The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1930-01-01

Provinces there had been a tremendous
increase in the sale of liquor. particularly
whisky: an increase in crime, and in
crease in drunkenness and an increase in
drunken dri0er coaUictionS
This statement is accurate It is based
on the recently issued bulletin, The
Liquor Traffic in Canada" the official
compilation of all the facts and figures
by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics.
published by the authority Of the Hon.
James Malcolm, M. P Minister of Trade
and Commerce 1t is the first publica-
ton Of such facts and figures by the Do
minion Government. It is of course, Of
fetal, and corresponds in authenticity to
any document Of the United States Blu
reau of Census or the Department of
Commerce. It is dated Ottawa, 1929; and
bears the following explanations
The present bulletin is issued in re-
Spouse to frequent requests received at
the Dominion Bureau of Statistics for in
formation Of statistical and historical
character relating to the liquor traffic in
Canada, and the social and economic as
poets of the varying systems of govern
ment control that have been adopted.
The materials have been assembled by
Prof. L. w Motif of Wesley College,
Manitoba, anG Prof. J. T. Culliton of Nc
Gill University. who have been on the
temporary employment in the Bureau
during the summer season. The data
will he later published in the Canada
year book
The bulletin con aims statistical tables
covering the period of government sale
and going back several years showing
portion of the period under licensed pri-
vate sale Of LIQUOR; also the period of
wartime prohibition. 1t covers the
quantity Of liquor sold, money involved
criminal statistics and deaths from al
cohohsm.
The experts who compiled the tables
analysed them for the benefit Of the pub
lie
We present herewith the analysis Of
the tables b. the Dominion Governments
experts:
THE accompanying tables cover con-
sump pion, sales by the various govern
ment commissions, manufacturers, eX-
pors and imports, and government rev.
enues rom the liquor traffic Some of
the principal features emerging may be
noted. Consumption of spirits decreased
during the war and prohibition period
from az million gallons of proof spirits
in 1913 to l650,000 gallons in 1928. and
had risen again by 1928 to 4,l05000 gal
Ions IN 1923 The downward trend in the
e. e llEAA1G SUI NGAEI 10 ILL 81 p4O-
neaneed in the case Of malt liquors.
Their consumption decreased from So
million gallons in 1914 to 26 million gal
Ions in 1919 and had risen again to SIS
million gallons in 1923, the per capita
consumption being GOT gallons, as
IA nst 1888 gallons in 1914 The con-
sumption of wines does not show
married. decrease in the war and prohibit
ton period, but since 1913 the first year
in w'oirh the production figures for ma
tive wines are available, the per capita
consumption has risen from .10l gallons
TO 557 gallons in 1923.
ianle ? shows The gross value of LID
- CONTROL BOARD sales for various Pro-
vineial fiscal years, for the dates of which
See liable !. lie total SAFES in Manitoba
would be much larger out that the brew
cries in thai Province are permitted to
sell beer direct to permit holders In the
fiscal year ending at various dates in
1923 the total sales through Government
Commissions in Canada amounted to
more than $107,0O0000 Or a total eXpendi-
ture in Canada OF rather more than $40
per capita.
liable 3 reflects the increase in con-
sumption. IN 1919 alone exports eX-
ceeded imports. With some violent
fluctuations, the manufacture of spirits
rose from 2,356,0O0 gallons in 1920 to H.
$4,000 gallons in 1929 The manufacture
of malt liquors in the same period rose
from 6,,984,000 gallons TO 58,397,000 gal