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world, or at least of Europe. In Great Britain, Spain and 

 Portugal, no tobacco is cultivated, and these countries are 

 therefore dependent upon their colonies for a supply of the 

 great product. The commerce in the plant is extensive and 

 reaches to every part of the globe. No nation, state, or 

 empire now ignores the revenue to be derived from its 

 import or culture, and many a government receives more 

 from this plant alone than from any other source. 



While some nations prohibit its culture at home, their 

 colonies are allowed to grow it, and thus the article and the 

 revenue are both secured. But while the production of the 

 plant and the commerce depending on it are extensive, they 

 are not more so than the manufacture of the leaf into the 

 various preparations for use. The government work-shops of 

 Seville and Manilla, as well as those of Havana and Paris are 

 of enormous proportions and employ thousands of operatives 

 in the manufacture of cigars and cigarettes. In this country 

 and in England, large quantities of cigars are made both 

 from domestic and foreign tobaccos. 



In South America also many are made, but more for home 

 use than for export. Cutting leaf is largely manufactured 

 in this country, especially near the great leaf growing sec- 

 tions. Most of this is used here, the leaf for manufacture 

 abroad being exported in hdgsheads for cutting in any form 

 desired. Snuff leaf is exported largely from this country to 

 Great Britain and France, where are the largest manufact- 

 urers of snuff in the world. At the present time the 

 demand seems greater for cutting than for cigar leaf. The 

 growths of the "West Indies and South America furnish a 

 large quantity of fine tobacco for cigars, but comparatively 

 little for cutting purposes. European tobaccos are adapted 

 for both cutting and for cigars, and are used extensively at 

 home though not considered equal to American varieties, 

 being of a milder flavor. As an article of production and 

 commerce, tobacco must be considered as important as any 

 of the great products or staples, since the demand is constant 

 and continually increasing. Year by year its cultivation 



