Show I 1 from I 1 lh ht h t L lnixon adon tim tims s AMERICAN PAPER CURRENCY the united states hive lately made severi sever 1 fr great e al discoveries lisco diaco verles veries some of which will bence alorth r t b fo f 0 in par of the tiati national onal stock of knowledge e others will vill be superseded by future discoveries they have discovered that an uncompromising domestic policy and an arrogant bearing bearin produce civil war marthat that a great war produces enormous debt wll all alla aila taxation that these produce 1 aper monel that this in ti time I 1 ne be becomes loines in inconvertible c on fur the present at least that thai therefore the precious metals rise to a high premium then disappear all this is A B C to us as but A B C is hard learning to those who have not learnt it america ia is the child of original genius which insists on lear ear ing for itself and will lii ill take 10 io 10 0 o hing on trust ti I 1 convinced by exp eap ariment it will not believe that the fire burns that edge tools are dangerous dan gerou that too many lollipops lolli pops induce sic gic klies kries or that it is better to keep out of the way of a lio iio hots hois s 29 s hind bind legs the present stage of american information is represented in tue the fact of the largest and at the same time the smal sinal est inconvertible pa paper er currency hi in the world the union is flooded with paper it descends like a ow in flakes worth a hal bat penny apiece piece a cartload s oj of paper cen een a iesue tsue daily from t the he treasury and are sown broad broadcast gast over the federal states not only gold and silver but even the tha greasy little nickel cent celt pieces have disappeared and it is paper or rather cardboard everywhere in a me of our charity schools the children bave bae hae tickets of merit for each days attendance which on presentation at the end cf ef the half year count up into a prize they are nearly as valuable as the Americ american dex aix currency but the value of each cent piece is itself a calculation from day to day clay every E very time you require small change you will have to learn first the exchange ot of the dav siy say the premium on silver is 14 12 1 2 and the charge upon you is a dollar and thirty five cents estimated in metallic currency the sum will be as follows 12 or the figare figure fi required ired viz 1000 the res result at will wiil ill ili be that after getting a headache by the sum and buying a paper dollar and fifty four t paper cents there will remain a fraction I 1 to be settled between you and the shop man it is now only a very iery few years since the united states having everything ese else they could possibly want suddenly discovered that they possessed an inexhaustible treasure oc of gold we may all remember how bow they exulted in this new confirmation of the flattering theory that the world was made forthe united states and that they were to go on prospering growing multiplying increasing adding aad annexing till they comprised the willing world even in gold first and oldest idea of wealth and the fiercest object of old world enterprise and ambition they now took the lead yet in this short time all the gold has made itself wings for such indeed are the myriads of lit ie paper promises never to bp bo every ship brings away gold and silver never to return until the states are either once more united or amicably sepal sepa L rated even hen ben then unless the deck fleck be cleared by b r one gigantic ac act of repudiation it is hard to see how the treasury at washington can ever be in a condition to resume a metallic currency thus itkov it no v stands california is on one side washington on the other fast past as the diggers can extricate their hand haud tuis of dust in california a engine at washington is showering paper over the states an I 1 involving the whole people in ili oria orla on matted massof massot mass bf indebtedness IL |