The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-12-09
BY FREDERICK NJ. KERRY

NEW YORK. Dec o-The Brazilian government is hold
ing back pounds Of coffee for higher prices in the
United States.
Certain American coffee men are aiding the holdup
Coffee at dollar pound is probable result
fund of 81 100000 has turned over by Brazilian
coffee the Joint coffee trade committee for
ganda.
The plan is to send coffee prices up, and make
the people of this country like it"
Here the facts gather them in the coffee district
of Wall and Front from who know the coffee stua-
The National Coffee Roasers association of which Mr.
Carl Brand of Cleveland o. is president is doing nothing
to stop the hoduP The green coffee men are doing nothing
And members of both branches of the tradegreen and
roasted coffee menhave joined in what is known the
Joint coffee trade committee whose chairman is Mr. Ross
w Weir and accepted the sum of 100000 from the
Brazilian coffee planters in advertising coffee in the
United States at the present high prices!
The American and Brazilian spectators together have
forced up the price of coffee unreached 1871
During the past the wholesale price of coffee has been
80 1918 to BOZ cents on June 80 1919 Retail coffee of
good grade has risen much So and go cents pound
spite the fact that since July 80 of this year the
wholesale price has fallen off between and cents there
TALK ak OF COFFEE AT one boAR POUND
BEEN BEEN, FREELY INDUCED IN BY CERTAIN COFFEE
We the largest of coffee in the world:
Brazil is the largest producer IS cent of the Brazil
put comes to the United States and rs cent of all the
coffee consumed the United States is Brazilian We drink
over ONE BILLION POUNDS of coffee year
The purchase and and storage by the Brazilian
of 100000 bags of coffee follows the lines world
hodup known the Vaorization scheme started
Herman Siecken German coffee Spectator the
nator of this PLAN by which cousion with Brazilian
government enormous quantities of coffee stored at
Indifferent centers, including New York, Hamburg Havre
etc, financed by bankers in New York. Germany France
Belgium and England. The National City Bank of New
York backed the scheme here Under the PLAN the price Of
coffee doubled in two Notwithstanding that the
production fully maintained Senator George
w Norris Of Nebraska. forced investigation
the United states department of justice proceeded against
the proeers-he stored coffee seized and sold and
federal law passed making vaorizaton impossible so
this country is concerned.
BUT 1T WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO REACH THE BRAZIL
IAN GOVERNMENT WHICH IS WORKING THE HOLD
UP GAME ON IT'S OWN ACCOUNT
frost occurred in the spring of 1913 in Brazil and when
prices to unheard of heights in the United States
lated efforts made by certain coffee explain it
due to the frost"
w H. Abon, of the largest coffee dealers in New
York has suggested bring down the price and bring
the Brazilian government to terms He advocates 60day
boycott by American coffee drinkers
Representative lgoe of Missouri has introduced resou-
ton In the house directing the federal trade commission
inquire into the high of The resolution eens
in the committee on interstate and foreign commerce