18 EXPORT AND MANUFACTURING TOBACCOS. 
the Onondaga and Big Flats areas in New York State. In none of 
these areas, however, did the production of cigar tobacco attain | 
much importance till the closing decade of the period just preceding 
the Civil War. This fact is shown in Table III. 
Tasie II11.—Development of cigar-tobacco production in the decade preceding the Civil 
War. 
| 
Localities. : | 1849 1859 
Connecticut Valley: | Pounds. Pounds. 
GONMECEICU Ge ee aI se ee ee re ee Ee | 1,267,624 6, 000, 133 
WaSSACHUSCUIS S255 Se ie oe oe eee Se te ee ie aes Sa eiys Slavs Sees Se | 138, 246 3,233,198 
Rotalior Connecticut Valley. 2). 25. =a 5 ee ae ee eee | 1,405,870 | 9,233,331 
Penns yAlVANIas 2255 Hose ae a a ene eres | 912, 651 3, 181,586 
Ohion Miami Valle yates sees. tee ee ee re rome oe Een gre ee | 1,200,000 3,900, 000 
PAOTIODS =2 Agu eee es sa ale EMS ee ie ne SR ee eae eae hee pec eh he 998, 000 828, 815 
ING WieY ORK 252.0 o Gps aa eae ace in | A Pd, Tae aR een SR Us Eee Oe Re eee sae 500,000 | 1,500,000 
[otal cigar leat 22. Loe el eh oe Oe ee nee eres ee | 5,016,521 | 18, 643.732 
1 Figures for 1852, 4,009 cases: for 1860, 13,090 cases (from Killebrew’s Tenth Census report). Weight of 
cases estimated at 300 pounds each by the writer. 
2 Approximation from estimates in Killebrew’s Tenth Census report. 
The present important Wisconsin area had no development of com- 
mercial importance until after the Civil War. 
This rapid increase in the production of cigar-leaf tobaeco during 
the decade 1850 to 1860 was coincident with a rapid development in 
the use of cigars in this country. This development was likewise 
reflected in our imports of cigars and cigar leaf for the same period. 
The number of cigars imported in 1850 was 124,303,000, valued at 
$1,469,097, which was increased in 1860 to 460,404,000, valued at 
$4,581,551. Imports of unmanufactured tobacco (practically all 
cigar leaf) likewise increased from 2,480,446 pounds (valued at 
$272,438) in 1850, to 6,940,671 pounds (valued at $1,365,695) in 1860. 
The larger part of the leaf imported was from Cuba and the cigars 
were principally from Cuba and Germany. The high-grade cigars 
came from Cuba and the lower grade, representing the bulk of the 
imports, came mostly from Germany.+ 
SUMMARY (REVOLUTION TO THE CIVIL WAR PERIOD). “ 
In this brief account of the development of the tobacco industry in 
the United States from the period of our Revolution to that of the 
Civil War, the important influence of national independence with 
consequent economic freedom from the British colonial and navigation 
policy has been noted. Dependence upon tobacco as practically the 
sole medium of exchange against manufactured necessities became 
less urgent because many of the people could turn their attention to 
the pursuits of manufacturing, including the manufacture of tobacco 
itself, both for home use and for a slowly expanding export trade. 
oe 1 Dodge’s Tenth Census report, p. 48. 
