Deseret Evening News | 1910-06-23 | Page 4 | The Drink Bill

TIM t HIM There ha has haft been ben considerable dl Icu cu culon lon ion ax as a to whether r tile tho agitation for I In this country has h or hat hai not lint reunited resulted In ft II decrease In the th on cn n of or Intoxicant The year that hot there Ihre wn 11 up lip till then Ih Ihno no falling oft off In tho thie Nation drink bill hili but tho the following two hau a marked decrease In two the population Increased tile the New York Turk World ays by 66 hut the money spent upon alcoholic al drink fell rell off OO That Thai this wan Waft not nol nn an economic t of or the iamb may be taken for tor granted sInce Ince tea coffee anti and cocoa established In 11 a r ort The fit figures figure n na its given by bythe tho National fro IT are 11 as al follows The uno u e of nt spirIts In 1901 was waa the smallest since 1900 of hoer beer 1905 Of or both bothi there wn was a In ISO 1905 and anti again In 10 The refill nf oC wino alone Lut but by n a trine trifle Tho In III 1909 derived from spirits from fermented liquor lIquors from fromn Imported al timid and from front tobacco 1 93 50 Tho The overage tax per ver capita hum turn nil ull th I sources wn W tsaR II 93 the retell retail prIces of alcoholic and anti coffee coree tea and aCcost ClOU the tle IsO drink bill of oC tho th lie nation nations s os Malt Mait 9 1 lit core Coffee tea etc elc s That In is big enough It means If It thus the cost were equally divided that every oNory family faintly of ot live persona pays pay over 37 97 a I is decided year for Cor or drink nut Hut there a mm rolling off orr In the Ito consumption con of or In Intoxicants toxicants The Tho Th agitation for tor temper l t co IC la ii not 1101 In vain