Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-24
A COMPLETE REVIEW Or
THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY
Facts and Figures Taken From Ad-
vance Sheets OF Forthcoming
Bulletin Government VIII Issue.
TO KEEP FOR REFERENCE
Leaf Stocks i'm Hands of Manufac-
turers and Dealers Arc Very
Small-Fourtecn Leading Tobacco
Producing Counties.


Director Sam L. Rogers. of the
Bureau of tho Census. Department OF
Commerce, will soon issue Bulletin
1876. on the American tobacco industry,
compiled under the direction OF WILL
liam L. Austin. chief statistician for
tobacco. The bulletin will contain data
regarding the production. consumption
and stocks OF tobacco in the United
| States. the prices obtained for the
staple by the growers. the quantities
OF the several products manufactured
theref.om. the revenue on tobacco COL
lected by the government. and tho i'm
ports and exports OF manufactured and
manufactured tobacco. The purpose
OF the report has been to assemble in
one publication the statistics for the
various phases Of tho industry, and to
present them III convenient form for
ready reference.
Th!. bulletin will be OF interest to
the tobacco manufacturers and dealers
of Richmond and Virginia as we'll to
the growers OF the weed. especially at
this time. when the stocks Of tobacco.
both in the raw material state and
manufactured. are not large and the
prices for the leaf are higher than
ever before known. Information culled
from the advance sheets OF the bulletin
are here given:
The amount OF leaf tobacco shown
by the report as in the hands OF manu-
facturers and dealers on January /.
1918, was ll76,234.657 pounds. as
against 1.o4.ssS.loS pounds held on
January l. 1917, the increase being
equal to 1875 per cent or the total
for 1918. chewing. sm oliing. snuff and
export types formed sc per cent; cigar
types. 10 per cent. and imported types
per sent. The leading individual
type was that produced in the bright
yellow district OF Virginia North Caro-
lima and South Carolina" of which
there was reported 42S.ol3,604 pounds.
or 3e.5 per cent OF the total Burley
tobacco contributed l77,206.SO0 pounds.
or 13.l per cent; and the tobacco
classed as dark fred. as grown in
C!arksvilie. Hopk insvllc and Paducah
/ districts" amounted to ll7llS,3S6
pounds, or 10 per cent.
TOBACCO PRODUCTION
IN THE UNITED STATES
According to estimates made by the
Department OF Agriculture. the tota!
tobacco crop OF the United States in
1917 was 1.lcS,i5l,000 pounds. The
leading tobacco States and the esti-
mated amounts grown by them are as
follows Kentucky, 42S.6O0.0o0 pounds:
North Carolina. 2oi.75O, 900 pounds;
Virginia. lo?,5oo.000 pounds; Ohio, 90
oI2.ooo pounds; Tennessee. Sl.s1o,Ooo
pounds; Pennsy lvania. 5s,IOO,0oo
, pounds; South Carolina. 51,12o.ooo
pounds; Wisconsin. 45.SS5.o0o pounds;
Connecticut, c3.54o,0oo, and Maryland
22.o3t,0oe pounds. The acreage estI-
mated for these States ranged from
$4,000 for Kentucky to 2I,1o0 for Con-
necticut. and the production per acre.
from l.4oo pounds for Connecticut and
Pennsylvania TO $50 pounds for North
L tal1 .Nl.
tanned. as rule. in the localities pro.
ducing the types used in the manufa.-
ture OF cigars.
THE FOURTEEN BIGGEST
ToBACCo-GRowING COUNmIEs
During the past three quarter o., q
century the growth in tobacco produc-
ton in the United States has not quite
Kept pace with that in populations; the
estimated tobacco crop Of 1917 being
about Ave and one-half times as great
as the crop OF 1889, as ascertained at
| the census OF 1910. the earliest at
! which statistics OF tobacco production
were obtained. whereas the estimated
population Of the country for 1917 was
slightly more than six times as great
as the population shown by the census
OF 1870
Virginia was the greatest tobacco
growing State prior to the War Be-
period
kentucky has led in this respect Al
! though at the last census the produc
Ton OF tobacco was reported for l,56S
counties in forty-fve States nearly
one-fourth of the crop GAS per cent?
was grown in the following fourteen
counties. each OF which reprted more
than 100000 pounds: Lancaster. pa !.
Hartford, Conn: PittsyIvania, Va:
Dane. Wis; Halifax, Va; Darke, Ohio:
DAVIES. Ky: Montgomery. Ohio; Rob-
ertson, Tenn; Christian, Ky; Graves
hS.; Montgomery, Tenn: Pitt, y. C.
and Henderson. Ky
TALL PRICES AND IMPORT
AND EXPORT FIGURES
According 20 data compiled by the
Bureau OF Crop Estimates, OF the De-
partment OF Agriculture the average
farm price OF tobacco throughout the
United States on December ], 1917 was
24s cents pound. or more than twice
the corresponding average for the ,on
years 1908 to 1917, Inclusive which
was 12.1 cents. During the period in
question the lowest figure was that
Tor December l, 1915, OIL cents: but NV
december ! OF the following year tho
average price had Increased to 14.7
cents, and twelve months later il had
leaped 10 $40 cents.
Imports of tobacco and it's products
into the United States during 1917 ar
gregated s4o.S11,539 in value, an
amount about one-seventh as great as
The estimated value Of the American
tobacco crop; and the exports OF do
mesttc tobacco and its products dur
ing the same year represented a total
value of s62.o17.037.
On the basis of revenue-stamp sa,es
the numbers OF cigars and cigarettes
manufactured during 1917 in registered
factories under the jurisdiction of the
commissioners OF interna. revenue are
estimated at 9.050.960,224 and 34.s3o. :
asS.6'6 respectively. The increase in
the production OF cigarettes in regis
tered factories during recent wears IL
a striking one, amounting to 10 less
IMAM .5O per cent for the six-year
period 1sl1-1917; and when the produc-
tion in bonded manufacturing ware.
houses In 1917, for which no data are
yet available. is taken into account. Il
Is probable that the total VIII reach.
or closely approximate, 10000. 900 o00
The exports OF cigarettes during 1917
totaled 1.023,62G,O00. The imports from
Foreign countries and shipments from
the philippines were relatively very
small. amounting to only 1892 hounds
or about 100000 or 100000 cira-
rettes. during 1917. The net produc.
ton In one year Of cigarettes available
Tor American cOusln, milan NO. 49,,