The Red Cloud chief., 1886-08-27
LIQUOR AND
They Cost tho T-opi- Of Thi. Country
SIIso. q COO YEARLY.

sI.ISo. 900. GOO Yearly.
While hcIna.o"uc> continue 10 COM
% in about the ,uilcring- of labor. and
croakcrs Of the hard times, The ON
SUMPTION of Injuries in "a most every
particular ! greater than ii WAS Il or
c~Npcnditur, greater than i eve was in
the times called most prosperous. a. j.
shown by the internal revenue report.
The consumption Of beer Increased l.
52i.9oD barrels. The consumption in
1sSj was greater than ever bc.nrr. and.
adding The officially reported increase.
il appear that no lr-, than 6i2. uDp. 900
gallons OF beer were consumed last
wear. Reckoning the mean population
for that rear ~ about -. 30 900. the
consumption appears 10 have been
lO.s5 gallons for every inhahiIant. ba-
bics Included. Considering that a large
part of the population does not CON
sumo beer al all. this : ems 20 imply
an enormous consumption TO those
Who do
The increase in the consumption of
whisky was 1906, los gallons. which
makes the consumption for the Year
20. 5000 gallons, or l.l9 gallons per
capita. That il much more than was
consumed in the year, Of depression.
the fiscal wears 1870 and 1879. when
the tax WIS the same that II IL now
but il is much below tn, consumption
o! 1888 or 1881. when the quantity was
IA and LAP gallons per capita.
Probably the rapid spread Of prohibi-
ton has reduced the consumption.
Fifteen wears ago. when the tax Was
only 30 cents per gallon, the consump-
ton ranged between |! and > gallons
per capita.
The increase in consumption Of to-
bacrO in various forms has been re-
, markabic. but especially III the least
healthy Of all forms. Snulf-u>!ng. II
NAV be- remarked. j. on tn. decline:
lgJ. AZ pounds less Were used last wear
than the year before. But. the consump-
ton OF manufactured tobacco, tor
smoking and chewing. increased H.
Ulo.j14 pounds. reaching i9l .n23. 663
pounds. or 322 pounds per capita,
which j. considerably in Nce of the
consumption IN any previous year.
Prior to 1870 the quantity consumed
WAS from ! To > poUnis. in 1870 il ros,
t. > IS. and until 1873 averaged about
80: then it rose in 1880 10 80. in
llS2 10 800. and has been above :
pounds ever sncc. But tn" increase IN
this form Of tobacco would have been
greater bu: tor the increase IN the con
sumption ol cirarS and cigarettes.
The number Of cigars consumed m
creased last wear lJl."-j. ~. shaking
n total consumption of 3.jlo.3,2.j5'.
or 80 per capita. Twenty wears ago
the consumption Was lh.2 yearly; IN
1870 il rose - 80: in $50 10 i3.9. AID
then declined a little with In. hard
times TO iu..j III 1879. but IN 1881 II rose
10 80. reaching Gl.J in 1851. and de-
cined to .S2 IN lsSj. but has now
risen aca,a t. 81 Tie consumption
of cigarettes has greatly increased.
Last wear .lonc the incrra>' WAS -
2l2. IL. or about p per cent. making
l.:iln. 5b6 nl2 IN all. or - | per capita.
In - ~ there was Il small CoEsum ptIon.
but practically none officially recorded
in the wears lSjG-lSh9. In 1870 i: rose
t. 4 per capita. in 1875 To . per capita.
and in 1876. just ten wears ago. rose -
L. per capita. But that WAS only the
beginning: in l>S0 il had risen Ia s.
per capita. in 1854 20 Ii /. IN lsNj 10
is. and now avcrIgcs22l per capita.
Surpc>in- cigar TO average only tive
cents each and cigarettes twenty cents
a package. tobacco a dollar per pound
in retail forms. beer five cents \ glass
aad spirits Eve cents for half a Cl!l.
prices winch are certainly not a. high
as those paid by most consumers. the
COS. of these articles To tn" peopl- Of
tn!> country Is ov,r Sl.l>'.oeL.po. or
Sig.S1 for every inl;ali,ant Tai> bur
/ den j. horn" hy arnrI ~ D'.l tsh) ware
carriers. how Y T. and tor them Il aver
arrS So. 10 yearly. The consumption
Of llguu- alone costs the working nec-
pie much over S.. 900. o1o.- United
prsSbgfrrIG2.