The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-06-08
OUR COFFEE TRADE.

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Orleans was one of the principal sources OF
the prosperity of her merchants, and many |
large fortunes have been made from trading |
in the aromatic berry. Prior to the war
rarely week would elapse in which there was
not one or more arrivals from Rio de Janeiro, |
and we received annually two-thirds OF the
coffee imported into the United States; now,
New Orleans ranks as third on the list OF
importing cities, and gets only one-seventh OF
the coffee brought to the country.
From the circular of those well known
merchants, Messrs Marks Brother, we learn
that the imports direct from Rio to this city
during the past four years, have been as fol-
lows: 1s7l-72, 1872, 17S bags; 1s72'73 190,-
443 bags; 1S73-'74, 13O,OS5 bags; 1S74-'75,
200, 536 bags.
In 1874, of the 1905, 925 bags imported,
New York got ZIG ABS bags; Baltimore $685.
O34, and New Orleans 1901 1t is authorl-
tatively stated that the receipts at Baltimore
this year will foot up half million bags,
and those of New York 100000
The merchants OF the Monumental City
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regularly to Rio, and are rapidly increasing
the amount of capital invested in the trade,
and confidently predict that in two or three
years Baltimore will outstrip New York and
become the great coffee importing city Of
North America.
We are glad to learn that steps are now be-
ing taken by enterprising parties English
capitalists, we believe to establish line of
steamers to communicate directly between
this port and Rio during the coming season.
We earnestly hope that the enterprise will
be successfully inaugurated, for it will be of
| incalculabls benefit to our trade. By steam
the time of the voyage is abridged to twenty
five days, the cargoes are delivered in excel
lent condition-far better than those by sail
ing vessels the great advantage of regu-
larity Of arrivals is insured. During the
present year three steamships loaded with
c fee have arrived at this port, viz: the Lee
lande with a. 500 bags, the Miralda with
Is, 900 bags and the .Delambre with 5000
bags. The coffee was delivered in the best
of order, and the steamers realized hand
somely from their trips.
New Orleans possesses several important
advantages over the Northern ports as coffee
MARKET and there is no reason why she
should not become the great distributing
point in this country for Brazilian coffees.
By steam we are nearer to Rio by at least
three days; our coffee is received and sold in
original packages-in the double bags in
which it is placed at Rio when received from
the plantations-and is necessarily in better
condition for preservation and transportation
than it is when it reaches Northern ports in
the single bags in which it is generally car
ried.
What New Orleans most needs in order tc
regain her lost supremacy as coffee market
is the employment Of additional capital The
demand can always be relied upon if the sup.
ply is here to meet it. No importing trade
offers greater inducements to capitalists thar
that of coffee. It is safe and invariably re-
munerative, and we respectfully suggest tha
those of our citizens who have their money
lying dormant and useless in bank vaults
should give this matter their serious consid
Grafton.