Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-08-13

Wife; say, John, who owns the bulk
Of national bondsY"
John: "Jay Gould, the yanderbilts,
and the Rothchilds OF Europe"
What we're they payable in, In the
first place?p
"The original contract provided that
they should be payable in national cur.
rency Greenbacks.n
"When was that contract changed
and what effect did 1t nave upon the
market value OF these bOndsY"
"Thcy changed the contract In the
month OF March go; this act was called
the public strengthening act and by so
doing they made the7 80 bonds, nearly
ono billion Of them, payable in the law
ful coin of the nation. OF course this
made the possibility Of paying them
more remote, and as the interest was
payable in gold it was an exceptionally
good investment, and OF course increased
the value OF these bonds.N
"What effect did IL have upon our
products as farmers?"
1T simply deprecated the value OF all
farm products, for il is fact that just
In proportion as the expenses to carry
on the government increases, thus en-
failing an extra burden upon the farmer
lust in that proportion farming became
Improbable and farm values decreased" I"
"What are these bonds payable in
nowyn
In goldn
''ln gold how is that? thought
you said that the credit STRENGTHENING
act made them payable in silver and
gold"
$50 it did, my dear, but the poor
bOndholder found that silver was be-
coming more plenty and there was dan
ger that we would have an easier time
paying the bond than we deserved so
they hired. coaxed. or bulldozed con-
gress into demonetizing silver, thus they
made gold the sole standard and prac-
tically the only lawful coin OF the reve-
nue., then their bonds took another sail
skyward. and the farm took another
drop toward Hades."
"rhen If we should have free coinage
OF silver 1t would put the bonds back
upon the credit strengthening act OF
1862 and the value of the bond would
be deprecated in proportion.
THAT is il exactly and the value OF
the farm and its products would in
crease In proportion for the reason that
there would be more money in circula-
ton"
"Oh yes, John, see now why it is
that old Alvin Thomas is so wonderful
ly afraid that we would have free coin
age of silver; he has lots and lots OF
those national bonds His sister Nan
cy told me all about it,
eyes. and that is the reason that the
poor old Irishman on the hill over yon-
der Is so good an alliance man. You
know he and his wife were evicted from
their old home just because he could
not pay the mortgage.
Isn't it horrible? and at this age
tool But, dear, how cid this system OF
legaiized robbery come about?n
well, you see we, or that the-male
portion Of the-the 'er well-well the
voters elected men 10 the legislature
for them and they have betrayed our
confidence year in and year out, and
we've 've-well, cOnfound it,, we've
made a BANKED Jassax OF ourselves for
the last 20 years voting for our dear old
party good Lord, don't ask me any
more questions or I'll go out and ask
the first man meet to kick the gunny
sack patches of my best pants. Oh!
ohw
"Ha, ha, ha Say. John, don't you
think women should be allowed TO
vote?"
Great Heavens, yes. Say, come
on, lets go down and join the alliance.
Alliance Leader.