Show CIGARETTES IMPORTED SIai lah hy by S GIl of f Greek 0 l a 0 ll They Art I E A controversy which has hns been botn botnen leen going c en 11 f in Europe and especially In Inland l England Eng Eng- n- n land QS as to the rival llva merits s mI of or Turkish ml Egyptian ES pLan cigarettes seems scorns likely to hi bo be settled by a report of or a disinterested disinterested dis dh- dis- dis interested but observant ant ii I A American consul I Though the United d States is t the lie producing nation of or 11 llio world there are arc Imported Into this country every ery c year yea more than worth of made foreign cigarettes 1 1 re me TuI Turkish and some Egyptian Turkey is I a lar largo large o tob cco tobacco producing ln country yielding tons Ions of or tobacco lobac- lobac co every ery e year cur and tho the Turks It I Is veil urell n lino known are aro IC a nation naton o of smokers smoker raised In Egypt Egypti The Ilie amount O of f tobacco is i I. I inconsiderable and amid yet r Egyptian llan cigarettes aro Imported into Ino this counti country coun coun- In Iii considerable amounts every tl ti try ery c year arThe ar a r. r The Tho explanation u of the matter matel as offered by hy tho ho A American consul in iii Athens is simple It I seems scorns that lint the lie Greek tobacco crop croll last year rear was the lie harvested aboul Ia largest Greece over ever pounds A brand of Greek tobacco Is used ull for I Egyptian cigarettes S WIlY Why It I J Is asked I Egyptian The flie answer is that lint g Egyptian cigarettes are arc made by GrI Greeks Creeks s because cigarette paper pa Im- per pcr is too expensive In iii Gr Greece where It is Ie a government monopoly Thus Ihus the tIme I 1 business has haM gone on over o er to g Egypt IL Tho flie most niost famous falous cl cigarette urte makers of I Egypt rIt arc aie Greeks A Ar r very seiS largo large business in cigarette making has been l. l established in Alex Alex- A Alexandria lex- lex andria and It 1 11 Is In iii the hands of or Greeks who ho Import their tobacco from their own country countr and ant in turn ship it I to foreign n countries 81 England and anil th the Totted States Slates being thi the Ow chief market marbet malet mar mar- ma let bet for tOl or Egyptian cigarettes which anIn are an In ii fact aci Greek cl cigarettes alts those bearing title Turkish h being imported from froin the thc tt Turkey f direct I |