CHAPTER IX
MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS OF TOBACCO IN THE UNITED STATES
Statistics of production and consumption. Amount of capital invested, etc.
MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS OF TOBACCO. GENERAL REMARKS
The importance and magnitude of the tobacco manufacturing industry in the United States will be best understood from a consideration 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 employed, more than one-third being women | (1905) | == | 160,000 | |
| (1909) | == | 197,000 |
The figures are given in round numbers. The total capital invested in this industry is between $300,000,000 and $400,000,000.