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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[February, 1867, 
(Business Notices $2.S0 per Agate Line of Space.) 
e 
GEEAT AMERICAN 
TEA COMPANY 
ALWAYS 
A WHOLESALE ESTABLISHMENT. 
AVe have many inquiries (10 to 20 letters a day) asking 
■what discount we make to the Trade from ■ our prices as 
published in the Prick List. These are our lowest 
wholesale prices. We consider ourselves only a Wholesale 
Corporation, and we have but one price. 
The way in which we came to break packages at all, was 
that during the high prices of Teas we furnished parties 
with packages as small as five pounds. Our fame spread 
far and wide; and parties with small means thouglit it very 
hard to be compelled to pay, elsewhere, about n dollar per 
pound more than we were selling the same goods for, simply 
because they could not afford to buy five pounds of us at 
one time. Therefore, in order to lighten tliese burdens, we 
consented to supply tlieir wants in quantities as small as 
one pound at the wholesale prices. 
Parties of small means wishing for goods to sell, can have 
their orders put up in small packages to suit their trade, but 
we cannot make any reduction in price, as our profits for 
the last six years have not averaged more than two cents 
per pound. 
To give our readers an idea of the profits which have 
been made in the Tea trade, we will start with the Ameri¬ 
can houses, leaving out 9 f 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 tliis country have made their immense 
fortunes through tlieir houses in China. 
2d.—The Banker makes large profits upon the foreign 
exchange used in tlie purchase of Teas. 
3d.—Tlie Importer makes a profit of 30 to 00 per cent, in 
many cases. . 
4th.—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. 
5tli.—The Speculator sells it to the AVliolesale Tea Dealer 
in lines at a profit of 10 to 15 per cent. 
6th.—The AVliolesalc Tea Dealer sells it to the Wholesale 
Grocer in lots to suit his trade, at a profit of about 10 per 
cent. 
7th.—The Whole.salc Grocer sells it to the Retail Dealer 
at a profit of 15 to 25 per cent. 
8th —The Retailer sells it to the consumer for all theproflt 
he can get. 
■ AVhen you have' added to these eight profits as man 3 ’’ 
brokerages, cartages, storages, cooperages, and waste, and 
add the original cost of the tea, it will’ be perceived what 
the consumer has to paj'. And now we propose to sliow 
why we can sell so very much lower than small dealers. 
We propose to do away with all these various profits and 
brokerages, cartages, storages, cooperages, and waste, 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. 
Parties getting their Teas from us may confidently rely 
upon getting them pure and fresli, as they come direct from 
the Custom House Stores to our warehouses. 
The Company have 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 iu New York, as the List of prices will 
sliow. 
All goods sold are warranted to give satisfaction. 
From the New York Tribune. 
A SuccESSFtri. Enterprise —The Great American Tea 
C o-MPANY commenced business in ISGO in this city. They 
now occupy six large stores and employ about 250 persona, 
their sales of Tea and Coffee amounting to.$90,000 per week. 
Their success shows ■what ability and enterprise will ac¬ 
complish. It is simple enough. Their sales being large, 
they are of course in a position to sell their goods for a 
smaller profit on eacli pound. In their advertisements in 
the Tribune, from time to time, they fully explain their 
system of doing business, and from tlie many letters received 
from all parts of the countrj', we judge that their customers 
arc well satisfied. 
PRICE EI8T: 
YOUNG HYSON (Green), 80c., 90c., $1, $1.10, best 
$1.25 per pound. 
GREEN TEAS, SOc., 90c., $1, $1.10, best $1.25 per 
pound. 
MIXED, 70c., 80c., 90c., best $1 per pound. 
JTAPAN, $1, $1.10, best $1.25 per pound. 
OOLONG (Black), 70c., 80c., 90c., best $1 per pound. 
IMPERIAL (Green), best $1.25 per pound. 
ENGLISH BREAKFAST (Black), 80c., 90c., $1, 
$1.10, best $1.20 per pound. 
GUNPOWDER (Gunpowder), $1.25, best $1.50 per lb. 
The most convenient club form is shown below: 
Hannibal, Mo., Nov. 5,1866. 
To the Great American Tea Company. 
Sirs: Please send the within order (the 7th I have sent). 
by express as before, with bill for collection. Nearly all my 
first Club have sent again, which is a proof we are satisfied. 
I should like to see the advertisement of a new Tea which I 
have been told you sell (probably Long Arm). Please be 
careful that no nails protrude through the box—it is a long 
way to Missouri. Tours truly, 
JOHN V. HIBBERT. 
1 
Ib Gunpowder. 
..$1.25 
1 
a Black, Best. 
...D.Holt. 
1.00.. 
.. 1.00 
2 
a Gunpowder. 
...A. Lodge. 
1.25.. 
.. 2.!)0 
2 
a Young Hyson. 
.. .H. L. Russell. 
.at 
1.25.. 
.. 2.50 
2 
a Young Hyson. 
.. .C. Purnell. 
1.25.. 
.. 2.50 
2 
a Gunpowder. 
...C. Purnell.. 
1.25.. 
.. 2..50 
4 
a Gunpowder. 
1.25.. 
.. 5.00 
1 
a Gunpowder. 
.at 
1.25.. 
.. 1.25 
2 
a Gunpowder. 
...Edwin Clogg. 
1.2.5.. 
.. 2.50 
3 
a Gunpowder. 
.at 
1.25.. 
.. 3.75 
8 
a Gunpowder. 
...Wm. Kelley. 
1.25.. 
.. y.75 
1 
a Best Black. 
1.00.. 
.. 1.00 
2 
a Imperial. 
...A. C. Shaw. 
1.25.. 
.. 2.50 
1 
a Imperial. 
..at 
1.25.. 
.. 1.25 
2 
a Imperial. 
. .at 
1.25.. 
.. 2.50 
1 
a Imperial. 
..at 
1.25.. 
.. 1.25 
1 
a Imperial. 
...T. J. Williams.. 
..at 
1.25.. 
.. 1.25 
3 
a Yoiing Hyson. 
.at 
1.25.. 
.. 8.25 
1 
a Bqst Gunpowder.... 
..at 
1.50.. 
,.. 1.50 
1 
a Best Gunpowder... 
1.25.. 
.. 1.25 
5 
a Uncolored Japan... 
1.’25.. 
.. 6.75 
1 
a Imperial. 
..at 
1.25.. 
.. 1.25 
1 
a Uncolored .Japan... 
1.25.. 
.. 1.25 
1 
a UncoloredJapan... 
1.25.. 
.. 1.25 
1 
a Imperial. 
1.25.. 
.. 1.'25 
1 
a Imperial. 
..at 
1.25 
1 
a Uncolored Japan... 
.at 
1.25.. 
.. 1.25 
1 
a Best Green. 
...S. C. Davis.. 
..at 
1.25.. 
.. 1.25 
1 
a Uncolored Japan... 
.. .H. Martin. 
1.25.. 
... 1.'25 
1 
a Best Black. 
1.00.. 
.. 1.00 
1 
a Best Gunpowder... 
... J. V. Hlbbert.... 
1.50.. 
.. 1.50 
Total.;. 
.$63.50 
P. S.—All towni, villages, or manufactories, where a large 
number of men arc engaged, by CLunBiNQ together, can re¬ 
duce the cost of their Teas and Cofi’ees about one-third by 
sending directly to the 
GRE.4T AMERICAN TEA COMPANY, 
31 and 33 ’Yesey-street, corner of Church. 
Post-Office Box, 5,043 Ne\y-York CitjL 
We call special notice to the fact that our Vesey 
Street Store is at No. 31 and 33 Vesey Street, corner of 
Cliurch Street—Zar; 7 e double store. 
Parties looking for our store will please bear in mind that 
ours is a large double Store, Nos. 31 and 33 Vesey Street, 
corner of Church-street. Tliis is an important fact to be re¬ 
membered, as there are many otlier Tea Stores in Vesey St. 
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a Boy, will r-epress 4,000 per day. The Empire Shingle Ma¬ 
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General Agent, 141 Broadway, New York. 
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IONA AND ISRAELLA. 
CONTINUED FROM JANUARY NO., PAGE 35. 
If it is true that persona who have eaten no better grapes 
than Concord, can liave no idea of good grapes, still further 
are those from any just idea of the goodness of real wine, or 
of what are the principal constituents of its excellence 
who have only drank the syrups made from the juice of that 
or any of its class. Several j'ears since I felt called upon to 
make tlie declaration that Concord had not made wine, and 
could not make wine. This stands unshaken at the present 
moment by anything that the Concord has produced in any 
quarter. Poor vinegar and various syrups and confections 
have been made from Concord grapes, but no wine. 
Tlie excellence of wine must exist in the grape, and only 
those kinds which possess the requisite characteristic quali¬ 
ties can make wine. Those qualities, and in proper propor¬ 
tion, have never been found to exist in the Concord. It is 
unnecessary to note here its nauseating odor which is even 
more prominent and offensive in the wine than in the grapes. 
I have not space allowed me liere at present to complete 
this Essay, but quite enough to write a full historj' of the 
Concord grape to be read two years hence. “The more it 
was known, the less it was esteemed. Numerous fortunes 
were made by the propagators of it, and more pecuniary in¬ 
terest centered in it in this respect, than in all otlier kinds 
combined,” which “The most capable awd impartial Com¬ 
mittee that ever sat in judgment upon grapes, made their 
best effort to conserve.” The Committee was made thus 
impartial And capable by weeding out of it Charles Down¬ 
ing and Peter B. Mead, who were manifestly unsuited to 
the emergency. 
A few Objections against the IONA 
bpiefly noted: 
“It was destroyed last winter in largo numbers, by being 
thrown out and frozen.” This is sadly true; and all other 
kinds. Concord and Delaware included, bj' their side, suffer¬ 
ed just the same, that were‘subjected to the same treat¬ 
ment, while ail, treated according to the directions of my 
Manual, withstood without Injury. Mr. AVm. Griffith, (late 
President of the Lake Shore 'Wine-Co.,) who was the largest 
sufferer by the unprecedented'winter, writes; “the loss 
was not from want of hardiness in the kinds, and I have lost 
no jot of faith in the Iona. The ten thousand I liad from 
you last season made a very handsome, even growth, and 
are now’having a healthful sleep preparatory to a vigorous 
start next spring. I licrebj'send an order for another ten 
thousand vines, to be sent in early spring.” 
Mr. Mottler was also a large loser, but he has given a pub¬ 
lic statement, that any kind, under like circumstances, must 
have failed equally. (For full account, see Pamphlet.) His 
recent order, greatlj' enlarged over former years, shows, in 
connection with his notes, the present state of his mind on 
the subject. 
It has been alledged, as a great/aw/f, that it did not receive 
the award of the Greeley prize; but I think that lias been 
clearlj’^ shown to be a grievous misfortune ratlier,not chiefly 
to the grape-far otlierwise. 
•It is charged that althpugli unqualifiedly best forttie table, 
it m.ay not he equally excellent for wine. I offer tlie follow¬ 
ing from the Secretary and Manager of the Pleasant Valley 
Wine Co., who is capable certainly, but perhaps neither “ im¬ 
partial nor disinterested ”: 
Pleasant Valley, Jan., 1867. 
Dr. C. W. Grant, 
I have tried the Iona wine by the severest tests that could 
he furnished, and all of the trials h.ave been verj'satisfactory. 
Taking the best (jatawba wine that has been made as 
“ very good," I should place Delaware next above it in rank; 
Diana, for some qualities, next above that, and Iona above all. 
Placing Iona liy the side of the finest wines of Germany, 
that are not excelled in the world, it docs not suffer in com¬ 
parison in any respect, while it lias some important charac¬ 
teristics entirely its own tliat, in my estimation, place it 
above that of all other grapes with which I am acquainted. 
I intend to plant largely of it, and of that only, and from my 
own experience and fextended observation, confidently rec- 
commend tlie same to my friends. 
Enclosed find order for 10^000 Iona vines No. 1, Vineyard 
Class. 
C. D. Champlin, Secretary, 
Pleasant Valley ’Wine Co. 
An extract from Dr. Charles J. Maj', Hancock Co., Ill.; 
“I propose to plant Iona, and only that hereafter, although 
Delaware does admirably here, and makes excellent wine— 
real wine, whicli tlie Concord never lias done. It is true, 
immense yields of the Concord are recorded, both in this 
vicinity and in Missouri. But did you ever believe that here 
in the West, the Concord does make .a good wine? Did you 
for one moment believe that our soil and climate had so 
changed its nature ? I ask you this, because for a time I 
thought it might he possible. I c«uld not bring mj'self to 
believe it, but thought it possible. Well, we have grown 
Concord grapes in their highest perfection; we have made 
wine from selected berries, using only the ripest and most 
perfect; we liave made the wine in our best arched cellars, 
and have used every thing known to the present age of 
wine-making, to make it perfect, except sugar, and the result 
is, wine that will make a pig squeal. I speak now of pure 
{CONTINUED ON PAGE WHICn SEE.) 
