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Another large cigar leaf tobacco house quoted practically the same 

 prices to the manufacturers. These houses deal in good quality leaf, so 

 that these prices are probably slightly higher than the average price paid by 

 the manufacturer. Below is a list of wholesale prices obtained by inter- 

 viewing the tobacco manufacturers in the valley, and from prices quoted 

 by the Tobacco Merchants' Association of New York. These prices are 

 certainly none too high, and presumably represent the average price paid 

 by the manufacturer to the dealer for cigar leaf tobacco. 



Table 38. — Wholesale Prices of Havana Seed and Broadleaf. 



Year 1915-16: — 

 Light wrappers, 

 Medium wrappers, 

 Dark wrappers. 



Spring of 1917: — 

 Light wrappers. 

 Medium wrappers. 

 Dark wrappers. 



Fall and Winter, 1917: 

 Light wrappers. 

 Medium wrappers. 

 Dark wrappers. 

 Seconds, . 

 Brokens, . 



Spring of 1918: — 

 Light wrappers, 

 Medium wrappers. 

 Dark wrappers. 

 Seconds, . 

 Brokens, . 



Average .90 for light, medium and dark; 

 average .705 for light, medium, dark, 

 seconds and brokens. 



The above table shows clearly the rise in the wholesale prices of Havana 

 seed and broadleaf tobacco from 1915 to 1918. The 1918 prices were just 

 double those of 1915-16, yet the price to the farmer increased only 51 per 

 cent, being about 40 per cent more than the price in 1916. The farmer sold 

 his tobacco at from 25 to 30 cents a pound, and this same tobacco, deduct- 

 ing the loss in sweating and shrinkage, and 11 cents per pound for packing, 

 making the cost to the dealer 43 to 48 cents a pound, was sold to the manu- 

 facturer for an average of 71 cents for all grades. 



Sun-grown Tobacco: Analysis of "Spread," Grower to Manufacturer. 



The table below gives the cost of marketing a pound of tobacco from 

 the farmer to the manufacturer. Most of the tobacco is sold by the packer, 

 or, theoretically, by the dealer whom the packer represents, directly to 

 the manufacturer. This table shows the profits when sold by the dealer 

 directly to the manufacturer. The farmer whose cost of production was 

 ascertained received in 1917-18, for tobacco in the bundle, 29 cents a 

 pound. It cost the landowner 23.7 cents and the tenant 26 cents per pound 

 to produce the tobacco. The profit to the landowner was 5.3 cents and to 



