The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-01-28

 it is evident, as 21,965,727 pounds of them were consumed in the Territory in the nine years. Pa cific Coast States apple growers found a market here for 334,523 boxes of that fruit, and California's citrus growers sold 155, ,463 boxes of oranges. The quantity of other fresh fruits and dried fruits, is not available, but Alaskans consumed $2,224,331 worth of them.
 Hcauy Coffee Users
 Alaskans probably drink as much if not more coffee per capita than any other people. In nine years 8,207, ,289 pounds were consumed. This is a yearly average of 911,92l pounds, or about 15 pounds per capita annually for every man, woman and child residing in the Territory Nor are they entirely in different to tea and it's soothing effects as 1,473,e76 pounds of that leaf were brewed for beverage purposes in the same period. AL most one million gallons of other beverages, nonalcoholic, and fruit juices were consumed. also.
 Sugar to sweeten the coffee and tea and for other purposes to- tailed 57,942,103 pounds, valued at S, ,493 746 was sold on the local market. In addition it required more than 100000 gallons of mo- lasses and syrup. and 9,838, 1883 pounds of confectionery to sate the desire of Alaskans for sweets.
 Doesn't Atfect Tobacco
 Dieticians and other scientists claim that persons uho use sweets largely, use the tobacco weed spar ingly if at all. That may be true in other climes but not here on the last American frontier where the pipe, cigars, cigarettes and chewing tobacco seem equally pop ular.
 In the last nine years Alaskans have consumed 520, ,406 900 cigarets alone. This is an average of about 100 packages, 20 each, for every person over the age of IT years in the Territory. Tn addition to that, 26026,O00 cigars and cheroots, mostly the former, were smoked; smoking tobacco, largely pipe, since few Alaskans roll their own," con- stunned aggregated 2,257 ,508 pounds; tobacco chewers used 504,737 pounds and other tobacco manufacturers amounted to 509,175 pounds. The Territory's total tobacco bill for the nine years was $7,255,810.
 Other Commodities Used
 Although Alaskans own more motor boats than motor cars, the motor-car industry has shared some in their prosperity. Two thousand and nineteen automobiles were sold to Alaskans for $2,536,117 in the period covered by the table.
 Boats. cars and tractors, and other s-combustion equipment purchased 1927, ,551 barrels of gaso- line and naptha for $8,092, ,473. Ship ments of diesel oil and fuel oil for boats and furnaces amounted to 3,154.O82 barrels worth $4.11S,- 279.
 A total of 6,366 internal combus- ton engines were sold Son the AL aska market for $2.636, ,562.
 Dynamite for mining purposes and other uses sold in Alaska in the nine-year period aggregated 21 ,O27,769 pounds and cost $2,734,- 1O1.
 Radio receivers, almost in uni- versal use in the Territory, cost Alaskans $1.OSl.721 dollars.
 Almost 10,0O0,O00 pounds of soap of all kinds were sold here. bring ing more than $1 900 900.
 Almost $750,000 was spent by Alaskans for tractors and other farm machinery. Mining and quar- rying machinery cost more than 8, ,250 900.
 Equipment for fish canneries bought during the period cost $l,- 323,941.
 Tin Can Harpest
 Alaska's salmon canning and other fish canneries were import ant customers of the tin plate in- dustry. In nine years they pur- chased l70,956.9l9 pounds of tin plate for which they paid $10,276.- SIT. From this plate they manu- factured their own cans. Not all packers do that. Most, in fact, buy manufactured cans as is evidenced by the fact that during the same period they bought 368. .590 ,s90 cans at a cost Of $33, 3,ol6, ,3a5. And they used most of the 157. 400 .000 pounds of salt used in the same years. More than 64G0o 900 pounds of wire was shipped into the Terri-
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