The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-01-14
Financial.

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From the above head We hope oui
readers won't think we arc going to
ipaict uron them long article OF
finance, how to successfully eouduc
financial operations, what to do will
the houds aud greenbacks, how re-
sumption Of specie payment IS to be
brought about, how grceubacks are
to be appreciated. to or near gold
standard &c, 80. tn fact, We don't
hatter ourselves that wo could DO SC
If we attempted il.
We have read the opinion Of man y
writer's, political speakers and Cou.
gresmen on the subject and have
come out Of tho conflict somewhat
the worse for wear, besides being
muddled. Senator Morton aud Gree
ley differ and demolish each Others
theory entirely. The Cincinnati Ca
Esne aud Commercial have different
modes. Two of tho correspondence
Of the Gd.ociic-"E. d. NJ" aud some
one else-diiTcr with each other and
all finance writer's; Ben. Butler
has an individual way Of his own, so
has Spinner, aud thousand and ono
others, who have not financial Abili-
ties sufficient to conduct a country
store, have way that will accomplish
the objects sought for-of this they
are positive.
Now, when doctors differ, who is
10 decide. Each one Of the financial
giants has scheme peculiarly his
own, and proceeds to numerically
tear down the ideas of others oppos.
cd to his. Ts he agrees with Que
item profcssed by some one else, still
another tears that 20. shreds. So il
goes all around. No two agree on
more than one point, aud that rs
ripped to pieces by dozen others
When an innocent reader, searching
for financial light, roads the whole
round Of these egotistical ananeiers
be finds that so far FROM receiving tho
sought for light. darkness is only
made visible. He finds the bottom
knocked out OF all opinions aud
theories and for himself he feels
as though he had been the principal
in prize fight aud had just como up
for the hundredth round, weak on
his "piuS" aud his head added"
from frequent vi'itations Of his op.
pouents sledgo-hammer blows. lie
10 completely wOrsted.
To us 30 much financial talk seems
TO be all bosh. five do our duty
the finances will take cars Of them-
selves. Lot the grsenbacks bc-let
the bonds alone. Go to work aud
eurtail the extravsgancos Of the Gov
ernment. Get the thieves. that are
eating up the money that ought to go
towards paying the debt and inter-
est, out Of Office. Let US have eeon-
omy 10 every del artment Of the Gov
ernmsnt. Talk no more Of increas-
Ing the salaries Of Grant orany 9th q.
or Government officers. To sum it
all up let the Strietest economy pre-
vail in every department Of tho Gov
erument--giva honest men the Off
oei--eolleSt the revenues so that
the Government gets moro than seV-
euty.hve per cent. Of i.. Let no gold
lio idle 10 tn, Treasury, but pay Of
as fast a. received. d. this anJ
all these FoKatiouI questions arr
settled.
That NO shall have az economics
administration OF the Government af.
ter Grant takes thepresideotiAl chair
We are satisfied. Honest men vii
bsput in Office and what money is col
leeted will reach the U. S. Treasur,
instead Of being "loSt' in tho eapa.
eioua pockets Of Johnson's Office hold
srs. Wha. Congress will do in its in
faiie wisdom-fnr there is an endles
amount Of il slowed away in ,hS
body somewhere, il it could only
reach. the aurfaoe-no ones knows
i seems hard to get them to pull
together, and each one seems to hAy,
the same opinions Of his Congress
ional friends that the foreman Of
certain jury had Of the other Jurors
The jury. had been out 10
several hours trying to agre,
on q verdict, bat were unsuo
sss'fal. The Judge got sired o
waiting aud called them into the cOur
room. Shave you agreed upon
verdict" said the Judge. The fore
mau got up aud said, "May ia pleas,
your Honor We hare not, sad cast.