The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-08-17

Here is volume of money that ought TO
satisfy the hungriest of greenbackers-
nearly 500 for every soul of the population.
II is shown that S27 3 $40 coo of this was in
the treasury; 1923. 744, 900 in tho national
banks: $44 100000 in the slato banks, and
$17072,000 in the savings Misunderstanding
$87l. 1882 900 in the hands of the people. The
comptroller refers to the preference OF the
people for paper money. "The people
n Throughout the country" says he, "eveFy-
where, ask for paper, and lhe banks dad
difficulty in supplying the demand, and
q like difficulty in inducing their dealers to
accept coin in payment" Even the pre-.
ference of the treasury itself for paper money
was SO grea. that 1t Is only recently that the
banks have been permitted to redeem
their circulation OF the treasury in tho gold
coin Of the constitution. The comptroller
seems 10 lament this popular desire for pa
per money, since 1t may cause the people TO
forget that legal tenders and national bank
notes are not real money, bat only promises
to pay real money, and because il may lead
to over-issue of inoonvertble money II an
occasion shall arise, In preference to raising
.,the necessary revenue by some form of tax
a,ioii=-S- course which would involve new
aud enormous l6Gsea to ine country and the
people. But II is NOT easy to SEQ how the
popular CHOICE is to beNd dealt with IL 10 at
once proof Of the SCUM mes OF our paper
monsyy, and Of its superiority 10 metal mon
ey in facility rssadllng Sna. ca,ryiiog,, AS
long as the soundness IA ina,l n" MY nv
trouble can come OF ii. Thu papei 9 9,,'s st1
redeemable in gold and silva VI ue a,,anu
and this requires the banks alS VIZ 49, sOr'in
me ! TO keep stock Of gold ars s",or Vn
hand to redeem with. Tho reaD, N, .Ohv ~, 70
hesped together In unseen hoardt s, wnVo '.'
paper representative performs Ito N UnV' ;n
Ine Immense amount Of gold N va ,nSa,,h
the country ID sign Of the country'I "'a ara
ond lie freedom from panic, ifigA" "H'
snxiety.
AS our city fathers (grandmo,hers I" -
suggested to US would be better) are ha ' sI
somo trouble eyer the Gas question. ,.bc iO,-
( rowing inrormsuon id inc Scientific Ameri-
can may interest them. They certainly,
some Of them, would be benefited by castor
oil:
AZ the gas works of Jeypore, Indis illu-
mina,ing gas IL made chiefly from castor oil,
poppy, iii, or rape seed being used when the
suppiy of castor beans Is short Ole maund
{eighty-two pounds) OF GATOR oil produces
200 cubic feet OF 90 l.2 cindle gas, or 1000
cubic feet of 10 IL candle gas. The process
of extracting tho oil for earbonlzng 10 as
follows: First, the caster seed Is passed
through the orusher, whom the shells only
arc broken off. The shells arc then picked
out by hand, and tho seed Ia again introduced
into tho crusher where II is ground TO q
paste II sthen passed into the heating
nan. and after being we'll heated II IL packed
into horsohsir bags and Allied up
no. into the press Immediately.
Aoor about twenty minutes pressing, tho
.oxudIng oil being meanwhile collected, tho
,calSo IA removed and ground over again II
Il eubsequenlly heated aud pressed second
time ua,i about SO OF 40 per cent Of oil is
obtained from the seed. Tho labor OF pres
ps-ipg aud pressing the castor seed costs Two
.shilllngs (abou, atty cents) per mauud OF o'l'