The diagram below is designed to show how much the people of the United
States spend every year for the drink traffic as contrasted with church
work, education and the leading standard articles of food, clothing and
shelter.
Foreign Missions $10,000,000
=
Brick 100,000,000
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Churches 175,000,000
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Potatoes 210,000,000
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Silk Goods 240,000,000
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Furniture 245,000,000
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Sugar and Molasses 310,000,000
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Public Education 325,000,000
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Boots and Shoes 450,000,000
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Flour 455,000,000
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Woolen and Worsted Goods 475,000,000
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Cotton Goods 675,000,000
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Lumber 700,000,000
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Printing and Publishing 750,000,000
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Tobacco 825,000,000
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Iron and Steel 1,035,000,000
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Meat 1,550,000,000
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Intoxicating Liquors 1,675,000,000
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The cost of liquors and tobacco is based upon the Internal
Revenue reports for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1908. The
other expenses are estimated for the year 1909 from the reports
of the Secretary of Agriculture, the census of manufacturers
for 1905, the report of the Commissioner of Education and other
Government and census figures.--“American Prohibition Yearbook.”
(2087)