The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-04-10


of brushes, yet most of tn
product of the swine is unsuitabl
aud must 80 to other uses. Becaus
American pork is superior, America
brist!es are inferior. Improving ia
quality Of pork d!minishes the quaint
t,y Of good brlstles and slaughterin
the hogs while Young prevents lor
heavy bristlss from being produce
in this country. The quality of dc
nestle bristles is not SO we'll adaote.
Tor genera! purposes as those from
Russia and China, ana this account
Tor The fact that every year million
hounds and upward Of foreign brist!e
are imported, worth that many dol
lars.
The bristles obtained from Aneri-
can hogs ere used only ia cheap, poor
brushes. The great bristle market o;
the world is St. Petersburg, and Rus.
$40 Is the ltrges5 bristle. producing
country. Lei!'sic is second in impor.
| lance: as bcistIc lnarket, although
many Of the bristles sold there arc
actually produced in Russia, and are
made ready for sale in Germany.
from Russia and Germany the brush
manufactures obtains all his supply of
long heavy brist'es in the different
colors-white. bronze, gray and
black. France produces in quantity
next to Germany, but only WHITE anIl
yellow colc:s, and those kinds only in
short and medium lengths, nearly MI
Of which are classel as soft stock.
being fine fiber. Within few wears
China and India have marketed in
considerable quantities black bristles
which formerly were known only in
an Incidental way.
Brush making was crude affair I'm.
TIL American ingenuity became inter-
ested III it. The first great inventor
OF methods used in brush making in
this country was Seth Whiting, who
ID 1877 was a brush manufacturer in
Medtield, Mass, and as early as dur.
ing the War OF 1872 obtained such q
toothold with dealers in Boston that
1t has been impossible for English
manufacturers to ever regain their
hold on the American market. Sinca
his day, many other improvements
have been made, but methods invented
BY him are still at the foundation Of
the business.
10 one who uses a paint brush it
may appear an easy thing to make
only q bunch Of bristles held with O.
ferrule and a handle attached. The
hrst process in making brush is to
wash the bristles with soap end water,
next they are tied in small bundles to
;se!ep straight while being drie.l. When
:ul]y dry, the different co'ors and
shades ore separated and they ara
'eady to have the different lenctLs
dragged" SO that they may be mixed
ogether again in the right proportion |
or brushes. The proper kinds Of |
'rlstles to use in different kinds Of
brushes is the most important feature
II the brush making, and various ior-
nulas must be followed faithfully, mix.
ng the right kinds together.
NO great change can be expected in
he cost Of brushes for the reason that
rlces Of staple bristles do not change
1uch; and SO long as the demand for
rlstles is about the same as rroduc.
on, they will remain nearly station.
r?' hence great decline in prices of
rlstle brushes must mean changes in
uality. There is no substitute for
r1stles which does not in some vav
npa'r the quality Of the brush, the
: imitation being horse hair,
h!ch has no elasticity. A substance
1lch IN appearance is very much like
''stles is tampico. It is the fiber of
10 Mexican century plant leaf and is
SHY made to appear like bristles; the
'rsh ends made by cutting it into
ngths can be made as soft as the ends
brlstles, and by dyeing it can be
ade the Same colors. The simple
st OF burning little of tie end Of
ush Will discover it, if present, for :
Durns like wood, while bristles do ,
It. Tampico costs very little and :
'ars out quickly. 1t is useful in !
rub and cheap whitowash brushes. ,
It worthless in brushes intended to :
used by skilled workraen. LARGE ,
antilles OF brushes are made of It, =
q perhaps some consumers buy them =
mixing they are pure brlstles. 50 :;
arly do they appear like brist]e l.
1shes. '0 Il
In addition TO bristle brushes, tia
eat trends of varnishers are camel :
n and badger hair brushes. OF
'se three kinds, badger hair is the il
y one which has the same name in S.
crush that it has on the animal #
, &c, grows it. Camel hair grows S
the tails of Siberian squirrels, and "
fitch hair grows on the IL
S OF American sEunks. All three ST
as OF hair make excellent brushes S
are subject to udulteratiop. pro. la
ny more than bristlc brushes are: G
h them, as With high grade bristle al