Show the cigar and cigarette trade according to the report of the commissioner of internal revenue there were manufactured in new york in the tha calendar year ending dec 81 18 1890 90 17 cigars and cigarettes pennsylvania manufactured more cigars than new york but only about cigarettes the in increase crease in the number of cigars manufactured in all the states during the same period was nearly during the fiscal year there was waif a decrease in the number of cigars imported of there were in new york city thirty four persons who qualified and kept books as tobacco manufacturers solely for the purpose of lawfully dealing in the refuse scraps clippings cu cuttings and waste made by cigar manufacturers rs they sort sieve and pack this material and export most of it to foreign countries the rest they sell is in bull bulk r under permits to other manufacturers who manipulate it and pack their pr product as tobacco during the year 1891 they purchased pounds of such material and exported anil and sold pounds washington letter letten |