There are only about 500 establishments in 

 the whole U. S. engaged in cigarette manu- 

 facture and about ten of these manufacture 

 four times as many as all the rest together. 

 There would in fact be fewer factories except 

 for the popularity of certain brands of hand 

 made cigarettes. 95% of the total output is 

 made in 4 cities, i. e., New York, Dunham, N. 

 C. ; Richmond, Va. ; and New Orleans. New 

 York City alone manufactures about 60% of 

 the whole; Richmond about 16% ; New Orleans 

 about 10% and Durham the balance. 



Every country manufactures its own peculiar 

 brand of cigarettes. The best known and most 

 popular kinds of cigarettes are those known 

 as Virginian, Turkish, Havana, Porto Rican, 

 Mexican, Russian and Philippine. 



The Havana, Porto Rican, Mexican and 

 Philippine cigarettes are usually of the all-to- 

 bacco kind the others being paper wrapped. 

 They are generally made from the cuttings and 

 smaller leaves of cigar leaf tobacco. 



Turkish cigarettes are celebrated all the 

 world over. The name is however mostly a 

 misnomer, for nearly all the so-called Turkish 

 cigarettes proper are made in Egypt, Greece, 

 etc., and not in Turkey. In Egypt, however, 

 the best Turkish cigarettes are made from 

 tobacco grown in Turkey (in Europe) which 



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