EAST INDIAN AND PHILIPPINE TOBACCO 

 The Dutch East Indies (Sumatra and the 

 adjacent islands) produce yearly about 180 

 million Ibs. of tobacco, all of which is used in 

 the cigar business. Of this the United States 

 takes about from 30,000 to 40,000 bales of 

 Sumatran leaf, about 5% million Ibs. About 

 2 Ibs. of this leaf wraps 1,000 cigars. 



The Philippine Islands produce from 50 to 

 100 million Ibs, of tobacco annually. The crop 

 for 1913 was 101,544,736 Ibs. The imports 

 into the United States are principally as manu- 

 factured cigars by special arrangements which 

 will be referred to later on in the chapter on 

 cigars. 



