Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1895-07-27
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GREENBACK CRAZE RELIC. !
HIaybe Hint or Two In This For Other
Cheap Money Philosophers.

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
greenbacks are beautifully engraved and
were issued in 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 mon in all parties, mi at
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 greenback is of the ST.
600 denomination. On the diverse side
in the center is this inscription:
No eSo54s72OSaSG74s2 Series 5osl37O2OS62Sl.
mortgage on all property in the United
States.
Swindlevine avenue, Washington City, July
a. 80.
Absolute money for the sum Of 1000 dolls.
Redeemable nowhere in nothing and by no.
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 at par for all debts.
At the left is a picture of Uncle Sam
turning the crank of a 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 "Stopp' and a
track on a broken trestle, on which the
whole rests, points "To the devil. I"
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 Unclo Sam holding
out depleted pockets, while scrawny
eagle gapes hungrily at serpent coiling
out from the fold of a fiat bill. A shat
tered and empty barrel represents the
treasury.
The reverse of the greenback is mostly
printed notices. In the center is a big
"$1, 000," hemmed in by these four
sentiments: Burn the bonds, " "Shoot
the bondholders, " Down with cap
ital, >" "Vive Ia commune. " Around the
side are printed statements of satirical
nature These are some Of them:
The poor mans money. The moro man has
the poorer he is.
No moro cork. No moro interest to any
body. Divide all property equally.
Gold is a coward.-H. b. Wright. This mon
sy Is not afraid of anybody.
Civilization demands money representing no
artificial value.-F. W. Huhhes This is just
the thing-rcpresents no value whatever.
When the government has completed its work
Of issuing one of these notes to each individual
in the nation, every person will be worth ST.
000
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 a greenback.- York Sun.