The Ohio Democrat and Dover advertiser. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1839-1840, 1839-11-07
A WoRDNTO THE PRODU GIN q
CLASSES.

he'f of lhs Banks In the United States
have refused 10 redeem their notes in
agecis, and the other half threaten to do
tho like every day@-and when the me-
chanic, the farmer, and The laborIng
man must pay large discount on the
paper they are compelled TO receive Tor
their goods and the products of then.
lands, before they can make It available
as mopey-is it not proper time for
this part of our community to inquire
why il is so, and TO ask what advsn-
tagss have the Banks conferred on
theml
The Banks have, It is true, thrown
out upon the people large amount of
Imaginary money. But wha, more has
this done than to enable the rich spec
%ulatorto increase his already Overgrown
slore, by doubling and trebing, the me-
,charic aud Iaboring man, however, are
.old that now, while Banks aGd Bank
bills pervade the country, they get twice
lhe amount for their services which was
given them 10 former times. This may
be true, but can they lay Up the morel
% Certai0lg mol. For they must make a
great discount from the money they re.
ceive before it will pay the necessaries
Of life, even at double price; aud then
the rent ofa shop or dwelling Is more
than treble. So the specuiatOr, the land
holder, and The money dealer are The
only gamers, while the producing clas-
tss are loossrs. A few Banking inst-
,utlons might be tolerable, as a kind of
necessary evil, for commercial purpos-
ca, but their narural tendency and unde
waiting course is to make the rich richer,
and the pner poorer, 10 create broad
distance between the few very rich and
the mass very poor.
1t is an expressed opinion, and we
believe matter Of fact, that the Banks
of our country, taken collectively, can
not now pay % per cent. on the amount
of bills thoy have in circulation. We
NAV believe It, for the bullion necessary
10 rsdsem them would be an almost in>
ca,culsble mass-but fraction Of which
~ IN the county. The specie which
we have had, or might have had, is now
zone to England 10 pay for the broad
Cloth and tinsel worn by our silk stock
ios gentry. who are and have been pay>
inc hose who labour for them with their
PROMISES to pay, which they are con-
fessedIy unable to pay more than one
fourth part.
Nv au account officially emanating
from the British Government, 1t appears
tina. the value Of their exports to the "
s in 1888 asaoan'ed to $50, o00, 600
soo that from as they have received
goods in exchange tothe amount Of
S6O, 900, 900. The balance OF S3O, ,C0O,
900 they exact in money land this must
be specie.
Who then are the importers and prin.
ciplss consumers Of British goods IN our
countryq Why, the Wings British
Wings to be sure. And they have a
righ, to walk upon British carpets, sleep
under British blankets, eat their wctuals
,upoa British pcreca'n, with brl'lst,
knives and forks, drink their wines from
British cut glass, and parade tire streets
>:and public places shining in British
cloths and British 6nery, if they please
3Y3u, have they the right to purchase
! their luxuries with their gold and silver,
and at the same time pay the farmer, the
: me ecnanic, and the lahores tor the me-
cessaries oil life, with their worthless
. paper1 We say uo-Ne'O Era.
iINCREASE or INCENDlARiES
! In addition TO the other calam'tles o.
be afflicted south, at tine OF gener"
uG;.x,ng AMI distress from the scarcity
nsnd the prevalence ofa ta,a
III had spread q uqiVersa
whole valley of the Mis-
oSns that the awful work o
In1erer; and mIdnigh, 'nsen
Cnneying with dIsclosure'
of the horrid coDfa
and towns, and ,h'
cans'',at mark tn
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