p. 14 | The Ultimate Trust

Pacific Press Publishing Company · OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA · Jun 7, 1899

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 25, No. 23.

The Ultimate Trust

The Ultimate Trust it would seem it ought to be called, but it is not. The story comes from Philadelphia that the beggars of that city have formed a trust in order to reduce competition. They will be districted, and each beggar will be given his territory. Each beggar is expected to pay a small sum into the general treasury; and if arrested, his fine will be paid. If a beggar refuses to join the trust, his district will be flooded with competitors; and if he still persists in refusal, well-dressed beggars, posing as citizens, will make complaint to the police, and have him arrested. The boycott is everywhere, always the result of the innate selfishness of man. This boycott is a matter of prophecy, one of the last phases of which will be religious. See Rev. 13:16, 17.