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Show ' UN urn mm i ARE MCKASIN8 'Withdrawals From Customs Warehouses in Year Also Larger o I NEW YORK, Jan. 24. Liquor importations im-portations and withdrawals In 192 1 wore thousands of gallons greater than In 1 020. according to figures made public Monday by prohibition authorities authori-ties Three hundred forty thousand gal- j Ions of whlskv. 31.1 n3 dozen quarts of j champagne and 127 32.' gallons of brandy, gin and cordials were Imported Import-ed in 1921, as compared to 134,888 gallons of whisky. 23.4 10 doxen quarts ' of champagne and 02.252 gallons of other liquors In 102". WITHDRAWALS IM REASE Withdrawals from customs warehouses ware-houses in 1921 were 137,200 gallons Of whisky, is. 197 Apxen quarts of cham-pagne cham-pagne ;'nd 127. 224 gallons of gin. brandv. cordials, etc.. as compared to 720 gallons of whisky. 10 012 dozen doz-en quarts of champagne and 79.599 j gallons of other liquors in 1020, Figures showing the comparative production and conaumption of liquors In the United states for J918. 1019, jls2o and 1921, wllh revenue in taxes, I follow; COMPARISON itv YEARS. Production Liquors other than fruit brandies 1 9 1 8 173.4 76,478 7 i tax gallons. 1919. 98,976,118 3 tax gal-i gal-i Ions; 1920. 80,682,241 tax gallons; ! 1921 1,296,882 tax gallons, i Taxes were paid on liquors other 'than fruit brandies ax follows; 1918, 87,787,828.6 tax gallons; loio. 81,698,- 085.5 tax gallons; 1320. 23.723,894 2 j tax gallons; 1921, 9.577.1 10 tax gallons. gal-lons. Total reenues collected on all distilled dis-tilled spirits and alcoholic beverages; I 11918 $448,839,644.98; 1919. $865,811,-j $865,811,-j 2 52 2C ; 1 920. $9 7.905. 275. 1 : 1921, $85.- I 398.065.01. |