LIQUORS. 317 LIQUORS. Febmested Liquors axd Distilled Spirits PRonrcEii. AND THE QUASTITY OF DISTILLED »I>1RIT8 TAX PAID EOR CONSUMPTION, FROM 1875 TO 190O (From Reports of the United States Commissioner of Int<Tnnl Revenue) Production of fermented liquors Production of distilled spirits, exclusive of brand;, distilled from fruit YEAR ENDING JONE 30 Bourbon wiiisky Rye wliisky Alcohol Rum Gin 1875 Barrels t 9,452,697 9,902,352 9,810,060 10,241,471 11,103,084 13,347,111 14,311,028 16,952,085 17,767,892 18,998,619 19,185,953 20,710,933 23,121,526 24,680,219 25,119,853 27,661,944 30,497,209 31.856,626 34,591.179 33,362,373 35.589,784 35,869,250 34,462,822 37,629,339 36,697,634 t 39,471,593 t Tax. galls. Tax. galls. Tax. galls. 'I'.'IX. L'.'llls, 'l.(i«j.376 2,243.4.56 2.439.301 2,11S,.506 1,70»,«84 1,8(11,960 l,711.1.'->8 2.081, 1(» 1.799.9.52 1.8.57.223 1.891.246 1.471.0.54 1.6.57.H08 1.784.312 1.9.50,318 2,10<;.765 1,864,595 1,777,08:! 1,490,228 1,294.157 1,340,.547 1,494,379 1.614..514 Tax. galls. 1876 1877 1878 6.405..520 8..T87.081 15.414.148 33.632.615 29,.576,667 8,662.245 8.896.832 12,277,750 19,318.819 17.015.o:j4 7.4ISS.(M)9 21.960.784 32,474,784 29,931.415 29.017,797 40.835.873 15.518.349 18.717,153 16.935.862 6.113,726 13,4:i9,459 17,256,331 19,411,829 2.834.119 4.001.048 6,341,991 9,931.609 9,224,777 4,784,6.54 5,089,958 5,328,043 7,842,640 7,313,640 5,879.690 8.749.768 13.355.577 14.345.389 13.436.827 16.702.240 10,026.544 12321.543 9.153.066 4,269.220 8.818.240 10.792.665 14.296.668 10,277.725 19,5»4.283 21,631.009 22,988,%9 15,201.671 10.718.70(i 12,385.229 13,436,916 11,247,877 10,337,035 11,075.639 10,939.135 11.354.448 12.200.821 14.490.987 12.2.50.380 10,570,070 8.819,923 9,960.301 9,603,353 11,672,796 11,974,354 10.735,771
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372.776 394.668 ,549,596 509,1.14 546,768 641,724 639,461 656.607 747.026 872.990 1,029.968 1.202.940 1.293.874 1 338 617 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1.287 977 1895 1,176,669 1,098,376 1897 1,159,314 1,267,579 1899 1,266,823 1,597,081 Production of distilled spirits, exclusive of brandy distilled from fruit • Production of fruit brandy, iu- eludinf^ . apple, peach, and jjrape Total production of distilled spirits Distilled spirits other JDNE 30 High wines Pure neutral, or cologne spirits Miscellane- ous Total tlian fruit brand.v (tax paid for con- sumption) 1875 Tax. galls. Tax. galls. Tax. galls. Tax. galls. 60,930,425 67,959,647 69,912,268 56,103,053 71,892,621 90,355,270 117,728,150 105,853,161 74,013,308 75.4.35,739 74,915.363 80.344.380 77.8:il.599 70.279.406 89.:i,T8,510 109,275.928 115.962.389 114.769.041 128.651.782 89,205.492 79.949.595 86.688.703 62.465.648 80.762.213 97.064,.565 105.484,700 Tax. galls. 1,757,202 672,221 1.527,141 1,2.39.403 995.752 1.023.147 1.799.861 . 1,430,064 1,281,202 1.095.428 1.489.711 1.. 504 .880 1.601.847 1.408.782 1.775.040 1.825.810 1.804.712 3.667.465 2.35«..548 2.948.159 1.960.176 3.403.852 1.813.427 2.906.198 3.097.709 3.760,487 Tax. galls. 62.687.627 68.631.868 61.4:19,409 57,342,4,56 72,888,:i73 91,378,417 119.628.011 107.28:).215 76.294,510 76,5:)1.167 76.405.074 81.849.260 79.4:):!.44ti 71.688.188 91.l;«.550 lll.llU.7:i8 117.767.101 118.4:)6..50« 131.010.330 92.153.051 81.909,771 89,992,556 64,279,075 8;),668,411 100,162,334 109,-245,187 Tax. galls. 62.668.709 1876 57 84n 472 1877 1878 19,412,985 18,033,6.52 16.210.389 14.363.581 10.%2.379 8.701.951 6.745.688 3.235.889 2.3%.248 2,410,923 1,016,436 1,029,495 555,572 1,007,070 633,590 449,209 126.506 209.699 198.299 206.739 174.124 420.833 249.743 11.108,023 13,459,486 20,657.975 23,656.608 27.871.293 28,295,253 28,538,680 27,104,382 26,.5.38,581 27.066.219 29.475.913 30,439.3.54 34.022.619 35.3.'>6.126 37.690.335 37,677,052 35,377,115 21,062,210 26,664,738 16,877,.306 20,613,205 25,876,229 24,173.671 4,096.342 5.600,840 8,265,789 10,686,666 10,744,1.56 10.602,771 11,426,470 10,811,757 10,643,766 11,084,500 12,603,883 13,738,952 14,6.52.180 19.983.382 16.204,570 17.305.773 14.434.336 15.865.309 22.187,833 23,041,833 23,436.264 27.983,051 33,405,523 49 6(Hi M:iH 1879 1880 6l.i2i>.rKH 1881 67.426.000 1882 70.709.548 1883 75.508.785 1884 78.479.846 1885 67.689,250 1886 69.295,:t61 1887 66.1tV'<.8.'.9 1888 70.677.379 1889 75.868.071 1890 8:t.5:l5.206 1891 87.2.54.(«ll 1892 93,084.725 1893 97,4.V<.:U8 1894 87,:m;,s;M 1895 74,4.5:1.1 tf.l 1896 67 .1(19.910 1897 68.s:i:;.-:!l 1898 78.;;:. ; i<'i 1899 1900 8:t.M'.' -^M 93.6l«l,Mii • No returns of the production of the different kinds of spirits other than fruit brandy were made prior to Jiil.v 1, 1877. t Of not more than 31 gallons. t Includes fermented liquors removed from breweries for export free of tax. not characterized by the steady gfrowth which marks the other two branches of alcoholic indus- tries. The mimber of distilleries reported in 1850 was 968, and in 1900, 967. The amount of capi- tal engaged in the industry', however, was only $5,409,334 in 1850. as against $32,550,004 in 1000, and the value of the output was $15,770,- 240, as against $96,798,443 in 1900, The number of employees in 1850 was about 4000. while in 1900 it was 286 less. The distilleries were scat- tered among twenty-eight States, among which Illinois ranked first in amount of product, Ken- tucky second, and Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and -Maryland followed, in the order named. North Carolina, with the very small output of 599,540 gallons, ranked first "in the number of establishments. A large amount of distilled liquor is consumed each year in the arts and sciences, and also in the manufacture of medi- cines. On the other hand, a large amount is produced every year in illicit distilleries, of which, of course, no record is possible. Taking these and other considerations into account, it was estimated that the quantity consumed as a beverage bv the people of the I'nited States dur- ing 1900 was about 91,000.000 gallons, or a per
