MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS OF TO- 
BACCO. GENERAL REMARKS 
The importance and magnitude of the to- 
bacco manufacturing industry in the United 
States will be best understood from a considera- 
tion of the following statistics taken from the 
latest available government records: 
(For all Manufactured Products ) 
Cost of materials used. . (1905)=$126,000,000 
(1909)= 177,000,000 
Value of the product. ..(1905)— 331,000,000 
(1909)= 417,000,000 
No. of establishments. .(1905)—= 16,828 
(1909) = 15,822 
No. of persons em-. 
ployed, more than 
one-third being wo- 
HEN: oicee wen gnaers (1905)= 160,000 
(1909)= 197,000 
The figures are given in round numbers. The 
total capital invested in this industry is be- 
tween $300,000,000 and $400,000,000. 
There are more than one and a quarter mil- 
lions acres in the U. S. under cultivation of 
tobacco which yields a crop at present approxi- 
mating to 1,000 million lbs. of leaf annually. 
The industry shows an absolutely increasing 
condition in every particular at each census. 
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