New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-07-27

,ia:: As.sSs sTtss ssrS % SsSiss T. Oliver
COST OF DRINKING AND SMOKING.
INFORMATION CLEANED FROM TIE vIou2ss OF THs
NrkaNAL REvEHuE.
WASHINGTON, July 26.-It will be interesting
q Ill rssdsfs 10 knew that While dsuass6aes ssonss
70 complain about w msrnxs Of hsse. tn eonsump-
tiou Of IN almost svsry particular 10 greater
shaa 10 w. sus I've ysan aes nd 10 NEST oasss.
sxusn aitsrs ussese shaa w. IN ~ times called
oss urosusress xhs dry Agarss ef thu Internal revs
nus report vhen axamnsd. yisd thss ana mucn otnet
information Il appear that the consumption OF peer
iserssssd $50 bsrrsia The consumption W 1850
$500 thsn svsr bssors sud adding the officially
re,srtsd sscfsssa, appears thss no lee shan
eis 100000 Gallons Of beer were consumed last year
r. ve,u,seu ovvr o. 600 0oo bat she oonsumpsiou
- ~ ysss esuins June 20 must b eckoned upon the
suesn population for that yesr. which wa soeus
6oss7 oo0 On that bass the consumption OF Deer sp
ssrs 70 have teen ios3 gallons for every inhaotsnt
hsbsss moulded Censsderne that lsrrs part OF she
esuistsa doss rot beer Ut all THE seems 70
Sm.iy m enormous consumption 70 those VINO do ana
vet suss thoss who becr Ut oil certainly consume -
,ouoa % half pht daily. they would ut that rate GOV
n Of 3 gallons each Apparently the ecnsump~on
absst sqavalsns 70 pint day for nair 'ne soo p'p0
lsssen.
ne Increase IN the consumption OF whiskey was
GOA los gallons which makes the consumption Tor tho
YEAR O76S,ol0 ealions. or liz gallons par capita.
That IA much more than consumed In tho years Oh
ds,rossson the fiscal years 1878 end 1873. when tho
tai VS. the Same thasN 10 now. but II ID mocn or.o~
shs cousun pton Of 1883 or 1884. when the quantity
va Al and Lag gallons Per capita. Tho increase IN
the nptcn Of beer which has risen from seven
r~,looa 20 nearly eleven gallons sinoe 1888 secouns
for some Elimination In she uso of sprits ana prooao
the rspd spread Of prohibition ct the bcuo mas
the oousump sien stn Fifteen yesrs asU. whom
the tax only 90 oents per gallon the consumption
s~>s~ L 2 gallons CAPITA
The increase In consumption OF tobacco In var1ous
frrs has been remarkable but especially IN the least
healthy Of oil forma snu6using. Il may DO remerxeo'
IL on the decline 195747 pounds less were used iass
year than the year before But tho consumption 81
manufactured tobacco, for smoEing ana chewine' n'
OF 574 pounds OPS 66s pounds
or hounds per capita, which IN considerably IN ex
cess of the consumption IN esvions year. Prfcr 70
1870 the quantity consumed waa from TO POUNDS 10
rosc to 49, and until 1879 averaged about zoo;
than IL rose In 1880 to In 1882 TO 306 and has
tns form Of teOsoco would nave sreassr but for
tho increase In the consumption OF cigars ana 0SAr
The number Of cigars consumed Increased last year
l5l.02asso making total So GOV. x..rs
o." ne ccHsSmpten va 10 yssry 1870 Il rc.e
to 80: IN is7o 70 IS o. aud thon declined little With
nara III 1854 1874 but a
1885, tut hss nov risen Again ~ 592 thus toc oon'
md there 10 70 doubt whether this
deere ace betokens tho pressure OF hard cmcs
c.usa the consumption of cigarettes has ercnty IN
creased Last year atone the incrcas- wss 2oZ
or s,out 25 per making l3l0S36olI In Al, %
90 per ca pitA In 1868 tbere Was . snA consump-
tin hut prnccsy nons Officially recorded IN tho years
500 In 1870 to 4 per capita In 1870 70
% per capita 1875 just ten years age ross 70
per capi.a. Bnt that WAC only the beainnnS SSv
II had riscn to per ,pa. IN 1884 70 H. N 1859
L. Is g. and non averages 221 per capita Or toe IN
fu~uce OF this change upon health donbtlo. physcahs
may havs something 10 say, but conslorsoo ncroase
I'm the use OF tobacco ~ other forms evoenty pre-
| vented by tho inanufsc ure and use OF ckare"es'
whether that chan 20 beneficial to health or not
II remains to add that suPposinx cigars 70 avenso
only so each, cigarettes tweuty cents PACK
age tobacco dol ar per pound retail forms. beer i've
rrnts eiass spirits fve cents for half GIL prices
winch IT high a. those pald py most
ennsum rs the cost sricss to the people oil
this country 81 ls9O0OOOo. or $9 81 t0r every
inha,nant. This burien IA borne by a0ou 2OOOuOuU
wsxe-carncr and far them " averages Soc ~
Yearly All the that trad- unions have ADDED OF
ever will add 10 the wages Fl labor will not equal ha
the spent last year manly by working people, ~
the ion OF liquor alone, whch coat them muci
over $500 0OOVOo.