Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 December 1879 — About Rubber Boots. [ARTICLE]

About Rubber Boots.

Undue competition between manufacturers ha* led to an extent of adulteration and cheapening of material never before known in the bu/rineea. Crude rubber bas the quality of absorbing or of becoming incorporated with % very large quantity of cheap and bulky subataaoee like lampblack, chalk, etc., which cannot be detected by the uninitiated, and which impair the durability of the goods. People call for low-priced goods, not reflecting that low prioee always mean low quality. The result is they waste meney on “wild oat” rubber boots, when an extra dollar or two would buy them a pair which will wear to their utmost satisfaction a whole season or more. The “95 Per Cent Sterling Rubber Boot,” manufactured by the C&ndee Rubber Company, Mew Haven, Ct, is meant to reform this abuse, and is well worth the inspection of those who need a real good article. Every store dealing in the “95 Per Cent Sterling Rubber Boots” is supplied with a sample out open to show the construction. They are warranted three months, and the storekeeper will punch the date of sale In the top of tholeg of each boot