The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1885-07-02
BARTHOLDTS BIG GIRL.
THE PREJUDICEs MET BY A CANVASSER FOR
THE PEDESTAL FUND.

The Bartholdi pedestal fund is nearly
complete. The statute has arrived and
soon New York harbor viii be graced by
the most magnificent colossal statue the
world has ever seen.
Liberty Eniighteuing the World :"
What a priceless blessing personal liberty
IS. 1t Is the shrine at which people,
ground under the heel of tyranny in the
older worlds, worship with fervency
that Americans can scarcely realize; it is
a principle for which NihiIists willingly
die the death of dogs; and fit and proper
1t 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 credit of
this achievement. Mr.. Phillip Beers.
who has been making circuit of the
country on behalf of the Pedestal fund.
says that the fund will certainly be raised
us the World does not know the word fell
Mr.. Beers says that he has fonnd the
most pronounced generosity among those
OF foreign birth. They seem more APP
preciatlve of liberty than do our native
born. Moreover. among some Il strange
prejudice seems TO exist.
81 have ever found that however mer-
itorious thing may be, thousands of
people will inevitably be preiudiced
against it. | have spent most of my l:fe
on the road and | know the American
people like book In 1879 personal
misfortune illustrated this prevailing
prejudice. / was very i'll, had suffered
for several years with headache, tickle
appetite, dreadful backache, cramps, hot
head, cold hands and feet, ard general
break down of the system. | dragged
myself back to New York, seeking the
best professional treatment. Ii so hap
pens that among my relatives is dis
tinguished physician who upbraided me
roundly for preaching so much about my
own case. Finally, with some spirit, /
remarked to him:
"'Sir, you know that much of your
professional wisdom is pretense. You
are controlled by prejudice. You can
not reach a case like milne and you know
it, can you?'"
Il hal him; and he finally conceded
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
Warmers safe cure, which accomplished
this result, was really wonderful pre-
paration. Had President Ritter, of the
Standardization used 1t, am certain he
would be alive to day, for he could not
have been in worse condition than |
was"
81 have found similar prejudices among
all classes concerning even so iaudabie
scheme as this pedestal fund"
Mr.. Beers's experience and the recent
death of President Rutter, of the Cen
trail Hudson railroad, of an extreme kid
ney disorder, proves that the physicians
have no real power over such diseases,
and indicates the only conrse one should
pursue if, as the late DIR. Willard Parker
says, headache, sickness Of the stomach,
dropsical sweliings, back ache, dark and
offensive fluids, prematurely impaired
eyesight, loss of strength and energy
occur, for they Enthusiastically indicate a
fatal result, if not promptly arrested.
Yes, sir ee, 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?"