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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[December, 
(Business Notices $2.50 per Agate Line of Space.) 
ESTABLISHED 1861. 
THE 
GREAT AMERICAN 
HAVE JUST RECEIVED 
TWO FULL CARQQEB 
OF THE 
FINEST NEW CEOF TEAS. 
22,000 HALF CHESTS by ship Golden State. 
12,000 HALF CHESTS by ship George Shotton. 
In addition to these large cargoes of Black and Japan 
Teas, the Company are constantly receiving large invoices 
of the finest quality of Green Teas from the Moyuue dis- 
trict of China, -which are unrivaled for liueness and delica- 
cy of flavor. 
To give our readers an idea of tlie profits which have been 
made in the Tea trade, we will start with the American 
houses, leaving out of the account entirely the profits of the 
Chinese factors. 
1st. The American house in China or Japan makes large 
profits on their sales or shipments — and some of the richest 
retired merchants in the country have made their immense 
fortunes through their houses in China. 
2d. The Banker makes large profits upon the foreign ex- 
change used in the purchase of Teas. 
3d. The Importer makes a profit of 30 to 50 per cent, in 
many cases. 
4tll. On its arrival here it is sold by the cargo, and the 
Purchaser sells it to the Speculator in invoices of 1000 to 
2000 packages, at an average profit of ab?ut 10 per cent. 
5th. The Speculator sells it to the "Wholesale Tea Dealer 
in lines at a profit of 10 to 15 per cent. 
6th. The "Wholesale" Tea Dealer sells it to the Wholesale 
Grocer in lots to suit his tradG, at a profit of about 10 per 
cent. 
7th. The "Wholesale Grocer sells it to the lietail Dealer at 
a profit of 15 to 25 per cent. • 
8th. The Retailer sells it to the Consumer for all tite 
PKOFIT UK C.OT GET. 
When you have added to these eight profits as many 
brokerages, cartages, storages, cooperages rid wastes, and 
add the original cost of the Tea, it will be perceived what 
the consumer lias to pay. And now we propose to show why 
•we can sell so very much lower than other dealers. 
"We propose to do away with all these various profits and 
brokerages, cartages, storages, cooperages and wastes, with 
the exception of a small commission paid for purchasing to 
our correspondents in China and Japan, one cartage, and a 
small profit to ourselves— which, on our large sales, will 
amply pay us. 
By our system of supplying Clubs throughout the country, 
consumers in all parts of the United States can receive their 
Teas at the same price (with the small additional expense 
of transportation), as though thej' bought tlicmat our ware- 
bouses in this cily. 
Some parties inquire of us how they shall proceed to get 
up a Club. The answer is simply this: Let cacli person 
wishing to join in a Club, say how mnch tea or cofl'ee he 
"wants, and select the kind ami price from our Price List, as 
published in the paper or in our circulars. Write the names, 
kinds, and amounts plainly on the list as seen in the Club 
Order published below, and when the Club is complete send 
it to us by mail, and we will put each party's goods in sep- 
arate packages, and mark the name upon them, with the 
cost, so there need be no confusion in their distribution — 
each party getting exactly what he orders, and no more. 
The cost of transportation the members can divide equitably 
among themselves. 
Parties sending Club or other orders for less than thirty 
dollars had better send Post-ofliee Drafts or money with 
their orders, to save the expense of collections by express; 
but larger orders wc will forward by express, to collect on 
delivery. 
Dcreaftcr we will send a complimentary package to the 
party getting up the Club. Our profits are small, but we will 
be us liberal as we can afferd. "We send no complimentary 
package for Clubs less than §30. 
Parties getting their Teas of us may confidently rely upon 
getting them pure and fresh, as they come direct from the 
Custom House stores to our Warehouses. 
We warrant all the goods wc sell to give entire satisfac- 
tion. If they are not satisfactory, they can be returned at 
onr expor.S'j wilhin 30 days, and have the money refunded. 
The Conipanyhave selected the following kinds from their 
stock, which they recommend to meet the wants of clubs. 
They are sold at cargo prices, the same as the Company sell 
them in New York, as the list of prices will show. 
PRICE LIST OF TEAS: 
OOLONG (Black), 70c, 80a, 90c, best $1 %» lb. 
MtXEp, (Green and Black), 70c, 80c, 90c, best $1 per ft. 
ENGLISH BKEAEFAST (Black), SOc, 90c, $1, §1.10, best 
$1.20 per pound. 
IMPERIAL (Green), 80c, 90c, $1, $1.10, best $1.25 per pound. 
YOUNG HYSON (Green), 80c, 90c, §1, $1.10, best §1.25 per 
pound. 
TTNCOLORED JAPAN, 90c, $1, $1.10, best $1.25 per pound. 
GUNPOWDER, (Green), $1.25, best $1.50 per pound. 
COFFEES ROASTED AN9 GROUND DAILY. 
GROUND COFFEE, 20c, 25c, 30c, 35c, best 40c per pound. 
Hotels, Saloons, Boarding-house keepers, and Families who 
use large quantities of Coffee, can economize in that article 
by using our FRENCH BREAKFAST AND DINNER COF- 
FEE, which we sell at the low price of 30c per pound, and 
warrant to give perfect satisfaction. 
Consumers can save from 50c to $1 per pound by pur- 
chasing their Teas of the 
GREAT AMERICAN TEA COMPANY, 
Nos. SI and 33 VESEY STREET. 
Post-Office Box, 5643, New Tork City. 
EVIDENCE AFTER A YEAR'S TRIAL. 
Treasury Department, 
Fourth Auditor's Office, Washington, Dec 1, 1866. 
Inclosed herewith I send you our regular list for Decem- 
ber. It is now twelve months since we began the use of your 
Teas and Coffees, and I am pleased in being able to say that 
the satisfaction derived from the use of said articles by the 
members of this club, instead of being confined to Individ- 
ual instances, is universal and, I think I may safely say, 
without exception. Thanking you for the many favors re- 
ceived at your hands, I am, sirs, very respectfully, your 
obedient servant, 
L. CASS CARPENTER. 
Saxonville, Mass., May 6th, 1S67. 
To the Great American Tea Company, 
31 and 33 Vesey Street, New York. 
Gents:— The order I sent you on 23d April for Teas ;ame 
safe to hand on the 1st May, and the amount, 39.15 was for- 
warded by M. U. Express. Every one seems delighted with 
the quality of your Teas. The information spread like a 
prairie on fire, from house to house, that Teas of excellent 
quality and delicious flavor were to be had for $1, and $1.25 
per lb., as the enclosed order speaks more in praise of your 
teas than I am capable of, knowing that only fourteen days 
has elapsed between the first order and the second. 
Many thanks for tiic complimentary package, and you 
will please forward this my second order for $02.30 soon as 
convenient, 
I remahi, yonrs respectfully, 
JOHN HEMINGWAY, 
Saxonville, Mass. 
CLTJB ORDER.' 
"Edwards, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., ) 
June 3, 1807. i 
The Geeat American Tea Company, 
31 and 33 Vesey Street, New York. 
Dear Sin: I herewith send you another order for Tea. 
The last was duly received, and gives general satisfaction. 
As long as you send us such good Tea, you may expect a 
continuation of our patronage. As a further evidence that 
the subscribers were satisfied, you will observe that I send 
you the names of all those that sent before who were nearly 
out of Tea, with a large addition of new subscribers. Ac- 
cept my thanks for the complimentary package. Ship this 
as the other, and oblige. 
Your ob't servant, DAVID C McEJsE. 
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$51 05 
iV. B.— All -villages and towns ^vlicrc a large 
number icsitle, by Clubbing togctaicr, can re- 
duce t!ic cost of their T."as and Coffees about 
one-third (beside the Express charges,) by 
sending directly to "The Great American 
Tea Company. 1 ' 
EEWAIiE of all concerns that advertise themselves as 
branches of our Establishment, or copy our name either 
wholly or in part, as they are bogus or imitations. We 
have no branches, and do not, in any case, authorize the 
use of our name. 
Post-Office orders and Drafts, make payable to the order 
of " Great American Tea Company." Direct letters and 
orders to the (as below, no more, no less). 
: Great American Tea Company, i 
Nos. 3 1 and 33 VESEY-ST., 
i Post-Office Box, 5,643, New Tork City. 
NOTICES OF THE PRESS. 
From the American Agriculturist. 
The Great American- Tea Company.— To Queries :— 
Before admitting their advertisement, we learned that a 
large number of our clerks and others had for several months 
been buying their Tea and Cofl'ee from this Company, with- 
out its being known who they were, and that they had been 
highly pleased with their purchases, both as to quality and 
price, andVere all recommending their friends to the same 
course. As we have published the advertisement for many 
months, and received no complaints, we conclude "then? 
is no humbug about the establishment." 
Comisaea'caal EHitei-pa'Hse* — Among" the 
many thintrs for which Xr>w Tork. Merchants are famnns. is 
the magnitude of their enterprises, and the far-reaching 
character of their ventures. The operations of the present 
day throw those of a few years back quite into the shade, 
and often equal those of a similar kind in the commercial 
marts of the Old "World. The recent large purchases of Tea 
by The Great American Tea Company have taken the 
trade by surprise, and are rather a novelty in this market. 
The taking up of two cargoes withiu, a week, comprising 
12,331 packages Black, and 22.S19 do. Jrpan, for immediate 
consumption, at a cost of about a mVP m and a half of dol- 
lars, indicates the extensive nature i :',ie Company's busi- 
ness, and deserves a passing notice «„ our hands. The con- 
sumption of Tea in this Country is largely on the increase. — 
Shipping and Commercial List, ]¥. T., May 15, 1S67. 
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