BURNED OR DUMPED.
THE BRAZILIAN COFFEE CROP. r TO 'KEEP UP THE PRICE. 48,500,000 BAGS DESTROYED. United Press Assn.—Elec. TeL Copyright. (Received Aug. 12, 11 a.m.) LONDON, Aug. 11. The Dally Telegraph says that 30 per cent, of the 1937-8 Brazilian coffee crop will be burned or dumped in the ooean, in order to keep up the United States wholesale price of 6d per lb. A total of 48,500,000 bags of ■cheaper varieties have already been destroyed. Only 30 per cent. Is being put on the market.
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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20270, 12 August 1937, Page 5
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87BURNED OR DUMPED. Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20270, 12 August 1937, Page 5
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