lima, which state ranks second pro-
duced in the same period. In these
figures, or this assertion, smoking and
other forms of tobacco are not In
cluded.
I'm the year 1908 the output of
manufactured plug tobacco of Mis-
souri, amounted to 57,S43,476 pounds.
The gain, therefore, in one year Is
l,805.739 pounds.
The twist and other forms OF the
chewing variety, snuff and smoking
tobacco added to the production OF
Missouri for 1909, amounted to IA
704.4l2 pounds as compared with
72.7SS,517 pounds for 1908, a gain
OF l,965.S95 pounds in one year
In the year 1909 the tobacco man
ufacturers of Missouri paid into the
United States treasury $4,456,S41 as
revenue taxes on the output OF IA
G1O.452 pounds of plug, twists smok-
ing tobacco and snuff"
In the fiscal year which closed
July l. 1910, the tobacco, beer and
liquor manufacturers OF Missouri, the
cigar and cigarette makers and 9TH
ers who must pay revenue taxes. paid
into the United States treasury at
Washington S10,S64,911, as compare d
with S9,699 ,093, for the previous per-
iod. a gain OF s1.165,S1S for Uncle
Sam.
Most Of this collection came from
the eastern half of the state, the First
dstict. in fact from St. Louis, that
amount being $S,9l5,619.90, For the
western half, which is the Sixth dis
trict and of which Kansas City, st.
Joseph, Joplin and Springfield are tho
chief centers, the amount Is Sl,949.-
29t.96. The many tobacco factories,
rectillers OF liquors and breweries of
st. Louis are responsible for the ex-
ira large contributions from that end
OF the state.
In the fiscal year in question 69S
cigar factories of Missouri turned out
63.094, ,449 cigars, consuming therefor
i.g61,209 pounds Of raw tobacco All
these cigars weighed more than three
pounds to the thousand. Divided be-
tween the two revenue district Of the
state, the First, which Of course com
tains the chief cigar-making center OF
the state St. Louis produced 1850
746 cigars, using for them $50, Gas
pounds Of tobacco The Sixth dis
trict, which includes the output OF
the shops Of Kansas City ST. Joseph,
Joplin and Springfield, produced 49,
113,7O3 cigars, which required 971,-
55l pounds Of tobacco.
Six cigarette factories Of Missouri,
ali in St. Louis, in the year ending
July /, 1910 manufactured and
turned out 4O0,4 cigarettes Of vary
ng grades and value. While some
ali coVrtng and eOpoa poprn word
painting could be done on how many
.hends" this number was divided
among. how many each smoked a
day and what the end Of each final