New-York tribune., 1905-04-21
LIQUOR CONSUMPTION.
States Ranks Fifth among
Countries of the World.
rrnoM THE TRIBUNE BuRBAU.I


kew and other hard liquors the American people
Stand fifth on the list of the nations of the
world. At the foot of the list is Italy. and at
,ts head Austria Almost in inverse ratio to
the amount of distilled liquors consumed is the
quantity of wine drunk. In this column France
comes first with an average annual per capita
consumption Of "a 73 gallons, while the United
States is almost at the foot of the list. with
an average consumption Of only 053 gallon for
each individual.
Reverting to the consumption OF spirituous
liquors Austria consumes an average per capita
of 800 gallons: Hungary, 2.19 gallons; Ger
many, 2.11 gallons; France. 1.s5 gallons; the
United States, 1.4S gallons; the United King
dom. 139 gallons, and Russia, 1.26 gallons.
while Italians drink an average Of only O34 gal
Ion year.
Among the wine drinkers Of the world the
Frenchman takes first place, with an average
consumption of 3473 gallons while Great Brit
ain consumes only O39 gallon to the individual
Other countries arranged in an ascending scale
are: United States, O53 gallon; Germany 2Oo
gallons; Hungary, 3.75 gallons Austria 80
gallons; Portugal, 1412 gallons; Spain. 1l.S2
gallons, and Italy 23O6 gallons.
Statistics covering the consumption OF tea
coffee and alcoholic beverages have just been
prepared by the Bureau Of Statistics They
include the figures for the United States the
United Kingdom. France, Germany. Russia
Spain. Italy. Austria, Hungary, Portugal, Chin
and Argentina.
Tea consumption in the twelve countries
named aggregated in 1904 or the latest availa-
BILE year, over 51OOOOOOO pounds. OF this the
consunption in the United Kingdom was 2o6'-
100000; Russia, 127, ,333,O 900; United States
100 666 900; Germany, 100000; while in no
other country for which these statistics are
available is the annual consumption as much
as 100000 pounds-that of Austria-Hungary
being 2,666OOO; France, less than 21OOOOO
Chill. about 100000; Argentina, 1.SOOOOO;
Spain, $4,000, and Italy, 1850.
OF coffee the worlds consumption is approxl-
rnately 225OOOOOO0 pounds. In this the United
States holds the first place, with total con-
sumption in 1904 of 961OO0OOO pounds Ger
many, second, 397 100000; France. third. l6S'-
100000: Austria Hungary, fifth, 1OS.666OOO;
Italy, sixth. 39.OOOOOO. and the United King
dom seventh, 295O0O00. In the other countries
coffee consumption is less general. being 22O0O-
coo in Spain, 21OO0OO0 in Russia, 1S,0OOOOO IN
Argentina, 6.500OO0 in Portugal and o0OOOVO
in Chilli.
The statistics of beer consumption are availa-
BILE for only eight countries. with total or
5.753,O 100000 gallons annually, Germany nad a q
total consumption OF 11S3000OOO; the United
Kingdom, 1901 ,O00Q00 the United states
1494 900 900; Austria, 4920O0O0O; France, 2S9-
100000; Hungary 3S,333,OOO. and Italy
6. 100000
The consumption of whiskey brandy and
other distilled spirits in the eight countries for
which statistics are available amounted to 6SI,-
100000 gallOns-that for Russia being set down
at 174O00O00 Germany, 124, ,333,OO0; the United
States 121. 900 600 Austria. 50 25OOOOO; France.
-. .333 900; the United Kingdom, 5S.333OOO
Hungary 43.jO0O00, and Italy, 100000
Wine consumption in the nine countries for
which statistics are presented amounts 70
1880 100000 gallons annually principally in the
Latin countries. France alone consumes 1,343.-
100000 gallons annually; Italy. 92S,5OO.O 1000;
Spain, 331 100000 and Austria Hungary, 231,-
100000. Figures for Russia not available.
Germany consumes 124.OOO,OO0 gallons of wine
United States. 43 333 000 and the United King
dom, 16.666,O00
The per capita consumption Of the various
beverages in the principal countries presents
some sharp contrasts. Thus, in the per capita
consumption of tea the United States is cred
tied with only 1.34 pounds, as against 6
pounds for the United Kingdom: while in the
ton per head of population is in each case less
than ! pound, Russia being credited with 0-92;
Chill, 0.62 Argentina, O.3I; Portugal, OLA; Ger
many, O12, and France and Austria Hungary
EACH 0O6 of l pound
In the per capita consumption Of coffee the
relative rank of the countries named is United
States. 11I3 pounds per head of population;
Germany. Sos; France. 4.29; Argentina. 3.S1;
Austria Hungary. 233; Chilli 1.72; SPAIN lis;
Italy, III; the United Kingdom, O.69, and Rus
sia, 0.1j. OF beer the per capita consumption in
the latest available year was as follows; United
Kingdom 35.42 gallons (thus exceeding Ger
many. with her 30.77 gallonsl; Austria-Hun-
and Russia, los.