Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-10-21
SOME AFRICAN MONEY.
1t Consists OF Slaves, with Babies and
Children For Small Change.

Chtidrcn For Small Change.
Any recital Of recent currency expert
enccs would be imperfect that failed 10
call attention to certain anomalous fis-
cal troubles that have lately hefallen tho
people OF one Of shs negro states of west.
'ora Africa and which have not vet
passed into history to an extent that
they merit
AS is we'll known, the governments
Of the leading states of Europe with
n Wow Of iucrcaSing their cnmmor-
cial advantages through tho acquire.
mout of now markets, have, within
comparatively recent period, greatly in.
cryaScd their territorial domains and
govcrnmcnt IN and over what Is regard
cd rs UucivilEcd Africa Thus the Brit
iSh goycrumeut Is rapidly occupying
vast tract Of territory geographically
known as Nigrita, from the ciwum-
stance that IL is traverSod by, or is con-
tiguouS 60, tho ancient and once mystic.
riouS river Niger; and one Of tho Nigri-
tian Kingdoms that las most recently,
and after considerable fighting. passed
under British rule and European ideas
and enterprise, is TINT Of Nup& which
through " considerable Arab population
is to an extent u commercial country
and ~ whom tho advent Of the English
was probably not rnwoloome The cur.
roncy ot this kingdom and it's popula.
tion was mainly slaves with iuteren.
TALLY, slave tables and children serving
as subsidiary money media
IL might also perhaps he inferred
that white babies would he considered
counterfeit circulating medium and
octoroons himotalliG Tho carrying round
of two or thrco tables to mako change
would certainly To rather difficult, and
when they cried Il might he regarded rs
on account Of imitation, But anyway u
serious financial difficulty is reported
to be- impending in Nup6; for us tho
British government does not sanction
or tolerate slavery tho interesting ques-
tion has naturally arisrn What arc tho
people Of Nupo going to do for money,
or rather for culrvncyy win party
arise, M in tho United States who will
manfully contend for the maintenance
Of tho dollar Of thcir futhersy" VIII
not some "Nurtm" Bryan sct forth in
fitting language tho wicloduess of tho
decentralization of former Nuptan cur
renew
What better use Gun Senator Tel.
Ter mako of his disquisition ON tho
benefits that accrued 90 the ancient
Spartans, when they substituted iron
,nnnpy In ylnrn NJ thptr fprnnr ,,ntfin
cow and pig currency than To send
large number of copies of 1t for general
distribution ON tho banks OF tho Niger
How tho heart of ex-senator Potter of
Kansas must rejoice Mt tho historical
vindication Of his automatic financial
principle that lit matters not of what
money IL mado or what its intrinsic
value isl"
Would IL not he the part of wis.
dom for President Mckinley TO in
struct his monetary missionaries, after
they have got through with their search
In Europe for INFORMATION about cur.
rcncy around tho tables of royalty, to
Journey forthwith TO west Africa. visit
NupG and learn from the Nuptars their
opinions rs to the oifcct Of cheap money,
contingent on successful slave hunt;
and also whether thor former money
had not much to commend il by reason
of its remarkable properties for (leg)
circulation? II certainly could not have
stnil long in ono place without watch
ing. David A, Wells in Ilarper's
Weekly,