The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-04-27
THE CHOICE OF PAINT.

house IS rarer II people knew the
real value Of paint a house in need
Of paint would be "scarcer than hens
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 It was pretty; and TO get
house painted was serious and cost
| ly Job. The difference between their
case and ours is that when they want.
ed paint 1t had to be made for them;
whereas when we need paint we can
go to the nearest good store and buy
! It, in any color or quality ready for
use. We know, or ought to know by
| this time, that TO let a house stand
implanted is most costly, while q good
coat of paint, applied in season. is the
best OF investments. II we put of the
brief visit OF the painter wo shall in
due time have the carpenter coming
to pay us q long visit at our expense
| Lumber is constantly getting scarcer
dearer and poorer, while prepared
paints are getting plentier, better and
less expensive. 1t is Il short-sightod
plan to let the valuable lumber OF our
houses 20 to pieces for the want Of
paint.
For the man that needs paint there
are two forms from which to choose;
one is the old form, still favored by
certain unprogressiye 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, turpcntine and Colors be.
fore 1t Is ready for use; the other
need only be stirred UP in the can
and II Is ready to go 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 trolley car
because ones grandfather had TO walk
or ride on horseback when he wanted
to go 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 to.
day is something over sixty million
gallons a year and still growing. I'm.
less they had been In the main salts
factory, II stands to reason there
would have been no such steady
growth in their use.
Mixed paints are necessarily cheap.
or than paint OF the hand.mixed kind.
because they are made In 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 more finely ground and more
thoroughly mixed. and because there
is less chance Of the raw materials in
them being aduterated. 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
case, because everything he buys goes
through the chemists hands before
he accepts II.
or 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 go back 10 the hand,mill,
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: VIZ
, take account OF the standing OF the
dealer that handles them, we ask
our neighbors. So with paint II the
manufacturer has good reputation.
II the dealer Is responsible, II our
neighbors have had satisfaction with
It. that ought to be pretty good owl
;, dence that the paint is all right
Many men OF many kinds
,iany paints OF many kinds
but while prepared paints may dlfor
/, considerably In composition, the bet
ter grades Of them all agree pretty
closely in results. "All roads lead "a
Z Rome" and the paint manufacturers
= starting by different paths, have all
the same object-to make the bes.
paint possible to sell for the least
money. and 30 capture and keep tn,
, 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
G worth as the established brands of pre-
pared paint, The paint you buy to
e day may not be like a certain paten
d medicine. 'the same as you have al
y ways bought" but II not, it will b.
/ because the manufacturer has founC
c way OF giving you a better article
for your money. and so making mort
t sure Of your next order.
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