The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-06-30

ana ne glanced again dl Tie IupOSlu6
looking from elevation, side elevations,
plans, diagrams and specifications, pre-
pared by the young architect.
"Tell me-" he continued, have we the
necessary rock on the island to build it
with?"
Eyes, plenty of it."
And brick?"
1--WE can make them
Lumber, sand and lime?'
Enough to put up hundred such
buildings"
Have we the mechanics, and teams
and laborers?"
"Certainly."
But no money!"
mo money"
then in a quiet but positive tone said,
II think we can manage it. After all
money don't quarry rocks, nor burn
bricks, nor chop trees nor saw 1t into
lumber, nor haul nor build-it is men who
do these things and as you say we have
the men and material, think we can
manage without money. Come back to-
morrow, and we'll talk it over again"
I'm the interval the governor held
secret session with his council, and next
day when the big deputation came he
gave out the plan that had been approved
Professionally by his advisers. 1t was
this:
"The market house will be in itself
tangible value for all the labor and cost
will be source of revenue. In view of
these two facts said Peter, we can pro-
coed to build it by issuing market house
notes to those who furnish the material,
and service as the work progresses. If
you take these notes and hold them till
the market house is completed, we, that
is the council, will receive them in pay
ment for rent and dues from the market
house until they are all taken up, after
which the market house will be our own,
everybody will have been paid and you
will have good paying property to turn
over to your children. In the meantime,
you can use these notes for trading pur-
poses among yourselves rs every one of
you knows they represent actual value
and will in time be redeemed
Bravo! we'll do it, and soon the glad
word was sent over the island of Guern-
sey, that a grand new $4,000 market
house was to be built at St. Peters.
THE proper committees were ap-
pointed by the council, the bright young
architect was given general supervision
of the work, and soon the Guernsey Is
landers were as busy as bees on their new
market house.
Every Saturday at noon, the accounts
for labor and material We're made up, laid
before the council, the notes bearing good.
Governor Peter de l'Isle Brooks signature
were issued and everything squared up.
There was a noticeable increase in
business all over the Island-not an idle
or unemployed man on it. Those who
had been in debt got out of it, and by
the time the $4,000 in notes were out
there was feeling of general prosperity.
"The building in all it's stately proper
lions was finally completed
1.-The market was divided into 80 stalls.
Each stall was leased at $25 year
making an annual income of 81, 900. The
notes were accepted as payment, and in
ten years the last one was taken up and
cancelled.
THAT market house stands there to
this day, and is still bringing in revenue
to the burghers of St. Peters and Guern-
sey.
1T never cost single penny in what
is known as money, and yet every claim
that could possibly be satisfied by money
was met
mo bonds, no coupon, no interest no
taxes-and there you are.
Does this example of what a few
isolated islanders accomplished century
ago yield no lesson of value to the people
of Pittsburg or the nation?
Can we not build market house
and auditorium on the Guernsey plan?
Can we not issue greenRcks on the
same plan?"
III not, why not?"