The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1906-04-26
THE CHOICE OF PAINT.


was a rare sight; to-day an unpainted
house Is rarer. II people knew the
real value OF paint a house In heed
Of paint would be "searcer than hers
teeth" There was some excuse for
our forefathers. Many Of them lived
In houses hardly worth preserving;
they knew nothing about paint, ex.
cept that II was pretty; and TO get a
house painted was a serious and cost
ly Job. The difference between their
case and ours Is that when they want.
ed paint It had to be made for them;
whereas when we need paint we can
go to the nearest good store and buy
Il. In any color or quality ready for
use. We know. or ought to know by
this time, that 20 let a house stand
implanted Is most costly. while a good
Goa Of paint. applied in season. Is the
best Of investments. II we put of the
brief visit Of the painter We shall IN
due time have the carpenter coming
70 pay us a long visit at our expense.
Lumber Is constantly getting scarcer,
dearer and poorer. while prepared
paints are getting plentier. better and
less expensive. It is a shortsiEhteG
plan to let the valuable lumber OF our
houses so 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, still favored by
certain unprogresslye painters who
have not yet caught up with the times
lead and oil; the other Is the ready.
for-use paint found In every up-to-date
store. The first must be mixed with
oil. driers. turpentine and colors be.
fore it Is ready for use; the other
need only be stirred up in the can
and It Is ready 10 90 on. To buy
lead and oil, colors. etc, and mix
them into a 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
or ride on horseback when he wanted
to 90 anywhere. Prepared paints have
been on the market less than fifty
years, but they have proved on The
whole so inexpensive. so convenient
and so good that the consumption 10.
day is something over sixty million
gallons a year and still growing. Tn.
less they had been in the main salts
factory. It stands 20 reason there
would have been no such steady
growth In their use.
Mixed paints are necessarily cheap
err than paint OF the hand-mixed kind.
because they are made in a large way
by machinery from materials bought
In large quantities by the manufac.
turer. They are necessarily better
than paints mixed by hand. because
they are mor finely ground and more
thoroughly mixed. and because there
is less chance Of the raw materials In
them being adulterated. No painter.
however carehI he may be. can ever
be sure that de materials he buys are
not adulterated. but the large paint
manufacturer does know In every
case. because everything he buys goes
through the chemists hands before
he accepts e.
OF course there are poor paints on
the market (which are generally
cheap paints). SO there is poor -four.
poor cloth, poor soap: but because OF
that do We 20 back TO the hand-mill.
the hand-ioom and the soap-kettle OF
the backwOOds No. we use our com.
mon sense In choosing goods. We hnd
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 nelghbors. So with paint: n the
manufacturer has a good reputation.
II the dealer Is responsible. n our
nelghbOrs have had satisfaction with
Il. that ought 10 be pretty good eyl
dence that the paint IS an right.
MANY men OF many kinds
Many paints Of many kinds:
but while prepared paints may diner
considerably IN competition. the bet.
ter grades OF them all agree pretty
closely In results "All roads lead to
Rome" and the paint manufacturers.
starting by different paths, have an
The same obiect-to make the best
paint possible 20 sell for the least
money, and so 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 n certain patent
medicine, "the same as you have al
ways bought" but N not. Il viii ba
because the manufacturer has found
a way Of giving you a better article
for your money, and so making more
sure Of your next order.
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