Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-27
More Than a Billion Pounds Of
Coffee Brought Into the
States Last Year
VALUE NEARLY s1co,ooo,ooo
Tremendous Amount of Coffee Con-
suned by the American people
Consumption of Coffee Over Thirteen
Pounds Per Capita in the United
states-some Interesting Figures.

Washington, Feb o. - More thar,
ut SSS,000,0C0, came into the United
States last year, practically all for the
use of the people of the states. The
total quantity of coffee imported from
foreign countries during the year, as
shown by figures issued by the depart
meat of commerce and labor thru it's
bureau of statistics, was 1,1l2,703,546
pounds valued at S7,427 ,099, and from
Porto Rico 2,391,524 pounds and from
the Hawaiian islands 1.s27,491 pounds.
During the same period, tie calen-
dar year, 1901, there was exported
from the United States 64,256,947
pounds of coffee of foreign production,
valued at S6,46S,592, so that the con-
sumption of coffee during the year was
approximately 1,053,000,000 pounds,
valued at about $S1,000,000.
The figures of the worlds production
of coffee in the coffee year 19O3-1904
show that the coffee exported from the
various producing countries OF the
world and, therefore, the quantity en-
tering the worlds markets during that
year was, in round terms. 2,260, 900. 900
pounds, or barely double the quantity
brought into the United States alone
during the year 1904. 1t may, there
fore, De said. in general tie ms, that
the United States consume practically
half the coffee enter the worlds mar
kets.
Some figures just received by the
bureau of statistics give details of the
consumption by the principal countries
tho the latest period covered in this
statement is the calendar year 1902
Tais shows for that year consump-
ton by the United States of 1862 1900
pounds of coffee; Germany, S0,S2O,OOC
pounds; France, 1sS,760.00D pounds;
Austria Hungary, 96,360,O00 pounds;
Holland, s2,5oo,OO0 pounds; Belgium
10000 900 pounds: Sweden, 57,420,OOC
pounds; Russia, 39,600,000 pounds; It
| ally, 35,640,O00 pounds; and Great Brit
ain, 32,34O,000 pounds.
Coffee consumption in the United
States has increased rapidly during
recent years. The imporatatlons in the
calendar year 1904, as already lndi-
Gated were 1,117,000,000 pounds and
were larger than those of any earlier
year and the per capita consumption
was also larger than that OF any ear
ler year with the single exception or
1902, in which year the per capital
consumption exceeded that Of 1904 by
two tenths of one pound.
The bureau of statistics in it's state
ments upon this subject shows the
quantity of coffee imported, exported
and the consumption per capita in each
of the decennial years from 1880 to
1850 and annually from 1850 to 1904
Summarizing this table, it may be said
that the consumption of coffee in the
United States was, in 1880, less than
three pounds per capita; ir 1870, five
pounds per capita; in 1850, Sc pounds
per capita; in 1860, SIS pounds per
capita: in 1870, pounds per capita;
in 1880, 80 pounds per capita; and in
1890, rs pounds per capita.
In 1897 the consumption for the first
time exceeded ten pounds per capita,
the figure being for that year 1912
pounds per capita; in 1898, 11.6S
pounds per capita; in 1902, 1882
pounds per capita; and in 1904, 1854
pounds per capita The figures for all
of the years mentioned relate to the
fiscal year, except those in 1904, which
are for the calendar year ended De-
cember 81 1904.