488 



TOBACCO LEAF. 



Table XII. GROWTH OF TOBACCO MANUFACTURING IN EACH STATE. 



a Each account with the internal revenue department is here con- 

 sidered as a factory. As a matter of fact, there may be several ac- 

 counts in the same building. Hence the discrepancy between these 

 figures and those of the federal census, which last represent different 

 establishments. 



b Product of manufactured tobacco. 



Cigarettes: Total production in 1886 was 1607 millions, in 1894 was 

 3621 millions, divided between the States of principal production thus: 

 Louisiana, 12 millions in '86 against 158 millions in '94; Maryland, 119 

 to 36; New York, 929 to 1838; North Carolina, 262 to 737, and Virginia's 

 product of 273 million cigarettes in '86 increased to 823 millions in '94. 



Plug Tobacco: Total product in 1886 was 131 million pounds, which 

 for '94 had increased to 160 millions by leading States as follows : Ken- 

 tucky, 13 million pounds in '86 and 22 millions in '94; Missouri 30 to 52; 

 New Jersey, 18 to 12; New York, 4 to 3; North Carolina, 10 to 17; Ohio, 

 to 15; while Virginia's plug tobacco output of 38 million pounds in 

 '86 dropped to 31 millions eight years later. 



Fine Cut: Production in 1886 was 17 million pounds and only 14 

 millions in '94, as follows: Illinois, 1.6 to 2.1; Michigan, to 4; New 

 Jersey, 5 to 3; and New York dropped from 3.3 to 2.3 million pounds. 



