The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-25
GREAT USERS Of COFFEE.
UNITED STATES LEADS THE WORLD
IN ITS CONSUMPTION.
islands About to BE Acquired by the
Government Larne CaR~c Pro-
dueers-Perto Rtcan and Hawaii


WASHINGTON. Aug es-The facs mat
coffee Is readily grown In all the islands
now coming under control Of tne United
States lends Interest to some figures az IRE
treasury bureau of statistics which show
that coffee. last year. aas the creates; item
in our imports and that the years inlpor-
tations Of tina; article were the greatest IN
our history Porto Rico ard Hawaii nave
for years grown a fire grade o. coffee
Cuba formerly produced 1t IN large guam
titles and the Philippine Islands have for
years had i reputation OF producing a
grade OF coffee equaiing tina; Of Java and
even comparing fayorahiy with Arabia's
world-famed Mocha.
TIE United States has BEEN for years the
largest coffee using country IN the world.
our purchases since 1870 having averaged
100000 Per annum In value. bur i, was
reserved for the fiscal year i>as TO show
the largest imports OF cofee IN our history,
bringing the average per canira consump-
ton among Our population Up 20 the high
est point ever known. The coffee .mporta-
tons for the fiscal year lsss. Just ended,
were s7e,5,i.2ls pounds which is nearly -
per cent. greater than In 1886. 20 per cent.
greater than III 1888. practically double
that Of isso and more than three times that
IL is7i. Deducting the expectations which
amounted to 1s,s2a, SOS pounds. the con-
sumption Of the fiscal year Isss would stand
at Il so pounds per capita against 80
in lsy7. 30 In 1898. SID In 1889. 80 in
1877. . i-1oo In 1871. s-le In 1885, 7-Io In
lssi and lie In 1863 The MAR period o,
ISIS showed the loves, per capita con-
sumption OF coffee Ia our history. despite
the large usa OF this article III the army
while the brief war period of 1888 caused no
d!fninutoU in the imports. the total for
April. May and June being 2i5, $4,000 pounds
against l*3,"oao in the corresponding
months @: the preceding year.
The large importation OF coffee during
the year just ended was probably due in
some degree 10 It's phenoneaaliy lew price,
the average value OF The years imports
being 40 cents per pound against an
average OF IL cents last year, IA clio N
1885. and IS 4-l9 cents In 1895. The quota
;ions TO the bureau OF statistics report the
wholesale price Of Rio No. :, standard
grade for quotations. from 5is 10 ia certs
in the New York markets IN the fiscal year
lAsS. against sis cents per pound In 1887
ilia in 1886, i5ia in 1895, 11i9 in 1884, ard
lsi2 In 1898. /, may be added, however
that while prices have greatly fallen IN re-
cent years, the introduction OF machinery
the cheapening of freight rates and the
general improved facilities for production
and transportation still l4ave TO producers
IL IL said, a comfortable margin of profit,
especially Ia better grades of coffee.
The total value OF the coffee imported
into the United States in the fiscal year
la9s was despite the low prices Of the year
So. ossasi, against So So. $50 in 1sSs: s5i.-
sli.65 in 1919. So - AL in is5a. SIS. 1863 SAC in
1858 and ss2ia.s97 In iS4s Thus the money
sent abroad fer coffee in the year Just
ended Is eight times that of half century
ago. ana nearly three times thu. Of 1865.
The cost az the coffee imported into the
United States during the past ten years
has been $50 4al ,241. these figures being
the prices paid in the foreign markets a,
the port OF expectation. Thus I, appears
IN the decade taSf ended There has gone
out Of the country an average Of ss1 so %
per anaum for az article which may he
successfully grown In all the islands now
. coming under the jurisdiction Of the Cn!t-
et States.
Practically one-half OK the coffee grown
In the world now comes 10 the United
States. The latest estimates pat the cot
zee production of the world at ! .sAa fssH 90
The imports into tire Crfted States last
year were more than half that amount.
OF the total coffee production OF the world
about Iwo-thirds is grown in Brazil, where
M export duty 81 II per cent & place.,
on every pound II coTec exported. The
other fhird az the worlds production which
is grown outside Of frazil IS scattered
around the world in tins bell extending 20
the Seth degree on each SIDE Of TIE eaua-
tor The most successful locations being
we'll wat"rec mountain slopes from tsa
To sian Zee, above the sea level The
requisites far coffee production are found
In MI % the islands now ltke.y 10 com.
under control ~ the United States white
tho "a II rha; Brazil. the g-ea: coffee pro-
Queer OF the world. places an export duty
on all coffee exported. operates 70 the a5-
vantage - those desiring To enter upon
TIE production Of this article, either for
home consumption Or for competition In
the markets Of the world.
Coffee Production in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rsco has for years produced con-
s.deret.e coffee. this beng rsr most I'M
p0rfant export ara amounting 10 from
= 3.s0 - p 80 AZ pounds par annurrl-
Mr. +. + Thuyher. n well known author
~ "a this subject. IN r-> book. COFFEE
From Plantation - Cup." says; Puerto
Rico furnishes 4 eofTee that Is IN great
favor in Spala and IN Italy. and also on
The ls,ars,i u G3b8 The cultivation Is
carried on largely n re provinces II
Msyazuez. Ponce. Gaayan'ila Agua3Il'a
Arralbo aa5 - Joans In flavor
:hls ranks a. mid coffee
Coffee i'm Cuba.
TIE cocfe PRODUCING possibilities n cha
a-e sAi& ~ be fery great Mr. ThoTnas
K Ia~s.v So SayS gn .ee U.s.. volume -
ere 'An7eI}gan A3nl3I Cyeirpa@siit.'
'to~se VS. - one tiue tsge qrln-.pzs
srE.gCa - t0csS wealth Il the