Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-11-15

ed, especially maintaining a constant
propaganda by means of the press and
otherwise, so as to develop TO the max.
imum the use of good coffee in the
whole world
Fourth-The elimination frsl the
sale and expectation OF certain
quantity OF the universal production
to reduce the supply TO given LINKS Of
consumption, besides balance of a
certain quantity of coffee to be with.
drawn from the visible stock Of tho
world.
There still remains one recommen.
dation Of this committee to be taken
into consideration at tomorrow's meet
ing.
Costa Riea Report
A portion of the Costa Rican re.
port, submitted at a recent meeting
by J. b. Calvo, Minister from that
country to the United States, Is as
follows:
The raising Of coffee in Costa RIGA
has been, during more than 80 years,
the absorbing subject of all our eff.
forts and energies. II has consumed
all the activity OF which the nation is
capable, as also enormous sums of
money aggregating quite four.ffths of
the total private wealth of its inhab.
itants.
In the South the climate, soil and
other natural conditions are so ex.
tremely favorable to this special indus.
try that only by a strange freak Of ma.
ture can 1t be explained how coffee
was not found here as an indigenous
plant, growing and fructifying in our
woods spontaneously, just the same
as rubber and cocoa.
Coffee is planted on all lands above
100 metres or more higher than sea
level, and the extreme limit TO which
II can be carried with any certainty OF
deriving good results is LOO metres
The best cultivation is obtained on
deep and light soils, somewhat sandy,
or even alluvial, s.ch as are found on
the skirts of our volcanoes.
Native Labor Employed.
Only native labor is employed in
this Industry. AS a general rule the
employees live on the farms and re.
ceiye free lodging in houses specially
constructed. They have also the free
use of such fuel and bananas as the
farm may produce. but they must pro.
vide for themselves in all other re-
spects from their own earnings.
Coolies We're imported in 1854,
Chinese in 1872, and later Canary Isl.
anders and Italians, but whether IL
was owing to the bad recruiting or TO
other causes the immigrants brought
TO the country for the purpose have
chosen other labor than land filling, or
have gone away.
There are still in Costa RIGA plen.
~ OF lands available for further en-.
largement OF coffee raising, but the
lack OF means OF transportation and
the poor prospects just now ahead of
this industry are an Obstacle to fresh
Investments of a similar kind. The
middle lands may be said to be Who'll.
ly utilized In the cultivation of coffee,
''N'N 80 'h' Soii 10 dpplOpIldlt.
our coffee is carried from the
farms to the shipping ports of Llmon
on the Atlantic and Puntarenas on the
Pacific.
I'VE have a railway III English
miles long to Limon connecting the
principal coffee centers with the
steamship basis. The freight over
the Pacific line is 81. 20 per 1000 kilos,
so that, altogether, we pay &C. cents
per 100 kiIos from the farm to the
shipping port.
"A railway line is being constructed
between San Jose and the Pacific
Coast, which will be opened to traffic
next summer, Coffee going to Callfor.
uia Is shipped at Puntarenas on the
regular mail steamship; for Europe 1t
travels VIA Panama Colon, where it
Is shipped to its destination.
The report Of the Guatemalan dele.
cation contains some interesting facts
concerning the coffee industry in that