Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 73, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 May 1904 — Letter to Geo. Barcus & Co. [ARTICLE]

Letter to Geo. Barcus & Co.

Rensselaer, Ind. Gentleman: Mr. President of a cotton-mill at Union, 8 0- he don’t want to see his name -had two offers of 500 gallons of paint: $1.30 and $1.25. Took the $125 and got skinned/ He’d have got three-quarters skinned if he’d taken the other. The $l3O was full gallon; the $1.25 was 18 per cent short. The fullQmeasure paint was adulterated 40 per cent: the short-measure paint was adulterated 45 per cent besides benzine in the oil, don’t know how much. Devoe lead-and zinc wasn’t sold in the town then. It don’t pay to monkey with paint, Devoe costs lees than any of ’em; net by the gallon, of course; by the house and year. That’s how to reckon it. Go by the name. Yours truly, F. W. Devee & 00. 93 New York and Ohioago, P. 8. B. F. Fendig sells our paint.