The Washington times., 1919-09-21

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viii Only : sdpsvs,ial, lf Ang. Clsssiar,
lho Bua5lss &c Hair Are stsve
Away q tha stoameEa.
that source has been greatly reduced snd
some Of the brushmakeTh now make ihs'F
own badger hair out Of white hoEscheil ~
clever and secret methods of their oup.
The American hog b q much ADMIRED
beast, but It ia not sOoa Tor shaving
brushes; its hTislles are too short OR
supplies Of brisiiss for shaving hFulhcs
have been obtained from the Orient ahd
chiefly fom China Thoy ere porfoetig
good brlstlss. but alsy nesd cleaning tnd
dlsinfscting
Nearly all the horse hair and bFigtle1 81.
quired By our manufacturers DC shaving
brushes came. before TIE var, iron China,
Siberia and European Russia, 81 way oi
Germany and France. ne German and
French importers cleaned, bloaohod and
diElnieotsd them. thus they raschod tie
Unitsd States ID perfectly wholesome con.
dition, and there vas never any complaint
Of anthrax infection attributable % them
But when the war started, the hofsohair
and bristles began 10 come by 3 different
route. directly acfoas the Pacific 10 San
Francisco. They reached and are reach,
ing this eountry IA q horFibly dirty condf
llon, and The danger that thoy might carry
infection vas eo ven recognized that the
laFEer shaving brush manuiactuFefu have
taken special pains 10 disinfsct them bg
boiling with I've steam o. ether meaus.
Tie mauufaotufs Of shaving brushes q
confined 81 the Unitsd states 70 about
twenty sstabli5hmentU, some Of then pro
ducing only few dozen brushes q day
while tie daily output o. each Of several
larger factories runs up % many hun.
dred8 q DOZENS,
wien. immsdIatsly after the irst Cass
Of anthrax had developed iu the a. u ~
the Public Health Service undertook 3
thorough Investigation oi the shaving
brush manufacturing industry, ct the re-
quest Of the War Department, 4 was as
eertained thht some Of the bFushmakelg
made no pretenaG Whatever Of HteFiliEing
their raw materials-this being conspicH.
oualy the fault found with certain of The
rsmall fFy" manufacturers.
OF course, when the mischiei had made
itself manifest, the thing Immediately de-
siFable was % prevent further sales of Co.
feCted shaving brushes. But there were
extraordinary difficulties II was not
practicable 20 examine baotoFiologioally
an Of the shaving brushes IN tens Of
ia 1usands OF stores; and, worst of, ell, the
brushes discovered % Be infected could
not be traced back % theiF mQkeFs, be-
cause they bore no name OF tFade-maTE--
not even on the boxes on which they came
% the retailers.
why was tiig so2 Inquiry proved that
some iobbeFB in the trade would not han
de goods Of manufacturers who put their
names or trademarks on their goods. They
would give no eEplauatiOn, but the reason
seems 20 be that the iobbsFs consider that
their control iB in this way made more
complete,
From this time on, however. the iObbeFS
win not be allowed b follow this course,
For the Public Health Service has prom
UIgated q ukase % the eheet that eli
shaving brushes Manufactured o. the
United States must bear the name or
AlAAerAAAEA ~ AAiH aAANA-+'
Thus, m future. q q case OF anthrax Is
traced 70 q shaving brush the manuiae-
tuFeF win have % explain.
A new amendment 30 the quarantine
regulations foFbids the interstate trans
portati0n OF any shaving brushes that have
not been manufactured under strictly aaR'
itaFy conditions That such. conditions aFe
observed win be Insured hy inspectors,
who Wiil look over the factories at tFe-
quent intervals
In the meantime, if you buy 3 shaving
brush. take notice whether u bears the
name or trademark Of the maker. lt 70
does not Il vac made before TIE new res
ulations went into effect; and, iRagmueh
as you cannot tell where or By whom 4
was manufactured, you viii be taktpg
chances in purchasing 70.
The Public Health Service has not pre-.
ssFibed any special Kind Of equipment foF
stsFiHEing the horse hair and bFiatlos used
for shaving brushes, A tinnsd'iFon wash
boiler, worth 81, win Do the work. Il is
easy 10 follow the rsquiFsments Of the
law
That part % our hoFBshalF supply which
Is put up By domestic dealers comes
chiefly from Argentina, or Is collected by