Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-05-11

Total above
Sources, ili.stos3 ~ Slsty sii -.
Tot all imp's 52b, 1904 10 100 SSsi,aD i17
Brazil, Il will hs noted, sends us 90
per cent. Of the total quantity imported.
That country and Venezuela sends us
over iour-iiths Of tho total quantity
In 1887 y3 per cent. 81 our imports wcru
derived from American sources. The
eleven countries above given saGt Us
over % per cent. Of our total imports.
Little change Is 20 b. noted Ia the
coffee imports into this country over .
period Of ten years as regards countries
furnishing L. In 1873 20 per cent. Of
the coffee imported came from Amcrl.
can countries, or about the same pro-
portion, as In 1857. In 1883 IS per
cent. Of our total coffee imports came
from American sources HnytI aud
Venezuela send US less coffee proper
tiOnately than In 1878. Brazil, beside
being tho largest exporter Of coffee 20
the United States, Il also the heaviest
coffee producing country. growing "a
II does an annual crop about hall that
OF the worlds total production q. $50, :
100000 pOundsl. The exports Ia 1875
(iscal year, were In excess Of this
average, they aggrcgating rs. Ggi, 100
pounds. In lsS3-Sj coffee represented
over two-thirds Of the total value Of the
exports from Brazil.
Much uncertainty exists a. 10 tho
size and area Of the coffee production 81
Brazil. Tho largest producing sac.
tons are the provinces Of Rio de
Jauerio, Sac Pablo. Menas t;erae
PernambucO, Para, Bahia aud
Rio GrandU do Sui. OF these
/ the production secms o. BE- steadily
increasing 10 Para and san Paulo
! and 20 be either stationary or
steadily declining in the remainder.
There L. plenty of room for tho cxten.
sion OF the culture. Improved trans.
portation facilities arr constantly
opening up new districts. Tho
province OF Sac Paulo Santos the chief
por) appears TO be the best adapted 10
the culture. rs statistics Of production
In the past note a larger Increase IA
area and yield than in any other
! province. The taxation ~ coffee by
means Of an export duty brings In n
large revenue. The history Of tbis
taxation Is m interesting one. but space
forbids details. Efforts 20 reduce tho
export tax have not been very success
| lul, nut some progress has been made.
The export taxes levied arr OF tive
kinds. The imperial tax Is now NO,
cent. (reduCcd to this from Q per cent
in 1882. There are in addition dutie,
levied by the various provinces
ranging from 4 per cent. In Rio d,
Janeiro and Santos to per cent Il
Bahia and Ceara.
| Venezuela Is, next TO Brazil. IN,
largest exporter OF coffee 10 the Ameri
can markets. The room for tlfS exton
sion Of this industry Is very large. bu
1t Is hampered by the small quantit,
Of labor available. Caracas and Wi
encia are the centers of the COTE,
growing indurtry. while Maracnibo
l,aguayra and Puerto Cabello are M,
chief ports,
Guatemala, Mcxicoand United state
OF Colombia are Of about equal impor
lance as regards their shipments to IN
United states, but Gautemnla cofTe
ranks highest In price. Most OF tbi
coffee is sent to Europe. The coffee 4
Mexico Is grown chiefly In the state I
Vera Cruz from the port Of which IN
bulk Of the crop is sent 10 the Unite
States. The want Of capital and labo
In sufficient quantities Is said to be IA
only bar TO an almost unlimited extor
sion Of the Mexican coffee growing il
dustry. The coffee crop Of Costa Rio,
chiefly exported from Punta Arena,
r bears no export duty, the "a. dut
formerly levied being removed IN tss
Most Of 1t is sent TO England. or nj
West Indies, Hayti sends the large
quantity TO the United States. b.7I5' N
pounds in 1887, against l6,023. ?.
pounds in 1886. IIaytian coffee d
r ports TO this country reached tho
y height in 1881, when 81 .0OS, O7d nom,
were sent. The British West Indies
o 1887 sent 4,55l, $50 pounds. against
d Dl724S pounds IN 1886 Exports fro
other islands were of insignificant pr
!. portions in 1887 Hayti ieyles q yet
: heavy export duty on coffee. So y,
= 100 pounds being The rate. This dnt
added In tHH l0uy Vpfp, ttfft.s.