Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1905 — Letter to Mr. Walter Porter. [ARTICLE]

Letter to Mr. Walter Porter.

Rensselaer, Ind. Dear Sir: You ask how many square feet a gallon will cover. Depends on condition of building. There is a great deal of lying on this point. The stock claim of lying paints is 300 square feet, two coats. It’s a lie, as a rule. Devoe covers 300 to 500, our agents think. We think 300 too low and 500 too high- though doubtless, they both occur. How much the other paints cover is equally doubtful; we guess 1(0 to 400. The truth is found in another comparison. Devoe is all paint, true paint, strong paiut, and fullmeasure; the others in general are, at the Lest, diluted, adulterated and short-measure. They cover according to body and measure. You can’t paint with clay, lime, chalk, sand, barytes, water or airmo body in them. Go by Devoe. \ Yours truly,

F. W. Devoe & Co.,

New York and Chicago. P. S. B. F. Fendig sells our paint.