322 



POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. 



Years. 



1869. 



1870. 



1871. 



1872. 



1873. 



1874. 



1875. 



1876. 



1877. 



1878. 



1879. 



1880. 



1881. 



1882. 



1883. 



1884. 



1885. 



1886. 



1887. 



1888. 



Ift89. 



1890. 



1891. 



1892. 



1893. 



1894. 



Population. 



37,756,000 

 38,558,371 

 39,555,000 

 40,590,000 

 41,677,000 

 42,796,000 

 43,951,000 

 45,137.000 

 46,363,000 

 47,598,000 

 48,866,000 

 50,155,783 

 51,316,000 

 52,495,000 

 53,693,000 

 54,911,000 

 56,148,000 

 57,404,000 

 58,680,000 

 59,974,000 

 61,289,000 

 62,622,250 

 63,975,000 

 65,520,000 

 66,826,000 

 68,000,000 



BEER. 



Quantity taxed. 



Gallons. 



196,603,705 

 203,813,127 

 239,948,060 

 268,442,237 

 298,633,013 

 297,627,807 

 293,033,607 

 306,972,912 

 304,111,860 

 317,485,601 

 344,195,604 

 413,760,441 

 443.641,868 

 525,514,635 

 550,494,652 

 588,957,189 

 594,764,543 

 642,038,923 

 716,767,306 

 765,086,789 

 778,715,443 

 854,420,264 

 944,823.952 

 986,352,916 

 1,071,183,827 

 933.373,944 



Quantity 



per 

 capita. 



Gallons. 



5 



5 



6 



6 



7 



6 



6 



6 



6 



6 



7 



8 



8 



10 



10 



10 



10 



11 



12 



12 



12 



13 



14 



15 



16 



14 



21 

 29 

 06 

 61 

 16 

 95 

 66 

 80 

 56 

 67 

 04 

 25 

 65 

 01 

 25 

 73 

 59 

 18 

 21 

 77 

 71 

 64 

 77 

 05 

 03 

 90 



Tax per 



barrel of 



.31 gallons. 



Dollars. 



.00 

 .00 

 .00 

 .00 

 .00 

 .00 

 1.00 

 1.00 

 1.00 

 1.00 

 1.00 

 1.00 

 1.00 

 1.00 

 1.00 

 1.00 

 1.00 

 1.00 

 1.00 

 1.00 

 1.00 

 1.00 

 1.00 

 1.00 

 1.00 

 1.00 



The points of interest made apparent in the foregoing tabu- 

 lar exhibit, and to which attention is especially asked, are as 

 follows : 



(1) The regular and great increase in the quantity of fer- 

 mented liquors annually made subject to internal revenue taxa- 

 tion i. e., from 63,205,375 gallons in 1863 to 1,071,183,827 gallons in 

 1893, and an increase in per capita consumption very far in excess 

 of the rate of increase in population i. e., from 1'86 gallons in 

 1863 to over sixteen gallons in 1893. 



(2) The concurrent regular increase in revenue from this 

 source i. e., from $1,558,000 in 1863 to nearly $32,000,000 in 1893. 



(3) The variations in the product of fermented liquors which 

 the Government has been able annually to subject to taxation 

 since 1863 have been inconsiderable and in remarkable contrast to 

 those occurring in the case of distilled spirits. Business depres- 

 sion from 1874 to 1879 and for the year 1884 appears to have been 

 influential in checking per capita consumption, though in a small 

 degree, and to have exerted little or no influence in the subsequent 

 years, that are subject to analysis, down to 1894, when financial 

 and industrial depression was again operative in the country, re- 

 sults indicating that similar larger and contemporaneous decre- 

 ments in consumption and revenue in the case of distilled spirits 



