The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-10-12
IMPORTATION OF CorrEE Isrs THE INVITED saArE..

Total li27e4,ss5 s.ssi,l77 s2.2ss $50 s7s1
Decrease In l843 compared with iSa2 20,46STo 2oSssso
will be observed that this article is brought into the
United States from other pieces besides the place Of
growth In 1884, three Millions forty thousand
hundred and forty three pounds Of coffee imported
into this country from the Netherlands, and for nine
months in si3 do not find in the report Of the Score
tary Of the Treasury the import OF single pound BY
recent decision made by Secretary Bbb of the Treasury
department coeeimpoed into thsUned states from the
Netherlands in the vessels Of that nation be entered
the coffee brought from the place Of growth in
American bottoms Our treatywh the Netherlands stpu
ates that merchandise imported in the vessels Of that
ton shall be entered favorable footing in Amsri
bottoms and whatever laws may have made since
that treaty made conflicting with that agreement.
must be declared null and void The tariff of ls4a
which went into operation in September says that coffee
when imported from the place of growth in American
vessels shall be entered duty free but when imported
from other Places shall pay the duty Of twenty per cent
According this law coffee imported into the United
States from the Netherlands in American bottoms must
pay twenty per cent duty whereas according to the rea
y coffee imported into the United States from tine Neither
lands in the vessels Of that country be entered
duty Free thereby placing the vessels Of foreign govern
ment, more favorable footing in entering
ports than our own vessels This IL just according to
existing treaties which between nations take precedence
Of all other local laws but it 10 very severe and operates
very injuriousy to our own shipping These difficulties
should he remedsd az soon possible but we cannot
conceive how it is possible to do away with all the OBJ
strucons without making commercial treaties with
OF the European powers, without making altsra
tons in the tariff act The amount Of duties to
be refunded under the decision Of the Secretary b
very LARGE but that second consideration compared to
the policy Of admitting into ports, foreign
sells more favorably than
The consumption Of coffee throughout the world ap-
pears to be annually decreasing while the production
rapidly increasing Atthis rate prices must before
years. suffer seriously In the United States the con-
sumption Of this article the increase but the decline
in Europe than sufficient TO Offset it, The mpor-
aton into the United States for two three past
convey correct idea Of the demand for consumption
For time previous to the passage of the present ia
riff ac and SINCE those engaged in the coffee trade
have been expecting the levy OF duty upon the arcie
and until that question 10 settled the supply for home
consumption will not be governed by the demand. I'm.
poraions have for time past been made pecula
ton and in anticipation Of duty being levied The vast
quantity Of coffee produced with the decline in
sumption, forbids sny improvement in prices. We
supplied from countries remote from each other that
ccntingsncycan possibly happen likely to produces
scarcity We annex table showing tho quantity pro.
duced In l943