| Show invasion by japan theban the san francisco journal of 0 commerce says it looks japanese were going to get a strong hold in this thi country to make the united states state tile the chief outlet fa lor r their pris pr ducts the tea that we used to get from japan was excellent but americans in america wanted more for their money and american shippers in japan have lowered the cost they had to take a poor tea weight ft it with gypsum or stone powder color it with prussian blue to beautify it ft which makes poor tea even worse orse I 1 in this way immense profits have been made at the expense of the american public and likewise at the expense of the japanese producer v hose interest it Is to have the best tea consumed because people will like it and to so want more good tea increases the consumption of tea lea while poor tea weighted and colored tends to decrease the consumption the american shippers stand between the american consumers and the japanese growers Thela the japanese government see seems ms to be quite aware of this and at the worlds fair spent thousands of dollars showing america that we were not and are not using real japan tea at at all 1 we shall watch the arh it interest tor for it will be a good thing for the country to use good god tea and a great thing I 1 tir r which because of climate harbor and trade facilities is the natural ten tea port of the united states |
