The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-01-24
LIQUOR AND TOBACCO FIGURES.
More than Gallon OF Into1icant for aach
Inhabftntt.

LIQUOR AND TOBACCO FIGURES.
More than a Gallon OF Into1icant for aacl,
Inhabitant.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.-The annual
report of the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, portions of which we're given
to the press some weeks ago, has just
come in completed form from the public
printer. 1t contains come interesting
facts, many Of which would probably
surprise the average reader not especially
familiar with mysteries of whiskey and
tobacco manipulation. The opponent of
the use of intoxicants will be interested
to know, for instance, that the amount
of spirits manufactured in the United
States last year 'was only little over
half of that manufactured in the year
1881.
He will no. be particularly happy,
however, to know that the total was con-
siderably over 100000 gallons, or
considerably more than 8 gallon apiece
for every man, woman and child in the
United States. Under this head of
"spirits" are included grape brandy,
bourbon whiakey, rye whiskey, alcohol,
rum, gin, high wines, pure neutral or
cologne spirits and q miscellaneous
column which carries 10000 gallons.
The largest quantity of any of these
varieties is the pure neutral or, cologne
spirits, Of which there we're So,0O0,000
gallons made last year. This is pure
alcohol SO absolutely neutral and colorless
and tssteless chat it will take any sort of
flavor, and can be made by the expert
mixer into any kind ofspirit that be may
want. he can by ingenious coloring and
mixing and AsYoring make gin or brandy
or rye whisky or bourbon Hwhiskey, or
rum out of it. So the production of
neutral or cologne spirits has steadily
increased in the past decade, while that
of high wines has just as steadily decreas.
ed. Ten years ago the amount of high
wines made was about double that of the
neutral or cologne spirits. In the last
year the amount of neutral spirits was
nearly thirty times as much as the amount
ofhigh wines.
New England is the great rum. .produc.
ing field of the United States. Nearly all
the rum distilleries in the United States
are located in the great centre ofmorality
and culture, Massachusetts,. The amount
of rum produced in the United States
Was nearly 100000 gallons and in its
manufacture $4,000, 900 gallons of molas-
ses we're used. 1t is largely exported,
about half of that Of last year having
been shipped from the ports Of Boston and
New York. Cultured Boston sends it
out mostly to the natives ofAfrica, where
it counterscts largely the labors of the
missionaries sent thither from this
country. The shipments from the port
of Boston to Elmira, Africa, last year
we're 1924, 900 gallons, besides some ship.
ments to Central America, Liverpool,
England, Constantinople and Alexandria,
Egypt:
The average Kentuckian will be sad.
dened to know that the taste for bourbon
whisky abroad seems to be leasening.
Last year there we're only shipped abroad
about 100000 gallons Of this rticleagainst
considerably over 200, 1000 gallons in the
preceding year. The large bulk of
spirits shipped abroad goes in the shape
ofalcohol and neutral spirits, which can
be utilized in most any form desired after
reaching its destination.
The average tobacco cbewer and smoker
will perhaps be interested in some of the
disclosures of little table which covers
only couple of pages in the volumiuous
report, and which shows that of the tobac.
co worked up into chewing and smoking
material last year there we're used S,0OO,.
900 pounds of scraps, 1902, 900 pounds of
stems, 25,OOO,OOO pounds of licorice, 22,;
100000 pounds of sugar and over 9,o00,-
600 pounds "of other MATERIAL whatever
these mysterious articles may be. They
may not be very pleasant thought to
bring to the attention Of the average
smoking or chewing individual as be is
about indulging in bis favorite pastime,
but if he finds it unpleasant he muat
blame the awful Commissioner #
Internal Revenue for making the facts
public.
The report shows that there are nearly
half million dealers in manufactured
tobacco. and that 160,5S7 persons paid
special taxes as retail dealers last year.