eluded in 1864), the total yield to the national treasury 

 has been in the range of $39 billion. 



Some 40,000 outlets serve Wisconsin tobacco con- 

 sumers. Retail stores are the largest merchandisers of 

 tobacco goods, with vending machines a conspicuous 

 second. The amount spent for all tobacco supplies is 

 impressive. A 1959 trade estimate of the wholesale value 

 of products distributed in Wisconsin comes close to $90 

 milhon. Cigarettes represent, as elsewhere in the United 

 States, the major part of this trade: over $75 million. The 

 estimated wholesale value of cigars distributed in the 

 same year was a httle over $10 million. 



The income derived from their crops by tobacco 

 farmers, the wages of field workers and production em- 

 ployees in various factories, the considerable value of 

 the retail trade, and the tax yield to the state's treasury 

 from cigarette sales, and other operations of the industry 

 are all of importance in Wisconsin's economy. 



Supplementing these economic elements are numer- 

 ous Wisconsin manufacturers, some of them large 

 organizations, who are suppliers to the tobacco trade. 

 Among these are makers of machinery and several who 

 produce paper products essential to tobacco manufac- 

 turers. The agriculture of tobacco generates a consider- 

 able amount of goods and services from numerous unre- 

 lated industries. 



Tobacco crops are marketed by the "country sales 

 method," being sold privately by the grower on his farm 

 or through cooperatives. After sales, the leaf is delivered 

 to Viroqua, Edgerton, Janesville, Stoughton, and else- 

 where. These deliveries entail the use of sorting houses 

 and tobacco warehouses, each requiring a labor force, 

 transportation services, materials and maintenance. 



