Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-17
PLENTY OF MONEY IN CIRCU-
LATlON.

NEWS Office stairs Tuesday. Great
drops of sweat stood out upon his
manly forehead, and the sad look in
his eyes and the nervous twitching
of his lips told too plainly that
something serious was engaging
his mind. With voice like the
echo of despair he asked If we had
a paper containing Bryan's recent
speech at Carthage. As we handed
him the sheet a faint smile of JOY
overspread his countenance aud we
ventured to ask about his corn crop.
"Oh, it's doing very WELL" he said,
"if ! could only find few dollars
to pay off the hired man with.
Seems like there's plenty of money
in the country, as the plutocrats
say there is, but durn my buttons
II il amt hard to get. My man has
has been working two weeks now,
and I'd like 10 let him go, but by
jacks | don't know how I'm going
to pay him. The other day l picked
some very fine peaches, plums and
berries and brought them to town,
thinking l could raise few dollars
on them, but the merchants would
not give me'a cent in cash for them.
l guess they would have taken
them in exchange tor goods If !
had insisted on il, but l didn't.
There is certainly plenty of money
in the country 10 buy such things
with, but the people don't seem 10
have the appetite for fruit they used
TO have. a few days ago l went
down near Blue Jacket to see rel
ative who owes me $l5.25. and
thought sure I'd get enough from
him To start my hired man out
with II new shirt aud a fresh plug
of Star. but not red did | get. He
said he had been over 10 town try
ing TO sell his oats, but couldn't get
bid on them, although he offered
TO take IL cents "a bushel. Plenty of
money down there, though, If a
fellow could just hit onto the right
schene to get il with. Failing on
that score l returned home and
after looking the place all over for
something that l might realize
few dollars on found that had one
fat hog which was in marketable
condition. l loaded it on the wagon
and drove in. 1t wasn't so very hot
this morning, l didn't think, but by
jacks when | got to town with that
hog he was 80 hot he died in less
than FIVE minutes after we got him
off the wagon. OF course, | pre-
sumo there was hog buyer in
town with enough cash to buy the
animal. for | am told every day
there is plenty of money in circu-
lation. but perhaps / will never
know because l never even got to
weigh that hog before he died. l
am studying hard now to find
something to tell my hired man. |
am almost afraid 10 return without
the money, but pshaw! | needn',
worry. can borrow few dollars
from some of my farmer friends
along the road. They've all got
money, either at home or in the
bank, aud | can pay it back MS soon
as corn is ripe. Corn is going to
bring a good price this fall. l ex-
pect right good grade of corn
will bring fifteen cents this fall and
times ought to be flush. There's
plenty of money to buy il with.
Pumpkins and squashes are going
TO sell well, too, and as soon as the
conference committee fellows have
got all the Doodle they can carry
aud conclude 10 let the tariff bill
become a law, there can be no fur
ther excuse for us fellows out here
in kansas-where money and every.
thing else is so plenty-not living
like lords and paying our hired
men in gold dollars. lam much
obliged for this paper. l just
wanted something to kind of brace
me up little and tide me over this
awful spell. / am satisfied there's
plenty of money in circulation and
we ought not to complain, but l
tell you these Bryan speeches are
mighty interesting reading to me.
I'll 20 out and pick you ten or
twelve gallons of blackberries in
day or two aud bring 'em in to pay
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