Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-09
CHEAP JOHNS JONAH.
An "Ad" Writer Makes the Merchant
Prince Inconsistent.
lie Confesses That the Mckinley Bill will En-
nance Prices, and Advises People
to Buy at Once.
ST. Louis Republic.

WASHINGTON, Oct. at has been the
general understanding for good many
years that an honest confession is good
for the soul. John Wanamaker, being
outwardly at least very good, has made
an honest confession. Everybody of
postmaster general of the United States,
and that he is also proprietor of q bar
gain counter in Philadelphia. Wanama-
ker was never heard of outside of Phila-
delphia before the presidential election of
1888. Then he became smitten with
Dudley and Quay, contributed $40, 900
himself to the corruption fund and took
he lead il raising $3.50 200 more to be
placed in the hands of Dudley and Quay.
1t was this service TO the Doodle cam
pagn that induced MIR. Harrison to
make Wanamaker his postmaster-gen-
eral. Wanamaker Is q liberal advertiser
in the newspapers of Philadelphia. He
publishes several columns a day regard
ing the Attractions of his store and bar
gain counters in the Philadelphia papers
all these communications beng made
of long communication In double long
primer type, on the first column of the
eighth page of the Philadelphia Press of
yesterday, Mr.. Wansmaker, over his
own signature. used this language:
Tinwsre is advancing in cost and very soon
the manufacturers will have their way and you
and We will have TO pay very much more.
In view of this state of things we made some
time since large purchase OF kitchen tinwars
at what was low price then, and would. be far
lower now face OF the advance in maker s price.
JOHN .WANAMAKER.
There Is a volume OF valuable informa-
ton contained in this brief abstract. 1t
demonstrates completely the cohesive
power of public plumber. Wanamaker
says: "Tinware is advancing in cost
and very soon the manufacturers will
have their way and you and we will have
to pay very much more. - This was
what the Democrats said day in and day
out during the great debate on the Nc
Kinley tariff bill in both the houses
The Democrats contended that the duty
on tin plate of twenty-five cents q pound
would enormously increase the price of
tinware to the consumers. The Repub-
licans pretended to deny this, notwith-
standing the palpable absurdity of their
denials. They even went far enough
to say that Instead of increas-
ing the price of tinware this enor-
nous duty on tin plate would tend
to decrease the price of tinware to the
consumer. The day after the tariff bill
becomes law, however, and within five
days of the time when it will go into
effect as law, MIR. Wanamaker officially
that 'ftinwsre is advancing In
cost. aud very soon the manufacturers
will have their way, aud that you and
we will have TO pay very much more
Then very innocently, as it we're, Mr..
Wanamaker goes on to give away Sc
cret. He says: ''Iu view of this state
of things we made, sometime since, q
large purchase of kitchen tinware ut
what was low price then and would be-
far lower now in face of the advance of
price,
In other words, Mr.. Wauamaker
having a tip from the Republican bosses
in congress that an enormous duty was
going to be placed on tinplate, went to
work and In anticipation of the high
duty bought lot of tinware at a low
price and is now offering to dispose of 1t
at reasonable profit and threatens that |
when the tariff bill goes into foros on the |
9Th of October that rates on all Kitchen |
ware Will be much larger. He even |
acknowledges that the manu- |
facturers having their own way have |
already made the advances in their price |
lists. Could any testimony be clearer of |
the intent of the tariff barons to rob the |
people2 Mr.. Carlsle's great speech on |
the tariff bill, Mr.. Mills brilliant effort |
at the opening of the debate in the |
house, McMilliu' sharp denunciation of |
that bill as scheme OF robbery, Vests
terrible indictment of the measure as
scheme of public plumber, and Amos
Cummings indignant denuncintion of |
lhe robbery-all or singly-could not be |
more effective than the simple announce
meut from John Wanamaker over his
own signature in the Philadelphia Press
IF yesterday morning