Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-05-02

Since by far the greater part
OF tobacco produced In North
Carolina Is consumed In cigar
cites, the following excerpts
from the March. 1856. issue Of
The Tobacco Situation" releas-
ed by the Agricultural Market
ing Service, u. S. Department Of
Agriculture, Is submitted as a
matter Of local interest.
After declining from the 1852
peak in 1853 and 1854, the num-
Der of cigarettes manufactured
rose in 1855 and is expected to
make a further gradual gain in
1856. Last years output at 412lS
billion was 2 2/3 percent above
1854. Consumption in this coun-
try as indicated by tax-paid re-
movalS increased over 31k per-
cent but tax-free removals
(mostly for overseas use) fell
off BIZ percent from 1854 to
1855. The return from abroad of
a SiZable number of troops re-
suited in smaller overseas ship
ments of tax-free cigarettes and
contributed to the increase of
those sold in the tax-paid cate
CORY. Trade reports indicated the
sales of filter tips in this coun-
try were continuing to gain at
the close of 1855.
Cigarette consumption per
person Is years and over in
1855 totaled an estimated 9.83
pounds per person. percent
above 1854 and s percent below
the 1853 peak. Measured by
number, the peak consumption
year was 1852. Measured by
pounds, the peak was 1858 when
proportion of king size cigaret-
ties was larger than in 1852.
The number of regular size,
nonfilter cigarettes has declined
considerably since 1852. The
output of king size, nonfilter
cigarettes more than quadrupled
from 1949 to 1853 but changed
relatively little since then. How
ever, the output of filter tip
cigarettes rose sharply in re-
cent years. Based on trade
sources, it is estimated that the
proportion of regular cigarettes
dropped from about 81 to SIS
percent OF the total from 1852
to 1855. On the other hand, the
proportion of king siZ, nonfilter
cigarettes increased from nearly
Is percent in 1852 to around 81
percent in 1858 and accounted
for roughly the same share in
1854 and 1855. The proportion of
filter tips jumped from / l/3
percent in 1852 to about 10 per-
cent in 1865.
The increase in cigarette con-
sumption appear to be rather
widespread. Tax data for about
three-fourths of the States levy
ing cigarette taxes indicate larg-
er consumption in the last half
of 1855 than in the correspond
ing period of year earlier. The
high level OF dispoSable income
last year was a favorable factor
and is expected to continue so
in 1856. II is estimated that on
the average consumers paid a
bout B percent more per pack
of cigarettes in 1855 than in
1854. Prices in / States inCrCaS-
ed due TO higher taxes levied by
those States during 1865. Furth-
or. smokers who bought kim
size cigarettes generally paid
more per pack following the adj
vance in manufactures prices
for this category last April. Also
the Sizablc shift TO filter tip
cigarettes, which arc higher
priced than regular or king size.
nonfilter tips cigarettes. was a
factocr in raising the per unit
price paid for cigarettes in 1865.
From As to 80 million pounds
farm-Sales wCight of tobacco
is exported annually in the form
OF cigarettes. The number ship
ped in 1855 totalcd about Isl