The Polish tobacco monopoly purchased the entire tobacco crop of the Jewish colony Rosh Pinah, Galilee, according to an announcement made here by Mr. Barsilai, president of the Upper Galilee tobacco syndicate, who is now here.
The crop amounts to 5,000 kilo. Mr. Barsilai expressed the hope that the Polish syndicate will purchase 100,000 kilo next year, it being convinced of the high quality of the Palestine tobacco.
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