Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-09

%
Total above
= sources. .sl9slO!5o 97.2 S5lGi45si 49,.
Tot. all mp's 526 100 40 1000 5G,Si7G01 lu7
Brazil, it will be noted, sends us 90
per cent. of the total quantity imported.
That country and Venezuela sends us
over four-ffths of the total quantity.
In 1887 SO per cent. of our imports were
derived from American sources. The
eleven countries above given sent us
over 81 per cent. of our total imports.
Little change is to be noted in the
coffee imports into this country over a
| period Of ten years rs regards countries
furnishing it. In 1873 % per cent. of
the coffee imported came from AmeYi-
can countries, or about the same pro-
| portion, as in 1887. In 1883 IS per
cent. of our total coffee imports came
! from American sources. Hayti and
Venezuela send us less coffee proper
tionately than in 1878. Brazil, beside
being the largest exporter of coffee TO
the United States, is also the heaviest
coffee producing country, growing as
| 1t does an annual crop about halt that
OF the worlds total production q, 43O,-
600, 900 pounds). The exports in 1885
|
average, they aggregating 1864, $50
! pounds. In 1885 coffee represented
over two-thirds Of the total value Of tho
exports from Brazil.
Much uncertainty exists as to the
! size and area of the coffee production OF
Brazil The largest producing Sec
tons are the provinces of Rio de
Janerio, Sac Paulo, Menas Geraes,
! Pernambuco, Para, Bahia and
Rio Grande do Sui. OF these
/ the production seems to be- steadily
| increasing in Para and San Paulo
and to be either stationary or
steadily declining in the remainder.
There IS plenty Of room for the extern
sion Of the culture. Improved trans
! portation facilities are constantly
opening up new districts. Tho
province OF Sac Paulo Santos the chief
por) appears to be the best adapted to
the culture, as statistics of production
in the past note larger increase in
area and yield than in any other
province. The taxation of coffee by
means o. an export duty brings in Il
large revenue. The history of this
taxation is an interesting one, but space
forbids details. Efforts TO reduce the
export tax have not been very success
full, but some progress has been made.
The export taxes levied arc of two
kinds. The imperial tax is now per
cent (reduced to this from per cent.
in 1892. There are in addition duties
levied by the various provinces
ranging from per cent. in Rio de
Janeiro and Santos to per cent. in
Bahia and Ceara.
Venezuela is, next to Brazil, the
largest exporter of coffee to the Ameri-
can markets. The room for the exten =
sion of this industry is very large, but
it is hampered by the small quantity
of labor available. Caracas and Val
encia are the centers of the coffee
growing indurtry, while Maracaibo,
Laguayra and Puerto Cabello are the
chief ports.
Guatemala, Mexico and United States
of Colombia are of about equal impor-
lance as regards their shipments TO the
United States, but Guatemala coffee
ranks highest in price. Most OF this
coffee is sent to Europe. The coffee OF
Mexico is grown chiefly in the state OF
Vera Cruz from the port of which the
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States. The want OF capital and labor
In sufficient quantities is said TO be the
only bar TO an almost unlimited extern
sion of the Mexican coffee growing in.
dustry. The coffee crop of Costa RIGA
chiefly exported from Punta Arenas
bears no export duty, the 2s duty
formerly levied being removed in 1882
Most of it is sent to England. OF The
West Indies, Hayti sends the larges
quantity to the United States, 5,745, 1875
pounds in 1887, against 1923, %
, pounds in 1886. Haytian coffee ex
ports to this country reached theil
height in 1881, when 81, 908. 074 pound
were sent. The British West Indies IL
1887 sent 4,551, 959 pounds, against 2,
: OH, 24S pounds in 1886. Exports from
other islands were of insignificant pro
portions in 1887. Hayti levies a yer.
heavy export duty on coffee, W pc
: 100 pounds being the rate. This duty
added to the low price ruling, accc'Int