The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1886-12-31
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Il has often been thought and said
BY the uninfcrmed that tho Democratic
states produce and uso more distilled
liquors thah Republican states. Bat
the following statistics taken from the
official report Of the commissioner Of
Internal revenue for the year ending
Oelober Sist, 1886, fully oon.radicts
and disproves this charge. The whole
number Of gallons Of distilled liquors
produced IN the United States for tie
year preceding was si,s4o,4l7. lille
nois prOducsd nearly one-.hird Of ell
thia, that state tnrBIng out D,l49,9sl
gallons. Kentucky comes next with
20,7se, ,27s gallons. Ohio comes next
with l0,530.9s0 gallons. Tho sure
Democratic stassa Of Alabams, ,Afkansas,
Delaware, Florida, GeoFgla, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Mis-
aouri, North Caroline, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West
Virginia produced last year 2s, ,4T5,44s
gallons. The sure Republican states OF
Illinois, Iowa, Kansas. Maine, Massachu-
setss, Minnesota, Nebrasks, New Hamp-
shire, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, Vermont and Wisconsin pro-
dneed 4O.l70,0oI. Thus sixteen sure
Democrats states produce little over
half ~ many gallons ~ fourteen Re-
publican states. Duriag the same
period 10 all the states there wtrs pro-
duced 642.03s.5ls gallons Of malt IL
quors, Of which amount The sixteen
Democratic states above mentioned
produced 70,o7e, 39i gallons. and the
fourteen Republican states orodaced
272,Tl5,595 gallons. Illinois alone
produced ~, ,l2O. .O6s gaiIop., being more
than half ~ much ~ all the sixteen
Democratic s.ases. Ohio produced
81, ,0e5.4ls. Psnnsylyania 65,Tl2.063
aud Wisconsin, 46.l37,T3l gallons.
While lhia does not show whele these
liqnoH are consumed. yet the facts aud
fgurcs are given in the report u the
commissioner Of internal revenue, from
which Ne may plainly infer where they
ate largely consumed Taking tho
whole number Of liquor dealers in each
state - reported By the commissioner
Of internal reysnro a,J g. a.pating It
with the population Il eacl state -
shown BY tho censas - 1880 il ~iil be
saen 10 show ~. f.lin~ing fscls In
the sixsesu Demuerasic states above
named there i oA- lisluo: healer 10
svery 900 ishsbitsn'-. eii 8 10 the
fourteen Rspun issa sfstr- ;hvfr i one
liquor dssisr 10 evs,y 2s3 inhsbitaat..
The prohibition state Il LES b.s one
dealer 10 every 3oi ioLaLit.at.. Tie
Democratic atats Of Alabama ha. one
dealer % every ii05 inhabitants. Kan
saa has one to every 406 inhabitants,
Arkansa. one 70 every iIls inhabitants.
Maine has one 70 every GA, while South
Caroliaa has one 70 every 1901 inhabi-
tants.
Il il evlient from these and other
facta which crop out in the report, tha,
there is moro liquor drank 10 shese
Republican states than 10 the Dsmo-
cratic states named. We leave oal
readers 20 rsarch out the cause each fol
himself, volunteering the statement .ha,
any one who undertakes 70 solve the
problem upon theprincipIs tha. any peo
pie drink more or less simply because
they ara Democrats or Republicans vii
be sadly led aslray in his Investigations
This every one may confidently rely up
Un, that no man drinks more because b,
is Democrat nor leas because he Is
Republican.