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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[June, 1867. 
(Business Notices $3.50 per Agate Line of Space.) 
GREAT AMERICAN 
TEA COMPANY 
(Established, I86I)* 
Is commendecl by the leading newspapers, religious and 
secular, in this and other cities, viz.: 
AMERICAN AGRICUIiTURIST, t .-,.. 
Orange Judd, Editor. 
CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE, New York Cit^ 
Daniel Curry, D. D., Editor. 
CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE, Cincinnati, Ohio. 
vttitrsxiA™ J Reid, D. D., Editor. 
CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE, ^ncago, El. 
Tliomas BI. Eddy, D. D., Editor. 
CHRISTIAN INTEIiDIGENCER, 
B. S. Porter, D. D., Editor. 
EVANGELIST, New York City. 
Dr. H. M. Field Si J. G. Craighead, Editors. 
EXABIINER and CHRONICLE, New York City. 
Edward Briglit, Editor. 
INDEPENDENT, New York City. 
Win. C. Bowen, Publisher. 
MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
D. D. T. Moore, Editor and Proprietor. 
THE METHODIST,—Geo. R. Crooks, Editor. 
TRIBUNE, New York City. 
Horace Greeley, Editor. 
We call attention to the above list as a positive guaranty of 
our manner of doing business; as well as to tbe hundreds of 
tlioiisaiids of persons in onr publislied Club Lists In former 
editions of the leading papers of the country. 
THE IMMENSE PROFITS OF THE TEA 
-TRADE GREATLY REDUCED. 
The Proprietors of “THE GEEAT AMEEICAN 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 tlierefore organized The Great American- 
Tea Company, to do away, as far as possible, with these 
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 liave 
been made in the Tea trade, we will start with the Ameri¬ 
can 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 sliipments—and some of the richest 
retired merchants in ttiis country have made their immense 
fortunes tlirough their houses in China. 
2d.—Tlie 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 
3,000 packages, at an average profit of about 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 trade, at a profit of about 10 per* 
cent. 
Ith.—The Wholesale Grocer sells it to the Eetail Dealer 
at a profit of 15 to 25 per cent. 
Sth.—The Eetailer sells it to the consumer for all the profit 
he can get. '' 
When you liave added to these eight profits as many 
brokerages, cartages, storages, cooperages, and -waste, 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 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—wliicli, on our large sales, will 
amply pay us. 
COUNTEY CLUBS, Hand and Wagon Pedlers, and small 
stores (of which class we are supplying many thousands, all 
of -wliich are doing well), can have their orders promptly 
and faithfully filled, and in case of Clubs can liave each 
party’s name marked on tlieir package and directed, liy sen 
Ing their orders to Nos. 31 and 33 Vesey-st. 
Our friends are getting up Clubs in most towns throng 
out the country, and for this we feel very grateful. Son 
of our Clubs send orders weekly, and some not so ofte: 
-While others keep a standing order to be supplied with 
given quantity each week, or stated periods. And in £ 
cases (where sufficient time has elapsed) Clubs have i 
peated their orders. 
Parties sending Clubs or other orders for less than $30 h£ 
setter send Post-Office drafts, or money with their ordei 
o save the expense of collecting by express; hut larg 
^ w forward by express, to collect on delivery. 
parties who have taken an interest 
gerang up Clubs; and when any of them come to New Yoi 
remsSves'kJXm''' 
parwriSug'^rcir VnrpSsT""Trt 
t %-u f unr profits are small, l)ut we w; 
be as liberal as we can afford. We send no compUmenta: 
package for a Club less than $ 30 . 
Complimentary Letters from Clubs. 
Pittsfield, Ill., Marcli 20, 1867 
Great American Tea Co., 31 and 33 Vesey-st., N. Y. 
Gents : The package of Tea came safe to hand in good 
order, has been delivered, and gives general satisfaction. 
Many thanks for complimentary package. I expect to order 
a large club in a few days, and if it gives as general satisfac¬ 
tion as the one just received, you will have the entire cus¬ 
tom of the Tea consumers in this neighborhood. 
Yours with respect, 
W. C. HEMPHILL, Pittsfield, Ill. 
Potsdam Junction, March 7,1867. 
To the Great American Tea Co., Nos. 31 and 33 Vesey-st., N. Y. 
Gents; The package of Tea and Coffee (55^ lbs.,) ordered 
by me from your House One week ago to-day, by M. U. Ex¬ 
press, came to hand yesterday in best of order, and proves 
very satisfactory. Also Receipt for $04.30, in payment for 
above, came by mail to-day. Please accept thanks for com¬ 
plimentary package. You may expect another order before 
many days. Yours trnl}’-, 
JAMES L. MONTAGUE. 
White Haven, Pa., March 28th, 1867. 
To the Great American Tea Co., Nos. 31 and 33 Vesey-st., N. Y. 
Sirs: Tlie Tea I sent for has arrived in good condition. 
We are well satisfied with it, and do not hesitate to say that 
it is, at least, as good a quality of Tea as we ever tasted. 
We could have done no better for ourselves, had we been at 
your Store and made the selection, than you liave done for 
us. When this supply is exhausted, we shall, no doubt, send 
for some more. 
Yoursmost respectfully, 
JAMES M. SALMON, 
Cedar Eapids, Iowa, March 12,1867, 
Great American Tea Co., 31 and 33 Vesey-st., .N. Y- 
Gentlemen: I liave received my first box of Tea, $44.25, 
and with pleasure inform you that it has given the pur¬ 
chasers a feeling of old times, as they liave experienced in 
drinking Tea before the war; satisfying them the Company 
is not a “Humbug.” I send to-day my second order, $131.40. 
Please forward to me with hill for collection. 
A. C. MESSENGEE. 
Woonsocket, E. I., Feb. 4,1867. 
To the Great American Tea Co., Nos. 3t and 33 Vesey-st., N. Y. 
Gentlemen: I now send you my 5tli order for Teas, which 
I hope will he as good as heretofore; it is just one year since 
I sent my first order of $20, wliicli I think was the first order 
you got from here as a club. During the year, I have sent 
you upwards of $400, and I have not heard a complaint yet 
from any one, but all speaking well of your Teas, and are 
well satisfied. Accept my thanks for the complimentary 
package. Inclosed you will find $134.35 for tliis order. Hop¬ 
ing you will forward as soon as possible, I remain. 
Yours respectfully, JAMES WOODHOUSE. 
Direct the Teas for me, Woonsocket, E. I., by EarPs Express. 
Geneva, N. Y., Eeh. 14,1867. 
The Great American Tea Co., Nos. 31 and 33 Vesey-st., N. Y. 
Gents: We have now been receiving Tea from you about 
one year, and find, in footing up our hooks, we have received 
of you Tea and Coffee, to the amount of $7,941.25 for this 
small village and vicinity. The public have perfect confi¬ 
dence in your Tea and Coffee, and the misrepresentations 
against you which we had to contend with at first, are now 
harmless. We congratulate you on tlie general success of 
your enterprise, hoping the hitherto pleasant relations which 
have existed, may continue between yourselves and 
Yours respectfully, LUM & SON. 
Treasury Department, Tliird Auditor’s Office, 
Marcli 2, 1867. 
Great American Tea Co., Nos. 31 and 33 Vesey-st., N. Y. 
, Gentlemen : I have the pleasure of enclosing you onr 
second order, $130.13, which is more than double the first 
one, and the next one may increase proportionately, if these 
give as much satisfaction as the first. 
You will please forward as before, by the Adams’ Express 
Company, C. O. D. Very respectfully, 
Your obedient servant, 
H. C. HILL. 
Angola, N. Y., Feb. 16,1867. 
The Great American Tea Company. 
Gents : Your Box sent me by Express has been received. 
Your hill was paid on delivery. I found no mistakes, and I 
am glad to inform you that the Tea is giving good satisfac¬ 
tion. I had to make some effort to raise tlie club I sent you, 
hut as the ice is broken, and nobody drowned, you may ex¬ 
pect soon to receive a mucli larger club order from this place. 
Yours truly, JOHN M. SLATEE. 
Olivet, Mich., Jan. 29, 1867. 
To the Great American Tea Co., Nos. 31 and 33 Vesey-st., N.Y. 
Sirs: The goods which I ordered for Olivet Tea Club, No. 
1, were received in due time, and have given good satisfac-- 
tion. Eeally the exhilarating power seems to be contagious, 
for most of the fair matrons in our neighborhood are inquir¬ 
ing when I send again. Enclosed I send O. T. C. No. 2. I 
shall probably send again in a few days. Mrs. IngersoB, 
who was principal mover in Club No. 1, sends her respects 
for the complimentary package, and says she drinks her tea 
With more relish than she has for many years before. 
Very truly yours, E. I. INGEESOLL. 
6 lbs. Japan. H. Shallier_at $1.00.... $6 00 
5 do. Japan.L. Andrews...at 1.25_ 6.25 
do. 1 Japan & 1 Imperial_Mrs. Keys.at 1.25_ 2.50 
do. Imperial.L. B. Butler... at 1.25.... 1.25 
do. Imperial.Simon Cole...at 1.25.... 125 
do. 1 Imperial & 1 Japan_N. Brooks.at 1.25... 2 50 
do. Imperial.J. M. Bradnor.at 1.23_ 1.25 
do. Japan.E. Bordwell. .at 1.23_ 1.23 
do. Imperial.J. Barns.at 1.23.... 1.23 
and 18 others. _ 
Total,.,,.....$57.00. 
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COFFEE DEPARTMENT, 
Our Coffee Department is very extensive—the largest, per¬ 
haps, in the country. We run three engines constantly, and 
sometimes four or five, in roasting and grinding pur Coffee. 
Our Coffee buyers are experts, who examine most of the 
Coffees imported, and select the best and finest flavors for 
our trade. AVe employ the most experienced and skillful 
roasters, who exercise the greatest care that it shall be cook¬ 
ed in a perfect manner. It is always fresh, for our orders 
crowd our facilities to their utmost capacity. A considera¬ 
ble portion of the Coffee put upon the market of late years 
is picked while the pods are green, and subjected to artifi¬ 
cial heat, to open the pods. This is not so good as that which 
ripens in the natural way upon tlie plant. Our Coffee buyer 
thoroughly understands this business, and can readily dis¬ 
tinguish tlie naturally ripened from the artificially cured; 
and he only buys the Coflee wliicli is naturally ripened. We 
examine the cargoes as soon as they arrive, and our trade 
is so large that it requires all the finest lots. This is what 
gives our Coffee a superior flavor to many others, and the 
same flavor it used to have In days long gone by. It is a com¬ 
mon saying that most Coffee does not taste as well as it 
formerly did. The reason for it is, that a considerable por¬ 
tion of it is picked before it is fully ripe. We sell none hut 
the fully ripe, rich flavored Coffee. 
OETTIINO Ur* CLTDBS. 
Some parties Inquire of us how they shall proceed to get 
up a club. The answer is simply this: Let each person 
wishing to join in a club, say how much tea or coffee he 
wants, and select the kind and price from our Price List, as 
published 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 be no confusion in their distri¬ 
bution-each party getting exactly wliat he orders, and no 
more. The cost of transportation, the members of the club 
can divide equitably among themselves. 
The funds to pay for the goods ordered can he 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, tve will, if desired, 
send the goods by Express, to “ collect on delivery." 
We publish a small Club to show how it is done and a? 
a matter of reference. 
After the first Club we send blanks. 
Direct your orders plainly, THE GEEAT AMEEICAN TEA 
COMPANY, Nos. 31 and 83 A'^esej^-st,, Post-Office Box, 5,613-- 
as some parties imitate our name as near!}* as they dai-e do. 
The Company have selected the following kinds from theif 
stock, which they recommend, to meet the wants of Clubs. 
They are sold at Cargo Prices, the same as the Company self 
them in New York, as the list of prices will show. 
PRICE LIST: 
YOUNG HYSON (Green), 80c., 90c., $1, $1.10, best $1.23 ^ ft. 
GEEEN TEAS, 80c., 90c., $1, $1.10, best $1.23 ^ ft. 
MIXED, 70c., 80c., 90c., best $11ft lb. 
JAPAN, 90c., $1, $U0, best $1.23 1? ft. 
OOLONG (Black), 70c., 80c., 90c., best $1ft. 
IMPEEIAL (Green), best $1.23 ft. 
ENGLISH BEEAKFAST (Black), 80c., 90c., $1, $1.10, best 
$1.20 19 ft. 
GUNPOWDEE (Green), $1,25, best $1.50. 
COFFEES ROASTED AND GROUND DAILY. 
GEOUND COFFEE, 20c., 35c., 30c., 8,5c., best 40c. per pound. 
Hotels, Saloons, Boarding-house keepers, and Families wlio 
use large quantities of Coffee can economize in that article 
by using onr FEENCH BEEAKFAST AND DINNEE COF¬ 
FEE, which we sell at the low price of 30c. per pound, and 
warrant to give perfect satisfaction. 
Parties getting their Teas from 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 ai'e not satisfactory, tliey can he returned at 
our expense within 30 days, and have the money refunded. 
N. B.—All villages and towns where a large number reside, 
by clubbing together, can reduce the cost of their Teas and 
Coflees about oue-tliird by sending directly to us. 
BEWAEE 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. The numbers of our House are advertised 
above. 
TAKE NOTICE.—Clubs and quantity buyers only are 
furnished from our AYholesale and Club Department. 
Post-Office orders and Drafts, make payable to the order 
of Great American Tea Company. Direct letters and orders 
to 
Nos. 31 and 33 VESEY-ST., 
NEW YORK. 
Post-Office Box, 6,643, New York City. 
