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Show Large Number of Cigarettes Imported. Made by Greeks of Creek Tobacco, f They Are Called Egyptian. I Washington A coutroveray which has been going on In i:.iroe. and et , pcclall) In Kngland, na lo the rival j merits of Turkish nnd Kgjptlun clgsr etles seems llkel) lo bo settled by a ' roport of a disinterested but obn-rv . ant American consul Though the United Htates It the great rlgiire Ite producing nation of Ibo world, there nro Imported Into Ihlt country every )enr more than U.OOO-000 U.OOO-000 worth of foreign-made cigarettes, tome Turkish and some Kg)ptlan , Turkey Is a large tobacco producing I country, yielding &0.000 tons of tubac l co every jear nnd tho Turks. It It well known, are n nation of smokers I The amount of tobacco rntsid In I I-gypt Is Inconsiderable, and ct Kgypllan cigarettes are Imported Into thla country In considerable amounts ! every )car I Tho explanation of the mallei . as offered b) (he Mnuilcaii consul In Alliens, is simple It seems that the (Ireik tobacco crop last jear was the largest (Ireece ever hurvealed-about 100,000,000 pounds. A brand of CI reek tobacco Is used for Kgypllan cigarettes. Why, It Is ashed, l.'g) ptlan? The i answer la that i:) ptlan clrgarottes aro made by Grcoiia because cigar i etto paper lb loo eixp-nblvo In (Ireece where It Is c government monopoly Thus tho business lias gono over lo l-gypt The most famous cigarette makera of Kgvpi uie tlreeks A vary luige huslnetx In cigarette making has been established In Alex ' andrla him) Ii Ii In the hands off J (Ireeki who 1 lwiri 'heir tobacco from their own country nnd In turn ship It to foreign countries, Knglnnd nnd the I'alted States being tho chief market for the Kg) ptlan clgaieltes, which are la fact, (ireek cigarettes, thoso bear Idi the title. Turkish being Hurried from Turkey direct. |