Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-01-13
OUR CosTLlEsT 1uxuRlEs.
what the Figures es tho late nni Reyenae
Iensh In iseEard to Our DrinE and

smoke Bni. '' lnH anu
IL Mil, no rnt.r..,.
tnow thaf - , mh.,s ing TO oil readers to
~ c,, .is' mn.io uemaSoBues continue
iabor TX, Pun y. ,aooue tue suneilnSs OF
tuo eonsulnptlon OF Injuries In
& mo o "very patisular IS greater than
sj,sss s Wy ~, VI smv Sears ago. anu IN most
e,'ssses Q. expenditure greater than It
,,srs,, vs. ~, wv .,iIss eaiie.i most pros.
,,.,. amo Wy nsures OF INC Internal
The n,.., asi1sS mnen examihed. yield
w" II, '..,u 'nus" V.ncr ,htormntion.
,,1,s arleala .,nat Tue consumption OF
cn,. 80, S"aei i, 49,. oarfeis. Tho
e.v.,r n' III ioo3 Mas Greater than
s,,.,,,. 80 ;.a n.' euuins tno officially
,hsn ~, i nv, aus Nappeafs that no less
',,., $1,000 ~. w Sa''uns Oh eeer were
,ya, ,.,,S,, i .,Se Saur mo reputation ts
~, $500 liz 9ue me coheu'nption for
MN, III, ,n.,a,; ou.,e ~ must De rackoned
n bicr s,a o,ii,t f sa u ZOE tnnt year.
nnsis ,,,., cou 1871. 1'.zo,;ooJ. On that
have bson m ~. ,,i p,.onot oser appears %
it.rt nai,,.,s ~, 10 fa,iviis ZOE every inhnb-
1880 ~ i'i'cu'
Considering TIM. n largo part OF tho
Population docs NOT consumo. borr Mt
hii. tliis Stems to imply M enormous
coi,s,iilintion 10 those W, d.. ai,i yet,
siiico ihoSo who consume boer Mt Nil
certa;n consume rs much rs hnlf a
pinS uaiir' they would ut that rato got
rid ct. ~ gallons each. Apparently the
consumption u about equivalent 70
punt a day Tor half tho adult popu-
iatlon.
mo increase In the consumption of
wniskey was 4,6V6,i oS gallons. which
makes Tho consumption for tho year
to.LI3.ol0 lions or LIZ gallons per
~
Soiis umcu IN lhe years o, depression. the
hscai years 1873 and 1875, when the tax
Was inc same that IL Is now, ut IL Is
,au MEOW tho consumption OF 1883 or
1904. wheh the quantity WAS La and AZ
eaiiols per capits.
lho increase IN tho consumption OF
peer, wnicE nus risen from seven gallons
70 n'arIy eleven gallons since 1850,
accounts Tor some dlm.nution IN the use
OF spirits: and probably the rapid spread
81 prohitition ut the South has Affected
.i t,, CONSUMPTION sun more.
only 60 cents Der gallon. Tho consumn mn
ton RANGED brtween 10 md two .,nI
Ions per en- In o.
The Increase In conaup,n,Ior q, 10
bacco In various forns has been remnrI.
able. hut especially In the Iwst HEALTHY
Of all forms. Snufr.,ising, n NAV ho
remarked. ia on the tlneIino. i9, r47
pounds less were used In at venr thar tho
ear before. But tho 90, s,,n,ntion ' NJ
manufactured tobacco for smoliinr mud
chewing. increased IL .OIO 574 pornds
reaching I9I. O23. G63 pounds. or q %
pound. 6er ca tia which is considern hiy
i'm .xcees Of tho concentration In ony
previous yeur.
Prior to 1870 Tho quantity consnmc,,
was from to pound,: In 1870 IL rosc
to 2. 3S, ana until 1879 averaged about
$50; then It ,oso In 1850 10 OH. I'm 1880
to 3. U6. and has been above pounds
ever since. But tho increase in Ills
form of tobacco would have been crente a,
but for tho increase IN the consnm or
of cigars and cigarettes.
The number of cigars consumed In.
creased Inst year ISL, 925, s55 nlakinr
q total consumption of $50. 372. $50. OF
59.2 per capita.
Just twenty years ago tho CONSUMPTION
was 1912 yearly; in 1870 It rose to 40;
&, 49,,
N, WITH i''a , TO 49, anu t tnen aecined iitsie
~. I ,us, =. unne5 10 4O'o II iS.S.
o", , ~ 1881 ~ roSo 10 o.;G; re1ch:ES els
nc go , l''. mec,iina 10 oo;a IN 1885, OUT
10y" .T, '"" ,se" nsa'.i 70 o9.I
-. ,,. no ,o"su,nr.ieh ~ snhue
- ,haro " =, s"o E,c"'es. set .Cco;ced.
,.ha,nar ,h;s aoaiH ,eason TO oe no.
,.. o'es .n.s ihul, uecre"so oetokens
-" ~ ssu.e Vi ,'aiu .l'nes, neca'iae me
vi ei6aIet.es mas g-ea'iy
,as ,s3 u a,o I'M Se"r aio.e .. me lncrea
,al,,rU ain &c % DO uI y. ~, 20 per- GEM.
.,.'I., i''i'''0o'oia LII aii' OF z2.l per
n Ia isc, ,horo $50, avail ..,,.,
,inm i, , ,m,u "ns s.,ias eo,Sum
I'D H. a..s o noii 1000 oiiici9ly 70
+ rosa - Iu~S ,oJt In 90, tsIo
.u.t IN 40 :. ~. .ap.t,, uiu M io.o'
smt ,ha2 sxss s sni, ,o &c 70 ror sapi'n.
NV tnao Was ciiiy inc peBinninb, IN