cipally. The plugs are packed in boxes of 72 
Ibs. each, and also smaller boxes of 10 and 12 
Ibs. each. 
The principal centers of the manufacture of 
pipe smoking and chewing tobacco are Missouri 
(St. Louis); North Carolina (Durham and 
Winston); Kentucky (Louisville); New Jer- 
sey (Jersey City); Virginia (Richmond) and 
Ohio (Cincinnati). 
There are altogether about 400 establish- 
ments employing about 20,000 persons, and 
the value of the product is over 100 million 
dollars annually. 
This class of products is by its nature more 
suitable for concentration of manufacture than 
either cigars or cigarettes. Hence the small 
number of establishments. 
Only about 10 million lbs. of manufactured 
tobacco is exported. 
(See references end of Chapter XV) 
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