MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS OF TO- 

 BACCO. GENERAL REMARKS 



The importance and magnitude of the to- 

 bacco manufacturing industry in the United 

 States will be best understood from a considera- 

 tion of the following statistics taken from the 

 latest available government records : 



(For all Manufactured Products) 

 Cost of materials used. . (1905) =$126,000,000 



(1909)= 177,000,000 



Value of the product. . . (1905)= 331,000,000 



(1909)= 417,000,000 



No. of establishments. .(1905)= 16,828 



(1909)= 15,822 

 No. of persons em- 

 ployed, more than 

 one-third being wo- 

 men (1905)= 160,000 



(1909)= 197,000 



The figures are given in round numbers. The 

 total capital invested in this industry is be- 

 tween $300,000,000 and $400,000,000. 



There are more than one and a quarter mil- 

 lions acres in the U. S. under cultivation of 

 tobacco which yields a crop at present approxi- 

 mating to 1,000 million Ibs. of leaf annually. 



The industry shows an absolutely increasing 

 condition in every particular at each census. 



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