The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-16
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Mors rhs- HsF the Flse suey Tmpsrtsa
This ses-o. So Far Il Spurious-Coai
Dnst, Glue, snnd, srd GyPs.s. Are
nrizss with ~ ~ the wishsd Cs,sstisis.
within the last three on four months $1,000
packages. containing about 1.160,O00 pounds,
OF Ping Buey tea have been rejected By Isaac
McGay, the tea Inspector at the United States
Appraisers stores The rejection OF $4,000
packages. or about 750.O0O pounds. was APP
proved By an arbitration committee appointed
under the Tea act OF 1888; 5000 packages
were passed, and the fate OF the remaining
3.0o0 packages IL still undecided.
The tea originally rejected By Inspector Nc
Cay forms more than half Of the Ping Suey
tea imported the present season. OF which
season scarcely half has elapsed But 1900
packages were rejected In the entire season Of
1923. and 20. 900 In that OF 1912. What tea
there is in the rejected packages is second
crop. The incoming importations will be from
the second and third crops. and Mr.. McGAy
anticipates even more Wholesale reflections in
the near future. Already more bad tea has
been imported than In any similar period
since the passage Of tho act OF Congress- OF
1889 ito prevent the Importation OF adulter-
ated and spurious teas"
This is the act which provides for the ap-
pointment OF Board Of Arbitration in case
tho importer OF rejected teas considers the tea
Inspectors verdict wrong. The Board IL CON-
posed Of q man appointed By tho Government
another By the importer. and a third chosen
IN the selection Of this third man. He may be
an Importer OF the very teas In dispute. In
that 10 the way Mr.. Mc6ay looks at il. lie
BSatd oi sg ea
tribunal On the other hand. tea importers
think that quit enough power is already con.
not inialibie
This blame ior the i'm portation Of adulteratsd
BIO anxious to save themselves from loss when
. poor article 10 sent them. but they naturally
ioss Of the money advanced By the REJECTION 81
The following frank confession Of sdultera.
mode Of detection. as well as q suggestion for
q remedy for the fraud was published In an
English paper OF Shanghai which arrived re-
Gently:
AN REFORMATION TO BUYERS OF PTNo suEY TEA.
beverage tea is tn. ne plus ultra for the purpos.
Care .seuia be o6.sfs.ia IL pr.psIson sas
ssy, hst ss s mr. pns
aboye-named qualities -
IN sS:d si;sS tia tan @
a % 70 ov.s ts, srS .S ss
ysriou, nams, for vsriou, brands and bearing names
has been roins on for many year. "
Ping sa.y ~ers parsi.y de.oysd BY eSs cold snap 81
last winter therefore the yield this year should be
SSooo es..s. .aenia .; ON d: m.r..s int. Yea. Sss
the quantity appears to be just great In The four
ishtng seasons OF former ysArs.
We have heard that spurious tea refused en-
trance into the United states recently. This stsp
In the right direction and Its example should be foE
lowed Whenever such thing happens In every foreign
country. The spurious article should be returned to
Shanghai and the seller. here be forced to refund the
money well as pay for the expenses that have been
incurred by the buyers and the tea burned In public
as n warning to native dealerA
In general way Ping suey teas may be said
to be gunpowder teas, hut all Runpowder teas
are not Ping Suey and oil Ping Suey teas are
not adulterated.
Reiected teas generally find their way to
Canada. and some even to London. SO much
bad tea has been imported into England
lately, either directly or by way OF this coun-
try after being rejected here, that the English
inspectorship has become more rigid. Already
there has been more bad tea sent to Canada
this season than she can dispose Of even II
she prefers BAD tea to good.
Ping Suey tea forms about nine per cent OF
the total importation OF tea to this country In
an average year. At least, this WAS an es-
innate made by Mr.. Hewlett Of Hewlett Il Lee
OF 1872 Front street yesterday Some Japanese
ad ulterated teas have been rejected by In
spector McGay. but the amount is small.