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Show One Way to Beat High Prices. RIO JANEIRO, Tuesday, July 1. Demonstrations Dem-onstrations by the populace of Rio Janeiro today defeated an effort by the proprietors propri-etors of coffee houses to double the price of the national .drink, coffee. Patrons entered the cafes, took the coffee and then refused to pay more than the old price of 100 reis (nominally 5 cents) for a small cup. After some coffee houses had closed on account of the domonst ration, the proprietors announced the return of the old urirA. |