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Nevertheless, in 1954 the U.S. consumed but 83 million bbls.-4,000,000 bbls. less than the alltime peak in 1947. In terms of per capita consumption, the dip is even sharper; beer sales last year were down almost 15% from the wartime high of 18.7 gals, per person. And beer is not the only beverage industry hit: hard liquor sales have slumped nearly 30% from the postwar high, to 1.18 gals, per capita. And sales of soft drinks are also down...
...scale for Venezuela in the 20th. Since World War II, some 340,000 foreigners, mostly skilled workers, have migrated to Venezuela and eagerly gone to work on the booming country's new buildings, industries and farms. Last year more than 71,000 entered, giving Venezuela the highest per-capita immigration rate in the world...
...than nonfarmers' (276% against 189%). The purchasing power of individual farmers has also been disproportionately higher; it is up 70% since 1939, compared with a 50% hike for non-farmers. Moreover, the trend from farm to city cut the number of farmers by 3.5% last year. Thus, per capita farm income last year rose slightly (from $914 in '53 to $918). At the same time per capita nonfarm income fell 3%, so that the farmer had a better year proportionately than his city brother...
Harris statement cited several reasons for the rise in future applicants. Besides the factor of population increases per capita income should increase, and a 50 to 60 per cent rise in real income is not an unreasonable projection...
Even if tuition rates should increase at the same rate as per capita income higher incomes would encourage more people to attain college educations. But tuitions have not increased at equal rates in the past, and if this policy is not changed in the future, then the flood of applicants will increase at an even greater rate, Harris pointed...