The following statistical statements are based on the Report of the United States Treasury Department:1

Imports of coffees, less the amount exported.

The per capita consumption is approximately 7.8 pounds.

In addition to the consumption of pure coffee, there is a very large quantity of so-called substitutes, chicory, etc., sold and consumed as coffee. It is impossible to obtain statistics in regard to these substitutes and adulterants. The high prices of coffee prevailing the past year or more have induced certain unscrupulous dealers to impose spurious coffee beans upon the public and to adulterate ground and other coffees to such an extent that often samples may be purchased having little in common with the genuine.

The fluctuations in the prices of coffees are shown in the accompanying table. The values of the coffees are those which they bore in the markets of the countries from which imported. This does not include the cost of transportation, etc.

1 Commerce and Navigation of the United States.

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Average Price Of Coffee From 1878 To 1890, Inclusive

The coffee consumed in the United States is principally supplied by Brazil, Venezuela, the Central American States, Mexico, and Colombia. The quantities supplied by these countries are respectively 03, 12, 6 1/2, 4, and 3 1/2 per cent of the total imported. Very little coffee is imported directly from Africa.