Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-02-13
DENTISTRY.
D. A. MoNFORT. CIR. MONFORT.
, MOnfOrt & Co.,
WHOLESALE and RETAIL GRQCERS,
No. 5 East Third ST., st. Paul.


We have taken the liberty during the last
few days of publishing lot of harmless alb
slrditieS under our head lines in this paper, in
the hope, AS the public has probably been
aware, OF attracting a little attention to the
space we expect hereafter to occupy for adver
Using purposes.
Fully appreciating the value and convenience
of newspapers as q means of communication
between seller and buyer, we are nevertheless
aware that much printers inkis used in vain
in that direction, and that thousands of ad-
vertisements fail entirely in accomplishing
their object, simply because they are not read.
The old adage says that "All work and no
play makes Jack dull boy" but all play and
no work would probably make him something
still worse. We expect to have a good deal to
say to the people of St. Paul during the com
ing year, and if they will do us the honor to
read our advertisements we shall endeayor not
to bore them too much, either by surfeit Of
quips and quirks on the one hand, or too long
and dry business announcements on the other,
but shall try to strike that golden mean of
work and play which will make us all good
natured and everybody happy.
Mr.. Wagstatf will still be occasionally heard
from, but we trust that he will not intrude SO
often as to become nuisance.
At the present time we have something seri-
Gus to say upon a subject in which every man,
woman and child in this city, and in the whole
country, has a direct personal interest, viz:
The aduIteratiom Of food: The general public
probably have no adequate conception of the
extent to which the adulterating of even the
commonest necessaries of life is carried on.
There are few articles which pass through
the cooks hands which are not counterfeited
in some way or another, and in many cases the
authorizations are made with materials which
are very deleterious to health, if not in time
actually fatal to life. The practice is so gen
eral that the greatest care is necessary to OBJ
tain pure manufactured goods of any descrip-
ton, and even the articles used for adultera-
ting are themselves adulterated. and the evil
has no limit. Just where to lay the blame for
this evil is hard to determine The great COM
petition in trade has led manufacturers to fall
in prices; and to do this they must sell impure
materials. In England and other European
countries, severe laws are in force against
aduiteratng. Many of the States of the I'm
ion have similar laws, but they are generally
dead letter, and about the only safety to the
consumer lies in the intelligence and honesty
of the grocer with whom he deals. We say
Intelligence because it is a notorious fact that
there are more ignorant persons engaged in
the retail grocery trade than in any other line
of merchandising. 1t seems to be popular
belief that no previous mercantile or other
education is necessary III order to become a
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Gus business experience whatever comes into
possession of few hundred dollars and makes
up his mind TO engage in trade, the chances
arc as nine to one that he will open little
grocery store. Now we do not wish to say one
word against small dealers, as such, for VIC
know that some of them are honest, hard
working men, who understand their business,
ha ing served a regular apprenticeship with
respectable houess, but we refer to that class
uho have to1-a hn htc t,oyl hozo
and who, however honest they may be, have
not the business experience and knowledge
which will enable them to know whether the
goods in which they deal are pure or not.
There is another class of grOcers, and there
are some of them in this city, who have edu-
cation and experience enough, but who are
dishonest, and who habitually and systemati-
cally depend for large per centage of their
profits, on light weights, short measure and
inferior goods. These men are dangerous,
and when detected ought to be severely pun
ished. Our advice to housekeepers is as fol-
lows: Buy the best you can get, even if the
price is little more. In the end such goods
will be cheaper than the inferior qualities at a
lower price. Take every precaution to see that
the goods you get are as represented. Weigh
everything you receive, whether from the gro
Ger, the butcher, or the baker. You will find
that the cost of pair of scales will be saved
several times over the first year, and no honest
dealer will object to having his goods re-
weighed, for honest errors are sometimes La
bic to be made even in the most carefully con-
Quoted establishments. Pay your bills prompt
'ly, and as far as possible, buy entirely for
cash. By following these directions, you will
save yourselves money. Guard your families
against slow poisons, and eventually deal with
honest men rather than rogues. This article
has already spun out SO long that we will only
add that our own business principles are pref
ty well defined by what we have already said.
We shall not knowingly deal in inferior goods
of any description. We will guarantee our
prices to be at all times as low as The same
quality of goods can be obtained for at any
place west of Chicago, and will Mt any time
cheerfully take back and refund the money for
any article which does not prove to be pre-
cisely as represented. We claim to be square
men, and mean to do business on square prin-
ciples, and shall endeavor to merit the conf
dence of all who may favor Us with their Gus
tom. MONFORT & Co..