The figures of hell Author:Elizabeth Thompson Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: WHAT ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS COST THE PEOPLE. STATISTICS AND COMPARISONS. During the year ending June 30, 1881, there were imported into the United States,... more » of beer, ale and porter, one million one hundred and sixty-four thousand, five Imn- dred and five gallons, valued at seven hundred find forty-eight thousand two hundred and sixty-nine dollars; of ginger ale, one hundred and sixty-six thousand, three hundred and fifty-eight gallons, valued at one hundred thousand, six hundred and eighty- nine dollars; of cider, eight thousand, six hundred and forty - nine gallons, valued at two thousand, eight hundred and fifty-two dollars ; of brandy, five hundred and seventy-two thousand andninety-four gallons, valued at one million, three hundred and thirty-eight thousand, six hundred and forty-three dollars ; of brandy spirits, nine thousand, seven hundred and thirty-eight gallons, valued at fifty thousand, eight hundred and sixty seven dollars ; of spirits, cordials, etc., nine hundred and seven thousand, three hundred and sixty- three gallons, valued at eight hundred and thirty-eight thousand, five hundred and ninety-five dollars ; of wines, four million, seven hundred and twenty-seven thousand, eight hundred and ninety-six gallons, valued at six million, five hundred and thirty thousand, six hundred and sixty-one dollars ; making a total of seven million, five hundred and fifty-six thousand, six hundred and three gallons of liquors im- Do you realize the enormity of the sum paid for drink ? Do you realize the pain, sorrow and sickness it produces? Do you realize the degradation it brings not only to the consumers, but the nation ? Do you realize the good this money would do otherwise? ported, valued at nine million, six hundred and ten thousand, five hundred and seventy- six d...« less