Show I I. g l i TRUST It I is with wih more than ordinary ordinal pleasure the people will wi read of the the governments government's I Institution of suIt sui against the drug dlug lu trust t. t II It I will wi be Ic small smal hal hardship if about tenth tenths nine of the thu defendants ants ate atc permanently pu pul lUt out of business or Of all al the cu customs tors of a people the American of patent medicines I ls th time the Most arc are b bald l qua quack k nostrums w with h no 10 10 more merit than could be urged for tor plain whisky And even tho those c with wih merit not merit not abo above aboa a tenth of the entire lol lot are are II simple frauds on the public in the thc matter of cost cost There have been d dollar lar botte bellies of oils ois which cost the tho makers less leas than threw three cents cent to manufacture their own state state- being authority Eve Every one Ole o ot of them has far more Invested In advertising ml cHI cHI- than in material Tonics Tonic I and unc regulators nn and pain cures CUes and anc salves have been foisted upon the Ule I public with skillfully con constructed ad- ad II w which make makes th the manufacturer manufacturer manu manu- a a millionaire while the drug does doe absolutely no iio 10 good In the tho way of ot I ulo pain oi 01 correcting lt C. C It II I I In IM the tho tH rankest soil it of oC ha Irl that those these hp e harpies should band baud theta theta- tHI together her In lit a trUst und and compel 1 the adherence to lo a n certain Improperly high price antI and the tl u agents enl of oC the government gov O will wi earn cant th the thC gratitude e of the iho entire public ImbUe by hy breaking that trust un and IL It broken S Yea Years n ago o there thle were a few patent pat pat- cat ent Je medicines a and sorpe o of them m pos pos- c cd merit meri Sonic Some of them cIt did not nol None one had hati hal b by an any means mean all al they claimed There Ihei e 8 Ito expenditure for Cor advertisement ac They he sol sold 1 mOl more nearly on un their merits than now In that ta day the g general neal health was bettee better bet lot tel tee than a latent latet medicine guzzling generation can ever hope to lo be he As time lime passed crafty fellows invested a hun hundred lcd dollars r I In iii material and plant and anc a n thousand In writers of ot t financed a costly ex exploitation ox- ox and grow grow rich Their humber number num hum ber increased ell But Bur Ul there re was that thiat community o of Interest which made mace common cau cause c against the people th they pretended to serve e and they entered iron bound to rob Into an Jon agreement every Oly voI y buyer on a n level price The They tool no advantage mh of each other The Tue volume o ot patent medicine In Increase Increased tim tim- creased crease until toda today a very ery larg portion portion por por- tion of every C dru drug store sture stock stuck Is Ja comprised comprised com corn under tinder the head of ot proprietary J remedies And the public is drinking drink drink- II hug ing hll hundreds of or thou thousands of or gl gallons ns of whisky an sail and water or o every at a dollar a quart luart when fifteen cents would be bc a n big price mice an and l their stomachs and amid ruining their as iS neither the he whisky or 01 tho ho howater water taken talon alone could po possibly il ruh them In reading the thc list of ur remedies af- af 1 by hy time the ca case c Instituted In fn the federal coUi court t of ot Indiana it i is gratifying gratify gratify- lug ing lo to t observe e that most of ot the tho simple sun sim PlC pic remedies which have o ha Jve lived without without with with- wih- wih out ou advertising ad an and served cd without harm are arc not nol included |