The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-05-05
WAR AFFECTING
TOBACCO TRADE
Exports OF Leaf Being
Cut Down.
Manufactured STUFF HOLDS
Germany and Austria Practi.
cally Cut 0ff-NOn.C
batantS EcOnOmizing.
FUTURE MARKET Is PROMISING

FUTURE MARKET Is PROMISING
Washington, Mag despite the
increased consumption of tobacco in
the actual war zone. the economics
practiced by non-combatants in Eu-
rope and the inability to ship tobac-
CO to Germany and Austria. have
cut down the exports of leaf tobac-
co, while manufactured American
tobacco is holding its own largely
as a result of increasing demands
from the Far East and Oceanica,
says a bulletin issued by the De-
partment of Commerce.
The report says, in part:
"The United States is the great
est producer of tobacco in the world
and the greatest exporter. the great
est importer and the greatest con-
sumer. Our production of leaf OF
all sorts averages somewhat more
than 1,00O,00O,000 pounds a year,
having a value to the producers OF
about S1OO,O0O,OO0. An enormous
quantity is exported-considerably
more than a third of the produc-
tion in normal years-for the sales
of tobacco abroad are excelled by
only seven of the many products
America sends to other countries
These tobacco exports exceed in
value such items as cotton manu-
features, electrical machinery, pa
per and paper products and leather
and leather manufactures.
ITO assist in promoting the big
gest sale possible in foreign coun-
tries, the Bureau of Foreign and Do
nestle Commerce has issued re-
port entitled Tobacco Trade of the
World" in with nearly every coun-
try is considered in its relative i'm
portance as importer, exporter, pro-
Queer and consumer of tobacco
Sales methods, the likes and dis
likes of the consumer, the conduct
of monopolies. and some of the
very latest developments in the
trade are dealt with in the report
The recent growth of the demand
for cigarettes in the Far East and
the discussion of its causes make
very interesting reading, and the
statistics are so arranged as to give
comprehensive view of the whole
industry without requiring too much
work on the part of the reader. The
report is published as Special Con-
sular Reports, No. IS, and is sold
by the superintendent of Docu-
ments. Government Printing Office,
Washington, for cents copy.
In reference to the German mar
ket the report says:
while the present conditions
cannot be considered favorable to
the extension of American trade
and the market of upward of 1000
metric tons of leaf tobacco is prob
ably lost for the present. yet with
the restoration of peace there will
undoubtedly be a greater demand
for leaf tobacco than ever before. II
will be noticed from the statistics
that the United States never partic-
ipated to any great extent in the i'm
ports and exports of finished prod
ucts. There are several reasons for
this. In the first place, Americans
made cigars are too highly favored
for the German taste. Highly fla
vored cigarettes are more popular
especially with tile women. In tie
second place. Germany is over
equipped with cigar and cigarette
factories and the labor is so much
cheaper by comparison that II would
be almost impossible to compete
with German manufacturers. FL
nally the high protective tariff
would operate as a serious handi-
cap against any attempt OF Ameri-
can manufacturers TO enter this
market with cigars and cigarettes. .
According to the report the loss
in leaf exports to neutral countries
in pounds is as follows:
Spain. 100000; Netherlands,
100000; Italy, 100000.
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