centration of American buying power has, how- 

 ever, been a formidable check on it, the prices 

 received by the growers being now fair and 

 reasonable, and such as are the result of a 

 healthy market, where the factors of supply 

 and demand have their full share of effect. 



The government statistics show that for 1914 

 the prices of leaf varied from 5.5c to 20c for 

 common to good varieties. 



(For references see end of Chapter VIII) 



