The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-07-23
FREE COINAGE Of TOBACCO.
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M. .Rosser M Dear and Honored Friend: |
I am in trouble up to my neck. am
standing in mire and the floods overflow
me. l am weary of crying night and
day, aud no one seems to hear me nor to
care for me. That is why wish to pour
my tale into your ear, for l know. that
you have q sympathetic soul and heart
big enough to reach as far as the uni
verse spreads its flaming wall. know
this is true because you are q bachelor,
and then again beautiful young lady
in Cincinnati told me 90. Here on this
earth we live such unhappy and uncer.
tain lives, and see our darling plans 90
often thwarted and our sweetest hopes
come to nothing, that by the time We
get as old as you and / we come to the
conclusion that there is nothing true but
sorrow!
But excuse all this. Coming at once
to the point, will say that have made
nothing. Not that my ground does not
produce good crops, for 1t is of Ohio river
bottom and will raise anything. l am q
tobacco raiser and my barn is full OF it
and there is new crop coming on--the
plants all eloquent with promise under
the rain and sunshine of these long
pleasant summer days. My neighbors
have lots of tobacco also, and some have
two or three crops on hand. But we are
all hard up and have nothing to buy
stuff for the baby's dress and pay taxe,.
Here of late l have laid awake nights
trying to think of some way out OF the
trouble. If we could only eat the to.
bacco, like we do lots of other stuff we
raise, we would be all right, but that we
can't do. The silver question dots not
trouble us, nor do we know the meaning
of the gold bug talk. 1t hes been 80
long since we saw either of these metals
we have forgotten how they look or
jingle.
Casting our eyes over the country we
see thousands and thousands of poor
creatures in the same box. In every di-
rection the barns are bursting with the
weed which Sir Walter Raleigh pro.
nounced "divine," and which King
James said was the "child of the devil." !"
The clouds hang dark aud threatening
all along the road OF the future and un.
les, something is done mighty quick we
will all be either in the oor house or
insane asylum.
Now write to say that We must take
the first step at once and that is to hold
a Joint convention at the town hall on
Bull Greek on the 4th day of July and
petition Congress to pass law to com
pei the free and unlimited coinage OF
tobacco and make it legal tender for
the payment of all debts. 1t would also
be good idea for the government 70
make corner on the stuff and compel
the nations of the earth to buy it from
| us, at say s. per pound. The idea grows
upon me even as write. The poesibil.
tiles are almost beyond reason In The
words OF the astute Col Mulberry Sell
lers, there are millions in it. Looking
back over the pages Of history we find
that once during the halycon days of
Colonial Virginia tobacco was medium
of exchange, and that many of che proud
young planters bought their wives with
1.-THE price of bride running from 1Co
to 500 pounds, according to age, good
looks, freckles, gray hairs, teeth, ct I'd
Ornne.
Now, Mr.. Editor, want you to sound
the loud timbrel DER Egypt's dark sea,
beat the bass drum, ring the bells, sound
the tocsin, send forth the call. Let the
mighty freemen of the border awake
from their deep sleep and proclaim their
independence. Come together on free.
dom's natal day at the town hall on Bull
Creek and demand the free coinage of
tobacco.
Bring the people from everywhere,
from the sea to sea, and the river to the
ends of the earth. To quote the words
of the Governor of Colorado, "Let us
have our rights or ride in blood up to
our bride bits" A. N. ELLIS.
Brooks Bar, June 27, 1896.