Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 124, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 May 1912 — Missionaries Raise Coffee Price. [ARTICLE]

Missionaries Raise Coffee Price.

A New England gentleman reports the receipt of a letter from a doffee planter in Brazil referring to complaints in this country concerning the high price of coffee. The letter says: “Your people sent missionaries to tell the workers on our plantations that it was wrong to go naked, which was the custom, or partly so, in the majority of cases. Now they not only wear cldtbes, but they long to possess three dr lour pairs of those “yellow shoes’ which were sold down, here by your Boston drummers. Furthermore, our travelers to the States upon their return tell us of the great quantities of a beverage called beer consumed by your people, and sold at 5 cents a glass. Now, any one who understands the coffee business knows that ft costs more to produce a good cup of coffee than it does a glass of beer and there can be no question as to which Is the most beneficial You must either call home your missionaries, both religious and commercial, or pay til* price-"