TOBACCO LEAVES 



once more transferred to lighters and 

 placed in carts for transport to the ware- 

 houses, where they are unpacked for selec- 

 tion. They are then repacked in bales 

 and carted to the goods station for convey- 

 ance abroad. Hence a considerable amount 

 of time must elapse before they leave the 

 hands of a merchant who does his own cut- 

 ting in Calabria. A considerable number 

 of blocks are sent to the United States, but, 

 apparently, none whatever to the United 

 Kingdom. 



CIGARETTES IN CHINATOWN 



" IT is my belief," said an old resident 

 of New York, " that the Chinese were the 

 first to smoke cigarettes in this part of 

 the country. I remember the first China- 

 men who came to New York, some fifty 

 odd years ago. They were the curiosities 

 of the day, and with other small boys I 



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