The Washington times., 1919-11-16
AMERICAN 4REDEYE'
EXPORTS GROWING
U. S. Only Place Where Home-
made Stock Cannot Be
Readily Bought.


II yoe are about TO visit foreicr
country and desire 70 take along -
'lfi' John Bsrleycorn" to be used
purely for medicinal purposes. YUM
derstan'. don't bother, because yeu
will be wasting just so much truns
space. Also, there is hardly q ccunr
try in the world, including China
Japan, Denmark, Honduras. Sweden
Mexico. England. Ireland, Scotland
and even in British and French Africa
but what you will moi be able -
purchase some American "red sysS
much cheaper than you can buy IL
here, according to export figures on
American whiskies and other spirit
uous liquors just made public by thA
Department OF Commerce.
For the eight months ending wixu
August, 1919, millions OF doliarS
worth of '1ikker" was exported to
foreign countries. Paradoxical -
shipping Goals TO Newcastle are the
exports OF Bourbon whiskey TO Scot.
land and 1reland-25.os5 proof gal-
Ions valued at $4,000 TO Scotland last
July and 69,741 proof gallons valued
at s296, ,369 10 ireland during July and
August.
Even Mexico received in the eight
months period 1T.671 proof gallons OF
Bourbon whiskey valued at $62.47T.
Even Japan, where they have thefx
Ions of Bourbon worth s1e.s52,
Quantity Purchased ,.
With regard TO quantity England
was the principal purchaser OF Amers
lean rye whiskey in the first eight
months of this year. receiving 20, 4ST
proof gallons valued at s54,354 an
compared with shipments 10 Denmark
of 25.979 gallons, valued at Ss116.73o.
1922 gallons TO Honduras, e.354 gall
Ions TO Mexico. valued at S24.156. and
5000 gallons worth $4,000 to Sweden
during the same period. A glance at
these figures indicates that the aver
age price per proof gallon paid by
England was considerably less than
that paid by the other countries cited
DIII> renee IN quality, or contracts
placed long before ships were svat-
able for transportation 20 EnElasd
may partly account for the lower sv-
erage price. ~
Increasingly large shipments Of
wines from the United States show
a worldwide distribution A total Of
625,15s gallons, valued at s627 ,ooc.
was exported in the single month OF
August or nearly double the valu4
Though not the quantity of all do
mestic wines exported during the fis<
cal year of 1914. The average prics
per gallon of wines in August. 1915;
was s1.00, as compared with about
80 cents per gallon for the corresr
ponding month in 1914
sixnifieast Figures.
In the first eight months OF the
current calendar year Japan received
$4,000 gallons OF wines from the
United States valued atS616-2oe: Enxe
land received 4eo. .2e3 gallons. valued
at s464,241; China. 252, ,251 gallons fn-
voiced az, sS0s, ,206; Denmark, 14s.eeS
gallons, worth $3.50 .9o6; Canada, I49.-
a19 gallons, valued at s1ee III: MeDs
leo, 1871 gallons, valued at s13$,of1r
and French Oceanica, 9S,0So gallons.
worth S75,266. The bulk Of the ship
ments to England and Canada werp
made in July and August, while ths
major part of those to other countriea
named occurred prior to June 80. 80
OF bottled malt liquors exports1
from the United States during th@
eight months ending with August.
LA, $50 dozen quarts valued at s321-
401. went TO Cuba, 1854 doxe4
quarts, invoiced at s232, ,545 went ta
the Dutch East Indies. 53,005 dozeA
quarts, valued at S91,142, TO Chiua3
Al, ,667 dozen quarts, worth ss6.0ss. u
British West Africa: 45,304 dozoQ
quarts, valued at sS5.G09, TO the Bsl-'
gian Congo, and smaller amounts t01
other countries.
Of the total exports of rum. valvs4'
at s119.229 in the eight-month perio4
under review, s43 ass worth was ships'
ped in July to British Africa