Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-12-27
VOLUME VI, NUMBER 81,
A GREAT BEER STATE
Large Quantities of Whiskcy, Brandy
and Butterinc Also Produced
and Used.


Jefferson City Mo, Dec. 26.-In
annual output of chewing tobacco
Missouri leads the world, It has no
close competitor.
This Is the assertion made In tho
1910 Hed Book OF the bureau of la
Dor statistics in q chapter devoted
to the tobacco and liquor industries
Of Missouri. Then Labor Commits.
sioner j, c. A. Hitler, with facts and
hguros. proceeds to prove that his
declaration Is correct. Quoting copl-
ously from the article In question
the information made public today on
the tobacco industry reads:
In the year 1909 the tobacco fac
tories OF Missouri turned out 59.1i9,-
2l6 pounds OF plug tobacco which
amount Is 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.
In the year 1903 tho output of
manufactured plug tobacco of Mis-
souri amounted to 57.343,476 pounds.
The gain, therefore, in one year Is
l,S05.739 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
754.4l2 pounds as compared with
72,7SS.5l7 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 a.
GlO.452 pounds of plug twists, smok-
ing tobacco and snuff"
In the fiscal year which closed
July l. 1910. the tobacco beer andi
liquor manufacturers OF Missouri, theh
cigar and cigarette makers and 9th
ers who must pay revenue taxes paid
Into the United States treasury at
Washington S1O,SG4,911, as compared
with $500 ,093, for the previous per-
iod, gain OF Sl,1GJ,SlS for Uncle
Sam.
Most Of this collection came from
the eastern half Of the state, the First |
distict, In fact from st. Louis. that |
amount being $S,915,619.90 For the |
western half, which is the sixth dis /
trict and OF which Kansas City. ST. (
Joseph, Joplin and Springfield are the /
chief centors, the amount Is S1,940,- |
29i.96. The many tobacco factories, /
rectiliers 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
6S,0ai,i49 cigars, consuming therefor
1861 200 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 con-
tains the chief cigar making center of
the state, st. Louis, produced $3.50
TAG cigars, using for them $50 cas-
pounds Of tobacco, The Sixth dis
trlct, which includes the output OF
the shops of Kansas City ST. Joseph,
Joplin and Springfield, produced 49,
ll3,703 cigars, which required 371,-
551 pounds Of tobacco.
Six cigarette factories Of Missouri,
all in ST. Louis, in the year ending
July 1, 1910, manufactured and
,urncd out 1924 cigarettes Of vary
,ng grades and value While some
.all figuring and some genre word
painting could be done on how many
nends" this number was divided ,
among, how many each smoked
day and what the end Of each final