Word: tobaccos
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Since cotton and tobacco farmers are on the whole devoted to AAA, the Democratic South should certainly be solid this year. The Gallup poll shows that section of the country to be stronger than any other area for Roosevelt. Thus Mr. Hurja properly counts 146 electoral votes from 13 Southern states...
...companies-General Motors, U. S. Steel and Chrysler- accounted for more than $120,000,000 of the $237,000,000 increase, and, since early reports included most of the motor, motor accessory and steel companies, a few whopping gains by early reporters were unbalancing the general earnings picture. The tobacco, retail trade and food industries showed little or no 1935 improvement...
...cotton, wheat, tobacco, peanuts) made similar recoveries of some $150,000,000. Thus the august Court had, in effect, declared a $200,000,000 melon for U. S. farm-product processors. By last week many a processors' customer was impatiently looking for his cut. In Manhattan a small, blond Ultimate Consumer named Edwin Reiskind brought suit "on behalf of myself and all other consumers of agricultural products." This Russian-born left-winger sought to restrain Standard Milling Co., National Biscuit Co., Wheatena Corp., Postum Co., Consolidated Cigar Corp., Corn Products Refining Co. and 19 other companies from "disposing...
...Reynolds Tobacco made $23,896,000 in 1935 as against $21,536,000 in 1934. Considering the generally reduced profit margin in tobacco, the $2,300,000 profit increase could have resulted only from greatly increased Camel sales. Estimates put the Camel volume at about 37,000,000,000 cigarets, compared to about 32,000,000,000 each for Lucky Strikes and Chesterfields...
Liggett & Myers Tobacco made $16,856,000 in 1935 as against $20,086,000 in 1934. This decline in earning was in line with general conditions in the tobacco industry which suffered from higher tobacco costs and increased processing taxes. Estimated earnings of American Tobacco (Lucky Strikes) were also below 1934 figures...