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the figures that indicate the expense of narcotics. 

 According to the statistics of 1893 the liquor 

 traffic alone cost the United States nearly three 

 billion dollars over and above the revenues 

 derived therefrom: 



Annual drink bill of the United 



States $1,352,016,020 



Value of materials used in man- 

 ufacturing liquors 1 50,000,000 



Loss on labor by drunkenness . . 640,000,000 



Value of labor employed by the 



traffic 500,000,000 



Liquor Traffic. Cost of crime caused by liquor .. 310,580,000 



Cost of sickness caused indirectly 



by drunkenness 125,500,000 



Support of paupers caused by 



drink 10,120,000 



Support of those insane from 



drink 4,800,000 



Total annual cost of the traffic.. $3,073,016,020 



Total government revenue on all 



liquors 136,525,860 



State and municipal revenue, 



license, etc 45,548,983 



Total revenues, duties and 



Revenues licenses collected $182,074,843 



Collected. 



Total annual loss above all 



revenues $2,890,841,177 



