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He had said to Mr. Gifford : `` I think , Mr. Gifford , I ought to know more about this business from its very beginnings . If you 'll let me , I 'd like to see where we get supplies . '' That meant a toilsome round among the great sugar refineries , on the Long Island side of the East River ; and then another among the tea and coffee merchants and brokers , away down town , looking at samples of all sorts and finding out how cargoes were unloaded from ships and were bought and sold among the dealers . He brought to the store , that afternoon , before six o'clock , about forty samples of all kinds of grocery goods , all labeled with prices and places , and he was going on to talk about them when Mr. Gifford stopped him . `` There , Ogden , '' he said . `` I know all about these myself , -- but where did you find that coffee ? I want some .