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Could this be the Coupon explaination? That 2 different companies made the Coupons.
1911-05-29: SCOTUS: "Trustbusters" break up American Tobacco Co. US Supreme Court dissolves Duke's trust as a monopoly and in violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act (1890). The major companies to emerge are: American Tobacco Co., R.J. Reynolds, Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company (Durham, NC), Lorillard and British-American Tobacco (BAT). RJ Reynolds says, "Now watch me give Buck Duke hell." BAT is listed on the London Stock Exchange. Liggett & Myers was given about 28 per cent of the cigarette market: Piedmont Fatima American Beauty Home Run Imperiales Coupon King Bee Fatima (the only 15 Turkish blend and the cheap straight domestic brands. P. Lorillard received 15 per cent of the nation's business: Helmar Egyptian Deities Turkish Trophies Murad Mogul and all straight Turkish brands American Tobacco retained 37 per cent of the market: Pall Mall, its expensive all-Turkish brand, named for a fashionable London street in the 18th century where "pall-mall" (a precursor to croquet) was played. Sweet Caporal Hassan Mecca R. J. Reynolds received no cigarette line but was awarded 20 per cent of the plug trade. Here is a link to the whole page: http://www.tobacco.org/resources/his...story20-1.html |
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