The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-07
Il b Worth $14o.ooo.oco 4
Year And the mest Of It Goes
to the United StAtes-Eebiod
the Scenes ID the coffee Ware
bouses-how the Berries Are
Polished and Painted Up for
The nhrkets.

Copyrighted. 1889. by Frank q. Carpenter.
Rio Janeiro. Brazil. April 3. 1853
II HAVE spent a day among the cof-
fee shippers Of Rio Janeiro. This IL.
next TO Santos. the greatest coffee
port OF the world. Millions OF bags
Il are here shipped every year ard the
chief business OF Brax!i's vast coffee
crop is done here, Rio Janetro lives upon
coffee For that matter. II is the main
stay OF Brazil. In isss the total exports
OF the country amounted 10 eiso.opooo
and OF this $40 on. 90 came from coffee.
The rise OF a cent a pound means pros
pertty or the reverse to these people. and
the enormous fall the past few years has
made things tight in Brazil Just how
much the fall has been few people know.
The truth IL that coffee has been steadily
dropping for the past six years. and to-
day Ii IL not worth much more than one
third what II was la 1853 With our new
possessions In Cuba. Porto Rico. Hawaii
and the Philippines II Is likely to go still
lower, for II is expected that the YAM
KEGS will establish large eoffee planta-
lions. and IL so the Braxiilans will have
TO look elsewhere for a market.
nsasfi and the usited states.
II In an outrage that Brazil has not
done more for the United States She
should give us the bulk Of her trade and
all her fat contracts. for We have been
years. We are the greatest coffee drink
ers OF the world. In 1897 We used Ss6.
cocoon pounds of coffee, which was lo.oO0,-
On pounds more than was consumed In
ell Europe. We have increased our con-
1hmfsion during the past year al the rate
obmore than "a pound per person. and we
now use about nifty pounds annually for
each person In the United States. The
amount spent for this coffee IL enormous.
During the past ten years We have paid
out $S.a. On. on. or 81, o00 80 per annum.
for coffee alone. The bulk af this money
has gone to Brazil Some of II has found
Its way into the pockets of the coffee
planters, large part has gene into the
hands OF the shippers and dealers. and II
per cent. OF the export price has been
paid 10 the government Brazil charges
an export duty Of II PEE cent. on every
pound OF coffee that is shipped. This II.
OF course, paid by the consumer, and
such Of our people M engage In coffee
raising viii have the advantage OF IL
per cent, over Brazil To star: with. for
they will OF course not have To pay duty.
Some years ago there WAS tall OF taxing
coffee. but the demagogues OF our con-
Rress set up holy howl about taxing q
poor mans luxurieS. and coffee was adj
mitted uctninalfy free. II was not allowed
TO lie free. however, Tor Braxif at once
put on an extra export duty and the poor
mans luxury was taxed just the same.
The only difference was that the Brazil
Ian government got the money and not
Uncle Sam.
Drasti the Land 0f Coffee.
Coffee r. raised In nearly every one OF
the provinces of Brazil The country pro-
duces the bulk OF the worlds crop. II
raised io.sGns bags last year. and II IL
planting new fields now. l described in
former letter my travels through the
state Of Sac Paulo. the richest coffee
raising region of the world The states
north az Sac fauio also produce vast
amounts and Rio Janeiso back OF the
capital Ii 81 the chief coffee eeutsrg
The kinds - coffee produced here are
known In the United States as R.o and
Santos coffee. These names come from
the ports al which the coffee Is shipped
The Santos coffee is grown almost entirely
In south central llrarit II Is carried over
the railroads Ga Santos and exported from
there. II comes from q cooler elm Il,
than does the cefTee winch Is raised fur
ther north. and IS generally considered
Go have miiaer and inner flavor than that
ehtpped from RIO. I. Ia estimated tina,
We take about 10 per cent Of the Santos
crop and ahcus ~ per cent Of all shipped
from Ei9. So that the bulk 81 the coffee
used tn our country Is Ria coffee
Al both Rio and santos the great cofres
houses Of the United States have their
agents. who huy the coffee Of the dealers
and ship II direct ~ their houses ia New
York. Baltimore and Chicago. They have
large establishments for preparing the
coffee fof shipment ard some Of the
hrishtes. eorse mea - the United States
ARE here watching the markets and buying
BY the thousands %, bags
How CeH~e Il nouxht.
Coffee il handled Ia different ways NJ
Q a. ssxr.
Santes spent sesue iil4s. arnsnx the deal
srs ard watched them shipping the v&s,
quantities ~ cagsr " hief come - that
port The coffee & pa. up In bags ~
fe pounds each and 81 this sAats. Il Is
sosa 80 the exporters Tss, Asavers in San
tos teai directly With the planters agents.
taking sac coffee as "a usual thing Ia
lois.
In Rte the coffee first cafsses % casn-
mission uen rhes dispose 80 e =, tho
wholesale coffee leaders whe grade il
ana pnt t, inte the hass Ter the exporter
In THIS sase tbs Torse has passed thrcmxh
three hands before IL starts fos Mex
York,
slnee the remarkable saU la fhe Prices
~ ceree. however. ,he blE vxpssrter~ have
seat aSeat< Gus &Eoag thv planter ard
sAoy are now taytas ShetE eoysu q rect
A. IL has beer tfe Consumer has h51 a.
pay a half duxea ~ mere rsesGt& au every
y0HaI 81 EstNeT- 40 2kts stt~s sis8Es H@ AS
had a. kesp she p1a nsex then tbs corr sT'f S-
ssnT mssrh aas tn kso sssn tA@ WeeleSa.e
dealer tn ~ ard shs New N~rs mara
rerss agens here, tia eAs had - pas fAs
essSt ~ shipment 50 Nv~ Nars ttss ~ Mss.,-
safe dsRt~r or reastFF theFe tAe CONNER
sssi 1T'snsYasr. she railroads asa sa<fjy bss
svtan dealer a. hnsne With ali this 20
Is asase - bay gs1ev foE = cents &sst iesz
q pesHa tee S4ssae Cefssx costing hsrs nos
syzere than ' cents. ASA delivered IA <gW
AeSk at a. rents leeaaa
II he = particular as~ssE At> ccTec -
wslf pay ft0ss q - - cats fey sossse az,
tbss same eaEr~ Which h@Fr sells ser a
tslfts Aver tire aEa@aEsS above ssems fenas
the auiS al-ee~rcr h~sms sAas ta~ ts,s 80
are - a isttse different SHAPE ~ sA~-rs
$50 ara shat tsFey hsse hs@n graded lmse
eerf2sn se~cas.s2 we'll Snawn varieties
Nor~ Aheas NsseAa aud Java.
have ALREADY writes & Tbs Necha
coffee - siTssis iaFs~ aAFx Of tAs
Mocha Gss. - the Eiu!sess States - xeasa
here Indeed, thsse - practically ac ,ee-
EsSs Mocha e1-es - e@r nsasAsis TAs
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