New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-21
; SUNDAY EDITION
FEBRUARY ri. 1919
" COUNTRY MADE" NO MORE.
THE FACTORY SUPPLANTS THE FARM
Frs WIFE IN MANY THINGS.
TABLE DELIcAcIEs TURNED OUT BY THE TON
SOAP. CANDLES KNIT SOCKS BEER AND
BRUSHES NOW MADE By THE
hurry PROCESS

HURRY PROCESS.
The tendency to do things in the shortest spara
Of time and TO make the best commercial use OF
every moment. while it is held w as one Of the
commeBdable features OF the age, IL source OF
regret to many people who sigh for the times OF
long ago and who say that mixture OF the
ways OF our grandfathers with those OF the present
in some matters would be an improvement on the
existing conditions
I'VE don't object 10 the sewing machine said
elderly from the country, even II II
did settle quilting parties forever; we can't help
it II homemade preserves have become scarce on
account 81 the cheapness OF the factory article
and we must have improved agricultural machinery
the expense Of the husking bees but the rush
and hurry to turn money and TO make pronts mas
made country things which were once looked
upon as better than city stuff. Inferior and now
adays the term country made Is no recommenda-
ton for of any kind"
In proof OF the statement II was said that the
making OF the table products which were once The
pride OF the thrifty farmers wife and were made
for regular customers in the city was fast becon-
ing lost art. and that the rising generation knew
little or nothing about the secrets OF pickles ard
jams and pies end preserves.
The factories" said the woman who bewailsd
the decline Of the country product. make tons
of mincemeat and oceans Of sauces and sweet
meats and Il is hard 10 ind a farmhouse now
where 'country-made' things OF that kind direct
from the store cannot be found. The very people
who only few years ago made cheese for them
selves and for city customers now buy inferior
stuff which is made 50 cheaply that it has crowded
their own honest product out OF existence. Hun
dreds OF city people think with pleasure Of the
country ddsnties they formerly bought from near
by farms and would pay well for them now II they
were available
THE HURRY PROCESS ELSEWHERE
But the hurry process has had deteriorati1g
effect on articles beyond the table; among these
the od-fashioned people mention soap and candies
The modern means OF illumination have made
candles a rarity but there are still many candles
sold and those who them generally complain
about the inferior quality They gutter and
splutter and burn uneyenly and show in many
respects that they were hurried in the process OF
manufacture.
As to SOAP" said an enthusiastic country
woman III we 10 our soap just as we
receive It from the store it would become very
expensive item in housekeeping It Is put upon the
ma rket soft and unseasoned. and good housekeeD-
compelled TO buy it by the box and pile it
up log-cabn style. in d dry place, and give it the
seasoning which it should have had before 1t was
placed on sale. Poor people cannot buy in large
quantities but take the article into use as they
receive it. and. OF course. they are compelled to
pay high price for necessity-only because the
manufacturer has seen M 10 rush his product
THE country never made many claims as
producer Of wearing apparel, but even the few ar,
ticles which came from the rural districts, ana
were valrable because they were country
made, have vanished from the markets and fac
tCry-made articles in imitation OF them have taken
their places Knit socks and gloves and mitts were
once the chief source of revenue for hundreds OF
New Enc gland families. who made up large stocks
OF these homely goods and disposed OF them either
through pedlers or 10 the stores direct
THE BLUE SOCK INITIATED.
The blue socks with the white diamond toes BE-
came known all over the country. and presently
they appeared in fancy boxes with embossed paper
baIf-
form by the factories, and the genuine article,
which delivered TO the dealer in bundles with
out box tag, driven out To-day pair Of
homemade socks or od-tashloned fringe nlttens'
are scarce as the country sage cheese the mere
recollection OF which brings the moisture 70 the
mouths Of those who lived when il was more than
Possibly the best Illustration OF the tendency to
hurry said German-American; rs me way IN
which lager beer l. made in this country. The
na me OF the article shows that ii should be stock
for consumption until it Is from four six months
old In this country II Il sold when II II as many
days Old and what It lacks in point Of age is added
Another example Of the rush which is character
istic of the times was spoken Of by American
brush manufacturer. This country makes thou
sands of dozens OF brushes every year, he said.
out Of bristles which come from Russia. The
bristles are taken from hogs and wild boars. and
their length and stiffness determine their market
value.
no STIFF BRIsTLEs IN AMERICA
Long. stir bristies valuable and the money
sent TO Europe every year for this commodity
amounts to millions This seems strange. in view
Of the fact that there probably more hogs killed
in Chicago and Kansas city than in any other two
places in the world But 10 have long and stif
bristles the hog must be old, and az the animals
are fattened in this country by the rapid. rush
process they still comparatively young and
have tender bristies when they are converted into
the various products. from sugar-cured hams 10
fertilizer The inventive genius Of the American
has found use for everything about the hog ex-
ccpt the grunt but the briStes can be used only
for what is known in the trade az soft brushes
and for tooth brushes-1ii because the rush system
cuts the porKer of TOO early in his career"