, 1875-09-11
HOW HAWKS MADE MONEY EASY.
II u1n IN "a hfichi irnr, Annanniar 1Iia n&1,

HAWKS is o Michigan lsnancier. His other
name is MosEs. He lived at Allegan. With
his newspaper ha enlightened or fuddled ths
Altegan mind. With his single-factory he
supplied material for roofing tho Alegnn
house. The duplex business failed, however,,
to fill A1r. H&wKs' oxchequer. IA the funds
in that sank, his spirits fell in correspond.
ing proportion To him, moody,-aa En-
glish translators Of HOMER say,-camo an
1dea,-an idea worthy Of q big I, which made
uAwKs' eyes grow big. When hawks eyes
aro in this condition, 1t behooves their gamo
to keep out Of their WY. But tho world OF
Allogan went on In it's accustomed quiet
oourao, unconscious OF tho fate that was in
store for 1t. In this accustomed courae,
1t accumulated large numbers Of Mr.
HAWKE notes of hand. These promises
to pay, with Moses bold signature
beneath them, became Que Of tho things that
no respectable family In Allegan was without.
At this iuncturc, the Idea struck Mr. HAwks.
It struck him hnrd, but Its practice struck
Mlegan much moro severely. It may be said
to have beaten Allcgan, for 1t enabled Moses
to bent that quiet burg ont of good1y sharo
Of its property, Tho Idea was simple but
comprehensive. 1t was worthy Of KELLEY,
for no ordinary luuat1o could have conceived
1t. Mr.. HAwKs decided to redeem lis prom
isea to pay IN other promises and never ro-
daem the hitter. He had several reams Of
paper in lis newspaper Office, the remnants
OF the lust stock bought before tho paper
factory declined to receive any moro bad
promises in return for good paper.
Those reams were promptly utilized.
Their pseudo-owner cut them up into
lttlo pieces, stamped aach piece ''25
cants," u 30 cents" or "ons dollar" affixed
his too familiar signature, and thus supplied
Allcgan with ''R volume Of currency equal
to tho wants of trado with thoroughness
that the Ohio Democracy Ia bound By ita plat
form to admire and try 10 initiate. Business
revived in Allegan. Money was cheap-and
kept growing cheaper. Unfortunately, 1t got
too cheap. Tho tax-collectors refused to re-
ceivo 1t, Allegan waited collectively on
MosEs HAw1s, Esq, aud requested him to
redeem his " money" Ii. II. responded IN
q manner worthy Of KELLEY. The original
MOSES proposed to lsad hls people out Of
bondage. but the modorn MosKa proposed to
lead people to bonds, his own bonds, bearing
interest in his own money! and exchange.
ablo for his legal-teuder, and hla legal-
tender convertible into hla bonds. Now
KELLEY has never, we believe, spoken
In Allegan. He prefers to speak In large
cities. Az result of this mournful omission
on tho part Of ". D. K, Alegan was unablo
to detect the menta Of Mr. HAwxa' new psan,
and rejected 1t with unkind derlson. 1t
| ruthlcssly brought multiplicity Of suits
against Moses the finanoier, 80 TINT that IN.
appreciated genius was compelled 10 part
with Ills ahingle-fsctory and his money
factory, with everything, In fact, eaye
the articles exempted from execution
by the laws Of Michigan. But
whilo HAwxs was thus heavily inhabited
to Allsgau. the community at large IL indsbs-
cd to 1IAwxs for furnishing IT with another
illustration Of tue wisdom Of making mol
| ey" out Of rags, lalnphlack, and "fsith'" II
IA indebted to him. too, for clear statement
Of the real theory On which zede'npttonlesa
shinplasts12 il based. When pressed to hon.