The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-09-03
Facts and Figures.

tiOuS III EolSE6lC6 10 dH lu6 topics
involved in the great question of Tenn
perance Reform. We are not in pos
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send to such inquirers. We gather
up material from time to time for the
Organ from reliable sources, and if
our correspondents referred to, would
take the Organ, and file it, they would
every year have a valuable volume for
reference.
The amount of liquor manufactured
in the United States, and imported
from other countries, is almost incred-
ible. There was imported into this
country, in 1850, according to the Uni
States Treasury tables, sleren million
one hundred and .J5tay-sia thousand, one
hundred and nineteen gallons of liquor.
There was manufactured in the Uni
ted States, according to the census re-
turns, Exclusive Of six States and two
Territories, not reported,) J in 1850,
eighty-ttree million nine hundred and
SeUenty-tUo thousand, one hundred and
seDentyJfUe gallons Of Intoxicating IL
quorS. The manufacture and import
in 1850, amounts to a little over
four gallons for every man, woman
and child, black and Indian, within
our borders. Oh, enlightened, civil
lied, christian America
But it will be urged that a large
part of this domestic production is ex-
ported to other lands. What do the
tables show ? Only 7O7, SAG gallons
of foreign, and 1,O32,3lO gallons of
domestic liquors were exported during
that year to do the work of death in
other lands. Take out this from the
gross amount, and make a liberal al
lowance for what is used in the arts,
(there being no data on this point, }
and it will still be found that the con-
sumption equals four gallons per head
of the entire population of the coun-
try.
There is class of persons who look
only at the dollar and cent view of the
temperance question, and who main
tain that the enforcement Of the Maine
Law, throughout the United States,
would most seriously affect the trade
and commerce of the country. Let
us look this subject right in the face,
and see what would be the effect, if
importation of all kinds of liquors was
prohibited by Congress.
The entire value of the imports of
all kinds of liquor for the year ending
June 3Oth, 1852, was $4,654, ,362-
while that of all other kinds of mer-
chandise was $178, 138,318. Only
Attle Orer tI0O per cent. of the import
trade then was liquor-a mere drop
in the bucket. For the year ending
June 30th, 1851, the total imports were
1928, ,419,OO5, the liquor item was
only $4,285, 886, or but and 9-l0ths
per cent. Of the whole.
The proportion of the value of ex-
ported liquors to the value of other
imports, is still more contemptibIe.-
For the year ending June 3Oth, 1851,
the total amount of exported merchan-
disc, both foreign and domestic, was
$218, 1888, $40, and the value ofliquors
of all kinds exported was only $780,
62O, but one-third Of one per cent. of
the whole.
How supremely contemplate is all
this twaddle about the arrangement
of trade and commerce that would en-
sue from the thorough enforcement of
an anti-Iiquor law. The losses on
land and sea and river, by fire, ship
wreck, boiler bursting, &c, occasioned
directly by this article Of commerce,
far exceed the amount of profit de-
rived from ii. So far from impairing
trade, the entire banishment Of liquor
would greatly increase it, and render
it more secure. Not an intelligent
man in christendom, who will look at
the facts, dare controvert this PROPOSE
ton.
The farming and manufacturing in
terests would derive direct and positive
benefits to an almost inconceiyable
amount, by at once putting out the
fires of every diStillery in the United
States.
Take away the ration of four gal,
lone Of EouOr to evarv man woman