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TIIE BRITISH HONG-KONG TEA COMPANY . TO THE COUNTRY TEA DEALERS & GROCERS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM . have elapsed since the enormous profitsformerly obtained b
Many years now , y the Wholesale Tea Dealers , were reduced within more reasonable limits , in respect to those retailers who could command the means of going toa ready money market , and of buying whole chests , or lots , of the different Teas suitable lo their business . The B RITISH HONG-KONG TEA COMPANY are resolved to place all classes of Tea Dealers on the same advantageous footing occupied by the hi gher and more monied branches of the Trade . It is undeniable that low prices are now universally looked foi-, but low prices and the large profits which are still ivencannot
obtained by the Wholesale Houses , and particularly when credit is g , exist together . In carrying out their intentions the Company pledge themselves—I . To charge no higher profit on loose Teas , or broken packages , than is now paid on whole chests , by those who buy-for cash of Brokers , or Commission Agents IIThey will ly any quantity of the different kinds of Tea that may be
. supp ordered , up to ENTIRE CHESTS and LOTS . III . They will pay the carriage to ' all parts of England and Wales , and the principal ports of Scotland and Ireland . With respect to those Retailers who purchase broken packages , their practice is now , almost universally , to buy their Teas in the country , of those who are themselves obliged to purchase of the London Dealers , or through Commission Agents , and thus they put into the pocket of a middle man , the profit which the Company
will now' enable th ' eni to' put into their own , or to share with their customers . But in some cases matters areeven more badly managed . The Retailer buys of those who purchase of second hands , and thus two profits are paid to middle men when not even one is required . Besides , it cannot be supposed that a Country Dealer , whatever may be his capital , can possess the advantages of those who are daily in the London Markets , and whose extensive transactions enable them to buy on the best possible terms . -At present the constant complaint of- persons in the country for inferior thus that
is , that they pay very high prices very Teas , shewing some n-reat Reform is " needed in the Retailer ' s present mode of making his purchases ; and , in fact , without such a Reform it is- certain , that all the more respectable consumers will leave the Country Retailer . altogether ,, and purchase direct from the London Houses , —unless , indeed , they should have lost their liberty by reducing themselves to the necessity of taking credit . ' ' 1 " - - i ¦¦! ¦¦ ... ..
ROASTED COFFEE . " This highly important article of consumption will receive the best attention of the Company ; and in supplying the Trade their terms will be found as liberal as those they are resolved to act upon in regard to Tea . On all other points , not herein alluded to , such as Prices , & c , the most ample
information will be given bn being applied for . Tlie Britisla lIoiig-IiLoBi ^ Tea Company , im efe 1 ^ WICBMML & 8 IiAJTH , ' KING WILLIAM STREET , London . Johnston , Printer , lied Lion ( Jourt , Charterhouse Line .
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Tiie British Hong-Kong Tea Company. To T...
TIIE BRITISH HONG-KONG TEA COMPANY . TO THE COUNTRY TEA DEALERS & GROCERS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM . have elapsed since the enormous profitsformerly obtained b
Many years now , y the Wholesale Tea Dealers , were reduced within more reasonable limits , in respect to those retailers who could command the means of going toa ready money market , and of buying whole chests , or lots , of the different Teas suitable lo their business . The B RITISH HONG-KONG TEA COMPANY are resolved to place all classes of Tea Dealers on the same advantageous footing occupied by the hi gher and more monied branches of the Trade . It is undeniable that low prices are now universally looked foi-, but low prices and the large profits which are still ivencannot
obtained by the Wholesale Houses , and particularly when credit is g , exist together . In carrying out their intentions the Company pledge themselves—I . To charge no higher profit on loose Teas , or broken packages , than is now paid on whole chests , by those who buy-for cash of Brokers , or Commission Agents IIThey will ly any quantity of the different kinds of Tea that may be
. supp ordered , up to ENTIRE CHESTS and LOTS . III . They will pay the carriage to ' all parts of England and Wales , and the principal ports of Scotland and Ireland . With respect to those Retailers who purchase broken packages , their practice is now , almost universally , to buy their Teas in the country , of those who are themselves obliged to purchase of the London Dealers , or through Commission Agents , and thus they put into the pocket of a middle man , the profit which the Company
will now' enable th ' eni to' put into their own , or to share with their customers . But in some cases matters areeven more badly managed . The Retailer buys of those who purchase of second hands , and thus two profits are paid to middle men when not even one is required . Besides , it cannot be supposed that a Country Dealer , whatever may be his capital , can possess the advantages of those who are daily in the London Markets , and whose extensive transactions enable them to buy on the best possible terms . -At present the constant complaint of- persons in the country for inferior thus that
is , that they pay very high prices very Teas , shewing some n-reat Reform is " needed in the Retailer ' s present mode of making his purchases ; and , in fact , without such a Reform it is- certain , that all the more respectable consumers will leave the Country Retailer . altogether ,, and purchase direct from the London Houses , —unless , indeed , they should have lost their liberty by reducing themselves to the necessity of taking credit . ' ' 1 " - - i ¦¦! ¦¦ ... ..
ROASTED COFFEE . " This highly important article of consumption will receive the best attention of the Company ; and in supplying the Trade their terms will be found as liberal as those they are resolved to act upon in regard to Tea . On all other points , not herein alluded to , such as Prices , & c , the most ample
information will be given bn being applied for . Tlie Britisla lIoiig-IiLoBi ^ Tea Company , im efe 1 ^ WICBMML & 8 IiAJTH , ' KING WILLIAM STREET , London . Johnston , Printer , lied Lion ( Jourt , Charterhouse Line .