The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-07-06
CORBEII'S COLUMN.

some OF IL agree WIN anu soHo uo 49,
Debs has an idea like Bellamy in his
Cooking Backward that the Govern
ment should have control OF the raii-
roads. Pm not 80 sure but what he Is
right in that particular. The Govern
ment might buy up the railroads,
possibly, but IL will not do TO follow Out
Debs' idea by taking the railroads from
Cade method will not do. There are lots
of things that wonld be good for the
people. suppose, for instance, IL our
own fair city the railroad company was
owned and controlled the same as the
water and the electric lighting, and all
similar public necessities, including the
telephone, what a blessing it would be-"
"But tell you, my boy, you're foolish
to think you will see such things In our
day and generation. But it's got to
come as Harry Bloodgood used to re-
mark in regard to the balloon he was sup
posed TO fall out of, and in less than fifty
years from now, IL you could peep through
the clouds, you would see capital and
labor shaking hands with each other,
both emancipated from the thraldom OF
tyranny" and the old man shifted his
weight from one foot to the other.
Then there is another way to look at
capital how many men would be doing
business on Westminster street today?
Every man who went in business couldn't
be expected to buy the building he did
business in. Very well, capital comes in
and says, We will build for you and by
paying SO much rental you may occupy so
much space either of the store on the
ground floor or the office on the floor or
floors above This enables a man with
small capital to do business and in time
IL he is successful to become an owner and
let his own building"
So you see that capital, the possession OF
money put to its legitimate, and l am
sorry to add, illegitimate use, is the fun
damental basis upon which the world, or
rather that which constitutes the main
ambition OF the people of the world, ex-
lists. Nothing continues as far as the
human family is concerned without
money. In any avenue of the world, re-
ligious, charitable, social or political,
money is the mainstay, the one altogether
necessary adjunct of success.
"'Money makes the mare go' or il can
kill the mare il it is more profitable.
People lie, steal, swear, jump, fight and
kill for money, and there never would be
a walking delegate il he was not furnished
with q pair OF crutches in the shape of
money. Capital judiciously invested
DTiHBs Tue luAurlts Ol lllc WltHlu tuc
reach OF the poor man, sewing machines
and pianos for song SO to speak. Take
liquid solace of mankind, tea and coffee.
Capital makes IL possible for importation
of these articles in large quantities. All,
Charles my boy, you've got heap TO
learn yet, although you assume to know
a good deal more than you do" and with
a pleasant poke in the ribs the man in
front Of the postofiice mopped the per-
spiration from his brow and started
across the street.
Now between you and the old gentle
man is right. Capital is the lever which
moves the world. Capital, so to speak,
makes possible that which without
it would be impossible. For in
stance observe how capital in the
shape OF labor raises buildings and
alters them over. 1t lifts them i'm a
night, puts in modern windows where
there were ancient doors and whole sides
OF plate glass. The decorators step in and
with skilled hands make beaut full
the interior. A generous use of white
paint, bronze and gilt transforms
the marts of trade into the vestibule Of
a mansion and the eye is pleased, as the
surroundings suggest culture and refine
meHt,-T This Is no imaginary sketch
as you will find II verified at the
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea store, 321
Westminster street. The building has
just been altered over and the new front
OF the old store referred to is very at
tractive.
Tomorrow is "opening day." fresh and
clear as the decorations on the wall or the
new gilt sign upon the window. Old and
new customers will find welcome at the
reliable branch establishment of the
great parent store OF the Atlantic and
Pacific Tea Company.
This company has upward of 200 stores
distributed throughout the United States,
giving employment to thousands Of people
and making the hearts OF many more thou
sands glad in the fact that on account of
the great avenues for distribution thus
opened, the finest quality of teas and
coffees may be obtained at the lowest pos
that you can sell 10000 pounds of tea day
cheaper than you can 100? Well, there
you are. It's very simple.
Did you ever think what tea really was
and where 1t came from? OF course you
know that the shrub, the leaves of which
is tea, is a native for the most part of
China and Japan. Now according to the
best authorities the color, flavor
and quality of tea are said to
be dependent in a certain degree, upon
the bpecles Oi the plhnt from Wnlcn the
leaves are obtained, the Il. viridis furnish
ing the finer green, and T. bohea the In
ferior green and black varieties, but the
difference Is chiefly owing to the treat
ment which the leaves receive after being
gathered.
The leaves for green tea are roasted
slightly in shallow pans over a wood fire
almost Immediately after being gathered,
after which they are rolled with the
hands upon a table to free them from
moisture, and TO twist them, and
are then quickly dried. Those leaves in
tended for black tea are spread out
in the air for some time and then tossed
about with the hands until they become
soft and fiaccid, then roasted for a few
minutes, and after being exposed to the
air where they become soft and moist, are
finally dried slowly over charcoal fire.
The principal species of green tea are
Twankay, the poorest kind; Hyson-skin,
the refuse Of Hyson; Hyson and Gum
powder, fine varieties; and Young Hyson,
q choice kind made from young leaves
gathered early in the spring. Those OF
black tea are Bohea, inferior in quality;