The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-08-13
BARTHOLDTS BIG
GIRL.
&c Prejudice Met by a Canvasser
For the Pedestal Fund.

The Bartholdi Pedestal Fund is
nearly complete. The statue has
arrived, and soon New York Harbor
Will be graced by the most magniti-
cent colossal statue the world has
ever seen.
Liberty Enlighteningthe World!"
What priceless blessing per-
sonal liberty isl It is the shrine
at which people, ground under the
heel of tyranny in the older worlds,
worship with fervency that Ameri-
cans can scarcely realize lit is prin-
ciple for which Nihilists willingly die
the death OF dogs; and fit and proper
it is that at the very entrance Of the
Bay of New York this emblematic
statue should flash welcome to the
world.
The press is entitled to the ere lit
of this achievement. Mr.. Philip
Beers, who has been making circuit
of the country on behalf Of the
Pedestal Fund, says that the fuld
will certainly be raised, as the World
does not know the word fail.
Mr.. Beers says that he has found
the most pronounced generosity
among those of foreign birth. They
seem more appreciative of liberty
than do our native born. Moreover,
among some strange prejudice
seems to exist. a -ees
"Prejudice2 In what particular"
I" / have ever found that however
meritorious thing may be, thou
sands of people will inevitably be
prejudiced against it. have spent
most of my life on the road and | know
the American people like q book
In 1879 q personal misfortune illus
trated this prevailing prejudice. l
wa very ill, had suffered for several
years with headache, tickle appetite,
dreadful 1backache, cramps, hot
head, cold hands and feet, and a
general break down of the system.
l dragged myself back to New York,
seeking the best professional treat
ment. 1t so happens that among
my relatives is distinguished physi-
clan who upbraided me roundly for
preaching so much about my own
case. Finally, with some spirit, 1
remarked to him
"'Sir, you know that much of your
professional wisdom is pretense.
You are controlled by prejudice.
You cannot reach a case like mine,
and you know it, can you p"
az had him; and he finally con-
coded the point, for it was Bright's
Disease of the kidneys which had
Frustrated me, and the school-men
admit they cannot cure it. Having
cured myself, however, in 1879, and
not having seen sick day since, my
relative finally admitted that War
ner's Safe Cure, which accomplished
this result, was really q wonderful
preparation. Had President Rutter,
of the Central Hudson, used it, am
certain he would be alive to-day, for he
could not have been in worse con-
dition than was"
/ have found similar preiudices
among all classes concerning even so
laudable scheme as this Pedestal
Fund"
Mr.. Beers's experience and the
recent death OF President Rutter, OF
the Central-Hudson Railroad, of an
extreme kidney disorder, proves that
the physicians have no real power
over such diseases, and indicates the
only course one should pursue if, as
the late DR.. Willard Parker says,
headache, sickness of the stomach,
dropsi al swellings, backache, dark
rrs n r
impaired eyesight, loss Of strength
and energy occur, for they unmis-
takably indicate q fatal result, if
not promptly arrested.
eyes, stree, every cent needed
for the pedestal will be raised. OF
course it will be great triumph for
the World, but would it not have
been an eternal disgrace had our
people failed to provide for this
pedestal?"