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COFFEE PRICE RISE SEEN IN CIVIL WAR American Consumer May Have to 'Do Bit' for Brazil By The United Press Oct. 16, 1930 WASHINGTON - The American coffee-drinker may be forced to "do his bit" to suppress the Brazilian revolution, according to trade reports received here. Assumption of Federal control over Brazil's coffee exports, together with the drive of the Southern rebels toward the great coffee-producing state of Sao Paolo, may cause an upward trend of prices, experts believe. The United States, as greatest consumer of Brazilian coffee, naturally stands to be affected. Although Brazil has surplus stocks of coffee which have depressed the world coffee market for months, experts are informed that a relatively small percentage of this coffee is at ports available for shipment, while the remainder is stored at interior points, particularly in Sao Paolo. ---- Ed's Note:   Coffee in Retrospect   is a weekly column prepared by   Coff...

Senior vice president Dub Hay told the Ambassador February 16 that Starbucks decided to end its opposition to Ethiopia's trademarking efforts in hopes of recasting the issue as a government-to-government policy matter rather than a commercial dispute.  Hay noted that Starbucks' position on trademarking remained unchanged, but hoped that USTR would take up the fight to enforce USPTO's position against geographic trademarking.  Hay said he hoped that the anti-Starbucks public relations campaign being waged by international NGO Oxfam might be stymied if the issue shifted to a government trade dispute. While the dispute between Starbucks and the GOE has been temporarily diffused, the issue of trademarking  versus geographic certification still remains.  Post believes that a certification program will raise the quality and consistency of Ethiopian coffees, while yielding increased prices and, most importantly, increased farmer wages.  Without USG technical assist...