People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-02-16


the governors and all sensible men
that unless the colonies could affect
an organization, banding together or
forming a union, they all would ab-
sOlutely be murdered. They got per-
mission, sent delegates to the first
colonial convention ever called on
American soil and formed a Colo
NAL Confederation" The narrow
limits or boundary lines Of the various
colonies were blotted cat as it were
and they became one bedy for protec-
tiOn OF life and home. This urion
or consolidation proved a wonderful
success, a grand victory. There was
no thought lurking in the breast of
any acOlGaist Of dtSlOyalty to the
mpther'Country, but they had learned
a great lesson. They sOwed the seeds
Of liberty and freedom the day the
delegates met in Boston to fTrm the
colonial confederation.
Every ship brs1ght over eniigrants;
\ 8lifewsS much wore safe under the
tnewGTder Of things and a llgme in the
new world in the 18th century sud-
denly became u0re desirable.
The country was new and it was in
Iiitsvirgin state, covered With timber
and stones. The people had to have
lhOpses built, niills built, hand cleared,
clothing madt and in fact, needed
Feverything, nearly as We do today.
New came thc trying tineS Of thOss
people; trying to build h0uses, towns
pmills, etc, KithOut money. ThOsc
we're the days when furs, corn meal
maple sugar, scOwhides, Goldfish, etc.
were used as money and a legal te9'
der. This system OF BAKER and tra;St
began TO get old and then it wa!
when the colonies, Massachusetts!
leading, / Believe, coNmenced tbt
issue Of paper money based upon theil
. separate colonies, redesmable by be
ing received in payment of. salaries
taxes, etc, of said c6,ony. Il la;
the pleasure Of seeing one of thee,
= notes at the Worlds Fan, in the treas
! ury department Of the U. S. NOR
comes the era known az the first pG
per money period OF America. Tbs
money was issued by The colonies an,
loaned to ths settlers or mortgage Sc
curity at about an aserage OF tiu
per cent. Several millions of thi
money was put in circulation. Saw
mills, grist mills. tanneJ.eS, wood ant
blacksmith shops, cOgering shop
, and everything needed sprang int
existence as # by magic. Prosperity
was broadcast. Thrift. Industry. au(
enterprise vas on every hand. Tn,
people were cOntented and happy
The man Wis cleared tie land ac
, oepted this new money fof his labor
the grOceryman for his groceries, Tia,
wOOdman for GiS lumber, the mile
fer his flour, tEc weaver fer hiSlinSey
} flannel and linen, the tanner for hi
leather and tie colony for intcreS
. and taxes. DQwn deep liz the ar
ChigeS Of history. both American ant
English, it is recorded thal during
! this period the people Of the cOlOnie
> were more prosperous and made great
er advancement chan ever was &nowl
] in the history Of the world up TO tina
time. Why were these people lwht
shortly afterwaPd became our gevO
lutionary fOrefatherS) more prosper
Gus duri0g the paper money era thar
t before it was issued or after it va
. destroyed. The money was in Us
probably twenty years and its run
= ming mate was prosperity. The,
went hand in hand in that day ant
down 80 the present time.
Along in tue sixties OF the 18th cen
= tury, a member Of the English parlia
ment visited this country. He fount
e this unaccOuntable prosperity broad
] cast in the land; these people hat
, ceased borrowing gold and Englisl
r sovereigns and pounds from tn
! wealthy Of England and the bank 0
: England was becoming useless ant
demanded of the king why the Amer
I ican subjects dispensed with the us
e of their gold. Our fOrefatherS wer
]. gradually becoming Americanized
b They were attempting to walk alOn
q and had quit wOrshiping the goldeI
\ calf and paying tribute to Johnn
: Bull, which was the direct cause 0
j her displeasure. These grand me
: and women were getting rich and liy
n ing happy. Everybody had plenty I
t eat and wear. They shipped million
S Of dollars worth of agricultural prod
r uctS back to the old world and pai
] tLeir debts to the nation and to thei
friends and were out Of debt and ou
T of danger as they thought. The
v looked back upon the actions of Wi
t liam Penn, believing the continue
4 tion Of his policy and treatment Q
= the Indians would silence their onl
y enemy and Deace. nrosnaritv and lil