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Alcohol Consumption in Germany

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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Nov 4, 1889

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 15, No. 42.

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Alcohol Consumption in Germany

The following item is being circulated through the press in Germany: “Germany annually spends 430,000,000 marks for its army, but not much less for alcoholic drinks, which cost 406,000,000 marks. The statistics show that the intemperate class furnishes 30 per cent. of all the insane, 50 per cent. of all the poor, and 70 per cent. of all the criminals.” These facts neutralize the claim so often set up that in Germany, where beer is used almost universally, little drunkenness exists. The effects of liquor are much the same the world over and in all ages.—Christian Advocate.