The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-10-30
DIRECT PROOF OF THE CONSPIRACY.

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Rogers, Peet & Co., print an advertise
ment which conspicuously proves the
assertions made in this newspaper irou
time to time, that this conspiracy te
raise prices is 4 conspiracy between the
Democratic party and a group OF foreign
manufacturers against whose business
in this country the new tariff discrimi.
nates. This advertiser says: 1.-THE
agents Of a famous glove maker notify
us Of higher prices for future orders,
and kindly suggest the marking UP OF
those in stock to correspond with ne Y
prices. This idea does not assimilate
with our conception OF fair merchandise.
ing. Time enough to advance prices
when goods actually cost more. We
have an excellent stock OF gloves OF the
best makss Mt old prices.
La the first column OF the thirty.sixth
page Of the Herald, Baumann Brothers,
carpet dealers, tell the public: "We are
still selling at the sans prices as before,
except that in many lines we have made
sharp reductions"
In the third column OF that PAGE, T..
Kelly, large furniture dealer, saws
I'VE are reducing prices from lG to 20
per cent on about dozen different
styles"
On the fortieth page, and in the first
column, Hearn, one OF the largest dry
goods dealers in New York, advertiser
hundreds OF different dress goods, up.
holstery goods, underwear, millinery,
boys clothing, wraps, blankets, lannels,
etc, and says: Tariff Notwithstanding,
prices will with us this week bs more
attractive than in any previous season. !"
On the same page Simpson, Crawford
\ Simpson, another large dry goods
mouse, cay that they succeeded in pur-
chasing in Paris an immense stock Of
goods at a large discount from regular
prices. SIT has never been our good
fortune" they add, ITO present to our
customers such @ magnificent collection
Of long Paris wraps at such great re.
ductlon from their actual value"
WILL TIE PEOPLE STAND SUCH nyAvERY i?
We have given these advertisements
this conspicuous publication in order to
stamp out completely these Democratic
lies about high prices. The political
history of this country contains no in
stance OF viler conspiracy against pub.
lie rights and public morals than this
effort 10 impose upon the public con-
corning the effect Of the new tariff law.
For the conspirators in attempting to
carry out their dual purpose OF securing
a Democratic majority in the next Con-
gress, and OF obtaining tariff under
which the importation of foreign good,
shall be easy, have not hesita.ed to pur-
sue methods which, had they succeeded,
would have resulted in extorting from
the consuming public OF Amer.
lea many hundreds OF thousands
OF dollars! In order to &C.
complish political purpose they have
been willing to swiudle the people right
and left and 10 do it in the most shame
less way. All the dealers in the country,
unfortunately, are not 30 honest rs
these from whose advertisements we
have quoted, and we have secn the ad.
vertisemcnts OF many calling attention
TO increased prices on goods on which
the Mckinley bill tariff is at rate
materially lower than the tariff lust re.
pealed. This kind OF swindle is purely
the result of this conspiracy, and if the
people DO not come to the polls on No.
vember 4th and deliver an overwhelm.
ing rebuke against such dirty, unprin.
cipled deviltry, they will be putting a
premium on schemes for their own loss
and discontinue.