Floor brokers are those who buy and sell options on the Coffee Exchange for a fixed consideration per lot of 250 bags. The coffee commission rate put into effect June 8, 1920, for round term (buying and selling) by the New York Coffee Exchange was as follows:
| Commission Rate on 250 Bags (For Round Term—Buying and Selling) | |||
| Up to 9.99c per lb. | 10c to 19.99c per lb. | 20c & up per lb. | |
| Members | $12.50 | $15.00 | $20.00 |
| Non-members | 25.00 | 30.00 | 40.00 |
| Foreign members | 17.50 | 20.00 | 25.00 |
| Foreign non-members | 30.00 | 35.00 | 45.00 |
| Floor brokerage—Buying or selling | 1.50 | 1.75 | 2.00 |
There is at present (1922) a stamp tax of two cents on each hundred dollars value, or fraction thereof, figured on each separate lot.
Sun-Curing the Washed Green Beans on Cement Drying Patios
Near View of Heavily Laden Trees Ready for the Pickers
TYPICAL COFFEE SCENES IN COSTA RICA
Spot brokers are those who deal in actual coffee, selling from jobber to jobber, or representing out-of-town houses; the seller paying a commission of about fifteen cents a bag in small lots, and half of one percent in large lots.