INCREASING TABACCO CONSUMPTION.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume III, Issue 73, 10 March 1913, Page 3

INCREASING TABACCO CONSUMPTION.

.'.bV.'.M. INC Piliu:.'. ! . I . ■ 1 LB? .7 i.-- i ■•'i nea ; : it \ > ;A I !.!l I’l. 'll. 1 ( T' ■''Lrn.v m-mit'. d -rived froui t'm < t;•:>.! n.;7.-;if..ctur.- cf t!:e icUm ; -ic d It. d a magic eff.'-t upmi I : i ■ . . - • , i ■ <:1 tills l!!tiv.-t;-y. ‘ i ;-y mm mad* r [>.<>;-"■ -I ■ -huiny ide i.:-t twenty years. T-e. ; ao-.t t.--.’-I- t-.s' lit.in:.; - ■ ' : ■■ i t:i i.ifew-t e.-e;-y part <>t --'it. mid yet tie- Mippli- s_ i <■:-iiin : . I ; In ’ .th-- a< tn .1 uiri-m-: ■: - ol r:■ \ 1 'in.- shortagi* <■>' <e. i. -i ! m'.-.i-.i- s :uw l>e'-o:r.e chronic, mid p: r m ' h-ive advar.eed everywiier.?—:a m;::. '- - ip- I.;; u.u'm] ;is x-fi i■' ccht. u;i j.'l I .. ; f •.. ■ ' c-f .'Ji'i7 s Eo”n -i> . i mi./* ' : t > A:: >t -id.un f. -tclii-d 5 1 • ». i .’I U-. ■m_ •. 'i Vli..l of ; ■ e::p<- 1.-d r -tt.ri Jam :>*:•! Sumatra ah... -1 _ i-m-tc 1 ti L 7.5: Vl.oy I H me y - ,| i i:;u;. dn-t t;:,o-«M.-’i> i»; ti--.- . . •! - ’ ~1 : 5. '! e t -rll.-l l-'t.-.t-.'; w-| in ill io v:. - r.-t si rn •:! ti. ■ < -iriis m : ■(.- <>■> i. i s:: j.yn u« ■ ! -.7. Te rs? iuinres Le-.-.i- it:>i s.• '•>] ;i>. !.< ■: ■ d.ui-, :t.id m tl.e tobacco . : t_:■ e is making. !.. ry yeir j.ew to:-i-;to>-y is rd i.-l 1 ! .o ■ ; ':. y -..1 to'iaci a. Stork i.i.. ; a.-.-eu:r.-.-it-d into to'iat co fa rms. (Ira-.-. i tiiie-. t-.-;-t h.iv- been the ornaii'e t ■ 1 ard p; id ■ mid the glow c.f ma :• ; 2 -rations of stock breeders, ;i< ; n'etigh. :1 up and planted wii-i t->ha.--I i .’.sia Minor, near Sn-yrna. m<: y i >.» -asai.-tfas<-i-«ated Lv tho hign pr.< -• | ■th.- Anieriea’.i Tohaeco ITtmt i> olf<-ri--| ; .<<:• c.-arett.- tuhac-ro. rooted <;>:t to -•< i '. and p!.:.-ite:l tobacco in their pl.w-. ■ T.a oal .which ten ;• i-a:s , ■p. iiduc -d tobacco li-trdiy f.n'ii. iert I ■, '• i::l ,• i.-e.nents, has now joined ’L.y t rankc of exporters, her expo- Is in i-' ! > .- T-< n-..i!or In CH'o.l-j-J. Er.< Utti 'by tiie (Jov.-rnu-.e-it, wi-ic-li started a ; >‘u::i!>e;- of experitnertill .stations «e>->d::--:r- l by able e.-.p.-rts, the industry ■ m I rapidly developed, and p.-omises to I - ; co':--’ of great impel t-n-.c-e. Apart fro:;I the ordinary pipe .sniok'ng la- iet;.-. , -.iii'-h are manufactured, howeier, in a i rather crud ■ wav. very ii'ie cigann-- ■ t:>!>.:,-r-;s are now prodiu-ed. winch Im •- ; become very popular. Brier to the E< *: i V.'nr. Transvaal tohr.cco was practice:;:[uukro.-. n outside South Africa, lr.it tai- | British soldiers soon acquirer! a ta.- . ’ ; for th:- pecnliar f'.-ivour of that tohr.r>. i and g.-t-duiirly took such a liking tc.- it J I t ej,t they preferred it to any otirer j 1 kind. Others caught th- infection, a- >i‘ 1 to-dty there \t, hardly a. t.ibacc-ouii-.t in j l Ei’gl.’i.'id who does not .-.tuck Trails'.-.,.-I ! i t;:li:iec-o. | ' I'rc-n the Transvaal tin- tult'ire < ’. to'iieco has recently extended to I?.?>•>-! d.- -.in. where plantations have* Iv, i I i it -d m-er Bulawa-.0, Fort Saiisl.ury ! ; a> d Enkeld.Mirn. with the nsmst mte c! ; i th ■ (. hartere-J. Company, which is «n- ■ j c< nt rag: ng private ent<.i -prise by hui'di; y | I curing sheds and paying a bonus to e| i v -.—.le-s. 3 he-outlook is very proinir-irg. I 1 Tin' increasing demand for leaf iesi ' caused tlie tobacco culture to extend j ! e-.-eti to r-gions which were hitherto j considered unfit for agrieuitur.i 1 pu - | | pose<. Only a few years ago (EiT.iinr- I '--stb'isbed in on? of li-r cohuuns on II:-I ■ snuth-uest coa.-t of A L ieu an expo: .- • I meatal station for the culture cf tob; Ico. J:i view of the unfavoura! io ! matieal conditions of that country, v. t i - ia veiriy rainfall cl less than 9 inch.-', j i and of the exceedingly poor soil, cons;*-t- , ! i>>o of nothing but n mass of j-card. no great exp-cotitions were ent- -i • t-: 1a- to the re-ii’t r,f thi- c-spe ' ’’.•ft. I'owe-.e--. Il pi-’, -d a a e: 1 ‘ success. The crop realised such saii.--i , factory price ■» that steps have now 'w.-:i ■ : taken to start the industry on a nuu-li •

: ■■■ ■ ■ ■ M- . Ge.-1.-.-vd Ee.-h. ■ ■ •/■■ ■ o t=:;n'’rt of Hast:i::;s, has jusr : reeeivetl a small consignment of cig-irs ■ • r:a! - of that tobiKi'o. It is <;f a med i j okii't* <>n:ility. hot as i.-> ft i-i:r 1 i rar-mt l>y a’;, wars comp;-; . with '. j -,f the s.-e i-iie'-s <;f b’o f .'I - , l.us l -.- ■: ihns rawed her -in Now Zealand. La'--; : 1 va. - i--:y of leaf requires a diffe-- i:t so:.-. i ’a. soil suitable for a bright chyi rett ’ j ; tul.a- <•<: can never be ms'L'To prodi’.t e a j | cijiiir leaf. No plant is so e.:-.i',’ | [ r.> (li.i:? Iby soil as tobacco. Cli.iuii •! i imnarts tla . our ; s<>ii fb>-o:-:ni?’?s t.-?.ii:r-. I i Hor.'.’, 'er, the variety of soil in Nmr Zw’-j i'.:-'d is mi great that it perm'ts <d|. I iug almost every type cf : -r was there any cat’i prise that. | (1 lirighter pro.snrcts to Now Z -.w | 'land people than the tobacco culture at ; this present moment. The demand for; ' tobiiet-u is ennstantly ine/oa.-mig •-•.-c-itti.-c-l ■ of th.- irei-wed rate of consumption. | - The ppr capita consumption of Greet j Brit.-in has trebled in little more t>a >; half a century, while a somewhat similar i 1 •;,t-.‘ of iiicreav is apparent in <-th. r-j 1 European countries. l:i other parts <:! j . the world the per capita consumption i-. i ] ; it’.cix -.sing evmt more i-:>.pid:y. Add ic i , i- t' <« _Ti-.> r' cf p-'pil' ’t'-: 'd ’■ ; . e-.-i lent that the market for- tobacco is | ,

. r-e.-tain to l.e an expanding one. 'i'll*: i., in n-ur!:--:l cm:trust to the staple n .; s-.-ssiti.'-s of life, .such as v. he-t, rye and potato -s, th” (■o-isnmption of which fo 'i em h unit of population appears to I--!<-:i"ip:i«itiv<-iy stationary. An advanwI in the va'u • of tobacco has be >n coinci- | d -nt v-itli tliis :::< r-’asr;l d'*m;ir<'l. The I yer era I iiverag - for al! farm product- | show.-, a r’-.-'-iin-.- of t'uo' ;>;-r cent.; * t-A-riceo sdone. of ail great staples, niaitii tainp.l an advance in talti’ in the la-t ! three <l,-r-ad -s. j In \ i-w ail tiie-e facts, tlwr - i 1 ; every reason to believe that the co wiiniptlon <f tobacco will continue t;> ' incr- ii; far greater ratio tha.-’. pc;>u- ; iation. I'ehar-co therefore appears to a. - j o:>e iif tin' sal-.wt. Mivst and mc-t pro-| > fit able crops. To import foreign to- ; ! bacco. cigarettes and cigars to the 't.-:.l of a-muully .3.WU>(>(>ihs. ;:;cl p.:; for it annua’ly is a policy that I (-aannt be jin.'.ti.i.-d by any er-m-omi: -I I theory, v. hen tie- truth is that tobacco j jef t::r same quality can be- grown and ■ ! manufactured in New Zealand.