Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1921-06-02
MANY INDUSTRIES
TIED TO TOBACCO
Prohibition Of Weed Would Mean
Big Financial Loss to
Allied Trades.
WHO USES THE MATCH7
The Smoker M~aInIy-Aiso Responsible
for Spending Hundreds Of Millions
Annually for Llcorlco. Sugar,
Coal, Cigar Boxes. Tin
Foil, Etc.
BY 0ARRET SMITH


How many times a day Ii that ques'
ton asked In these United States
How many more times IL the question
unnecessary because most pockets are
kept well supplied with the useful
little Hrticle7 Anyhow, inasmuch rs II
Is estimated that there nre 10000. 600
tobacco users In the country. we would
guess that the answer to that question
would run into the hundreds VI mil
lions.
For II II weren't for the smokers In
these days Of electric lights how many
matches would he usel2 A pretty
small proportion u the number Of
these sticks Of blnzcs' produced In
the country every year. Abolish to
bncco aud the match business would be
shot To pieces.
But the match business IL only n
Of a dozen or more allied Industries
which derive large directly or
Indirectly from the tobacco trade and
would suffer heavily II national pro-
hihition OF tobacco were to 20 into
effect ms some Of our rcformers would
have It.. The annual sales Of tobacco
products, based ON retail prices. Is es-
timated mt Sl,9:E. $4,000. or the cost
Of producing and selling this quantity
Of cigars, cigarettes md other forms
Of the weed, som. hundreds Of million
dollars nrc paid out for other things
than the raw tobacco and labor Of
making II up.
$25, 1000 a Year for Boxes
For example, tho tobacco trade con-
sumes each year 45,0O0.0OO pounds Of
licoricc. 5O.0Oo,oo pounds Of sugar,
both used In iiavorIng tobacco, and
GJO.oOp tons of coal. II Is estimated
that the value Of wooden cigar boxes
used is s25,0oO,ou0 II yenr, quite an
item to the lumber business and to
manufacturers Of the boxes.
In making these boxes 100000
pounds Of nails urc employed. Other
large items used In making and pre-
pairing tobacco for sale ARE tin and
lead foil, paper for bags and cigarette
wrappers, cloth for tobncco bags, Ia
'''N, ''Nl''llNt W . ilN'iNi'b nv iiit
Ing trade extensively.
Then building contractors md manu-
facturers of machinery are largely In
tcrrstrd. Investments I'm plants and
machinery employed I'm manufacture |
ing tobacco are estimated ut sl02.UO0,- |
600. Replacement, up-kecp and inter |
est on the investment make no small
SUN annually.
And let realty men note there are
approximately 325.0OO tobacco farms |
in the country, with n total estImnted |
valuation of SlGG, 100000. or further in |
to real estate me IS the fact
that there are 100000 retail establish
selling tobacco, involving a total
ana NJ keep impossible tn estl-
mate, besides the large amount Of Of
fec spnr" occupied by administrative
branches " the general business.
The insnrnrc" men, too, have their
share of ~" picklnGs. The '"hncro
bus ness Iaya ont annually S~7,pp,vOD
IN premiums f. the United S'a'r-.
And thrr" nrr the rhilrDnds whp real
from z,2irf'C TINS ~ tobacco
products r}rry ytyr.
Az for TIE ~adfrrisiuP buslu.r., |
here again y e. impressive IL form
any r.,Iwa'" = 'he eaDfwpu. annual
outlay.
The pr"i;D ~. u nS,a,tG npylI DlsD
krork d pm M; ,,as s.. 49,, rc,eip's
~ me in.'a2 f4s,es y~,a"-hmGn, |