Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-06-17

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of fruit juices whose saccharine mat
ter is converted into alcohol on ex-
posure to the air. The manufacture
of malt liquors is more complex, as it
involves the preliminary process of
mating, by which the starch of grains
is converted into sugar, which in turn
lis converted into alcohol by fermenta
ton. Alcohol being produced by fer
mentation is found in dilute form
mingled with other liquids and the
manufacture of distillates is the addi-
tional process of separating it more
or less completely from the mixture.
AS the various liquids vaporize at diff
effected by the application of such de-
gree of heat as will vaporize the alco-
hol out of it's combinations
Billion Gallons Made.
From the reports of breweries, dis
Itilleries and wineries representing
three classes of alcoholic liquors, it
appears that 1.19S,60 2.1O4 gallons of
malt liquors, 103 ,330,423 gallons of dis
tillates, and 23,425,567 gallons of wine
iwere manufactured during the census
iyear ending May 81 1900. This is
total for al GLASSES of / .225, 35S,0 94 gal
Ions, which does not include quaint
ties reported from small establish
ments, with product less than $500
each, wine returned from farms and
as subsidiary product of distilleries,
and spirits returned from wineries,
principally as a by-product.
Seventeen Gallons Per Capita.
| In estimating the annual consump-
ton for 1900, the quantity of tax-paid
spirits, not the quantity manufactured,
was employed, and the differences be-
! tween imports and domestic and for
eign exports were considered. On
this basis the total estimated con-
sumption for the census year was
| 1922, 166,6S5 gallons, or 1913 gallons
per capita. The totals for the three
classes show 1885 establishments,
with capital of S457, 674,0 S7, and pro-
1 ducts valued at S340,615,46S.
Growth of Consumption.
In colonial times the consumption of
malt liquors was relatively small and
increased slowly. The wide distribu-
ton of small quantities of wine manu-
\ featured from grapes or currants, the
Introduction of tea, the general con-
sumption of all classes of distilled
spirits, and the household manufac-
ture of cider and fruit brandies salts
fed the tastes of the people, and the
demand for malt liquors was of slow
and gradual development.
4 New York Leads in Manufacture.
The leading states in value of malt
liquors produced during 1900 were as
follows: New York $56,137,S54 Penn
sylvania $29, 162,743, Illinois $19,733,.
321, Wisconsin $19,394, 7O9, Ohio 49,
522, 1888, New Jersey $14,3S6,456 and
Missouri s13,776,9O5 Quantity pro.
duced as follows: New York $685..
0S5 barrels, Pennsylvania 4,648,172
Illinois 3,7S4,7S2, Wisconsin 3,049, 191,
Ohio 3,02S,116, Missouri 2,410,999, and
New Jersey 2,117,491.
Wine Production Falls Off.
The records of the bureau of interna,
revenue show tnat in 1890 111,101, 73e
gallons of spirits were manufactured
and in 1900 109,245,187 gallons. Hi
nois. with an output of 32,50S,435 gal
Ions of spirits, was the leading pro
ducer 1900. Kentucky ranked second
with 21,709,873 gallons and Indiana
Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland fol
lowed with 1894 ,779; 9,51S,S50; Z,
1865; and 3,S12,s56 gallons respec
$ lively.
The Raw Product.
. In 1900 total of 24,25S,500 bushels
! of grain, 1889 Cos gallons of wine; O.
2 962,691 gallons of molasses and fruit
} Costing S256,55D were used in manu-
3 featuring 103.330,423 gallons of spir
: its. Generally speaking grain is uset
), in making gin, whisky, alcohol and CO
5 logne spirits; fruit and wine in the
+ making of brandy, and molasses in tn,
: distillation of rum.
1893 Leads All.
The quantity of spirits manufactur
ed fluctuates considerably more thar
the quantity withdrawn from bond o.
tax paid In 1881, 119 52S,011 gallon.
and in 1882 1O7,2S3,215 gallons were
distilled; in 1883 the quantity was bu
) 75,294,510 gallons. The largest guam
tity manufactured in any year wa
: 1,010,330 gallons, in 1898. In tn
succeeding year, 1894, only 92,153, IS:
gallons were produced.
1t appears that the quantity con
sumed as a beverage by the peopl;
during 1900 could not have been ia
from 91,000,000 gallons, or per capit
of about IL gallons.
Wine An Ancient Beverage.
Wine was manufactured before th
dawn of history. The explanation Q
, this is simple. 1t is the produce Q
: natural forces requiring neither me
: chanical powers nor manufacturin
: appliances. In the laboratory of cart
S and air, sugar is developed in tn
: grape and in turn converted into alct
f hol. The accidental crushing of tn