Many were bought by the combination; their brands were transferred to another factory; and the original establishments were closed as uneconomical.

Many other small factories, feeling or fearing the competition, closed voluntarily.

But the total production of tobacco has steadily increased.

Plug and smoking tobacco are largely confined to the Upper South.

North Carolina easily leads, while Virginia, Kentucky, and Missouri (if it be classed as a Southern State) also have factories which are known all over the world.