Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1906-04-20

Fifty years ago a well-painied no ,r1
was a rare sight; today 60 unpaiu IA
house is rarer II people knew the MI
value OF paint a house in need OF aI|0|
would be "scafcef than hens teel +. p
There was some excuse for our { |
fathers. Many Of them lived IN hon ...
hardly worth preserving; they NJ II.
nothing about paint, except that Il I'D
pretty; aud to get a house painted ..
a serious and costly Job. The 81 |AN|
ence between their case and oufi N
that when they wanted paint 1t hal W
be made for them; whereas when rs
need paint we can 60 to the nca( Nd
good store and buy Il, in any colo br
quality ready for use. We know br
ought to know by this time. tina TO
let a house stand implanted is Iuost
costly, while a good coat Of paint, ap-
piled in season, Is the best Of INVEST
ments. II we put OF the brief visit OF
the painter we shall in due time have
the carpenter coming to pay us a long
visit at our expense. Lumber is con-
stantly getting scarcer. dearer and
poorer, while prepared paints are get.
ting plentier, better and less expensive.
II Is a short-slghted plan to let the val
liable lumber of our houses go 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, stu favored by GER
tain unprogressive painters who have
not yet caught up with the tlmes-lead
and oil; the other is the ready-f5f-use
paint found in every up-tO-date store.
The first must be mixed with oil,
driers, turpentine and colOrs before II
is ready for use; the ether need only
be stirred up in the can and It Is
ready to go on. To buy lead and oil
colors, etc, and mix them into q paint
by hand Is, In this twentieth century.
about the same as refusing to ride 10
trolley car because ones grandfather
had to walk or ride on horseback
when he wanted to go anywhere.
Prepared paints have been on the mar
ket less than fifty years. but they have
proved on the whole 50 inexpensive, so
convenient and so good that the con-
sumption today is something over six
ty million gallons a year and still grow
Ing. Unless they had been 10 the main
satisfactory, it stands to reason there
would have been no such steady
growth In their use.
Mixed paints are necessarily cheaper
than paint Of the hand-mixed Kind, be-
cause they are made In a large way by
machinery from materials bought In
large quantities by the manufacturer.
They are necessarily better than paints
mixed by hand, because they are more
finely ground and more thoroughly
mixed and because there Is less chance
Of the raw materials IN them being
adulterated. No painter, however care
full he may be, can ever be sure that
the materials be buys are not adulter-
ated, but the large paint manufacturer
does know In every case. 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
palnts). So there is poor -four. poor
cloth, poor soap; but because of that
do we go back 10 the hand-mill, the
hand-loom and the soap-kettle OF the
backwoods2 No, we use our common
sense in choosing goods. We find cut
the reputation of the different brands
of flour. cloth and soap; we take ac-
count of the standing Of the dealer that
handles them, we ask our neighbors.
So with paint; IL the manufacturer has
a good reputation, II the dealer is re-
sponsible, If our neighbors have had
satisfaction with 1t, that ought to he
pretty good evidence that the paint is
all right.
Many men Of many minds
Many paints OF many kinds;
but while prepared paints may differ
In composition, the better
grades Of them all agree pretty closely
. results. "All roads lend to Rome.v
IN the paint manufactured starting
ois .ahs, y paths. he Va tthe same
to IA II GEisS - q q, p :. lie
sea 1asie ~. ga s'st t5.das hat
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 a certain patent medi-
cine, the same as you have always
bought" but II not, 1t will be because
The manufacturer has found way Of
giving you a better article for your
money, and so making sure of your
iext order. p. G.