New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-17


fqsss flSss ana skin: iSSSSS9 SSSS9
Total .s55, 500 600
To show the relative value of the products
sent here from Brazil, Mr. Flint gave the figures
quoted below, showing the total imports of the
| above articles from all sources:
COnee 20 OVV'o V
Hides and skins 23 100000
From these figures it will be seen that over
half the coffee used by our people comes from
Brazil said Mr.. Flint and thirteen-sixteenths
OF all our rubber is also received from the empire,
| while one-tenth of the sugar and small per-
| centage of the hides come from Brazil as weH.
The rubber and coffee will be affected IN prlce.
There is to-day only two months supply OF coffee
in the United States and three weeks supply
of rubber. That tells the story"
w H. Crossman, Of Crossman Bros, received
several dispatches during the day from ms agent
Brazil is in a state Of military revolution. treat
excitement throughout the country. heNoIuu9h
gaining ground Provinces adher1ng Peace Ikeg
to be maintained but Republic quite certain
Holders of coffee refuse TO sell except at mqch
higher prices Military dictator proclaimed Re
public but order preserved
COFFEE LIKELY TO RISE.
In Speaking Of the effects of the revolution with
a Tribune reporter, Mr. CrOssman said that he had
been misrepresented in the reports of yesterday
Our opinion is" he said that the effect on the
| coffee market Will DE materially 10 cuHdutc
price Of coffee. 1t seems only natural conclusion
that any political disturbance much more one OF
so serious a character as the present one, would
seriously retard the receipt Of coffee from
the Interior dsorganize labor, and interfere
with shipments This, in connection with the
fact that the visible supply for the States is only
moderate, and that for Europe small, can have
| only one result which is to put up values
Further the stocks in the seapors in Brazil are
| light, and the holders there being well aware
Of the effect of the revolution on the interior
would naturally advance prices. IL is generally
believed owing to Brazilian advices that financial
affairs are not, after all, likely TO be seriously
disturbed As evidence Of this would mention
that the securities of the country before the out
| break were about 4 per cent premium on the
sovereign gold basis. Since the revolution has
| been in force the latest information would place
| exchange at about 81 sterling pence TO me
mire which is par. showing a decline under
the first pressure Of excitement OF about TO
Der cent"
MILITARY RIVALRY THE CAUSE
Senor Antonio Guimaraes large importer OF
Brazilian goods, seemed TO understand the situa-
tion and interpreted the telegrams in an original
way. He insisted that the revolution was an
uprising of the army and the navy. Two years
ago he was in Brazil, and was a close observer.
| He said that when the general election was held
| in Brazil, out of the 25 delegates elected 70
| Parliament only three were Republicans. All
| the questions of public interest had been suo-
mitted to the people at the time, and 1t had been
| without a doubt a fair election. Mr. GulInaraeS
| explained the revolt IN an ingenious way. he
| Said that two years ago General Fonseca, who
has since been proclaimed Dictator, one OF tho
Generals of the army. had trouble with the Secre;
! tary of War. The latter was martinez ana
| extremely unpopular with the soldiers. The
| General however, carried the day, and thht
| made him the idol Of the army and paved his
| way to power Mr.. Guimaraes did not assign
any motive to the uprising. Brazil was ne SAID
| lust returning to a solid gold basis, but thus
mutiny was calculated to send her credit
democratic in all his actions and views and was
one Of the most lOvable of mon. He had repeat
edly declared that if the people desired to have
| n repubhc they needed OH y TO indicate their
wish by q popular vote and he would not stand
in their way. The occurrence of Friday was
| therefore a surprise TO him
| NeSsrs Arbuckle * Co., who were among the
| first 10 receive news of the turn affairs had taken
on Friday, received another telegram at half-past
Yesterday afternoon, that the dictatorship had
| been proclaimed. In speaking of the results or
| the change. a member of tho firm said that the
prices of coffee had advanced at all of the markets
of the world. If the trouble continued, 9 th9
the comparatively little excitement on the street
| in the morning as due to the fact that the
merchants were at sea concerning the extent oI
| rho trouble There seemed to be no doubt that
the news would retard the shipment Of goods
| of various kinds.
- AN ACTIVE HARRIET.
J. w. Doane & Co.. Of No. 81
Front-st, received a dispatch from their
ropresentative at Rio de Janero late
| in
navy had succeeded III forming republic, and
| thar business was sus spended. No particulars were
given in regard TO the new Ministry or dictator.
| In spealdng of the effects of the dispatches, Mr.
| Doqne said that every one had expected g dulI
market but il had been, on the contrary. goou anu
| active. ,,,, A., a.S 90
surprised when the first telegram reacheu tnen p
that they consulted their cipher, believing that
| rhe words had some business significance inc
second dispatch Of yesterday, however, had openeu
their eyes to the truth SAD Mr. cfrIS rzI IL bad ,
! been borrowing money from Europe at ~ pence
on the sovereign TO develop her resources. % que
has spent the money in improvements willcm nav t
not as yet realized anything. THIS m0vemeil. I ms
| been so quietly planned ana 4nIcAy
executed that no panic has loLO"Iu, ie .hc
Why should the revoutionsts desire 10 run % .aie
| trade of their country? Brazil has 10 Ply oacR
| her Indebtedness with sugar, coffee ruODer anu anu
| gold Now. there loan Of $4,000 OOo
| pounds contracted few weeks ago, ana IlOse @
guarantee The country has borrowed sll the
money which it could borrow htely'
VIEWS OF Mr.. IyINs.
| Probably no man knows more about Brazil IN
this city than William NJ. Wins, who spent part
Of this summer in that country. In speaking OF
the revolution. news Of which was sent him early
on Friday and again yesterday, he said
| The active agitation of the present undoubtedly
d df'ss slavery s's Ba d not assume legislative political
shape until couple Of years ago. when the law OF
Nav 13 1855 was passed, the work of abolition had
already been largely done by judicial process. II is
estimated that thirty years there less than
| q 600 900 slaves in Brazil. The number OF these
emancIpated by the law OF 1883 probably not over
500 600, the rest having been emancipaed virtually
by the judicial process. The result was that during
the regency OF The Princess the law of May 13 was
| pushed through the Houses in the course OF two
| three days The statute extremely short and
simply said that slavery was abolished in the Empire
| OF Brazil
| This directly in the line Of the Republican
AGITATION. The ex-slave-owners demanded compensa-
ton They unable 10 exact this from the Govern
ment The slaves being their most valuable property
| and the basis Of their fortunes, they
| found themselves By virtue OF the law
| reduced from the position Of tie dominant
class In the Empire TO a very subordinate one They
\ had little, II anything mor' ~ lose. Their CppoSl
! ton 10 the Government and the Empire became In
tense. and they became almost at once leading agt-
! tatOrs In favor OF republican Government.