Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 January 1901 — Rice and Tobacco Consumption. [ARTICLE]

Rice and Tobacco Consumption.

Japan is the largest consumer of rice in the world, the average being 300 pounds a person a year. The Americana use but four pounds per capita. Belgium uses more tobacco, in proportion. than any other country, about 110 ounce* per capita yearly, while Italy uses only twenty-two ounces.