The Republican journal., 1874-07-23
The False Hair Trade.

our population, is greater than that OF any
other city in the country. New York does
most of the importing and has Of course u
large wholesale trade, but there is not the
same local demand there, while in Phila-
delpha the business is still but a small
one. 1t has long been known that in few
llelds OF business was a better harvest of
profit CLEANED in Boston than in this, and
within the past two or three years great
number OF new firms, among them some
OF the largest in the city, have gone into
the business, until we can now boast of
forty-tWo places in Boston which sell hu-
man hair exclusively. A careful estimate
puts the annual sales of these at above a
million dollars, while there are also i'm
mense quantities of hair goods sold by
mllliners and others. All this at retail
alone HERE are eight wholesale estab-
lshments, whose annual business amounts
to the round sum of two million dollars
Since human hair began to be 4 con-
siderable article Of commerce. hardly a
dozen Years ago. the business has made
vast strides in this country until now the
annual importation at New York is valued
at 81 300 900. Valuable lots also arrive
at Boston with nearly every steamer.
Much the greater part OF the hair comes
from France, Germany and Italy. the most
highly priced from the first named coun-
try. The "crop'' in England and Ireland
is no more than enough for home CON
sumption. and none is exported. except in
manufactured form. During the past two
wears immense quantities of hair. of
very inferior grade have been brought
here from Italy. and made into cheap
switches. One firm in New York import
ed u hundred tons of thi, cheap Neapoli-
tan har last year. 10 satisfy the demand
| for Ialrto cover the heads of the American
! women. the dealers have now lail Nor
way. Sweden. Holland. Switzerland and
| Spain under tribute The hair from Nor
way and Sweden being much of it of
rare blonde. commands Very hioh price
The reputation of French hair is derived
rather from the way in which ii i pre-
pared than from any inherent superiority
l'ellrray hair ttrom Leon Pelerav Of PR
| is, the man who put, ii upl is the stand
ard. and brands with this stamp will bring
from fifteen to twenty-five per cent better
prices than any other kinds.
Every large hair dealer in the great
European centres Of the bu,iness-Lon-
don. Paris Berlin and s.; PeterSburg-haS
its score or more ol ''cuttcrS. = whom he
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cGn,lio, thn Iocl,c Il. dnnoe;fs tban;
noatI,- fiod IN l;s o.l-o+ ma Toonno ~
lhar3taI l. H. oroetoI with sIonts ,nd
lonnhtor from, NOV oon,noninn- fo, noll
has th.. ,vo,l, hann dnne that hn,. bnad has
tha onnear1nce of heino shaved Nowhere
hnt in BRITTANY win he Oil, snbmit ia
this wholesale rronnin~ in,istino mon
prp>eryintr n few thin locks 1t last of
one of ratnre-s tairest Gifts IN that nrov-
incc however. where the custom is for
women TO wear hideous. close fitting caps.
hair which would be the GLORY OF Ameri
can ladies is useless, and it is there that the
hair merchant rcap his richest harvest
4, civilization PROGRESSES the ~,lpply of
GOOD hair becomes les and less adru1ate
10 thc demand. and price, Mt thp best
advance NJ A. rapid rate from year ia
wear Hair Tor which : an ounce would
have been considered high figure twenty
wear, AGO would be thought cheap at so,
TO answer this ceaseless call tor hair from
both sides of the Atlantic new sources of
supply are opened up every wear.
1t has long been known that among the
prizes OF the Parlslan sewers the chifoNef
hold hair IN the highest esteem, but OF
late years the ragmen OF every city in
Continental Europe have made requlsl-
tions for cast Oft hair upon the dirt barrel
and ash heap. Such an article could never
sell in Europe. but 1T pays dealers to col
lect it, sort II out, clean and comb it, Tor
long experience has told them that there
is no rubbish in the shape OF human hair
too dirty for the American market,
And here let us say what cannot be too
strongly insisted upon, that there are no
bargains in hair. The woman who buys
sevcnty-tiye cent switch gets Just her
moneys worth. II is strange that, after
long experience, purchasers Of hair goods |
are so stupidity ignorant Is to the quality
Of what they buy. Put clean, finely pre-
pared switch, that costs ut wholesale $40. |
on 4 counter beside dollar article, and
ask 81 for each, and ten to one the latter
will sell first, because the hasty way in
which II is made up leaves it the bigger of
the two A short time since 4 poor fifty
cent switch was taken from the head OF
lady Of the highest social position, who
said She couldn't sec why il wasn't as
GOOD as any other
>1ncb of IN. hair emf from tho heads
of thc tcvcr-~tr;cNru patjents Of fine Great
rnronpon bospitals Is known 10 find its
wav HID The Stock Of ,he hoir merchant