The Republican journal., 1886-08-12
Cost Of Drinking and Smoking

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Oh IuE INTERNAL EEyENt.E.
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appears hat no los han G42NGD 600 gallons OF
beer were t;,li.li1lIl.l last ypar THE opul4ti0u
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year ending june 80 must be rrrkoned upon
the mean population for that wear. which was
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ti''t o. h''i appears 20 iI"\t 3i"h l".N" -iiollN
for every uhabitant. babies Included. Con,id-
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l'' IT. wy
h"t consume beer Ill al': TINS seems TO IMPLY an
enormous CONSUMPTION to tho., " no do. and
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consume IS much aN half lh' daliy. they
would at that rate ret rid Of % Gallon, each
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ton
me increase. il, tl, 1,n,,tin,, az ,,-hi,L.t
ro,. ,n. ,'i;l y
wa '"'''lV0 9'I'"''>' WHY" "iaNcN 'le COZ"
sumption for the year 10.1G3,0lO gallons. or Is
,,aIIops ,,or ,.a,it., TIut i ,u,,ob mar. thu,
Na' h>'iiieH III 'he years u "elre>Sloh' ul'
fiscal years 1875 ami 1879, when the tax Wa
tb. same that if i nov hu1 if * much hollow
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't' ''l'H"i''l''i"" vi 'N'' VI lN1' WIEN li''
quantity was l.4l and A. gallons per capita
/ he increase i'll the consumption OF beer, " hici
1a> rISen from seven gallons to nearly eleven
gallons since 1881, accounts for some DIM
mutton in the use Of spirits, and probably til,
RAPID spread OF prohibition at the south has af-
frcted the consumption still more. Fifteen
years ago, when the tax was only 30 cents pei
gallon. the consumption ranged between l..
and nj, , gallons per capita
The increase i'll consumption of tobacco in
various forms has been remarkable. but eSpcc-
tally in the least healthy of all forms. Snul:
using. it may be remarked, is on The decline
1914 pounds less We're used last year than
the year before. But the consumption Of man
uldttuICtl topd'to loT SHohllg ana chewing,
increased II ,0lO.1l4 pounds, reaching 1911 OBJ
SOB pounds. OF 3.2l pounds per capita, which i,
! considerably in excess OF the consumption in
any previous year. Prior to 1870 the quantity
consumed was from l TO pounds in 1870 il
rose to 2.3S, and until 1879 averaged about $50
then it rose in 1850 to 30, i'll 1852 TO BOG. and
has been above 3 pounds ever since. But the
increase in this form of tobacco would have
! been greater but for the increase III the con
sumption of cigars and cigarettes.
The number of cigars CONSUMED increased
last year ljl. 925Sl5, making a total consump,
ton of 3,3l0,312,539. OF 59.2 per capita. Just
twenty Years AGO the consumption was 10.
yearly: in 1870 il rose TO 30; in 1879 to 1879, and
then declined little with the hard times to 10.
in 1S.S but in 1881 it rose to 52.G. reaching 81 j:
in 1854, and declined to 5S.2 in $3.50, but has
now risen again to 59.2. Thus the consump
ton IS shade lower than the greatest yet re-
corded, and there is some reason TO doubt
| whether this small decrease hptOkenS the DreS