The Arizona champion., 1890-08-02
TRICKS OF TRADES,
A CITY DEALER WHO HAS SOME sEH
 SlBLE VIEWS.
eao Farmer Who Hid Stone in tho KS>ece May Have Been No Mofs Dishonest Than Some Other
 People
Ehicago Herald.l


 A little thing occurred the other day Ihat Bet me thinking" remarked Water street merchant to the reporter. We buy considerable wool. and in one of our consis nments the other day we noticed . number of tleeces that were unusually heaT. Investigation showed that con- eealed within each one was good sized stone We reported the matter back to the country merchant from whom we had received the wool, and hs was abe 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 oi attempting fraud and was fined S25 and the cost Now, of course the farmer had no business to put those stones in the wool The stones were of no benefit to he wool, and the whole purpose was to make it weigh heavier
 ANOTHER VIEW.
 But have often thought since O the StheS snd of the matter. Suppose that arinec had gone into store in his town md bought a piece of cloth The mer chant had purchased it iu Chicago for all wool, and therefore, of course, sold it to he farmer for the same Then suppose he farmer after getting home, had dis covered that the cloth was e cotton nix, what could he have done about t? Would he have had the mer- ,hanI arrested? Would he have had any relress' Certainly not And yet the proportion ,f stone weight in tLs wagon load of wool he sold to the mer chant may have been no greater than the proportion of cotton in the cloth the mer- chant soId him. The stone did the wool 10 good, nor did the cotton do the cloth Any good. Both would have been better If ali wool The stone and the cotton were put in on purpose to cheat. One was as bad as the other.
 That little incident set me to thinking very strongly that adulterat:on is fraud. be continued A little cotton in all wool cloth is likely to deceive even the Bmartest. Beech horse chestnut and will low leaves ground up with tea would fool the farmer oE any of us Pepper is sod for pepper, and yet it may be largely composed of linseed meal, mustard husk, wheat four, pea four. sago, rice -four. or Sawdust These things are put into the pepper to cheat us, and how can hep ourselvesl Even the mustard which the farmer buys may be partly made of wheat four grown on his own farm, colored with yellow ochre. and sharpened with cayenne pepper and ginger. This pepper may he made of ground rice, turmeric and the mustard husk, and colored with red lead, and tho ginger may be made of sago meal tapioca. ground rice. and plaster of ars- These things the farmer buys at the grocery for genuine, and he is derrauded just the same as he tried to defraud some body else by putting stones in his wool, only he was arrested and fined, and tother fellows ain.
 IF THE TRUTH WERE KNOWN.
 q shouldn't be surprised. if the truth were known. that that farmer had been imposed upon by cotton all wool cloth or willow leaf tea or s0meth ng of tha: kind, and, disco ering the fraud, lac determinud to have revenge Che decep sion usually brings Gn several more. CT perhaps, the farmer was mad at the coffee Maybe he had been buy ng ground coIee and on find ng that he was being swindled at that made up his mind to buy safe in future by taking his coffee only ln the berry. Then if he got home some night and his sharp wife picked up some of the coffee herr eS and. cutting them, found that they were chicory. cut put of the root by d machine made for that purpose 1 don't blame him If he got mad and went out to the barn and hid some stones ip .he wool.
 ~AduiterAtipn is fraud, and it should 1Gt be permitted except the manufacturer stamps the character of the artic.e on the pa kage There is DO ob ection to cotton in woolen cloth, if the art cle be labeled md sold for cotton mix. Nor is therG any ob ection to chicory in cU1ee. if people know it is there. and are willing tO buy IL We should have some strict laws in shis country against swindl.ng adulteFa tion, and heavy penalties for their viol2- tion. If man cant be punished for ekopping coffee berries out of chicory farmer shouldn't be fined for putting Itones ip his wool
 LAWS ABROAD.
 sOver ia England they have gooo lew, under wh. h goEernn ent ana.ysts are appointed in nearly every town, and 1t Is their duty on application to analyZo for small fee any article the purity oi Rhich is susTected He is required to make a record of this analysis, and to take all precautions against in .ustice 10 either seller or buyer. In Germany the inspectio service is thorough and search ing and when a merchant is caught hand ling impure goods he must either teI where he purchased them or have hlf shop closed up.
 We need some such laws ih this c0uis- Sry, he added, "and until we get them aud punish alike ali who commit aduiter 9tion shall feel little guilty for having been so severe on the farmer who in eased the weight of his VOC! with con- -enisnt doruickS