Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 289, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1920 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

GOVERNMENT MAKES INTERESTING TEST Department of Agriculture shows That Moths Cannot Exist In Properly Constructed Cedar Chests. South Bend, Ind., Nov. 1920. The United States department of agriculture recognizes the great value of cedar chests in preserving clothes from the moth danger as a result of experiments conducted by the department and extending over two years’ time.' According to the government report a number of adult moths were placed from time to time in cedar chests, and cloth was also placed-in the chests for feeding purposes. Nevertheless the moths all died without leaving any eggs behind, and a minimum amount of feeding was done. Similar tests made with trunks instead of cedar chests resulted in the rapid multiplication of the moths. The report deduced that “the result of these tests indicate that adult clothes moths and young cloth moth larvae are killed when placed in a cedar chest.” Basing their claims on this unbiased government report, the Acme Manufacturing company has started a campaign to acquaint the public in the proper method of preserving clothes. In view of the high prices paid-for all garments in the past, few "ears, the Acme officials feel justified in boosting the sale of their famous cedar chests as a necessary economy in any .household. —Avt.