The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1921-06-02
MANY Industries
TIED TO TOBACCO
Prohibition Of Weed Would Mean
Big Financial Loss to
Allied Trades.
WHO USES THE MATCH?
The Smoker Mai1iy-Also Responsible
lor Spending Hundreds Of Millions
Annually for Lioorioe, Sugar,
Coal, Cigar Boxes, Tin
Foil Etc.
BY eARRET SMITH
"Cot a m0tclT"


"Got a matchW
How many times n day is that ouos.
uou asked in these United states
How many more times IS the question
unnecessary because most pockets nv.
kept well supplied with the useful
little arucle2 Anyhow. iuasmucn as n
is estimated that there are 3Ou1Ou1l
tobacco users In the country. we would
guess that the answer to tlat question
would run into tie hundreds of mill
lions.
For IF it weren't for the smokers In
these days of electric lights I5w ugnv
matches would he used? A pretty
small proportion of the number Of
these sticks of bIazcs" produced I'm
me country every year Abolish TO-
hacco and the match business would ba
shot io pieces.
But the match business is ONLY one
Of dozen or more allied industries
which derive large revenues directly or
indirectly from the tobacco trade and
would suffer heavily If national pro-
hihition Of tobacco were 20 20 into
effect as some of our reformers would
have H. The annual sales of tobacco
products, based on retail prices. Is es-
umated AZ 937.00O,OOO OF the cost
OF producing and selling this quantity
of cigars, cigarettes and other forms
Of the weed, some hundreds of m''fan
dollars are paid out for other uiu-s
than the raw tobacco aud labor of
making il up
S25,o00,oOo a Year for Boxes
For example, tire tobacco trade CON
sumes each year 45OO0,OOO pounds Of
licorice, 50o0JOOO pounds of sugar
sboth used in nayoring tobacco and
6oOOOO tons of coal II is estimated
that the value of wooden cigar boxes
used is $25oo0COO a year. quite am
Item to the lumber business and to
manufacturers Of the boxes.
In making these boxes $4,000
pounds Of nails are employed. Other
large Items used in making and pre-
pairing tobacco for sale are lin and
lead foil, paper for bags and cigarette
wrappers cloth for tobacco bags. In-
bells, coupons. etc, involving the print
Ing trade extensively.
roc,urers ~ ,.1.,,.,. ',,,' ,,.' ,'.Iu manu-
i"c'ure5S '"'.l oI machinery are largely Iu-
terested. Investments in plants and
machinery employed in manufactur-
noo loo 'ou"IGo m, are estimated at 100000
os, ~, W. ,,'.',,.''.'.'' up-"''p ANA inter
...,,, ''' '.s'liI'"l nuke 10 small
'',' ,5 3'',,.' NV. n.y.
.,,.,',.,.,.-t. ,'.''( ".'n n".e mere are
IN >, ~, 80, ''-,,o'''' '""9''" iaimS
.'.'.' VIII " I"."I estimated
tcrest ,o rco, a.,a, 'o' W. '.. ''I ''-
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rrrts sgIrirr t,h.c. ,,,.,, ,,,',.. ,,'.''..
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