Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-06-20
CIRCULATION WANTED.
And the Iron Manufacturer. to Pay for

And the Iron Manufacturers to Pay for II.
Tue following contribution to current
political literature will be read with ia
terest:
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, June ), 1854
DEAR SIR: We take pleasure in pre-
senting TO you the prospectus of move
ment which has been inaugurated.by the
manufacturers for the purpose of making
familiar the reasons in favor Of protective
tariff Doubtful congressional districts
have been selected in various parts of the
country, and from these districts the
committee on distribution is at work
securing the names and addresses of al
voters who are inclined towards free
trade. To all these people we propose 20
mail the Weekly Press three or four
months, as may be decided, previous to
the November election. During this time
the subject of protection will be presented
in the most complete and able manner by
the Hon. Robert p. Porter, tariff editor Of
Tie Press and Jos d. Weeks.
Subscriptions TO the amount Of nearly
sl2 900 have been received, and we are
very anxious to have the minimum
| amount Of s2O 600 guaranteed at the ear
| liest possible date, so that the committee
may be able to complete the enterprise
successfully. We seek to have the en-
| terprise placed on a strictly business basis,
aud to that end payment OF subscriptions
will not be asked for until the committee
on distribution (uoted in the last para.
graph of the prospectus) has mailed you
q circular OF audit certifying that the
conditions of the prospectus have been
| faithfully carried out. At the same time
we shall furnish all subscribers to the
| fund with q statement as to where all OF
the papers have been placed, so that you
| may see the absolute beneficial results of
the enterprise.
We sincerely hope that you will assist
us in this enterprise.
Yours respectfully,
THE Press Co, Limited.
W. l.. MCLEAN, Business Manager.
L. S.-Please wire US your reply.
The following is the forged form of
obligation for manufacturers TO sign, with
the names Of committee evidently invent
ed to give plausibility to the forgery
We agree TO pay the amount named
below for the purpose OF placing ths
Philadelphia Weekly Press in the hands of
the voters of doubtful districts throughout
| the United states previous to the Novem.
Der election, the Press company, limited,
agreeing to furnish said paper for the sum
| of thirty-three and one third cents Tor
elch tour months su description i'm mediately
preceding the general election, and the
Press company, limited, further agreeing
not to call on any firms or individuals for
the said amounts unless au aggregate
minimum OF twenty Thousand dollars $50,
OOO) shall be raised for that purpose.
| That the said Philadelphia Weekly Press
shall be distributed under the direction OF
a committee representing each of the sew
eral industries contributing. This COM
mittee is composed of B. G.. Clarke, of the
Lackawanna iron and coal company, New
York Robert F. Kennedy, Besssmer
steel company, limited, Philadelphia
Henry I. Cook, president Union pottery
company, Trenton, New Jersey Hon
George Hires, OF Hires tS Co., glass man
utactnrers, Quinton, New Jersey, and
Theod ore G. Search, chairman Of the ex
ecutive committee of the Textile, associa
tiOn, Philadelphia.