. Canadian grocer July-December 1896. power as in days of yore. Exchange is against it. It is within therecollection of many of the older members of the trade when theTorrances or the Rosses gathered up all the Mexican dollars theycould lay their hands on, packed them in axe boxes and shippedthem round the Horn to buy their tea for the big auction eighteen months after they had their investment returnedto them or not, according as how the sales turned out. So thateven with its attractive features, the old system had great disad-vantages. There may be, and are, defects in the pre
. Canadian grocer July-December 1896. power as in days of yore. Exchange is against it. It is within therecollection of many of the older members of the trade when theTorrances or the Rosses gathered up all the Mexican dollars theycould lay their hands on, packed them in axe boxes and shippedthem round the Horn to buy their tea for the big auction eighteen months after they had their investment returnedto them or not, according as how the sales turned out. So thateven with its attractive features, the old system had great disad-vantages. There may be, and are, defects in the present methods. Atthe same time, business is done on a sounder basis, inasmuch asthe spirit of speculation does not enter into it to the same and hygienically it mav be wrong to encourage the pre-sent taste for cheaper teas, but business is business. In any event,there is not, to use a popular expression, a string on thesecheap teas. Traders can handle, and judiciously encourage, a bet-ter grade if they care to do )nnnn Wailing for ihe Valencia Raisin Steamer THE CANADIAN GROCER 27 . ine St. Lawrence Sugar Refining Co. LIMITED MONTREAL Laboratory of Inland Revenue,Office of Official Analyst, Montreal, April 8th, 1895. I hereby certify that I have drawn, by my own hand, ten samplesof the ST. LAWRENCE SUGAR REFINING EXTRA STAND-ARD granulated SUGAR, indiscriminately taken from ten lotsof about 150 bbls. each, I have analysed same, and find themuniformly to contain : 99ioo to 100 per cent, of Pure Cane Sugar with no impurities whatever. (Signed) JOHN BAKER EDWARDS, , Prof, of Chemistry and Pub. Analyst, MONTREAL Why Dont You Sell Silver Dust Washing Powder ? It possesses all the quali-ties that go to make up a good salable article. It is honest,has merit, is always seasonable and sells well all the yearround. Theres scarcely a housekeeper in the land but isanxious to save labor, if she can do so by using a reliableand harmless article. Then re
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