CO129-465 - Public Offices & Others - 1920 — Page 450

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-AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY. LIMITED.

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America of tobacco goods. Under the auspices of this company,

the business has been developed and enormously increased. 80

much so, that I believe I may say that it is probably the

largest British business in China today. Its ramifications

certainly extend over a larger area than any other company,

its representative in many places is the only white man.

There are now employed in China in the business of

manufacturing and distributing nearly 10,000 people including

between 500 and 600 white people. The Company incorporated Sub-

sidiary companies, principally for manufacturing and factories

exist in Shanghai, Mukden, Hankow and Tientsin, as well

Harbin.

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Following out the policy of the Company, it has encouraged amongst the Chinese the cultivation of tobacco (and for that purpose, it introduced experts and farmers from America) and has largely decreased the consumption of opium by the intro- duction of the cigarette throughout China. It started with a small staff principally Americans and extended rapidly, and now employs a large number of British and Americans.

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Probably the most important business of a tobacco manufacturing concem is the selection and purchase and rehand- ling of the raw material, and in that respect, the technical knowledge is practically confined to Americans who are born and bred in the districts of Virginia and North Carolina, and there

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