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Show OPEN DEALING IN PAINT. Buying paint used to bo llko tho provorblal buying of a "pig In a poko." Mixtures In which chalk, ground rock, etc., predominated wcro marked and sold as "Puro Whito Lead," tho deception not bolng apparent ap-parent until tho paint and tho painting paint-ing wero paid for. This deception Is still practiced, but wo havo learned to oxposo it easily. National Lead Company, tho largest larg-est makers of gonulno Puro Whito Lead, realising tho Injustlco that was being dono to both property ownors and honest pnint manufacturers, sot nbout to mako point buying safe. Thoy first adopted a trndo mark, tho now famous "Dutch-Hoy Painter," ond put this trademark, n- a guaranty of purity, on every pnekago of tholr Whito Load. Thoy then set about familiarizing tho public with tho blow-plpo test by which tho purity nnd genuineness of Whito Lend may bo dotonnlncd, nnd furnished n blow-plpo blow-plpo frco to every ono who would wrlto them for it. This action was in itself a guaranty of tho purity of National Na-tional Load Company's Whito Lead. As tho result of this opon dealing tho paint buyor to-day has only himself him-self to blorao if ho is defrauded. For test outfit and valuablo booklet on painting, address Nntlonnl Lead Company, Com-pany, Woodbrldgo Bldg., Now York. |