Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-08-22
Dishonesty Of GreenbackIsm and
Milk Tickets.

A Bloomington gentleman clipped
from the Chicago Grocer the follow.
ing, and offers them for the benefit of
Sour friend G.W.Lee, and others who
are fond of quoting from the Inter
Ocean -
The dishonest doctrines promulgated by
some of the so-called greenback and labor par.
ties have awakened the opposition of those who,
favoring greenback currency, still claim to
have no wish to bring dishonor to the natio n
by regulating its debts The Chicago Inter
Ocean, while sympathizng with the greenback
movement. strongly denounces Reputation,
and gives the following warning:
ave call upon the honest Greenbackers of
the Northwest to mark where they are being
led by the Pomeroys, Carys, and open repudi-
ationists of New York, Ohio and Missouri.
tional Greenbackers of those States demand
the calling in and payment" of all Govern
ment bonds in Treasury notes. That was not
the platform OF the greenbackers in 1876, led
by Peter Cooper. 1t was not the platform of
the greenbackers of Ohio, or Illinois, or Iowa,
or any other State. The great mass of Re-
publcans in the West believe in a greenback
legal tender, and in the policy of maintaining
it against all others. The great majority of
the men who have been so far nominated for
Office reflect these views. The party was the
originator of the greenbacks, and it must prove
their friend and champion; but no reputation,
no dishonesty, no going back upon the plain
and unmstakable duty which the party owes
to its good name and the reputation of the
country it preserved.
"The scheme of the so-called National
Greenbackers means the dishonor of their
country. 1t means the reputation of our ma
tional obligations. 1t means the unlimited is
sue of Treasury notes, which, from their vol
ume, must sink to comparative worthlesness.
II means the defrauding of every man who is
unfortunate enough to hold demand against
neighbor. It means the swindling of the
pensioners of the country, by paying these
wounded veterans in notes comparatively vail
ueless. 1t means such an unsettling of values,
such revolution in finance, such an absolute
change in all our business methods and manner
OF estimating property, as to strike at the very
foundations of the government, and alarm all
save those who have nothing TO lose and ev-
erything to gain, and who know no rule of &C.
ton but selfshness. We once more ask the
sensible greenbackers of the West if they can
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gantic scheme of confscation. confusion and
anarchy ?" aua
II. J. Martin in writing to the Gro.
GER, says:
/ append a prospectus of contem-
plated business enterprise that is re.
spectfully referred to those of your
readers advocating the greenback
theory:
THE NATIONAL MILK SUPPLY.
We have struck branch of business now
that is going to be just as good thing as We
want. We propose to go into the milk trade
on the National party plan and offer splendid
inducements to the Nationals to buy their mill
| Of us. We shall have an unlimited number Of
| tickets issued, with the Government STAMP
| upon each ticket, this is a quart of milk.
| Haven't decided yet whether to keep cow OF
not-probably not. Whenever anybody wants
| a quart of milk we shall let him have it, Cow
or no COW. BY act Of Congress every
ticket is quart of milk, and the man who say
it isn't, must be a fool If any body attempts
to say that one of those tickets is not quar-
of milk wen spill it all over him.
To which the grocer responds:
Thanks for your letter. Congress should
certainly regard your scheme favorably. Suef
milk is just what the national calves want
aud they ought to have it.