The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-10

&. l., ,.vea At Rockets. There they were
,,nlon ded by the grea merchants r. .iia1
dny.nnd time, and the coffee distrlpu -. :,
+, overyS nook and corner OF tnes sou sou
and Southwest. Those merchants 5sh NJ -,
ttat coffee lust as they received ~ u ~
10 green state, III tho gunny SACKS ~
which 81 came from Brazil. Tho work work. o.
cleansing. winnowing, roasting ana s .Il,'p
in,,sIf fell to the busy housewife, ana stne
olG ,,egro cook, after the country A lI'l
viare retailer had sold It TO THO COL ,oll-'
sumner. l., 4ha days
when the old acodgers tried N olle wy
following the war and the carry ma ,-nn,
OF Improvement, to keep on s.sl1'n .e+ ~
FED IN that way and refused 10 get ou ~.
of the old ruts. they very naturally lose
, 1orch of tho coffee trade that had SO
ionr- been the boast of commercial fu 'ea
lnond. Gill.
The New Ways.
But by and by, as indicated above the
5oId fellows crossed oyer the creek, aIlu
Inc Young coffee dealers took the Doa.
.na thev got back the lost trade, or a
great deal of Ut. How? By npp'i t' y;
modern methods to modern BUSINESS ne a,.u
keeping right up to date N az th mn s..
Richmond buys and sells as much Ioti.s
as 1t ever did. and buys as sie =" ~.
did q in the green state and IN the o ,-!s.
mai brazilian gunny sacks, but precious
,,ttia of It is sold In that way. sine
tantha ~ 1t is roasted. and much OF II IS
erra,,nd here in the wholesale houses ana
E. enes out ito the retailer in that state.
The busy housewife 'parchesa CORES 'll
no more, and she hasn't got the Pniy ne :.
gro cook to do it for her: one sels - =.
from the grocery store feany iot ''io -
water and the coffee POI. ". ..rooarv
T vas in a Richmond wholesale grocery
house the other day. and l saw 1our
thousani1 dollars worth of coffee roast
inr and grinding machinery at WORK. -
wasTa complete outfit. occupying Ing
larger part Of one of the upper fioors
of the establishment.
The green coffee was poured into the
hopper by tho bag full. Just as wheat Is
at the MILL, It passed through q IAN,
nnr machine. where all the dirt and
stones and chaff were separated from
the coffee grains. These were then con-
Quoted to a revolving receptncle In the
roaster, and by properly regulated gas
| heat. each grain was roasted alike. ne
coffee then passed through cooling
| machine and then through q second
| cleaning machine at the end Of which y
came out beautifully and uniformly
roasted coffee. In the time 1t has taken
ma A. write this last paragraph whole
bag passed through this labyrinth o.
machines, and was ready. to be bagged
boxed. barreled or ground, and one mar
did the whole business.
Only a Sample.
This is only ono of many. There are 9
| half a dozen coffee roasters, perhaps
more, In the wholesale grocery houses
| here.
This is but a sample OF the up-to-date
appliances that are to be found In the
Heading Wholesale houses Of this city
I In order that the wlde-awaie merchants
can keep abreast with the times ane
compete with any market In the country
They are In houses OF all characters
| dry goods. drugs. shoes. hardware and
| In everything. @ 1
II am inclined to think there are a
great many people in this good old city
who do not know what Richmond is do
ing, They need to travel a. little-trayel
around their own town. They Will find
out a great deal about tho commercial
energy and enterprise Of the town that
they have heretofore little dreamed Of,
When they do this there will be fewer
\ croakers on the banks OF the James, there
will be more general enthusiasm. more
| inclination to talk up Richmond. to hur-
rah for Richmond, to advertiser and to
boom Richmond.
And that kind OF thing will do a power
| OF good. It will.