St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-23
THE PROOF.

JOHN WANAMAKER the cabinet Of
ficer is one man, while JOHN WANA-
MAKER the merchant prince is an
other. In physical structure they are
tie same person, but in moral sense and
in performance of business duties
they are distinctly two persons.
As the cabinet officer Mr.. WANA
MAKER is an enthusiastic admirer of the
MCKINLEY law. TO his official eye it
is the one thing altogether lovely, par
ticularly so as it is the fulfillment Of an
agreement he made with the tariff bar
onS IN 1855 that they should have such a
law IN return for the Doodle they fur
nished i'll the HARRISON campaign of
that year. Mr.. WANAMAKER and the
tariff barons have both their reward, so
that Mr.. WANAMAKER the cabinet
minister is extremely happy over the
result.
But JOHN WANAMAKER the mer-
chant is in the dumps. His big mer-
camille establishment in Philadelphia
has received a serious blow from this
MCKINLEY tariff law. The outlook is
blue for the house. yet Mr.. WANA-
MAKER the merchant finds some con-
ISOLATION in the fact that he was on to the
proposed tariff deal, and in that way got
temporary advantage of his compel
itors. He had been taken into the con-
fidence of the British tin-plate syndi-
cate, and, as result. he was Shrewd
enough to lay in big stock Of tinware
in advance of the passage of the Nc
KINLEY bill.
A proper sense of official honor and of
loyalty to the party which has honored
him beyond merit might have prompted
him to keep his party secrets to himself,
and to have stood up in vindication of
party principles by lying about the eff
fects of the MCKINLEY bill. as the other
fellows are doing, if Mr.. WANAMAKER's
mercantile instincts had not been
stronger than his political allegiance.
chant gets the better of JOHN WANA-
MAKER the cabinet officer. The Phil
adelphia store has to be kept going,
without regard to whether the Repub-
lican party survives or perishes.
The following circular, sent out from
the Philadelphia house. and with which
the country is being flooded. explains
itself:
Tinware is advancing III cost, and very
soon manufacturers will have their way and
you and me will have to pay very much
more In view of this state of things we
made. some time since, large purchase OF
kitchen tinware at what was a low price
then, and would be far lower now, Ill face OF
two advances in makers price lists.
JOHN WANAMAKER.
That circular is being distributed, too,
in the face of such kilograms as Boss
QUAY is receiving from Republican
politicians all over the country, the fol
| lowing from Congressman DORSEY, OF
| Nebraska. being sample:
NJ. S. Quay, Beaver Falls, Pa. Have man.
| ufacturers quote lower prices, and deny thai
| the MCKINLEY bill raises prices If this is
not done, it will cost thousands of votes in
| Nebraska. G. W. E. DORSEY.
Put Mr.. WANAMAKER'S circular
and Mr.. DoRsEY's telegram together
and the voter has the whole situation
before him. The WANAMAKER cir
cular demonstrates the truthfulness OF
what the Democrats are saying about
the increase in prices brought about by
! the MCKINLEY bill. The DORSEY tele
gram demonstrates that the Republicans
| are engaged in systematic lying, under
| Instructions from headquarters, wheI
they deny that the MCKINLEY bill raise:
| prices
The proof of the pudding is in chew
| ing the bag.