The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-02-24
COIMERCIAL MATTERS, Etc.

Recently. Ct . creditors meeting in Eng
land, the man in trouble explained that not
even the ghost Of dividend was to Dc e.
pected. One creditor bent on having some
thing, called upon the bankrupt for song;
It was given, the words being "Then you'll
remember me-" Probably they will.
In consequence of recent decisions BY the
Courts of New York and New Jersey, holding
seed dealers liable for all damages to custom
ers through failure of crops, the seedsmen
have agreed to print on all their packages,
bill.heads and circulars, notice as follows:
HIt Is mutually agreed between ourselves and
the purchaser of this package, that we do not
warrant the same ana are not in any respect
Gable or responsible for the seeds sold by us,
or for any loss or damage arising from failure
thereof IN any respect" It remains to be
seen if the courts will consider this binding
on the purchaser, as it has been decided that
similar motto on railroad tickets were Of no
avail in protecting the seller.
Polish is undoubtedly fine thing, whether
son our boots or on our minds, and we should
all of us use it. The kind of polish of which
we speak, however, has not always been in
use. One hundred and fifty years ago, or so.
men Of fashion were particularly careful not
to have their elegant turned.up-toed footgear
~defled by the slightest speck Of backing.
Day & Martin were the first men who de-
veloped the backing trade to any extent that
we have any record Of. Mr. Day, it is re-
lated, was barber in Eastcheap. London, or
that vicin ty, when one fine day q soldier,
who was diiapidated to the last degree and
had Just been mustered out of tho service,
came into the shop and begged to be shaved,
saying he had nothing to offer in return but
the best receipt for making blacking in the
world. More out Of good nature than any
thing else, Mr.. Day &C accommodated the poor
fellow, and took his receipt in payment for
tho ''scrape"
This incident was the corner stone of Mr..
Days fortune. He manufactured some of the
blacking according to his receipt and soon
found that he had good thing. After
while he succeeded in getting partner with
money, and they went into the manufactur-
ing business. It was found difficult to intro
duce the srticle at first, in spite Of its excel
lencc, and Messrs. Day & Martin had recourse
to an amusing and ingenious expedient which
was We rthy of our latest days of advertising
.dodges. They would dress . number Of men
up in smart and natty livery and then send
squire fur Day & Martins backing. instruct
iing them to menuon incidentally that their
masters, "Lords -, could not possibly
exist any longer without IT," And this was
the beginning of the immense business that
they afterwards boilt up
The manufacture Of blaczing is one Of the
most simple that can be imagined. The ma
terisls Of which the mixture is composed are
molasses, bone. black, oil, and one or two
miuor Ingredients. The bone-black is, of
course. ground up very fine. These materials
are put in suitable quantities into revolving
tub. BY means OF machinery the mass is
I1x1 cfipr in ha n
that in whicn the tub revolves, thus insuring
the thorough mixture of the several ingre-
,dients. In order to make this process still
more thorough, the mass is afterwards
ground in q mill, after which it is all ready to
be packed in boxes
Consumption Of Imported Articles During 1873
New York Grocer.]
The report OF Mr.. Edward Young, Phi. D.
Chief of the United States Bureau of Stats
tics, showing the consumption Of all imported
articles during the fiscal year, ending June
80, 1875. is wonderfully complete and
valuable book of reference. Taking few of
the items most interesting to our readers. we
may mention respecting salt, that within the
year, Notwithstanding the immense quantity
of domestic used. the people Of this country
consumed 1898, 400 pounds Of foreign.
which paid duty Of sos. 967 "a, gold. OF
this, llO,249 40 pounds were used in the
Eastern States and the city Of New York, for
curing fish. The consumption for this pur-
pose, it is shown, has increased from 81, $780,
.929 pounds in 1872, to the figures given above
for last year
Then, again. the patriotic element was less
>demonstrative in 1875 than in 1873, as only
1873, l73 boxes of frecrackers were consumed
against 225, 1913 boxes in 1873. but as each box
contains forty packs and the duty is 23c per
pack, the boys contributed the sum Of $685.
173, gold, to the revenue of the country last
year.
Then comes the little fish boiled in oil"
the sardine, of which 945, 585 quarter boxes,
100, 500 half boxes and 1862 boxes were used,
and these paid into the Treasury, for duty,
the sum of S35. 6lO 8S, gold.
The extent of the foreign dried fruit trade
is shown by the consumption of Is, 334,-
1853 pounds Of currants. 2.826, 5T
pounds of dates, and 1861, $50 pounds
Of prunes, all paying duty Of To-, gold. per
valued at s2,443,l5 and paying q duty Of
S672. $50 gold at the rate Of 24c. p pound.
OF fl.berts and nuts 5.90l.9O7 pounds were
demanded, and of almonds 945, 896 pounds
Figs to the extent Of 1858, $50 pounds were
used, and at 2Ac per pound duty, paid into
Uncle Sau's big pocketbook the sum Of $751;
1874, gold.
OF foreign rice the statistics of consump-
ton show 90 23l, 223 pounds cleaned, 495. TAO
pounds unclaimed, and 563, 1872 pounds
paddy, yielding to the government 81, 274.-
Jag "a duty.
The opinion is universal that immense
quantities Of chicory are used for mixing with
coffee, yet in the year under consideration
only 8, 758, 26S pounds were withdrawn from
the custom. houses of the country.
Another point which furnishes food for re-
Election is that the invoice value Of all the
pickles, sauces and capers i'm ported during the
year amounted to only 1886, 632 81. against
1897, 286 q in 1874, and $605, 683 81 in 1873.
At the sworn valuation given for 1875, the
average is only about one dollars worth for
each retailer iu the United Safes. Where,
then, do the pickles seen on every retailers
shelf and bearing, apparently, the labels OF
foreign mar ufacturers, come from?
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