Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-06
CHEAP JOHNS JONAH.
An "Ad'' Writer Makes the Merchant
Prince Inconsistent.
lie Confpssps that the Mckinley RilI will En-
nance Prices, and Advises People
10 Buy at Once.
St.Iouis Republic.


WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.-It has been the
general understanding for a 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. Every body of
course knows that John Wanemaker is
postmas ter general of the United States (,
and that he is also proprietor of 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 ,00o
himself to the corruption fund and took
the lead in raising $3.50 900 more to be
placed in the hands of Dudley and Quay.
1t was this service to the Doodle cam
paign that induced MIR. Harrison to
make Wanamaker his postmaster-gen-
eral. Wanamaker Is a liberal advertiser
in the newspapers of Philadelphia. He
publishes several columns day regard
ing the attractions of his store and bar
gain counters in the Philadelphia papers
all these communications beng made
over his own signature. In the course
of long communication in double long
primer type, on the first column of the
eighth page of the Philadelphia Press OF
yesterday, Mr.. Wanamaker, over bis
own signature, used this language:
Tinwsre is adv ancing 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 made some
purchase kitchen ara
at what was & low price then, and would be far
lower now face OF the advance in maker price.
JOHN WANAMAKER.
There is q volume OF valuable iuforma-
ton contained in this brief abstract. 1t
demonstrates completely the cohesive
power of public plumber. Wanamaker
says: "Tiuware is advancin iu cost
aud 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 commended that the duty
on tin plate of twenty-five cents a 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
denias. 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 60 into
effect rs law, Mr.. Wanamaker Off cially
announces that 'tinware is advancing in
cost. and very soon the manufacturers
will have their way, and that you and
we will have to pay very much more
Then very innocently, as it were, Mr..
Wanamaker goes on to give away Sc
cret. He says: "In view of this state
of things we made, sometime since, a
large purchase of kitchen tiuware ut
what was a low price then and would be
fur lower now 10 face of the advance of
makers price,
lu other words, Mr.. Wauamaker
having tip from the Republican bosses
in congress that an enormous duty was
going to be placed on tInpiate, went to
work and in anticipation of the high
duty bought q lot of tinware at a low
price and is now offering to dispose of It
at reasonable profit and threatens that
when the tariff bill goes into force on the
9Th of October that rates on all Kitchen
ware will be much larger. He even
candidly 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 barous to rob the
people? Mr.. Carlisle's great speech on
the tariff bill, Mr.. Mills brilliant effort
at the opening of the debate in the
house, McMillin g sharp denunciation of
that bill as q scheme OF robbery, Vests
terrible indictment of the measure as a
scheme of public plumber, and Amos
Cummings indignant denunciation of
the 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
of yesterday morning.