The sun., 1899-12-05
COFFEE BULLS MAKE HAY.
THEY TAKE HDVASTAGE OF THE
BUBOSIC PLAQUE SCARE.

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Tho Trade Circulating Pethlon to tho
Board OF Health ASKING tho Release OF
the santos Careoes Tied Up at This
for'-haHh"> hei"'es mel" Aon'''''o"'
Agents OF tho four coffee-laden ships from
Santos, tied up in this harbor by the Health
Boards prohibition on cof1es from tho
plague-infected Brazilian port. met yes-
terday to discuss the situation. Tho
shipping men who got together In the
Produce Exchange Building were Thomas
f. Jcvons Of Busk h Jevons. the agents
for the I. W Taylor and the Lassell: John c.
Seager OF tie John c. Seager Company.
agents for the Roman Prince; and Henry
W. o. Edye OF Funch. Edye Co. the Rogusa's
agents. They decided that they could do
nothing but wait as letter OF inquiry sent
to Col. Murphy OF the Health Board brought
the information that the Colonel would mako
no decision about the landing o! the cargoes OF
the three ships which came in with no sickness
antine What the ship agents fear Is
that Col. Murphy. after the coffee has
been put on lighters In Quarantine. win say
that IL must not be landed This would force
the ship agents either to abandon the million
.Li.'i. ~ -. ~, - 70 -
snip ZIP II pn, on 70 hailiaS or some other port.
Gu Gu '"e ,. neau y ,, ueSpa. pn. pnneS "
sun ~ ~, rom Una. city las. nigh II tunch, Ldye
sst I ,hs snthor,.,ss ~ ,bsrs @ wha,hor ] ,hsx woniS
rarr.i, ,ha ,o,s,v. =, az. pnu,. Dis.
cargo at the Canadian port. To this request
tho Ualifa. Hoard NJ Trade returned n nrom Mt
refusal. so that that avenue o, escape Is now
denied to the beleaguered ships.
Meanwhile the coffee bulls are making good
pronts on tho Ionee Exchahge. spot coHee
touched z cents a pound yesterday. but after
the early rlse OF ten to fifteen points there was
decline. due to the proht-takins sales OF the
from thIs mort mean. the driving awov q,
about out. half the Brazilian . coffee one trade.
Cn M"rnh WA. , NE "au aI ,vaTn 70 lbs" Toess 1a
phy had made mist mistake which pr Ss wa. vV Wiling
to recti,y. Col. Murphy denied yesterday an
shs a.. carSS prS Of the Roman Prince in Brooklyn,
santos; ss SAID that only few years ago when
,ns dGwa "ya there S were drepPns dSSa
The coffee trade OF this city has taken up he
NV, TavIor anil pestion to Co Col Marphy @ by was vas
9s ssnaISrs RslSa
as those q pi pAr5uesle BIEy2,thf,ers Iy,f, "; HI
Itrossmann Brother and Williams, Russell
S,riyi, EG TSs,tsSS TS The fact that hSessss
anu Duteh porte win cargoes OF coffee from
santos have received prompt discharge with
out nuarantine: that conee has been coming
to New York constantly from ports in Asia
wnefe pnb0nic plague has beer In existence
f9r the last four years wlthSu, single instance
the disease az Santos Is OF the lightest tyre,
decnrna tnat ad he nrsnsa Tha 10
ey the health AUTHORITIES at this port are
reIfSbsstGrdwi Ifbs ! w rov,o- and ,nsI,..., wor.or
iessf a, me iSs,om hSTSs yss,ss,Tdayp Gap
OF the plaque snip came up from Quarantine
On the tngo9mns =. 5 Atwood II charge OF
Quarantine Oulcer skinner. The captains
ol the haguss and the Roman Prince will
enter their ships in the same way. None
ot these ships Is to have the privilege
OF docking. under the Health OMcer's
TuIinR. nhner the Jaw the collector OF
tne foIt VIII nave To takec echarge OF the cargoes
OF the nrst Two shps on Melnesday afternoon,
as loryLcight hours VIII then have expired
since their entry. the natural course would be
tor the % Solicitor to send the coffee TO general era
order stores. but II is understood that Col.
Murpny VIII step IN. take charge ot the c9r-