Morning journal and courier., 1885-06-23
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The EsrejudIces Met Ely A Canvasse
 For the Pedestal Fund.

The EsrejudIces Met By A Canvasser
 For the Pedestal Fund.
 The Bartholdi pedestal fund is nearly com plete. The statue has arrived and soon New York harbor will be graced by the most mag nificent colossal statue the world has ever seen.
 Liberty Enlightening the Worldl" What a priceless blessing personal liberty is. It is the shrine at which people, ground under the heel of tyranny in the old worlds, wor ship with fervency that Americans can scarcely realize; it is a principle 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 credit of this achievement. MT. Philip Beers, who has been making circuit of the country on be- half of the pedestal fund.- says that the fund will certainly be raised, as the World does not know the word fail.
 MT. Beers says that he has found the most pronounced generosity among those of foreign birth. They seem more appreciative of lib erty than do our native born. Moreover, among some strange prejudice seems to ex- ist.
 Prejudice? In what particu1ar2" "I have ever found that, however meritori- ous thing may be, thousands of people will inevitably be prejudiced against it. I have spent most of my life on the road and I know the American people like book In 1879 personal misfortune illustrated this prevailing prejudice. very i'll, had suffered for several years with headache, fickle appetite dreadful backache, cramps, hot head, cold hands and feet and & general break down of the system. I dragged myself back to New York, seeking the best professional treatment. It so happens that among my relatives is a distin- iguished physician, who upbraided me round y for preaching so much about my own case. 1<>I Sir, you know that much of your pro- fessional wisdom is pretence. You are con- trolled by prejudice. You cannot reach case like mine and you know it, can you? 'tI had him; and he finally conceded the point, for it was Bright's disease of the kid neys which had prostrated me, and the school men admit they cannot cure it. Hay ing cured myself, however, in 1879, and not having seen a sick day since, my relative finally admitted that Warmers safe cure, which accomplished this result, was really a 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 8 worse condition than was.n
 ''I have found similar prejudices among all classes concerning even so laudable a scheme as this pedestal fund"
 MT. Beers experience and the recent death of President Rutter, of the Central Hudson fallrOad, or an eALrene A1uney uisofuer, proves that the physicians have no real pow over such diseases, and indicates the only course one should pursue if, as the late Dr. Willard Parker says, headache, sickness of the stom- ach, dropsical swellings, back ache, dark and offensive fluids, prematurely impaired eye sight, loss of strength and energy occur, for they unmistakably indicate fatal result if not promptly arrested
 "Yes, sir-ee, every cent needed for the pc destal 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 tor this pedestal?"