The Arizona champion., 1886-05-22
TRICKS OF TRADES.
kCirY DEALER WHO HAS SOME SGN-
 SlBLE VIEWS.
The Farmer Who Hid Stone In the
 Fleece May Have Been No More Ss. Dishonest Than some Other 2 People.
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 "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 consignments the other day we noticed number of ilceces that were unusually heavy. Investigation showed that con. cealed 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 aud the cost 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 it weigh heavier
 ANOTHER vIEw.
 But l have often thought since of the other end of the matter. suppose that farmer had gone into store in his town and bought d piece of cloth Ihe mer- chant had purchased it in Chicago for all wool, and therefore, of course, sold it to the farmer for the same Then suppose inc farmer a.ter getting home, had dis covered that the cloth was cotton mix, what could he have done about it? Would he have had the mer- chant arrested? Would he have had any re.lress? Certainly not And yet the proportion of stone weight in tho wagon load of wool he sold to the mer. chant may have been nJ greater than the proportion of cotton in the cloth the mer- cbaAI sod him. The stone did the wool liO good. nor did the cotton do the cloth any good Both would ha been better il al wool Inc s;oae and the cottol were put in on purp0s9 tO cheat. One was as bad as the other.
 That nttle n ident set me to thinking very strongly that aduteralion is fraud, , he continued "A little cotton in all wool c.oih is likely to deceive even tLe snar;est, l'eech, horse chestnut and will low leaves ground up with tea would fool the farmer or any of Us Pepper is sod for pepper, and yet it may be largely composed of liuse1d meal, mustard husk, wheat flour pea hoIr, sGg2 rice Jour- 0? sawdust These things are put into the pepper to cheat us, aud how caa he D ourselves? Even the mustard wh ch the farmer bu may Dc partly male of wheat four grown on his own farm. ColOred With yellow ocnre, and sharpened with ca enne pepper a ld ginger This pepper may be made of ground rice, turmeric and tEe mustard huSk. and colored with red lead and the ginger may be made of sago meal iapioca. ground rice, aLd plaster of acs. These things the farmer buys at the grocery for genuine and he is de rauded just the same as he tried to defraud some- body else b. putting stones in his wool, Olly he was arrested and fined, and other fellows ains.
 IF THE TRCTH VERT ETOwN.
 "I shorldDt ha surprised. if the truth were known, that that farmer had been imposed u on by cotton al wool cloth or willow leaf tea or something of that knd, and. disco erng the fraud, had determiu q Go have revenge. Che deCep- ton us.a.ly brings on several more. CT, perhaps, the farmer was mad at the coIee. Maybe he had been buying ground coaee and On md ng that he was being swindled at that mace up his mind 10 buy safe n flu ure by taking his coffee ony n ,he berry. Then if he got home some night a-d ais sharp wife picked up Some of the colee lerr G and, cutting them, found that they were h.cory, cut out of the root by a macdile made ior that purpose, don o,ane him f ne got mad and W nt out to lLe Ua.n and h,d some stones in tic wool,
 "Aduiterdti Is a fraud, and it should not be permiiteI except the maluActutc- stamps the character of the art.c.c uO the pa "a.e, There is no ob sct'on tn cotton n wop.en ciO.h, if the art C,c He labeled and sod for cottod mix. Nor is there auy rh cctiun tl ucOry n cOIee if people knew it is there aId are willing tO buy it We should have some strict laws n this country against swindling adu.tera, on, and Aeayy penalties for their viola. ton. if lhaI Cau De puu,snGd for vhppping coffee berries out of chicory a farmer shouldn't be fined for putting stones in his wool,
 LAWS ABROAD.
 "Over in England they have a good law under wh. government analysts Rre appo.uted in nearly every town and i3 their duty on application to analyae Tor small fee any article the purity of which is suspected He is Ic iu!red to make a record of this analysis and to take all precautions against in ustice to ether seller IT buyer in , e,mlny the inSpectio ser ice is borough ald search. ing and when merchant Is caught hand LHs inpu.e gp.is Ac must either tell V hece he purchase them or have hs e. closed up
 We Geud sO..c such lRwS in th's coun. try, he sd jed. and uni VIC get them p d punish a'i,e ah Wal C1mnt alulter I'i.n sis feel ii To guilty for haYins hc-u so severe on the farmer who in craze ! the weight of ui, Wool wi,h con