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IWHY WOOLJS_SO CHEiP SHODDY IN BRITISH AND AMERICAN WOOLENS. ISr. Alfred Mansell, of Shrews- bury, Eng., Tells of the Tricks of the Trade. Shoddy is the groat feature in the tiarle of one of the leading towns of the Iltavy Woolen District of York- shire, and it is well known that the mills do turn out an enormous weight of Roods, the onaterial being composed mostly of shoddy, cotton and the like. Si.xtecnpence to eigh- tcenpence per yard (broad width), is the price of these so-called woolen goods, and plenty of uttraclivo fal> rics are made at less. i I is also staled that Scotch man- ufacturers of tweeds, who hitherto used no shoddy, have had to resort to its use in order to compete with Ihe composition of similar articles largely composed of shoddy produc- sd in several Yorkshire towns and flsewhcre. The manufacture of artificial Wools â€" and it is somewhat difficult to understand the designation â€" is said to bo a large industry supplying manufacturers with a cheap substi- tute for the real article. In speaking o( the trade of an- other lown in the Heavy Woolen Pia- Irict, the Yorkshire Observer says It is noted for its classical cloths, :heap dress meltons, dyed in classi- ;al shades, which â- and their cheap iiarkets in Greece and the Levantine ?orts. If all goes well there is a {reat future for these goods. The twills and serges produced here are In great favor with wholesale cloth- ers, and, combined with an export Icmand. a steoJy trade results the fhole year round Into the com- >osition of the higher grades a per- entage of wool enters, but it is mall. THE CnEAP COSTUMES ?hich adoiu windows of many man- ile shops are made in -this locality. ["weeds and mantle cloths from Is. Id. per yard, form another important •ranch, and are made largely Jiroughout this neighborhood. Speaking of military and police Jothes. "strength being the test." ".here is little rbom for mungo or ihoddy, and even the tender wool ^iised by the Australian drought is lot admissible. A well-known Yorkshire firm re- A BENEFIT TO FAIiMEHS. The benefits that will undoubtedly •esult to farmers from the recent in- lorporation of the International harvest Company which took over '.ho business of the five leading har- 'oster manufactui-ers have probably ot been considered by a large poi^ ion of the farming community. The economical necessity of a con- olidation of the interests of manu- acturers and those of their farmer :ustomers must be apparent to any >ne who understands the present sit- tation. The increased and increasing cost )f material, manufacturing and sell- ng â€" the latter in con.sequence of ex- .reme and bitter competition be- ;wcen manufacturers and their .sever- il selling agents â€" has made the busi- less unprolitable. The two alternatives left for the uanufacturers were either the In- ireasing of the prices of machines or '.he reduction of the cost of manufac- ture and sales. The latter could on- y be accomplished by concentrating Jie business in one company. As can readily bo seen, the (orm- ug of the new company was not a itock-jobbing operation but a ren- icring of mutual lutcroets. There s no watered stock; the capitaliza- ion is conservative and represented >y actual and tangible assets. There s no stock olTcrod to the public, it laving all been subscribed and paid >y the manufacturers and their as- lociates. The manngement of the Interna- Uonal Harvester Company is in the lands of well-known, experienced lien. The officers are: President. Cyrus H. McCormick; Chairman Executive Jommiltee. Charles Deering; Chair- nan Finance Committee. George W. Perkins; Vice-Presidents, Harold F. (cC.'ormick, James IVering', Wm. H. lonos and John J. Glessner; Secre- ury and Treasurer. Ulchnrd F. lowe. The members of the Hoard >f Piitjctors are as follows: Cyrus Jentley. William Iteering, Charles >eoring, James Ilcering, Eldridge M. Fowler. F. H. Gary, John J. Gles- nov. Uichard F. Howe, Abram M. lyutt. William II. Jones. Cyrus 11. IcCormick, Harold F. McCormick. k'o. \V. Perkins. Norman B. Ream, jeslie N. Ward. Paul U. Cravath. The Internationai Harvester Com- >any owns five of the largest har- esler plants in existence. The Cham- lion, Ilojring. McCormick. Milwau- Ice and Piano â€" plunts that have been iroducing nearly or quite 5)0 per tnt. of the harvesting machines of he world. It also owns timber and coal lands. >la8t furnaces and a stcol plant; it ins a now factory in the process of instruction In Canada. It is believed that the cost of pro- lucing grain. grass and corn har- resting machines will be so reduced Ihat the present low prices can be continued, and that consciquently the results cannot bo otherwl.<w than beneficial to the fiirmcr. To main- tain the present prices of these ma- chines means to continue and in- crease the development of the agri- culture of the world, for no one cause has contributed or can contri- ibuto more to this development than I the cheapness of machines for har- vest in£ grains, Well Made. Pure flour and pure yeast do aot Aecessarlly mean good bread. It may be spoiled la the maklflg. Just so : material la not everything. Prof. W. Hodsson Ellis, Official Analyst to the Dominion Govern- ment, after a number ot analyses, re- ports that " Sunlight Soap is a pure and well-made soap." " Well mada " means more than you think. Try Sunlight Soap â€" Octagon Bar â€" next wash day, and you will enjoy the benefits of a " well-made " soap, and will see that Prof. Ellis la right No one should know better than he. 214 £L&.S plying to an enquiry on the subject states: "There is so much mixing done nowadays to bring goods in at such low prices, that it takes a very good man to tell what there is in some of the manufactured articles." In the Yorkshire Post's Annual Trade Ilevi.iw for December 7th, 1901. a fii-inch cloth is spoken of which sells at Is. Id. per yard, which is composed of all shoddy, but is classed as woolen jroods. The Hon. Geo. \V. Wallace. Santo Fo, Now Mexico, in an able article on "Substitutes for Wool," recites a statement by a commis.'sion huuso in the trade that 90 per cent, of wool- en goods contain cotton, and that in 45 per cent, the proportion of cot- ton is }; and, when in addition to this cotton, the stuff which masquer- ades under a score of aliases, such as shoddy, mungo, wastes, flocks, loom flyings, wool extracts, noils, wool stock, manufactured wool jute yarn, etc., etc., the wonder is not that the sales of wool fall off so largely, but that any wool is used at all.- I thoroughly agree with his deduc- tion, and also in his statement that the adulterated cloth has neither the wear nor the warmth of honest wool- en goods. Mr. Wallace continues by stating that an expert witness bo- fore the Ways and Means Committee of the Fifty-fourth Congreso, testi- fied thr.t the lirst-class largo worst- ed ml'/s of the United States had put in the French and German pro- cess by which short-wool fibres could be used. This is a fact which speaks for itself. Quoting further from the same source, an English correspondent of an American pa- per writes: "I give desigus and par- ticulars for two most excellent cloths. The worsted panting will make a cloth particularly adapted to the American taste, and it can be made very well on a cotton-backed cloth and mungo filling." Again a trade journal in a technical article sa.vs: "The proper finishing of low- grade face goods requires great skill and care, as generally such goods contain a large PERCENTAGE OF COTTON in both warp and filling, the amount of wool being only sufficient to form a face to cover the cotton, and it is seldom of the best quality." â-  Quoting Mr. Mulhaser, the greatest manufacturer of shoddies in the United States, Mr. Wallace gives the annual consumption of shoddy in the United States at 40,000,000 j pounds, displacing 120,000,000 1 j^^^ pounds of wool. The National Lifo Stock Association of America puts the figures for 1900 as follows: (and this i presume refers to the U. S. only): Shoddy used in 1900. 74,- 000,000 pounds, displacing 222,000,- 000 pounds of wool, or equal to 72 per cent of all the wool in the Unit- ed States that year In other words it displaced wool in quantity to that clipped from 42.990,000 out of 61,- 415.000 sheep owned in the United States. Theretore but for this shoddy there would have been used 222,000,000 more pounds of wool. An incident is given of the discov- ery by accident of the fact that a most reputable (?) and well-known manufacturer, who had a contract to supply the Government with 50,000 army blankets, was found to bo stulUng the same with shoddy to the extent of 50 per cent. Cotton is al- so introduced into blankets made in England, and in some cases, exceeds ^[^g over 50 per cent, of the material used. The rapid increase in the use of shoddy in the United States is shown by the following figures: In 1800 thirty establishments had an annual output of a value of SlOO,- 000; in 1890 the census showed ninety-four establishments and a product value at $9,208,011. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. Old men always know more than, they believe. Nothing surprises some men like their own success. Some men take pains naturally and some give them the same way. Appropriate epitaph for a bartend- er: "He had a 'smile' for every- body." Weak is the man who hasm't strength enough to break a good re- solution. The wise man knows more than he tolls, and the fool tells more than he knows. Smith (angrily) â€" "I understand you said my face was enough to stop an automobile." .Jones â€" "I certainly never said anything of the kind." Smithâ€" "Then I must have been misinformed." Jones â€" "That's what you have. Instead of stop- ping at sight of your face, any rep- utable automobile would increase its speed." ^A Extra Fins Stock 300 or 380 size, $3.50 PER BOX. Two troopers were recently relat- ing to each other their roughest ex- periences in South Africa. Tommy No. 1 said: "My hottest corner was in that terrible buttle of Spion Kop." "Oh, that's nothing." said Tommy No. 2: "my hottest corner Was when two Boer women got at me while I was carrying od one of i their ducks." TWO LETTERS. NOT CHANGED HIS IN SEVEN YEARS. MIND ThoDAWSON COHUI.SSION CO.. Limited. TORONTO. WHOLESALE Staple CldtbiBf Alao PAMT9. KNIOKIRS, OVERALLS, SMeOKS. Ac. .\sk your dealer (or ihese goods- BEST EVER. WYLD-BARUNC COMPANY, LIMITID, T}(tRTO.' I i M i r ii'll nam riiis Correspondent Tells Hers Emphatically Than Perhaps Anything Could, the Perfect Per- manency of Cures Made ty Dodd's Kidney Pills. Gelert, Ont., Sept. 1.â€" (Special) â€" Mr. Samuel Kernahan, of this place, is a wonderful example of what Dodd's Kidney Pills will do for sick and suffering humanity. Mr. Kernahan had been very ill. indeed so ill that the doctors had given him up as an Incurable. He had spent a great deal of money in trying to obtain a cure, but all iu vain, until at last a friend sug- gested Dodd's Kidney Pills. This wonderful remedy soon made him a well man. and although this was nearly seven years ago, he has scarcely known what Illness has beei; since, and has never had a return ol hisi old trouble. The following let- ters which he addressed to the pro- prietors of Dodd's Kidney Pills, tell the story: Getert, Ont., Oct. 12, 1895. In December, 1893, I was taken sick and laid up, unable to work for 14 months. I was confined to my house and to my bed. I was attend- ed at various times during thess months by five dititrent doctors. Three of them decided that my trou- ble was floating kidney and incura- ble. The other two said that it was spinal disease, but all of them pronounced my case absolutely and positively incurable. My money was nearly all gone, for I was not a rich Some one advised me to try Dodd's Kidney Pills, and as a lasit hope I did so. After I had taken three bo.xes I was able to walk about, but I continued the treatment until I had taken eighteen bo.xes. Now I can say I am entirely cured and able to do my work as well as ever. , SAMUEL KERNAHAN. tJeiert. April 24. 1902. I am as sound as I ever was and have not hud the slightest return of my old trouble, since Dodd's Kidney Pills cured uie away back in '94. SAMUEL KERNAHAN. Dodd's Kidney Pills cure to stay cured. f EUROPEAN FAST TRAINS. France is Urst in Europe in point of fast trains, the fastest averaging 58 miles an hour. England comes next. the fastest time being 55 miles. Thii-d is Germany, with 51 and next Belgium, with '10. It was at a fashionable boarding- house, and they had calves' !; rains for lunch. .She spoke to the gentle- man next to her; "And do you like calves' braius>, Mr. Domo?" "I al- ways try to feel content with what I have, madam." There is a time to laugh. even iu a fashionable boarding-house. Little Walter was eating lunch, when he gave his arm a sudden shove and, splash! down went his gla-ss of milk. "I knew you were going to spill that!" said mammy, angrily. "Well, if you knew," queri- ed Walter, "why didn't you tell me?" A man is never fully conquered un- til his wife has succeeded in making him say before company that he likes to push the perambulator. §33.00 TO THE PACIFIC COAST. from Chicago via the Chicago & North-Wobtorn R'y every day during Ser'lomber and October. One-way o ond-clata tickets at very low rates .roui Chicago to points in Colorado. Utah. Montun.T, Nevada. lalaho. Ore- ijon. Washington, California and various other points. Also special round-trip Homescekers' tickets on first and third Tuesdays, August, September and October to ' PaciJic Coast and the West. Fuil particu- lars from nearest ticket agent or address U. H. Bennett, 2 East King St., Toronto, Ont. dlackbi-:rry pest Ulackberries thrive more luxuriant- ly in Australia than in Europe or America, thoir growth Ix'iiig so ra- pid that in many places they are re- garded as an agricultural pest. Like the lirst rabbit.-». the original black- berry vines have grown and multi- plied until they bid fair to cover the face of the country. The busihett are not cultivated â€" they can loo'k after themselves, as nuiny Austral- ian agriculturists aie v^iinfuUy aware â€" but the jam made from their fruit is suincioiitly tempting to make one forgvt their unwe'.como presence on the farm. Keep MWs Llnlmeot in the House. Mrs. Style â€" "I want a hat, but it must be in the latest style." Shop- man â€" "Kindly take a chair, madam.' and wait a few minutes; the fashion is just changing." Slev« th.* raaali nnil nork* sT Iks t'oTd Li«sftUTa Bromo-QulDinft TftMcU cu.-o ft coldin oqs !»'. .\o Olro. >'i> P»)t. London has tliirtecn principal pic- ture galleries. TO «'BKE .1 fOi.D IM OliK B.iT. Tuk* Laxative Bromi Qujniti* T&blotx. All driif. cwt< reliiita the raoDaj if it fiiU to cure. B. W. u Cffas tJAoature li on each Imx. 25(\ The best starch gloss made is com- posed of 3} ounces each of sperma- ceti, gum arabic. and borax. nine ounces of glycerine, and threo pints of water. Four ounces of this mix- ture is added to 4 J ounces of boil- ing starch. GOOD THINGS TO EAT From Llbby'9 fftmous hygleaio kitchens. Wq oaaplojr a chef trho la an expert ia making LIBBYS Natural Flavor Food Products We doa't pnotico economy bora. H* lUM tiM Tory chotcott matarUls. A sapply on 7oar pantry abfilvea enables you to bar* always at band tbo ttssenlials for tb« very b«it meijA. LIBBY, McNeill & LIBBY CHICAGO. U. 3. A. Write (or oar l»alclet "Hair to H^ja Good Tbciqs to SiT." Bocks, &c. oCABIA MONK'S AWF-Ub DUCI.OSU ItX3 ot Conrene Ufa. r\vn\j bcnnd edition, with upwards of fortT lUuttraUon*. sOo posisala. Small pipar edition, 15a fO tcald. Madf Uorrelli'd new book. '•Tt-mporal Fower. i-eiidySSth Aug. Tic cr 23c put or cxpra<« uald> Oivs nam* ot any conrtnicot «ipr<M o-no*. NORMAN MUKIIaY, 21 BeaTW HaU HiU. MoBtreol. Ouuda. The result of recent tests carried out iu the German army prove that 68 pounds is the outside weight the average soldier can carry on a day's march without injuring his heart. Minafil'sLlDlmentLuiiiligfinan'sFrienil Ask for MInard's and lalie no alhs' The Church of England bishopric of tho Mackenzie River is 000.000 square miles. That is five times the size ot the whole United liing- dom. 1.095.000 die yeai ly consumption. Europe of Lover's Y-Z (Wise Head) Disinfect- ant SiJap Powder is better than oth- er soap powders, as it also acts a disinfeclant. as Price 'Jiceuti. The Bunk of England is empower- ed by its charter to soil any goods or merchnndise upon which it has advanced money, and which have not been redeemed. Mabel â€" "You ought to make some no.V inin aAOjd oi 'qotj "aatitjaus love me. What will you give up when we ore married?" Bob â€" "I'll give up be .ig a bachelor â€" will that suit?" 'I'he demand for cycles this year is so great that extra trains have had to be chartered at Coventry solely for the conveyance of bicycle*, and makers anticipate that tlie de- mand will be maintained throughout the suQUuer. MBSSitS. C. C. UICHAItPS & CO. Gentlemen,â€" In June '»8 I had my hand and wrist bitten and badly mangled by a vicious horse. 1 suffer- ed greatly" for several days and the tooth cuts refused to heal, until Jrour agent gave nie a bottle ot MIN.\UDS LINIMENT, which I be- gan using, and the effect was magi- cal. In five hours the pain had cca.'icd, and iu two weeks the wounds I .\d completely heaied and my i-.uncl !\nd arm were us well a-s ever. Yours truly. A. E. UOV. Carriage maker, St. Antoine, P. Q. 51 oak trees are struck by light- ning to every beech that is stj-uck. In Edinburgh printing housws there are over 300 female compositors. Minafd'sLiniirientisuEedbj Physicians The rope en which Charles Blondin cro.ssed the Kails of Niagara cost 85.230. $100 Reward. SICO- Thor»,iierj ot thin papjr mill bo p1«**ad to le.ixn ibat t.n>'-e h at Un«tonedread»ddi<9o88 that science hu bean ablo to cars l.i ail 't< sutgce nl iD^t IK (.Hsirrli. Hi\ll'a Catarrh Cure is lae on'y po^i'lvo ourc naw kDo^n W) th» modlotti fr«t«rii tr. < ft arh bo nj » oot ali'uilonal dieea<o, roquiiu* a coa>t.l'Ulianal troxtoiont. Hall's Catarib Cure ia l.(k«n la- ta- nalt;, acting diroolly on lh» b'.ool and luuooiiaiuifacoK of tbo sjriteni. lher«bj' dca- LrojtaK the ffun.tatioo uf iha dla«a.<:e. and giT'Dj thopitl««ntr»njth by building up .he eoDftUnUoa aal aMlstloK n.>tnra tn doosli!! work. Tile proprletcra hHvc 9> much fanh n Ita curatiTO (nwer«. that Iha; olTar Uoa Hun- dred DolUra for any ra«a that ItfaiU to cure. 3 nd (or Mat o( l^eill man lair. Addresa. F. J. CHKNBY & CO., To:»do, 0. Slid by Drutsl^k, Tic. H:il.'a FamUj' rii:a oro the b:st. Franco has 2.864.000 dogsâ€" just double as many as Great Britain and Ireland combined. Ceriuany has 1.432.000 also, just half of Franco's number. THE MOST POPULAR OSNTIPRICe. CALVERT'S CARBOLIC TOOTH POWDER. tha teeth. Sweata<ia the braath. tlren^bene the giima FEATHER DYEINQ Cleaolng uid Citrling and Ki>i GIotm cleftii«U. Tbfla* raa b« leut bjr patU lo p«r ox. Lbe b«t dUo* U BHITISH Uotitieal, AMERICAN DYEING CO. Ottawa, Toronto, Quebec, Bra$$Bdiid InatrumentSt Oruma, Uniforms. Etc. EVERY TOWN CAN HAVE A BAND Lowert prices over anotod. Fine calaloguo, SflOllliistrailona. milled free. Writo m for anj* thlDK In Mn.tlcar 1ln«lrnl IntiranienI'. WHALE! R0Y3B & CO., Limited, Toronto, Ont. and Winnipeg, Man HO HUMBUG U..H^si.i buniftnASwtns V. Stock Hiukei Kn.lC&lt nit>«, wtlhtani«lit>Jt. KilrMUMonit. \ Q.3. Mftyi, OJUrr ;r* C>nK4»I>M IT. Xl. Ityn. rimXBK BOIQllTO^, ralr«rtd, lowft, V. 9. Algy â€" "Whoa he married the wi- dow he stopped snnoking." Maud â€" "Why?" 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