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Many Industries Tied to Tobacco and Its Trade
A defense of tobacco by outlining the vast economic web around the industry. The piece notes tobacco's impact on licorice, sugar, coal, boxes, nails, tin, paper, labels, and printing, plus its reach into farms, retail outlets, real estate, insurance, railroads, advertising, and government revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garret Smith
United States
Totness
Soconte
Tobacco Merchants’ Association of the
New York City