Show tea on the down grade tea drinkers are finding scant en coura gement in a rei ort recently made by a large tea exporting house in yokohama to its american cus bomers incidentally it indicates that the united states is not alone in fac ing increased cost of living the re port says owing to the rapidly in creasing cost of living in japan labor costs more and in consequence cul ti of the tea gardens is less generous and extensive than formerly and less care and skill are expended in picking and curing the leaf hence the average quality of the teas now offered for sale is below that of sea sons prior to the war and for the same reasons we are not lakel in the future to see any reversion to the excellence of former years new york sun |