Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-26
LEAKEsVE, FEBRUARY 2s


States For Ten Years. .tfG4
The total production oftan alcoholic
liquors in the United States for the
year ending June 80 was 1,989.415,9S7
gaAons. divided as follows: Distilled
spirits (whisky)I 133 .SS9,563 gallons;
fermented liquors (beer), q |, ,S23;235, ,O23
gallons; = wines, 32.291, ,40t gallons
CThis figure for wines is, that, for 1907,
as the 1908 statistics are. not yet an
nounced.) & EjImcbioD 013 i5V
The total production of distilled, fer
mented and yinous liquors for the ten
year period. 1892 1905, is ,16.4ss44. .543 o15
e@iionS' ao1. n1Iy1uD IsLb ae3eD
Total Consumption of Liquors Exceed
16,ooo.ooo,ooo Gallons. - -
During the past ten years the people
of theI United States have consumed
no less, than 16.39S. COG. .462 gallons of
alcoholic liquors. divided, as, follows:
Distilled spirits, !, ,145, 156O10 gallons;
malt liquors. 14,S34 727, ,99S = GALLONS;
wines, 412, ,0S2,o gallonsJ ia97s9H
The total consumption of ALCOHOLIC
liquors for the last fiscal year ending
June 80. 1908, was, 1,95S, ,054.O41 gal
Ions, divided as follows: Distilled spir-
its. 121,621, ,216, gallons; MALE liquors,
1928, 1924 gallons; wines, 81. .73S, ,848
gallons. i, E, ftan aatfi aotliGfa1l
These figures show that not less than
an average of 22.6S gallons of alcoholic
drinks were consumed by every man,
woman and child in the United States
during the twelve months ending July
l last. Ii 5..,, +, , ffas1cft
The Nations Drink Bill For T en- Years.
According to the most authentic and
conservative data available, the. peo-
pie Of the United States paid for alco-
holic liquors during the, ten year pc
riod 1899 1905, inclusive, not less than
S1S,319, ,265,276, of which 81. .183s942, ,639
I were put into the cash drawer Of the
saloon keeper, brewer and dfstilEer dur
Ing the twelve months ending July 1,
1908. ,..r ,,r..Jaef gIl;a uosH9Gt
The bases for this estimate. are
given In detail In the American Pro-
hibitisn year book fol. 1908 and are
distinctly conservative in every item.
The drink bill of the United States
for 1908 alone q. e., the sum paid over
the bar or otherwise to saloon keeper
and drink maker) could build four ca
nails the size of the Panama canal, es-
timating the cost of lthe latter atinot
less than $500, ,00O.. To date the
canal has cost the United States ap-
proximately $145, 100000. - go
The average monthly drink bill for
1908 would pay the whole Of the na-
tional debt (s2.626, ,sO6271.54 in less
than fifteen months. -, ..,..at
In the same length of time this drink
bill would equal the whole amounti of
money in the United States both in
ana out of circulation. IN sa.o8aeJ
These totals are 50 overwhelming as
to almost exceed comprehension, but
when compared with the total popu-
lation of the nation we find that the
average drink bill for every man., wo-
man and child in America to be- not
less than $3.50 for the twelve months
of the last fiscal year 1908. and the
average. per capita total cost Is $22505
for the. ten years from 1S99-1908, in
elusive. Since 1899, the drink bill has
grown from $1S.46 to $3.50 per capita
Total Money Cost of Drink Traffic.
The previous figures for the drink
bill of the United States refer merely
to the actual amount paid overlt the
bars or directly to the drink makers
for alcoholic beverages by; the, people
of the United States " =
But to ascertain the total money cost
of the drink traffic in the United States
there must be- added the cost of crime.
poverty and other losses directly due
to the LIQUOR curse. Careful and con-
servative bases for such estimates
have been given Z the student of the
liquor question by George R;fiWaldron
in the Prohibition hand book for 1896,
and e. j. Wheeler in his volume en-
titled 'sProhibition-The Principle, Pol
icy. Party.7iiE9K .ygn9H nots219M
Total Money Cost of the Drink Traffic
In the United States. os.,ol
Following the suggestions of this and
other investigators and using the Of
fetal reports of the United States
census for important items, 1--WE reach
by means of the following summary
the conclusion that the total money
cost Of the drink traffic in the United
States during the fiscal year ended
June 80, 1908, was not less than 81, :
$4,000 S3s, which item by item gives
the following Aggregates Gaoq
The nations liquor us
Government'si reve14 a..fiW erifGGq !
nues from liquor:
Internal revenues -. S199, $50, a23f g9GiJJt
Customs, 1907, ,.,..,.... F15,79z.G4 -f.,,.ff,4
State and local reve-
nues Omitted States leIq t 2 esifa91TI
census reports for ... t,,,.~
1900 .................. o0,Z4l,lSt
q -z77 III niloioaa
% ceipts ...aIsa ~. e71Oo5l4sf gsqoa
/ Expenses of rcollect-Sf-nr:~, rfxs-fodoa
ing (.192 per cent?. S,SS9.S55
4&IIF c2L}----4--------b- r'is}Ffb
Net government rev. e..rf.dea r saf.asgs3
enues from liquor. 267, 079
> ben 4----------4+-- A------4s---
lie liquor tr trafrie! slGzoa [ sa.sls.7ssso
Indirect cost Of liaueroa 5a3H 99iasaaa /
Loss ofii5 work by Hin silivsoHuoa |
3sS00oO hard drink .ghro]F s9gaaa |
ers .$l55 ,6I5,OOO
Loss of work by nom 54TG9D L-gt9lba /
drinkers. .....,..,.... T.837.60 ...<.e,s,ss
| Loss from deaths of dn . 2 = st''i t-'-
10000 edrtinkards.l.ss. .4o0o0.0 0.000igOQgSs |
cost to government of l....r
poverty and crime DiaJ 1iA7t5i>
due to drink, ~. 1st5o5.ssss qsSfiqz |
Private cost of pow
erty and crime due 8En 'eistjsi1s~ !
to drink. 4. -,.,ty,s, lss,s0s, ,fsss ssuonmie
Total indirect cost of mr. m8s tgGW9t2
traffic ar,f11 nsaii77 s4aa,S2. fgaSss. q
Total money waste tina RI Y dfinIs
Of liquor trafflc for 80 ,.,r..-ess;rs,..i
year 1908. ~. iS, ~ S26b9,S 800 SSs
Gross value Of rnAnrsonsrS I nGiiIif1
ufactured products IT,
in the Cnited States i5ri1 9 = raLilos
fbureau census rersuaH2 f4qf @,sgsnE
ports for 1905)....... s14. .002. 1854
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