New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1921-07-06
By GARRETT SMITH

sumes each year 45,O0o,OO0 pounds q
licorice. $4,000, 900 pounds of sugar,
both used in flavoring tobacco, and
65O,Q0O tons Of coal. It is estimated
that the value of, wooden cigar boxes
used is $25,Oo0,O00 a year, quite an
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 tin and
lead foil, paper for bags and cigarette
wrappers, cloth for tobacco bags, la
bells, coupons, etc., involving the print
ing trade extensively.
Then building contractors and manu-
facturers Of machinery are largely In
terested. Investments in plants and
machinery employed in manufactur-
ing tobacco are estimated at $1O2, O0O,-.
600. Replacement up-keep and inter-.
est on the investment make no small
sum annually.
And let realty men note there are
approximately 325,OOO tobacco farms.
IN the country, with a total estimated
valuation Of $160, 900 1000. or further In
terest to real estate men is the fact
that there are zoe, 1000 retail establish.
ments selling tobacco, involving total
rental and up-keep impossible to esti-
mate, besides the large amount Of of
flee space occupied by administrative
branches OF the general business.
The insurance men, too, have their
share Of the pickings. The tobacco
business pays out annually S7,O0O,000
in premiums in the United States.
And there are the railroads who reap
revenue from 2,21O 900 tons Of tobacco
products every year. ffy s...s, rs sss !.
/: As for the advertising business,
here again it is impossible to form
any estimate Of the enormous annual
outlay. ..s ts.,s
The prohibition Of tobacco would also
knock a good sized hole in the receipts
Of the United States government.
The internal revenue receipts from
tobacco for the fiscal year 1920 amount
ed to $295, 800 1856. a.. Customs duties
provided an additional $25,OOO, 600 in
round figures, making the total revenue
return to the government 1920, OO0,0O
influence on Popular Sentiment.
/: It Is this interlo cking Of the tobacco
business with so many other interests
and the vast amount Of financial loss
that would be involved in the abolition
Of tobacco that is one Of the most Sc
,rious aspects Of the proposal to- pro-
ahibit the sale Of tobacco, a proposal.
however, which has little support By;
public sentiment II the newspaper edi-'.
tors OF the country are correct In their;
estimate Of that sentiment.
In a poll Of the editors made recently
by the Tobacco Merchants Association
ofsthe; United States, through the Press
Service Company OF New York CITY.
% per. cent Of the 7,847 editors who
replied expressed the opinion that the
people Of their; communities were OBJ
posed to any law against tobacco. As1'
these editors represent some SO, 600 900
readers the results form pretty gem
Aral test Of national opinion.
In their remarks accompanying their
replies many Of the editors expressed
It sas their opinion that the oppositionI
OF their communities to the abo1itioni
Of tobacco was based to some extent atI
least on the damage such a change;
would do to the business interests 81
the community. This was particularly
true in the tobacco growing states and
centers where there were large tobacco
plants 5 y, M 7lss
! But when the extent ofthe business
Involved II the allied interests Sof thel
ttsbacco trade IS considered, ,as above
briefly outlined, It Is clear that there
is hardly a section Of the country that
would not be- affec tedi directly or I'M
directly by abolishing tobacco.
Mrs. Amelia Schumacher of SPRING