Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1919 — DRY WAVE BOOSTS COFFEE [ARTICLE]

DRY WAVE BOOSTS COFFEE

Unusual Demand and Shortage of Crop Cause Prices in Porto Rico to Go Up. San Juan, P. R. —Porto Rico is consuming 50 per cent more coffee today than she did before the Island “went dry,” according to a San Juan coffee dealer. _ This fact, together with an island coffee crop of only half of what it was last year and a heavy demand from Spain and Cuba, has sent up prices throughout the Island. The toffee market here began jumping a week or two ago and it has been going up ever since. Retailers found the price almost doubled over night, and the restaurants last week raised their prices to ten cents