It is said that the tobacco which now produces the famous Sumatra wrapper originally came from the Philippines, which now have to import it. This condition of things is mainly due to lack of system and care in tobacco growing. Seed selection is almost unknown; worms are not picked; fertilization is not practiced; the system under which each labourer settles on the land, plants as much or as little as he pleases, and manages his crop in his own way, is in vogue, and it is an eloquent testimonial to the merits of soil and climate that the tobacco so grown is good for anything. Sugar ------------------------------++----------------------------------- || To United States, including To All Countries || Hawaii and Porto Rico -------+---------+------------++------------+---------+------------ | | Value || Percentage | | Value Fiscal | Tons | in U. S. || of Total | Tons | in U. S. Years | | Currency || Exports | | Currency -------+---------+------------++------------+---------+------------ 1899 | 57,447 | $2,333,851 || 15.9 | 2,340 | $143,500 1900 | 78,306 | 3,000,501 || 12.3 | 143 | 21,000 1901 | 56,582 | 2,293,058 || 8.6 | 2,153 | 93,472 1902 | 67,795 | 2,761,432 || 10.0 | 5,225 | 293,354 1903 | 111,647 | 3,955,828 || 9.9 | 34,433 | 1,335,826 1904 | 75,161 | 2,668,507 || 7.2 | 11,626 | 354,144 1905 | 113,640 | 4,977,026 || 13.4 | 57,859 | 2,618,487 1906 | 125,794 | 4,863,865 || 14.8 | 7,302 | 260,104 1907 | 120,289 | 3,934,460 || 11.5 | 6,610 | 234,074 1908 | 151,712 | 5,664,666 || 17.2 | 48,476 | 2,036,697 1909 | 112,380 | 4,373,338 || 14.0 | 21,285 | 881,218 1910 | 127,717 | 7,040,690 || 17.6 | 94,156 | 5,495,797 1911 | 149,376 | 8,014,360 || 20.1 | 128,926 | 7,144,755 1912 | 186,016 | 10,400,575 || 20.6 | 161,783 | 9,142,833 1913 | 212,540 | 9,491,540 || 17.8 | 83,951 | 3,989,665 -------+---------+------------++------------+---------+------------ The domestic consumption of tobacco is very large. Practically every one smokes. Exportations are increasing. The tables on pages nine hundred and nine hundred one will give an adequate conception of the recent growth of the tobacco industry.