Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-08-21
"PRoF. WILEY" smoke in the

"PaoF. WILEY" spoke in the
Courthouse last night. The "Prof. -
we suppose now means Professor OF
Greenbackery. Il used TO mean Pro-
fessor Of the shoe bench, bat at that
time II was more Profession than
practice There was too much work
in it. Then it meant Prof. of Law
before the Justice conrts around Man
keto In Minnesota, but that did not
buy as good clothes as Professor OF
Greenbackery. Then "Prof.n meant
Professor of Spiritualism-ard drift.
ing off into Prof. OF Infidelity. An
other change and Prof. meant Pro
lessor of Temperance. The learned
"Prof. no doubt lectured as well in
all these fields and some others as in
Greenbackery. He is as well posted
in one as in another and got his post
ing in all of them on curb stones and
around hitching nosts. 1t Is morti-
flying to observe how some of our
good citizens allow their mental APP
paratus to be befnddled by such
empty pated bawlers-iellows who
never in their lives read chapter on
political economy or ever read care
full thought on finance.
We heard only little of Prof.
Willey's clap-trap. Was just in time
to hear him say that Sherman claimed
that zoe are the silver men because
we gave you silver tor the forty mil
lions of fractional currency there
were out. And then the "Professor"
said we did it by giving s40,ooo,0oo
OF bonds running thirty years at a
cost of six per cent. to the people
for the peoples own money! How
much, then, will it cost you to re-
deem that fractional currency? 1t
will cost you all of it, triumphantly
answered the professor. All of il?
1t will cost you too times all OF it,
and, adding emphasis each time, he
said three times, four times, five
times, six times, and eight millions
more. He is Professor" of math-
ematics, for he had made the calcu-
lation, aud found that the cost would
be as here stated. This is all based
OH his statement that the Govern
ment borrowed $40, 900 on inter-
est bonds with which to buy silver 10
redeem the fractional currency; But
when his smiling and applauding
hearers come to learn that this
statement is not true, Chat the Gov.
eminent dil not borrow the money at
at alp won't they feel sort o.
screen" for taking in all his fog.
horn emphasis with their gaping
mouths and clinching it with their
stamping feet?
Just as baseless and empty as
that, WAS all the rest If his speech
that we heard and doubtless all that
we didu't hear. The prof" made
a comparison between farmer Jones
and banker Straight in which every
year farmer Jones gave something
for taxes and interest and the bank.
er laid up money by hanging to his
taxless bonds, and after awhile farm
er Jones mortgaged his farm to
banker Straight to get money he
wanted to use. Tho comparison
made US think Of the way some of
the farmer Joaeses are doing
prof" Carey comes along and gets
out of them s25 90 a day and board.
Another prof" comes along and
gets $1,000 a day and board. Brick
Pomeroy sends around his circulars
and gets out of them inDumerable
half dollars and dollars. A good
many ether tricks occur like G.. w.
Lees collecting money to fight tie
dog law, for instance, and finally
this Minnesota tramp, as a better
business than shoemakiDg, comes
along for his board and whatever
more he can pick up so as to send
once in coon's age a S. 90 green.
back home to waiting family.
which S. 90 he claims is lost in the
mail.
All of these pickings coma out of
the farmer Joneaes who pay the |
taxes and go 10 the "Professors"and
Bricks and tramps who board on
them and pay no taxes. 1t seems
to us by mathematical calculation
that if this thing is kept up some of
the farmer Jonrses may want to
mortgage their farms to the Pro-
fessors."
Honest farmer, honest toiler, the
currency is not what is the matter
with you. Your grief will never be
allaycd by listening TO lazy tramps
who sponge their living off of you.