Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-23
New Market Found For It
in Europe.
HOSTILITY OF FRANCE
May Result in Cutting Oft All Her
Business Will the South American
Republic Which is Now in a Pros
porous Condition.

Rio de J~aneiro, Feb. 22.-(Correspond-
ence of the Associated Press.)-In a con-
versation with he representative of the
Associated Press, DR.. Campos SALES,
president of the republic, said:
The great need of Brazil is to furnish
new markets and to enlarge the former
ones for the coffee OF Brazil. OF course,
you will understand that I cannot speak
of a! the diplomatic measures taken to
advance the cause in Europe, but our
centric de savoure de cafe has taken
charge of the propaganda in Europe. I
am informed that in Germany. Italy.
and especially in Spain, everything is
progressing wonderfully.
1T is almost certain that commercial
conventions will be made by which Bel
GUM will take all the coffee. if not far
more that has been heretofore taken by
Havre. while Hamburg. Genoa, Trieste,
Fiumo. Barcelona and Spanish ports will
more than double what has been sent to
other French ports.
Already arrangements have been
made with the German. Austrian. italian
and other lines of steamers to open direct
lines with Santos, Rio Janeiro and Bahia
on the Brazilian end, and Cadiz, Valencia
and Barcelona at the Spanish end.
II am sure that 1 am not unduly san
guine when I say that should France
continue to insist IN her present selfish
policy she alone will lose by her want
of foresight. From Belgium, Spain, Italy
and other countries, the French con
sumers of coffee will receive their usual,
if not far greater quantities of our coffee
at a price far inferior to what they now
pay While all the tradeb between France
and Brazil in articles bought at present
in Paris can be furnished us just as well
by London, Berlin, and other European
markets.
The centric de de cafe is only
waiting for the last word of our minis
ters at Rio Janeiro and in Europe to be-
gin a crusade in favor Of our coffee in
every city and town in Germany, Italy,
Spain, Austria and Russia.
W have received kilograms from the
Spanish agent, Barragan, who left Rio
a. the end Of February, confirming all
the statements made to us while here.
The present policy of Spain. after losing
all her coffee and sugar producing colo
MES, is highly profitable, not only to her
different markets. but also to ours.
''The policy Of Italy is also very favor
able to the growth of our trade and all
the ports of the Mediterranean. We
have already powerful aids in the Lloyds
Of Austria, and Royal Hungarian Schir,
which are already making voyages be-
tween Brazil and the ports of the Levant.
where we expect to extend the sale Of
our coffee to Constantinople, as we'll as
other ports.
EARLY in May, and perhaps in April,
we hope to be able to show a great i'm
provement in our foreign trade. The
more we extend the use of our product,
the better the price Of the article"
The correspondent of the Associated
Press today received a telegram from
Paris stating that NJ. Callaiux, French
minister OF finance. has resolved to
double the duty on Brazilian coffee, and
he requested DR.. Campos Sales, presi-
dent of the republic of Brazil. to state
what would be the policy of his govern
ment in such an event, and what would
be the result. financially and CONNER
cially, to Brazil and to France.
His eXcellency said that the two gov
crnments were still in the act of nego-
tiating in regard to the question of cot
fees. in fact, the Brazilian government
required a decrease of at least 80 pc,
cent on he actual tariff to begin. with
The system of maximum and minimum
tariff was adopted in France in 1892. anl
Brazil. adopting the same system, had n
intention of making reprisals. but meant
simply to oblige those countries that EN-
ployed a prohlbitive duty TO modify the
practices or suffer the consequences. Il
the facts stated in the telegram are true
then the series of articles published In
the Steele are erue, and the act, classi.
fled by NJ. Wise Guyot as an act OF mad.
ness on the part of the minister O
finance, would cause the ruin of French
trade with Brazil without in any way
affecting Brazil.
All the Brazilian coffee sold in France
would reach the French markets through
Belgium, Spain, Italy and even German,
at a cheaper price, while all the good.
imported at present from France woult
be bought in London, Hamburg an(
other European markets at as cheap. O.
even cheaper prices, the only sufferer
would be France, and the latter would