The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-06-19

Let the Free s1verites Take Warning
From This Lesson.
Editor OF The Times:

I plan Sea, being bounded on the norm ny
l tho OXus river. and on the south Dy 'he
famous Parthian empire. lHele u GU
rious reference 10 this knsnon III iioi''''
| Had, Book NV. 40 was a remote i'e'0"'
| but, prosperous as IL was pIousne i.'o
I contact with The outside worm ~ 'ne
| numerous caravans OF merchants VINO
| passed Through Leathiand ~ 'heH JyDl"ey
| FROM tho Persian Gulf 10 the great port
| of Trapezus. on the Black sea. mus they
received the wares Of the Last ana west
! The leading occupation % e"S -
| ple was farming ana SUN '-..-.'.s'
| but there were al-O SO"'0
! featuring, ana considerable CONNIE 0'' -
/ reason OK these great caravans l'at F,94''N
tAcm. Tie general name 4oi W."
Was Pecunla, just a. inc emp
ltoiie were cii'ed $780,. -.
! Romans, TOO Lley taeI Ai''' 'D
| Tho classical reader VIII l'ii''''.D, -
aes, meaning niass' was 1ilo
1 WI" lAe Romans 1870 .,.,.
IA Lftl MANI, however .oi - q.
| IIlvr 10 inc lAiItet"lh D''-''' -, -
Hag D.eh lHe custom 10 ''o 80. ,,,,,cb
oi iealAei' stamped, lot lNo-' -. ,.,.
as some American cities no" use
| tickets for change. THIS hiNH OF Ho"yS
Tor "a long time was io'd"! CO''F e'i''u.'
But during one season me sHoelH"M 81 -
! OF whom there were "a great Aul"ueI' "'lu-
| ing their trade extremely oull' eainS ~
tAe notion mat they coDiu me- ''D 49,
'''0'+.i~' ny rf.1'-a '''''' -
on large scale into money, lA.neI 'l .,.l
mo sho'a. inc elI""o DD' - ., o9' e.,l
itlloW VINO Aial Threw o"l us 100 'Vt''-
''" i'io"e.7' DI1 as "~-0 1--'' -,
many suoeil.hei7' 'n go, 49,. -
Jol"t" MN l'' ."' "h''''-o'' ~, 80.
'Aet money -"-I "'i'.~ "''- -
inc hlns pun lHe Io!a- STUMP VI '' 80
pieces or leather ABOUT ,l-o s4@l ~ a. -.
inch. NOW me royal stamp "oui- mn
thl7 piece OIL AlI1, "'l." "-' " -. 80
tinsicaliy about Genus lA OUT Nlo'.'''
pass current Tor about lV ee"'a''iI-0 80
hoped The hlLs, VINO was no" '1"' nay
ia jas dotaae' Woui- ie1 '"'"l '''""0
much OF THIS ie4-ner money "' ''-I'
ed, they saw now b4lsh t"'l'
would no once become All Oh VIC
makers were shfewd enough 70 l"Ao UP 'iie
idea Immediately. Ihty pahuea to-,uH.-'
and a8ltatel cleFerly inc question hlvN5
their customers. il a. once appeared 1Hat
al men who were I'm debt were III I"FoF
of tAe new 5lI@re-mcn lealAer money.
for reasons patent 10 OH. a party was or
gan.zcd. known as tho Squarc-Inck party,
which showed the worklnemen tnat. money
thus becoming So plentiful, they would get
higher wages. ana that their wages would
go further than under the old system,
based on BRASS which was becoming
50 scarce.
When IL seemed that the shocmakors.
and the debtors. ANA the dupel workmen,
were euficfontlv united aud numerous to
control the viii 81 the old King, some OF
She cnterprisnC sh0Cmakcrs began 10 buy
no an tho leather they could Get. even
"a. q
ecvthfa and eorIiara 20 buy droves OF
cattle. in order 10 get their hides 10 tan.
Thus they stored up great masses Of
Df1as fn e~nor-affor ~ fta change from
hraes to .-rr4ro-Trchr money. These
r,,,roharos tonf-f "a mako brass only the
razor in Tcafhland as that metal was
dr,frc5 ~, o., ot,,or countries 10 pay for
tcotbo. rov,-rff.s and cattle hv the
sro,.,iatf,, 81 tho eh,omaicrs. Finally,
,,l,.... - ca eo,~ee fhat the hungry
,oob NOT rroVfrr the cause Of their
e-riovarcos fock.l 10 tho palace Of the
kim who sfnl opposed tho "Square-Inch-
ors onl cried out aucrily that they
I'll tt.t--ta+ tho n4laco. unless he
d.or.ol thar the "squarc-Inch' money
ehorld become LEGAL. The poor old King
mn last Welded. and the people went away
rejoicing. The future was now bright.
Work and money were plentiful.
In a. short while. however. they iouni,
TO their utter surprise that tho great mcr-
chants Of tho caravans upon which Lcaih-
land was largely dependent for many ne
cessarios Of iife. would not take IN pay
mont for their wares any money hut brass.
- frsi The roafhlandera reluctantly naii
down the brass. and took tho brilliant
efuffs brought hv the caravans. But. 10
troir chacrfn. whom the supply OF brass in
tho country was about exhausted. the
caravans coiecd 90 visit their towns and
took o. different route. one remote from
thcm This act cut tho Leathiandcrs
deeply. not only because they wanted ,''
fabfcs brought by inc '.'"' guy
because they had boon wont 10 g'l a i'I-'
income by feeding tho cam'lS NM lI'i
I'm the caravans. as 'hey lonfheNe" 'Ho"-n
Ioathland Now there were no cara vans
and this fact LEFT many gooh "orkul.n
without anything 10 do. The POOR people
found too. as soon M All the brass h"a
disappeared from Ioath'and. that the
Souaro-Tnch money. in which their WAGES
were paid bv the wealthy lords. VINO sun
kent some brass stored nWaN. was worm
only cents. instead cf 10 conis. Che value
at which they received &c. This hurt them
IeaiY h'EN, 'l NV. ' ....,,.. .,+ ,,,t.ir,,
',.D' ..,. 90 ,,,,.b os thov ro-
nov .t