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Weyler's Paper Promises

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Day
21
Month
April
Year
1897
Copyright
Public Domain
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Our "Greenbackers" should rejoice over the f act that another paper money experiment is being tried. ' 'If greenbacku put down the rebellion in the Unitei States, why shouldn't they prove effective weapous against Cubau rebels?" - reasons General Weyler, who is flooding the coast towns of Cuba vith artistically engraved promises to pay on one side of a piece of paper and a picture of a well developed tobáceo plant on the other side. The experiment is bound to be successful, for the notes are made legal tender in the worst way. Any shopkeeper who refuses to accept these promises for their face value is subject to instant imprisoninent in jails where confinement means almost certain death. Of course under the cirenmstances the ! notes are accepted. Weyler, however, j forgot to decree that prices should not be raised, and the Cuban shopkeepers are mean enough to try to defeat the experiment by raising prices. So far they have only doubled prices, but each one is trying to see how high he can put prices, and the end is not iu sight. Come to think of it, high prices, constantly growing higher, have defeated all past experiments with paper money. j Perhaps Weyler, by correcting this little defect, may yet demónstrate that Greenbackers are right and that cheap money, by proper legislation, can be made just as good as money made from costly metáis. What a boon of money would be to maukind! Sucl ss to Weyler's experiment and death to the traitor ■wbo tries to prevent its success by raising prices or by refusing to accept Weyler's handsome promises!

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Ann Arbor Courier