The Harrison times., 1912-04-20
INCREASED USE OF LIQUORS
More Beer 10 Consumed In United
States Than Any Other Gountry-
Second IN uGs Of ,Spirits ~. ..,


December 3, says in parts w
IT must be rather, disappointing TO
those who haVo felt great confidence
in The efficacy OF the ant,saloon wave
which swept over the country a few.
years ago remarks NV YORK edi-
tor, TO learn from official sources that
the last fiscal year vas a record-brcak-
er in the use Of alcoholic liquors DIS
QuietnR indeed. muses. an editorial
writer IN the caImer air of Boston, 10
those who have hoped that with the
progress OF thought lIQuordrinklng
would show marked emphatic de-
crease Yet, he continues, this very
state Of affairs should lncte society
to renewed efforts to stimulate the
advance OF lcuuerlnce The 4 per
cent Increase i, he production Of dis
titled spirits over the previous ban
ner year, 1907, notes the New YORK
Evening Post 'is a smaller percentage
OF increase than that which has taken
place In the population Of the coun'
try"
The following figures from the re-.
port Of Royal 70 Cabel, United states
Minister Of Internal Rnvenue, are pre-
sented In Washington dispatch to the
New York Tribune,
THE last year witnessed the largest
production Of distilled spirits IN the
history Of tho country l7jiO2,&05 sal
Ions having been produced represent
ing an mcrcabc OF G,S2SAS2 salons
over the largest PREVIOUS production,
which was IN 1907, and an Increase OF
19,1G4SG9 gallons over 1910. the pro-
Guctou, Of beer. ate, etc. amounted 10
G$,2lG,Sjl barrels nearly 100000 bar
rels more than In the previous record
year, 1910 The amount Of liquor hold
IN bonded Warehouses; for r.pening
now reaches the enormous total OF
2i0,279,3i0 gallons"
U"The combined increase" notes an.
other writer, represents r1 Increase
OF l,3 gallonR per CAPITA" 50 That The
total per capita consumption Is now
29.29 ga.Ious" " This pNpcf also Quotes
u Washington diSpatch witch sets
forth the fact that more beer 'e con.
sumod IN tho United State8 than In
any other country and more distilled
spirits than In uny other country cy'
cept Russia" We read further
"The quantity per capita consumed
In the United states ls hot, however,
IN the case OF beer, IA great as In Bel.
gium, the United Kingdom, Germany,
or Denmark while our per napllo con-
sumption Of distilled spirits Ia less
than that OF Denmark, hungary, Aua.
tria, France, the Netherlands, or Swe.
den, OF Wines, the quantity consumed
IN the United states IL below that OF
Portugal Spain, Germany Italy or
France; and The ner capita coNsump'
ton In lcas than that OF France Italy,
Portugal spain Switzerland, Austria,
or Hungary
"Tho quantity OF malt liquors con
sumod In the United states IN 1910
was 1851 100000 gallons, against I,
70i0OOOOO In Germany and 1897 ,OO0,.
600 IN tho United Kingdom that Of
Austria bcluG 400 900 900, Belgium il2,.
100000 France 37G0OO0OO, and Rus,
sia 29l 600 O00 gallons
"0f Spirits tho quantity consumed In
the United Statea wad l38,60O,0
proof gaIons, against 939,7jO,OOO In
Russia, the per cnpilO In each case be-
Ing Las gallobB, NgaInst A little loss
than one gHllon IN the United King.
dom,
"Tho quantity Of beer per capita con
Bumed In tho United states was In
1910, 20 gallons, NgaInBt 3lii gallons
IN the United Kingdom and 2Gi7 gal.
Ions IN Germany In the consumption
OF wines France leads the world l6,.
100000 900 gollonB, or 3G,3G gallons per
capita, IN 1910 Italy In that year con.
gumed att gallons per capita, Por.
tugal, 273O gallous Switzerland, 1865
gallons, and tho United states, In
1910, only OGO gallon per capita,
Returning 10 tho report OF Mr., Ca.
bell, We hnd him citing these facts re.
gardlns mooneMningi
"A large puwher OF the field force
has bcci i6od IutlnE tho year In do.
tectng Illclt distllling, which practice
haH increased Ftendly especially In
thoae states Ia Witch prohbilory lava
have been enacted, During the Last
heeAl year there wefa seized and do
stroyed 2,tSS dIstilpros AZ compared
With l,Ol for Tho fiscal yoar 1910,
Tho prevalence OF thIs practice viii
DO better undcretood when It Ia re-
called that there were operated last
year ony 923 registered dslllcros IN
tho ontIro United .stOtos" ...
The commissioner also nnda that
opium smold0g ls ON the increase, that
opium "i0iutg" uNIgta In nearly NIL OF
our eltlea and that the present statutes
forbidding itB use aud manufacture are
defective" H...
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