The following chart shows the cost of intoxicating liquors consumed in
the United States for twenty years, and the relative yearly increase.
The chart is from the _American Prohibition Yearbook_:
1888 $ 818,087,725
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1889 840,880,849
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1890 902,645,867
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1891 979,582,803
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1892 1,014,894,364
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1893 1,079,483,172
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1894 1,024,621,491
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1895 970,947,333
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1896 962,094,975
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1897 993,203,557
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1898 1,041,562,868
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1899 1,070,689,978
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1900 1,172,226,614
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1901 1,219,997,990
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1902 1,347,783,644
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1903 1,410,610,218
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1904 1,463,678,530
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1905 1,465,901,664
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1906 1,608,021,917
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1907 1,757,307,854
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1908 1,675,838,197
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(1858)