Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-03

"""nu manufacturers OF chew
Tx gum. confcctions organs and
""sical instruments. exporters OF
"""at. hour. timber, machinery to-
'cro' Iron and steel products, ms well
'"sihis apple producers all have
zen offered unusual opportunities for
making sales in foreign countries
i"'inS the last week by tho Coon.
'"''V" ofhcc OF the ichmond Cham
VI VI commerce. Details OF these
pportunities. goods demanded In "a
8'core or moro Of foreign countries
ilready hnyc been forwarded m tho
firms listed on the export
= srs' index of the Co.OperatIye Offic.
Hout IL was announced at the chamber
"s' night that the Information also
"ouin DC given other local manu-
Hncihrer> who might be Interested
M taking advantage OF the oppor-
.nnities presented
broadening OF the service rendered
ny tho RichtnOnd Chamber Of Com
%ncrcs to include apple producers o..
~ irginia. Is expected to assist ma
erlaiiy In the sale OF the fine pippins
Urh other varieties produced here,
while tho Information brought to the
attention OF local manufacturers not
'nly has added several firms to the
ocal nHt of exporters, but has dcvel-
'pcd negotiations giving Indications
mat trn total Of this city's export
cuisines for the year viii show a
material Increase over recent annual
reports.
Following the publication last
week Of IN. announcement that
'"chosiovakia IL In the markx for
hrSe quantities ri human hair. the
N N I'M ttt.E fntn
pal letters from various sections OF
he STATE. announcing that individuals
were d"sirous OF parting with their
~ tod Inc h,resses. j, has been
pointed ont that. unless they posse.s
Man unusually abundant supply en-
ahling them to make large shipments
4warranted by III. distance. the for
malit'es az foreign shipments hard
w would pay them for tho trouble.
However. the grouping OF number
OF such shipments "a one. NO that the
shipmsnt might be placed on "A 100 or
- SOC pound basis. no doubt. might
Hprore profitable
Urged Ia Use u. y. ships.
Through the medium 81 the printed
opportunity slips Richmond export
SerS arc being urged 10 IKE American
Sips wherever possIhl. In forwarding
heir export goods. Sotoniy are *
4port firms here asked 10 demand the
uso NJ American vessels hut the To-
zeal Co Operative Ofhrc has been snp-
piled with Information concerning
nh" sRilIngs OF American ships for all
&port. 40 that assistance may be rem
d red direct 10 Richmond exporters.
Unusually heavy demands for OF
bacco made recently viii make Of In
terest the announcement that r-gtric-
nm "a. nm ~ "a Of IA n
hacco into Germany have been re-
moved. a. a result of protests from
I150 cigarette and 1900 cigar fac
tories. which employ 10000 workers
an dare mainly dependent upon i'm
for,"d raw leaf.
The production OF German leaf to-
hacco i~ altogether Insufficient for
domestic consumption aud Viii prob
& ably not he appr"ciably increased
/ Postwar acreas. and production are
legs than in pr"-war years.
\ Tobacco !. grown in all parts OF
lG.rmany. hn, chiefly In the Pfalz.
Upper Baden, Nuremberg. Fuerth
River Oder. and rckermark dis
tric,s. The most prominent species
planted In Germany are known as
6G) Nirginian. 90 German. Land or
Ptalz: az Guud.. 90 Friedrich
: s,hler or Amersfort"r. 80 Mary
land: 80 "p"asant," or Violet"
Tohnrro Consumption increases.
German tobacco consumption 4.
Increasing yearly. In 1919 i2.ooo.-
000.0On cigarettes were taxed. while
ain 1921 tn" number aIm"St doubled.
viz. 23.O0H. a0D o00 However there
Was a drCrcasS In tho consumpji ion
Of cigars, a.0O0.o0n, 200 were tsx"d In
. ,Ql3 in comparison with s.oo0 600, :
6th0 In 1921. This decrease can toe at
trihutcd largely 10 the financial in
ability Of the average German 10
purchase good cigars. as suhsti-
9tu,s Off which he now smokes
9cIrsrettcs.
It is estimated that from 40 to a.
per cent of the tobacco consumed la
Germany Is imported. III. Dutch
East Indies supply Germany with
almost 80 per cen; NJ har leaf to-
lfYcco imports. followed by Turkey.
Greece, Brazil. aud Dominican Re-
public. Imports of American leaf