New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-26

men. and our system OF manufacture and asssyng
20 psrsG that We can s iSa' i. OF ha,
grade. We are prepared 10 refute with the neces-
ssry proof any allegation 10 the contrary ~ t,ncv d,
yer articles which ourselves purchase. but we
are always careful to ascertain that we are Us.
posing OF the right thing to our customers. we
take the precaut!on TO test samples OF this class
OF goods that even in this direction we sis sn
Charles r. Buckley. the president OF the Whiting
are ali nonsense and cannot be subs,antiated in any
by S 6 sGy rh sST are re-
by Edward Lauterbacn and they ar. mercy ~ my
acton i'y We have taken against them. All can say
Is the our s bs So
Edward Holbrook. the president Of the Gor ,nan
Ma1ufacsur!ng Company also replyns 40 v rharSs
those people like to bring against us. As Ear as
s peec and M our assayins is conducted with
creates care. The Gorham Company Is great
Msys Kept ' %p to that value hardly IKE to say
, that these Indictments are the result OF the steps
firms took against the drygoods but i looks
IKE an b We to ss5 e eUme T orws us
with volumes Of proof that our sverware is OF the
legal standard"
THE USE OF ALLOY IN SOLDER.
J. Cary representing Theodore b. Starr. said he
thought the indictments had been obtained In
matter OF technically. and explained: I'm the
manufacture OF silver articles III - necessary 10 use
solder containing a certain amount Of alloy. in
order fasten the various parts together. II no
alloy used in this solder. II would run and would
be ineffective Now, what the drygoods men nave
take Of these made pieces OF silver and
Ht s of Ns m the the Of poo
when the silver came to he assayed. showed that
aiioyed solder had first been scraped on the silver
would have easily met the required standard. But
even it was. the assay would show that the silver
very little be.0w the mark. while the assays
Of the material sold by ,hs arygood. houses even
them then to- TO be nve and six hundred below the stan
dard the sterling mark being s25-l,ooths.
IN FAVOR OF THE PRESENT LAW.
Newton Dexter, Commissioner OF the Retail Jew
cllcrs' Association Of Connecticut. was seen by
TT bune reporter the St. Cloud Hotel last night.
In speaking OF the indictments against silversmiths
ne said: II have talked with several OF the indicted
men to-day and they unanimously In favor
OF the present law being enforced. They sad that
II they had done anything wrong they were willing
the United States Assay Office In an interview
some time ago said he had found that some of the
articles which re had assayed did contain
more than SOL COO pure silver. But these cles
may have been penhoIders or lesdpensils. which
Now. If he assayed spoon. for example, nat
pure silver the maker should be indicted. have
evidence now against eighteen department stores
sold as s:crlinS silver do not contain soooCo Of
silver. VIII venture to say that no such dam
aging evidence can De ITouuceu aSalnst the men
indicted to-day
THE DEPARTMENT STORE CASES.
None OF the against the proprietors OF de-
partmcnt stores who were indicted time ago
have yet been tried They will be brought to trial
in Il few weeks. In the mean time. bills have been
introduced In the Legislature. In both the Senate
and the Assembly. which, II passed would Kill these
indictments"
These bills provide that the blame for selling
bogus silverware shall fall on the manufacturers
and not department stores which handle II.
Next Wednesday, however,, said Mr. Dexter. 1.-THE
manufacturers and sversmiths will have hearing
before the Senate Codes Committee. and they will
strive earnestly to have the present law retained
the statute books | have organized several
Citations OF retail jewellers in different States. and
although there Is no association OF the kind In this
cause one to be organized. There are two retail
jewellers houses represented among the In
dicted yesterday. They those OF Theodore Il.
Starr and Black. Starr & Frost All the other
firms are manufacturers as well rs retailers.
The law In Massachusetts - the same as the
present law IN this State. We have had two con-
vctions In Massachusetts and two compromises. We
have compromised where the indicted retailer gave
US the name OF the manufacturer from whom he
bought the bogus goods. The manufacturers place
their names on the s.lverware which they sell to
they sell To the department stores.
Il wish to reiterate that the men indicted yester-
day DESTROYS that the present law shal be re-
tained, as they we'll know what a large mass of
bogus stuff II has driven out OF the markets OF this
State and Massachusetts,"