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0" r ~.. .~ ~ . , j '~ kt 6 .I ~ , D C FORt THE TOBACCO INSTIT[DTE, INC., 808 17th Street, N.W., Wash2ngtpn {, t} ~ ~ OftI24~DIM ,'r~y~~"s =~~ ,'y ~ Yti11VGIPIa 5 DHAT ' SAVED JANiESTOFIN 3yfJ YY AltS AGO ~a~1 WILL WORK FOR AIMICA TODAY, SAYS GEORGE ORGE V. ALLEN - Washington - George V Allen, retired U S Ambassador and now President • F, ta~~~I~.+~ T~ '~i a}~~y' ' ' ofTheTobaceo Institute, Inc.,saidi today that the "guiding principles Yor ~j t~;~~' ~14 ~'~R: ' v,~,'~{iX • c ~~ " t z ,America today in arrying,out responsdbilities world-wide are the same as p.-~ +~. ... .,. .. ~ , ~ . . r :'::. .,.i.. . • rr:it!~-W ry .:..:":~ ' ,? tht hld th Vl 350 a thoseaepe savee Jamestown,a, eoony yearsgo i117~fR fi~ Writing in the current issue of' Tobaeco News, N!r Allen, who is also Chairman 11 • ld t - ~ y '{ _ ~;;i~i a s~~ .~ ~/ ~ ~~ f UNESCOid tht "ld bd " o, saanew wors cane shape'with determinatlon'and vision ~« t rk ~, , ,r"sw ; ~ . ll " 6 t ,Y~~~~3h~~tNlr' _ A en wrote John Rolfe in 1 12 dealt with the task at hand,I , "fwasL a'starving time' in Jamestown when he arrived. Men's bodies were frail and ~i . R . .. . . . ' br:eaking and so were men 's souls. John Rolfe took practical measures. He ;,,p1'antedia handful of tiny seeds and nurtured them into a full tobacco harvest. - , o- .. _ , . . .... . . ._.. .. . .. ~~ ~ ' .,.. . ::~ Out of' hi~s crop came a: strong, colony and'~ fTom thi~s:, a great new nation and a '°Fnew era of civwilization,:founded,on democratic'principles and,an:ev:er-expand'Sng . ~ . ":§ 't'commerce of ideas and commodities among all peopl;e. , .. , 1' "John RoZfe had alvision of a new world where a man eould,serve his God, nis eountry'and lhis Ye11ov man. But his vision!was not so ethereal!that he'could "C *O t.-.5.'r :~~ . ,. . ~ .. -r.,.. .. '. .. ~ . . . . . . ' a ::iz ., ~ not see'the good earth at his feet,:the virgin soil of:Virginia which grew the colony''s first great item of commerce'andia:world-wide iindustry.:.. ar.`~y~4~,Atlr.' Mr. Allen said, three and a hAlf centuries lat'er,, "We too hope to, deal with 'starving,times' in many parts of the earthi. We too hope to extend to a11 peoples the principle of the'digni'ty of the individual and to open up lanes of commerce for the freer exchange of'commoditiies and culture and ideas,. "We too must'reeogni!ze the need for practical measures to sustain our vision. We must not forget the soil at our feet and the people at our side." This issue of TobaccolNews is devoted,largel'y to the JamestoWn Foundation's observance of the 350th'anniver:sary of John Ro1fe's first tobacco crop in,1612. . ~-, . . ~ . . • - ' . . .... ". . ' . -. . ... . ._. .. .. - . _ ..r~ . ~ i .-.r° , ..- . . - . .. ~- -_..., ., ~ ... .1. `=

News. Annuall forestry needs include: 60 million pounds of paper, 100 million ` square feet of paperboard, 36 million pounds of cellophane. i, omEngland' toJamestowan, Va., for a would-be bride cost 1201pounds of leaf ,'.r. -. worth about • Briefs from TOBACCO NEWS Trees for Tobacco It takes a lot of trees to serve the tobacco industry, reports Tobacco heaves of Money gppdwi'fe was worth her weight in tobacco in the early 1600"s. Passage . Fast Turnover Some 70 million Americans use tobacco products, which cross retail ~ counters more often than arything -- except money. First Colony Jamestown, Va., was a thriving, tobacco-growing community by the time the Pilgrims reached Plymouth Rock in 1620. The Pilgrims were actually heading for •Jamestown, but a series of storms blew themiNorth. Widespread Industry About 632 factories, large and small, in 32 states, make tobacco products. Tobacco is grown in 21 states by 800,000 farm families. Around the World Tobacco is this nation"s fourth largest export crop, with Great Britai.'n the biggest buyer. Exports last year, both leaf'and finished products, totaled $499 mi lion. N Q ~ When Jamestown, Va., was first colonized, tPie settlers set out to~find GJ' gold, but all they found was "fool''s gold." When John Rolfe's tobacco-growing venture proved successtlil, they call.ed the leaf "Virginia' Natural Resource