The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02
Java and mocha From Rra.ii.

6ut now aDOut our Java anu NoSho' Colonel? We consume vast quantties of such coffee every yearT'
 Yes. but where do they come fromK replied the commissioner general l have just received a letter on that suo- ject form one of the cslief coffee deal" CTS of this country. He says that the total production of Java and Mocha coffee last year was twenty million pounds. of which seventeen million five hundred thousand pounds wore Java and two million five hundred thousand Mocha. Notwithstanding this total product there were sold in your retail groceries of the United States last year about five hundred million other words. 4S0.o00,o0o pounds more Mocha and Java than Mocha and Java produced. This coffee was sold at high prices. bringing from 35 to AS cents pss pound. The question Is where did the surplus Mocha and Java come from7 It undoubtedly came from Brazil"
 Big Profits of Our Grocers.
 But how about that Brazilian Mo- cha and Java, Colonel7 Do you sell your coffee branded that way?"
 Yes. we have mills which sort the beans into six different varieties. The beans of certain kind and quality go into one box and are labeled Mocha. of another kind into another box and are labeled Mokina, of another into a third box labeled Java. and so on. The pur- chasers understand perfectly well how the coffee is graded. and there is no fraud in this method of selling. The day is long passed when the name of a coffee denoted the locality where 1t was grown. Indeed. we ship Brazilian coffee to Java. and the people there drink 1t under the name of Java coffee ''
 How much do our Java cofrees which are sold from 3s to 45 cents a pound bring in Brazil?"
 About ten cents a pound. I should say"
 "1s your coffee area increasingT"
 Not at present. We are trying to restrict the production in order to keep up the prices. Your coffee trust Is al- ways cutting us down. but our farmers are now combining to reduce their out put and thus to offset the trust. As to our coffee lands, we shall develop more as the world demands more cofree."
 The Rubber Forests.
 How about your rubber product f'' l asked: Does 1t show any signs of giving out?'
 No, our rubber comes from the wild trees along the Amazon and it's tribu- taries, embracing altogether a length of about 34,000 miles of waterways. The forests there are of vast extent, and they will last for centuries. They arc now producing about 1000, 900 pounds per year. At present we are working only near the rivers. but when this ter- ritory has been exhausted we shall push back into the interior. Wc are finding new rubber fields every year. One of the most profitable exploited in recent times Is the Acre territory which we have just obtained from Bo- livia. That country contains a vast supply of rubber"
 How about the Mexican and Afrs- can rubbers? Do they not compete with yours7"
 No. Their rubber comes chiefly from vines and trees other than the symphonic Elastica which grows on the Amazon. The Amazon rubber. which Is known as the Para rubber. is the best in the world"
 Why do you not set out plantations Of such trees and cultivate them?"
 Tt takes a long time to raise a ruh- Der forest. It would be twenty-five years before we would get the first crop. and at present it is more proflta- ble to tap the wild trees"
 Brazilian Cotton.
 What are you doing in cotton rais- ing. Colonel Aguiar?"
 We are already raising all the cot