The Arizona champion., 1886-05-22
TRICKS OF TRADES.
kclTY DEALER WHO HAS SOME SEN
 SlBLG VIEWS.
Tho Farmer Who Hld Stone in the Fleece May Have Been No More
 Dishonest Than Some Other 2d Peopls.
TChicago Herali.I

ltncaEO heFall.l
 "A little thing occurred the other day that set me thinking" remarked a Water street merchant to the reporter We buy considerable wool, and in one of our consignmeats tue other day we noticed a number of tleeces that were unusually heavy. Investigation showed that con. ceaIed within each one was a good sized stone We reported the matter back to the country merchant from whom we had received the wool, and hs was able to identify the farmer who had sold it to him That farmer was arrested and on the evidence of one of our hired men was found guilty of attempting fraud and was fined ,s!5 and the cust Now, of course the farmer had no business to put those stones in the wool The stones were of no benefit to the wool, and the whole purpose was to make H weigh heavier
 ANOTHER VIEW.
 But have often thought since of the other end of the matter. Suppose that farmer had gone into store in his town and bought piece of cluth. The mer- chant had purchased it in Chicago for all wool. and therefore, of course, sold it to tne farmer for the same Then suppose the farmer alter getting home, had dis covered that the cloth Was a cotton mix, what could he have doue about it! Would he have had the mer- chant arrested? Would he have had any relresS? Certainly not. And yet the proportion of stone weight in the wagon load of wool he sold to the mer. chant may have been uD greater than the proportion of cotton in the cloth the mer. chant sod him. The stone did the wool no good, nor did the cotton do the clotl any good. Both would ha, c been better il all Wool Inc stone and the cotton were put in on purpose to cAeaL Cne was as bad as the other
 | nal hLlle incident set me to thinking very strongly that adulterstion is fraud, " he continued "A little cotton in all wool cloth is likely to deceive even the .smartest Beech. horse chestnut and vii. low leaves ground up with tea would fool the farmer or any of us Pepper is sold for pepper. and yet it may be largely composed of linseed meal, mustard husk, wheat flour, pea .iou., sag, rice -four. or .sawdust These things are put into the pepper to cheat Us, and how eau hep ourselves? Even the mustard winch the farmer bu may Do partly made of wheat flour grown on his own farm, colUred with yellow Ocnre. aud sharpened with ca, euae pepper aLd ginger Th!s pepper may be made Of ground rice. turmeric and the mustard husk, and colored with red lead. and the ginger may be made of sago meal, taplOca ground rice. and plaster of ar.s. These things the farmer buys at the grocery for genuine. and he is de. rauded just the same as he tried to defnud some- body else by putting stones in his wool only he was arrested and lRed, and tUther fellows ain's.
 IF THE TRUTH WE'RE KNOWN.
 "I shouldn't be surprised. if the t-uth were known. that that farmer had been imposed Il ,,on by cotton .'all wool cloth or willow. leaf tea or Someth pg of that k nd. srSS disco ering the fraud, had determin to have revenge. one deCep- tlou usually brings on several more. Or, perhaps, the farmer was mad at the COIee Maybe he had been buy ng ground cohee and on ind ng that he was being swindled at that made up his mlnd 10 buy safe m future by taking his coffee only n the berry. Then if Le got home some night a4d ais sharp wife p,cked Up some of the co9ee terr eS and, cutting them, found that they were Ch.cory, cut out of the root by machine made ior that purpose, 4 don Uiame him fl ne goC mad and went out to LLe D2.n aud nd some stUnes iR the wool.
 "Aduiler4u In is fraud. and it should not be permitted except the manufacturer stamps the character of the aTtlc.e on the pa Nage, There is no ob ectiOn tO cotton ia wO".en cIO,h. ii the art c,e be labeled and sold for cotton mix. Nor is there any "u cctiUn tr ,cIIcOry IR cO..ee. if people know it is there and are willing tn buy iL We shOuld have some strict laws ln this country against swindipg adu,tera' i.un. and heavy penalties for their viola hOn. II uIsn can | be punished for GhOpping coffee berries out of chicory a farmer shouldn't be Gued for putting stones in his wool
 LAWs ABROAD.
 "Over ia England they have a good law. under wht government anays sts are appUlnted in nearly every town. and il Is their duty on application to analyIe Tor small lee any article the purity of which is suspected He is required t0 make record Of this analysis. aud to lake all precautions against in ustice to either seller or buyer. In ermdny the inspection ser Iice is borough and search ing. and when A mereugnt Is caught hand Hus impure s"ds hz must either tell N here he purchased them or have his s..Op closed up
 we seed some such laws iA th!s cOun. try. he sdicd. "anI uni we get them Aad punisu alike aii wnJ cDmmu alulter Btiuu ! s!;a, feel lit le guilty for having been so severe on the farmer who in Erasel the weight of nis woJi wI.u con. Nat,ia.nt i.rpin.x