The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-03
The CHOICE or PAINT.

was rare sight; today an nnpzszfs1
house II Farer II people knew Ne
real value Of paint house I'm need
'of paint would Be "sczrcer than hsn's
teeth" There was Gorne excuse f0r
our forefatherb. Many Of them lived
n houzex hardly worth preserving:
they kneT nothiny about paint "
ieeDt that It vas pretty: and to get
house painted was a serious and cost
~ JOB. The difference between their
ezse and Ours ia that when Trey want
q paint Il had 70 be made fox then;
whereas VIXEN We need paint re czz
30 10 the nearest good store and buy
Il. IN any color or quality ready for
use We know or ought 70 know by
tits tine. that 70 Jet Z house stand
unpzsnted is most costly. while a good
eat Of paint, applied ia sEzson. IS the
best 81 investments. II We put oH the
brief visit of the painter we shall in
due tine have the zrpenter coming
70 pay us long VISIT IL our expense
Lumber is constantly getting sesrcer.
sezrer and poorer, wnlls prepared
paints are gstting plentier. better znd
less expensive. It Is shortsighte1
plan to let the valuable lumber Of our
houses 90 to pieces for the want Of
paint
For the man that needs paint there
are two forms from which 10 choose,
one Is the old form, EtiIi favored b.
certain unpTogressfve painters who
have not Jet caught up with the times
lead and oil; the other il the ready
for-uss paint found in eyery upto-dzte
store The first must be mixed with
5il, driers, turpentlns and colors BE-
fore It fs ready for use; the other
need only be stirred up in the can
and II is ready 10 60 On To bug
lead and oil. colors, etc, and mir
them into paint by hand Is, in this
twentieth century. about the same
as refusing to ride in a trolley car
because ones grandfather had to walk
Of ride on horseback when he wanted
70 go anywhere Prepared paints have
been on the market Iess than fifty
years, BIZ. they have proved on the
Fhole 20 inexpensive. SO convenient
And 70 good that the consumption to
day 10 something over sixty million
gallons a year and still growing. I'm
less they had been in the main salts
factory, It stands to reason there
would have been no such steady
growth In their use.
Mixed paints are necessarily cheap
sr than paint OF the irand-mixed kind.
because they are made in q large way
By machinery from materials bought
In large quantities by the manufae-
turer. They are necessarily better
than paints mixed By hand. because
they are more finely ground and more
thoroughly mixed, and becnuse there
is less chance Of the raw materials In
them being adulterated. No painter,
however careful he may be, can ever
Be sure that the materials he buys are
not adulterated, but the large paint
manufacturer does know in every
Gaze, because everything he buys goes
through the chemists hands before
he accepts II.
OF course there are poor paints on
the market (Which are generally
cheap paints). 30 there Is poor four.
poor cloth, poor soap; but because OF
that do we 90 back to the hand-mili,
the hand-loom and the soap-kettle Of
the backwoods No, we use our COM
mon sense in choosing goods. We find
out the reputation Of the different
brands Of -four. cloth and soap; we
take account OF the standing Of the
dealer that handles them, we ask
our neighbors. So with paint; II the
manufacturer has a good reputation.
II the dealer is responsible. II our
neighbors have had satisfaction with
II. that ought to be pretty good evil
tence that the paint Is all right.
Many men Of many kinds
Many paints Of many kinds;
but while prepared paints may differ
considerably in composition, the bet
.er grades OF them all agree pretty
closely In results. "All roads lead 10
Rome" and the paint manufacturers.
starting by different paths. have all
the same object-to make the best
paint possible to sell for the least
money. and 30 capture and keep the
trade.
There is scarcely any other article
Of general use on the market to-day
that can be bought with anything like
the assurance Of getting your moneys
worth as the established brands Of pre-
pared paint. The paint you buy to-
day may not be like certain patent
the same az you have al
ways bought" but If not, It will be
because the manufacturer has found
q way Of giving you better article
for your money, and so making more
sure Of your next order.
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