The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-17
Tut NE.RAsKa>'- CASE.

The fact which we stated on Sunday III
regard TO the Nebraska farmer Mr.. > l.
Collins being unable to raise small
sum Of money IN Nebraska ought 10
make a profound impression upon the
mind OF every person who reflects II is'
I'm our Judgment. a fact OF SUCH trans
cendcnt importance that We shall copy IL
from our Sunday article just as II was
then stated. as follows:
Mr. s. l.. Roberts. OF Collins. Neh. has
recently been Ia treaty for farm III
Virginia. lie has farm IN Nebraska VI
Gao acres that. he saws. IS worth $40 per
acre. and he has on 1t 30 head OF horses
lie desired TO ship twenty of those horses
ia virginia. and we have seen letter
from him. asking his agent here II ne
could not borrow on the bill OF ladins
for the horses. enough money 10 pay ther
freight I'm Transporting them mere lie
said ne could not borrow enough money
I'm Nebraska on anything he had 10 pay
the freight to Virginia on these twenty
horses We make the following extract
from his letter:
Money Is close here. and ! am hard
up. The bank loans money at . per cent
a month. when 1t has got IL. but mas
none TO loan now. ] can't borrow at al
Now we ask any one this question: II
there were no restrictions upon banking
would not the people OF Nebraska be able
10 provide some sort OF q substitute for
money. with which they could transact
their affairs
Mr.. William r. Trigg told the Banking
and Currency Committee. when he was
before Il last week. that in 1913 he went
TO South Carolina 10 settle claim OF the
Danville railroad against the Columbia
and Greenvne railroad. lie found that the
latter railroad had FOR some time adopted
"A system Of issuing amongst the people
tickets. which read on their faces that
they were good for so many miles OF
travel or for so many hundred weight OF
freight for so many miles These tickets
were passed from hand TO hand by the
people az cash. and he found that the
people who lived along the line OF the road
were prosperous and contenied. But the
United state District Attorney got after
the road and broke up the practice, as
an infringement upon the exclusive right
OF the United States TO furnish paper
currency. and those people have been as
destitute ever since Of media Of exchange
as the rest OF the agricultural people.
No doubt. they are now as rampant free
coiners as any others I'm South Carolina.
Now what reason that has any sense in
il can be suggested why these people
should not have been allowed this none
tary convenience. These tickets hurt no
body. They never strayed away from the
Jfne OF the road. and on this road they
answered the purpose of the people per-
fectly. Why should they not have been
/ allowed the use Of them?
II the people of Nebraska had no re-
strctions placed upon them they also
would get up some monetary convenience,
and then their banks would always have
media Of exchange to lend. and at per
cent. q year. instead Of 3 per cent. ii
month. Nebraska is a Popuiist State.
! and. although We can only look with pity
upon any man who thinks he can relieve
| himself OF a precont distress by getting
| into the still deeper one OF tfty-three
cent silver dollars, yet We entirely sympa-
! thize with the revolt OF the Nebraskans
against present conditions. They mistake
the remedy only-their grievance is just
as unsupportabe as they represent it to
! be.
Yet the North and East hold on to pres
ent conditions. and refuse TO yield an iota.
Very well. let them look out for 1900.