The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-08-08
HOW WILL THE PEOPLE GET IT.

The Indianapolis Sun in reply to aquery
as to how greenbaeks will get into circula-
lton makes the following reply:
1. Congress will direct the Secretary Of
the Treasury to take some of the new green
backs and call in fve-twenty bonds, and
pay them off and destroy the bonds. The
former holder of the bonds will then have
greenbacks instead of the bond, and he will
buy a farm, or a mill, or factory; or, at
least some meat and bread and clothes with
them If he buys meat with them the
butcher will have the greenbacks, and the
butcher will pay them to the farmer for
another steer, and the farmer will pay that
little debt, he owes for his moving machine,
and the man that made the moving ma
chine will put a new roof on his shop, and
the man that made the shingles for that
new roof will buy frock fer his wife, and
the merchant that sold the frock will pay
his debt to the wholesale merchant, and
the wholesale merchant will pay his debt
TO the manufacturer and the manufacturer
will pay his hands with part OF it and
spend the balance in buying some more cot
ton from the planter, and the planter over
joyen at the increased market for cotton,
will plant another field and will hire score
or more of new hands, subscribe and pay
for the Sun, etc. etc, etc, etc etc, etc. Do
you see it,?
2. Congress will direct the secretary OF
the Tresury to take new greenbacks and
buy silver bullion with them at the marke.
price, and to take the bullion to the United
States mint and have it coined into dollars
of the daddies. call coin bonds of the gov
ernment now subject to be paid in "coin'
and pay them off and burn such bonds
The former bondholder will then have
silver coin dollars instead of bonds and he
can do as he pleases with such dollars
Sleep with them if he wants to, or eat them
if he can, or worship them if he likes,
The man who sold the silver bullion will
have greenbacks instead of the bullion
He will pay his miners with the green.
backs and the miners will pay their gro
GERS and the grocers will pay for the porl
they had on hand and buy some more, and
the pork packer will buy some more ia
hogs and the farmer, having sold his ia
hogs will buy some more. stock hogs ant
; will plant few more acres in corn ant
l will employ some more hands Cramps per
a hapse) and the hands will be able to buy
some new clothes, and the merchant viii
buy horse and buggy and that will MAKE
|, the horse trader glad, and the carriage ma
l ker will be glad and he will employ som,
D more hands, and to do SO he will have t.
pay more wages, for the man that made tn
moving machine is also wanting NOR,
hands, etc., etc., etc. Do you see it?
g. CIR, Congress will remit about 500,
. 000 900 of taxes, repeal the tariff on sugal
F.. coffee and tea, land won't that be nice?
and direct the Secretary of the Treasury Il
make like amount of new greenbacks TO
: few years, and pay with them the salarie
Of congressman, Senators, Postmasters
Custom agents, United States Judges ant
' Prosecuting Attorneys etc., ETC., etc. The.
! will pay the greenbacks to their butchers
to their butchers, grocers, tailors, hatteri
shoemakers, ETC., etc., etc. Do you see il
!. At rough guess there are about tw
4 hundred other legitimate ways in whicl
the greenbacks can honestly and Legitimate