The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-02-16
PESTIFEROUS POSTAGE STAMP
SOME REMARKS AND OBSERVA.
TLONS BY A WESTERN EDITOR.
Uncle Sam VIII Sell You All You Want.
But Won't Redeem Them. No
Chance for tho Money Sharks
Here.


Chance for the Money Sharks
Did you know that the government
has refused to redeem its own postage
stamps in gold or any other kind of
money? Aye, worse than that; it won't
even exchange other postage stamps
for them. The facts are that it looks
as though the postoffice department. is
getting stuck-up and independent.
A few days ago one of our many ad-
miring friends sent US dollars
worth of nice, new, clean, never-had-
Observation-Disclosures postage stamps
in payment of his years subscription
Being in the post Office shortly after
ward we called at the window and ask
ed the stamp clerk to give us the cash
tor them. With a look of dlsdain and
with an Importance that comes only
from long service in public capacity,
he informed us that he was selling
! postage stamps and not buying. We
then requested him to exchange and
| give us One-Centers for our tWos. He
simply pointed to a printed notice
hanging near by which informs the
public that Uncle Sam does not even
trade stamps. We, of course, expected
that as soon as the word got out
stampsiwould depreciate and be worth
possibly less than the paper upon
which they were printed. So we hur-
ried to drug store and found, to Rour
surprise and pleasure that postage
stamps were still worth their face val
ne. That has been several days ago,
and we are told this morning that they
are still selling in the city at the same
| old price. 1t seems kind o. strange how
this is. Why, they are not a legal ten
der for any thing; they'are not fit for
money even If they were, because of
the stIck-um tight on their backs; the
government won't have them after it
/ sells them ,OECe; and still they are
worth two cents apiece, and it looks
| just like the price is going to remain
where it is. There is only one use
that anybody can make of the things,
and that's to pay postage; and still
they don't depreciate. There seems to
be some sort of law back of them
Whick keeps up the price. Well, as
you can't pay pay postage with any
thing but stamps, we wonder why
somebody hasn't got corner ON them.
Why don't some of the smart bank
ers get together and buy all the post
age stamps there are at two cents
apiece and then raise the price? Posi-
bly, they have not thought Of it. But
they have thought of everything else;
wonder why they have not thought of
this? They corner up the govern
ment's money and make Uncle Sam
dance around and beg like little pup
by dog, and make him issue bonds and
and do lots of other Illuminating things,
but somehow they have never thought
to tackle the postage stamps. After
looking it up little it.seems that I'm
Gle Sam got it into his old head that he
could run the postoffice without the
bankers. He seems to have forgotten
to make any arrangements for his
banker boys in this matter, and so he
keeps his postage stamp mill going all
the time; and if they buy all the stamps
he has he simply prints some more and
keeps right on smiling; and the more
they buy the more he smiles. If they
rhould conclude to buy up big lot of
them and ship them TO "Yurrup" he
Would keep right on smiling and
smiling and keep on printing more
stamps. The supply of stamps seems
to be inexaustible. 1t looks like I'm
Gle Sam might get tired of 1T after
awhile and delegate the issuing of his
stamps over to the banks, as he has
done in the matter of money. Then he
4 could take much needed rest. and his
banker boys could have picnic. They
could have a regular high old time, and
would be shot time In the old town."
The boys would put the price of stamps
down until they got possession Of what
are on hand; then they could "bull"
the market and make nice pile.
They could limit the supply; they