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Show COFFEE DRINKERS American People Consume Forty Per Cent of Amount Sold in International Markets. Washington, April 15. The American Ameri-can people, long known as the world's coffee drinkers, actually consume forty for-ty per cent of the amount sold In tho international markets, according to figures announced by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. More than one billion pounds of coffee came to this country last year. Germany normally is second In coffee cof-fee drinking, but the war cut off her Imports last year and made Franco second with receipts less than one fourth as large as America's purchases, pur-chases, oc |