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Show The Great Tobacco War'. From th Xcw York BtraU. Tho head of one ot the largest St. Louis mannfaeUrits of plug tobacco said to-day: About two year ago we put on th market a brand ot plug tobacco, and when we figured Uout, we found w had lest Just seven cent a pound. Battle Az Plug Tobacco, I am told, sells foronent per pound lets than our bread, wblch would make the loss on it nine cent per pound. "Battle Ax," however, is uperIor to th one wo put out, and must cost more to manufacture, Twtnty million pound ot Battle Ax plug tobacco were sold, on which I believe there must hare been a loss ol nt least ten cents a pounds so on this item alone there seems to have been a loss ol 2.000,00t. From the above statement ot a large plug tobacco manufacturer, who avidtntly knows what ho la talking about it would seem to us thnt the only on who ia benefiting by the Tobacco To-bacco War Is the man who chows "Battle Ax," for ho is certainly gotttng the full worth of his money every time he buys it. |