The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-16


Government Committee OF Tea Exp@zLs
for ESTABLISHING Tea Standards
- - EgY f@w eons5rseTs OF tea = me
NH Uns.sa Stats know thar siIe gov
NE ernnnsat guaranteed t5at from
May /. 1857. 70 tea Brft fer Use
snosid De allxsd 20 enter cur
country. This means that after
st.e sfsnrIv tIleh was IL the country rEaar
g. Iasz March has been CONSUMED. tfie
rssfswf x1nora a. consumer in tire ntf"d
gfatea ean 60 20 airy retailer from TIE Pa
edae 70 ghe Atlantic e1sst and be sure thA&
- sSs!i net have fosstea upon him lea
xkg4a Is III airy degree aiGlgsrAtef2 Or IN
pare. THO sga merchants therefore 0aiu-
rally expect that the consumption o. tea
va b.. increased from the present ratio
- ore and ha}f pounds per eaJi 10 al
ieaes four pounds wlthtu q very snort time
- there Is &c dgsy on tea pure aFiaets
Car Dow he bought a. FETAL Tor = cents
per rcnnd ~ which there are about 30
CUPS ~ Tea. making the cost psr cup about
oae~twsIfta Of 4 gen; ana therefore, al
ss,s rate 6f twelve cups Tor q CEN. II IS
f5e e4e8p pest beverage known next 20 va
seF During TIE war (when The duty con
sste8 os = cests Ia gold per n3undl. these
very teas witch now retail al = cents PER
Tgand brought from 81 70 -. ~ n pound.
b3lt anue ieza than 81 Three or four years
ago tae safne gFaas retalied at ~ eents,
Lat ewing T. the decliae ia silver. which
s. IN. metal need for rs purchase i n9w
Fztalis AZ > eants- As the beat tea can
- bought al = cents. sjaish - a the rate
OF foar cups for ! cent, lt Is Within the
reskh of All 20 use 0niy the hest.
TIE las when guarantees 20 eFery con-
surncs that they SHAH be offered IN this
cnsfnsrv zone but pure teas VAS introduced
into congress last winter, ard wa signed
~ President Cleveland March z. 1SaT, III.
LcmGe. r. Quigg and Serene r. Fay re
a D. ess 4sal
David Is. Hill, stephen NJ. White and
Knafe Nelson FRI fhe senate. bat kota
horses passed the at without a disseaiIng
voice
IN the first place the hill provides that
tea can be brought only into the United
States through four different ports, naue-
~. San Francisco, Tacoma. c44lcago ana
rsw York, at each one of which aa Of
ileer who II an experienced tea expert Is
stationed. Al tea arriving AZ each port Is
81. once taken Possession Of by the govern
uienf uafil the tea experts issue "a permit
g0F is release. which they only do after
u careful investlg cation OF each sample.
Should a tea be rejected by these Of
aeers. the importer has the privilege OF
appeal 20 the United States board OF gen.
eFal appraisers which comprises the su-
nFeme conrt OF the custom house. and
- hose members are appointed for life.
They cali in expert testimony. re-exam.ne
sion or rejection. III the tea Is rejected, 1t
must BE shipped away from the country
within six months. or bo destroyed by the
government.
Under this new law about ls GO to &c. 900
chests Of tea have been rejected since The
HEst OF May last, and the importation has
ceased of about twelve million pounds OF
low grade tea. which had previously come
IN for century past As guide 20 these
officers at each port. the las provides
that committee consisting of seven tea
experts. one chosen from San Francisco
two from Chicago one from Phil deipria
one from Boston and two from New Yog k
saall nsset together once every year and
establish standards for every kind Of tea
used. These standards are then bought
by the government 10 the extent of about
twenty-five packages OF each description
AID distributed 10 all the importers az
the United States wno send them 10 their
correspondents IN China. japan. India and
ENGLAND. with instructions that no tea
poorer than these standards shall be
shipped 10 this country. The standards
are eighteen tn number and are as follow
fofmosa ooiong. Annoy Oo!ong. North
china Congou tEnglish Breakfast, Cey-
ion tea. Country green tea young Hy-
scn1, Japan tea. pan fred Japan basket,
fired. Scented orange Pekoe. Canton tea,
tuoehow ooiouE. South China Congou, In
ola tea. Flngsueys green tea, Country
sreen tea thysonl. Japan tea. sun~dried
Japan dust or fannings. Capers. Scented
Canton fel
Very few understand the enormous va
rietIea OF tea. Fer instance. If the con-
sumer Is sufficiently informed ~ ask for
an ooldHg or an English breakfast he IL
probably unaware that OF Ooiong there
are three essentially different descriptions.
namely, Fo0chow. formosa ard Annoy.
named from the districts from which they
..sEr4 aryI sNF f4seA Of p. 49,
several distinct iiayors. owing to the diff
ference IN tine OF picking. such rs spring
crop. summer crop and autumn crop. In
each crop there are al least twenty grades
ranging from Is cents per pound as cost OF
lHpartaton To 60 cents Therefore n
tolong alone, taken altogether. AT least
one hundred different fay0rs OF all grades
can BE- shown In samples
The same apples 10 Congous Familiarity
called Eaglsh breakfast; and to Green,
Japan, india and Ceylon teas. 81 thai a
complete assortment upon the shelves Of
an importer readily shows over a thousand
samples.
X can be seen therefore that % be an sx-
pert IN al kinds OF tea requires the cxpe-
TieRce Of lifetime Az almost every state
Ia the Union takes different grades and
kinds % tea. the wholesale gracers IN ca n
state become familiar with Only these de-
s7tiptIons which suit their cwn people,
and very few. therefore. are competea,
judges g al descriptions OF ,ea
The sane applies 90 buyers IN China.
These a. Shanghai buy oniy Green or Con-
Fou tea These AZ Forfiaoss. Anloy o. Foo-
Chow buy only C3long OF Congou tea anti
therefore know nothing aboo; Japan or
ihfla tea whilst those in Japan know
nothing q Chlna teas. II Is only IN
iFa3,ng centers. such as New York snt
thf<eEo where experts exist who become
familiar wl'h all descriptions. ard il IS
frcfn those that the board e tea experts
appointed 20 establish standards annually
S enesEn - she government.
1ne 0rw srp0 ntireDts OF the year ISyS
N7Te 'ast been rgsfe. Taey a. Nansnali
lowell ~ san Francisco. Herbert -.
NeoaworA. 81 Eoston: Andrew =. Train,
IF Fh@.3 paia; l.. \. Sshoyer OF Chfea.
Ee. A = IpN8r2 az Chics2o. william =
t,aen,e ard tAe writer Of New York All
W3fA tae exception - Mr.. Lowell ~ San
f"anS.see vera TO original arp9sns rlerg.s
uoaer tA5s aw. ara tAey have served
trota fhs So ~ Marsh. 1887. In re-appotrt-
!1S thf-a are secretary - the treasury.
Nr. sroaA J, Gage. addressed them IN
arse follow 81 manner.
- .akE t1.& occasion % express 7sy htxh
3rEre5s2 .la1 y t.ts services you have rhn.
osret tae government and tha rufl4c g,
tae s.'hzrsr g thA duties tsv5!vci girou
Eos Ur3eT thts appointment f. order "a
sersra thc ga-oUesNttan Of ner~cae . x--fs.
a-ie competency and character. the fsas4.
tise MS rsa&e m honorary ore she am
peoeR.-au allowed anse~ tHs law %et~c
r9sEefy seminal. Il - sl5iE ieat e. say ira,
entire s7st>feN'tan wtth FO.r uo~k -
hses rXn~fsssd - al parts ~ tAe country.
@T3 tsasf tAe Sfa8e s13 Qualities Z teas
offered fer sale - ts,s COZ utev has = n
steadily iar7roy ~ uadtr .hs rules esfsh