The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-07

without a break. The per capita con-
sumption of coffee has increased also
from s. 25 pounds in 1881 to 1919 pounds
in 1903. This is a rise of more thai 50
per cent. since the period from 1856 to
1880. At the same time the per capita
use of tea has decreased.
The American Grocer has supple
mented its figures with a series of ia
bles, of which the following is an in
teresting example, being the basis of
the calculation of the retail cost of all
beverages in 1903:
Alcoholic drinks ............$1,24 2, 949, 11S
alcoholic stimulaEts-
Coffee ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. loo, 690,26l
Tea Observation-Disclosures. 4b,OO0,OOO
Cocoa :. .................. 1000, 900
Total 1903. ..............$1 Ash, 633, 1873
To show the yearly increase in this
bill, the figures for other years are
given as follows:
| Total, 1902 .................$l,3 1863, 09S, 273
! Total, 1901 .................. l,21S,2l2,SSo
| Total, 1901 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. l,z2o,bf4,9Zo
7 Total 1899 northumberland. t,l46, S97, 822
| Total drink bill five years
1S99-1903 80. .............. 6,4S9g516, 1888
Average annual drink bill.
l6y9-l9O3 .,,.-........... l.z93,3O5'30S
This represents a yearly per capita
expenditure for beverages for five years
of SIC. II for the S0,372, 900 inhabitants
of the United States, or $50. IS for each
family of five.
Coffee in the Lead.
Coffee leads the list of beverages
consumed, the amount drunk by the
people of this country in 1903 being
81 566, 902,61 gallons. Beer comes next
with a consumption of 1449,S7S,952 gal
Ions; tea next, with $50, 600 900 gallons,
In ,.,tt
130,62S gallons. But in the retail cost
of alcoholic beverages, beer takes its
place at the top, with a bill of $727,-
042,245. Whisky, exclusive of the guam
tity used in the arts, cost $417, 915 513,
and wines 1871, 1856, 1850. The total of this
cost is $1,242,943,11 The revenue of the
government in 1903 from spirtuous and
malt liquors, licenses, etc, was $179,-
sol, 328-a per capita tax of 1924, or
$11.20 for every family.
The consumption Of spirits for the
year is pointed out as remarkable from
the fact that there was an increase of
one-tenth of one gallon per capita In
the use of spirits, the largest increase
from one year to another since 1900.
The total production of distilled spir-
it's reached las, FOG, S75 gallons; the con-
sumption, 117252,14 gallons, including
fruit and imported spirits In 1903 the
total quantity of imported and domes-
tic spirits consumed was III, 252, las
gallons, an increase over 1902 Of $780,
997 gallons. The revenue CLIO per gal
lon) derived from spirits during the
last fiscal year was $125. 862.17S
Beer Consumption Increasing.
The consumption of beer in 1903 was
the highest on record, the per capita
amount being 1904 gallons, a gain of
055 gallons over the figures for 1902.
tav al "a
ment in 1903 a revenue of SAT 54TS56.
The relative average cost of beer per
gallon, retail, is estimated at SO cents,
that of tea and coffee at 10 cents each
Last year there was an increase in
the use of imported wines and a de-
crease in the production of domestic
wines. The imports amounted to g.
088,2O1 gallons; the domestic produc
ton, less export, 81, 631, 154 gallons. The
cost of import, with duty added. was
$15,203, 401. Distributors generally re-
ceived a profit of 100 per cent in con-
veyng the wine to consumers, so the
cost of foreign wines for the year was
brought up to $30,404,S02. To this is
added the average annual cost of do.
mestic wines, SCI, $50, 55s, and the wine
bill of the country rises to the sum
of 1885, 800.
AS a consumer of coffee the United
States leads the world, the quantity
used in 1903 being 867, 1886 ,O63 pounds.
In 1902 the amount was 1,056,541, 637
pounds. AS one pound of coffee makes
two gallons of infusion, the quantity
drunk was 1,566. GA gallons.
With the exception Of the year 1897
the net imports of tea in 1903 we're the
largest on record reaching 04,632, 260
pounds, which, at an average import
cost of 14.5 cents per pound, made the
tea bill SIS, 1865
The net imports of cocoa and choco-
late, both prepared and crude, in 1903
were 49,173.175 pounds, a large pro-
PORTION of which was used for other
purposes than that of making bever-
ages, so the total cost. $7,736, 500, is re-
duced by it's last six figures to give
81, 900 as a fair estimate of the
value of that used for drinking pur-
poses
king Edward, while visiting at
the residence of one of his subjects re-
Gently, saw proof that not many Eng
lishmen know the words of their ma
tional anthem. He was waiting at the
station for his train when a few Of the
ultra-loyal began to sing God Save
the King" but each in succession came
TO sudden pause and lamentably
broke down. A desperate final attempt
failed most ANONYMOUSLY, greatly to
the amusement of his majesty, who
vainly tried to conceal his smiles un-
der cover of parting chat with his
noble and slightly embarrassed host
ess-