The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-08

0Fgne1e1Ss reported slu4S SAAS1 = - 49, =
( II to be deficit In certain grade OF
Turkish leaf used In the 1anctef
blends. This years crop OF TURKISH
tobacco has not yet been brought I'M
and many ofkt11e necessary workmen
are mobilized Further. the stores
and warehouses are closed and the
only shipping routes open to the
Turkish products as SO expensive az
Ito be Impractical Thus. the war
may sweep brands OF favortte clsa1-
,ettes from the market.
Cuba. Porto Rico and the Philip
pines send quantities of tobacco to
/, the United States and to the coun-
| tries OF Europe The Porto Rican
and the Cuban tobacco trades have
been severely hit by the war. This
! tfghtncss in their trade may endure
sometime as far as the European
market is concerned, while, though
the contesting peoples undoubtedly
will continue to smoke. they Will
content themselves with cheaper
grades. likely with the Havana as a
rare luxury.
Porto Rico sent us 135. $4,000
cigars during the ten months ended
April, 1914. Sumatra sent us about
$4,000 bales of her Sosacco leaf.
Cuba exported during the six months
ended June 80. 1914, 77.666,4O5
cigars The largest purchasers were
Great Britain and the United States.
Although the Cuban crop this year
is short; it has been suggested that
American buyers should make more
liberal purchases In order to mitl-I
gate the losses OF tighter European
market.
The United States tobacco crop,
has been growing smaller for several
years. According to the crop eStt-
mates issued by the Agricultural De-
partment in the early part of June,
this year, another slight decrease IN
the acreage and yield OF tobacco
viii be experienced. The total area
planted amounts to 1869 acres.
192.0O8,450 pounds Of tobacco. In
1913, the yield of 157, 613 acres was
2O1 100000 pounds, while I'm 1912.
the product of. 180.302 acres was
was 22S. 015 900 pounds. It is prob
able that the war will have some
stimulating effect upon next years ,
paintings. possibly a decided effect. !
The Egyptian tobaoco manufac-
ture seems bound to be hard hit
me industry-the making of cigar
cites. Cairo is the center OF this Inst
dustry, and its factories employ
thousands of operatives. The to-
bacco used is mostly imported from
Turkey and Greece. Aside from the !,
enormous home-consumption of Gig
arettes Egypt annually exports about
$4,000, 900 worth. Germany. Eng-l
land, Sweden, Austria-Hungary. the !,
United States and France are her
best customers mis- year, the 1
Egyptians. due to the war disturb
ances, face sIlut-of supply of Turk-I|
1sh and Grecian tobacco. h
Germany grows a species of to-,
bacco plant which her natives fondly
Imagine to be real tobacco. 1t is 1
grown in the Province Hanover. It's /
leaves are palish yellow, its bear
ing Is one Of degenerate lack of con-
ffdence, and 1t tastes disreputable.l
Cigars made OF this quasi-material
cost as low as ga of cent each. The 1
Germans. however. cannot fight on
this kind of tobacco. They will have
to buy their war supplies from us 4
Germany makes a great part OF
the cigar labels for her own use and
for other countries. One interesting
in the tobacco business
is the request recently laid before
English dealers that they issue
their cigars unlabeled, If they are
not able to gete satisfactory litho-,.
graphic work at home. In the mat
ter of pipes and labels and taxes,
the American tobacco trade may SUI
fer somewhat, but in every other
way it stands to profit.