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252, or none at all, often become rich, whilst many learned and worthy men remain poor for no other crime than being honest.

The enormous sum paid for advertising, is only one item in the whole amount which is paid annually by the people of the United States for quack medicines. There are many other large items. The ignorant charlatan, unable to write his own advertisements, has recourse to some professed expert, whose well-disciplined imagination is ever ready to conjure up such pompous falsehoods as are best calculated to gull the public. These expert fabricators must be paid liberally, because quackery would make but a meagre appearance without them. Now, if we add to the items already enumerated, the numerous other incidental expenses that are incurred by the manufacture, transportation and sale of such preparations, the gross amount will probably exceed ten millions annually. And what essential benefit do the people of the United States derive from this enormous tax? Viewed in the most favorable light, it is no better than a total loss to the consumers. In some rare instances