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Also what he says about the necessity of visiting 
the different towns and cities with na'ives giving 
tea exhibits &c. cannot be brooght about any too 
soon; it's essential to the tea interests of Ceylon. 
His reference to advertising is also quite true and 
fully carries out what my propcsition of November 
1st that I have rrepared to submit to your 
delegates as to the New York office, embodies. 
Judicious advertising must be done through the Maga- 
zines and the Home Journal of the country. The ad. 
ttiat did the la'e (ompany the greatest amount of 
good was an ad. placed in one of the leading Maga- 
zines. The Home Journals and Magazines are rot 
destroyed but are a source of pleasure to the home 
circle, and ads. appearing in such are more 
likely and more frequently read than ads. in the 
numerous daily papers; even a Sunday paper finds 
its way on Monday to the waste paper pile or the 
tire, whereas Home Journals and Magaz ; nes remain 
in the homes of the people and from time to time 
entertain the family or friends. 
The alleged threatened differential duty on India 
and Ceylon teas entering the United States does not 
worry me one bit ; we have need to shoo r right ahead 
in our work. The delegates on arrival, and when at 
Washington, will gain all the de-ired information, and 
in my opinion I do not think that our Congress 
would do such a foolish thing. Under this head, with 
this, I band you two clippings from the New York 
Herald relating more paiticularly to sugar : — 
MISS HELEN GOULD WILL AID TO SECURE FEATURES FOR 
THE WOMEN'S EXHIBIT AT THE FAIR IN ATLANTA. 
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] 
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 12th, 1894. — The managers of 
the woman's department of the Cotton States and 
International Exposition are very much elated over 
assurances from New York of the co-operation of 
Miss Helen Gould in the work of building up for 
this exposition a woman's exhibit. 
The Governors of all the States have been invited 
to appoint prominent women to serve on a general 
CDinmittee of representatives co-operating in the work 
of secuiine the right sort of an exhibit to show what 
the woman of the century is doing in fine arts, in 
industrial arts and in the other branches of woman's 
work. 
The recent acceptance of the plans of Miss Mer- 
cur, of Pittsburg, for the woman's building, which is 
to be a $25,000 structure has lent new interest to 
the work. The most prominent women of the South 
are active in the work. 
It is in the preliminary work of securing the differ- 
ent features of the exhibit, and especially in inter- 
esting the women of accomplishment in the arts, 
resident in New York, that Miss Gould will take an 
active part. While there has been no official in- 
formation on the point, it is understood Governor 
Flower has named her as one of the New York 
representatives on the Advisory Board. 
TOOK HIM FOll A NEGRO. 
EAST INDIAN MERCHANT WILL SUE THE LOUTSVILLE AND 
NASHVILLE ROAD. 
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE EVENING TELEGRAM. 1 
East St. Louis, 111., Feb. 6.— V. T. Tissera, of 
Colombia, (Colombo) an East India tea merchant, and 
vice-president of the Ceylon Importing Company, of 
Ni \\ fork, (should read Davenport. Iowa.) claims that 
he was ejected from a Louisville and Nashville pas- 
senger train hist night at Belleville, 111., and during 
the souffle lost $125. Tissera claims that he was not 
only ejected, but was roughly handled by the brake- 
man, who, on account of his dark complexion, believed 
he was a negro. Tissera will sue for damages. 
Before closing. I would urge once more the impor- 
tance of getting to work quickly. Time slips away ao 
rapidly, and as so much time that i-. valuable 
has gone by, it behoves us in order to do the 
undertaking all the possible good we can that the 
campaign be begun with vigour and pushed 
without any intermission so as to accomplish what 
wo are striving for— that is. to win North America 
for Ceylon tea. At the present rate of speed I fear 
it will take a long while to accomplish this end. 
It's true the winter, especially this month, has been 
a severe one ; yet, notwithstanding the cold weather, 
Mr. Blechynden has gone right on with his work 
and as I remarked in the first lines of my letter 
his turban'jd servants are one of the sights these 
cold wintry mornings as they cross the big bridge 
on their way to New York and to work. 
I can assure you, not on account of any selfish 
motive, it will give me very great pleasure when the 
time comes to see Ceylon in the field to advertise 
its staple product in a manner that is befitting to 
the dignity of your spicy little island, but after the 
success at the great World's Columbian Exhibition I 
think the word 'little' should be left out as Ceylon 
at the Fair was as large on the map as any other 
country on the earth. 
Now, dear Mr. Editor, I trust that in my remarks 
that I do aot seem too urgent or too pointed. What 
I say, I say in all sincerity and with the best of wishes 
it has become part of my dream to see the teas of 
Ceylon win the whole of North America, and that 
the cry as per your well written pamphlet will be 
throughout the length and breadth of the land — 
" Drink Ceylon Tea.'' 
Looking anxiously for the arrival of the Ceylon 
Delegates and thanking the 0b.ia i:er sincerely for its 
many courtesies shown me, I am, A r c. S. Biebach. 
New York City N. Y. February 6th, 1895. 
THE CEYLON TEA DELEGATE IN 
AMEKICA. 
MR. S. ELWOOD MAY AND MR. FAHR FORMING THE SIN- 
HALESE TEA CO., FOR AMERICA. THE CENTENABY 
OF THE COLONY OF CEYLON. 
Since closing mine of the 6th I saw the Ceylon 
Delegate at the office of A. K. Robertson Esq. igg Front 
street, on the afternoon of the 11th, and, by appoint- 
ment, the following morning at my office. 
I was much pleased in having the pleasure to 
meet your representative to America, and I was glad 
that he escaped the severe winter storms at sea 
and that the "Paris" made port and landed our 
valued Delegate in good health and spirits, but I was 
orry that on the part of the weather the welcomes 
was so cold, with the mercury down to about the 
iero mark. His first impression of America must 
have been a cold one and a decided contrast to the 
balmy atmosphere of the beautiful island in the far 
Eastern sea that he left behind. 
But I trust that ere he gets through that, he will 
feel fully compensated and made comfortable by the 
warm hearts of the American people, and that his 
mission will be blessed with success. 
I regret very much, indeed, that other engage- 
ments prevented the baronet, Sir Grseme Elphins- 
tone from coming out to aid in this good work ; I 
am sure with both delegates on the spot that much 
could have been accomplished as there is strength in 
numbers notwithstanding that Mr. Mackenzie is a 
tower of strength in himself. 
I was glad to notice that Ceylon has placed a copy 
of my New York office scheme in his hands which 
I also had prepared for him together with a copy 
of my proposition for the x\tlanta Exhibition with a 
supplementary to same, on all of which for the sake 
of Ceylon, I trust that your Delegate will see his way 
clear and that he will make a favourable report on 
same, and that the Atlanta Exhibition particularlv, 
be taken up to push and make the fame of the most 
delicious tea in the world more fully known to the 
large mass of the people of America. 
1 am quite sure our teas would be more exten- 
sively used if the people could only get at them, and 
it's through these large Exhibitions that the way must 
be opened, and not only the consumer, but 
the trade generally must be interested aud encouraged. 
I am quite positive that this can be fully demon- 
strated at the Cotton States and International Ex- 
hibition, with my liberal scheme for running the 
Show with favors to none but justice to all. 
It would be a pity, — yes, a very great pity, if Ceylon 
would allow the Atlanta Exhibition to pass and not 
take advantage of the opportunity. 
The large department stores are most excellent 
mediums for advertising. A lira. Bum has bceu 
