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28. Size of cases and pounds per case, ....... 190 



29. Cost of packing a 350-pound case in 1917-18 191 



30. Freight rates to principal manufacturing centers, ..... 193 



31. Annual quantity per capita of leaf tobacco manufactured in the United 



States. Per capita consumption for different countries, 1871-1917, . 197 



32. Prices received by farmers in the United States, 1899, 1909, . . . 206 



33. Average farm price of cigar leaf per pound Dec. 1, 1900-18, . . . 206 



34. Average farm price of cigar leaf per pound in the Connecticut valley, 



1910-17 207 



35. Average farm prices per pound in Massachusetts in 1916, . . . 207 



36. Farmers' prices in leading producing areas in the Connecticut valley in 



1917 208 



37. Wholesale prices of Connecticut valley wrappers and binders in 1918, . 209 



38. Wholesale prices of Havana seed and broadleaf, ..... 210 



39. Sun-grown tobacco, 1917. Estimated average cost and spread per pound, 



grower to manufacturer, . . . . . . .211 



40. Number of tobacco-selling associations in the United States, classified by 



states and type, .......... 215 



