18 TOBACCO AND ITS HISTORY. 



Com}>iiting tlie census of the globe at 1,500,000,000 wo liave 

 the inlmhitfuits s})ending, at tlie same latio as the Unit<j(l 

 States, based on the American T/Vocer's estimate, !$6,4 12,500,000 

 yearly, or over scNcmteen and a half million dollars per day on 

 Tobacco. In contemplation of such waste, apart from the i-eal 

 import of the text, well might tlie i)rophet of old exclaim, 

 " Wherefore do von spend money for that which is not bread ? 

 and your labor for that which satistietli not?" 



The figures i)resented are apparently incredible^, ]»ut when it 

 is found that they only allow every member of the human 

 family, the small (quantity of one and one-sixth of a cent's 

 worth of Tobacco daily, they will be considered reasonable. 

 This jiittance would seem lather meagre for those who expend 

 their thousand dollais for one thousand cigars, as did the late 

 Eni})eror of Germany ; or an aristocratic friend in St. John? 

 who lately purchased a small package of Havanas at a cost of 

 $326. 



When we consider the lai'ije nundjer of those who use their 

 ten or twenty cigars daily, we will find the calendar presented 

 as low an estimate as can be made consistent with fact. 



But after all, it is useless attempting anything like a correct 

 estimate of the expenditure on Tobacco, as the indirect loss 

 cannot be computed, wen-e it })ossil)le to get possession of the 

 real cost. 



According to the lowest estimate given, the money consumed 

 in our world on Tobacco yearly, would construct 



TEN RAILROADS AROUND THE GLOBE 



at a cost of $25,000 per mile, and leave a balance of 162^ 

 million dollars in the treasury. Tt would do better than that- 

 It would Iniild schooMiouses, churches, and su})port missionaries 

 at honui and abroad sutiicient to evangelize the world in a few 

 years. 



In face of these facts, may it not justly be asked, Why is 

 such waste, and worse than waste — demoralization? The 



