Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1895-08-15
GREENBACK CRAZE RELIC.
Maybe a Hint or Two In This For Other
Cheap Money Philosophers.

Maybe Hint Two In This For other
Cheap Money Philosophers.
An object lesson in currency is dis
played in Beekman street restaurant
window. 1t consists of two imitation
greenbacks pasted so that both OBJ
verse and reverse sides are shown. The
grecnbacks arc beautifully engraved and
We're issued i'll 1880 for use in the anti
greenback campaign. With them in the
window is this placard, devised by the
proprietor of the place:
FREE SILVER VERSUS SOUND MONEY.
Why not compromise on this? 1t would sat-
isfy even the worst men in all parties, might
make us secretary of the treasury and Incl
dentally make this the best known as it is the
best lunchroom in the city.
The imitation grecnback is of the ST.
600 denomination On the diverse side
in the center is this inscription:
No. a3G5iS72O9a5G7432!Oo Series 59S43702OS623l
&7
A mortgage ON all property i'll the United
States.
Swindlcvillo avenue, Washington City, July
"a, 80.
Absolute money for the sum of LOCO dolls.
Rcdecmable nowhere in nothing and by
body. The law directs that this money shall
circulate freely. When this note has been
spent, another may be had upon application at
the United States treasury.
Eternal damnation to any man who refuses
to take this bill ut par for all debts
AT the left is Il picture of Uncle Sam
turning the crank of Il machine which
grinds out thousand dollar bills, the
devil passing on the bills with pitch
fork as fast as they are turned out. In
the background is seen the capitol with
the statue of America topping from its
dome. A skeleton holds up the warning
but disregarded signal "Stopv' and a
track on broken trestle, OH which the
whole rests, points "To the devil :"
These notices decorate the illustration:
Full tender for debts, public and pri-
vate," and "Death to any man who re-
fuses to give us more credit" At the
right side appears Uncle Sam holding
out depleted pockets, while scrawny
eagle gapes hungrily at a serpent coiling
out from the fold Of fiat bill. A shat
tered and empty barrel represents tho
treasury.
The reverse Of the greenback is mostly
printed notices In the center is big
"$1 ,000," hemmed in by these four
sentiments: "Burn the bonds, =" "Shoot
the bondholders, down with cap
ital," "Vive la commune. Around tho
side are printed statements of satirical
nature. These are some of them:
The poor mans money. Tho more man has
The poorer he is.
No more work. No more interest to any.
body. Divide all property equally.
Gold is a coward.-H. b. Wright This mon
ey is not afraid of anybody.
Civilization demands money representing no
artificial valuc.-F. W. Huhhcs. This is just
the thing-rcpresents no value whatever.
When the government has completed it's work
of issuing one of these notes to each individual
in the nation, every person will be worth ST.,
900.
Many people crowded about the Win
dow the other day and scanned the
bills. Some Of them asked the proprietor
for copies of them, but he had no more
and said he believed them to be quite
rare. In workmanship, though not in
design, they are a fairly good imitation
of greenback. New York Sun.