OCR Text |
Show C0FEFE AND TEA. ' I's Supposing that the nation's coffee I II cup held oxnctly half a pint of never- l age, It would huvo to be tilled 25 9:0,- I 000,000 times e.uh ear In order to ac III commodate tho coffee cousumcis of tho If) country. The flgutcs ato too largo tn Hjj bo easily grasped, hut they are audi- II clently huge to strain tho mdlnary '! mind a llttlo oven vvhen reduced tn ! gallons, 1'ully l.OiO 000,000 gitllona ot coffee nro Infused In the nation's coffee 1 pot and pejulcd Into the liutlon'n corfco I cup each yeat. hut what meaning does that huge total convey tn the nverago I consumei ' Figuring on a pel capita i baels wo llnd thut there Is enough liquid J coffee poured Into the nation's half- 1 pint cup to give each man, wotnin and I child lit tho United Slates :io cups nt the aiomallc Infusion In tho yeni, suva tho New York -Mcichants' Hcvlew. Is It not 11 trade to be proud of, a Kroccis'J, la It not worth cultivating Vet a e'ofTeo congress la to bo held hero next month for tho purposo of Unillng out what la the mutter with toffee Ihe teu tiado 111 bulk is about one. thlid the dimensions of tho colfeo trade, and tha half-pint cup has to be filled only ii hOO 000 000 times vv Ith tea liquor in otder to aicommodato tha American people That meana n gteat deal of tea, It uugli It means 153 cups for ever ev-er man woman and child In tho 1 tilled htntca each jtai |