The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-23
Ce6ee Trade Of ths DATED States N
1865.


Tbs import Of coffee in the United States for the
year ending Dec. 81, 1855, was 133, s74,3s7 ms,
against IN import in 1854 Of Jas, 3o4,957 hs, and
the deliveries for consumption in 1866 vsss 49,
1885 Ms, against . consumption in 1854 Of
l09, 086, 703 bs-being An increase in the coasump-
ton of 1855, ~ compared with 1854, of o50, 633
ms, or nearly Ia per cent, and larger consump-
ton than has before taken place since 1861.
The (curency) psices of the article during the
past year have been much below those that ruled
in 1854, which, doubtless, has had some effect in
increasing the demand, but the closing of the war
and the opening of the Southern ports to trade,
haye heen snopg the chief causes Of the greatly
increased consumption The Southern States,
always large consumers, !ers, Of eosrse, At the
upon the resumption Of trade With thst section,
considerable quantities we're Withdrawn from the
Northern ports, principally from New York to
supply their urgent necessities. Stocks 1T the
South must still necessarily b very light and Il 10
nct unreasonable to expect even larger consunp-
ton IN 1850 than that Of the year under review.
The probabilities are however, that heneeforth the
Supplies needed by the South, will, ~ in former
year,, Be drawn more directly from the protesting
conntries thus curtaiIing, to some extsn The very
large business that has been transacted 1t this port
the past year. Alrsady this trade 10 gradually
seeking it, old ehAunels. Several carsoes Of Rio
have been received during the past few months 1t
tE6YeYnl
years., and more arc understood 10 b on the way.
Before the war, the " estsrn States drew the bulk
Of their supplies of coffee from New Orleans. bv
their natural and chsaply traversed highway, the
Mississippi River, and the quantity withdraw for
consumption from that port WAS second only to
New York indeed, in 1857 the consumption Of
New Orleans exceeded that Of any other port, in
GLIDING even that Of our own.
While the receipts At New York were less during
1903 than the previous year, the consumption. il
will be seen, 10 very much larger the quantity
taken from here for exports to foreign countries
being very trivial - compared with the large ship
ments of 1864. Thus, o. far ~ the maenitude Of
trado Is concerned the result of The years busnsss
aaaaot - otherwise than gratifying, showing q Il
does, the largest consumption that has ever co.
curred, and larger than the consunptioa Of IL
whole country for the past several years.
CONSUMPTION or NEW roRK.
lse5....... b 100, 3os, roo 1862 ...n s7,ss4.sl5
fis64...... SS,S9S, os7 lssl....- les. 500 6ss
lscs..-..- e4,s57,o $50
kxclsding the Ceastviss receipts, va hays. r.
eeivsd q this port nearly 81 s-5 per esnt 4 q
who's imPesf 81 tAssoantsy- IF
much larger thas that q tAs eeuntry D,c. q. less
bat larss portion Of il lovsr 4es ~ pkeeI -.
sisted q nats, or paeksts, of Java, Il VIZ -
sa1ptiea thsrs IVES nons 70 assG he1ae 4 n. 49,
81 ths yer - that TIE number Of ponads q spNss
= stssl Jsa. 1888, = ussls laraaz Is. ut i
The large import Int the eos.trv q r..1 r.s,s
descriptions b 1854 has bssn 1Slsswv1 Is lses hv
IL s1allsst rsesiPts u thsss kids tAse :, ~
aay sssogd u, tAs unfsnansaGivop g3eee ~ -
obtained To forDsr yeaz and ~ kaevy seoehs ~
sv~ = ~ sloss Of Il, having dsdasssa iness1erp
'f: ~, :.sa1ai.f Y p saProAtaSls b.stasss
than bsioss = several years. 1Ae4rads - rrs1.-
ally ssttaea devn pnen : ~ ADeis 49, 49, I.