Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-07-04
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Ths special corrsspondeut Of the
Boston Tfansefips says; ss6tickenr are
giving the goveenmsnt z LOT OF ooene!'
rhsy are circular blts Of paper with sd-
vsrtlssmsuts on ths facs and muciltfe
on ths bach. Made By The LICK OF The
tongue 70 adhere 70 The revere OF .
oliver dollar, one Of these little plasters y
lust big enough % &C inside Of The mtlied
rim. They have beeu coming widely
Into use In he west and south. Every
time Q merchant receives cartwheei
dollar In the way Of business be elaps
sticker upon it, which reads, "TAks me
back to Buggs' Cheap Furniture House,
where you Eet the biggest value Tor
cash. Or, "Rsturu me 20 Snaggs, tho
Dry Goods Man and I VIII Fetch
Bargain"
T6is inseuious Idea ID copyrighted By
. Columbus man, Who prints and sup.
plies the gummed stickers 70 merchants
at 20 much . thousand. HE circulars,
distributed broadcast over tho country,
sugEest that shop-keepers had better
make haste TO avail Themselves OF this
novel method Of advertising before q
Law 10 passed forbidding Il. Meanwhile
dollars with stickes on them Are lowing
Into tho treasury from all over tho
United States. Bankers and business
houses are writing every day 70 the
department, begging IL TO aoate the
uulsance, which ln the west has already
spread alarmlpgiy.
Many people are unwilling to accept
the sticker dollar, and % the circulation
Of Uncle Sans coins 10 interferod with.
Most banks viii not take them, because
the trezury has Issued notification 70
the effect that Il will not accept or re
deem them. Il holds the ground that
they are defaced and are not legal
tender on that account. Il 10 true that
they might be restored to their original
perfection by removing the stickers, but
Secretary Carlisle has no appropriation
for scr1plng them on. The mucll ,ge en-
ployed Il Of 90 excellent . quality that
Twelve hours soaking does not loosen
the paper from the silver.
Furthermore, the covering up OF one
side of the coin renders it greatly more
difficult TO discover whether the latter 10
A counterfeit or not. Chief Drummond
of the secret service yesterday showed
10 your correspondent specimen OF the
arst imitation dollar ever struck with .
die. It Ia plated with silver, and few
experts could distinguish II from real
one. The deception was considerably
enhanced by sticker on the reverse
advertising shoe house 10 Ottumwa, To-
Were this practice permitted, manu-
facturers of false money would make .
business of FASTING on the backs OF
their bogus pieces advertisements bear
ing the names of reputable shopkeepers.
Thus, inasmuch a. . respectable mer.
chant would not knowingly use bad
coins to publish his business. his credit
would help the counterfeiters to gain
circulation; also, how IL anybody TO
know that the side OF the dollar conceal.
ed BY the sticker has not been scooped
out and filled up with lead?
Fortunately there IL legal enactment
forbiddlng the DETACHMENT OF United
States money, and that law II to be en-.
forced for the Immediate suppression OF
this new attack upon the currency.
Many district attorneys In various part.
of the country have already Threatened
to prosecute merchants using the stick
ers, and the business will be brought to
an abrupt close. Oddly enough. scheme
wholly similar was started few years
ago, but It was nipped In the bud before
Il had chance to spread. Men some
times stamp their frm names on coins
Likewise they print their business cards
on the backs OF 81 or % bills. Such
acts are strictly forbidden by law. The
penalty IL 600 fine for each note or COLI
so marked.