The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-05-28

me Thousand n all. ~ reporE tAt q
o. auauus 81 money ~ all Kind
walch they h--hd u a certain day Tht~'
reports snow that we have not IN cir
culartou II rais country The amount p
r,sn-v thar i usually claimed For ex
anpia. the la<- .~Es r. given cur by ~
SsaDGcDl.er Dee >. 1870. SHOWS mat ~
July II. lsss5. az u the banks ~ "a
Jared States. national. state and pFi
vars. hell Only ssSit. III "a. while al
ne sa-re time l1ere We're IN The treas
Ury Of TIE TnitsSt States. as claimed
hy re reports. S42s5iT.1iS. hut 81
eris sun. there We've Slu> .-lo-s~eJ IN
Sold which was held as ! reserve and
was net xsa.llbls for CIRCULATION This
iefr .Ae t0-zl amount ~ money IN the
hack< and n TIE treasury az tlAt tine
So AIS as. This was ali The money 10
signr az raa. THE available for c1rcuA-
tn Os TIE sum held by the hanks
$I2-. 81. oae Consisted 0t gold. and this
wAs al u The available <old then N the
rai.@d States. lac foregoing sums
comprise al tie money We taen had IN
tbs county except what there was IN
tle pockets OF the people And mas
rrc1 a. we 1ave banks in every VII
Lg- and ne have had years OF idleness
.i1v1z wh.-a LITTLE savings Were ex-
sauS-esf- and nasnuch as building a.
scctl-tocs have = late years absorbed
rAa-s- al the money that used 10 BE-
hell 5v private individuals K j. Calm
ell ~ competent judges that when you
f-cille the co,ored people - the south
AMI rle poor every y asre thar AZ aver
az OF s. per family would b. a high
- = - Il 4
tine n the pockets ~ TIE people. As
there were then iess than fourteen mii-
La fam...-- that would make les than
$1,000 Go. bu1 Il We double this sum
AMI assume that there was On an aver
ere $40 n tho hands OF every family
4 -Aa Tr--et >sArss at that time. X
would MIKE less than Slt0.Oo10eo. Ad
ding that 70 what there was then in
-h@ banks AMI n TIE treasury and II
z Ves Il Tie total money IN this coun-
Try. wl4c1 = less than SLIGO. o.. 90.
BE- Tie treasury officials persist IN
giving ou. n-ur-> published by the
director Of rhe mint in which he
.-y altogether $I.6Jl. $1,000: that
.-a- there arr SSls. l0r coo Of gold
alone = LIS country But \ his report
for 1892 tie director explains thar rhese
r <u-es are Z plr- estimated and in
part based on assumption In the first
rlac~ e assumed thar every dollar OF 4
paper issued BIZ tie national govern I
rre1t d1-!n- lie list thirty years or 4
r-c-e a1d ~ TIE national banks OF this \
country : Sill n circulation except 4
wsere i record hzs been made OF is
- T. -.
rore has been lost or destroyed IN all
'1a- tine. Second h assumes t-ar all
DS TIE gold which tie records OF the
r-s-c1 houses ard az re minis show
'1re into this c0ulsTy Is sill in circu-
a-Ao-- except where there Is record
= - expcr-a-so1 or of is use IN the
lr-x In o-1e- words. lie makes no
l-c-a1cs for what has been lost and
sesrruEed during quarter OF cen
Try 1s makes 10 allowance FOR what
ras lc>- 81 abrasion during thar time:
le 1zk-< 10 allowance for WHIST was
1rrtet acT0>s our southern bouniarv
or j quarter OF a century. un-eccrdei.
lu- for WAT was carried across our
ic-rhs-1 boundary during thar time. |
nd % waich 10 record Wa L lie. nor
o. Wat vas carried 20 x A. during !
az the and % which no record was
.1te- He makes 10 allowance FOR
llt WIS rssd Z he arts and 0f which
70 r-pr-- vas Elale- and h. makes 10 r
l-0wA1ee for what WIS carried TO Eu- /
'9pe IT, r1e p0eke-s of our pope dur +
- quarter ~ century. In A.- re- 7
OF Tor 1871. ~ dr-er1r -av~ that The 1
r-or1- ~ ue1~y which the Amerfczn 1
e'Spse spent n EUROPE dr.. u< the year :
s1e farAS exposition was estimated !,
( over $4,000 go or course. most Of :
~ vas registered II the form If let
- " ers-ir. ETC. bur > much OF IL as
as carried n the Poe kets Of the people
"a nOc r-- >r@r-i. ~ tL4t the tables =
req ou- ~ The director 0f the mint. u
Len carefully examined ia the Light b
Information which he himself has VI
ven OH n prior reports. are 81
iund 70 he absolutely worthless. U,
The o-1e- figures given bv the comp q
pll-r. that have referred 10. are &C v
lrArp- They practically constitute an d
lverr7-v n everything IN sight. and v
- show tha- instead IL having So. % II
r caF-ra n c-rrula-i0u q rhI- country. n
= have not -ot slJ.0y per capita in c,-- q
-llt.c1 u -h.S country. while England n
= s-l-- Franr~ S3-77. Germany a
s-'. Bel- I'm <-l.~2 and the Neither a
--fs $50 We are drifting toward n
p Pass * the paup@rizad cou-tria- AZ =
1-0p@- Italy mas <Ir-s Der CAPITA q
Elsrr-a-HEr-arv $40 81. Russia s. ~. =
rem Impoverished Spa "a has Sfs5j. o
II = most remarkable fact TIA, ne n
- lon held ~ 4 people N the scale Of "
Ti-izar.0n sa-rnS always 20 depend on r,
= amount - noner they have 10 ec- u
ial CIRCULATION. According 20 The tables "
sued BY the United States treasurer W
rrkey has S+fs pr capita. Meyico a,
~. Central American states s. ~, fl
LA S.ls3, China SOS and Servia m
Bank-rS have been heard 10 sav even II
i1-l- a PANE tlar there was plenty e
money This was done 70 keep the j
in.lc ron becoming alarmed. FOR %
~ business man knows that X IL not r
- a. t1= facts that so many banks Fl
" l-<1 rates of interest on deposits
cNs t-at K i not true. During the
X lal.c -As New York hanks actually :,
-i,-ls-ed payments and forced tie 1,
-FAle = tlAs clearing house certiA- 4,
- X Aa$- however. heen found !,
-if AFTER 2 panic produced bv a greg, y, -
.ss- Zen. t4e money that IS left y
w. re-ar1 the cities and lias Tale y