France and Alcoholism

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · May 4, 1904

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 30, No. 18.

France and Alcoholism

France and Alcoholism.—According to United States Consul Atwell more alcohol is consumed by France per capita than by any other country. Statistics reveal that last year the consumption reached, in France, was 4.81 gallons a head. The people of Germany are said to have drunk 2.44 gallons; of England, 2.35 gallons; the Swiss, 3.32; the United States, 1.37 gallons. Canada, strange to say, was the most temperate of all, only .51 of a gallon per capita was drunk. In France there is a saloon to every 853 persons, or 464,556 grog-shops all told. What an awful shame!