Show AFFECTS PRICE new york july 21 tho trouble in china Is already influencing the wholesale tea market of this country within the last few days the price tot tea has advanced from one to two centa a pound and till further increases seem likely inasmuch us with the continuance ti nuance of the in china it will more to m port when the outbreak began it was computed that there were about pounds of tea in this country that stock ts boing rapidly bought up retailers and should the hostilities extend to the tea growing districts a rapid rase in the price of the commodity will result the great ea producing centers of china however have not yet been threatened with the strife in which the boxers are engaged even should the murderous movement extend to the fields come most of the teas which are used in this country it would not be affected tor many months should the boxers ever get so far south aa the yang tee klang and block the yang klang river by means of which at least fifty per cent of the tea grown in china Is carried to the seaports consumers 0 t tea will have to pay considerably more for their favorite beverage than they do now e f |