Show large number of cigarettes imported made by greeks of greek tobacco they are called egyptian washington A controversy which haa been going on in europe and es specially ally in england as to the rival merits of and egyptian cigar ettes seems likely to be settled by a report of a disinterested b it observe an american consul though the united states is the great cigarette producing nation of the are imported into this country every year more than 3 worth of foreign made cigarettes some turkish ana some turkey is a large tobacco producing country yielding tons of eveia year and the turks it is well known aie a nation of smokers the amount of tobacco raised in egypt is inconsiderable and yet egyptian cigal ettes are imported into this antry in considerable amounts ear the explanation of the matter as offered by the american consul in athens is simple it seems that the creek tobacco crop last year was the largest greece ever harvested about pounds A brand ot greek tobacco Is used for egyptian cigarettes why it Is asked egyptians 9 the answer Is that egyptian are made by greeks because cigar ette paper Is too expensive in greece where it is a government monopoly thus the business has gone over to egypt the most famous cigarette makers of egypt are greeks A very large business in cigarette making has been established in alex andria and it Is in the hands ol 01 greeks who import their tobacco from their own country and in turn ship it to foreign countries england and the united states being the chief market for the egyptian cigarettes which are in fact greek cigarettes those bear ing the title turkish being imported from turkey direct |