Show r L i Tobacco Important In n Marshall Plan an anIs Is Present Prop PropOf Of Tobacco Farmer Tobacco from the time of the Virginia colony has marched along as an intimate part of the American American American Amer Amer- ican story to the present day In Inthe Inthe Inthe the wake of World War II as the United States emerged the strongest strong strong- est economic power the American cigarette became temporarily a universal v wampum the the chief currency currency currency cur cur- rency in both Berlin and Burma You have a cigarette economy from Paris Pans to Peking a member told the house of commons in 1946 1996 John Rolfe husband of Pocahontas I tas would be astonished if it he could see what he started when he brought in in the seed of modern to to- bacco In 1948 the United States made about billion cigarettes and the tobacco industry directly paid in excise and import taxes nearly two billion dollars From Virginia and Maryland the tobacco fields growing over 25 types have spread into North and South Carolina south Georgia and I 1 4 northern Florida Connecticut and and the great burley burley burley bur- bur ley area arca of Tennessee Kentucky and the north bank of the Ohio America and the world have smoked the tobacco in pipes cigars and cigarettes and snuffed it in m powdered form and chewed it I IThe The chaw is the most American American American Amer Amer- ican of tobacco habits European visitors have looked upon this habit with disgust In 1947 addicts chewed million pounds of to to- to bacco The cigarette is the prime favorite favor favor- ite The modern cigarette as we know it was created almost on the eve of World War I I. I The formula for the popular brands sounds appetizing appetizing appetizing ap ap- and nutritious They mix with t the e bright leaf some Turkish tobaccos much sweetened Burley and some Maryland A quantity of glycerine or its its' equivalent preserves preserves preserves pre pre- serves moisture The whole is made tasty with such flavors as sugar rum licorice chocolate and vanilla like products or chem chem- The cigarette has even cven wooed many of the ladies away from their pipes or snuff sticks Tobacco is of considerable importance importance im importance im- im in the Marshall plan plan plan- and the Marshall plan is the present pres pies ent prop of the tobacco farmer |