Rich County News | 1910-02-19 | Page 1 | Americans Are Thirsty

americans aro are thirsty I 1 washington americana Amer leans must bs be a thirsty nation judging front from the imports ot of drinkables drin kables set forth in a Mat ement just issued by the bureau ol of statistics the united states drank the essence of more than a billion pounds of coffee in 1009 valued at that was about a dollars dollar worth 0 of coffee for or every person in the united states A litle more than a hundred million pounds of 0 tea valued at IG came in fit but in spirits wines and matt malt liquors the nation touched its highest record tor for importation in 1909 and consumed foreign products of that kind to the value oc at more than more than twice as much as was imported it in 1899