TOBACCO LEAF. 



tion for the best quality of each grade is given for January and again 

 for October. Under " lugs," is given a similar quotation for common 

 to good leaf, used for this purpose. Quotations for the fillers grown in 

 that region for plugs and for cigars are also given. 



[Quotations in dollars and cents for 100 pounds.] 



Furnished by Western Tobacco Journal. It reports total sales at 

 Cincinnati of White Hurley as follows: 1892, 109,612 liofislieads at an 

 average of 87.38 per 100 pounds of leaf; '93, 79,886 hogslieads at. $9.75; 

 '94, 104,010 hogsheads at $7.81; '95, 103,198 hogsheads at $6.65; '96, from 

 January 1 to August 15, 63,935 hogslieads, at an average of $5.18. 



Table XVII. CONSUMPTION AND TAXATION OF TOBACCO IN THE 

 UNITED STATES. 



[Compiled from reports of U. S. Commission of Internal Revenue.] 



This table gives in column No. 1 the millions of pounds of leaf 

 tobacco manufactured into plug, smoking, fine cut, snuff, etc., each 

 year. Column No. 2 shows the millions of cigars made each year ; 



