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Last year’s crop was valued at more than $274 million,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but most of the burley produced in the state ― 85 percent to be exact ― is marked for export, so the WHO regulation becomes even more of a concern. Roger Quarles is a tobacco farmer in Scott County and serves as the current president of the International Tobacco Growers Association,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], as well as president of the Burley Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association. [link widoczny dla zalogowanych].
Having been involved in the international tobacco scene,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Quarles said he feels there is no scientific basis for the WHO regulation and that it is an effort by the organization to end tobacco use of any kind. “Their objective is to eradicate tobacco. Fifty-four percent of all the cigarettes sold in the world are considered to be ‘American blend,’ which means they contain burley tobacco,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], regardless of where it was grown,” he said. “Immediately, if this thing comes to pass, it would be illegal to sell American-blend cigarettes that have any ingredient other than tobacco.
That is what we are fearful of.” This is a sign that the high-end home market is stabilizing. In the second quarter of 2010 the median sales price of a Manhattan luxury home (defined as homes above $3 million) rose 12% from the previous year. Demand for these pricey abodes has ramped up,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and inventory has tightened, according to a recent report by Prudential Douglas Elliman Real Estate. But even outside of New York, the super-high-end home market comprises so few properties that just one sale can change the tide of the market.[link widoczny dla zalogowanych].
Aside from the Duke-Semans, two recent sales give luxury brokers hope for the future: In late April billionaire Kelcy Warren bought the 3,000-acre Bootjack Ranch in Colorado for $42 million, setting a price record for the year; just two months later,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the Bel Air mansion Le Belvedere was sold for even more, to an unnamed European family. A new pastime required new accessories. For the home, a set of utensils called a tobako-bon was developed.
Basically, it consisted of a serving tray, a pot containing charcoal from which to light one’s pipe, and an ashtray. Other items could be added. These could be simple or elaborate, made from plain wood or exquisite lacquer, depending on what one could afford. Traditional Japanese clothing has no pockets, but people always need to carry things. This was done by using sagemono (“things that hang down”), containers hung from the waist. The upper classes carried lacquer inro, small rectangular boxes divided into compartments for medicines.
When the need arose to carry tobacco, the inro model was simplified to a single compartment. And since everyone was allowed to smoke, these new containers,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], called tonkotsu, were made in a variety of materials to suit all budgets. The fabrication of tonkotsu was not without controversy. Japan had strict sumptuary laws―people were supposed to know their place and not get above themselves. In 1704 government edicts prohibited the use of gold and silver in any wares except those used for official gifts. [link widoczny dla zalogowanych].[link widoczny dla zalogowanych].
The edict specifically mentioned tobacco pouches and containers. For the ordinary working stiff,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], this didn’t mean much. But there was also a striving merchant class. Although often viewed contemptuously by the ruling samurai, the merchants often had more money than the samurai had. The merchants had to tread very carefully―samurai were entitled to carry two swords and kill at will, so one wouldn’t want to give offense.