Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-04-04
NEW YoRk's COFFEE TRADE.
Nine-tenths OF the country's Importations
Enter That Port.


Enter That Port.
The increased American demand for
tropical and subtropical products
forms a marked striking feature of
American import trade as indicated in
the most recent monthly summary is
sued by the Treasury Department.
Such imports of tropical and subtropi-
cal products now amount to $780,
100000 per annum, including sugar,
tea, coffee, cocoa, spices, fruits, rub
Der, cork, rice, nuts, indigo, olive oil
and ivory. The largest item of such
commerce is sugar, and tea and coffee
follow. New York city's commercial
supremacy as the chief coffee port of
the western hemisphere was unsuc-
cessfully challenged some years ago
by Baltimore, port nearer the sources
of coffee supply, and it has again, but
less seriously, been challenged by
New Orleans. The importations Of
coffee into the United States are
the amount of 90O,0OO,OOO pounds
year, of which 6OO,00O,O0O are ship
ments from Brazil, two-thirds of the
whole amount. From other South
American countries 9O,OOO,0O0 pounds
are shipped to the United States, from
Central America 45,00O,OOO, from
Mexico 10000, 900, and from the East
Indies direct 10000, 900, and from the
East Indies via European ports as
much more.
The United States is one of the
great coffee-consuming countries of
the world, and the Importance of coffee
as an article of commerce is consid
erably enhanced by the fact that in
addition to the large amounts Of it I'M
ported into the United States for
domestic consumption, there is a trade
of 100000 year reshipped from
this country to European ports, chief
ly France, Germany and Holland. Un-
til year ago ninety per cent OF the
imports of foreign coffee were to the
city of New York, which received o.
OO0, 900 bags. the annual average OF
New Orleans being 100000, OF Baltl-
more 100000 and of San Francisco
$50. 1000. No other American cities I'M
port coffee in any appreciate amount,
and the disparity between New YORK
and it's three competitors is so large
as to preclude the notion that new
York's lead can at any time be serious
ly challenged. In behalf of New Or
leans the claim is made that freight
rates are about one-half the rates to
New York.
The extension of American influence
over Cuba and Porto Rico has had the
effect of stimulating closer commercial
relations with those two islands, both
of which are coffee producers, and the
facilities of delivery of coffee In New
Orleans are greater than in New YORK,
besides which sundry western trunk
lines have made New Orleans tnelr
harbor terminus for the shipment Oh
American grain and merchandise 10
| foreign countries and return, and the
delivery there of coffee for shipment
tn the cities of the far and middle west
would thus be facilitated. New YORK
has it's coffee exchange, and TINS CITY
shares with Havre and Hamburg only
;ts Importance as a shipping port TOT
| coffee. New Orleans, though nearer
than New York is to Brazil, is not IN
such good connection with European
| ports and, moreover, the largest COZ
fee consuming states are on the Allan
rio seaboard. and of all these states
fs;nce baltimore ceased to be factor
in the market) New York is the great
distributing point.-New York Sun.