The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-05-28


proximately SOC million pounds, or
considerably less than the annual av-
erage of the period since 1900 In
1871 imports of coffee amounted TO
31S million pounds; in 1881, 455 mil
lion; in 1891, $40 Million in 1901, $50
million; and in 1911, S75 million.
Cocoa has to a large extent supplant-
ed coffee as an American beverage,
the imports having increased from S12
million pounds in 1871 to over lao mil
lion pounds in 1911.
The worlds leading coffee-produc-
ing countries are, according to the
Department of Agriculture: Brazil,
|2A billion pounds in 1909; Venezuela,
"a million pounds; Mexico, so million;
Colombia, 921a million; Porto Rico,
40 million; Haiti, Al million: Dutch
East Indies, 35 million; British India,
2S million; Arabia, 15A million, and
Abyssinia, 10 million. The worlds
supply In 1909 aggregated nearly 3
billion pounds, but in 1910 fell below
2 billion pounds, due to a decrease of
about $50 million pounds in the ex-
ports from Brazil.
Brazil is now and has for Nancy
years been the chief source of coffee
imported into the United States. OF
the S75 million pounds imported last
year, 651 million pounds were from
Brazil, as against 224 million from all
other parts of the world, chiefly Amer
ican countries. The second largest
source of our imported coffee is Co
lombia, 55 million pounds, followed in
order by the Central American States,
so million; Venezuela, 40 million; the
United Kingdom. 27 million; Mexico,
20 million; the Dutch East Indies, 8
million; Haiti and Santo Domingo,
million; the British West Indies, 2
million; Netherlands, million; Alden,
115 million; Turkey in Asia, l 1-3 mil
lion, and Germany, ] million pounds.
Less than Is million pounds, 1t will be
observed, are imported from Asia, even
including the arrivals from European
countries whose exported coffee is,
presumably, largely the product of
their Asiatic colonies.
The average price of the coffee inn
ported into the country has greatly in
creased in the last few years. During
the present fiscal year so far as elaps-
ed the average import price has been
13c per pound, as against 10c in 1911,
SC in 1910, and 61ac in 1898 Present
import prices are still. however, some-
what below the high level which pre-
vailed in the period 1890 to 1896, when
the average import price ranged from
i4c TO over 16c per pound.
Demestic consumption per capita
reached itk highest total in 1902, 1894
pounds. as against pounds in 1891,
105 pounds in 1901. and 81 pounds
in 1911.
Porto Rico ana Hawaii are the only
portions Of the United States in which
coffee is produced and from which it is
exported in any considerable amounts
From Hawaii the exports to foreign
countries last year aggregated about
1 million pounds, and the shipments
to the mainland about "a million.
From Porto Rico the exports to for
eign countries in 1911 amounted to "a
million pounds, chiefly distributed to
Cuba, 20 million pounds; Spain, a
little over million; and Austria-Hun-
gary, France, and Italy, each about z.
million pounds. About a quarter of
a million pounds of Porto Rican coffee
were shipped in that year to conti-
mental United States.