Show Amo americans ricans are thirsty washington americans must be A thirsty nati nation oil judging from the imports of drinkables drin kables set fortl forth in a statement just issued by the bureau of statistics the united states drank the essence of more than a billion pounds of coffee in 1909 valued at that was about a dollars worth of coffee for every person in the united states A litle ittle more than a hundred million pounds of tea valued at came in but in spirits wines and malt liquors the pation nation touched its highest record for importation in 1909 and consumed foreign products of that kind to the value of more than more than twice as much as was imported in 1899 |