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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 74, 25 October 1916, Page 8

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The Third Article.of a Series dealing u;iih a question which vitally affects every housewife. The increased demand for tea today is due to to the tact thai huge quantities are wanted for the 25 million men under arms. The Heads of the Armies of the world know that there is no drink so stimulating and beneficial, and hence thev must have tea for their men no matter what it costs. Then, too, at the stroke of a pen, irhe great Russian Nation has been turned into a tea drinking people, and the money previously spent on Vodka is now available for the purchase of tea But there is only a limited Mipply of tea and that supply is not sufficient to fiii the present requirements. Hence at the tea auctions in Cevlon it has risen in price month by month, until to-day it costs the packer to 3d per lb. more than in August last. This, of course, affects New Zeal? jid very greatly, for the finest tea in the world has been sold here at pricea which cannot be equalled. Although this seems a bold statement, it is one that will bear the closest investigation. For instance, a great proportion of the tea imports to England consist af what is known as "red stalk'' tea, the lowest possible grade—so low that it is prohibited throughout Australasia. Yet even this lowest grade is sold in England at 1/6 or more per lb., while for line teas of the quality of " Amber Tips," 2/8 to 3/4 per lb. is asked. Tea experts the world over are astonished at the remarkable quality, flavour, fragrance and value given in " Amber Tips" at so low a price, and it is because no better value can be obtained anywhere, that 4 'Amber Tips" is to day the moat popular brand in New Zealand, Millions of packets of "Ambera Tips" are sold per annum. It is stocked in every shop from the North Capo to the Bluff. Only exceptional value could be responsible for so exceptional a g^is. But fine tea is now costing die "Amber Tips" Proprietors, as well as other tea merchants, an avenge of'2Jd. to 3d. per lb. more than in August, 1914. Therefore, if a fair price was charge'! before the war, the tea merchant is to-day faced with an enormous loss should ho continue to pack the samo quality at his old pricei. Of coure there is the alternative of cheapening the quality by an admixture of inferior, less healthful teas, The "Amber Tips'" Proprietors were advised by niany to do this, but instead they decided to raise the price by 2d. per lb., and to continue to give the public that samo splendid value which has always been asaodated with the name "Amber Tips." No'T, Mrs. Housewife, what in your opinion of the whole matter? Would you rather have the same delightful flavour, quality, purity and value and pay a. penny a i-lb. packet more—or would you rather have an inferior and leas healthful tea at the old price ? But you say "other teas have not been raised in prices." If so you can readily see that either excessive prices were charged before the war—so excessive that even an extra 2£d. or 3d. in cost per lb. still enables a profit to be made —or quality must be reduced, othert heavy losr, n.nst be faced. But even at increased figures Amber Tips is still th< cheapest tea you can 1 'T.v. Cup foi 'tip, value for value, nothing else can c ,-ml it, whiio it is so pure and healthful ':atitcan be taken by oven those of the w lakest digestion. Surely theso facts bhould weigh with you. Consider them carefr' l^— write and tell us your conclusions We believe that you want quality and hnt you want value. For that reason Wt. (rive raised our prices because only by <N'ing so can we continue to give you the bame honest quality and the same honest v.t!'"\ 101

1/10, 2,'-, 2/2 per lb. The only tea that has t</ increi prices—the foregoing will tdlyv<