The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-09-26

Il " III - - $3.50 = = n - :, -
farce the sale Or any article that
the thousands Of Department
clerks NAY AK may pot want. The
D Nh l,;s OH:
York chewing gum finn will give
you IN IDEA of how NC are going
10 work this little scheme
"Wbitc House, ID. G.. Ang. %.
AMy Dear Sir--As you are well
aware. your brand Of chewing
st1fn has only, limited circHla-
ton in Washington. ! propose
thc following arrangement bg
which We can he mutually Bone
tilted. 7':
( I'VE, that IS. Snort. Harrison
Il Wanamaker, will furnish you
with wrappers for each chunk Of
gum. On these wrappers will be
Tho portraits. q Snort, Harrison
ard Wanamakcr, together with
some such little printed gems Of
tEelElit as:
".Colonel Snort, Of Texas, is
universally conceded to be the
hnndsome.t man in Washington
"tpants bought at Wanama-
kcr's bazaar never bag at the
knees. Hold fast unto that which
Il aood-St. Johns Epistle to the
Philade1pllians.'
PRESIDENT Harrison, the peer
OF Washington, uses our gum ex-
cllsiye1y. Studio Lige and Russ
"All the janitors and door
Ike epcrs III the Department build
inas, rot to sperk Of numberless
other Federal officials, owing to a
pressure I viii bring to bear on
them, will sell your gum exclu-
sively. without commission, to the
employees, You could also print
on the wrappers: 80 be had on
applying to- I'LL Federal Off
Gals, doorkcepers, janitors, ct al.
American consuls in foreign coun-
/
tries would be instructed to push
your gum all over the known
/ world as a part of their official
duty.
"rhe prevailing rule in the De
partmcnt buildings forhidding the
chewing of gum during office
hours would be rescinded, and
the employees Will understand
that if they are found without
your gum in their mouth they
viii -se-iretl-etttt ard ttllseir- ptaces
i.given to those whose hearts are il
1.-The good-worNof booming ouE@rp.
/ form administration.
.s1'he result will be that thou
Sand ttftss ef pounds=of Your chewing
gum will be sold in Washington
Like the praises of the present
adniin ri gttration, 1t will be in every
body's mouth. You will become
suddenly rich. Now, the ques
ton is, what is your chewing gun
company going to do for Snort
Harrison and Wanamaker in re
turn for these privileges?
ave are willing to accept :
round sum annually for these IA
cilities, butt will haze to contain
five figlHesHoM@ does checl
t / for $4,000 strike you, with a lib
eral contribution to the election
expenses in 1892?
".Or, we will accept a moderate
royalty on each package Of gum
Or, we will accept shares of stocE
in your firm, and you can>re1y- OF
our not being deadheads~in thN
scheme.
ssPlease reply at once, as have
already been approached by ;
rival chewing gum firm.
SNORT, HARRISON 81 WANAMAKER
a(Per Bill SNORT. y
SO you see, Johnny, if this
scheme works, III have money
enough to 50 oft West to one q
the new States and get mysel1
elected Senator.
| There is no telling what amount
of business We may not do. an
already negotiating with a cigal
firm to supply the Department
clerks with cigars. Some of then
may not care to smoke, but i
they don't learn they will>not BIZ
in their places very long. The
clerks have been Taught to take {
hint. If the cigar firm comes
down handsomely, there will be
so much smoking that stranger.
lin Washington will think The
town is ontire..
The name of the brand of cigars
will be La Reforma. they viii
really be worth about cent
apiece, but the Department clerks
xviii ont only tWo for a nuarfar