The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-07-29


We know Of q hill, gardefi in india
whose tea from this cause has this yeas
suddenly fallen Sd to 10d per round in
value. The nominal market yalue Of
these samples is SIS follows. = i2le
Pekoe. ................2s Sd to 2s Cd Der ID
Pokoe Souehoag.....1s Sd to 2s Od.pef ID
hong.a,,.s.......Is I'd to 1a 6d I1er 10
Congou..............,...1s Oh 10 Is I'd per 10
Thanking yen for Fthe opportunity Of
seeing and reporting upon these teas, we
remain, dear sir, ss',,.,g
ea You're faithfully,
gs5p w. J. G. III. THOMPSON. y.
The other testimony is of similar it1i.
port. Martin Gillette & Co., one Of the
oldest tea houses on the continent. are
ehthusias.ic in their praise of The Arnar-
lean tea, as also Bnrcheli, of Washing.
ton, D. O., q large retailer.
Pioneer PfesslThen you regard The
success of tho culture and maiiufactuie
Of as assured? Y.
LeDuc-I regard IL as certain MS the
solution OF, o problem in geometry under
which we used 10 write as school. .bove.
! "Guod erdt demokstrdnduni." The fact
that we can produce and raapufaoturo 4
superior quality Of tea, so cheaply as 10
enable us to compete successfully with
any other country In the world. is no
longer a problem. II has been praeti.
cally demonstrated beyond all question.
and needs only that the capitalists of the
country shall do as the English capital.
ists have heretofore done in India-form
| corporations for the culture and manu-,
facture of tea, aud like them reap The
rich rewasds of their enterprise. ID. s,,,,
| Pioneer Press--It is, the common opin-
Ion everywhere in this country that il ia
impoesible, with the high price of labor
IN this country, tn raise 1tea in COMPETE
tion with the cheap labor of tho East.
How do you bolve This problem
eDuc-The prlce OF labor per day is
only Que of, the factors in the cost, aud
ahould be considered with reference to
the kind of inbor employed. For cx-
ample, Mr. Jackson Informs me ia refer.
once to the negro labor he has employed
in Georgia, that one negro, for whose
LABOR he pays forty cents atday, Is quito
equal TO that of two cooliG4in India. for
which he. pays, Q much smaller sum. to
be sure, bnt pays it for every, dny Of The.
term of seryice-whether sick OF we'll. or
whether he is. at work or idle. But n
much greater difference in costsis, found
in the usein this couhtfy oflabof.saviup
machinery, such as plowB, cultiyatore.
horse-shoes and like implements, which
are entirely unknown in India4Ihe tea.
gardens of which are hoed over hyithfa
heavy iron hoe eight times during the
year. Then again, the tea boxes. lead
and other material are obtained much
cheaper in this country than they possie
bly, can be in India. Ia India and China
the tea is transported ON the backs, of
men very many miles before it reaches 81
more convenient and Cheaper mode az
transportation Then the tsa has to SO
transported many thousand miles, to
reach market, and has To pass through
the hands Of long aeries Of shipbSfs
and brokers and commission mee Before
it reaches the consumer. A very large
portion of this expense, which forms a
large part of the current price of tea,
will be saved by its production in this.
country. .sifl}1if}f it!;4t3kt tt5} fs,i
Pioneer Press-What vii. be the &C.
tual cost of producing tea in this coun-
try OF the superior quality of the sample
passed upon by the experts whose testi-
mony you have referred to2,sr
LeDnc-Mr. Jackson estimates, the
cost OF. producing such teas at from fif-
teen.to twenty cents per pound, and that
q ten garden should produce, Id the
fourth year, when it comes into bearing;
240 pounds per acre, which should 81
increased upon its arrival at full niaLu-
rity TO- from 800 to 400 pounds per acre,
which can be maintained for q number
OF years. When ths. tea plant iis from
niteen to twenty years uf ageit is found
advisable to cut it down. 20 the ground
stump. - Ss'''-'i '' ~,
Pioneer Presyr-At this rate the culture
of tea should 6e very. profitable 2
LsDuc-It ia undoubteily b1. far The
most profitable Of all agricultural pro-
iduc.ions. sTkisB welt- Lnotsnsto tsa bro.
'ducers everywhere, and large fortunes
have t.en made in England and Scot
land by neranna engaged Il. ssh.s cu;It;vs-
tion of tea, who never saw tea plant
and have never. even been away from
their insnlar homes. The stocks Of ine
Assam and other companies aretauoted
daily like railroad and other stocks. and
when the, advantages of Americi. for tea
culture are undefstood by English and
Scotch capitalists, they will hasten, I
have no doubt, and that is Mr.. Jaekson'sl
view too, to iinvest their money In tea
enterprises in this country, similar to
sthaSein India. l5t ~ ,5'ss
Pioneer Press Butt tea can be pro.
duced so cheaply in America the result
would be TO reduce the price of tea.
LeDuc-Yes; undoubtedly in the end.
But we are SOW importieg teas Ito the
value of from thirteen to twenty-tYo
millions per year. It would be many
years before the production IN America.
even If carried on with the enthusiasm
With which Americans pursue profitable
investments, would equal the demafd
aud in the meantime the present price OF
teas would be apl ,oximately maintained.
In fact, the American ted would for sey-
eral years command fancy prices, because
~ Weuiu Ie KNOWN 70 DO q pure article,
to bo adnlierated. s. 8''7o'7, +.
Pioneer p Press-The successful culture
of ten in this country, then, means a
great saslng TO oar people?
= sIADnc--IE- name - - = - s,,,,,
$4,000, ,OOeN to s2S, 900, 900 nidw SS sent every
year chiefly to England to pay for Chi
neee, japanese and Indian teas, and
which would be retained at home to feed
our own industrios. It means more
than this. The necessary effect OF ihis
large Increase in tea culture would be to
eventually reduce the price OF tea-per.s
Gaps to half its price-which, would be
another great saving 10 theIpeople, while
st:ll leaving a large margin of profit to
the producer. sS
Pioneer Press Have any enterprises
been started other than that of Mr.
jackson?
LeDnc--Nono Of much magnitude.
One len gardea hes, heea established near