The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1910-11-19
new CLASSIF|CA.
ton FOR COFFEES
Especial TO the Silver otase.l
Tho Branding Of oonee

The Branding Of oe9ss
WASHINGTON, Nov. lo.-Whils
the pure food board Of the depart.
, ment of agriculture has not yet render.
J ed its decision regarding Brazilian cof-
, fees it has practically come to the cor.
clusion that not only Brazilian but
other coffees should be labeled in ~
cordance with the place Of origin
rather than the ports from which they
are shipped
i In making reference to this i'm.
portant inquiry in my last letter it
has been alleged that I was conveying
Ia wrong impression regarding the At
titude which the government Of Bra
zil has taken on this question, A.
though this was unintentional Tho
fact is-and it has the support Of such
an eminent authority as DR.. Wiley
himself-that the Brazilian cofIeee
have been used by many people with
satisfaction under the impression that
they were the highest priced grades
from Arabia and the East Indies. The
deception practiced by the dealers for
their own profit is thoroughly con-
demned, not only by the government
OF the United States as represented
fby the pure food board, but by the
government of Brazil and the various
states in that country where coffee ID
largely grown. If Santos and Rio cof-
fees are good enough to masquerade
without detection as Mocha and Jaws,
the Brazilian government thinks that
they are good enough to sell under
their own names and ON their own
merits. DR.. Wiley comedies with this
belief and he declares that If dealers
are compelled to sell coffees under
their real names the people win get
better coffee at lower price. He De.
clares that great deal Of the coffee
has been exported and sold in this
country as Mocha when its origin was
the Brazilian state Of San Paulo and
lit was shipped from Brazil under the
name Of Santos coffee. II,
i That the public ID beginning to ap-
; lpreciate Brazilian coffee at its true
I worth is a fact which DR.. Wiley thinks
is demonstrated by the market quota
, ftions. On the date he was interview
ed regarding this subject he pointed
out that Santos coffee was selling 1t
wholesale in New York for about 1zN
| cents, Rio practically the aame. Noeho
, from "A 10 10 cents and JaSa ffcn
f14A to 14K cents. At the same tlme
consumers in Washington were paying
for the best grade Of roasted and
ground Mocha and Java coffee 50
cents pound.
Personally" said DR.. Wiley, "I
can greatly enjoy q grade Of eo6se
! costing 12 cents . pound, and the
labelling of it AZ Mocha or Java
would not increase my appreciation Of
lit one bit''
Everyone has heard Of the divinine
rod Some persons believe implicitly
that by its aid one may determine
: where water and mineral lie beneath
| the surface Of the ground. The gov.
ernment, however, through the geologi-
/. cal survey, has punctured the super
, stition about the divining rod, and has
declared that it is fraud and . de-
,, lusion. In a report ON "Underground
Waters for Farm Use," NJ. L. Fuller
touches on this subject, saying:
2 "No appliance, either mechanical
] or electrical, has yet been devised that
: will detect water in places wAsrs
!. plain common sense win not show IT.
; presence just as well. The uselsssnesG
of the divining rod 10 indicated by the
4 facts that it may be worked 1t viii
: by the operator, that he fails to detect
: strong water currents in tunnels and
i other free courses that afford no sur
/ face indications Of water, and that
his locations in regions where watel
flows in welldefned channels arc n
more successful than mere guesses. II
fact, its operators are succcessful only
r in regions where ground water occur
!. in a definite sheet in porous material
I In such regions few failures to find
1 water can occur, for wells can get wa
o ter almost anywhere.
Consular NoteA
= The average yield Of oysters in thu
Dominion Of Canada 10 about $4,000
barrels annually. The imports OF
oysters into Canada amount to about
P $350,000 year.
AS result Of two years Of good
4 crops, Russia has large wheat reserves
for expectation.
= Russia raises more rye than any
! other sort of grain, the production II
4 1910 being estimated at 25,OOO,OO(
tons, while the production of wheat Il
, estimated at about 2s,600,000 tons.
The Spanish vintage has been ex
eeedingly short this year in somme dis
- tricts, owing largely to late frosts.
The new Egyptlan cotCon cFVP ~
! proximates .700,000,0O0 pounds, whicl
" is an increase of about percent ove
the last previous average. The yislt
11ast year amounted to 5OO,OOO,OO'
pounds.
The cotton crop Of Laguna district
Y in Mexico, which was estimated las
spring at 100000 bales, will NO
s amount to more than $4,000 bales OF
II account of the lack of moisture.
Al Consul Byington, Of Bristol, En-
r.. gland, reports that fewer hogs are DC
n ;no ro;sad ~ Enulaud