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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 76, 27 February 1918, Page 8

Thti Third Article of a Serines dealing with a question which vitally affects <sv?.ry housewife. The increased demand for tea today is due to tc the fact thru huge quantities are wanted tor the 25 million men under arms. The Heads of the Annies 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 jpen, che great Russian Nation has Ibeen turned into a tea drinking people, and the money previously 'spent on Vodka is now available tor the purchase cf tea But there is only a limited supply of tea and that supply is no' sufficient to fill the present requirements. Hence at .the tea auctions in Cevion it has risen in price month by month, until tc-day it costs the packer to 3d per lb. more than in August last. /This, of course, affects New £eab jjd very greatly, for the finest tea in the world has been sold here at prices which carrtot 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 of 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 fine teas of the quality o f " Amber Tips," 2/8 to 3/4 per lb. is asked. Tea experts the world over aiJ a«ton ' ished at the remarkable quality, flavour, fragrance and value given in "Amber Tips" at so low a nrice, and it is because no better value can be obtained any where, that "Amber Tips" is to day the most popular brand in Now Zealand, Millions of packets of "Ambers Tips" are sold por annum. It is stocked in overy shop from the North Cape to the Bluff. Only exceptional value could bo responsible for so exceptional a ■»?.«. But fine tea is now costing the "Amber 'rips" Proprietors, aa well aa other tea merchants, an average of '2Jd. to 3d. per lb. more than in August, 1914. There fore, if a fair price was charged before th* war, the tea merchant ia to-day faced with an enormous los? should he continue to pack the same quality at his old prices. Of coure there is the RlternE.ti7e.of cheapening the quality by an admixtuie of inferior, loss healthful tea's, The , "Amber Tips" Proprietors-were advised by many to do this, but instead th£j decided to raise the price by 2d. por lb., and to continua to give the public that same splendid value which has always been associated with tha name "Amber Tips." Now, Mrs. Housewife, what is your opinion of the whole matter? Would you rather have the cam© delightful flavour, quality, purity and value and pay a penny a }-lb. packet more—or would you rather have an inferior and less healthful tea at the old price ? But you aay "other teas have aot been raised in prices." If so you can readily see that either excessive pr>ces 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, oihera heavy lost, must be faced. But even at increased figures Amber Tips is still the cheapest tea yon can buy. Cup for cup, value for value, nothing else can equal it, while it is so nure and healthful that it can be taken »y even those of the weakest digestion. Burely these facts should weijjn with yen.

Consider them carefully—write and tell us your conclusions. We believe that you want quality and that you want value. For that reason we have raised our prices because only by doing ao can we continue to give you the same benefit quality and the same honest vai;**. 10: 1/iO, 2/-, 3/8 par lb. The only tea that hag tv increas« its prices — tte foregoing will tell you -why. Sometimes your watch won't keep time; goes whea and how it likes. Yoa take it to the mender; and be, perhaps, finds the delicate movements have been put oat of gear by dust yoa can only see under a magnifying glass. Indigestion acts in the same way on the body. Digestion, like the mainspring of a watch, is one of the principal things that keep the wheels of life running smoothly. Let it he disturbed and every part of yonr system suffers. Notably your nerve* are upset. tP Why ? Well, the nerves and the digestive systems depead npon each other very closely. One cannot become affected without the other becoming upset. Bad digestion means lack of nourishment from food. Your nerves cry out because they are not fed. They lose tone and energy. Let us show how Mother Seigel's Syrup rapidly mends matters. In' a state of Indigestion often food remains too long in the stomach and ferments. Again, the supply of bile (Nature's own laxative) from the liver is frequently poor in quality, and badly regulated. Or the bowels are too sluggish to expel the body's refuse. All these ; important digestive organs are the centre lof a special nervous system. Naturally the irritated nerves protest—like the watch does against a speck of dust. You must right your digestion before body and nerves can be restored to a really sound state; otherwise there is a steady drain on vitality. The drip of water from a leaking can will empty it in time. Mother Seigel's Syrup quickly stops this sapping of the system. Its tonic, and corrective action restotes good digestion by stimulating stomach, iiver and bowels into healthy activity. Then you derive full nourishment from your food. Robust health, with full nerve energy, follows, OTJTTEJ&-WRA iTEKb— To Dairy •J-J Farmers who mab their own butter: Obtain your butter-wrnphnrH at the. "Stratford Post" Job Printing Office.