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New-York tribune., 1897-01-30
TEA IMPORTERS AND DEALERS.

Ever since the patriotic first settlers OF New
York openly rebelled against the British tax on
tea--for New-York had tea party down the
harbor. as we'll as Boston-its citizens nave
locked askance upon that fragrant hero' anu
made no attempt to rival their Enshsh cousins
IN their devotion to the cheering cup ror "i'ie
IN Great Britain the annual per capita coh-
sumntion is ~. pounds in America II rails oeo"
~ nounds Nevertheless. the aggregate VOL
ume Of business in tea transacted annually IN
Creator New-York is two-thirds that OF the en-
tire country, and employs many millions OF
canital. The entire imports into the Onited
states in 1895 were 07.253,4 4oS pounds. and OF
that quantity G4.643,356 pounds. valued at ABOUT
50 600 OOO were received at the port OF New
voru About 30 per cent Of the receipts are
from Japan, 90 per cent OF Oolong' :" per cent
=, Green and 10 per cent Of English Breakfast,
beside about 100000 pounds annually OF Cey-
Ion production. a sufficient quantity. IL 1t could
all he brought together at one time 10 Ill d
tea chest 15O feet square and 100 feet hish.
Tho producing countries being upon almost the
.,,,,,, onnos,te side Of the world, shipments
r.och New-York by many different routes More
than half comes by way OF the Pacific to San
Eranc,sco and Vancouver and thence overland
70 New-Yo.k. good portion follows an oppo-
s,,e course and is shipped westward via the
Rcd SEA. Suez Canal and the Mediterranean
and reaches New-York by the transatlantic
steamship lines. other supplies come via Pana-
ma. and occasionally a cargo reaches New
York in the good. old-fashioned way-by clip
per-ship around the Horn The business Is
centred about Front and Water sts., where
they cross lower Wall-st.. and any day, at al
most any hour Of the day. the passerby can see
through the Office windows soid-looking busi-
ness men apparently keeping open house ana
entertaining their callers with countess n''ie
cups Of tea. 1t looks vastly hospitaoie' anu one
would almost fancy they were Keeping hoNuay'
but be not deceived: the little steaming opus
probably contain samples Of the different chops
a., . cargo of tea and the easy Incidence OF the
gentlemen toying with them may be the veil OF
keen competition between careful buyers. and
transactions involving many thousands OF dol
lars NAV depend upon the quality Of the aroma
or the color In the cup
New-York tribune., 1897-01-30

with the exception Of the cutting out OF uppers.
is done by machinery and visit to a modern
shoe factory is a source of multiplied surprises
to the average citizen. Talk about hand-sewed
shoes. They cannot stand comparison for an In
slant with the shoe fresh from one OF the modern
stitching machines. which passes the thread in
the old double needle fashion Of the expert
cobbler and knots 1t exactly in the middle OF the
sole, the thread, hot waXed, passes through
Again the shoe industry in its broader analysis
has given rise 10 other subdivisions which have
an important bearing on business. These are the
boot and shoe tree and last makers and sole cut
ters. Take of the large shoe manufactures
and it will otter carry 10000 pairs Of lasts or
different patterns and these cost about 81 per
pair For the sole cutters. the department was
inevitable when machine made shoes came TO be
so extensively manufactured No two factories
deal in exactly the same quality Of shoe. and
the heavy sole affected by NewYork factories
would not be used in numbers of the great cheap
shoe shops Of the New-England States. On the
other hand, New York factories could not make a
shoe with the light sole that brings some of the
cheaper shoes down to less than 81 in price. So
New-York tribune., 1897-01-30

the sole cutter enters and using UP all Of the
hide clear down to the belly line and into the
shoulder and neck end gets a variety of soes, Ill
of which are saabe. Sole-cutting factories Will
use up 10000 hides week without ruffling any
body's temper and there are nine firms in
Greater New-York. Six firms devote more or
less of their time to furnishing shoe acings; but
these like the general run Of shoemaker's goods
pass TO the hands of the retailers for distribution
among the buying public
1t is in fancy leather goods that the senti
mental side of leather comes forward for en-
lstment of the public interest. and especially
is this true as the giving time of year comes
on. for people are ever on the search for nov
city in their gifts. They love to establish sur
prises with their holiday presents and the most
astonishing things accomplished by the
utilization Of dull leather. which lends itself
readily to almost any kind of artistic manipula-
ton. The manifold uses serve to lend a fairly
romantic meaning to that famous old song, be-
ginning There's nothing like leather" And
when one considers that there are ifty-four
firms in New-York City engaged in ministering
to the dantier branches Of the trade. it is pos
sible 10 borrow some notion OF its extent Add
to this the great department stores. with their
endless variety Of leather specialties. and the
field is widened almost beyond the power Of the
mind to grasp it,
There is one thing In leather which is new
not alone to the Greater New-York but to the
country, and that is the process Of producing
from skins the glazed leather which is used
for the uppers in women's shoes Leather spe-
cialists and manufacturers are aware that
there is factory in Greater New-York. on the
Brooklyn side. where most of the shoe manu-
factories are located, that makes an exclusive
business Of this fast growing industry, and the
business is successful, too. which is the best
rart Of 1t. and illustrates anew the power OF
adaptation Of the progressive American. While
great amount Of finished leather is being
turned out for the uses mentioned, the industry
may be said to be in It's infancy as yet. and the
future must tell the story Of its completed
pleatness
New-York tribune., 1897-01-30
COFFEE ROASTERS.

The business of roasting and packing coffee In
one and two pound packages for the retail trade
is practically monopolized by three firms in the
United States. The largest Of the three. having
Its principal offices and roasting establishment
IN Greater NewY York. imports direct as many as
100000 bags of coffee annually. or nearly one
fifth Of the entire receipts at the port OF New
York. and they roast and distribute in small
packages about 1900 bags. or 28O. 900 pounds
every day. There also a half dozen other
houses engaged in the business Of roasting coffee
for the joDbing and large retail grocery stores
for nowadays few families adhere TO the old time
custom of buying green coffee by the bag and
roasting little In the oven every day; for people
have grown 10 like mixture OF different varie-
ties OF coffee better than any single kind, and the
large jobbing houses recognizing this fact, have
each their own peculiar mixtures. which they
sell under copyrighted brands, not only in New
York, but all over the United States The busi-
ness of the coffee roasters and blenders Is there
fore not limited to the local consumptive demand,
but far exceeds It.
New-York tribune., 1897-01-30

market Is opposite old Fulton Market. on the
hanks Of the East River, and it Is surrounded
bv restaurants and lunch places where the fish
can be eaten and enjoyed. In this wonderful pis-
catoriaI emporium may be seen every variety OF
fish to be found all along the Atlantic COAST and
In the waters of both hemispheres. Stalls NOS ~
to 9S are under the supervision OF Eugene u
Blackford, ex-Fish Commissioner and on April
Of each year an exhibition OF trout from all
parts Of the globe is opened from 20 to lVo varie
ties Of trout being shown. and fish culture being
illustrated In all it's stages. Here also may be
seen beautiful scay strangers from China ana
Japan, curious tanks with the king-i-o, the Para
disc fish, the axlotlee. monstrous turtles ana
denizens Of sea. lake. river and pond.
In accordance with the demands OF the Board
New-York tribune., 1897-01-30
PUBLIC MARKET FIGURES.
STARTLING FIGURES ILLUSTRATING THE
NEVER sATIArED APPETITE OF A
GREAT CITY-FOODSTUFFS USED
SOAR VERY HIGH IN THE NU-
MERICAL SCALE-ALL IN
CITY CONTROL.

MERICAL SCALE-ALL IN
CITY CONTROL.
In a great city like New-York a most I'M
portant desideratum is large and conVehle".
market facility. and the city has 1T to the ru'es.
extent. From the early days OF the Coionia'
period New York has been thus favored. l"
1145 old historian. during walk DOW"
Pearl-st., notices the number Of markets. he
tells of one at the foot OF Broad-st another
at Coentes Slip. third at the foot OF Waii-s''
Then he walks through Fly Market at bureh-
ers' Path. now known as Old Slip, another at
the foot Of Maiden Lane. and yet anotner at
Rodman's Slip. the historian concluding MS
walk with thesquant remark, "Atte We FOOT Oh
every streete a markette and allie well stocked.
So that from her earliest days New-York has
enjoyed good markets. and she does so TO this
day. At the present time there are nineteen
places for sale and barter under the jurisdiction
Of the city. and all below Fourteenth-st Ihey
are Catharne. on Catharine-st, founded l'oo'
Fulton at the corner Of South-st.. founded lo-l;
Fulton Fish Market at Piers - and 23. East
River: Centre. at Grand and Centre sts. CLINTON.
on Canal. corner of West-st.: Farmers, at Ganse-
voort. corner Of West-st: Gansevoort. Just oppo-
site; West Washington, on West-st. corner OF
Gansevoort: Washington. on Fulton-st. corner
L
Greenwich ave; Tompkins. on Thrd-ave ana
Sixth-st: Union Square Giowers); Washington
Islands, Catharine (wagons), Fulton Islands,
Fulton (wagons), Clinton dlowers). clinton
(stands), Union (wagons)
For these the city received in 1896 rentals ag-
gregating the sum Of 2S15S154, West Wash
ington Market heading the list with rentals
amounting to S103779 In 1S95 two markets
were done away with on account OF the illegal
killing Of chickens there carried on They
were Essex and Union. The latter re-
mains closed except for flowers during the
season. and the former Is leased to the Board
of Education In addition to these there are
markets uptown. which are private undertake
ings such as Central Market. at Forty-second-
ST. near Park-ave., and Columbus Market at
Seventh-ave and One-hundred- -and-twenty-
fourth-st Then there the Huckster mar
kets held under licenses from the Board OF Al
dermen. very large market on First-ave. be-
tween Seventy-ninth and Eighty fourth sts;
"Paddy's Market" Ninth ave. from Thirty
eighth TO Forty second SITS. held only In the
evenings: and Jews Market" on Hester-st
near Ludlow which is a busy place on Friday
evenings and which is a veritable ground of
Rabel from the number of Hebrac and Eu
ropean dialects which screeched into the
night air The flower markets are pretty places
and fragrant spots during the spring and early
summer They are held in early morning on
New-York tribune., 1897-01-30

New World business will hereafter be con-
Quoted upon lines far more conservative than
has characterized past dealings. The con-
sensus Of opinion in the diamond trade OF News
York Just now is that the tariff agitation mas
not been without a wholesome lesson and that
the future will yield rich fruits. If the common
eremy-the smuggler-can be suppressed
Firms to the number of about three hundred
and fifty are engaged in New-fork in the pusi'
ness Of importing diamonds and other precious
stones, and fully one-half Of them deal In tho
white gem alone. Besides these. there are some
two hundred additional firms that make the I'M
portation and sale Of diamonds special ieaturs
of their general business. There are also four-
teen establishments known to the trade az
cutting houses" where some five hundred ex-
perts find daily employment. and are classhed
as follows: Cleaners, 10; poshers. $40; cutters
50 settlers. TO-
All OF these people, as we'll the importers
themselves, look forward just now 10 an I'M
provement in the diamond trade. basing their
belief upon a change in the tariff laws by which
the duty will be placed at ~ per cent on cut
goods while rough diamonds will he admitted
free Under the Wilson act diamonds when are
cut are taxed 2J per cent of their value. whiie
those in the rough are admitted on lo per
cent basis. Almost all legitimate importers 9Io
said to prefer the Mckinley tariff. because II
offers less temptation to the smuggler. I'M
norters go so far as to declare that the present
DUTY makes it impossible for legitimate mer-
chants to import precious stones at a fa'r
profit. and although the importations OF these
IN the rough increased S343. .115 in IN" ths
frequency Of successful smuggling across inc
Canadian border nterfered sadly with honest
revenues Of the tradesman.
A prominent managing partner In ieanhs
house thus voiced the sentiment OF the trade'
THE National import Of cut diamonds ana
precious stones up to and including 1898 ranged
from S12OOO,OOO to $l5.WO,O0O annually. In
1897. under the present law. they have dwindlei
to S43S1 $50. and in 1895 TO S2I6s4 469 which
figures scarcely cover the value OF pearls ana
colored gems that owing to the slower sale. are
still chiefly imported by reputable merchants
I'VE know that despite the hard times tns
demand for diamonds has not been maierally
decreased but the above figures tell the story
Of the enormous nroads smuggling has mads
under the existing tariff We propose 70 ih-
woke Congressional aid 10 stop this. ana arc
already assured of helping hand under ths
new regime at Washington in this direction.
Therefore you may say with absolute ru;n'
fulness that the diamond importers or mo
United States look with perfect confidence TOT
excellent results in the near future, when q
larger volume Of business than ever known -
cd
New-York tribune., 1897-01-30

Of Health the Jewish "Koshanu" method OF KILL
ing animals and chickens was concentrated In
the Jewish quarter Of the city. The slaughter-
house Is now on Gouverneur-st.. near the Gouver-
neur Hospital, and it is here that the ancient he
brew method Of creating "Kosher" meat Is car
ried on under the strict supervision OF the heath
authorities. In order to show the importance OF
public markets. here is the amount OF 1000 neces-
sary to feed New-York annually: About 4JO-
OOO 600 mounds Of beef 4OOOOOOOO pounds Of
vea, 10000 600 pounds OF mutton, 3O0OOOOOO
mounds of pork. sO.OOO.OOO pounds Of poultry.
on oOO OOO mounds of butter, 72,COO,0OO dozen OF
oogs. a,so o5 900 600 oysters during the season.
ond IN 600 barrels OF vegetables daily. These
figures speak for themselves.
New-York tribune., 1897-01-30
STLTERSNITHS.

Less than half hundred firms control the en-
tire business transacted by the silversnths ot
America and nine-tenths ~ these have tne'r
Headquarters in New-York City.
The American silversmith finds it easier ana
more profitable to manufacture his wares In
New-Engand and sell them in New-York than
anywhere else The entire trade in sterling ard
Mate represents a combined capital Of some
twenty million dollars about equally DIVIDED
The manufacturers OF sterling goods estima's
that their business OF 1896 equalled. in the ag-
pregate an amount ranging from Sll.0~.Wu
10 Sl2 0000 while those who make pia'e
goods their specially give as a conservative e.
innate. in round figures $S.OO0O00 the total
revenue derived from the sales Of their wares
4 representative OF one Of the leading manu-
facturers Of sterling goods said The Voiu'ns
Of business transacted by us last season was
the largest we have ever known since l>'-. W.
count more than eleven thousand first-clas'
purchasing houses now on our books ana en-
pect an increase In 1897 attribute the Inc
creased volume OF purchase OF sterling SILVER
ware more or less to the decreased price o.
silver bullion. Forks and spoons which cost -
an ounce four years ago can now be pous"'
for half the price The people are quick TO learn
~ those things and take advantage OF the"'
w. sell IN Canada largely. as we'll as our own
country A. A.. l., ,,,,,r Mated
,vara ,s authority for the statement that w"no
the plated industry has suffered somewha. AZ
account OF the cheapness OF silver. very pr,h PIN
able business was transacted IN So So ,rh,s n
most cheerful outlook ahead for 1871. ms. ms
the way in which this Arm views the s''ua.s 'sss:
1--WE have every reason to believe tne r'"' nnr
will from now on ind employment, I'm an" ,hsn
axnsrisnce of a lifetime has taught US tha' Mn.s VIZ
work is plenty. business increases ana s'o"'
profitable" ,,.,,,sa hv firms
The siversmith industry, contronrwu @ivss
doing business In and around New-ioih. han. S
employment annually TO more than nine ."s srs
sand operatives all but 10 per cent OF wn.snt WIN
males The iaborers who are emploSso 'ess.s'
= thrifty class Of psoplA
New-York tribune., 1897-01-30
THE COMMON BEVERAGE.
ADVENTURES OF THE COFFEE PLANT
THAT REACHED MARTINIQUE.
GREATER NETWORK CITY RECEIVES IMPORTS
AMOUNTING TO 5I7.ooOOO0 POUNDS--THIS
WOULD LOAD THIRTY STEAMSHIPS
THE SIZE or THE ST. PAUL
VALUE, $4,000. 600.

Il,
In the annals OF the coffee Industry no name
is more deserving of honorable mention than
that Of Lieutenant De Clieux. Of the French
navy. who. at no little personal hardship,
brought to successful issue the first experiment
In introducing the coffee plant to the Western
Hemisphere An official Of the Dutch East India
Company In Java had sent some specimens Of the
coffee plant to the Botanical Gardens OF Amster-
dam. and one of them was presented by the
magistrates Of that city to Louis XIV, King of
France. Some sprouts from that tree were sent
to the island of Martinique in the year 1717 and
II happened that by stress of weather the voyage
was so prolonged that the ships crew were re-
duced to short allowance of water. Lieutenant
De Clieux. In whose care the plants had been
placed. divided his scanty portion Of water with
one Of them and succeeded in taking 1t safely to
its destination and 1t has been asserted that to
the distribution and propagation Of the fruit Of
the single plant peculiarly preserved may be
traced directly or indirectly the beginnings Of
coffee culture in all the districts Of the Western
Hemisphere now devoted to that industry.
During the $50 years since the precarious be-
ginning of coffee cultivation just narrated. the
New World has so far outst.pped the Old in the
development of that industry that at the present
time more than four-nfthS or the cOHec or the
world is produced on the American continent
and the islands of the West Indies. Brazil alone
furnishing more than three-fifths Of the entire
quantity OF the worlds annual supply Of 12.OoO.-
600 to 13.WOOOOO bags the continent Of Europe
consumes about 6,ldOMW and the United States
more than 100000 bags. The actual warehouse
deliveries for consumption in the United States
during the year 1S9J were :?J9 SAG bags, and of
this immense quantity 1881 o62 bags were re-
ceived at the port Of Greater New York. being
about J17.0O0.OO0 pounds, more than seven
pounds for each man, woman and child III the
United States The mere figures on the printed
page do not convey an intelligent idea Of the i'm
mensity of the coffee business in Greater New
York. for when figures pass the million marx
they begin to fail of appreciation. more ade-
uuate conception of the quantity of coffee re-
ccived may perhaps be reached by imagining
feet of thirty steamships the size OF the 81 raul
or n train Of 1000 freight cars, train l3o miles
long reaching from the Harlem River nearly 10
Albany either of which would be filed to over
flowing bv the coffee received and handled In
Greater New-York in the year 1S.J. The value
NJ this enormous bulk is likewise startling. for.
in the vernacular of the streets coffee runs into
money fast" and the 13O miles OF coffee-iad"h
New-York tribune., 1897-01-30
NOTHING LIKE LEATHER.
eOLE-CUTTING FACTORIES THAT USE
10000 HIDES a WEEK.

HIDES AND SKINS IMPORTED YEARLY FOR NEW
YoRK TRADE AMOUNT no NEARLY s2coooooo
SHOE FACTORIES IN BROOKLYN NUM-
BEH l5o-TrIgrR OUTPUT saOocoo
The modern sense of completeness as affecting
the machinery for preparation of meat foods
pictures prize hog Texas longhorn slip
ping down a wel-oed incline into the open
throat Of hopper from which the animal
emerges later in various directions and under
numerous phases of utility. Everything is saved
except the last mortal squeal or the final ex-
pos;uatory below for mercy. The hide comes
out hairless and minus flesh, ready for the
vat OF the tanner. The hoofs pass into gela-
tine. and the bones to the fertilizing depart-
ment. The longhorns physical dimensions ap
pear In quarters ready for the shoulder of the
New-York tribune., 1897-01-30

cars represent valuation OF over SI6,OOU.0OO.
or $13.OO0.GOO more than the trainload OF bread
stuffs 1,3O0 miles long representing Greater
NewYork's receipts Of grain and -four during
the same period. mentioned In another article.
There are ~ to 100 firms in Greater New-York
engaged In handling coffee exclusively as i'm
porters. jobbers or brokers. and the capital en-
ployed will probably reach $30.00O.00O
New-York tribune., 1897-01-30

Canal-st., near North River on the north side
OF Union Square. and at the foot OF East
Thirty -fourth-st.
Perhaps the most interesting market In the
city In the Fulton Fish Market, which is Justly
claimed to be the greatest In the world. rivalling
even the old Billingsgate Market Of London.
England. and forming a magniice object les
son for the rising generation Of New-York. The
New-York tribune., 1897-01-30
NEW-YORK DIAMOND TRADE

NATIONAL IMPORTATION OF CUT iorAs
MONDs AND PRECIOUS sToNRa
NEARLY $15,OOO,OOO ANNuALvY
EFFECT OF AN AD.
VERSE TARIFF. l.,
I will eat these broths with spoons OF ambee
Headed with diamond and carbuncle.
NV meat shall all come In in Indian sheia (
Dishes OF agate set in gold and studded
With emcralds sapphires. hyaclnths ana ruttaa
ben Tonsoa
II can he safely stated that in Nev'-Yort
which Is universally admitted to he pre- e-emi.
nently the centre Of the diamond :rade OF tn
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-08
LAMAR RABBIT HUNT.
Two Hundred spOrtsmen to TakePart
Should Bag 10000.

Denver, Dec. 8.-If the present wealth
er continues and the snow remains on
the ground in the vicinity of Lamar,
week from next Wednesday, the 18th,
Colorado sportsmen Will record the
largest bag of jackrabbitS on record.
On that day full 200 gunners will start
for Lamar. Last year seven of the Of
ficials of the Santa Re railroad came
from Chicago in special car to take
part in the hunt. When the time comes
for the hunt a train Of tourist sleeping
cars is chartered The round trip from
Denver, including the luxury of the
tourist sleeper, is 81. The hunt usually
takes place the week preceding Christ
mas. On arriving at Lamar the hunts
men are met at the depot by a brass
band and escorted by the pOpulace to
breakfast, after which the huntsmen go
to the headquarters, register and de-
poSit one dollar each, which entities
them to transportation by wagon to
and from the hunting grounds and
meals while in Lamar. Thus the total
cost of the hunt for two days, including
railroad and sleeping is SO.
The female jackrabbits breed every
six weeks of the year. excepting the
months of October, November and De-
cember. They drop from five to seven
in each litter. so the killing of from s.
coo to 1000 jacBra bbits each year in the
neighborhood of Lamar does not by
any means rid the vicinity of the pest.
Five jackrabbits viii consume as
much food as one sheep.