Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-07-06
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m Drap Inc aisy," said a poor Irishman, to
the hangman, as he was about being launched
into eternity He wanted to drop gradually
There are thousands Of spectators and others
now in the same condition. .Theyare willing
gold and merchants generally should &C, down,
provided it does not harm them Each man
cries out, :" Drap me aisW" The gold slpccu-
lator, tremulods' and pale with Excitement,
SAYS, "Drap me aisy' Every holdcrrof cot.
ton, as it, oestumblins down. loudly prays,
"Drap me aisy", Every pork and beef spec
ulator says, :" Drap me aisy." The whole army
ofcapitalists, bankers and business men arc
hoarse with the cry, 2" Drapus aisv."r Over
against this crowd stands the common people,
the great multitude, and they, say TO falling
prices, Z" Come ;quiclyh Consumers now
demand slow fgnrcss"9 "A good time is com
ing, they say, and now we will take our turn
Dhe poor'mechauic, who has paid seventy
cents "a, pound to butter his bread on Sunday
now has hope, ! He says, " Hurry up your low
prices" making haste slowly does not suit
him Ifgold goes down, goods 60 down in
proportion, and the prospects brighten that
the long giooked-for: solid basis " is, at hand,
, sWhat;is, gold good for? Youcannot eat it;
drink it, or wear it. 1t is not wanted to ship
to Europe, 1t is not wanted by the Govern
ment to pay interest tits not wanted by ims
porters to pay duties. 1t is not at present
wanted by the banks to redeem their circula-
ton. It's only wanted by one single class of
our fellow-citizens-thc spectators the bulls
today, and the bears tomorrow, in Wall
street We say let them have it.? When gold
went up, business men made fortunes by mo-
nopolizing merchandise, manufacturers made
fortunes by advancing prices, stock-spccula-
tors made fortunes, so that millionaires were
at one time "as plenty as blackberries. Gold
gamblers made fortunes by buying and hoard
ing every ducat they could lay hands ON.
Outside of the aforesaid ranks stood thous-
ands crying madness, as food and raiment
went up higher and higher. They then de-
mand more. and more, pay for their labor.
Starvation prices at length stared them i'll the
face. We had rebels North as well as South.
Buyers rcbclled at high price, at hundred per
cent. profits, and at fortunes made IN day.
Happily the tables are now turned, and who
expects the masses Of the people to mourn ?
Nobody but fools. ...'l..-.
Cheap bread and meat in any intelligent
community insure prosperity. Let us have
prosperity therefore, for the people as whole,
even if some mus. suffer We esay, in conclur
sion, down with the price of gold. Down
with the price Of dry goods Down with the
price of bread and meat Down with the
price. of clothing Down speedily with the
price of everything, until we come to a gold
basis, Z. Gradual emancipation is better
than nothing, but who ever asks for it will
not find himself just now on the "popular
side" Prices must continue to 20 down.
down, down, ,snntii the shanks and the Govern
ment resume specie payments; and that glo-
rious era cannot come minute too quick
My, Independent 1e- - /" = '..'@
9iTME 10 ADvERTIsE-Bu men, with
proper business IDEAS should be shrewd enough
10 perceive that now is the time to advertise.
Self the old stock at once should be the mot.
I'd of every prudent dealer. Dispose of it
promptly and at the best prices You can got,
for the longer you hold on the less prices Won
will obtain. His better to submit voluntarily
to q smalliloss now than large loss by-and-
by Sell offinsell off and to accomplish this
Indispensable feat, advertise liberally Now
is the time, we repeat it, to do il discreetly
Get ahead Of your neighbors, if you can, by
advertising more, and thus selling more, and
when the crash comes you will be safe. This
Is the plain dictate of common sense, and he
who heeds it not will bitterly regret before
long his foolish negligence,-aN y &eroan-
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