Canadian grocer July-December 1898 . ughtin for the best of reasons, dealers could notsell it if they had it. If the Government were about to imposea duty on tea, I could then see the wisdomof a board of inspection. I have no objec-tion to inspection if it could be managedwithout delay, but I do not see how that ispossible. It would be too expensive tohave an examining board here, and thedelay in sending to Ottawa would be veryhard on merchants here. Besides, I doubtif even at Ottawa they are at all likely toget a man who is sufficiently expert to dojustice to the inspection. Tea experts areve
Canadian grocer July-December 1898 . ughtin for the best of reasons, dealers could notsell it if they had it. If the Government were about to imposea duty on tea, I could then see the wisdomof a board of inspection. I have no objec-tion to inspection if it could be managedwithout delay, but I do not see how that ispossible. It would be too expensive tohave an examining board here, and thedelay in sending to Ottawa would be veryhard on merchants here. Besides, I doubtif even at Ottawa they are at all likely toget a man who is sufficiently expert to dojustice to the inspection. Tea experts arevery expensive men. I have no objectionto inspection as inspection, but it does seemto me that the advantage to be gained isvery small, compared to the outlay of moneyby the Government and the loss of time toimporters. ADMIT ALL SOUND TEAS. A. F. Randolph & Sons, Fredericton,: With respect to the question oftea standards, to regulate the importation THE CANADIAN GROCER THE RISING SUN STOVE POLISH and THE SUN PASTE STOVE POLISH. ^ rFOR DURABILITY and ECONOMY. fOR GENERAL BLOCKING. TONS SOLD YEARLY. MORSE BROS., Proprietors, Canton, Mass. ~^ TRADE MARK REGISTERED ^- ?S£ ^ o*y£2 a^i^S, LABORliST IN THE W9J For sale by all Wholesale Grocers; also the McClary Mfg. Co., London, Montreal, Winnipeg, Yanconver and Toronto. of teas, we believe that the tea business, aswell as every other business, should be leftas free as possible, from Government inter-ference. There are more or less hindrancesand difficulties in all business, of an unavoid-able nature, and the aim should be to sim-plify transactions, not to handicap them. We are, therefore, strongly opposed tostandards being adopted to regulate theimportation of teas, because we believe thesystem would cause a great deal of troubleand possible hardship to the importer, whileit would not, in our opinion, accomplish theobject intended in creating standards. Wethink all that is necessary is to excludeadulterated and unsou
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