Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 January 1888 — OUR CONFESSION OF FAITH. [ARTICLE]

OUR CONFESSION OF FAITH.

By Which It la Hoped Any Injustice May be Corrected. To Our Rkadrbs: In common with many publishers and editors, we have been accnstomed to look upon certain statements which we Pave seen in our columns as merely adroit advertising. ; Consequently we'feel j ustfied in taking the liberty of printing a few joints from a private letter recently received from one of our largest patrons, as a sort o,f confession of faith to our readers. We quote:

“We have convinced ourselves that by telling what we know to be true, we have produced at- last a permanent conviction in the public mind. Nine years ago we stated what the national disease of this country was, and that it was rapidly inor toeing. Five years ago we stated that a marked oheck had been given it. “The statistics of one of the largest life insurance companies of this country shows that in 1883 and 1884, the mortality from kidney disorders did not ineroaee over the previous years; other comDanies stated the same thing. It is not presumptuous for us to claim credit for aheeking these ravagee. 1 ’Seven years ago we stated that the conditionof the kidneys was the” key to the condition of health: within the past five years all cartful lift insurance companies have conceded the truth of this statement, ior, wnftreas, ten years ago, chemical analysis to determine the condition of the kidneys was not required, to-day million* of dollars in risks are, refused, because chemical examination discovers wmupeeted diseases of tne kidneys. “ihne years ago we stated that the ravages of Bright’s Disease were insignificant compared with other unsuspected disorders of the kidneys of many misleading names; that ninety-three per cent, of human ailments are attributable to deranged kidneys, which fills the blood with uric acid, or kidney poison, which causes these many fatal disgMw.

“The xric aeic, or kidney poison, is the real cause of the majority of cases of paralysis, apoplexy, heart disease, convulsions, pheumonia consumption, and insanity; over half the victims of consumption are first the victims of diseased kidneys. “When the recent death of an honored ex-official of the United States was announced, his physician said that although he was suffering from Bright’s Disease, that was not the cause of death. He was not frank enough to admit that the apoplexy which overtook him in his bed, was the fatal effect of the kidney poison in the blood, which had eaten away the substance of the arteries and brain; nor was Logan’s physician honest enough to state that his fatal rheumatism was caused by kidney acid in the blood. “If the doctors would state in official reports the original cause of death, the people of this country would be alarmed, yes, nearly panic stricken, at the fearful mortality from kidney disorders.”

The writers of the above letter give these facts to the public simply to justify the claims that they have made, that “if the kidneys and liver are kept in a healthy condition by the use of Warner’s safe cure, which hundreds of thousands have proved to be a specific, when all others failed, and that has received the endorsement of the highest medical talent in Europe. Australia, and America, many a life woald be prolonged and the happiness of the people preserved. It is successful with so many diforent cases because it, and it alone, can remove the uric acid from the blood through the hidneys.” Our readers are familiar with the preparation named. Commendation thereof has often appeared in our columns. We believe it to be one of the best, if not the best ever manufactured. We know the proprietors are men of character and influence.

We are certain they have awakened a widespread interest in the public mind concerning the importance of the kidneys. We believe with them that they are the key t 6 health, and that for their restoration from disease and maintenance in health,there is nothing equal to this great remedy. The proprietors say they “do not glory in this universal prevalence of disease, but having started out with the purpose of spreading the merits of Warner’s safe cure before the world, because it cured our senior proprietor, who was given up by doctors at incurable, we feel it our duty to state the facts and leave the public to its own inferences. We point to our elaims, and to their public and universal verification with pride, and if the public does not believe what we say, we tell them to ask their friends and neighbors what they think about our preparations.” As stated above, we most cordially commend the perusal of this correspondence by our readers, believing that in so doing, we are fulfilling a simple public obligation.