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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1878
Page
2
In Story county readers recall the Pope’s Bull compared to the fiat money concept. The piece argues no authority can make a paper labeled one hundred dollars a circulating medium without a promise to pay, deeming fiat money folly and noting fiat party rhetoric grows shameful.
A North county greenback meeting features a Republican farmer who scorns eastern agricultural papers teaching for profit. He argues true wealth comes from honest effort under a Creator’s mandate, insisting money comes only through honest labor and intelligent work.
A flat orator from Story county argues against a 1880 greenback platform claiming promises of $1.50 per bushel for wheat and $1 per 100 pounds for labor. He questions consistency and honesty of such pledges and jokes about banks entering milling.
In ten days of talks several men argued over the greenback party stance. One insisted they do not advocate fiat currency while P L Porter later claimed the party seeks a nonredeemable currency by government decree. Both sides likely vote the same ticket despite divergent views.
A Fort Dodge publication criticizes Hiatt as unpopular in the county due to alleged drinking habits. It claims Hiatt has long been known as a convivialist and was reportedly drunk recently in a neighboring city, arguing he is not fit or safe for office. The article promises to investigate further and may apologize if wrong.
The article notes fever abates temporarily with cooler air but worsens again as heat returns after a brief storm. Frost has not yet appeared in the region, and authorities warn the problem will likely endure despite small improvements.
A column argues war created prosperity through demand for labor and food, claiming fiat money would not sustain gains without another war. It critiques the Greenback and fiat positions, citing Greene County Gazette editor and the idea of enforcing fiat notes.
The Chicago Journal argues the Democratic Party is weakened by tolerating soft money and the greenback idea as it faces 1880 planning. It suggests Butler and a Greenback Labor faction divide Maine and Massachusetts, while “orthodox” Democrats seek firm tickets and congressional strategy.
The piece argues the Democratic party regains strength in Congress after years of disgrace and mocks Republican fears. It predicts a strong, unified Democratic front rooted in Jacksonian and Jeffersonian principles blended with Calhoun and Jeff Davis ideas, insisting the fiat party cannot extinguish democracy.
Facsimiles of letters from F E Spinner affirm that 7.30 Treasury notes were issued and used as currency during the war. Documents show payments to paymasters and quartermasters and long circulation, with notes stating they circulated as money though not carried as currency in Treasury cash accounts. The 7.40 notes of 1861 totaled about 140 million dollars.
Iowa's senators and all lower house members supported the free coinage bill and related measures including silver bullion certificates and subsidiary silver as legal tender. Some opposition existed among Hoggatt supporters, but the delegation pushed to pass the bill over the President's veto and backed pensions and rebel claims protections, with mixed votes on greenbacks and bonds and opposition to whiskey tax relief.
The editorial argues that specie resumption affects the poor most, as daily wage earners carry most currency and lack bank accounts. It questions whether society can reverse progress after enduring wartime financial strains and cautions against harming laboring people by shifting currency value through renewed restrictions.
A Maine inspired speech claims the Republican grip is broken and labor strikes spread through factories. It vows to leave workers out of work to pressure employers, with talk of burning factories and mobilizing crowds in Plainville and Factryville.
An 18 dollar note prompts a debate on money’s value as a cipher of faith. A shoemaker asks how it can be redeemed and a speaker replies the bill’s life lies in circulating wealth, not gold backing, as creditors move it along without ever redeeming it.
A Treasury view counters greenback claims that National banks profit from note destruction. Losses are deposited and never returned to banks. government gains the full legal tender amount when closing banks. Destruction or loss does not create bank profits. unredeemed balances vanish with liquidation.
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