Show GERMANS GIVE UP THE PIPE paper smokes gain in favor and sta show that ten almea as many are used berlin the typical alpo of the german 1 pa sang out and giving place to the cigarette in spite of the devotion of the older germans to their pipes or penny cigars statistics just published show that the number of cigarettes consumed has increased more than tenfold since when the billion mark was passed tho figures being for 1907 for 1908 tor 1909 and for 1911 12 these figures include the stamped hulls used by persons who prefer to make their own alga bettes but who are not allowed to escape the cigarette tax and they show that the consumption has al most doubled in the last five years assuming adult male smokers in germany this gives an average consumption per smoker of cigarettes a year the great bulk of these are cigarettes of the cheapest sort 37 1 2 per cent of those sold in 1911 retailing at 11 2 gs three tor a cent or under and 36 7 per cent falling in the next grade retailing at gs apiece all in all the german smoker it Is estimated burns up marks tn cigarettes annually |