70 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
[February, 
(Advertisements on this page, $2.50 per Agate Line o£ Space.) 
ESTABLISHED 1801. 
great American 
TEA COMPANY 
NOTICE OF THE PRESS. 
From the American Agriculturist. 
The Great Ameeican Tea Compact.—To Queries.— 
Before admitting their advertisement, we learned that a 
large number of our clerics and others had for several months 
been buying their Tea and Coffee from this Company, with¬ 
out its being known who they were, and that they had been 
highly pleased with their purchases, botli as to quality and 
price, and were all recommending their friends to the same 
course. As we have published the advertisement for many 
months, and received no complaints, we conclude “ there is 
no humbug about the establishment.” 
RECEIVE THEIR 
TEAS BY THE CARGO 
FROM THE 
BEST TEA DISTRICTS 
of 
CHINA and JAPAN, 
and sell them in quantities to suit customers 
AT CAKGO PRICES. 
To give our readers an idea of the 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 
exchange used in the purchase of Teas. 
3d.—The Importer makes a profit of 30 to 50 per cent in 
many cases. 
4tli.—On its arrival here it is sold by the cargo, and the 
Purchaser sells it to the Speculator in invoices of 1,000 to 
2,000 packages, at an average profit of about 10 per cent. 
Stli.—The Speculator sells it to the Wholesale Tea Dealer 
in lines at a profit of 10 to 15 per cent. 
6 tli.—The Wholesale Tea Dealer sells it to the Wholesale 
Grocer in lots to suit his trade, at a profit of about 10 per 
cent. 
7th.—The Wholesale Grocer sells it to the Retail Dealer at 
a profit of 15 to 25 per cent. 
Sth.—'The Retailer sells it to the Consumer for all the 
PROFIT IIE CAN GET. 
When you have added to these EionT profits as many 
brokerages, cartages, storages, cooperages and wastes, and 
add the original cost of the Tea, it will be perceived what 
the consumer has 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 they bought them at our 
warehouses in this city. 
For manner of getting up Clubs, see former advertisement 
In tliis paper. 
Parties sending Club or other orders for less than thirty 
dollars had better send a Post-office draft or money with 
their orders, to save the expense of collections by Express, 
but larger orders we will forward by express, “ to collect 
on delivery.” 
Hereafter we will send a complimentary package to the 
party getting up the Club. Our profits are small, but we will 
be as liberal as we can afford. We send no complimentary 
packages 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 we sell to give entire satisfac¬ 
tion. If they are not satisfactory, they can be returned at 
our expense within 30 days, and have the money refunded. 
The Companyhave 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.. 80c., 90c„ best $t n>. 
MIXED, (Green and Black), 70c„ 80e., !)0c„ best $1 per lb. 
ENGLISH BREAKFAST (Black), 80c., 90c„ $ 1 , $1.10, best 
$ 1.20 per pound. 
IMPERIAL (Green). 80c.,90c.. $1, $1.10, best $1.25 per pound. 
YOUNG HYSON (Green), 80o„ 90c., $1, $1.10, best $1.25 per 
pound. 
UNCOLORED JAPAN, 90e„ $ 1 , $1.10. best $1.25 per pound. 
GUNPOWDER, (Green), $1.25, best $1.50 per pound. 
Consumers can save from 50c. to $1 per pound by pur¬ 
chasing their Teas of this Company. 
COFFEES ROASTED AND 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 
bv 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. ROASTED (Unground), 
30c., 35c., best 40c. per lb. GREEN (Unroasted), 25c., SOc., 
33c., best 35c. per lb. 
N. B_INHABITANTS OF VILLAGES AND 
TOWNS WHERE A LARGE NUM¬ 
BER RESIDE, BY CLUBBING TO¬ 
GETHER, CAN REDUCE THE COST 
OF THEIR TEAS AND COFFEES 
ABOUT ONE-THIRD, (BESIDESTHE 
EXPRESS CHARGES), BY SENDING 
DIRECTLY to “ THE GREAT AMER¬ 
ICAN TEA COMPANY.” 
CLUB ORDER. 
Springfield, Ill., Sept. 16, 1SG7. 
To the Great American Tea Company, 
31 and 33 Vesey Street, New York. 
Please send me by Merchants’Union Express the following 
bill of Tea, Ac. 
1 ft. 
1 
10 
1 
1 
10 
3 
1 
1 
2 
5 
3 
8 
4 
1 >4 
1 k 
3 
2 
i a 
l'A 
10 
Imperial.S. Lanphear_ 
Black. 
.Java Coffee, raw. “ _ 
Imperial.H. M. Lanphear. 
Black . “ 
Java Coffee, raw. “ 
Imperial.B. B. Lloyd. 
Imperial.Horace Morgan. 
Black. “ 
Imperial.Simon String... 
Black.Win.' Bishop_ 
Uncolored Japan.J. Man-... 
Java Coffee, raw.L. A. Allen. 
Imperial.A. Morris. 
Imperial.Tlios. Higgins.. 
Black. " 
Black.A. Hickox. 
Black.J. Farley.. 
Imperial. “ . 
Imperial.Mr. Carey. 
Black. “ . 
English Breakfast.T. Hudson. 
..$1.25 
1 . 00 .. 
.. 1.00 
. .at 
35.. 
.. 3.50 
1.25.. 
.. 1.25 
. .at 
1 . 00 .. 
.. 1.00 
35.. 
.. 3.50 
1.25.. 
.. 3.75 
1.25.. 
.. 1.25 
1.25.. 
.. 1.25 
1.25.. 
.. 2.50 
1 . 00 .. 
.. 5.CO 
..at 
1.25.. 
.. 3.75 
35.. 
.. 2.SO 
1.25.. 
.. 5.00 
1.25.. 
.. 1.88 
1 . 00 .. 
.. 1.50 
1 . 00 .. 
.. 5.00 
1 . 00 .. 
:. s.oo 
1 . 00 .. 
.. 2.00 
. .at 
1.25.. 
.. 1.87 
1 . 00 .. 
.. 1.50 
1 . 20 .. 
.. 12.00 
$65.55 
Gents :—Above I send my fourth order. Your Teas have 
given good satisfaction, and those who have used them will 
have no other, but induce their friends to send also. To 
prove this; I had made up my order and got a Post-Office 
Money Order, when others came in and nearly doubled the 
amount, as you will see by second money order, both of 
which I enclose. 
The last order came safely to hand by Merchants’ Union 
Express. Accept thanks for complimentary package. 
Very respectfully, 
S. LANPHEAR. 
Caution.— As some concerns, in this city and other 
places, imitate our name and style of advertising and doing 
business, it is important that our friends should he very 
careful to write our address in full, and also to put on the 
number of our Post-Office Box, as appears in this advertise¬ 
ment. This will prevent tlieir orders from getting into 
the hands of these bogus imitators. 
POST-OFFICE orders and Drafts, make payable to the 
order of “ The Great American Tea Company." 
Direct letters and orders (as below, no more, no less). 
Great American Tea Company, ! 
Nos. 3 1 and 33 VESEY-ST., 
Post-Office Box, 5,043, New York City. 
M ORSFORD’S SELF-RAISING BREAD PREP¬ 
ARATION makes the most wholesome and best of 
rread, biscuit, cakes, &c. Unlike some other yeast, it 
contains no POISON to create DYSPEPSIA, and the bread 
may therefore be eaten hot without detriment. Resolving 
Itself into Phosphate of Lime and soda, it prevents RICK¬ 
ETS, CHOLERA, and decay of TEETH, and promotes the 
growth of Muscle and Bone. In "raising" the dough it 
does not, like other yeast, decompose flour, but adds nutri-. 
ment to the bread, aiid otherwise improves it In quality and 
quantity. Each package contains full directions for use. 
Send to H. T. Love, No." 5 James Slip, New York, for “The 
Good Cook's Hand Boole,” for particular directions, to lie 
sent von gratis, and ask vonr Grocer for “ Horslord’s Bread 
Preparation." JOHN DWIGHT & CO., Wholesale Age nts, 
No. 11 Old Slip, New York. 
PORTABLE STEAM 
H For Farm, Mining, or Mechanical purposes. These 
machines require no brick work; mounted on legs they are 
especially adapted for use in Mills, Shops, FouNDHniKs.or 
Printing Rooms,— or mounted on wheels they are adapted 
for out-door work, Threshing, Wood Sawing, &c. See 
Rural New-Yorker of August 15th, 1868. first page. 
CVCIrculars with deseription and prices furnished on ap¬ 
plication to A. N. WOOD & CO., Eaton, Madison Co., N. Y. 
Manufacturers of 
GRAND, SQUARE, AND UPRIGHT 
RECEIVED THE FIRST GRAND GOLD MEDAL, 
and the. still higher recompense, 
THE CROSS OF TTIE LEGION OF HONOR, 
AT THE 
UNIVERSAL EXPOSITION, PARIS, 1SG7. 
These were the highest awards of the Exposition, and the 
house of CIIICKERING & SONS was the ONLY' ONIC so 
honored. 
In tlie United States we have been Awarded SIXTY -NINE 
FIRST PREMIUMS in direct competition with the leading 
manufacturers of the country, and at the Great Exhibition 
in London we received Hie highest award given to any man¬ 
ufacturer in the United States. 
Total, Seventy-one First Premiums, and the most flatter¬ 
ing testimonials from the leading artists of the world. 
WARDROOMS, 
NO. 11 EAST 14TH-ST., NEW-YORK. 
Between Broadway and 5tli-ave. 
JPXjAJNbPS 
WARRANTED 
GARDEN 
T he vegetable seeds offered by us 
are raised expressly for our establishment from stock se¬ 
lected by us, and by careful and trustworthy growers who 
make it their business ; and these seeds have maintained for 
twenty-four years an enviable renutation for general purity 
and for the quality of the vegetables produced from them. 
Our selection of seeds is made with the wants of our soil and 
climate expressly in view. 
Send for Seed List or Gardener’s Almanac. 
PLANT BROS., PRATT & CO.. St. Louis, Mo. 
NEW ©HOP QNIOM SII®. 
(By Mail—Postage Paid.) 
Large Iteil Wet JicrsUelcI, per Pouud, $5.00 
Yellow Danvers, “ “ $5.00 
Y'cllow Dutch or Strasbnrg, “ “ $5.00 
Address JAMES SHEPPARD, 
P. O. Box 2,972. 2-19 Pearl-st., New York. 
Wative Eve&*g’B' , e©M§o. 
From forest and transplanted , very fine and cheap. Send 
for Circular. S. L. KEITH, Palatine, Cook Co., Ill. 
PATENT 
HOES 
NOW READY! 
WINTER BUSINESS FOR 
CANVASSERS. 
Farmers’ sons, and others, are now 
making 
$150 to $350 per mouth 
canvassing Counties. See page 154, 
this paper, April, 1867. Address Pat. 
Adj. Hoe Co., 82 Federal St., Boston, 
■grraEED’S DRAWING LESSONS. —The Littla 
EL1L Corporal’s New Drawing Book for Beginners, either 
young or old. with or without a teacher, at home or in 
schools: the best ever published; full of lithographed en. 
cravings and common-sense lessons. If your bookseller doeq 
not have it. send $1.50 to ALFRED L. SEWELL, Publisher 
of The Little Corporal, Chicago, 111., and the book will come 
post-paid. Circulars sent free. __ 
RURAL IMPROVEMENTS. 
Robert Morris Copeland, author of Country Life, furnishes 
Plans and advice for laving out Public and Private grounds 
of every description. Refers to .1 olm M. Forbes. Nathaniel 
Thayer, Boston. F. G. Shaw. New York. O. S. llubbell, Phil¬ 
adelphia, G. T. Fletcher, Indianapolis Ind 
oflice 40 Barristers Hall. Boston, Mass. 
I Our New Catalogue of Iinnroved 
i 1 itDJk S STENCIL DIBS. MORE THAN 
at. on A A MONTH is being made with them, 
v S. M. SPENCER & CO., Brattleboro, Vt. 
THE BEST GRAPE.— See last page of cover. 
