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THE PITTSBURG- DISFATOH, STNDXY, iFEKRITARY "2, 1890.
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OPINIONS ON TRUSTS.
Condemnation, Apology and Approyal
bj Well-Known Citizens,
JIR.CARNEGIE'SYIEWSUKCQANGED
Combinations for the Robbery of Consumers
Are Short-Lived.
COKE L1EE SHADOWS AND SO DEPAET
Arjonents Presented by the Father or the Standard
Oil Ctmpany.
The country is thoroughly awake on the
subject o( trusts. Congress and State Leg
islatures have bills innumerable to consider.
Trusts haTe their champions and their ene
mies, and both have arguments to present.
Several men who have given the subject
much thought have been interviewed. The
result is a most interesting symposium.
Mr. Carnegie reiterates his well-known
opinion.
rconuEsr-ONCENCB or the dispatch. 1
New Yobk, February 1. Late informa
tion from Washington is to the effect that
Senators and Congressmen have decided
Upon a full inquiry into the uses and abuses
of the gigantic trusts that have been formed
in every State of the TJnion during the last
12 months. The work of rattling the trusts
will soon begin with vigor, and the echoes
of the bombardment will reach every corner
of the land. How many bills on the sub
ject Senators and Congressmen have to offer
it would be hard to say, but there are at
least 0 that will be showered upon the
Lower House. And it is somewhat signifi
cant that the first bill offered in the Senate
this session by John Sherman related to
the abuses of trusts. The question of the
legality of these great monopolies will also
demand the attention of the Legislatures of
the various States. In fact, all signs point
to au avalanche of bills upon the question,
and an inquiry into the matter that will
prove of the deepest interest to both capi
talist and workingman.
So far as Congress is concerned it seems
probable that a committee of inquiry will
be formed to take testimony and go into
the question thoroughly. In New York
State the question of the legality of the
trusts is sow pending before the Court of
Appeals. How many hundreds of millions
of dollars are involved in the controversy
only a statistician of the ability of Edward
Atkinson could tell. The one point, how
ever, upon, upon which there is no doubt is
that the entire matter is going to be thor
oughly sifted.
A TBUST EXPLAINED.
How many persons know what a trust is?
Some of the men who have made a study
of the question were asked to solve the
problem. Perhaps the best posted man is
ilr. S. C. 6. Dodd, and it is not at all un
natural, for he is the father of trusts. It
was Mr. Dodd who drew up the agreement
under which the several corporations com
posing the great oil trust were wrought
together. He is now the solicitor of the
Standard Oil Company.
To the writer the other day he spoke of
trusts as a fond father would speak of a
iavorite child.
It is simply a question of association. The
real question underlying it is whether there
shall be a limit to the number of persons or the
amount of capital that snU be associated to
gether for business purposes. My opinion is
that the right of association should be free and
unlimited, both as regards the number of per
rons engaged in any enterprise and the amount
of capital necessary to conduct the business.
To my mind. It does not make a carticle of dif
ference whether the method of conducting a
business takes tbe form of a copartnership, an
Association, a trust or a corporation. The form
Is unessential. Any combination may be used
forbad purposes; but notwithstanding all that,
the trnst is a power for good, and is absolutely
necessary in the conduct of onr modern busi
ness, HELP THE PUBLIC AND WOKKIjrOJIAir.
Trusts do not help capitalists so much as they
,do the public They help the public by cheap
ening the cost of manufacture and transporta
tion. In this way they are enabled to sell goods
at a lower figure by reason of doing a larger
business, thus obtaining a sufficient remunera
tion from small profits. The cost of doing a
large business in comparatively much less than
the cost ot doing only a small business. As
regards the benefits of trusts to the working
man, as far as my experience goes I speak
only for our own company we pay more than
the average wages. The workmen have con
stant employment and receive cash payments
weekly. Every man has a chance to rise by
promotion in tbe business. Most of our ex
perienced men, who are now drawing very
high salaries, began as ordinary workmen.
As to the legality of trusts, I do not care to
speak for them all. But the Standard Oil
Trust is legal it a copartnership is legal. It
was the first trust formed, and I myself drew
up the articles of agreement. That was in
SS2aDd they bad always been kept secret
until within two years ago, when the nature of
the contract became known. Other trusts
hare been formed on the same lines, but tbev
differ in very essential particulars. The prin
cipal difference between a trnst and a corpora
tion is that while tbe later has a franchise
from tbe State and is authorized by law, a
trust is simply a combination of individuals,
and, having no franchise, is not authorized by
law.
THE SUGAR TRUST'S DEFENDER.
Mr. John E. Parsons is a lawyer of re
pate, and defended the Sugar Trust in its
fight for life in the suits brought against the
North Eiver Sugar Kefinery, and which are
still pending. He said:
To cover the subject of trusts in a satisfac
tory manner would require much time and oc
cupy much space. The gist of wbatis erro
neously called a trust is that the stock of sev
eral corporations is pooled so that all the stock
holders in any one company also become stock
holders in all the other companies. 1 have
always maintained that this form of combina
tion for business purposes was in strict com
pliance with the law, and was not opposed to
cnbllc policy in anyway. The benefit to the
community is that which always results from
any great combination of capital. Political
economists have long recognized tbe fact that
to reduce the cost of production will, in the
end, lower prices. Without such combinations
any one can see that there would be no rail
roads, telegraphs or any other improvements.
Ihe law itself in providing for the incorpora
tion of companies, encourages combinations of
capital because a corporation is constituted for
the very purpose of combining a large number
of small holders into one considerable aggre
gate. Trusts andlarge combinations of capi
tal are beneficial to tbe workingman, because
when, through excessive competition or any
other cause, business is done at a loss, the
operatives in tbe end suffer. The interests of
capital and labor are identical. If bv any method
of combination business can be done at a
profit tbe result will be that tbe employers will
be able to pay tbel- employes, and so long as
there is no actual us sustained will continue
to furnish employment to a large nnmber of
workers. Otherwise, in the long run. it will be
impossible.
ANDREW CARNEGIE'S OPINION.
Andrew Carnegie has very decided opin
ions. When asked for his views he said he
bad often expressed himself on the natter.
His views remained unchanged, and time
was fast proving the correctness of his asser
tions. They come like shadows and so depart,"
quoted Mr. Carnegie. The genesis of tbe trust
is at follows: A demand exists for a certain
article beyond tbe capacity of existing works
to supply it. Prices are high and profits
tempting. Every manufacturer of that article
Immediately proceeds to enlarge his works and
increase their producinc power. In addition
to this the unusual profits attract the attention
of his principal managers or those
Who are interested in a greater or less
flegrse In the factory. These communicate
the knowledge of tbe prosperity of the works to
Others, New partnerships are formed and new
works are erected, and before long fie demand
tor tbe article is tnlly satisfied and prices do
not advance. In a short time the supply be
comes greater than the demand, and prices be
gin to fall. They continue falling until tbe
article is sold at cost to tbe less favorably situ
ated or less ably managed factories, and even
until tbe best managed and best ea nipped fac
tory it not able to produce the article at the
prices at which it can be sold.
Manufacturers have balanced their books
year alter year only to find their capital re
duced at each successive balance. "While con
tinuing to produce may be costly, tbe manufac
turer knows too well that stoppage would be
ruin. His brother manufacturers are ot course
in the tame situation. Tbey tee the savings of
many years as well perhaps as the capital they
have succeeded In borrowing becoming less
and less, with no hope of a change in the situ
ation. READY TO TRY ANYTHING.
The manufacturers are in the condition of
patients that have tried in vain every doctor of
the regular school for years, and are now liable
to become the victims of any quack that ap
pears. Combinations, syndicates, trusts they
are willing to try anything. In tbe presence of
danger they hold a meeting and form a trust.
Each factory is rated as worth a certain
amount, officers are chosen, and through these
the whole product of the article in qnestlon Is
to he distributed to the public at remunerative
prices. In transportation the situation, while
firactically the same, differs in some particu
ars. Given freedom of competition and com.
binations or trusts that attempt to exact from
tbe consumer more than a legitimate return
upon capital and services write tbe charter of
their own defeat. It is not in the power of man
to exact for more than a brief season, and a
very brief season Indeed, unusual profit upon
actual capital invested, either in transporta
tion or manufacture, so long as all are tree to
compete, and this freedom, it may safely be
asserted, the American people are not likely to
restrict.
Mr. Henry George has always insisted
that the principle ol protection in vogue in
this country is responsible for the presence
of trusts. "He still holds to his belief. Ee
said:
Trusts are always the outgrowth of monop
oly, and, so far as tbey exist in this country,
are mainly the result of tbe workings of the
tariff with which this land is burdened. The
first and most efficient nay of getting rid of
them is by abolishing the whole tariff system,
with all its iniquities, and giving us absolute
free trade.
WIMAN SAYS TRUSTS ARE NECESSARY.
Mr. Erastus Wiman said:
I believe trusts have come to stay. Thev have
been coming and coming for a lone time. There is
a good deal to be said on both sides of the ques
tion. Men, eminent in the most important
warns oi me, wno nave always been opposed to
monopoly in every form, are beginning to see
the necessity for combination, for tbe good of
the people as well as for those more directly
concerned. I do not believe that there will be
anything but ruin left to us unless we have
trusts or other forms of business combinations.
The American people are learning that compe
tition unbridled is an expensive luxury. The
outcry against trusts is still loud enough, but it
is to be hoped that it will not be so blinding
that the real mischief will be lost sight of.
Trusts are beneficial to capital as well as to
labor. They help the first by preventing ruinous
competition and guaranteeing a fair return on
the capital invested, witbont which no business
can prosper. The workingman it helps by pay
in: him better wages than it could otherwise
do and assuring him steady employment, which
is i ust as important to mm. l hat these combi
nations are made for the purpose of robbing
tbe public is fallacious. Take the greatest of
tbem all, tbe Standard OH Company. No one
who knows anything about the matter believes
tbe American people to-dav would be getting
such a cheap and good artificial light if the
petroleum interests had not been gathered into
one vast combination. Take the salt interest,
on tbe other hand. The manufacturers are
shuffling along disgusted at tbe prospect. Ten
pounds of salt may be bad for a cent; not
worth as mnch as an equal amount of sand.
The public may think they are reaping a bene
fit from this competition, but they will have to
pay for it all in the long run.
SAYS THEY ARE A BENEFIT.
ous than a merchant, for some day he will run
away with the funds ot the Alliance.
AN OHIO MAN SAYS THEY ARE ILLEGAL.
Ex-Congressman Amos To wnsend.of Ohio,
politicians:
Trusts are illegal. I certainly think they are
illegal because they are opposed to fair, open
competition and have a tendency to raise the
price of commodities. Trusts are, in common
speculative parlance, corners, and give to a few
individuals the right to dictate and regulate the
Srice of articles necessary for consumption,
n .wheat, cotton and corn no trusts are formed
because tbe production of these staples is gen
eral and It would be impossible to regulate and
control the price in each State. But an article
like Bucar. for instance, a necessity why, it is
so firmly in tbe hands of trusts that even the
cane-growing farms are owned by them, and
the price of sugar can be decided npon by those
autocrats long before the cane is planted.
These kinds of trusts are not in consonance
with the spirit of our civilization, and will not
stand before the law.
EDITOR ABKENS OPINION.
John Arkens, editor of the -Rocky Mount
ain Kexnt:
Tbe Standard Oil Trust has done more
good than barm, and has reduced the price of
light to a minimum. If the Standard Oil Com
pany bad raised tbe price of oil and not made
light cheap I confess that it would be a trust
not to be encouraged. When a number of
wells of petroleum, say, enter into a bnslness
combine with the purpose of reducing the
price of petroleum, it is all right, because the
poor people profit thereby. Then, to be brief,
trusts are all rignt when they combine to give
the people cheaper food, fuel or light, and
harmful when they assume the prerogatives
of dictating higher prices and stifling competi
tion. CONGRESSMAN FLOWER IS POSITIVE.
Congressman Boswell P. Flower said:
I am not a lawyer, and so have no opinion in
regard to tbe right of these combinations to
exist. But I am opposed to every trnst that
fleeces the public, and I hope the public will
fleece it I do not know whether or not there
are anr trusts that do not fleece the public X
am still in the dark as to the action Congress
contemplates taking. I should think that was
a matter for the courts to decide.
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THE DOMINIE HIS COLUMN.
Mr. J. E. Dos Passos, the eminent law
yer, who has made a study of the question,
in giving bis opinion of trusts, seemed to be
very favorably impressed with the workings
and benefits resulting from these combina
tions in trade. He said:
A trust is an agreement between several
stockholders to hold their stock for their mu
tual interest and protection. It is a form ot
business arrangement which bas recentlr been
adopted by persons engaged in tbe same line
of business, who. instead of cutting each others'
throats or attempting to do so, have come to
gether and agreed to manage their business so
as to be able to receive a fair interest on their
investment In substance, a trust is nothing
more than a corporation, because it has only
one pair of hands, one pair ot eyes, and Is in
tended to have eternal life. Like a corporation
it bas no souL The effect of a trust or a com
bination of business interests, on the one hand,
is to create and insure uniform prices
and uniform production. In this way it bene
fits the capitalist This, of course, involves a
uniform pnee for labor, which is a great ad
vantage to the workingman, beside insuring
to the laborer steady employment. It also re
sults in cheaper production for tbe consumer.
It benefits the capitalist by enabling him to re
ceive a fair remuneration on the capital em
ployed, otherwise they would not exist. These
trusts are all governed by the laws of trado
the laws of supply and demand. If they under
take to artificially enhance the value of the
articles in which they deal, or curtail produc
tion, they would meet with the inevitable ruin
which has heretofore resulted from such at
tempts. Tbe outcry against trusts is purely
demagogical, because every reason which may
be successfully urged against trusts may be
urged against a corporation. Tbe individual
with a large capital invested In any one busi
ness is a trust, because he may buy np and
control wbatever business ne may think proper
to the full extent of the money he has at his
command.
DEPENDS ON THEIR PURPOSE.
Julius Dexter, the "lone Mugwump" of
Cincinnati, and President of the Cincinnati,
Hamilton and Dayton Kailroad:
Trusts are legal, like any other corporations,
and can be made beneficial or detrimental.
Where a trust uses itself merely to raise prices
and work against legitimate competition, of
course it is dangerous, and Bbould be abolished.
But tbe idea that a few men have no right to
enter into a bnslness compact by which their
interests can be benefited is preposterous. No
one thinks of declaring a corporation that bas
a charter to protect it illegal and injurious, and
on tbe same basis trusts exist. A corporation
that preserves methods that are harmful
and calculated to injure legitimate en
terprise would be, of course, dangerous
and against tbe pubbc good. The same can be
said of trusts. Individuals cannot be restricted
in their business operations, and where indi
viduals are engazed in an enterprise together
tbey certainly have privileges as great and as
far reaching as if they were alone. Trusts are
formed to facilitate business and make it more
concrete, so to speak. My idea is that the law
has no more right to interfere with trusts than
it has with corporations. We should under
stand before we condemn. Corporations that
are harmful and pursue pernicious methods
are certainly daueerous. Any company or cor
poration that has collnsiou , and doubtful
methods is not legal and should be abolished.
If a trust is bad and has an object In view that
will rob the people and raise tbe price or neces
sary commodities, it should be abolished. I
hold, though, that tbe law gives tbem just as
much right to exist as it does a corporation.
FAIRBANKS SAYS ABOLISH THEM.
JndgeC. W. Fairbanks, of Indianapolis,
millionaire, eminent lawyer and politician:
Trusts should be abolished and strictly pro
hibited, because they are illegal and detrimen
tal to tbe public good. A trust Is a fungus, an
illegal assumption, an aggregation of capital
to control and break down competition and
stiflle legitimate trade. It has no legal status,
like a corporation; no charter, and tbe law bas
no supervision over a trust. I mean by super
vision those legal requirements necessary to
tbe existence of chartered corporations. Indi
viduals can form a trust at will and for pur
poses certainly inimical to the public good
and to tbe prosperity of the community. A
jelly trust was formed, and tbe result was
that a small manufacturer in Indiana with
a $20,000 plant, joined the trust, and at tbe
end ot a year had 830,000, a clear
profit of $30,000 on his investment. But
the unfortunate jelly manufacturer wbo had,
say, only a 85,000 plant and could not get into
tbe trust would be compelled to go into bank
ruptcy on account of the methods of the trust
in opposing competition. I read of decisions
in tbe trust question in Missouri that show tbe
law is no friend to it. Indeed, the Legislature
of tbe btate of Missouri passed a law tbat any
corporation that had members belonging to a
truit should forfeit its charter. Then I have
been informed that a small sugar refinery in
Missouri, doing a business of 818,000 a year,
joined a trust and then closed out, or rather
was ordered to discharge employes and remain
idle. Tbe proprietor of the sugar refinery
made his handsome profit, but the men he em
ployed were left to shift for themselves.
CAN BE GOOD OR BAD.
Ex-Governor Bufus Bullock, of Georgia,
Government Director of the TJnion Pacific
Kailroad:
It all depends upon the character of the trust
whether it is injurious and inimical to tbe pub
lic good. A trust bas a right to exist if it has
for its object the pooling of interests that will
uot raise tbe price of an article of consumption.
If several men in tbe same line of business find
tbat by joining together tbey can sell cheaper
and make just as good profits, then the publio
good in no way suffers. But if trusts
exist to raise prices and defeat and crush
competition then tbey become dangerous.
There are absurd trusts that are formed to
regulate prices not in their line of business.
One of these is tbe Farmers' Alliance, whicn
has virtually formed a trust against jute lor
bagging. This alliance taxes its members so
much per bead and persists in buying cotton
bagging. It even goes to far as to buy car
loads of bacon, which is turned over to an
agent to sell to members of tbe Alliance. The
merchant in the farmer's nearest town it of
course more or less injured. His bnslness is
being taken away from him by tbe farmer, who
Is in turn trying to he a merchant himself.
Here .now is the sample of a trnst tbat is
against tbe national avennes of trade, and bat
a tendency to break down competition. After
all, the agent is a merchant y more danger-
Arranging for the Coming State Association
atManch Chunk.
The Executive Committee ot tbe Teachers'
State Association, held a meeting last Monday,
in Harrisburg, to make arrangements for the
annual session of the association, which will be
held this year at Maucb Chunk. The committee
consists of Superintendents Hugus, of West
moreland county; Snyder, of Carbon; Smltb, of
Delaware; Brecbt. of Lancaster, and Principal
H. W. Fisber. of Pittsburg, who is secretary.
Prof. Brecht was the only member not present,
he being ill with the grip.
The committee is doing everything to make
the coming Teachers' State Association one of
unparalleled success. It will be in session from
July 6 to 11. Wednesday morning. July 9, will
be devoted to memorial exercises to tbe
memory of Superintendent Higbec. Dr. Qer
hart, of the Franklin-Marshal College, will de
liver the eulogy on Superintendent Higbee's
life.
It is the aim of the committee to have the
lectures and exercises of the coming July
session ot such a kind as to embrace all school
work. Heretofore tbey have been confined in
certain directions. The committee also re
solved to have no names appear on the pro
gramme tbat have appeared during tbe past
five years. Some of the subjects handled will
be: "Is the German Education Better Than
Oursf" by Prof. T. B. Noss, of the California
Normal School. A discussion, "The New and
tbe Old in Education," by Prof. Brooks, of
Philadelphia; Snyder, of Indiana; Miss Coffin,
of Lancaster, and another lady, who hails from
Huntingdon.
Pittsburg will furnish the music, for Mrs. E.
Carv, of the Calvary Church choir, will De tbe
soloist. The great feature of the evening lec
tures win be toe singing oy the weisn cuoir or
Mauch Chunk of 100 voices.
On tbe last evening a lawn fete will be given
by the citizens of Mauch Chunk. The grove in
the vicinity will be beautifully illuminated by
the railroad company, and the Welsh choir will
also be there.
Rodwleldera' Gossip.
The examination of teachers who seek per
manent certificates began yesterday at tbe
Normal School on Miller street.
Miss Lhjohlin, assistant principal of tbe
Homewood School, lies very low and no hopes
are entertained for her recovery.
Pjior. Bane, of the St. Clair School, will give
a euchre party to a number of bis friends at his
home on Mt, Washington next Friday evening.
The city teachers will be paid to-morrow,
and tbe pay-roll amounts to 810.SS7 45. Tbe
night-schoolteachers receive 83,702 60 out of
this turn.
Principal D. J. Waller, of the Blooms-
burg Normal School, will be, it it said, tbe suc
cessful candidate tbat Governor Bearer will
appoint as Stale Superintendent.
Professor Joseph Logan, of the Peebles
School, now boasts of a typewriting machine.
Gossip does not say whether be will ever mako
a fortune out of it, but anyhow he can send in
bis report written on tbe Instrument
Miss Claba MoMillen, of tbe Miners
ville School, who bas been confined to her home
by Illness since Christmas, will be able to return
to school to-morrow. Miss Annie Asper, of the
Liberty School, is also on the sick list
The majority of tbe school reports for the
month of January were banded in yesterday,
and tbe attendance is, with bet a few excep
tions, so low tbat tbe principals were sure to
call Secretary Keisfar's attention to it The
school enrollment is as large as ever, but tbe
average attendance, due to the vast amount of
sickness, was never so low.
The Public Cooking School, on Grant street,
graduates 71 pupils next Saturday. Two of the
classes are boys, wbo come from the Korbes
School. The bour of tbe exhibition of work is
from 3 to ir.n. Mr. D. K. Torrence, Chair
man of the Industrial Committee of the Central
Board, will donate the prize for the best loaf of
bread. Major Moreland will be the speaker for
the occasion.
The Executive Committee of the Normal
Alumni Association have decided to send the
history and catalogue of the association to de
linquent members as well as to those who paid.
Accompanying is a request that these members
will contribute a mite to tbe support of the or
ganisation, for it is in debt consequent on the
Eublisbing of this catalogue and the cost of the
ite entertainment
The Teachers' Guild had a very interesting
session yesterday afternoon. Prof. Riddle
opened the discussion "Resolved that tbe
present method of examining candidates in
grammar for high school should be changed."
He thinks tbe present method of teaching
grammar by "false syntax," is pernicious, and
a change is necessary. He was supported by
Prof. Andrews and Everhart Superintendent
Lucky is opposed to any change, and made
forcible reasons why no change is required,
also Prof. Proudfit The Guild remained a tie
in its vote on the matter. It was Prof. Riddle's
intention to have tbe Teachers' Academy take
up tbe question, then the Teachers' institute,
and lastly to have the question brought up be
fore the Central Board, asking for a chance in
the present method.
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Dr. Wilford Hall's Health Pamphlet un
folds a treatment by which Incipient Consump
tion, Colds, Influenza, Dyspepsia, Rhenmatism,
Constipation, Piles, Fevers or almost any
ailment is promptly conquered witbont medi
cine of any kind, promoting health and
longevity. Cost trifling, and will last a person
for life. Used and heartily indorsed by lead
ing clergymen, physicians and others. For
particulars and indorsements send 2c stamp to
HYGIENIC TREATMENT CO. lAgentl. P.
O. Box 325, Pittsburg, Pa. jal2-Tbssu
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22 SIXTH STREET. Pittsburg. Pa. Spectacles
adapted to every defect of sight. Optical,
Mathematical, Electrical instruments.
Thermometers, Barometers, etc
Artinciai eyes inserted. jaaTTSn
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SEEING IS BELIEVING
And we have got them. 64 Tape
Worms taken in 62 weeks.
Influenza or "La Grippe" cured
without fail.
I permanently lo
cated in Al.egheny
City one year ago
for the purpose of
convincing the peo
ple tbat I have a
cure for all tbe cur
able ailments of tbe
hnman family. Since
here I have cured 61
Mnnna n t tan-
saworm; tne last five
;I treated and cured
were:
Fred Oebhardt. of
Apollo, Pa., who had
been treated by five
doctors thatfailed to
relievehim. Hecamn
&trt mn nn thA Hfh nf
December last, and
in two Hours I re
lieved him of a tape
worm that, when stretched, measured 184 feet.
On the same day came a lady who bad taken U
doses for tapeworm, but all failed. I cared her
in a few hours. On December 15 I treated
Chas. Lampus and a small child of Mrs. Gross,
of Spring Garden ave., Allegheny, for tape
worm, being successf nl In both cases; and on
December 29 1 removed a large tapeworm from
Charles Maeder. of Bennett station. Pa. They
will all testify to the mildness of my treatment.
In reference to the head of a tapeworm I
will state tbat it is no cure unless the head is
removed. Come to my office and I will show
yon hundreds tbat I have removed, head and
all. Since I am here I have cured hundreds of
cases of catarrh, stomach, kidney and liver
troubles, and many of rhe imatism, falling fits,
paralysis, eczema, "hemorrhoids and secret dis
eases, i also cure cancer without the aid of
knife.
My remedies are 10 in nnmber, and will be
come standard family medicines wheneverthey
are given a trial. One esperlallvl call vour at
tention to. That is my SYSTEM RENOVA
TOR, a combination of 19 different roots and
herbs that work in harmony on tbe human sys
tem aud lay a foundation for the cure of all
chronic diseases, and will cure seven cases out
of ten of tbem. Call tor Dr. Bnrgoon's System
Renovator at all drug stores. If tbey have not
got it send to 47 Ohio St., Allegheny, Pa,, for it,
and you will save money, suffering and yonr
lives.
I will refund your money if you erer.had its
equal in your family. Send stamp for circular
to DR. BUHGOON,
47 Ohio street,
ja28-97-TTSu Allegheny City, Px
TR. C. LAMBERT'S
GUARANTEED REMEDY FOR
DRUNKENNESS.
Only certain (German) remedy for cure, self
or friends, uf the vice of drunkenness. Write
to-day for circular (English or German).
a. ucjatnr.
Jaft3-sn
Box 119, Whitehall, N. Y.
yowl-,
X CclTS obtained the
"Paris
Expositions
1889.
only gold medal
awarded solely for toilet SOAP in competi
tion with all the world. Highest pssible
distinction? J
, There's a corset that isn't
a corset, a waist with straps
for the shoulders and rows of
buttons to button on skirts
and stocking supporters and
so forth the Ball Waist
and that's about the whole of
it. No: you can put it in the
washtub no metal in it or
on it.
Women differ in their ways
of thinking and dressing as
well as in other ways. This
waist is for women whose
minds are made up that they
won't wear corsets.
There's much to be said on
both sides; but did you ever
hear of a woman who hadn't
made up her mind in some
way? and is there any possi
ble use in trying to get her
to change it? "She will and
she will; or she won't and she
won't.
Chicago Cosset Co.,Chlcago and New York.
Owing io ihe jealousy and persecution of
local doctors, Gun Wa, the celebrated Chinese
physician, has decided to leave Pittsburg. He
bas taken np bis permanent residence at the
beautiful city of Indianapolis Ind. During his
four months' residence here he made many
converts to the mild and gentle natural herbal
remedies of the Flowery Kingdom and effected
some marvelous cures. Thonsands of people
who had long doubted the wisdom of our "reg
ulars, and their powerful mineral drugs and
poisons, believe tbat an outrage has been com
mitted on an inoffensive foreigner, whose sole
aim was to do good. Tbe less bigoted medical
fraternity of Indiana have made Gun Wa wel
come among them. Gun Wa does not practice
medicine be has perfected himself and does
not need to "practice" but he bas a line of
prepared herb remedies which positively cure
dyspepsia, rheumatism, neuralgia, female weak
ness, tumors, piles consumption, costireness,
salt rheum, catarrh, scrofula, tapeworm, ma
laria, nervous ditsates, and all diseases of a
private nature. Young, old or middle-aged
men wbo feel exhausted from overwork or
other causes, should consult Gun Wt. No
charge for advice, and the medicines are sold
for a small sum. Write to
G-TTILT w.,
No. 25 West Washington Street,
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
Noti GnnWa especially desires to hear
from all of his old patrons, and will cbeerf ally
complete any treatments that were interrupted
by bis arrest and persecution. Gun Wa's
latest book, "Monitor for Men," sent free upon
application. fe2-65-wsu
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Stook Taking being: over, we have ransacked every department and
found a surplus stock in many of them, whioh we intend to dispose
of quickly by
SXi.Xr3-SITEI3Sr(3- PBIOES.
CLOAKS Pine Seal Plush Sacques marked down to 812, 815. 816 60.
formerly 820, 825, 830. ,
Jackets', 81 50, 82, 82 50, 83, 84, 85, 86 two-thirds lopped oft
Newmarkets, 85, 86, 87 50, 89 75 just half price.
Newmarkets, 812 to 820, reduced from 825 to 850.
JERSEYS 81, 81 50, 81 75, reduced from 82 50 to 84.
Blouses for Misses, 75c, reduced from 81 50.
Ladies' Jersey Blouses reduced one-half;
RIBBONS 640 pieces pure Silk fancy Ribbons, Nos. 22 to 40, your
choice 25c a yard; formerly 62c and 75c.
CORSETS Nice, clean goods, 35c, 42c, 50c, 75o and 98a All marked
down.
LAOB CURTAINS Odd pairs of Lace Curtains at half price.
NEW GOODS Beautiful, well-made Muslin Chemises at 25o, 37o,60o,
52o, 75c, 8L
Night Dresses, 50o, 75o, 81 to 83.
New Skirts, 50c, 75c, 81 to 85.
Corset Covers, 16c, 18c, 20o, 22o, 25o to 76o.
White Goods and Apron Goods, newest designs.
New Embroideries, Laces, Lace Flouncings, Draperies and Veilings.
Full lines of Spring Hosiery and Underwear at popular prices.
bgerjbavm
510, 512 and 514 MABKET STREET.
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WE SEND MONEY TO ALL PARTS OF
the world and sell tickets lot all ocean
steamship lines at lowest rates.
MAX 8CHAMBERG 4 CO,
527 Smithfleld St., Pittsburg.
Established I860. deitO-wsu
Latest improved Spectacles and Eve-Glasses:
ViU fit any nose with ease and comfort. Tbe
largest and best stock of Optical Instruments
and Artiucial Eyes.
KORNBLUM, Theoretical and
Practical Optician.
No 60 Fifth avenue, near Wood street.
Telephone No. 1C86. de2&S
DESKS A SPECIALTY.
be;ttek and cheaper
than ever.
Immense Stock
ALL KINDS.
Work Guaranteed.
STEVENS CHAIR
CO,,
NO.
3 SIXTH ST.
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NESS nnd HEAD NOISES
iUitcu or reex's rat. in
visible Tabular Ear Cush
ions. Whispers heard diitincW
rail. Wnte or c&ll for
DEAF
lr. Successful when all remedies
illustrated book FREE. Hold onlr br F. HISCOX,
ovaiwiR, nui luuu,, .ion int, AOBgenu.
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Where there are so Many Dealers in Household Furnishing Goods,
there must needs be One who, like the Great Napoleon,
"LEADS ALL THE REST1"
PIOKEEING
HOLDS UNDISPUTED POSSESSION OF FIHST PLACE,
His resources are becoming practically unlimited, and with constantly- increasing en
terprise and endeavor, there is no doubt that "the march of time" will show even greater
progress than the past. We continue this week onr
Great Sale of Folding Beds and Carpets.
Ton'll obtain the grandest bargains in either Folding Beds or Carpets this week, to
say nothing of Parlor, Dining Room, Kitchen and Office Furniture. We're clearing these
goods oat to make room for spring stock, and we're determined they shall be sold if extra
ordinary low prices will sell them.
The Balance of Our Stock of Ladies' Cloaks
And Hen's Overcoats to be sold for very little more than half price. Come and sea us.
Remember, cash or credit, and special inducements to newly-married couples.
PICKERING'S
OLD RELIA RLE HOUSE,
CORNER TENTH ST. AND PENN AVE.
ja2g
EVERYTHING MUST GO.
Thus sounds Kaufmanns' latest mandate. There it stands in plain, black typt meaning just what it says. And
you know that when we say something we generally mean it. Last night terminated one of the most successful enter
prises in our history, viz. : our great Discount Sale of Suits and Overcoats. Under its regime we managed to close out
over one-third of our winter stock. But what of the other two thirds? Large as our sales were during the past two
weeks, how insignificant do they seem with what we must accomplish during the next two weeks. For, you may rest
assured, we're not the men to rest on our laurels. Past successes only spur us on to further and greater efforts. Com
mencing to-morrow morning we shall offer
Every O-vercoat, ZBrez?y Sxl1j3 Every ZPadLn? o IPan.1js,
Every Oloalk:., Every nSTevcrxo-arlkie-tj., Every J"elc3sz.&
ITOR MBTY CENTS ON THE DOLLAR
This offer includes everything to be found in our Cloak and Clothing departments. Nothing has been excepted
nothing will be reserved! Everything must go!
Do not under any circumstances compare this bona fide sale with the weak efforts of jealous imitators. Garments
which they advertise at $14 we hereby guarantee to produce at $10, and those which they blow and puff about as big
bargains at $18 we modestly place at your disposal for only $12. So it goes all the way through. If you but take the
precaution to see us before buying elsewhere, we shall not be found wanting to save you a big lot of money.
A3 FOR FURS,
We have offered them at half price some time ago, and have sold over half of our large
stock since then. Some very fine Muffs, Boas and Capes are still left and will go at
about 33c on the dollar.
.a. :m:ost sjltisla.otoex shoe tkJltje
is what we have been favored with all during the usually dull month of January. And there will be no let up either.
We shall keep right on offering our guaranteed solid leather footwear for less money than other dealers offer their
notoriously poor shoddy or leatherette goods, and we shan't feel uneasy about the result We have every reason to
expect a continuance of our booming shoe trade.
- - BABLY BFRTJSTG- STITXjES J3T HATS. - -
We have just introduced three entirely new styles, viz.: The Youman Derby, the Carnegie Derby and the Even
ing Sun Soft Hat, and, judging from the lively manner in which they are "catching on," they will be the principal styles
worn during the coming spring season. Prices are very moderate. Come and see.
All Hats from last season now offered at half price.
IDCaSHT PASS OTXR, FTTK,riSS:iIsra- aOOIDS "WT3TJ30"W
without looking into it You will see displayed here a truly magnificent variety of early spring Neckwear. And any
one of these fashionable scarfs for only 50c, or six for $2 75.
.:. KAUFMANNS' .:.
GRAND DEPOT, FIFTH AVE. AND SMITHFIELD ST.
POTfRIPT! e kave Just received .600 more of those Ladies' Jersey Dresses at $2 75. They sell like hot
f U J I J villi 1 cakes. Come quick, if you want one. We have the sole agency for these goods in Western Penn
sylvania. All Mail Orders 'promptly filled. ' -
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