The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-09-23
Ghe9nteIliqeueer,,
N,snN ON INFLATION.

with "COTncrs' Currency
r,xrEpgrT N-RoADs, wICH Is IN THE
amy KESrucKY, Sept. II, lS75-Ihe
man wich undertakes To benefit his lei
i"a. m,I, up very heavy COntraLk.
I,Ji tLr citizens Nv the Corners are
,',,in back in the most Ongrateful man
'.r nu,o the Onlimiled Confidence and
Tm.t Company They are gettin SIG
'Lu.BrI i1r wheat, and about the same
,r.,l. and corn, and men now talk NV
,s,u.,nd. wich never before knowd how
pronounce the word, but yet they amt
t,rry, They hcv hankerin after re-.
'I,m.mn nv some sOrt-they demand to
EnmS when this money NV ourn is a.gOin
IN b,rprcmrd in suthin else-sOme other
LirIuymonry-e1tho our money, backed
h. nlb want eI good e. any in the
,.rJ III these malCUntents wood only
,kr i.aaI look pleasant, there wouldn't
i, ans trouble about it.
Ri these men are not the worst We hev
,or,ntrnd with. The citizens which are
the .uuchc.t supporters Nv the new
m,nry hos determined that cf We hev the
,,,r 1, ,.hoo money they hey the same
rHr And 50 four moo banks hcv bin
started li- week.
N1tkcy aud Burns started one, with
N,rsry "a President and Burns ca CASH
i,r win them and a niger carpenter ca
Ir Boom oi Direktcrs. They hev got
uIe drop on Us by rcquirin the officers to
1--WE bonds, which they accomplished by
Iryin Mackcy sign IIurns', Burns sign
Narkry, and both sign the niger car.
prgpg.. Then they hey another advan-
ta.r oycru., Tor they bought their own
prr,, and print their own notes, wicl, ca
wc hcy to pay Simpson, the printer, n
prurl, enables en- to make money cheepcr
Than wc kin They call their lmstitooshen
zine Na.hncl Benefit A'4oshashcn," ind
he's the bankin oils in MaCkey's bed.
room in the Pogram House,
Sa,rly wu1 this bank hislin out money
oIurr Slnirc Pc,tus and Gedncy the shoe
maker started another, wiCh they called
"Thc Rc.,in Diffusion Bank nv North
Nmrriky," with the oils IN Gedney's shoe
.hop, and they got ahead Nv us by printin
their mites in two colors, wich must say,
givr- en- a solvent look.
Nv this time wheat he'd got up TO $50
pcr bnshrI, aud wu2 scasc at that
Then Iarkin4 and Barney, the plaster
cr., who he'd made agreat deal Nv money
since inlla.hin sit in, they he'd to start Il
bank, wich they called THE EkitabIe
aud ln,a.hablc lblnkin Company Nv the
Yuontrd States and they ishood their
bills by the bushcI,
Wheat went mp immcjitly to S}S per
bu,0rl and a moo era nv prosperity soon
at ill.,
Before these linansecr+ got fairly under
way, nlu, and liustcrd cOnclOodcd they'd
90 into hankiu, and behold one mOrnin
the bill. Of the "IAbor Stimvoolatin
CDmpmy-l Butts, President" made
their appearance. They didn't hev any
oili., Tor Butts scd he didn't see any yoose
nv an oils, lie could pay out money on
the street, all he wanted to, Of the people
wood take it, and C1 it never wu1nt 60
in to be- redeemed. wat did he want nv an
oils? lie wulnt goin to any such cS.
pcn,c, lori he believed in ecOnomi1in. TO
% To yoo,clS expenses wl2 to show n
culpnblr disregard Nv the interests Nv the
people,
Wheat went up to $40 per bushCl, AMI
there was more prosperity.
Then trouble set IN in chunks. The
people who wuz not interested in the
bnnkiu' rcioozed, pint blank, to take my
nv their lshoOs. Banks wn1 gettin
rather too frckent, aud the times wu2 u
gctlin rather too prosperous. a reaCkshGn
okkurrrd agcn our money, witch, We who
wNG Interested determined to crush To
wulnt2
The ollicshls Of the five banks in the
town met, and decided to hold mcctin
NV the citi1ens, at wich steps shood he
taken to legalize our islIOoa.
The meetin WIZ held, and NV course We
kcrried 1t without any trouble, for seven.
tenth Nv en- had our money in their peck.
els, and they WIZ very favorable 10 any
ac4hcn that wood keep it u hilin. II
that end we past the fOllerin resOlOo-
'hpns
WARES, The Dcmocrsy Nv Ohio and rennsyl.
vny with n slngcrly Just .npproshlashcn Nv the
want, lW the citizens Nv the Cross Roads, hev de-
mlndNl mUlr money; and
WARRNs, Five computes hGv kerrlrl out tho IIlec
Nv thu lrmOcT,y Nv Ohio and PrnnSylvany by
iNtni'hln the p,Opc more money; and
WARCNs, NulWIlhsAndin the unparalleled pros
Icrity that h1 resulted from the Increase In cur
lrnry, certain men In the cOmnIO1nlty by rciOOl.
lug 10 take 1t, decline to b. bgliehttcd therefore,
Mn
Reso'Iri, That this mcetin nv citizens demand
Nv the Town Council that II tUwunst convene and
pls, an ordnance maxim tho shO,s Nv the i've
hihES legal tender Tor cvGrylhinsfrUm drinks down
l0tlxesi and that any citizen whu TuiDOZes 10 take
II, % mnrmurs At II, OF In any way disCredlts 1t.
'hel be held ~ u public enemy and IL immelltly
hung.
The whereases and the resooushcn waa
passed to wunst, aud | felt easier. With
the power to hang all wich reioozc to
take our money, rather think can
make itcnrrent a rope over the limb
IVA tree il persuade Of rare merit, and
il il the best endorsement Nv our paper
that We kin possibly hey.
Solar, 80 good. But Just cz | wuz feel.
IN good over my success, that OnmiIigat-
ed cu.s, Jchial perkinq, the man wat give
hi'nOtC to BasCOm for bari Nv whisky
with Sch dislinguishcd success, rose and
'ed he he'd series Nv whereases and II
reloloo'hen to pass. lie went on to say
that he he'd given this question Of finance
lgteat deal NV study. lie endorsed fully
Mepo'i'hen NV the DemoCrisy nv Ohio
and Pennsylvany. lie bleeved in more
money-mOney enOfr for vereybOdy. lie
PIntCd with pride to the development Nv
the Corners since the creashun Nv
more money, and he bleeved that
still more money would make still
more prosperity. The idee wuI cor.
rect, The government shood iShOO
promise. to pay, and faith shoOd make
en- good, without any such nonsense as
teleemn and Il the government shOod
DO II Why sloodn't banks; II banks why
not inlivijilcs? That's what he wanted
10 Know III there wuz any sich thing e1
tedeemin Nv it in gold or anything else,
lhc people mite hev the rite to ask II
mem q 'hOod the money he'd any gold
Ut anything else to redeem EN- with, but
~ 'her amt no rcdcemin pcrposed, why
iRA' question don't come in. The people
newt hcy faith, and that's all the hevin
Ihe' Il in the transnckshen. lie WIZ n
"'lteyct in more money, and lie he.
Ieeved that them e1 he'd the greatest need
!of money shood hev the privilege nv
in4ooIn II, and so long ea the people'took
F" from each other, ii answered all the
MtpU.es NV mnneY and WIZ money.