Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-09-03

: sign Burns, Burn. sign Mackey's, and both sign
the Niger carpenters. Then they hev smother
advantage over us, for they bot their own press
and print their notes, witch, ez we hsv to pay
SIMPSON the printer, profit. enables them to max
money cheaper than we kin. They call their in
stitooshun The Nashnel Benefit Assoshashup, -
. and hev the bsnkin off in Msckeys bed room IN
the Program House. al
: Scaselv wuz this bank histin out money afore
Squire Pettus and Gedney the shoemaker started
anuther, wich they called "The Blessing Diffusion
Bank Of North Ameriky," with the offs in Ged-
ney's shoe shop, and they got shed Of by print
in their notes IN two colors, WITCH must say gives
? EN- a solvent look.
BY this time wheat he'd got up to $40 bushe,
and wuZ scase at that.
Then Parkins and Barney, the pssterers, who
he'd made great deal money since in1sshen
set in, they he'd 10 start bank. wich they called
The Ekitable and Insa cable Bank Company NV
the 1ooned States" and they ishood their bills
by the bushel.
Wheat went up Immediately to S3S per bushel,
and new era NV prosperity set in.
Before these fnanseers he'd got fairly under
way, Butts and Bustere conclooded they'd 20 into
bank,n, and behold one mornin the bills NV the
Labor Stimyoolstin Company. Butts, Presi-
dent, made their appearance They didn't hev
any offs, for Butts sed he didn't see
offs. He Good pay out money on the street all he
wanted to eff the people wood take it, and ez 1t
never wuzn't agoin TO be redeemed, what did he
want of an offs He wuznt agoin to any such
expense. for he believed in economizin. To go to
yooseliss expense wuz to show u culpsble disre-
gard Nv he interests the people. Wheat went
! up To Sf5 per bussel, and there wuz more pros
perty.
Then troubles set in in chunks. The people
who wuz not interested in bsnkin refoozed, pint
blank, to take any their ishoos. Banks wuz
gettin rather too frekent and the times wux get
tin rather too prosperous. A reackshen okkured
agin our money, witch we who wuz interested de-
, termined TO crush at wuntz.
han N,- hpta fha Gva han h,1I
meetin the citizens, at witch steps shood be tax
| en- to legalize our ishoos
The meetin wuz held. and course we kerred
it without any trouble, for seven-tenths EN- had
our money in their pockets, and they wux very ia
vorable to any ackshen that would keep 1t bilin.
To that end we passed the follerin resolution:
Whareas The democracy Ohio and Penbsyl-
vany, with sineerly just apprehension NV the
wants Nv the cltizebs NV the Cross Roads. hev de-
msnded more money, and
Wha"eas Five companies bev kerred out the
, idee NV the democrisy Nv Ohio and Pensylvany
by furnishn the people more money, aud
| Whareas, Notwithsandn the unparalleled pros
perity that hoz resulted from the increase in cur
rency, certain men in the commoonity by refoos-
in to take It, decline to be benefited (: therefore,
be it
Resolved, That this meetn NV citizens demand
NV the town Council that it towonst convene and
pass ordn ,nce maxim the ishoos NV the five banks
legal tender for everything from drinks down to
taxes and that any citizen who refoozes to take
IL, IL,
shell be held public enemy and be immejity
hung.
The increases and tho resoooshen was
passed at wunst, and felt easier With the pow
er to hang all who refoosed to take our money,
rather think kin make it current. rope over
the limb NV tree is a persuader of rare merit,
and it is the best endorsement Nv our paper we
kin possibly hav.
r So far so good. But jist ez l wuz feelin good
over my success, that ommitigated cuss, Jehal
e Perkins, the wat Civ his note to Bascom for
q bari Nv whisky with such distinguished success,
rose and sed he he'd q series NV whs rssses and
resolooshen to pass. lie went on to say that he
he'd gived this question of finance great deal of
study. He Endorsed fully the posishen NV the de-
mocrasy NV Ohio and Penns vlvany. He believed
, in more money. money enuff for everybody He
pned with pride to the development Nv the Cor
, ners since the creashun money, and be
beeved that still more money would be still
more prosperity. The idee correct. The
Government shood ishoo promises to pay and
faith shood make it good without any SIGH nonsens
, ez redeemln; and if the Government shood do it,
why shoodnt banks; if banks, why not indviijies
, That's wat he waited to know. II Their wuz any
such thing ez redeemin ii in gold or anything
else the people might have the rite to ask them ez
I ishood the gold or anything else to redeem EN-
with, but ez Their amt no redeemin proposed, why
that question don't come in. The people hev to
hev faith, and that's all the hevin Their is is the
tiansackshen. He wuZ a believer in more money,
and he proposed to hev more money, and he be-
lceVeu tnem uau the greatest ueeu OF mon
ey shood hev the privilege ishoon it; and so
long as the people took it from each other it an
sered all the purposes NV money. an wuz money
Therefore he proposed the yoonanimus sdopshun
, | NV the followin whereases and resoooshens:
i Wareas, IF 700 hev good thing, you can't hev
too much Nv it ; and,
Wareas The increase nv currency in the Cor
ners hes bin productive NV prosperity such we
never dreemed Nv; and,
D Wsreas il is the dooty NV all earthly govern
ments TO fuse its blessing ekaly, thereby imits-
TIN the docs of heaviD, wich falls alike the just
and the unjust; and,
Waress, the mapufakter money shood not
be confined to the few, but shood be the privilege
NV the manyi and
Wareas, We Recognize the justs and propriety
NV compen the people TO take such money ez
e may be ishood; therefore, be it
, Resolved, That evry man may ishoo his notes
Nv hand IN such sums as nay SCOT his interest or
1 convenience, and that such notes shell be legal
tender for everything, the same ez the notes
ishood by our five bank institooshuns.
And the id deots absolootly passed the reso-
looshen without minit's dslay. and they de-
msnded that the Council meet that very day and
pass the ordinance, which it did,
As eviy last man NV EN- commenst writin notes
to wunst, and buyin all sorts Nv things with em,
Q we liable to have enuf money at the Corners
immejity-ez much eZ our brethren 10 Ohio and
Pennsyl vany wood desire even.
Evrything in the shape NV labor hez bin aban-
s doned, for evry body nee gone into the manufac-
l.
Thank heven that they never favored skools here
the inability TO use ink is the only limit to our
$ infashen.
One single result hes followed this ordinance
viz. Nobody has nothing to SELL l went into
shoe store yesterday thinkin to treat myself to a
pare Nv boots, but the dealer hadn't any TO
SELL
t "But see hundred pares on the Shelves"
said |.
"Thev hev bin bort by people over in the next
county," SEE the villin "they wuz bort for gold.
Possibly eff VOC he'd gold Good get one of EN- to
sell yon pare hsself."
And he sec suthn about brngin a boss 10 wa
ter but 700 coodnt make him drink.
} 1t is plane to me that more egisa.hun is goin
to be necessary. Up to a certin pint they took
our money, but somehow them amt a making
it are film shy Nv 1t.
PETROLEUM V. NAsBY.
President NV the Onlimited Trust and Conf
dence Company.
P. S. More trube. Bsscom SEE he hes got to
hev somethn to go to Louisville with beside our
paper or he II hev to close. And all the mecban-
ics in the vlage who hev to buy things in Loois-
vile Al e clsmorin for suthin they kin buy with,
and thretenin eff they don't get it to bust things.
,la.t a. A.