New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-11-17

canals, whore q comparatively smaH voiumo
Of il has been circulated as yet and KIND
Providence only knows what the boatmen
who were depending on 1t for pitching Genus
IN the tow path and for other necessary uses
will do without it, Naturally enough there Is q
GOOD deal Of feeling about 1t. On the other
hand. car conductors and omnibus drivers are
overloaded with it, and the chink of half dol
lara on the bar il so loud and constant that
the average barkeeper has no opportunity for
calm and quiet reflection. 1t is feared In
Boston that the noise of the jingling dollars
and dimes over the Treasury counters has had
the effect which it was intimsted might Do
produced last Summer by the chnk OF the
Treasury gold and "the roar OF the Long
+" Branch SURF to wit, to drown the voice OF
the people. 1t would be sad, indeed, ii the
noise of the resumption should prevent the
Administration from hearing the November
election returns
In view of these facts we are not about to
say. by any means, that the plan is failure
Some people are dissatisfied, OF course, out
that is unavoidable. In spite of the close OF
navigation on the canals and the complaints
of people with weak nerves, the process goes
on in calm and stately way, at the rate OF from
half pint to a pint of real silver each day
But it does seem possible to add feature to
il that will promote the general welfare and
silence all discomfort. We suggest it with
great modesty and self-distrust; it ia system
of chromOs. 1t may be considered revolu-
tionary at first blush, but not bit OF It,.
Why should not the Treasury Department
issue chromosi The religious weeklies all do.
It is benefcent, parental AMI, like the rest
of the Currency, connected more or less with
the printing press. Why not, instead OF CIV
inc merely five dollars in silver to every
Government creditor who has claim OF 500
or inward, make it FIVE dollars in silver and
a nair of chromos at five dOllarsf We pre-
anne that this has occurred to thousands OF
financial minds already, and that the only
reason why it has not been proposed publicly
ia that everybody has been expecting Secre-
tary Richardson to bring it out himself-it is
an much like him. The advantages OF sys-
| tenn of chromos in connection with the silver
resumption plan are obvious. The chrome mas
become already an educator and reward OF
| merit for subscribers to the religious weeklies
why not make it legal tenderf Not, to be
ure n legal tender for all kinds Of debts, but
for specific Government purposes, %, for IN
stance, for the payment of assessments Tor
election expenses and such. They are neat
snug, and beautiful, and in the hands of a
well-disposed State Committee would How into
the circulation in kind of majestic way
without noise or fuss.
Having proposed the plan, it would hardly
be proper for US to indicate the subjects, ana
vet VIZ venture to suggest for the par one,
representation of George Washington with the
Ratchet and cherry tree and look Of innocence
and the other-President Grant before tine
bankers and brokers refusing to violate the
'"law.b That would make very pretty pair,
and would properly connect the first and last
Presidents. Such pair of chrOmos and such
q system would go far to relieve the striIi-
gency in the money market, would promote
taste for art, and inspire confidence in every
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