Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1840-02-07

Does a farmer expect TO get the same price
FOR his wheat and po,aloes2 Does the la
boring man and the mechanic expect to get
the same rates for work ? II they do they
will find themselves plngily mistaken the
only ones who will gain by il will be the OF.
ice holders, for their pay will be the same,
Wills, the labor aud prices OF every thing
else must come down-and no wonder we
see salary FOLKS SO eager to pass laws and
regulations in favor Of hard currency; but
when you tell 'em to cut down their pay to
hard currency rates too, then you'll see 'em
sqirm and twist.
This matter Of scarcity and plenty OF mon
ey puzzles some folks; and every body don't
understand the cause ont Well il is Just
here-tbe more you do away with all kind
of currency but gold and silver the scarcer
| money is. and the more you increase the
quantity OF currency that ain'l gold and sill
yer, then the more plenty money is Now
it is never good thing TO have money too
plenty or too scarce, but always 10 have il
about the same then things go on regular
SO that when a man makes a contract on q
little credit, he wants to find, when pay day
comes, that money is about the same as il was
when he made the contract-no ups and
down--"cream today and skim-mik to.
morrow !" or else it will be like borrowing
ice in January. to pay back in August; that
would be n hard bargain to the borrower,
and just about as tuf would il be for the len.
der Of ice in August to receive back in Jan
uerv.
Ore thing is certain. we can't git along in
this country without credit men will Dor.
row and lend money. and mere handlze. and
produce, and take and give notes; ], has al
ways been So and always will be SO in all
good sound democratic countries-and il
don't make any odds what kind of property
is borrowed or lent--moDey. or produce. or
merchandise, or land; its all one and the
same thing (; and as soon as you put a stop 10
this credit system, no one can trade or act
unless he has got hard cash in hand TO pay
down and would bring US right down TO the
condition of Turkey. and China. and the
Malay Country, and other hard money coun-
tries. where the teto jingle gold and silver,
and the many have 10 whistle Tor il, and
work and toll like cattle for daily bread, and
short cammons OF that too; and yet folks
calling themselves true blue democrats, u
insult common sense by preaching up. "bard
leuIieuVy uuu Ho CIcuH, duu Suu " tue
sound democratic doctrine" the only way
isto lie, let 'em try The experiment" them
selves; take away their Offices and salaries
and let em go to work like true honest de-
nocrats aud see how they will GIT along
without credit to start with. if they have
nothing but honesty, and industry, and a
good trade, but no money then il they con
iinue to preach the same doctrine ], for one
will believe them.
Ifihis country never hal known wha
credit was. and every thing had been done
with gold and silver, and was prosperou:
and happy, and some one come along anc
advised paper money! credit currency
and show'd how much better il was to hav,
something besides gold and silver.-and j
was opposed on the ground OF dieting vel
alone" and try no experiments l"-ther,
would be- some honest ground for it, Ant
just so It would be If all ouI houses had beer
built Of stone. and no one ever tried any
Thing else. and some one come along ant
show'd us that he could build a wooder
house--and he was opposed on the groune
OF Letting well alone and TRY no expert
men,s" But after we had for years beer
building wooden houses--erecied saw mills
nail factories-and employ'd good many
house carpenters who had no other trade
then to pass law saying there shall be NJ
houses built but OF stone--because wool
sometimes burns and stone don't Then. al
can say, is, ii would come pretty luf upoI
timber merchants and choppers and hous'
carpenters and nail makers to say nothing o
lath and plasteTers-ior the law being "anti
wood" goes the hull figure like the preseu
Sub-Treasury bill in Congress that has moth
ing in ii but gold and silver.
Mr. Moderator you and know somethin.
about wood and stone-and as most Of lhi
Convention may learn something by shoT
: story best tell "a little of our experience
It was in building this very school hous
j where we now sit, you remember that tn
: District committee said il was best TO build
= oil OF stone, so that no carelessness Of III
S boys could set FIRE TO it. and so il was con
cluded to go on with it all Of stone. and not
{ stick Of wood in it, Well, it wasn't NOR
J. than half finished when il begun TO crac
s and took a cant, and had to be begun ag
t on new plan And now look at it, a goo
) stone foundation. and the upper works WOO
and stone mixed-and is there better bui
ding on the face of creation2 And jist so
should be with the currency and 81
!, yer for the under pinning and The beams an
4 rafiers and winder frames good sound lin
!, Der. without ssp-shakes or knot holes.
}, Sum folks say wood will burn up. an
stone wont; well. how will it be with a
y airihqnake Pa stone house will tumbl
!, about your heads, and a wooden one won