Senators will be surprised to know the extent over which tea is now produced in this country. I have a statement here. that is responsible. showing that during this season 33.000 pounds of tea can be harvested in the United States. as follows: From the Summerville mill. 14.000 poundsthat is in South Carolina. from the American Tea Growing Companys farms. in the same State. 16.000 pounds. -from the Greenville farm. 1.000 pounds. from the experimental station of the Government in Texas. 1.000 pounds. and there is another place where it is produced. making a total of .43.000 pounds. That is an infant industry. but the soil and the climate ofthis country are just as well adapted to growing tea as those of Asiatic countries. Just one other item and I will not detain the Senate further. The land now being used for tea growing is producing an average crop of 535 pounds of dry tea per- acre each year.