cipally. The plugs are packed in boxes of 72 

 Ibs. each, and also smaller boxes of 10 and 12 

 Ibs. each. 



The principal centers of the manufacture of 

 pipe smoking and chewing tobacco are Missouri 

 (St. Louis) ; North Carolina (Durham and 

 Winston) ; Kentucky (Louisville) ; New Jer- 

 sey (Jersey City) ; Virginia (Richmond) and 

 Ohio (Cincinnati). 



There are altogether about 400 establish- 

 ments employing about 20,000 persons, and 

 the value of the product is over 100 million 

 dollars annually. 



This class of products is by its nature more 

 suitable for concentration of manufacture than 

 either cigars or cigarettes. Hence the small 

 number of establishments. 



Only about 10 million Ibs. of manufactured 

 tobacco is exported. 



(See references end of Chapter XV) 



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