May 1, 1894.] THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST, 
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vi3W ci the faot that it etems very dsEi'ftble that 
members of ihe Asbociation should be made aware 
of Mr. Buchanan's views before thoy come to the 
meeticg at Nuwara Eliya. 
I have only to ada that Mr. Buohauen does not 
prole-iB to eihiitii to 11 pcileit aehtiue. m iisil 
dntnii, hnt meriiy a mufjh dialt — 1 aro, &o., 
A MJSLVILLE WHITE. 
My DeAh Melville White.— 1 shank you for your 
note of 4th instant, and I am very much obliged to 
you for aeking me to attend the meeting of the 
Planters' Association on 14th instant. 
I assure yon I appreciate the compliment you have 
paid me most heartily, and in other cironmataaoes I 
would have gladly availed myself of tha opportunity of 
heading the views of ihe Aasooiation iu regard to ques- 
tions of mcioh importance and ci ;-t interest to ua 
all. As you are aware, I have ai.j.u,uged to sail on the 
12th, and I have a great deal of business awaiting me in 
England, busiuesa of fucL a t.ature tbr.t I would 
not feel j«etifl*d in putting off unless it was clKur I 
could aoompliflh soine real praotic&l gof.d by doing 
go, I cannot giiih' r ttoin your note toat tliia in liki.-ly 
to be the case, 80 I am compelled to deelifle ru in- 
vitatioQ wliioh, peraonallyj I thouSd iiava hid pU aaore 
io accepting. 
I enclose a rougU draft of euRgeations ai to the 
workiiig of a j'.ir,t scheme. This, I ■hiuk I promiasd 
to do. You wiil Bee by it that I ii-cUno lo give iu!l 
pow:r to our tepieaent&tives as to ihe uietUcd and 
uetftil of vsorkiui;. Itia generally best, is n not to 
trust the men on the spot ? I would empower them 
to give a bounty or oommiBsioa to wbolecalo distri- 
butors if they t-hougbt it wouid help th?m to r.ttnn 
onr object. 
A3' to co-operation with India, I have seen no 
reason as yet for fieolining allies, though I have 
read a good many letters objecting ta the proposal. 
For my part I feel bound to say, whether 1 feel 
strong or weak, I am always glad of an honour- 
able ally. In tha face of the difficulties w© have to 
encounter in America, the union of the. tea-growers 
of India and Ceylon seems to si'O a wiser course 
than that they should work separately*. 
With these who advocate a policy o£ ■ do nothing" 
I have no sympathy. Its adoption would seem to 
me to stultify all past action. 
Whatever decision you come to, I feel confident 
the planters of Ceylon will not relax their efforts to 
gain new markets. . 
Way I veutura an opinion that it would ba euicidtl 
on the pirt of either India or 0«jlon to take any 
oouise in the States or CaU'jda which woa'd bs iu the 
slightest oefiiee antagoni'stic to the Jariie wlioiesale 
distributors. T^. y aro 'ha men who cau lulp us if 
they see i»e are wil ing to h;:Ip tbem. 
loan only thi^k you Hffain^or your iuvitation, and 
I: can aaariie you that if there is snyrhrng I can r'o to 
promote the iatsrtstB of Utylon t*R -or the PUntefs' 
A*80oiation at any thne I f ball ooly be too happy to 
do 80.— 1 am, &o., PAT. B. BUCHANAN. 
WarwioW, Amhawalfti AptU 8th, 1394. 
That the tea planters of India and Ceylon, 
through the Indian Tea Association and the 
Planters' Association of Ceylon, establish a joint 
fund for the pnrpcso of assisting the Wholesale 
T«a Dealers in the United States of America and 
in the Dominion of Canada in advertising and 
otherwise encouragiug the use of Indian and 
Ceylon teas in those countries, 
.13. 
That the respective contributions to the fund 
for isa4 be regulated by tho total exports of 
tea from India and Ceylon during 1898; the 
naOUttt piyablo by each country being proporliona'.o 
to tho quantity of tea exported from it. 
3 
That a repr?i«n»»tive b« appointed by e»oh country 
to work lopother in tho Ui^i'd Blatoo Hud OanaJa 
for the paipoiu epeuihud m cUuse 1 and iu carrjtug 
thil oat they ■b»U BOt fevor tbo produce of one 
country cr one dietriot over another but they shall 
recommend Indian and Ceylon teas generally m 
fiuperior to Ohina and Japan, leaving the dealeis to 
make their own particular seleotious. 
4. 
Tiiat th^; reprtoeiitativos !:h';li jiCiVO pjwer to jointly 
cKluiinjater tho fuuda from time 10 time uutrusted to 
them by the ludiau and C<<)luu Atsooiatioug iu paying 
the regular cxjeriscs connected with their work, ajid 
in the paytaeut of coinmiesioQ to distribatore, or ia 
anj' ot>ier mannor tbut may appear to them moat 
likely to attain (be objtict of the two Assooiktiona, 
atwaye providevl that such expenditure shall ia no- 
wiue c!a-h :with thij ir.teresip, bus shall be d.reotly 
to the benefit of the Vtbolesala tea traderu ot Amerios 
aud Canada. The repreaehtciiven shall iu to case 
favor one distributor ovyr atotLer, but shall he ready 
to extf-nd tha canie fanilitiea and advautsges to ftU 
ongiigbii in the wholesale; tiade. 
5. 
A iroop of native serventa shall be placed at the 
dispcBsl of tho representatives to be lent to the various 
(listributorj cr tCeir cons ituents for the purpoae of 
Edvtiitisement. 
6, 
Taat eaah repiesentativfi shall be prad out of the 
futd a siilary of £1,200 sttrUng per atnum, to: 
i'ichide ttavLllirg cxp usy^, aud io addition they 
shall have a y.iv.b aliowaace i'er entertaining, aox 
esceeaiDK £600peranLU!h. 
7. 
That taking into ccusiieration the ciffiouity oi 
direct personal coinmanioation between the Oommittea 
of the Indian and Ceylon Associations, and likewise 
remembering tte lenjjth cf time occupied in cora- 
mumoatin<{ on msttets of detail between America 
&ud the East, the two Asiociatlona shall elect a 
Committee of six (each Asaoc'ation nomiuating three 
members) to act as thfair ageuta in London, sujh 
Committee to sneet in Londor, a^d to be called the 
'• Joint Committee of the agency for the tea planters 
of India tnd Oevloo." 
8. 
The duties of suah Joint Committee shall, be to 
correspond with, aad give effect to, the views of the 
Icdian and Ceylon Associations, and to advise the 
repiesantfttives on all matters the latter may piece 
before tbem, aiao to settle any differqnces that may 
arife between tba represeutatives as to tha methods 
to be p.dopted by them. All deoisio??s of the Joint 
Committee thall be fiu»l on all subjects leferred to 
them by the reprseentatives, provided sulLi decision ia 
unanimous, and that the question does not involve 
extra or speoial expenditure not previously oontemplRted 
by the Associations. 
9. 
Tha repteaeotetivea shall send joint weekly reports 
of t'neir worlj, acd quarterly accounts of their ex- 
penditure to the Seoietsriea of the Indian Tea Asso- 
ciation and tha Pknters' Association ot Ceylon, 
and copies of snob reports and accoonta ahaU alio 
be cent to the Joint Committee io London. 
10. 
The Indian Ten Association and the Planters 
Association of Ceylon shall jointly f auction all gsnersl 
espenditnre, and funds to meet the same shall be 
paid by them proportionately to the Joint Committed 
in Loudon, on whom, as money ia required, tbd 
representatives shall jointly draw. 
In tho event of any diiference of opinion ariaiBg 
between the Indian and Ceylon Associations, the 
question shall be rst'erred to the Joint Committed 
iu London, aud should the Joint Oooiroitcee fail 
to come to a decision, the point shall be referred 
to an umpire to be nomiaatod by the Joiut 
Committee beforehand, whose decision shall be binding 
on both parties. 
N,£, — For Bomo reasons one representative 
might be better than two, but it might be diffloall 
for both parties to agree as to the mosf rultable 
man. If two lepreaentative* are agreed npnn li 
:ui((Lt perhaps bo best tlat one should on iu- 
tL-rcetcd iu tpa-growiug uud the other a Ltjudvu 
iiroker, 
