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uttressing the economy 



But the role of the tobacco industry in New York is a 

 major one in the state's economy. According to Fortune 

 magazine, 140, or 28 percent of the nation's top 500 

 businesses have headquarters in New York. This in- 

 cludes many of the tobacco companies, their suppliers, 

 advertisers, printers and related industries. New York 

 is also the leading manufacturing state with the largest 

 city and port in the United States. About 43,000 manu- 

 facturing establishments— 14 percent of the nation's 

 total— are located in New York. Her manufacturing in- 

 dustries outrank those of every other state in number, 

 employees, payroll and value added by manufacture, 

 which came to over $23.5 billion in 1970 alone. 



With a total population of over 18 million, an 11 

 percent increase since 1960, retail sales in New York are 

 huge— about $33 billion yearly. Tobacco and tobacco 

 products account for a good portion. In 1970, there were 

 over 141,000 retail outlets in the state selling tobacco 

 products. The estimated wholesale value of these prod- 

 ucts came to around $610 million— the largest amount 

 in the nation. 



The state's transportation network is one of the most 

 advanced and refined in the world. The state barge 

 canal system is 800 miles long; there are 34 railroads 

 operating in New York; 411 landing fields including 25 

 seaplane bases and 34 heliports. 



Within a two day's trucking haul to New York City 

 is 60 percent of the population of the United States and 

 Canada. New York's three customs districts. New York 

 City, Buffalo and Ogdensburg, moved exports and im- 

 ports valued at $26.4 billion in 1970-a 32.3 percent 

 share of all U.S. foreign trade. 



Critical economic and industrial data for New York 

 extend through the tobacco industry to countless other 



