The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-24
AMERICANS BIG
COFFEE DRINKERS
Consume 11.75 Pounds Per
Capita Annually
LEAD THE WHOLE WORLD
England Uses Most Tea, Germany the
Most Beer and Russia the Most
Whisky and France the
Most Wine.
LEAD THE WHOLE WORLD

Washington, April 2s-(speeial) 1.-THE
consumption of tea, coffee and alcoholic
beverages in the principal countries of
the world is presented in table just
prepared by the Department of Com
merce and Labor, through its bureau OF
statistics. The figures show that the
United Kingdom is first IN the consump-
ton of tea, the United States first In the
consumption of coffee, Germany first in
the consumption Of beer Russia first in
the consumption of whisky and other
distilled spirits, and France first in the
consumption of wines Statistics are
presented relative to the United States,
the United Kingdom, France, Germany,
Russia Spain, Italy, Austria Hungary,
Portugal, Chile and Argentina.
Tea consumption in the twelve countries
named aggregated in 1904. the latest
available year, over 510OO0,O00 pounds. OF
this the consumption in the United King
dom was 256,50 600, Russia 127 1-3 millions,
United States 109 2-3 millions. Germany
100000. while in no other country for
which these statistics are available is
million pounds-that of Austria-H Hungary
being 1928 million pounds. France less
than two and a half million pounds,
Chile about two million pounds, Argen-
tino, one and four-fifths millions; Spain
$4,000 pounds, and Italy l15,5oo pounds.
United States Holds First Place.
OF coffee the worlds consumption is
approximately 2,25O 900 pounds. In this
ha limit cd Tat otr
holds the first place, with total con-
sumption in 1904 of 961, 000O coo pounds;
Germany, second, 397000,000 France,
third, 16S.0OO0O0; Austria Hungary, fifth.
10S 2-3 millions Italy, sixth, 99,O0O,OOO, and
the United Kingdom, seventh, 29500.000
pounds. In the other countries coffee
consumption is less general, being 22,0oO.-
600 in Spain, 21,0oOO00 in Russia, $780,
900 in Argentina 6,500,0 900 in Portugal, and
100000 In Chile.
The statistics of beer consumption are
available for only eight countries, with a
total of 575S million gallons annually
Germany had total consumption of 17S3
millions, the United Kingdom 1901 mil
lions, the United States 1894 millions, Aus
tria 1872 100000, France 2S9,000,0Va Hun
gary IS 1-S millions, and Italy 6,75O,0O0.
The consumption of whisky brandy
and other distilled spirits in the eight
countries for which statistics are avail
able amounted to 6S7,000,OO0 gallons-that
for Russia being set down at 174000,O0O
gallons Germany 124 1-3 millions, the
United States 121,OOO,OOO Austria So 100000,
France 70 1-3 millions, the United King
dom IS 1-3 millions. Hungary 43,500,OOO. and
Italy 100000
France Leads In Wines.
Wine consumption in the nine countries
for which statistics are presented amount
ed to 5000 million gallons annually, prin-
, oipally in the Latin countries France
alone consumes 1,341 million gallons an
nually Italy, 92SS millions; Spain, 331h
millions, and Austria-Hungary, 231 mil
! lions Figures for Russia are not avail
| able. Germany consumes 1874 million gal
Ions of wine annually; Portugal, nearly u
millions; the United States 43Is millions
and the United Kingdom, JIG 2-3 millions.
The per capita consumption of the vari-
Gus beverages in the principal countries
} presents some sharp contrasts. Thus, in
the per capita consumption of tea the
United States is credited with but 1.34
! pounds as against pounds for the United
! Kingdom. while in the other countries
presented the annual consumption per
head of population is in each case less
than l pound; Russia being credited with
0 90; Chile, 062; Argentina, 0.37, Portugal,
OLA; Germany, 0.12. and France and Aus
trial-Hungary each, COG of pound.
Coffee Consumption Enormous.
In the per capita consumption of coffee
the relative rank of the countries named
is: United States, Ills pounds per head
of population; Germany, 6.65 pounds;
France, 4.29 pounds; Argentina, 3.Sl
pounds; Austria-Hungary, 2.3S pounds;
Chile liz pounds; Spain. LIS pounds;
Italy, III pounds; the United Kingdom,
0.69 pound, and Russia, OILS pound. OF
beer the per capita consumption in the
, latest available year was as follows:
United Kingdom, 35.42 gallons thus ex-
ceeding Germany with her 30H gallons);
Austria Hungary, 20.36 gallons; United
; States. 1928 gallons; France. IA gallons,
and Russia, los gallons. The per capita
consumption of whisky and spirituous IL
uuors is far more uniform in the countries
under consideration Austria with 300
gallons per capita, Hungary, 219 gallons,
J and Germany, FL gallons, being the only
countries with an annual consumption in
excess of gallons per capita; and Italy
with 0S4 gallon per capita, was the only
, country to fall below / gallon In its an
, | nual consumption per capita. The United
states q As gallons), United Kingdom d.5S
, | gallons), France Q.S5) gallons), and Rus
STA q 2e galons) differ little in their per
capita consumption of distilled spirits. In
wine however the per capita consump-
ton varies greatly among the various
| countries from a minimum of O.39 OF
gallon in the United Kingdom to 3413 gal
| Ions in France while the other countries,
arranged in the ascending scale. stand
United States, 053 of gallon; Germany.
Dos gallons; Hungary. 3.75 gallons; Aus
, fra SIS gallons: Portugal, 14.12 gallons;
| Snain 1872 galltn MS and tally, 2S.06 gallons