The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-10-01
ONE YEARS DRINKS.
OUR NATION SKILLED SS,777,1S7
GALLONS OF SPIRITS.
The Internal Revenue Receipts This Year
VIII go Almost to 100000 ,O0O-The
Peoples Money Squandered.

people in the hurlyburly of nations, but
the figures of the internal revenue commits
sioncr for the past year are enough to make
a temperance crank stagser without a
drop of whisky or beer. The preacher, who
peruses them, will HE him to the pulpit
and tell his congregation what a nation of
drunkardS we are, Stupe1ef with drink
half the year and drugged with tobacco
the other half. That each year we squan-
der upon these inventions of Belzebub
three times as much money as is required
to keep this great government in opera
ton and more than is represented by the
circulating medium of the United States.
And when the. preacher goes to throwing
moral bombs he can load them with inter
esting, if not astounding facts, if he so
chooses.
We distilled last year 81, 1864 gallons of
liquor not including 1430353 gallons of
brandy, making in all Ss,777,1S7 gallons of
alcoholic spirits. Expert bartenders esti-
mate 63 drinks to the gallon Therefore
there were 1904, S9l drinks produced in
this country.
\ conservative estimate of how much
was imbibed across counters is about 81
100000 gallons of whisky, brandy and other
distilled spirits. or in other words we drank
6.090oO0,0Oo glasses OF whisky for which we
paid over the bar s609.O0O00O or s5,OOOOOO
more than all the annual appropriations of
congress combined
This represents n consumption of 100
glasses Of whisky each year for every man,
woman and child between the rock bound
Pacific and the storm-tossed Atlantic, or
counting only the male adults 800 glasses
per week each
OF beer the figures are equally astounding.
The consumption was 81, 1862. 9i3 barrels;
that is u, 7S5, 1s9, 200 glasses representing an
expenditure for this mode of tcutonic hi
larty Of S6l7, 25S 400, or about 10 cents for
each inhabitant. In tho neighborhood OF
220 glasses are charged up in this calcua-
ton against each OF US as our annual allow
auce, therefore if we do not average our
daily glass we may be sure that our neigh
bors are getting the benefit of our absti-
nence.
BY estimating this years internal revenue
receipts from spirits on the basis Of last
years product with the increased tax of
$llO per gallon, the internal revenue re-
ceipts will be $97,674,905.
There is some question as to the duty on
artificial teeth under the new tariff bill.
Both in the new law and in the Mckinley
bill teeth are mentioned only once. In both
natural teeth or manufactured teeth are
placed on the free list. Artificial teeth are
not named in either act 1t has now be-
come somewhat Of a fad for dentists to use
artificially made teeth instead of natural
teeth As there is no duty required ar
tif1cial teeth ii would first appear that they
would be allowed to come in free, thereby
making plates considerably IoYer. The
treasury department has taken a flank
movement on artificial teeth, however, and
il has been decided that the same duty
shall be paid on artificial teeth az on other
manufacturers containing similar materials.
For instance, if made of porcelain then
teeth are Gutiahle at the same rates
as cups. saucers and plates made Of that
material. Ii Of ivory the duty is the same
az that imposed ON ivory billiard balls.
This viii possibly be corrected at the next
Iaiy II no lgt
thereby putting good, solid molars within
the reach Of everybody.
The democratic campaign committee has
issued a statement showing how the repub-
licans made away with the enormous sur
plus turned over to them by the democrats in
1889. The statement shows that at the close
of Mr.. Ceveland's FIRST administration
there was left surplus in the treasury OF
$3.50, 34S Sl6.12. This sum was not named in
the statement OF 1859. for the reason that
the democrats did not include the gold re-
serve, the subsidiary coin and other funds
The republicans after squanderins in
three years si7.997s07.32 in paying premiums
on bonds and wasting money in other di-
rections found it necessary in order to make
a favorable statement of the condition of
the treasury to revise the method of ac-
counting and added the gold reserve, the
subsidiary coin and other moneys held for
the redemption of notes to the statement
OF available cash. If the same form Of
statement used by the democrats h2d been
retained 1t would have shown t4at there
was not a dollar of available cash in the
treasury.
In summing up the differences in the
financial management of the two admins
trations the statement shows that includ-
ing the gold reserve. the democrats turned
over TO President Harrison ;33034Ssl612 as
available cash, while four years later the
republicans turned over to the democrats
but Sl62 1873. SPOTS having reduced the So
called surplus $1S7, $50, 1881. Tne panic OF
1sq2 was. the statement shows, clearly at
rributable to the condition OF the treasury
and the effect upon the public credit OF re-
publican extravaganza.
The members OF Mr.. CleVeland's official
household are gradually returning from
their vacations. Secretaries Gresham and
Harbert are now at their desks and Sec
rotary Lamont is expected back tomorrow.
Secretary and Mrs. Carlisle We're the last
~ take their holiday, and 1t will be very
sbort one They win remain at Buzz=ru
bay about a week after which the secretary
-,av be forced to return TO settle disputes
,,-bich have arisen during mis- absence. Mr..
cleveland will not return before the middle
NJ october owing to the alterations and
i,,rroyements which are going on at the
,ybita house. The ext ror of the executive
,,,ansion is being painted and the interior
Tainr refrescoed and upholstered. Mrs.
cleveland will return with the president
# the latter decides TO spend n month at
bis home lust outside of Washington.
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