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will buj' heavily and hold a portion of his purchases in his own or a local 

 warehouse. This reserve may be sufficient to supply bis wants without 

 large additional purchases the following season, pro\dded quality and 

 prices are not satisfactory. Owing to the high prices and the poor quality 

 of tobacco in New England in 1917, many dealers made little effort to 

 purchase from the farmers, but used instead their reserve stores from the 

 1915 and 1916 crops. This fact is a partial explanation of seasonal and 

 yearly variations in purchases. 



Cigar Leaf Tobacco held by Manufacturers and Dealers. 



The war in Europe brought about conditions in the tobacco world 

 never before dreamed of. The United States has produced but one-third 

 of the world's supply of tobacco; the other two-thirds have heretofore 

 been grown in various parts of Europe. Europe is not yet in a condition 

 to raise much tobacco, and it may be years before normal conditions can 

 be brought about. Food crops naturally receive first attention. Hence 

 for years to come we are likely to see a continuance of high prices for 

 tobacco. 



The table below gives the total consumption, production and imports 

 of tobacco for specified countries before the war. 



Table 23. — Total Covsumption, Production and Imports of Tobacco for 

 Specified Countries before the War (Pounds). 



Country. 



Average 

 Annual Con- 

 sumption. 



Average 

 Annual Pro- 

 duction, 

 1909-13. 



Average 

 Annual 

 Imports, 

 1909-13. 



World 



Total for countries enumerated. 

 United States, 



India, 



Germany, .... 



Austria Hungary, . 



Russia, 



Great Britain, .... 



France, 



Japan, 



Italy 



Netherlands, .... 



2,259,000,000 



786,000,000 



481,000,000 



222,000,000 



209,000,000 



179,000,000 



98,000,000 



96,000,000 



91,000,000 



54,000,000 



43,000,000 



2,712,204,000 

 2,061,519,400 

 996,175,000 

 450,000,000 

 66,935,800 

 178,994,400 

 210,808,000 



40,959,800 



93,611,600 



22,199,800 



1,829,000 



358,927,601 



52,767,739 



6,537,759 



168,436,515 

 49,983,593 



112,334,018 

 63,918,094 



47,731,626 

 57,218,267 



The United States, Russia and Japan are the only countries enumerated 

 that produced prior to the war more tobacco than they consumed. Russia 

 is producing practically none now, and other European countries are pro- 



