The Immense Profits 
OF THE 
TEA TRADE. 
The Proprietors of “THE GREAT AMEKICAH TEA 
COMPANY,” became fully convinced, several years ago, 
that the consumers of Tea and Coffee were paying too many 
and too large profits, on these articles of every day con¬ 
sumption, and therefore organized The Great Amekicak 
Tea CoMPAifT, to do away, as far as possible, with hese 
enormous drains upon the Consumers, and to supply them 
with these necessaries at the smallest possible price. 
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 of the account entirely the profits 
of the Cliinese factors. 
_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 tlieir immense 
fortunes through their lipuses in China. 
2(1—The Banker makes large profits upon the foreign 
exchange used in the purchase of Teas. _ 
3 (j__Tlie Importer makes a profit of 30 to 50 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. 
5th.—The Speculator sells it to tlie Wliolesale Tea Dealer 
ill lines at a profit of 10 to 15 per cent. 
Gth.—The Wholesale Tea Dealer sells it to the Wholesale 
Grocer in lots to suit his trade, at a profit of about 10 per 
cent. T, 1 
7th.—The Wholesale 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 the profit 
he can get. 
When you liave added to, these eight profits as manj 
brokerages, cartages, storages, cooperages, and waste, and 
add the original cost of the tea, it will be perceived what 
the consuihcr lias to pay. And now we propose to slmw 
wliy we can sell so very much lower than small dealers. 
We propose to do away with all tlicse various profits and 
brokerages, cartages, storages, cooperages, and rvaste, 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—whicli, on our large sales, will 
amply pay us.. ... 
Some parties inquire, of us how they shall proceed to get 
up a club. The answer is simply tliis: Let each person 
wishing to join in a club, say how much tea or coft'ee he 
wants, and select the kind and price from our I’rice List, as 
publislied in the paper or in our circulars. Write the names, 
kinds, and amounts plainly on a list, and when the club is 
complete send it to us by mail, and we will put each party’s 
goods in separate packages, and mark the name upon them, 
with the cost, so there need bo no confusion in their distri¬ 
bution-each party getting, exactly wliat he orders, and no 
more. Tlie cost of transportation the members of the club 
can divide equitably among themselves. 
The funds to pay for the goods ordered can be sent by 
drafts on New York, by Post-Office money orders, or by Ex¬ 
press, as' may suit the convenience of the club. Or,- if the 
amount ordered exceeds thirty dollars, we will, if desired, 
send the goods by Express, to “.collect on.delivery." . . 
Parties getting their Teas from us-may confidently rely 
upon getting them pure and fresh, as tliey 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 in New York, as the List of prices rvill 
sliow. 
Hereafter we will send a complimentary package to tlie. 
party getting up the club. Our profits are sniali; but wo 
will bo as liberal as we can afford. AVe send no compli- 
mentary.package'forclubs of less than $30. 
11 goods sold are warranted to give satisfaction. 
PRIcir”: 
YOUNG HYSON (Green), 80c., 90c., $1, $1.10, best 
$1.25 per pound. 
GRJESIN TEAS, 80c., 90c., $1, $1.10, best $1.25 per 
pound. 
MIXED, TOc., SOc., 90c., best $1 per pound. 
JAPAN, $1, $1.10, best $1.25 per pound. 
OOliONG (Black), 70c., SOc., 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. 
GUNPO'WDER (Green) $1.25, best $1.50 per Ib. 
P. S.—All towns, villages, or maaufactories, where a large 
number of men are engaged, by clubbing togctlier, can re¬ 
duce the cost of tlieir Teas and Coffees about one-third by 
sending directly to the 
GREAT AMERICAN TEA COMPANY, 
31 and 33 Vesey-Sfreet.. 
Post-Office Box, 5,643 New-York City. 
We call special notice to the fact that our Vesey 
Street Store is at Nos. 31 and 33 Vesey Street, a large 
double store. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker:— Seeing that the Great Amer¬ 
ican Tea Company advertise extensively in your columns, I 
thought it would not be improper to inquire of j ou con¬ 
cerning them,—whether tliey are sufficiently reliable for 
farmers to depend on them for their teas, whether they 
have a large amount of capital in it, or not, &c. Or, is it 
one of the many humbugs with which our country is infest¬ 
ed now-a-days? Please answer through the Rural, and jmu 
will greatly oblige many of its constant readers.-M. W., 
West Liberty, Iowa, Dec., 1806. 
Remarks.-TIib above inquiry was received some weeks 
ago, and although we were confident the Company alluded 
to was reliable, we wished to “ make assurance doubly sure, 
and therefore wrote to an intelligent friend in New York 
city for information on the subject, inclosing the note of 
M. W. To our letter of inejuiry we have received substan¬ 
tially this reply“ I am confident the Great American Tea 
Company is ‘reliable' in every sense of the word. The 
Company has, I believe, eight large stores in this city and • 
Brooklyn. It sells, probably, one tliird of all the tea import¬ 
ed in New A^ork. In furnishing farmers by the club system, 
every pound of tea is warranted to gii’e satisfaction, or 
money returned. Satisfaction is .always given, so far as it 
would appear from the testimony of the subscribers to the 
religious papers of this and other cities, and the Company is 
indorsed and recommended by the editors' of the same pa¬ 
pers, and .other influential journals. I learn that nearly fifty 
persons, from the offices of those papers, are buying con¬ 
stantly of the Company, and you'know printers and editors 
arc not likely to patronize.humbugs.. If any person is fear¬ 
ful that he will not be treated fairly by the Company, let 
him write to any one of the thousands of persons wliose 
names have been published as its customers. I have taken 
time to find out that tlie statements here made are correct.” 
In confirmation of the statement of our correspondent, we 
will only add that several prominent religious and other 
journals of New York strongly indorse and commend the 
Great American Tea Company, and tliat, though we liave 
advertised it for months, we have never received a com¬ 
plaint from any of the large number of Rural readers wlio 
must be its customers. AVe therefore feel like commending 
tiio company as eminently reliable.anduvortliy of confidence. 
On page 159 of the Agriculturist, the Company publish 
their mode of doing business, and other matters interesting 
to consumers of Teas and Coffees. It is wortiiy of perusal 
COAL, 
■The subscriber respeclfuliy-mforms 
the ensuiiiff season, that he personally attends to filliiiL 
orders, free of charge, for all the best lands of 
AMERICAN OR FOREIGN COAL, 
on tlie market, to suit tlie various purposes they are designed 
-WCTIOK SALES on . 
small commission. 
GEO. W. PECK, Broker, 
no Wsill-strcet, YouL. 
All who have read our article, published as advertisement 
in the three last numbers of the Agriculturist, have liad 
reason to see that the Iona Grape must soon supersede all 
others for all purposes. Like tiie famous Pinot of France 
and Germany, it gives good results wherever any good grape 
will thrive, and, like that, it combines all of the excellent 
qualities to be found in the best grapes of any country. In 
size and productiveness it is entirely unlike the Pinot. That 
is small and unproductive, and docs not permit of that 
generous treatment generally designated as “high culture,” 
by wliich its productiveness might be increased. 
The Iona is large and extremely productive; and although 
thriving under the most moderate cnlture, is as well able to 
bear generous treatment, with the best results, as the Dela¬ 
ware. This lias been fully shown by extensive trial in all 
parts of the country. A full statement of its unequaled wine- 
producing qualities would require an extended essay. No 
grape but the Delaware can stand one moment in comparison 
with it, and tliat falls far below it. This is fully admitted by 
every ivineunaker who has taken-pains to become inlornied , 
on the subject. Excellent wine, like .that which brings 
seventy-five dollars per dozen at wholesale, can be made 
from.it in every family that will pr'ovide the grapes. 
Under the prescriixid conditions of treiatraent, which are 
plain and simple, and just those that all grapes require, it is 
the most constant in. the production of thoroughly ripened 
crops of any grape in cultivation, and has otten attained full 
success by the side of Concords tliat have failed. It ripens ' 
as early as Delaware^ and earlier than Concord. 
- The plants that I offer for'gardens are better and cheaper, 
probably, than will again be offered. Their quality is unap¬ 
proachable by any in market,- and the quality of my vineyard - 
vines, and their prices, are such that few who see them fail 
to purchase. 
There can not be a more opportune time than the present 
for the purcliase of vines, and the vine to plant is the Iona* 
If those offered at trebly reduced prices are good vines, buy 
them at once; the country has need immediately of one 
hundred times as many as are now lor sale, to banish false 
wines, and introduce true wines in their place. 
But to learn whether mine arc not the cheapest in the 
market, send for samples, or call and examine my stock. I‘ 
promise to make"very advantageous trades; and nearly all 
who have called, after thorough examination elsewhere, have 
practically admitted.it by making large purchases. My 
largest sales have been to persons xcho have looked tn vain 
for vines of satisfactory quality at “ reduced rates. 
Seiitl two cents for pamphlet and price list, 
with inducements to cliihs, and engravings of 
Iona and Israella. Mannal of the Vine sent 
for 50 cents. 
C. W. 
Iona, near Fcchsltill, N. Y. 
A NEW GRAPE, 
SALENI. 
The subscriber now offers for sale for the first time the 
above grape, named SALF.M from the place of its origiUr It 
is a variety considered hOt only superior to 
well-known numbers, but also to any hardy giape at present 
before the public, combining, as nearly as possible, eveiy 
quality desired in an out-door grape; being one of the hard!- 
?st; healthiest and most vigorous of. vines, and producing 
enormous crops of beautiful and high-flavored fruit 
Like the other well-known kinds. Nos. 4 and lo, this is a 
hvbrid between the native and Black Hamburg ; bnnch large 
a'nd compact; berry large as Hamburg, ot a light chestnut 
or Catcvwb<v color, thin-skiniiecl, perlectly free frpni haio. 
pulp, very sweet and sprightly, with a most exquisite aro¬ 
matic flavor, not equalled by any other out-door grape lor 
wine or table; as early as Delaware or Hartford, liaving 
never failed to ripen in the most unfavorable season tor the 
? Taking aul’ts qualities into'coiisideration. earliiiess. hardi¬ 
ness, and great vigor of vine, size and .quality of fruit, it is 
pronounced by a few of the best judges who . have tried it 
to have no equal among all the numerous varieties now be¬ 
fore the public; and I can, with confldonce, recommend it 
as the best of all my collection, and now offer it for the first 
■ Salem, Mass. 
NOTICE. 
The subscriber would here state that hedias disposed of his 
entire Stock of Yines and AV'ood of tlie Salem Grape to J. L. 
AVarlng, of "Amenia Vineyard, Amenia, D'..tetiess Cminty, 
N. Y., to whom all orders for the same niusUiereafter.be ad¬ 
dressed. E. S. l.OGFI.S.' 
Salem, Mass., March 2,186(. 
The undersigned will dispose of a few layers of the Salem, 
with two eyes, at $ 5 each, and next autiimii be prepared to 
supply One Year Old Vines in quantity. 
The demand for this valuable Grape will be large, it is 
therefore advisable for those wlio wish to secure them to ap¬ 
ply early. J. L. AA’ARING, 
Aniema Vineyard, 
Amenia, Dutcliess County, N. Y. 
ISSOURI REAL ESTATE for sale or Exchange 
for property in or near New York city. Address J. al. 
COVINGTON, OfTce of the Scieutitic American, b< lark 
Kow, New York. ^_ 
^PKlNG”VE'rCilES—For sale by 
® SAMUEL T. TIIORBURN, Seedsman, 
46 Hudson-street, Albany, N. 1. 
Price $5.60 per bushel; 30 cents per quart. _ 
P EACH TREE^S.—Finn Trees of the best sorts, 
$1S0 per 1000. P.ARSONS & CO., Flushing, N. I. 
FROM HENRY WARH BEl'CHER. 
Brooklyn, Feb. 7, 1867. 
AV. L. Bradley, Bostok : 
- Dear Sir: I tried several barrels of your XL-Super¬ 
phosphate of Lime during tlie season of 1866 , on mi iaini at 
Peekskill. Tlie soil is a sandy loam, on a clay and grav el 
subsoil. I found it to he excellent upon all garden vegeta¬ 
bles, peas, beets, lettuce. cabbages, &c. 
The onibns, of which I raised several acres, were so mucl 
influenced bv it, that tlie difference between those which iiad - 
reckved your Pliospliate and tliose on whicli I had used 
akotlmi- favorite brand was histinguishahl^at a long dis¬ 
tance off. I used it upon grass with very salisfactoi j ^ csnlts.- 
Mv foreman, T. J. Turner, who more particuhiu>- noticed 
the'detailed etfects, speaks very Ihjrhly of It. . 
If its quality is faitlit'ully kept up to tlie standaid, it can 
not but satisfy eveiTreason^Fle^eipemnon.^^^^^^ 
Manufactured by AY. L. BRADLEY, Boston, and sold by 
all Dealers. 
McCLEES, LEFFERTS & Co., 
100 Beckman Street, N. Y., 
. Manufacturers of Gal-vaiiizctl, Best Charcoal, 
Best Refiaeil anti Common Sheet Iron. 
Iron "VUire of all descriptions, made of tlie Best Re¬ 
fined Charcoal Iron. 
GALVANIZED WIRE 
For Fences, Grai»e Trellis, Clothes Line, and 
Garde-n purposes. 
galvanized STABLES. 
THE CHBISTIAK. 
Tills' is a large, live, eiglit-page Monthly religions and 
f-imilv Paper, ''containing sermons, tracts, tales, sketclies, 
wetry, Muko, pictures, etc., suited to old and young. 
Large Prikt, good paper, no coutrovers}, secmiianisni. 
politics puffing, pills, or patent medicines. A licaltbj 
t'-imilv sheet. Okly 60 Cxs. a A'kar. Ten Copies for $.v. 
Three Spkcijiens sent for 10 Cts. Also, 100 new, Stirling, 
nracticat tracts for $1, post-paid. Address all orders to H. 
Fj HASTINGS, Scriptural Tract Repository, No. 19 
Lindall st., Boston, Mass. ____ 
AGENTS wanted for Russ patent 
scissors sliarpener, a lid Russ’ patent 
knife sliarpcner-articles wanted in 
cverv family. Samples sent bj 
niail'for 50 cents emOi. Address 
PECK & SEA MOUR, 
13 Gold-st., Ne w Aork. _ 
GFeV&F^AV. 'I'VGODWXRDL^^^^ Parle Row, 
N. A'. See adx'ortiscment of Books on page 159. 
