New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-22
COFFEE FOR THIS COUNTRY
CAN BE RAISED IN ALL THE NE"
POSSESSIONS.
THE WORLDS PRODUCT CONSUMED IN THE
....,rrD STATES INTERESTING FACTS AND

Aug. 2l-The fact that coffee is
a.. all the islands now coming under controi
go ,-ured states lends interest 10 some inquiries
o. -" rrcasury Bureau OF STATISTICS "hich sho"
q NV - last wear the largest Item In the list
% -, imports and that the year 5 inporta-
Ai'' ,, article were the greatest in this coun-
ions % - Porto Rico and Hawaii have Tor
II! 1,n a fine grade Of coffee. CUBA former
yea soeS coffee in large quantities. anu tue
pp'So Islands have for years had reputation
fh'"il s,cng a grade equ''lling that OF Java ana
OF p'ou- -''aring favorably with Arabias world
famed Mocha - has hasr for wears the largest
Inc IN I'm o,,iry IN the world. Purchases since
'cohes 'Ysrased ssOO0.0O year m value nu' IL
1S'' no - for the fiscal year lSo To sho" inc
was ,,or,s of coffee on record, bringing '"e
largest -f anita consumption here 10 the highest
aversee r,ovn The coffee importatons for the
point ever ,sas inst ended s1o.5li.Ho pounds.
fiscal !oorv 20 per cent greater than the to'ai
VIM. co. Z ner cent greater than that OF 1875 pi"c
io' -. aouble that OF 1880 and more IMAM three
times ihat VI ' o.,o.to,s which amounted TO
~" eco nounds the consumption OF the hsca! year
10. MD stand a, lis pounds per capita, asans'
l' - IN 1895 rs in 1890 Go in 1871 5Ol In lSo'
" Gee : : IN 1864 and % In 1865. The war periou
~ ,ss9 ,ss showed the lowest per capita consuihp-
.'. :, coffee in this country's history despite lhe
~ W. use of this article in the Army whhe 'he
d
p''e. the total for April May and June being
.ar an 40 pounds against l%woU IN the co"o-
,nonsing months OF the preceding year
low PRICES INCREASE IMPORTS.
r.. ,orre importation OF coffee IN the year JUST
Il vas probably due in some degree 70 us
eorenallv low price. the average value OF 'he
.rs imports being 40 cents pound asa"s'
average OF II cents last year, IA e-lO IN leo an"
- IA In 1895. Quotations TO the bureau Oh ga
.,s.,cs fix the wholesale price OF Rio NO g
s,aard grade for quotations. from On TO ~ cents
=. ,,a New-York markets in the hscal year 1879
o,,e, eis cents a pound In 1897. lii2 IN 1870 os
a. ,. ll in 1854 and 1914 In 1898. 1t may De auueu'
.oweyer that while prices have greatly 1''ie" '
recent years. the Introduction or mach"e,!' .i'
.beanening o. freight rates and the genera'y I'M
rovsd facilities for production and transportation
s,m leave 10 producers comfortable margin u
.,-oe esneciallv on better grades OF coifee.
Tho total value OF the coffee imported INTO INC
United States in the fiscal year 1873 was oesp'o
che low prices OF the year. $soO6ool, against soV,
kO7 60 in 1855 s5lel45O5 IN 1873. s2S2ssi III Ie'S'
ss $50 $40 in 1855 and ss24s 9g7 in lsis. Thus the
money sent abroad for coffee in the year Just eiueu
4. eight times that sent half century ago. anu
rserlv three times that sent in 1858. Ihe cost "a
the coffee imported into the United states IN 'he
last ten years been S6I5.4sf.zil. these hsuie9
teng the prices paid In the foreign markets at 'ie
port of expectation. Thus It appears In the oecaue
tlst ended there has gone out OF the country II"
average of sS75ooOc0 year for an arucie "i'1"
may be successfully grown In all the islahus ho"
coming under the jurisdiction OF the Ohi'eo o'a'e'
UNITED STATES TAKES ONE-HALF or hE
WORLDS PRODUCTION.
Practically one-haf Of the coffee grown IN the
uorli now comes TO the United States Inc Ia'es'
estimates put the coffee production OF the worm a.
igo0UU0 pounds per annum, while. as sho"n
above. the imports into the United states 'as'
year were more than half that amount. VI 'h'
total coffee production Of the world, about TWO
thirds Is grown in Brazil. where an export uu'! Va
II per cent is placed every pound the thiro oi
The worlds production grown outside OF Brazil -
scattered around the belt extending 10 the S''' u
gree Of latitude each side OF the equator, III"
most successful locations being "eH-"a'e'eu
mountain slopes from 1000 TO 400 feet above the
.sa level The requisites for coffee production are
found in all the islands now likely 10 come uhSe,
control q the United States While ahe b rae, word
places an export duty all coffee operates 10 INC
dyangs Of dssF aSer 10 Gr home
lion or for competition In the markets. "a ''o
Porto Rico has for years produced good deal OF
coffee this being her most important export ana
sn dn no;,n fS ,r year r. D. Thurber
authority this subject. in his book Cofee Iron
coee that is in great favor in Spain ana in ltaiy
and also the island of Cuba Inc cuvnano, -
Ponce Cuayaniia Aguada. Arecibo ana 81
Johns" In favor this ranks as nIld coiiee'
CI,BAs COFFEE-RAISING POSSIBILITIES.
The coree-producing possibilities Of Cuba are
said to be great Thomas r. Dawley. jr.. In the
1897 volume OF the american Annual Cycicpadia'
saws: Coffee was Mt time the principal source
OF Cuba's wealth. In the early part OF the present
century 10000 pounds OF coffee were piouro e,.
IN Cuba In Il single year, representing iI0n,oe:o
value OF 100000. II was estimated thhS III ioo'
there were six coffee estates 10 one OF sut"l'
One plantation IS mentioned as having a nliliOh
trees, and the writer has found an authentic ac1
count OF q plantation containing '""vo Ht.s an"
~ slaves in a part OF the island where al pre-
en-, there Is neither a vestlge On cOHee p-aH'"-
ton or a negro population . .,,,..
Coffee Is now produced in considerable quantities
on the Hawaiian Islands Consul-GeilcraI ilas
wood expresses the opinion that the amount may
ie greatly Increased. with profit 10 those uhdel-
taking It, The number Of coffee plantations Is now
between 30 and 800 the sum required TO enter
upon reproducing is from YOU I" >v'ov anu n
the Hawaiian Foreign ONCE estimates that tne
money 80 invested will be repaid TO the investors
with than 100 per cent interest al 'he emu Vi
seven
The Philippines have FOR years produced grade
quoted above: 1.-The Philippine Islands are said
10 be peculiarly adapted to the ralsl'e Oh coi on,
producing with proper cultivation ana pr,p"nh to,
q berry which IL equal, II not SUPERIOR III "dNoi
and aroma the Java berry. ,
The following table shows the dhan''y anu Utn
Of coffee imported into the United states since I'''
,Is., .d po ,ls 700 IS V 2s9 4a2
.ir'. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 9"' l' ~
3IbD<N 30
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3l' a.. e-a
~ 90. 'of ~
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~. ~ CO, ,st
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