The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-03-24

vorable to the growth OF our trade and
all the ports OF the Mediterranean. We
have already powerful aids in the
Iloyds Of Austria. and Royal Hungar-
ian Schir. which are already making
voyages between Brazil and the ports
Of the Levant, where we expect to ex-
tend the sale OF our coffee to Constanti-
nople. as well as other ports.
EARLY in May and perhaps in April,
We hope to be able to show great
Improvement in our foreign trade The
more we extend the use of our prod
ucts. the better the price of the article .
\ The correspondent of the Associated
Press today received a telegram from
Paris stating that T. Callaiux. French
minister Of finance. has resolved to
/ double the duty on Brazilian coffee,
and he requested DR.. Campos Salles,
president of the republic of Brazil, to
state what would be the policy of his
/ government in such an event and what
would be the result. financially and
commercially. to Brazil and to France
His excellency said that the two gov
ernments were still in the act Of nego-
tiating in regard to the question Of cof-
fee. in fact the Brazilian government
required a decrease Of at least so per
cent on the actual tariff, to begin with.
The system of maximum tariff was
adopted in France in 1892 and Brazil
adopting the same system had no in
tention of making reprisals but meant
simply to oblige those countries that
employed a prohibitive duty to modify
the practices or suffer the conse-
quences. II the facts stated in the
telegram are true. then the series OF
articles published in the Steele are true
and the act, classified by NJ. Ives Guyot
as an act of madness on the part Of
the minister Of finance, would cause the
ruin of French trade with Brazil with
out in any way affacting Brazil
All the Brazilian coffee sold in France
would reach the French markets
through Belgium. Spain. Italy and even
Germany at a cheaper price while all
the goods imported at present from
francs Of French cloths, and trim
Hamburg and other European markets
at as cheap or even cheaper price. the
only sufferer would be France and the
latter would be compelled to procure
new consumers for about 1000, 900
francs of French clothes, and trim
mings: 100000 francs of playthings.
brushes. buttons. etc; six million
francs Of prepared skins; five millions of
butter: six million of cotton goods; six
million Of ready made clothes; three
million Of wine; two million five hun
dred thousand of paper cards; over two
million Of metal products; two million
Of drIgs and machines; one million Of
machinery, and for many millions of
francs Of silk. glass and hardware.
saddles. crystals. perfumery, etc. DR..
Campos SALES refuses to believe that
France will adopt so suicidal a policy
towards a country that is il possible
more French in its habits. policy and
manners thar Portuguese, having even
adopted the 18th of July as a national
festival
The president showed statistics prov
ing that the policy supposed to have
been adopted to protect the coffee
colonies of France, does not even bene-
ft her colonies and that out Of about |
1906, 900 bags OF coffee used in France |
no more than 1900 bags are produced |
by her colonies and the president af-
firmed that, IN the case Of S. Paulo |
there are hundreds Of fazendas that I
produce over 10000 bags Of coffee.