, 1873-11-07

hind tho rotiring philunthropiut, wl,to, lilo
lcnrned serpt. Blzft,z would hevo characterzcl
III n circumstance suspicious IN itsolf. Hound
sl.clyos anl hcapod prolulbcuously OIL long deal-
inblo6 Of tho impromptu kind, which look 80
nice whom carefully covoredn ut l,nlta banQuots:
lay II heterogeneous mnRB Of tftHeront Eoods mil
ei bong u91 IL VII to assos@ ss@s Da"os
guitars Istlian clubs, toncersnaH, }oots. papor-
collaru. tfuics folt hits, yunB, cnrpot slippers,
and humorous otLor. articlca nf vortu lay
sse ea and ns ne 1G4o 9s'n"F % soy s'os me f"fff L
arranged III n,ything like decent order.
During the ton Eaniiiutcs IN which lo wnito1 Tor
tho roappoaranco OF tho U. i; g. pl'iianthro-
pHt the reporter looked through tiio mans to tle'
gyo just = 95 conss for tho privilege Of
buying, antl tl,cn st to buy It; but lin was
unsuccessful. Flo thon decided TINT tho room in
which lie nat was tho moro packlng-roonl OF tie
establishment, speculation which waB strength
enod by the prosenco Ut aevoral boxes with two
addresses OH thon-ono to TIM original purchaser,
another to tho Co!npany put on when tho goods
woro returned. Whom tho rising p!ilanthropiBt
placoa llimHolf at tho reporters dispoHa!, aud ox
proasod himsplf ready to anBwor amy questions
that might DO askoa Of him. a lively d'alogno
ensutd.
tn response to the questions put 10 him, tho
philauthropist naid TINT tho 1iar,tbll llcaded
Established Popular! Original" hod boon
entered nccording to aos of Congress, which ell
allied them to nRe tho roaHsrrng parenthcslB
"(erganixed untlor TIM Unitud 'Status aws)";
that the Company, had no President or Direc-
tors, but was rlln by George y. Hodge; TINT tho
lattor's surname bagan with all " II, aud not
with q" u, aB some Hptotul poople llAEo hlnt-
cd; TINT the bualness was such as not to re-
qniro such an enormous capital as might bo
a90,O0O; TINT by slirowd tnnncioring Mr.. Hodge
managed to buy tlo $500, QUO worth Of goods to be
distributed in Docenber next; that tho Company
does not really sell things uhcapcr thail ordlna-
~ retail stores do that tho statement III tho
100 to 600 por cent cheaper tlan tho same goods
can bo bought at any retail store in An1orlca,"
was only tho Sensational advertising Tint Is noc-
ossary to tho euccoss Of q huge undertaking;
that oil tho goods owned by tho Union Fnrnisl,-
Ing Company wore those the reporter SAW before
Linn that tt,oy never carried largo stock hut
kept continually turning osor little Que; TINT
tho continual receipts from customers Kept the
Company going that tho city provides then.
with groat dcal Of trado, but that tho bulk Of
the oraers como from the country:
tho 25 centa inatal.nont necessary to become q
shareholder and maker Of u dollar purchase
must layo footed np to something pretty ha,,l-
some, inasmuch ns he hold i'll his hand saare.
holders coltilcato numbered 51e,070. "Oh!"'
saia the. philantlrop1pt, the revoutto MUST
not bo calculated upon these numbers. Althongh
small portion Of ttlom llaye been sold: We have
lots Of agents. 10 anybody wishing to become
an agort s9c send number Of tLeso certificates
and allow hin, 70 per cont commission Oh their
What no docs with those ho don't sell ls no bslsi-
ness of ours." ,....
Tho reporter hintcd That tho agents must haTe
great temptation to sell tho certincates sud ro-
proceeds, and asked what the Company would do
in tho oycnt Of purehaser's claiming the .privi-
lego Of buying OIL " certificate. duly purchased
from an agent, who bud failed TO make return Of
said certificate. Tho pliilanthrollst's responae
WIS roady. but not assuring. I'm caso Of
TINT kiMd, ho said, "tho purchaser would s9f-
for. Wo could not sell to him. He should take
caro- thnt ho Euys from q Responsible party
Tho ropotte hintod that tile Company should
have none but responsible agents, but Lis ro-
"To coco to the po1nt' then, sag Tug report
er, does not tho bulk Of your-protit Rriso from
the sole OF these certificates Y -..........
u. j. 20. fhlianthfoptst'"-So ssfi OUT pro-
ut nrlsoe from Tue SAFE o1 snese gooaa.
Reportor-How much Will your Dccomnor
sales come to >-.--- ,..
u: r. GO. neutrality-suspicious. moro than
S:2,uHl. c.
Nonoftor-ho" can you MAKE lFonts "hen
YOU, for instance, sel nn opGra-glass p with acrow
EXTENSION tor " do'lar! VIII you Bhow me ono
Of your aollar opera-slasses ......,,
Tho Company wore out o. them. There WASN'T
ed one or two other articles OF. considerably
greater Valuo than tue Sl.a5, but thoy wero
not III stock, either" The reporter, 10 dos
par, ASKED whore sne company 1l'!ae tnelr pEol,,
y, 10 slu S s1u. ~ 1ian % asts.
~ aS 'suy ' ~ - to !o,n m t io,.a,r
acs aug to y, l., 20. Rah.n9p,st taere ae
~ ~ ,e eoo lon t ~ vi G ii ~ ~ @ ~ wo
cloor ~ Nv fean, IN ~ an n az, r" " a ~ no not
nrn,;t' l1,r main hoii IL tbe iowo1rvs f1ro iufro