MINERAL PRODUCTS OF THE UNITED STATES. (a) Marketed production of iron ore in 1913: 59,643,098 long tons; value at mines, $130,905,558. (b) By "spot" value is meant value at the point of production. (c) Ferro-alloys include ferromanganese and spiegeleisen, ferrosilicon and ferrophosphorus, ferromolybdenum, ferrotitanium, ferrotungsten, and ferrovanadium. The ferro-alloys are made chiefly of foreign ores. (d) Average price per troy ounce in 1913, 60, 4 cents. (e) Coining value, per troy ounce, $20.67+. (S) The product from domestic ores only. (g) No production from domestic ores in 1913. (h) Includes brown coal and lignite and anthracite mined elsewhere than in Pennsylvania. Coke, 1913: 46,299,530 short tons; value at ovens, $128, 922, 273. (i) Value of clay mined and sold as unmanufactured clay, 1913: $4,180,459. (ƒ) Includes limestone for iron flux, but not grindstones. (*) Included under feldspar and silica (quartz). (1) Included in the estimated value of unspecified mineral products. (m) Includes metallic paint, mortar colors, ochre, umber, sienna, shale, ground slate, sublimed blue lead, sublimed white lead, leaded zinc oxide and zinc oxide. (n) Estimated recoverable value of radium in ore when extracted. (0) Includes nitrate of soda, carbonate of soda, sulphate of soda, and alum clays used by paper manufacturers; and bismuth, cadmium, selenium, lithium minerals and marl, valued together in 1913 at $500,000. 5,322 82,543 57,867,399 5,631, 391 204,759 668,011 94.128 1,119,597 788,500 610,000 49,000 672,118 (11) 1,020,000 PRODUCTION OF LIQUORS AND WINES IN THE UNITED STATES. Production of Distilled Spirits, Exclusive of Brandy Distilled from Fruit. (a) YEAR ENDING Bourbon Production Total Production of Distilled Spirits.1 Gallons. 4,220,400 103,401,447 6,430,673 112,905,399 5,193,262 1-9,505,214 5,448,584 15:59,378 4,144,072 150,110,197 6,138.305 174,712,218 6,599, 133,889,563 Alcohol. 1909 70,152,175 1,952,3:4 2,483.143 42,563,103 1910. 50,703,846 1911. 16,078,083 133,450,755 56,364,360 6,440,858 139.991,615 17,623,867 156,237,526 59,544,775 7,656,434 163,893,960 24,408,162 $44,205,330 175,402,3.5 63,283,123 7,953,132 183,355,527 3.577.862 27.62 46 $15.869,6×5 178,249,955 69,176,694 9.321,-23 187,571,08 4,014,601 30,320,894 48,560,920 185.353,383) 65,324,876 8,252,879 193,606,258 (a) In 1909 and 1910, as classified by Internal Revenue Circular No. 723, embodying opinion of Attorney-General as to namen of spirits; in later years, as classified by Internal Revenue Circular No. 737, embodying opinion of the President, date! Dec. 27, 1909. *Of not more than 31 gallons. The figures include fermented liquors secured from bre eries for export, free of tax. Includ ing apple, peach, and grape. Including also high wines and miscellaneous spirits. Neutral and cologne spirits. Distilled spirits other than fruit brandy (tax paid for consumption), 1909, 114,79,465 gallons; 1910, 1:6,453,599 gallons; 1911, 132,166,143 gallons; 1912, 133,377,458 gallons; 1913, 140,4 8,289 gallons, The production of wines in the United States in 1913 was 49.7 9.000 gallons, of which California produced; sweet 17,059,000, dry 25,000,000, New York 3,000,000, Ohio 2,500,000, Missouri 300,000, New Jersey 350,000, Virginia 900,000, North Carolina 400,000, other States 250,000. IMPORTATION OF SPIRITS, MALT LIQUORS, AND WINES CONSUMPTION OF SPIRITS, MALT LIQUORS, AND WINES 2,801,767 140,521,880 4.121.981 48,6×3,849 6,643,612 2,022,678,149 7,669,223 2,233,420,461 COUNTRIES. Wines. Alcohol. 64,616,000 52,168,000 3,579,500 Figures for 1910. (a) Returns are for 1909, except as noted. LIQUOR TRAFFIC. LIQUOR LICENSES AND FEES. Alabama-Since the repeal of the Prohibition law a number of counties have held local option elections, the majority of them deciding for a licensed liquor traffic. Alaska-Local option under acts of Congress. License, $1,000. Arizona-Local option, quarterly fee, United States license $25 annually. County and State $300 annually. By vote of November, 1914. adoption of prohibition in doubt when ALMANAC was printed. Arkansas-On October 13, 1913, the State Supreme Court sustained the validity of the Going Prohibition bill, making Arkausas a prohibition State January 1, 1914. California-Local option, fee by authorities. Colorado-By vote of November, 1914, adoption of prohibition in doubt when ALMANAC was printed. Connecticut-Local option, fee $150-$450. Delaware-New Castle County and city of Wilmington, licensed. Kent and Sussex Counties, prohibition. District of Columbia-Licenses issuable at discretion of Excise Board, except within certain prescribed areas in which public institutions are located; except within certain distances of churches and educational institutions, and subject to other restrictions in the interest of public order and the diminution of temptation. Wholesale fee, $800; bar-room fee, $1,500 per annum. Florida-Local option, fee $1,000. Georgia-The Prohibition law is practically a dead letter in the cities and poorly enforced in the country districts, Hawaii-License by commissions appointed by the Governor. Idaho-Local option by counties, fee $750. Illinois-Local option license by City Council or Village or County Board, fee not less than $500. Indiana-City and township. Whenever 20 per cent. of the voters of the county petition the County Commissioners the latter shall be a "yes" or "no" vote as to prohibiting the sale of intoxicants by saloons within the county. Town-License by petition of voters, fee $600 up. Kansas-Prohibition. Records required by Mahin Liquor law show that in the month of September, 1913, 90,062 gallons of liquor were received in Topeka, a city of 45,000 inhabitants. Kentucky-County local option, except cities of the first, second and third classes may vote separately; fee $150. Louisiana-Local option, fee $200 up. Maine Prohibition. In Portland, Maine, there were 4,006 arrests for drunkenness in the year 1913, according to the records of the Chief of Police of that city. Maryland-Local option, fee $18-$450. Massachusetts-Local option, fee for first-class license not less than $1,000; number limited, one to one thousand inhabitants; in Boston, one to five hundred. Michigan-Local option; license, warehouse and agency, $50; manufacturer, $65; wholesale or retail, $500; at wholesale and retail, $800. Minnesota-License fee. $500-$1,000. Mississippi-Prohibition. Missouri-The counties (and cities of 2,500 population, or more) may, by majority vote, pass the Local Option law, and if this is not done the county courts may grant a license and fix a tax of not less than $200 nor more than 8400 per year for State and not less than $500 nor more than $800 for county purposes. Montana-Semi-annual fee, $150-$300. Nebraska-Local option, fee $500-$1,000. Nevada-State license $150 per annum wholesale, $100 per annum retail, drug store $25 per annum. New Hampshire-License by majority of vot ers, fees based on population, maximum $1,200. New Jersey-Local option, fee $100-$1,000. New Mexico-License by local authorities in incorporated cities and towns, by county commissioners in unincorporated towns. License fee $100-$1,500, varying in different municipalities. New York-Local option in towns, fee $150 to $1,200, according to population. North Carolina-Prohibition. Official records show that 5,279 gallons of liquor were shipped into Greensboro in the month of December, 1913, averaging 195.1 gallons a day. North Dakota-By vote of November, 1914, adoption of prohibition in doubt when ALMANAC was printed. Ohio-Local option, fee $1,000. The liquor interest contends that the Anti-Saloon League initiated bill prohibiting the carrying of liquor into dry territory was unconstitutional. Oklahoma-Express companies are prohibited from carrying shipments of liquor in the part of Oklahoma known as Indian Territory prior to Statehood and over which prohibition for twenty-one years was established by the Federal Goverment, according to a decision handed down by the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. Oregon Local option, fee $400. By vote of November, 1914, adoption of prohibition in doubt when ALMANAC was printed. Pennsylvania-License under control of courts, fee $100-$1,100. Porto Rico-Licenses controlled by the Treasurer of Porto Rico. Issued and paid quarterly, first day of every quarter. Transferable upon application to Treasurer. Rhode Island-Local option, fee $300-$1,500. South Carolina-Local option, county control or prohibition. In August, 1913, the question of the re-establishment of dispensaries was voted on in certain "dry" counties, and there was a gain of seven counties to the dispensary system. South Dakota-Liceuse by local authorities, fee $400-$600. Tennessee-State-wide prohibition under a fourmile law, but is not being enforced in the four large cities by the local authorities. Texas-License for State and county issued by the County Clerk; fees, State $375, county $187.50, city $187.50; city license issued by city tax collector. Utah-License granted by local authorities, fee $400-$2,000. Vermont-License Local Option act was approved December 11, 1902, and took effect March 3, 1903. Virginia-Control of local courts, malt liquor bar license $250, retail ardent spirits $550, wholesale ardent spirits $1,250, wholesale malt liquors $500, retail and shippers $1,000, local option provided for. State-wide prohibition in effect November, 1916. Washington-Local option, fee $300-$1,000. By Vote of November, 1914, adoption of prohibition in doubt when ALMANAC was printed. West Virginia-State-wide prohibition in effect on July 1, 1914. Wisconsin-Local option, fee $100-$200, with power in voters to increase from $200-$500. Baker law provides one saloon to each 250 persons. Wyoming-Wholesale dealer, $300; retail, $1,000. City license additional. THE NATIONAL TEMPERANCE SOCIETY. President-Rev. David S. Dodge. Editor and Lecturer-Prof. A. A. Hopkins, Ph. D. TreasurerJohn W. Cummings. The National Temperance Society and Publication House was organized in 1865 for the special work of creating and circulating sound temperance literature to promote the cause of total abstinence from all Intoxicants, and to unify and concentrate the temperance and Christian sentiment of the Nation against the drink habit and the drink traffic. The headquarters of the society is at 373 Fourth Avenue, New York City. LIQUOR TRAFFIC IN NEW YORK CITY. Comparative table showing the number of licenses issued and net receipts under excise boards for year ending April 30, 1896 (old law), also number of liquor tax certificates in force, net revenue, State's share of net revenue, boroughs' share of net revenue, benefit to boroughs by diminished State tax, together with total benefit to each borough comprising the city of New York, for the year ending September 30, 1914 (new law). Total....... $5,979,108. 75 $2,989,554. 37 $2,989,554. 38 $4,173.884. 05 274,495.17 274,495. 18 382,527.60 Total Benefit to Each Borough Year Ending Sept. 30, 1914 (New Law). 87,163.438. 43 973,068, 14 3,168,512. 34 657,022 78 155,136, 09 15,357 12.177 $1,736,918. 43 $11,825,702.85 $5,662,851. 42 85,662,851,43 $6,454,326. 35 $12,117,177, 78 Table showing the number of liquor tax certificates (covering hotels, saloous, clubs, etc.) in force September 30, 1914, by boroughs, in the city of New York. WINE PRODUCTION OF THE WORLD. THE following table shows estimates of wine production in gallons by the principal wine-producing countries according to the French publication Moniteur Vinicole, and is for the year 1913. WHEN TO SERVE BEVERAGES. (From Osborn's Vintage and Production of Wines and Liquors. ) Appetizer-Dry Pale Sherry plain or with a dash With Soup-Sherry, Madeira, or Marsala; cool. With Entrées-Claret or Chianti.* With Roast-Claret, Burgundy, or Chianti. * With Game-Champague (cold), Old Vintage With Pastry-Madeira; cool. With Cheese-Port. * With Fruit-Tokay, Malaga, or Muscat.* UNITED STATES BREWERS' ASSOCIATION. Pabst, President-Edward A. Schmidt, Philadelphia, Pa. First Vice-President-Gustave Milwaukee, Wis. Second Vice-President-Louis B. Schram, Brooklyn, N. Y. Third Vice-PresidentJohn Gardiner, Philadelphia, Pa. Treasurer-Gustav W. Lembeck, Jersey City, N. J. Secretary— Hugh F. Fox, New York, N. Y. THE PRISON ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK. President-Eugene Smith. Treasurer-J.Seely Ward. Gen. Secretary-0. F. Lewis. Headquarters, 135 E. 15th Street, New York City. Chartered in 1846. Its objects are to secure: 1. The protection of society against crime. 2. The reformation of the criminal. 3. Protection for those unjustly accused, 4. Probation for first offenders. 5. Improvement in prisons and prison discipline. 6. Employment, and, when necessary, food, tools, and shelter for discharged prisoners. 7. Necessary aid for prisoners' families. 8. Supervision of those on probation and parole. 9. Needed legislation and correction of abuses in our penal system. NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON PRISONS AND PRISON LABOR. Chairman-Thomas Mott Osborne. Secretary-Treasurer R. Montgomery Schell. Chairman Executive Committee-Adolph Lewisohn. Headquarters, Broadway and 116th Street, New York. "The object of this organization is to study the whole problem of labor in prisons and correctional Institutions, with a view to securing legislation among the States of the Union, to the end that all prisoners may be so employed as to promote their welfare and at the same time to reimburse the institutions for expense of maintenance, while preventing unfair competition between prison-made goods and the products of free labor, and securing to their dependent familles a fair proportion of the rightful earnings of prisoners." Number tutions. Total Number. PRISON POPULATION IN 1910. (From a report issued by the Bureau of the Census.) They THESE figures include every class of offence from vagrancy to murder in the first degree. also include cases in which the offender was committed to jail or prison for the non-payment of a fine. For this and other reasons the totals and ratios which are shown for the different States are not to be regarded as measuring the criminal tendencies of their inhabitants. GEOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS. of Penal Present in Penal Insti- Discharged, SENTENCED PRISONERS. Per 100,000 Committed to Penal According to a revised census report issued in 1914 of the inmates in prisons on January 1, 1910, 143 were under sentence of death, 6,444 were under sentence of life imprisonment, and 3,840 to twenty years' imprisonment or more. Of the total number in prisons, penitentiaries, jails and workhouses there were 105,362 males and 6,136 females, comprised of native whites, 52,473; foreignborn whites, 19,438, and, colored, 38,701. In institutions for juvenile delinquents, 24,974, including all classes, 154 33,044 788 32,694 145 10,198 893 10,392 93 6,431 956 6,261 176 16,415 690 16,041 |