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AN OCEAN OF BEER.
GGrrHfiny iGsds ftll countriGS in tliG mnount of i)GGi
brGWGcij morG thfl-u thrGG billion ^nllons n> yGO-r. JlhG
UnitGd Kingdom stands sGcond, with noarly onG billion
gallons,and tho UnitGd StatGS producGS thG third largGst
amount, more than Gigbt hundrod million gallons.
AftGr thGSG countriGS thG production drops off rapidly,
for Austria, which comes next, produces less than half
as much as the United States. But when we consider
the population of the Scandinavian countries, and
remember that they export little or none of their beer,
the output of their breweries seems enormous. Outside
of Europe and the United States the amount of beer
made is comparatively small; but almost every country
provides itself with some drink which produces the
effect of beer.
A DELUGE OF DRINK.
The United States Bureau of Statistics, making
allowance for exports and imports, gives the annual
per capita consumption of distilled spirits for 1893 as
1.51 gallons; of malt liquors as 16.08 gallons. The
figures for 1890.were, of distilled spirils, 1.40 gallons;
of malt liquors, 13.67 gallons. In 1880 the figures
were, of distilled spirits, 1.27 gallons; of malt liquors,
8.26 gallons. These significant figures are as nearly
accurate as is possible for a government bureau to
obtain.