All the western states and territories . one hundredand eighteen thousandhogsheads; in 1810, onehundred and nineteenthousand. This is one oftlie most curious facts de-veloped in statistics, andmay prolnibly be directlytraced to the fact that thepopulation and wealth ofEuropean countries havenot increased, and thatthe duties levied upon itsintroduction are as highas can possibly be article of commercepays a duty so enormous,compared with its homeprice, as American tobacco. From it is derived an important part of the revenue ofalmost every European government. In (ireat Britain, the imp
All the western states and territories . one hundredand eighteen thousandhogsheads; in 1810, onehundred and nineteenthousand. This is one oftlie most curious facts de-veloped in statistics, andmay prolnibly be directlytraced to the fact that thepopulation and wealth ofEuropean countries havenot increased, and thatthe duties levied upon itsintroduction are as highas can possibly be article of commercepays a duty so enormous,compared with its homeprice, as American tobacco. From it is derived an important part of the revenue ofalmost every European government. In (ireat Britain, the import duty is threeshillings sterling (seventy-five cents) per pound—al)out twelve hundred per the original cost—and two dollars per pound on manufactured tubacco; thus forwhat her people give us less than two millions of dollars thev pay to their own govern-ment, for the privilege of using it, twenty-two millions of dollars, which is twice thesum realizeil by the American producer for all the tobacco exported to every part. A Tobacco 72 KENTUCKY. of the world! As iniglit be supposed, the most stringent laws govern its introdnetion into that country, and a large fleet of ships and a heavy marine are supportedto detect smugglers who alone traffic in this article. It is therefore not Rurjirisingthat among all the wonders of London, and all the creations of that great l>a)>ylondedicated to commerce, few are so remarkable as the government warehouses usedfor bonding or storing tobacco. Their interiors present such vast areas of groundthat they become bewildering to the eye, and they never had any rivals in size untilthe erection of the Crystal Palace. Almost as far as the eye can reach are alleysof hogsheads, whose number is immense. In all convenient places are hirgo scalesfor weighing, together with other apparatus connected with the operation of exam-ining the staple. Tlie amount of the present production of tobacco is al)out hundred millionso
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