Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-08-22

with such good material as we have in on
volunteers.
FRAUDS IN TR ADE The New Yorl
Journal Of Commerce has an article from
correspondent, complaining of frauds in tn,
hardware 'rade committed in that city. Tn,
writer says:
Many small articles OF hardware. which ar.
sold by tale or weight, are purpos,ly pu.
up short count, or "short weight 80 tina
The actual contents OF the packages OF such ar.
ucles are sometimes more than halt, and Of
ten do not exceed three fourths of what the
labels represent them to be-. MANY others are
sold by numbers, the sizes of which ought, ot
course, To be always uniform; but il has be
come a common practice, when ordering such
articles, To direct the manufacturer 10 mark
up one or two NOs.-that is No. | To- b. mar
ked2 or 3, but, OF course, TO b. charged at
the regular price for No. /; the merchants
object being, IT possible, to cheat his unwary
customer, by changing him a. nearly The price
of No. = or 3 as dread of detection will per
mt him to approach. Thes, practices are
rendered, IN one respect, comparatively unim-
pOrtdnt, 10y the certainty that they must soon
delcdt their own object, as but few persons
can be lound IN this country, sufficiently veT-
dantto be- shaved in this manner more than
once or twice with IMMUNITY. The shallow
artiice must soon be detected. and the next
purchase will BE- made with greater circum-
sp"clon, aud a result more satisfactory to the
purchaser. But such prdcticeSare more to be
regretted on ACCOUNT Of their tendency to
su0vcrt confidence between man aud man,
and thereby immeasureably To increase the
toll aud trouble OF translciing business; as,
where such suspicious are entcrlained. whe-
thor justly or not the customer viii naturally
wish personality 10 inspect and rxnuiug--~
~ article before purchasing. MANY other
Tricks ol the Trade are too tedious to men.
ton on an oCca ION such as this-but there
remains one mOusirous evil which | must ar
tlcularizr, and that IS, the too frequent prac-
tice of selling goods, generally ot Germ1n
manufacture and ot indifferent manufacture
under accurate limitations of the stamps and
labels OF the best English makers OF similar
articles-such as Joseph Rogers * Sons fol
pocket cutlery aud scissors; Peter Stubs, Wm
GrecvcS& Sons, Ibbotsons aud Spear. for saw,
files AMI carpenters tools; Richard Hcmmint
x Son Tor needles aud fish hooks-and who
ever saw a German gun that had not Lon
don branded on the barrel?
IA an instance OF the extent to which thi,
infamous system of fraud and forgery has beel
carried on by lie Germans, / take The cos, @
WIN. Nikinson-au honest, intelligent me
Cllanic-Who, IN the course of years o( perse
veung industry as a manufacturer of shears O
a uniform excellence, had established i'm tlii,
country q reputation from which lac doubtless
aud reasonably, hoped u realize an extensive
aud rcmuucritiug traic:-but d know lrd-e al
these circumstances excited the cupidity q
the Germans, who Immediately commence,
The importation and manufacture cf shears
which externally SO closely rcsembled MiIkif
sons. and bore such accurate imiutions o
his marks. that the genuine aud spurious im
%itdttons were in appearance almost Identical
but the one being composed of steel, aud lb,
other OF IRON, the difference ia their in,rinsi,
value soon becomes apparent to those who's,
lot I'll TO use such instruments.
But tins country being Va her extensive. am
the difference IN the prices of the two article,
naturally bcarng soue proportion To- The dit
irrcncc 10 their quality, 10 Is not imprubabl,
That the Gefmlus may continue to fnd anon,
us an extensive sale for their really WORTHLESS
articles lor some time to come. On |ascertai
mag tho nature 81 the dishonorablc Compcti
tiou With which be- has tn contend with /,
this market, Wilkinson appears 10 have adop
ted the cXpcdicut ot enclosing in each bundl.
OF hissiGCars. a printed notice, c~autioning N,
public against the spurious shears: Che Ger
mans very soon initiated this document also
aud enclosed o copy in each bundle Of thrit
shears. ] viii send YOU with this a copy oI
their hsuiiwork in that dtpuftmcntoi science
and leave you to- make your own comment.
upon ~, ~ You deem such action desirable.
THE CAR AND THE POLISH PEAS.
ANTRI 1T IS quite c~hcrriug to hear Ola lib
cral act 10 The history Of Nicholas. OF Russia
We therefore notice with pleasure a report
which Is mentioned by o correspondent. of thl
Charleston COURIER that the Emperor is about
90 carry Out an extensive and important ~.
forms, which De- has been long mcdiBting
in favor of the Polish pcaSutry. ic has l0i
several months b.en residing in Poland. o.
cup'ing himself almost exclusively iu mttur-
inE Dos projects. nmpoutnt modification at