in the business is reported as 150 millions and 
the value of the product 200 million dollars 
annually. The actual consumer pays about 800 
million dollars for the cigars smoked, the dif- 
ference between the cost of the product and the 
latter figure being the expense and profit of the 
retail handlers. The enormous growth of the 
cigar trade is seen when it is compared with 
1860. In that year the annual value of this 
product was only 9 million dollars. The two 
states of New York and Pennsylvania are the 
centers of cigar manufacture. Between them 
they make nearly half of the entire product, 
Pennsylvania leading with about two thousand 
million cigars annually. Florida makes about 
300 million. The price paid by the consumer 
works out to an average of about 4c for each 
cigar. 
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