The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1855-01-27
For the Free Trader.
Farmers and Mechanics Tools for swiG-

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roy.-,.i ,ys p,.,rt.J +, nv. s,,,,. al ,.I, moro
sbr,xd and cpIiglt.rci brethren for fine
pgrr,1se Of money maxim, seemingly regard.
or thr manner Ly wb;,L 1,,ir nIirr,
NAV he obtained honestly or dishonr.tlv
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by cronE. Ilanor honesty and intcgrit,
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cooperation Of these two, their object would
he rendered partially unavailable. In this
iegoin, the farmers are principally their me
diums, il being through them that most bill,
are circulated, and have seen them time
and again take money, Il should say paper
10 exchange for their produce that vas actu-
ally worth no more than the same sized
piece Of ioolscap 1t is an every dag occur.
renee. On Saturday and Friday last, I
presume there were over a thousand dollars
Of this trash paid out to farmers in the CITY
Of Ottawa. | vas sorry to witness it, and
more particularly from knowing the earnest
ness with which certain persons lab0rcd 10
put 1t in circulation, and it was acting on
these motives that after mature deliberation.
felt it my duty to advise and caution the
farmers particularly to guard against the
consequences that may await them should
they continue to countenan-c the circulation
OF so called currency. Now you might ask
what kind Of money You would take The
answer Is, take your state money, or any
other that is issued on a reliable basis, SO that
if 1t should fail you would not lose more
than tenor fifteen cents on the dollar True
any of you who have five dollar Mil,edge.
vile, compare its value with one fthc same
amount on one of our State broken banks
and you will easily see TIE diilcrance in hay
ing bills which are secured by stock depos-
its and those that the stock holder only are
liable. The State bill is worth eighty or nine
" cents anC the other perhaps nothing The
bills of two banks which are now circulated
in Ottowa, You should not touch under any
consideration
The Cherokee Insurance Co., Georgia, and
the Planters and Mechanics Bank. Dalton,
Georgia.
They are issued on the same, perhaps rot
on as good basis as was the Mlcdgcyille,
which know you are all familiar with
some | know to their sorrow. But YOU may
say that you cannot get them to give YOU
anything else. say you can and il is your
own fault when YOU do not get .ood money.
If you but act in the right manner, YOU can
have it as easy as not. When YOU bring any
commodity to market, first bargain for the
price, and then for the kind of currency you
will have in exchange for it. Then il you
are not paid according to agreement, there
are four or five Justices in the city whom you
VIII ever lind prompt and willing to act on