New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-03-03
RoBIYSOS CRUSOES MONEY"

The Hon. David A. Weiss story, with a
dozen illustrations by Mast. VIII be PUBLISHED tomorrow
by Harper Brothers. IL is narrative which taxes up
De FOES story the point Of the arrival OF the English
sailors the island when the Inhabitants began 10 need
currency. They first used cowre, collected with con
siderable labor all the is'ani tails currency was In
creased and business took de Start when some enter
nri,ing fellows found heaps OF cowrie neghboring
island.
Finally. the secret OF TIE whole matter gradually
Leaked out. OtncT people besides thc original ihice
came from, ana haste Wit the remote Island
provide themselves VITA money and pat II IN circulation
But the money that was issued tI,e mort "Hs
needed supply tne wants OF trade, unt at last toOh
a louT-AOrso WasOuOad OF eOMries 10 bay ishci oi
wheat Ten fno bubble burst. Stock companies all
failed. Trade beca utterly sta nant mn WI.nh
Robinson CTusOe mad made secretary OF TIE s'hl leis
ury Thought lie could help matters by Issuing
.ew more cowries, but IL was DO pse.
G. eau snpply Of cowries lad taken very good care 10
kee;, TIC Substantial yiuabls thinss-noses lots p0ws
gram, e.c aich lhcy had RS tiyed IN exchange. lheJ
md In met grown Tcn by IOnbls tAe lest vi the cOh
manly. Tue community, hOwoFeT were too eoIrlsous
usnti;, rt , m, rn"lId;i at o! tbs curious
island pgeuce was tat the formerly So hghy !rhed
Iuon.y bculme deprecated To sue an eAth ~ 10 pos
s,.ss vaue material for irah ig iIine IGe pep
bic accordingly by burn.n, made Lime Qua oil II, anj
thcn. order To maze tAlns Out""4dy c"eeri' useu
tie lime as wnitewash
soon they discovered gold and introduced 1t "a eur
reney but not without objection In the next & nori-
ton Robinson Crusce aud the other sufferers by the
cowie experiment having died. paper ney ana III
Il ion came fashion. some OF tao moot popular
bo,ks which were Published about TINS time an the IL ana
ba, the folowl ugpestye titles: "a National Debt a
National Blessing" Don't Pay you Go, sdre Way
to Got R-n;" Pulling at your Bo"tstraps the best Way
to Rise in the world aud the like TINS experiment. was
u, puur and tie principles OF TRADE generally
adopted 10y enioTp Using But the great triumph
represt "a atve money was when tie fOotandmouth
disease attacked the cattle, and there 10 mix 10 b.
had. Tucle was IMMENSE public meeting 10 demand
that the Lacea Fluid Association" at once Issue more
milk teke.s
That MINT the babies were all supplied with milkiick
Ct ln place milk. Mia cAets mol, iik-sicAets
cold. Ina-icnets swectcned liiA-icket5 PLAZA, iauA-
tcke.s bicAs printed green, and inter lahge-
able IiIit-tIcACts dff.fns cream tx inru from
int strange 10 say the DaDes one anu
Il n5inciiFo pefleihiby WHICH III
dueeS larger alOwth 10 refuse 40 dcccp
fO rcali ana DC grateful Ia addition fcius, 10
was nothing de DISTURBANCES "a the biSAt follow
! ing, and InJlnlns dAwncd upon an uhrriieshcd aud
trOub. pOpu siiOn As BOON as tue necessary alfEg
ucns could Dc lIlie, aaotl merilhg aoselnhcu Du'
tle lhs composed Of baDi - backed 10y
their nd nurses There Was no lneOiy III tief
stn.iments and Enough young IN years. unc AMI all tit
that they ..aI lived knS enough 10 know wE2t tIei
tathers apparently aid knUw-naneiy, tine dIsTence
bet mia and paper. Tie esuIutOns voted We're
bef the IOiut and were, substantially, as FOL
ilst that the exigences OF the times demanded more
milk nj nvt milk tickets second, that the way Ia
get more mlk 10 nave more cows tniil, That the
way set 10 90 10 Work ana IA g. ,ht M
something else equally VALUABLE ana Will
Ills some hing else fOnTth that tiere are GER
tam eternal NcIites aist when II Is Us less Tor 'it"er
battles Oi men contend. committee was aPlOil o.
To lrocurc mil OF the go u srlhn up those wa" ol
belle, cd ia the lass rcsoiOn and 'ae injecting tAeh al
| iuafIOd.