, 1880-12-26
ELI PERKINS.

| ELI PERKINS.
Court-House Butlt on Fiat Principles
Temperance In Illfnols-1ndfana to
BE Forever Kepubllcau-st Bill - En-
gllsh.
| 1n thu Editor of TIE Chicago Ttibune
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Dec D-At Carllns-
vile, ILL.,, a little village put down as the
| county-seat of Macoupin County, is tho
Eighth Wonder Of the World. In that VIII
1age Is perhaps the tinest-fnished building in
the State OF Illinois. 1t is Courthouse
which cost Sl,75o,0o0. The splendid iron
dome OF this Courthouse rears, like the
Pantheon, above all the surrounding build
fngs. The best residences OF the village look
like dwarfed huts beside it. Two hundred
years from now, when every building In tho
county shall have passed away, this great
pills OF stone and iron will stand ~
memento OF the grand ideas OF the tariy set
tiers. This building will stand thousand
years. There Is no reason why 1t shunl.! not
stand as long rs the Cologne Cathedral, OF
even the Parthenon at Athens. 1t Is built ~
well
FLAT F1xAyc1ER1xo.
When ! asked a resident of CarltnvIllo
how much they paid for this building. ho
said:
"Not single cent, sir. We built It on nat
money. We gave county bonds for II This
is Democratic county, SIR"
And the bouds-were they not pald%'
asked.
"No. They were fat bonds. There Was
no money behind them. We built this build
ing years ago, and we've never had can. In
the Treasury since"
q Are the bonds eood?''
"Certatnly. Why not? Maconpin County
Is the, richest county in tho State. OF courso
her fat money Is good.'
est ?'
:" Issue more bonds. sfr.--more fiat money.
o sir, VIC can teach the world Hnance-A&r
coupin County can"
" But don't the creditors tho holders OF
this fat money, complaint ~
"Of course they do. When they clamor
very hard real estate goes down around tho
Courthouse. Some man flgure4 up how
much the county was worth one day,-all the
land In it,-and 1t was found to be worth
S3,o0o,oo0. The lawyers said the whole coua-
ty would have to be sold out"
s. But you didnt't sell 1t, did your"
10 no! Land went down all over tho
county. Farms worth $50 an acre went down
to $40. The creditors found out that, II they
sold us out at these low prices, kha county
would not bring enough to redeem its own
money. Dur money, sou sec, di0ercd frum
the bank money. Their money has goi1 an4i
silver behind it. 1t Is fnct When they
talked earnestly OF selling out farms. they
found our farms weren't worth anything.
Nobody would buy them"
Well, how do tho creditors stand now7"
H.u MM'a r,
They're waiting, SIR They've Got our
fiat money. It'sall right"
" But they can't pass it?v
mo; but they can keep It. The County
Of Macoupln Is behind it. It's roo<Lr
tnese oonas'-reaeem INC liat money!
WHY, no. Why should It: Fiat money
isn't to oe redeemed. rs to be usss. bns
On On t4s@: S 9 oit xss keen ~ Ssaal'' % "
:, :, M'at was It =" ASKED.
Nhy, we refunded. ihats goo1 Worn.
I,r-e-1-u-n-d-etl. Every deb!9r ouRnk 70
the old fiat bonds drawing interest-tiat IN
tertst-at per cent aud issued new has
bonds at per cent. Then we mada 'en
take ~ cents on 5he dollar"
" n otner nat non4s ...... :.
" course. we 91n.t use leai money IN
d;ro,, a"ii itnWw,. f,naai ne daht rhot IL
onot1.er 1oo,, ,ynrd Mf-n.n-I.a1 waij ws
4nndas tba II m nnadaht I,,rr ~ q n 1on >
I'D he crptitnrs ink Il -, '
"fY course Thnt took S3Oo oGo right otf
a', ha n on,ntr mi o' "s' ~ Wv az AA
Nv hat viii you donexto,,
"Why. fund asain: and then Veil keen on
fnnf1ing iii thass f,rsi hon,a oraaii taren IN
anu sae T sr9 1IF zee tan%a
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