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HOW THE CONSUMERS ARE CHEATED
THE “BARGAIN COUNTER"” FOS
TERS THE ADULTERATION OF
TEXTILE GOODS.
UNSCRUPULOUS MANUFAGTURE
Cheated On Almost Every Article of
Wearing Apparel That Is Bought,
From Overcoat Down to Sox. The
Counters Piled With Frauds.
The war department of the United
States in purchasing fabrics for mil
itary use, makes definite and exact
requirements in respect to weight,
color, workmanship, quality etc.
Specifications are issued by the
quartermaster general and they must
be lived up to. If the United States
can enforce such standards of pro
tection for the soldier why not the
civilian?
It is a fact that we are cheated on
almost every article of wearing ap
parel that we buy, from our overcoat
down to our socks. There is no law
to prevent manufacturers from adul
tering their fabrics, therefore we are
defrauded.
It is largely- the bargain mania of
women that has brought about such
conditions. They insist upon cheap
goods, and they get them, cheap in
quality as well as price. Such goods
do not wear of course, and buyers
complain; but they will continue to
haunt the ‘‘bargain counters,” and so
the mischief goes on.
According to the late census, over
£800,000,000 is spent annually in
this country for textile goods, about
85 per cent of the entire quantity‘
being bought bv- women. This rep
resents something like 15 per cent!
of the total expenditures of the ordi-|
nary family. It is surely very neces
sary, then, that the women should
know what they are buying. As a'
rule they know very little except that
the goods “look nice.” They are
obliged to rely upon the statements
of the clerks who are often as ignor
ant as the customer.
The bargain counter around which
women crowd eagerly as bees on
sweet clover is piled high with textile|
frauds. That piece of beautiful blne'
woolen, for instance, is smooth, soft
and thi®k. Who would imagine th‘t]
THE DAWSON NEWS.
|it never was woven at all? Its basis
lis a coarse cotton net, against which,
| from both sides, waste wool fiber has
been thrown by means of a strong
airblast, causing it to felt together
and so producing the appearance of
|a fine woolen fabric.
’ On another counter omr bargain
shopper picks up a piece of “swell”
‘Persian silk which she intends for a
| shirt waist. After wearing it only
|a few times she discovers that her
! waist is full of tiny holes, else it has
lcracked in little lints. That is be
ioause the fabric, before it ever reach
'ed the manufacturer, had been
{ “weighted” with acetate of tin. Small
| particles of the tin adhere to the
lthreads of silk, and when the latter
! are rubbed together they are cut and
‘bmken by the tin. This silk may be
weighted up as high as 60 per cent.
,Si]k is adulterfated more than any
other fabirc, because it is the most
costly raw material, bringing some
four dollars and fifty cents a pound.
Qur shopper can readily under
stand that it is folly to buy a piece
of silk that she does not need at
present, because it may be ready to
fall to pieces in six months’ time.
Many a woman has had just that ex
perience with her carefully preserved
silk dress or petticoat. All this is
downright robbery; but there is no
law to punish the manufacturer who
does it.
| How are we going to tell when our
Isilk is adulterated with metallic
salts? If it feels hard and crackly
to the touch its quality is doubtful;
‘hold it between your eye and a strong
light. It should not exhibit any
transparency. |
There are many other ways ofi
adultering silk, which, at least, does
not rot the fiber. It may be mixed
with cotton. Mercerized cotton is
prepared with caustic potash and
bears a very strong resemblance to
silk. It is often mixed with ramie, |
and even wood pulp. |
Every one has heard of “shoddy"l
woolen goods and it may be inter
esting to learn how that shoddy is
made. It is a woe! that has been|
woven before and when worn out has
been cut into rags, respun and re
woven. & .
T'svally this shoddy wool is mlxedl
DAWSON, GA., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 25, 1913,
i’with a small part of goed wool. The
two are combined with cheaper fill
} ing of some sort and pressed together
by machines before spinning. Then
if the cloth does not appear to be
‘thick enough the ‘“pile”” is increased
}by the addition of wool paste and
'sweepings sprinkled on after weav
!ing. This waste mats down and be
' comes part of the cloth in the process
’of finishing.
| It is not hard to detect cotton in
‘}alleged “all wool” goods, but it is
' hard to tell ‘‘shoddy” from the genu
-line. The best way is to pay a fair
price for clothing, or cloth, go to a
reliable dealer, then buy a brand of
goods whose maker’s name stands for
‘the best in that line.
SENATOR BACON
| PRAISES WILSON
‘(ieorgiun Calls to Congratulate Pres
~ ident Upon His Attitude in Chi
; nese Loan Situation.
~ WASHINGTON.—Senator Bacon
of Georgia the new chairman of the
foreign relations committee, today
congratulated President Wilson wup
on his attitude in the Chinese loan
situation. The senator said he re
garded the president’s action as sup
port of the fight he and his demo
cratie colleagues had been making
against ratification of the Nicara
guan and Honduras loan convention.
The senator, however, believed this
government would not relax its ef
forts to promote trade interests in
every country.
This was a regular cabinet day,
and before the meeting began Secre
tary Lane of the interfor department
decorated the president with the In
dian head dress of Chief Hollow Horn
Bear, who died here recently.
THE MISSING GIRL.
She Is One of the Greatest Tragedies of Life in the Big
City. The Girls Who Disappear in New York.
One of the tragedies of the big
city is the missing girl. Last year
there were reported to the police of
New York as missing 1,080 girls of
whom 810 were subsequently locat
ed, leaving 270 unaccounted for.
But those who have made a study of
New York conditions and who are
devoting their lives to the rescue of
FIND . THE CAPITAL BUSIIYi
J‘()B HUNTERS RETURN HOME T()!
WAIT FOR PLUMS TO FALIL. |
Advice Handed Weary Waiters by
Congressmen That Longer Wait
ing Would Be of No Avail.
WASHINGTON.—Every train leav
ing Washington going in a southerly
direction carries on its list of pas
sengers many disgruntled and much
‘disappointed office seekers. Some of
%these came to Washington just after
\(:hristmas when congress assembled,
others came to the inauguration and
lstill others have arrived since. They
are going home because they have
‘become thoroughly convinced that
the national capital is a very expens
'ive place in which to live while wait-
I‘ing for the plum tree to shake.
' The home-goers are not from any
one state, or from any one section of
't,he eountry, for that matter, though
it is true that for obvious reasons
more of them are from the South
than elsewhere.
Bat there is something c.se the job
}huntem have recently discovered.
They have become convinced that it
}wm do them no good to remain in
' Washington. Once having placed
their interests in the hands of their
Irespective congressmen there is lit
tle else that can now be done. Sec
retary Bryan will not return to his
office for some t{ime from his Western
trip, and several of the other cabi
net members expect to be away more
or less during the early spring. Add
ed to this is the friendly advice hand
ed out to the weary waiters by the
congressmen that longer tarrying
young girls from a fate worse than
death assert that 2,000 others, whose
cases were never reported te the po
lice, vanished, without leaving a trace
behind. Eighty-five per cent of those
who thus disappear become the prey
of the so-called white slavers, or are
driven to lead dissolute lives in other
Ways.
here would not only be of no avail, |
but in many cases probably useless.
There is much dissatisfaction
among some of those who have been |
disappointed but this was to be ex- |
pected. It was never contemplated |
by those well informed that the new'!
administration would summarily |
;turn out former employes and office
‘holders to make room for others, but
'fl\is fact apparaently does not suit
many of those now turning their;
faces homeward. Many of them will
!go back to their people with alluring
'stories of what they d'd in the na
tional capital while waiting for some
ithing to turn up, glad, no doubt, that
‘after all they are at home again.
Many appointments are going to be
.made. but not just now. In time
éthe plum tree will shake for keeps,
ibut that will come with the extra
lsession of eongress.
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"CANADIAN WOMAN
' SUES GEORGIANS
| She Asks $50,000 of Prominent Bain
! bridge People for Personal
f Damages.
' VALDOSTA, Ga.—Two damage
suits were filed in the federal court
here today, both of them by the same
[person. though against different de
ifendants. Mrs. H. L. Cameron of
' Ontario, Canada, enters suit against
'J. W. Callahan, a wealthy citizen of
‘Bainbridge, for $25,000 personal
‘damage vhich was done to her char
aracter by statements alleged to have
‘been made by him and by opprobri
ous epithets which he used against
her, according to her allegations 1
Mrs. Cameron also enters suit|
against Mrs. B. D. Fudge and E. J.]
Willis, prominent Bainbridge people,
for $25,000 personal damage for hav- l
ing her ejected from the Bonaire ho
tel at that place in May of last year.
Mrs. Cameron at that time was liv
ing 2t Bainbridge. She alleges that
the two defendants in the last statedl
case caused her to be ejected from
the hotel and that the policemanl
handled her very roughly. She says
that vile charges were made against
her by Callahan.
The hearing will probably come yp
in Judge Speer’s court and promises
to be highly sensational as the de—l
fendants in the suit are among the
wealthiest and best known people ini
Bainbridge. ’ '
GYPSY WOMAN OVER 100 (il\'ES!
MADAM NICOTINE CREDIT,
Maria Tom Is Smoking Herseltf” Into
as Many Years as Prophet Lived.
Seems Scarcely More Than 60. ‘
ATLANTA.—One hundred and
eight years of life have wreathed
‘up from the pipe of Maria Tom, the
‘most ancient of ancient Gypsy wo
imen. If the pipe escapes breaking
she sees no obstacle to indcfinite life.
} Indeed, she is engaged upon smoking
ihorself into as many years as the
prophet lived.
: This smooth-faced old woman,
who seems scarcely more than 60
iyears, is showed by the records of
!the Gypsy camp, 'or which she ig a
| member, to be 108 years of age.
| The camp has pitched its tents off
I.\lariet.ta street, where it gossips' of
| the age of Maria Tom, tells wondrous
fortunes and swaps horses.
Maria Tom is the ancient mother
of the camp and an oracle to whom
all give heed. She also counsels out
| siders if her palm is crossed with
!silver, but that itching of the palm
'must be quieted before®she speaks
her words of wisdom.
! And after all, the gist of her ad
vice is to smoke a pipe. Her 108
vears of life, she believes, has come
from the mellow pipe that is con
stantly between her lips. Her ad
vice to women who prefer long life
‘to delicate complexions is to smoke.
The pipe is the thing. Keep one
constantly between your teeth coun
sels Maria Tom, and your years may
well be 108. She intends to live so
long as the pipe endures,
The Gypsy camp of which she is
the mother is no different from other
‘Gypsy camps. It will spend an idle
day or two here, and then set forth,
perhaps, for the other side of the
world.
JUDGE WOODARD DEAD.
Death Came Suddenly, and Was a
Surprise to Friends.
Judge L. C. Woodard, a prominent
and well known citizen of Richland
and this section, died Tuesday morn
ing from heart trouble. Judge Wood
ard’s death came sudden, and was a
little unexpected. He was 64 years
of age. :
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