New-York tribune., 1902-12-30
COFFEE TRUST PROPOSED
Recommended By the Congress Which
Recently Met Here.
TO CONTROL WORLDS OUTPUT.
rBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRrBUNE.l

TBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.]
Washington. Dec. 29.-An international trust
to control the output of coffee or the world
esta blished by treaty signed by the United
States and the Central and South American
countries is the startling and novel recon-
mendatfon of the International Coffee Congress-
which met in New-York City in October This
recommendation President Roosevelt transmit
ted to Congress just before it adjourned for he
holiday recess. His message and the recon-
mendation however. have not yet been printed
as is the usual custom with such communica-
tions although no explanation is forthcoming
for the delay.
There were thirteen countries represented In
the recent Coffee Congress. including the United
States and Porto Rico. The United States was
the only country represented which strictly
a consuming and not producing country The
Only countries left out of the conference were
the Argentine Republic, Bolivia, Chill, Colombia
Cuba, Hayti and Paraguay.
When the congress began its deliberations II
was on the announced premise that there was
a crisis in the coffee industry. This crisis, how
ever was more serious to the producer than to
the consumer and, the producer was in the
ascendancy at the congress, the views OF this
side prevailed in the conclusions The most
important of these views is embodied in the sug-
gestion that a treaty be formulated as speedily
as possible for the purpose of controlling the
output of coffee, TO the end that the producer
may be assured of a profitable price. This rec
ommendation is declared by the congress to be
unique" It reads:
AS a unique measure, capable of modifying
favorahly and with all possible celerlty the
price at which producers sell their co1ee-the
elimination from the sale and eXportatlon OF
such quantity OF the universal production that
NAV reduce the supply to the just, reasonable
limits of consumption, besides balance OF not
more than 1000 900 sacks of 49, pounds each
tolerance which the unrepresented quahuly OF
the present visible stock might demand
In other words, the treaty which the coffee
congress resolved should be entered into at
once would prevent the Importation of coffee
to the market beyond the just demand never
allowing A surplus of more than three million
sacks In order that this treaty may not be
DELAYED. the congress further resolved that
Brazil be requested to call a second coffee con-
gress at once, inviting all the coffee producing
countries to take part. and at which the treaty
suggested should be drafted and made operative
Other suggestions were made at the congress
intended to increase the demand for coffee and
minimize the supply These included the rails
ing Of only the best coffee: the prevention Of
the shipment of poor or adulterated coffee; the
enactment of legislation preventing the sale of
adulterated coffee and substitutes sold under
the name of coffee. and the recommendation that
coffee be made a part Of the army ration or
every country interested
The United States was represented at the con-
eress bv Percy B. O'Sullivan. president OF the
New-York Coffee Exchange. and Thomas R..
Dawley ir of New-York. Porto Rico was rep
resented by Antonio Mariani