Tobacco Institute
1954 Annual Report Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co.
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T HE ANNUAL STOCKHOLDERS'
MEETING will be held at 43 Park Avenue,
Flemington, New Jersey, at 2:00 P.M., Monday,
March 14, 1955.
Proxies will be mailed to stockholders February 11, 1955.
Stockholders who are unable to attend the meeting are urged
to sign their proxy and return it promptly to the Company so
that the stock of the Company will be represented as fully as
possible at the meeting.
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HIGHLIGHTS
1954 1953
Net sales .....................................
Profit from operations .........................
Percentage of net sales .........................
Profit before taxes .............................
Income, excess profits and franchise taxes ........
Profit before preferred dividends ................
Net income after preferred dividends ............
Percentage of net sales .........................
Net income per share of common stock ..........
Dividends paid per share of common stock....... $548,861,959
53,592,624
9.76 0
47,835,364
25,634,000
22,201,364
20,740,177
3.78 c7o
$5.30
$5.00 $586,498,727
57,225,791
9.76 rc
51,963,576
28,985,000
22,978,576
21,517,389
3.67 c"e
$5.50
$5.00
Current assets ................................. $459,145,998 $467,548,656
Current liabilities ............................. 129,034,362 134,136,776
Ratio ........................................ 3.6to 1
Funded debt ................................. 113,000,000
Capital stock ................................. 118,662,125
Paid-in surplus end of year ..................... 19,364,550
Earned surplus end of year ....................... 111,247,861
(Further details on pages 14, 15, 16 and 17)
Approximate number of stocldiolders ............ 40,900
L I G G E T T & M Y E R S
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3.5 to 1
115,000,000
118,662,125
19,364,550
110,065,289
37,900
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TO THE STOCKHOLDERS
This is your company's 44th Annual Report to its stockholders. The following
is intended to give you a picture of the company's overall financial position and
other information regarding its operation and policies.
E ARNINGS
Earnings per share of Common Stock were slightly lower than for the previ-
ous year. They amounted to $20,740,177 compared with $21,517,389 for 1953. Total
earnings after taxes were fifteen times dividend requirements on Preferred Stock.
The ratio of profit from operations to net sales remained the same, or 9.76 7o.
SALES
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Net sales f or the year 1954 amounted to $548,861,959 compared to $586,498,-
727 for the previous year. The L&M Filter cigarettes, both regular and king size,
made a substantial contribution to this sales volume.
Export (tax free ) sales were down. This was due primarily to smaller orders
from our diminished overseas armed forces and to the increased difficulty in doing
a profitable business in countries where we are handicapped because of dollar or
commodities limitations.
Millions
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600
500
400
300
200
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This chart shows a record of the Company's sales for the past ten years.
1945 1946
1947 1948 1949
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1951
1952
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RESEARCH
The Research Department of Liggett & Myers, in Durham, North Carolina,
is considered to be the most modern, best equipped, and best staffed in the tobacco
industry. Its work is of prime importance to almost every phase of the Company's
operation. Our consultants include eminent scientists from leading universities,
and Arthur D. Little, Inc., of Cambridge, Mass., "one of the largest and most
reputable industrial research organizations in the country."
Through searching analyses of our own and competitive cigarettes and of
many thousands of pounds of tobacco, we have found ways to help the individual
farmer grow a better grade of leaf tobacco. Day after day, week after week, our
laboratories make a continuous study of tobacco taken from all over Tobaccoland.
In this way we are able to know in advance of auction time the exact location of
the best tobaccos of the present year. The result-the present Chesterfield and
L&M cigarettes are the best made in the world today... cigarettes which, in test
after test with other leading brands, have shown superior merits - highest in
quality and natural flavor-with low nicotine content.
L&M Filters -with the "Miracle Tip" were introduced just over a year ago.
They were the result of a three year research program in our laboratories. The
team of scientists who undertook this operation had at their disposal all the latest
facts on tobacco, filters, and smoke filtering. Conducting thousands of tests on
every known type of filter and hundreds of new designs, these scientists after three
years found our "Miracle Tip", distinctive to L&M and protected by exclusive
patent rights. The result-L&M stands out for flavor, for effective filtration, for
highest quality tobaccos. The smoker gets a light, mild smoke, with much more
flavor-much less nicotine.
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DIVIDENDS
For the seventh consecutive year, $5.00 was paid on each share of Common
Stock. The payments were four quarterly dividends of $1.00 each plus an extra
dividend of $1.00 per share paid on December 1.
Total dividends paid in 1954 were $21,018,7192 or 94.67, C . of the earnings for
the year.
TAXES
Taxes of all kinds are becoming increasingly burdensome from year to year.
Provision for Federal and State income and franchise taxes alone amounted to
$25,634,000 for 1954, equal to $6.55 per share of Common Stock. This means that
such taxes required an outlay of 31 ~ more money than the entire amount paid
out in dividends on the Common Stock during the year.
As a further illustration of the magnitude of the Federal and State income
and franchise taxes, the following chart has been prepared to show a graphic
comparison of them with net income after taxes for the past eight years. r
1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954
This chart shotcs the Federal and State Incon2e and Franchise Taxes (dark area)
eomFared tcith Net Ineome after Taxes (light area) 1947-1954.
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44TH ANNUAL REPORT
December 31St, 1954
TOBACCO'S M OST R Eti P F.CTED NAMES
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all cigarette sales were through self-service stores or vending machines. No per-
sonal selling was involved. The buyer was pre-sold, largely by promotion.
Company profits are increased if sales can be increased at the lowest possible
cost. The cost of selling covers personal selling, promotion and advertising. All
are necessary to the job of producing and retaining smokers' goodwill. The least
expensive, when employed effectively, is advertising, and, therefore, it can be the
best means of increasing company profits.
The development in advertising techniques within recent years has been
carried on at a pace which makes it possible for your Company to reach vast
markets with our sales messages.
For some time in our country's history the techniques of production were so
spectacularly successful that they brought about basic changes in our entire
economy. The development of selling tools to match these new production facili-
ties has been outstanding, especially within the last twenty-five years.
Since that time we have seen personal selling brought out from behind the
coimter and into the homes of millions of people-first through the great medium '
of radio and now, in a completely new dimension, with television. Your Company
strives to make the most efficient use of these new techniques. Product person-
alities have been developed in the minds of millions through association with our
personal salesmen, who regularly come into the homes through television, radio,
newspapers and magazines, and also make new customers at point of sale through
the medium of promotional display material.
Your Company's sales promotion has one aim: To make sure that our prod-
ucts move off the dealer's shelf into the customer's pocket or purse. We are con-
stantly looking for ways to improve our sales messages to the smoking public, just
as we are always looking for ways to convey these sales messages to the public
at the lowest cost.
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DISTRIBUTION & PROMOTION
The mass distribution so essential to the sales success of the products manu-
factured by your Company has been achieved through the efforts of our six
thousand distributors and our own sales force working with them. Now, more
than one million three hundred and fifty thousand retail outlets in the United
States, from the city supermarket to the country store, carry products made by
Liggett & Myers.
Abroad, some of the Company's brands enjoy wide distribution, Chesterfield
in particular. This cigarette is sold in eighty-six foreign countries, and in many of
them it is the leading American-made cigarette. Surprisingly, L&M is already
distributed in 43 countries.
Your Company promotes its products to the public through sampling, mer-
chandising and continuous and extensive promotion in newspapers and magazines,
on television and radio, in motion pictures, and at point-of-sale. These promo-
tional activities are designed to support the work of the distributors and the sales
force. All media is carefully selected to help widen the market by attracting
smokers through advertising and sampling.
It has been said that ours is an economy based on innovation and invention.
Sales are not necessarily caused by the wearing out of goods physically but often
by the wearing out of goods psychologically. They become "out of style." In the
past few years, the cigarette business has had a number of psychological changes
in consumer preferences: the growth of the king size cigarette, the filter tip
cigarette, and finally, the king size filter.
In such an ever-changing market, continuous promo4on must be done to
keep our business and attract more business. In this highly competitive era, loyalty
to any one particular brand does not always remain constant, and advertising
seems more than ever necessary to cultivate and recultivate established families,
to keep their present patronage and increase their loyalty. More particularly so,
in view of the rapid growth of the self-service store and the gradual disappear-
ance of personal salesmanship at the retail level. In 1954, approximately 35 % of
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OFFICERS
President
Vice President
Vice President
Vice President & Treasurer
Vice President & Secretary
Vice President
J. Bowling Anderson
Russell M. Chenowet
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Frederick J. Graeff
Assistant Treasurers
Assistant Secretaries
Henry A. Petry
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Benjamin F. Few
William A. Blount
William B. Lewis, Jr.
William L. Perry
Zach Toms
James N. Wellman
Robert H. Henshaw
Rufus H. Hosea
Charles B. 'Morgenthaler
William A. Blount
Lawrence W. Bruff
James E. Farley
Benjamin F. Few
Francis H. Horan
J. Camden Hundley
William B. Lewis, Jr.
William L. Perry
Eugene C. Ringler
Loy D. Thompson
Zach Toms
James N. `Vellman
GENERAL COUNSEL
Francis H. Horan
DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH
Dr. Frederick R. Darkis
EXECUTIVE OFFICES
630 Fifth Avenue, New York 20, N. Y.
TRANSFER AGENT
The Hanover Bank
70 Broadway, New York 15, N. Y.
TOBACCO'S MOST
AUDITOR
Eugene C. Ringler
REGISTRAR .
The National City Bank of New York
55 Wall Street, New York 15, N. Y.
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ASSETS
LIGGETT & MYERS TOBACCO COMPANY CONSOLIDATE(
CURRENT ASSETS 1954 1953
Cash ......................................... $ 11,592,982 $ 11,996,787
Accounts receivable, customers ................. 23,131,291 23,234,014
Accounts receivable, others ..................... 982,339 975,732
Leaf tobacco, at average cost ................... 393,193,579 400,084,953
Manufactured stock and operating supplies,
at average cost .............................
30,245,807
31,257,170
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS .................. 459,145,998 467,548,656
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT-AT COST
Land and buildings ............................
20,024,589
20,014,236
Machinery and equipment ..................... 41,054,224 37,576,620
61,078,813 57,590,856
Less reserves for depreciation ............... 32,386,362 30,801,668
NET PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT .... 28,692,451 26,789,188
OTHER ASSETS
Brands, trade-marks and goodwill ...............
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Stocks in unconsolidated subsidiary companies..,; . 627,004 439,005
Stocks in foreign tobacco companies,
less reserve of $4,473,163 ......................
4,001
4,001
Deferred charges .............................. 2,839,443 2,447,889
TOTAL OTHER ASSETS .................... 3,470,449 2,890,896
TOTAL .............................. $491,308,898 $497,228,740
L I G G E T T & M Y E R S
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PRODUCTS
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products -each and every one made to the highest standards of qualit
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LIABILITIES
kLANCE SHEET - DECEMBER 31, 1954 AND 1953
1954 1953
CURRENT 1_,IABILITIES
Notes payable to banks ......................... $ 95,220,000 $ 99,000,000
Accounts payable .............................. 4,041,183 4,176,635
Dividend payable on preferred stock ............ 365,297 365,297
Accrued interest on debentures ................. 929,687 929,687
Funded debt payable within one year ........... 2,000,000
Taxes payable and accrued ..................... 26,478,195 29,665,157
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES .............. 129,034,362 134,136,776
FUNDED DEBT
238 o Sinking Fund Debentures, $5,750,000 pay-
able annually during the years 1956 through
1964, $23,750,000 payable in 1965, and $37;
500,000 payable in 1966 .................... 113,000,000 115,000,000
CAPITAL STOCK AND SURPLUS
Preferred stock 7% cumulative,
par value $100.00
Shares-authorized 341,398,
issued 225,141, in treasury 16,400............
0,874,100
0,874,100
Common stock, par value $25.00
Shares-authorized 5,000,000,
issued 3,911,521 ............................
97,788,025
97,788,025
Paid-in surplus ................................ 19,364,550 19,364,550
Earned surplus (see statement annexed ) ........ 111,247,861 110,065,289
TOTAL CAPITAL STOCK AND SURPLUS ..... . 249,274,536 248,091,964
TOTAL .............................. $491,308,898 $497,228,740
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The pension and retirement plan, of which the Company pays the entire cost,
is considered to be liberal. The plan is administered by the Equitable Life Assur-
ance Society of the United States.
Working conditions for the employees compare favorably with the highest
in any industry. Our cigarette factories are air-conditioned, well lighted and have
every device to safeguard health and to provide comfort for our employees. The
employees' cafeterias provide excellent and varied meals at modest prices.
MANAGEMENT CHANGES
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William L. Perry, a Director and Treasurer of the Company, was elected
Vice President in Charge of Finance, to succeed Hugh E. White who retired
under the Employee's Retirement Plan the previous December.
William B. Lewis, Jr., a Director, was elected a Vice President to direct the
sales of the Company, succeeding George W. Thompson, who had retired as
Vice President and Director under the Employee's Retirement Plan.
Francis H. Horan, General Counsel, was elected a Director of the Company
to fill the vacancy on the Board created by the resignation of Edward S. Peters.
Eugene C. Ringler, Auditor, was elected to the Board, replacing George W.
Thompson.
STOCKHOLDERS
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Common and Preferred Stockholders now number approximately 40,900,
representing an increase of 3,000 during the year.
Liggett & Myers stock is rather widely owned. It is held in quantities ranging
from a few shares to many thousands owned by banks, estates, trusts, insurance
companies, investment funds and educational institutions.
At the last annual meeting of the stockholders on Marclf'8, 1954 there were
present, either in person or by proxy, stockholders representing in terms of votes
approximately 79% of the Common Stock and approximately 83~'/0 of the Pre-
ferred Stock or a total representation of approximately 8070 of the voting stock
of the Company. The management is pleased that so many stockholders indicated
their interest by exercising their right to vote.
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CONSOLIDATED EARNED SURPLUS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1954 AND 1953
1954 1953
EARiVED SURPLUS AT BEGIN\'ING OF YEAR.......... $110,065,289 $108,105,505
ADD
Net Income for the Year ................... 2?201,364 22,978,576
132, 266, 653 131, 084, 081
DEDUCT
CASH DIVIDENDS
$7.00 per share on Preferred Stock....... 1,461,187 1,461,187
$5.00 per share on Common Stock ........ 19,557,605 19,557,605
21,018,792 21,018,792
E ARvED SURPLUS AT END OF YEAR (see note )..... $111,247;861 $110,065,289
NOTE: Under the terms of the Indenture covering each issue of 2;~'c Sinking Fund Debentures
$58,898,960.47 of
earned surplus is restricted as to pavment of cash dividends on Common Stock. This limitation does
not
apply to stock dividends on Common Stock, nor does it restrict payment of dividends on Preferred
Stock.
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CERTIFICATE OF INDEPENDENT
CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
HASKINS $o SELLS
CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
BOATMEN'S BANK BUILDING
SAINT LOUIS 2
January 20, 1955
To the Directors and Stockholders of
Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company:
We have examined the consolidated balance sheet
of Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company and its wholly-owned
subsidiary as of December 31,1954 and the related
statements of consolidated income and earned surplus for
the year then ended. Our examination was made in
accordance with generally accepted auditing standards,
and accordingly included such tests of the accounting
records and such other auditing procedures as we considered
necessary in the circumstances.
In our opinion, the accompanying consolidated
balance sheet and statements of consolidated income and
earned surplus present fairly the financial position of
the companies at December 31, 1954 and the results of
their operations for the year then ended, in conformity
with generally accepted accounting principles applied on
a basis consistent with that of the p-receding year.
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DISPOSITION OF TOTAL
INCOME oFOR 1954
The Company received from its customers for goods sold and from Divi-
dends, Interest and miscellaneous sources a total of $549,097,000 in 1954. This
chart shows how it was used or set aside:
Federal and other excise taxes ......... $254,773,000
Leaf tobacco, wages, other manufactur-
ing costs and freight ................ 197,805,000
Selling, advertising, administrative,
interest and other eYpenses ..........
Federal income and State income and
franchise taxes .....................
Dividends to stockholders .............
Earnings retained for future needs.....
48,683,000
25,634,000
21,019,000
1,183,000 -C:
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SUMMARY
Domestic cigarette sales for 1953 showed a decline for the first time in many
years. In 1954 there was a further decline from the all time high of 1952. The
Company's sales followed the industry trend.
Much has been written and said about this turn of events. The sales of king
size and filter tip cigarettes have been markedly on the increase during the past
two years and this trend may continue in the foreseeable future. Since there has
been an overall unit sales decrease, the increase in the sales of king size and filter
tips were necessarily made at the expense of regular size cigarettes. King size
cigarettes are about one fifth longer and contain approximately 171,"~ more tobacco.
It follows that the extra length of the kings affected unit sales downward.
The Tobacco Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, U. S. Department of
Agriculture makes continuing studies of tobacco sales trends. Stephen E. Wrather,
Director, believes that one of the most important factors in the two-year decline
of cigarette sales is the change in the population composition since the 12 year
period, 1940-1952, when cigarette consumption went up 119 '/-C". During those years
the consumption per capita doubled and the number of cigarette smokers
increased by 501 ~, due to the larger age group of 20-39 years. A diminished birth
rate in the 1930's has been responsible in the last two years for a slight decline
in the 20-39 age group, somewhat approximating the decline in cigarette sales.
Unwarranted attacks on tobacco products are as old as the industry itself.
Today, after reviewing extensive research of many other professional groups, our
Re'search Department, as it has consistently reported from the beginning, says
that proof that cigarette smoking causes lung cancer is lacking. In fact the cause
of this disease is still unknown. Accusations without proof in the past have not
prevailed. Thus, it appears that this factor should be of diminishing significance.
The management greatly appreciates the cooVeration and loyal support of
its stockholders and employees during the past year.
Respectfully,
LIGGETT & NI YE RS
January, 1955
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CONSOLIDATED INCOME
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1954 AND 1953
1954 1953
NET SALES .................................... $548,861,959 $586,498,727
OTHER INCOME
Interest and dividends received .............
160,617
225,275
Profit from sale of land and buildings ........ - 482,596
Miscellaneous ............................ 74,451 153,168
TOTAL INCOIIE ......................... 549,097,027 587,359,766
DEDUCTIONS
Cost of goods sold, selling, administrative
and general expenses ...................
492,771,480
526,838,878
Provision for depreciation .................. 2,497,855 2,434,058
Interest and amortization on funded debt.... 3,042,188 3,042,188
bnterest on bank loans ..................... 2,925,243 3,065,024
Miscellaneous ............................ 24,897 16,042
Provision for Federal income tax ............ 23,595,000 25,495,000
Provision for Federal excess profits tax....... - 895,000
Provision for State income and franchise taxes 2,039,000 2,595,000
TOTAL DEDUCTIONS ..................... 526,895,663 564,381,190
NET INCOME FOR THE YEAR ...................... 22,201,364 22,978,576
DIVIDENDS ON PREFERRED STOCK ................. 1,461,187 1,461,187
NET INCOME APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCK ..... $ 20,740,177 $ 21,517,389
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chewing tobaccos made by Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company.
Following the Company's policy of maintaining a complete line
of cigarettes and other tobacco products - the L&M king size filter
cigarette was added in the summer of 19K
FOBACCO'S MOST
The Pinkerton Tobacco Company at
Toledo, Ohio, an unconsolidated sub-
sidiary, has as its principal brands:
Red Man, R~il Horse and Pay Car.
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RECORD FOR FIFTEEN YEARS
SALES - EARNINGS - DIVIDENDS
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NET
SALES
NET INCOME DIVIDENDS
APPLICABLE TO PAID ON
CO.N1MON STOCK CO'MMON STOCK
Year
Amount
Amount Percent
of Sales Per
Share
Amount Per
Share
1940 $246,265,854 $18,878,053 7.67 0 $6.02 $15,684,695 $5.00
1941 275,103,587 16,389,273 5.96 5.23 15,684,695 5.00
1942 294,351,573 14,293,355 4.86 4.56 10,979,286 3.50
1943 347,258,296 14,195,223 4.09 4.53 10,979,286 3.50
1944 374,032,971 13,332,272 3.56 4.25 10,979,286 3.50
1945 399,212,620 13,477,648 3.38 4.30 10,979,286 3.50
1946 464,507,825 16,907,740 3.64 5.39 12,547,756 4.00
1947 513,771,422 21,439,504 4.17 6.83 14,116,225 4.50
1948 556,506,847 27,799,934 4.99 8.86 15,684,695 5.00
1949 557,733,433 28,105,507 5.04 7.18* 18,783,023 5.00
1950 530,547,285 27,597,044 5.20 7.05* 19,557,605 5.00
1951 539,947,406 20,292,047 3.76 5.19* 19,557,605 5.00
1952 603,080,876 19,987,339 3.31 5.11* 19,557,605 5.00
1953 586,498,727 21,517,389 3.67 ~5.50* 19,557,605 5.00
1954 548,861,959 20,740,177 3.78 5.30 * 19,557,605 5.00
`'Calculated on the 3,911,521 shares of Common Stock outstanding at the end of the year. Per share
earnings for prior vears
in above table calculated on the 3,136,939 shares of Common and/or Common B stock outstanding at the
end of each ~ear.
In addition to the annual dividend of $7.00 per share on its Preferred Stock, the Company has paid a
sub,twnti.il
cash dividend to holders of its Common Stock in every year since its organization in 1911.
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FACTORIES
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The Company has three main facto
ries; Durham, N. C., and Richmond, Va.,
where all the chewing tobaccos and many of the pipe tobaccos are manuf actured.
Close to half a million people have visited our Durham and Richmond facto-
ries. ~ ries. Without exception they have commented
favorably on the efficiency and magnitude of
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At Durham and Richmond are also located
warehousing facilities for leaf storage with
vast storehouses covering hundreds of acres.
We have modern processing plants at the
big tobacco market centers. Danville, Va., Durham, N. C., Rocky `~Iount, N. C.,
Lexington, Ky., Paris, Ky., and Watertown,
Wisconsin. At these plants we properly condi-
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plants in the Near East to handle the aromatic and delicate Turkish tobaccos
grown there and used in our cigarette blends. The plants are at Izmir, and Samsun
in Turkey, and at Cavalla and Xanthi in Greece.
Similarly, the Company has processing
EMPLOYEES
The Company's relations with its employees (whose length of service aver-
ages 10 years ) continued to be harmonious in 1954 as in prior years.
The Company maintains an extensive program of employee benefits includ-
ing pensions, life insurance, hospital and surgical, sickness and vacation plans.
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