Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1857-11-11

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lud ~ bend svsRy apasalaaer
u ! sinkm y salasE aps paaeh %,
ia A. 10 khs bard timas, % ~ = masal
Gkem sasy Oas proposes for ssssnapo-
ssssy', sslikk = laszs easy sssip 10 stop
IA lssk ,AnQ&Aez shanks thaA shs aisy
ojlgA u y a sAiah sod hnsgos 10
el00, COO. Il lAisd u i fayor 81 ma
lk 1uinA as0sk caaaay By plsassus
sssl sssass 60 laspias pesa noess - =
ysas Aanea. All These m0dss II sinksr-
iag tha timsa hare baaa proposed and
Il err sity wishan fsw days,
and all hsye baA aas ehisos p visw and
sAaa u toansaaia spseaIasioa - the az
psAse d tha lAb0ring agassss. We hays
spekan haxaAoEars relative - the eity
scrip psoisst. Taa peejeea koE tbs atty
= borrow mpney nessaH 70 sonsasn--for
the thing aAnnos Be- aassmplisAsd. The
last proposition 70 b aonsidsrea ia the
posa noka operation. What, We ask, is
% DO gained BY The somaanisy b. tbs
Issue Of post noaasp We answer moth
Ing. Merchants ssanot use tham In the
Of shsar dshss, and hence in 3
commercial point Of view they would be
worse than Worthless. II tAey cod gain
. eireulasion ia Cur city whose inaarssts
would they aavaaea2 Woald shsy adj
rance the interests Of ths lsboging class
% and the MISUNDERSTANDING net,
The lAborss veald be ths Grss 70 rsosiVs
them and givs them circulation with
ihen rs would paFshass the neosssariss
pf life bus at what rates would he be
aba 10 dispose Of thenf Atno rate but
1t ruinous shavs-ths merchant could
not receive tham because he could not
pay his dsbss with them and shsir being
in the hands u the laboring classes woe
be 3 direct injury to tbs msrehAns. The
merchant depends for his trade upon the
lAboring portion Of the community and
when the IaborH Is paid OF ID good
money and At fair prices, then the maE.
chant will be prosperous in business; but
when the lAbOrsE Is paid a in AHA plas.
teFs, then, the merchant may begin &c
look out for breakers. Soms say VI
must have something to do businsss up
Oh. They sssm 10 think that thay mas
trade -muat sell whether thsy sell 81 .
profit or not. 1t does not occur to then
that good staple goods are far better X
use in psyiAg Oh debts, thAn worthless
shia plastsrs. Because the msEchamt hal
goods On hand, il does not follow thai
be ID forced to sell them al . loss in or,
der 10 keep up trade, 1t il far better &
les trade stand stin until times get bet,
tsr, than to sell goods tog trash, which
cannot be nsed IN the paymant Of debts
The whole eject which ths issuing Of
post notes would hAss, wOald be in IA,
vor Of the iaspsrs aad against all oshsrs
Their issue would enable those ISSUING
sAemto put tAsm in place Of gold ant
silver in the circulation Of the city-ir
short 10 gain : essdiI % their prssen
Indebtedness fes ome gear as the sxpens,
Of every other interest In the eisy. Me,
shanics and Iabossrs would have 10 tax
these notes At par For their work, AMI
woald haze 10 sulss heavy shave upOE
thaza il ardaz to be ahls 30 usa than il
the purchase Of the neceasaxiss Of life
and this shave would fall into the peck
sts ct those issuing tAa nStess rs nata
rally and sertaiAly rs tia leaves of tn
trees in the fall, fall u the earth, to en-
rich the source from which they aprang
Tha whole tinksEing in the way Of issa
ing post notes, in our opinion, will onll
bsnsHt few Al the expense Of the many
4 Il idle to think of making the com
aHaity wealsay By issuing notes. II thi
ooald bo dons, all amy Of as h&Es to d.
70 Be "a rich a. we pisase, it to issu,
cur notes and put than into circulation
a few msa il thsy are sharp can maAagl
TO lire of Of the interest upsn tao debt
which theg oue, bat when the expert
nsnt becomes general, tia system ak
plodss aad hanss we hare hard times. -
Bankers who issue bills 10 siEcuIats a
money, live OF Of the interest," upon tht
debts sshich they osOs. Thus, Mr.. a. is
sass 0ne hundred pictures, which be call
|dSll&Es, sad lends them 70 3. fer tire,
dollars per month ana makes three dol
lara tharehy IF he issues one thousanS
u these piesures, be viii make thirty
doaIasspsF monkhoF Of what Ne oacss th,
cummanisy, and thas support himself Of
cf whas be ewes, and as long Is ID,
community resp shese pictures in eirou.
iasisn, Just 50 long the eommunity sup
porss Ar. A. and sapp0ses itself to b
one thousand dollars riehss thAa il in
fact il, for theae pictures araef 10 value
they are the dsbss Of A, upon which
he IL Irving sumptuoaaIy every day With
ont any ability or intention 70 radsesl
. single picture. Hard times axs brousl
about By this kind Of EnAnsiering--so
nAny have gone into it-publie oonA-
dsnss IN such things has been destroyed
---shs pictures hare bssz sent hpme faz
redemption, and she systssn has sxplo.
dsd, and now, we have hard times ard
the financial takers ara now proposing
% rasnsdy the evil, by issuing amssu kind
Of pSeswFss, called sPost Notes." We
are down on the thinkers and down on the
natss. Tf they could dig soma gold Oat
Fl shs earth, than they would aid IL ma
king tisass easy but theg saanOt do 80
81 making fancy pictures and calling
them money.
By issuing these poet notns thOss ia-
suing them could place them in The
bands II the mechanics aHd lahoring
men, and retain in their ewp handa sps-
che snA sukrsney which wpsld pay ~
casters debs 1OF TIE merchants, and VOID
hare ihis money ca hard to ssI 70 the
y ten pr cent. prsnaiHms and
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