The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-12-08

He didn't look like a man who had
been turning financial problems over
and over ia his mind for City years /;
but vet, can't always correctly Judge
q man by his looks.
He walked up and down the depot
platform for o time, and then suddenly
rushing at an old man who was lean-
ing against the wall aud bali asleep
be exclaimed:
what about imitation p
Why ba. an | thought you
were going to strike me J" replied
ibe old man as be Strengthened up.
snail We iphaie the currency ~
demanded the 6nancier in carries,
tones.
"Ycu may for all | care !" blunily
replied the old man ; saiII want Is
TO get my baggage aboard the Mon
treel train all right"
Cor, shall We contract the cur:cn-
cy ~ asked the fnancier, backing up
to the stove.
IL don't care a damn what you dc
with it, 50 that ] strike that train y
growleG the old man, as be leaned
back against the wall.
This question Of finance is one Of
the greatest 10 the world" continued
the 6nancier, "and demand that YOU
exhibit an interest in t."
"I'lE be switched if / win p growl
ed the ola man, his eyes half shut.
This bit of green paper" continu.
ed the financier, taking a dollar bill
from bis yes pocket, is supposed tc
represent one hundred cents. An
swer NE if it doesg"
"Ob, lemme; %alone," growled
the old man, his head nodding and
bis eyes shut.
"If | eve you one dollar | can
paw you off with this bit of paper
but would be paying you eighty,
ninety, or one hundred cenis!"
thing!" sighed the old man, now al
most dreaming.
"Gold is money and greenbacks are
money!" continued the stranger; ''but
if YOU have gold yon would moi ex-
change it for my greenbacks. And
yet why not?"
The old man was now asleep, and
didn't hear.
And yet why not?n asked the
fnancier once again.
The old mans eyes never opened.
"And yet why not Z"
The old nan snored a half snore.
"And yet why not! 7" exclaimed the
6nancier, giving the sleeping man a
gentle kick ON the shin
"Whoa! damit TO thunder who
did that?" yelled the old nan as be
leaped Up.
land yet why not?" cody inquirr
ed the fnancier.
"Why not what ?"
eff we initiate the currency, that
Is, increase il, if we add millions of
paper dollars TO the millions already
aaoat, what must be the effect?"
III effect youifyou kick me agaiDl''
roared the old man, now Thoroughly
aroused.
"0n the other hand" cody con.
tinued the fnancier, IF we contract
the currency, diminish the amount
afoat, what result will follow?D
"Wbat do | care? What are YOU
talking finance to me for? | believe
you are a pickpocket, and III knock
your head off if you don't clear outl''
Something must be done, but
what shall we do ?" continued the
inancier 10 earnes tones. "The
Government says tina: this bit of pa
per is a dollar yet it is only SO, 80,
or % cents when brought 10 contact
with a gold dollar. Is it because
OFF"
"Lemme alone, ! say - shouted the
old man. What in Texas do | care
about your financial talk!"
"The Government says that this
dollar bill is enc dollar" said the
financier, "and Yet it refuses to
give me a dollar in gold for i;
Why %
That's why y calculated the old
man, as he struck q straight blow
from the shoulder.
I'VE must either contract or ex.
pand," replied the ~inancier, as be
took the old maj by the throat and
backed him against the wall ave
must know that our money is worth
less or worth one hundred cents on
the dollarin
Let go of me, Tbere-hal-
ugbl"
And the old man kicked ike 8
mule,
And until that period arrives
replied the fnancier, crowding The
old man into a corner and tanning
him bard, no capitalist will feel Tx.
Withdrawing bis money from thu
banks and risking it 10 even Iegiti
mate speculation
Help! Police!" called the oil,
man.
Let Congress settle this question:
the f~inancier was saying, when al
officer collared him aud walked bin
away. As be passed cut Of the depo
be went on;
whether We are 10 have barr
money or imitation. and confidence
will be at once restored and"
But he had turned the corner.
Hang my buttons! said the old
an as be wiped his face; "wha
do know about conlation or distrac
ton, and what'll the ole woman So,
when she sees me all pounded uI
this way2"
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