New-York tribune., 1908-06-14
TEA TRADES GROWTH
DUE TO MODERN METHODS
Has Taken Nesc Lease OF Afe-
Latest Development.

many but chief OF them seems 10 h"'o -
lack of aggressiveness in an age OF Keen co,, "
netitjon where old fashioned trade methoos "ho
they may avail to keep trade enterprises -
seldom win for them place in the LEAD OF hou-
ern mercantile endeavor.
With the appearance in The Tribunes 8 coiuiiii'
of series of educational articles tea-the nrst
| of these articles printed in Inc Iriouhe u
| June TO- 1906-the tide seems to nave tui
/ Whether this exhaustive discussion OF tea' III On
! its phases reawakened in the public an aPPe'i'e
| for the Gun that cheers but not 1nebriates. vi
whether 1t merely gave the venders OF Tea ~ 'he neo
| essary inspiration and afforded inVltihs cppoitu
nifty for effort boots little but the lact re-
mains that the matter of these articles was extern
| sively disseminated throughout the country poth
| through daily and trade journals. and by the mem
bers and grocery. trades. ana the coiici-
dent increase of tea consumption must therelore'
| be in measure accredited to that influence
| Still an examination OF tea statistics dlscloseS
evidence of more potent factor; ana thal PioEe'
have been the snd gg0w1ad cresed en- se by
the and organ2ed da 6 1t m aspiees Of
the British Some rte p,anr Gar
SlGei anfsd wn mnnn 'N themselVes cess or tax the
proceeds of which IL be devoted to INTRO Io
twelve OF tneSe 1es nfrv Se bad MADE steady and
sTen aferhg to s p2ogress in gaining foothod
here tor Ceyon = tea then s vaeamGy tee havhg
the cess in chargeopened up SomPetlti16hi 6ibv bGr
! America. From among thirty-nine theoretically
Tbrty aTb Committees. as it is famiiiarIy called had
ii has turned outthe good fortune s to as6 select
DDS which-to select the least uncomplimentaWry W
! to degree, were most certainly a revelation 20
the plodding members of the old,fashloned 'ea
! true, but they born of mean strategic
OF Of the and
sion that mark the born pioneer ana s 1 Werg ng
vigor and vigilance and through his intimate knoWi
| edge and thorough mastery of all the forces thdt
AS the subject is new to. The Tribune's readers
the they training ain which tted ceylons last
asR eve1 though it nvoives the slight
| in the way of few words as to that young gen.
The !fts SON of the Bishop Of Nova Scotia received
his early education in the Staees-hs father then then
%ard Rs gfad1ated With the degree Of B. Kings
sequent travels abroad that he made choice Of his
tea nromp1ness sne he enere no an appFen
ticeship at the business English by blrtR rin ana
possession as the field upon which to win his his
pn the As smpoP Of one e h Pands great
And what school it proved a school in which ca
! the hours of rest and recreation were few. ana
/ those of work and study many and long; one one In In
which the tasks were complex and diIc9ll&: & anu f m
which the curriculum usually consumed eIgLI vi
Years ofI in whc several degrees of assisting
ntendence had to be passed ere that oI f oflTx @
| this practical school turned out at last many
sided and well equipped business man. TO muster
coolie labor at day break for year after year; 10
divide it into gangs and apPortion lis tasEs 5; 10
ences' to reconcile it's feuds to heal it's sick
and administer rewards and punishment among 1an
farm building construction; 70 look after the re-
pair a6 fang and 05 eearng of jungles and
the preparation of new feds-the various cu!tlva-
the most elaborate accounts in the world-the buy.
ing Of a sgRPe and and
packing of the plantaton's productsaand TO inter inter
tifc study of soil care and culture. of plant prun-
ing. and of manufacturing processes all these taSks
faithfully and conscientiously undertaken, can put
result in the rounding out Of mans CHARACTER
fairs. fair III And When one breaks the record as did
Gr. Courtney, by crowdng this eight years cur
months-the period at which he, still a. youth,
ascsnded to the position t @ Of n mnf Wa
as exceptional mental capacity 1t was this record
'af Re @ has s Sed f0Ip' up to bis, record With
m pad ne a Rne f the the9
| of inertia and with CHARACTERISTIC prompti-
briefly be described as the bringing here of teas
which producers wished to sell rather m than Ant those
about acquainting himself with the tastes Of the
ea Of Pf their regards e@a
water etc.-and then he proceeded to instruct his
P0Pe bow to at suppy those Varying tastes and needs
country used as this is to independent methods,
old business men stood aghast at some .li of his
had to- er they
in the the two Years of his stewardship tEan they
in the five years preceding and these two years
have been propitious to trade generelly.as this
that in the trade there was no panic: on the
6een' sound and rrohtable business; one in
which failures are extremely rare, and IN whlch
encountered Nevertheless. to have increased the
consumption of Ceylon tea from IS 99S 600 in 1905 to
in 1907 @ is ito to haTe brsT Sass
Enthusiastically as it has been possible for it TO
express its appreciation in the stad yerbiage which
ingNso recorded itself as thinking
For the reason that 1t has accomplished the pur-
pose fo which it was NAH is aonr rnf fb
cess has been practically discontinued; and, as
consequence, the office of Tea Commissioner for
the United nit Safs a%d of Mr.
But so good man of affairs has not failed to
nv and in his exhaustive study of its methods.
it's needs and its resources that there is spen-
,ty riS ana In the commtssionership He has
formed and most influential members of the trade
w. formed the corporation of W. A. Courtney &
Co. with offices at Nos 81 and 80 Water street
ton 1'' thropghout the United states Canada
reyinn lon Tea Commission admittedly the best quail
fed in their line in this county, and these VII he
and here. Their peculiar and intimate knowledge
bined with their Ceylon experience and connec
tons will. it is thought. prove one of the corpora
Mr. Courtney's ability to complete advantageous
arrangements with frs,,. one of the strongest and
that will limit the capital requirements Of
Business. bus not only enables the concern to
sne IN se M the highest most Bossbep ent
Of the character and business s attainments OF
las last Pneeded any furher nGorsemen 1T IS to be
found in the fact that. though the subscription
opened. Inscribed thereon will be found the