The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-20
The HAsKIN LETTER
TOBACCO
The statlstIcs 81 lnanutacturei 70
BY Frederic kJ. Hasiin

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The statistics Of manufactured to-
baecos show a similar trend. though
mot exactly the same conclusion. For
|cigarets, cigars. and cheroots ne fig
|ures are: exports. August. 1915.
186.912,000. valued at $352,033;
August, 1914, 100. 22S, 0ee. valued at
$217,2S9: September, 1913. 211,-
673, 900 valued at 1921 AIS; Sep
TENDER, 1914, 302,966, 600, valued
at $184,313; August, 1914, 414,390
pounds. valued at $143,663; Sep
TENDER, 1918, 55S, 125 pounds, valued
at Si74, 6G3; September 1914. so9,6s1
pounds, valued ct $290,40 In the
manufactured tobaccos the exports
would seem to indicate that in Sep
TENDER 1914. abnormally large guam
tides we're GEM IEroad for the COM
fort and cheer o., the linen at the
front" And these manufactured ex-
ports brought higher prices, too. 4
The effects CT tho war on imports
OF tobacco are even more marked.
For August, 1915. imports OF leaf tor
bacS., were S,s722, 40 pounds, valued
at $2,047,051; August, 1914, 1851, 254
pounds, valued at $2,540,3o7; for
September, 1913, 4,169,247 pounds,
valued at SO, 1,349; September 1914,
2,793, 917 pounds, valued at s., 49,
95l. Imports OF cigars, cheroots and
cigarettes in August, 1913, were 1872
$50 900. valued at s360,633; in Aug
ust, 1914, 104, 674 900 valued at $3O1,-
sos; September. 1913, 147, 731 900 val
ued at 1926. 49f; September, 1914, 9S,-
sos, 900 valued at s307,991
II pr4sent general conditions do
not become much worse as regards
transpo rtation, 1t may reasonably be
expected that most OF our imports Of
'tobaccos will not be. further dis
turbed. The imports. are principally
cigars and cigar filler tobaccos from
Cuba and cigar wrapper tobaccos
from the Dutch East Indies. which
are marketed at Amsterdam and Rot
terdam in Holland. Turkish cigarets.
and Turkish tobaccos imported for
manufacture of cigarets in this
country, are already cut of.
In the manufacture OF cigaret
papers, the finest of which are inn
ported from France, the factory 5oper-
atiyes are chiefly women, who are
not called to the coiors." and there
fore, 1t is reported, there need be no
shortage OF supply SO long as the
French or their allies have free
use OF the seas.
To the ultimate consumer OF to-
bacco in the United States, it Is very
probable that the effects ofythe war
will be perceptble indirectly rather
than directly. Hard times, whether
they result from war or panic,
tend to make men economic in uses
of tobacco, some accomplishing the
economy by fewer indulgences in the
weed; others by using cheaper
grades. 1t is not probable that the
war tax recently imposed, or that
even any scarcity Of supply, will en-
nance prices by retail.
The closing of the New York stock
exchange took away almost complete
~ from the tobacconists of one part
OF New York 10000 of the best
"spenders" in the world. Similar,
conditions, though of less extent,
have been caused in other cities.
Tampa and other cigar manufacturing
centers report orders for holiday
goods as being late. But the trade
generally, and even the growers, who
have been hardest hit, are maintain
ing q firm cheerfulness.