. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igoi. The American Florist. 803. As with our battleships and almost every other valuable inven- tion, the would-be and pretending ;ill-wise offer to criticise and con- ilemn them long bi^fore they ar» abU' to prove their etViciency. Kut '^uch wise judges are, as "a rule, relegated to the deep, dark and l;itnomless sea of-ignorance. and arc the lautrhins stock for the Wiser and truer judj^os. Just so with the Duplex Gutter; it will get its rewiirds by such jud- ^^e3 lont: before it will be able to prove Its su
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igoi. The American Florist. 803. As with our battleships and almost every other valuable inven- tion, the would-be and pretending ;ill-wise offer to criticise and con- ilemn them long bi^fore they ar» abU' to prove their etViciency. Kut '^uch wise judges are, as "a rule, relegated to the deep, dark and l;itnomless sea of-ignorance. and arc the lautrhins stock for the Wiser and truer judj^os. Just so with the Duplex Gutter; it will get its rewiirds by such jud- ^^e3 lont: before it will be able to prove Its superiority over the other makes that confront it :it present. Remember I make a j;iiller to suit the ideas of my cus- tomers and not one of llimsy sheet sti'el, as you are made to believe b\ some guessing' their story. I furnish them in the fol- lowing .metals: Steel, wrought iron, cast iron, copper, or zinc, alt at nearly a^ low a price as cast iron and of some of these at only half the cost of cast iron. I will ^viarantee them as durable as any other make, with more per- fection and much stronger construction. I claim nothing for my gutter that reflects upon any other make; they all have cer- tain merits. PLEASE NOTICE THE QUESTIONS FOLLOW - IXG: How long will a cast iron gutter last if made in 5-foot sections, and erected upon a 2-inch pipe made out of three-sixteenths- inch steel sheeting? (pipe is usually made out of that material). How long will a house last that is held together with steel wire, when its life is only five years? (As stated in an advertisement). All well-informed per-ons know better and will see at once that a man who will condemn his own material to injure others is either running from llie enemy or dreadfully scared, if my gutter is as poor as it is said to be by competition it needs no free advertising. Why do we not build cast-iron bridges? Because thev would not last long enough and because they would fall of their weight unless on a contin
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