The United States has become a great nation with its more than 100,000,000 people; but its drink bill, notwithstanding increased prohibition, has increased, according to Government reports, more rapidly than the population. The Internal Revenue Bureau for the year ending June 30, 1910, says that we consumed the following:
Distilled spirits — 163,000,000 gallons, 30,000,000 gallons more than the year previous.
Fermented liquors — 59,485,117 barrels, an increase of 3,000,000 barrels.
In Tobacco
Cigars — 7,600,000,000; increase, 160,000,000.
Cigarets — 6,830,000; increase, 1,000,000.
Other tobacco — 402,000,000 pounds; increase, 4,000,000 pounds.
Thank God there are many who do not use tobacco. There are many more who do not use liquor. What an awful record it is for those who do use these poisons.
