TOBACCO. 



TOBACCO. 



Statement exhibiting the number of hogslieads of tobacco exported from the United States from 1790 to 

 1835, inclusive, and the average price per pound, and gross value from 1802 to 1835, inclusive. JLko 

 the number of pounds of manufactured tobacco and snuff exported from 1791 to 1835, inclusive, and 



' gross value from 1817 to 1835, inclusive. 



* French revolution. 

 $ Rauibouillet decree. 



t Berlin and Milan decrees. 

 || War with Great Britain. 



J Embargo. 

 IT Peace. 



have continued to cultivate it all over the con- 

 tinent. 



It will be observed that the exportation of 

 manufactured tobacco and snuff has increased 

 more than 44 fold since 1791, and more than 

 3 fold since 1817; but the gross value has not 

 proportionably increased, at least since 1817. 



From a review of the subject, as above de- 

 tailed, it will be perceived, that, if it were 

 in our power to furnish a precise statement of 

 the exports of each description of tobacco, and 

 the countries to which it was exported (al- 

 though very desirable on many accounts), it 

 would not furnish satisfactory evidence that 

 the consumption of tobacco generally, or of 

 any particular description, had increased or di- 

 minished in Europe, without knowing what they 

 grow, as well as what we export. We have de- 

 voted much labour and attention to this part of 

 the subject; but, although we can learn gene- 

 rally that the production of it in Europe keeps 

 pace with the increased consumption, yet our 

 researches have not enabled us to lay before 

 you any useful statement, either as to the quan- 

 tity or the qualities grown, except for 3 years 

 in France, as follows : 

 1046 



Statement showing the quantity of Tobacco grorvn 

 in France for the years 1818 1820. 



This shows an increased production of near- 

 ly double in the 3 years. 



It will strike you with surprise, as it did us, 

 that the consumption of tobacco has increased 

 so much in our own country as to carry off 

 the very large surplus grown beyond the foreign 

 demand. Formerly, when all the tobacco was 

 grown in Virginia and Maryland, we exported 

 as much as we do now; and now, in addition 

 to those states, which produce nearly, or quite 

 as much as they did then, Ohio, Kentucky, and 

 Tennessee, together with Connecticut, Penn- 

 sylvania, Indiana, and Missouri, produce as 

 much more. We must, therefore, consume 

 more than the quantity required for exportation. 



Remarks. If the preceding statements may 

 be relied on as correct, it appears that there 



