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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 07, 1901
Page
3
A fragment describes a group linked to a system of pledges collateral bonds and mortgages. Do nothing sits on good terms with Discount while laws enable foreclosure and collateral sales, enriching those enforcing the framework on Money Island.
Fragmentary account portrays Money Island as a thriving community with farms, horses, cattle, warehouses, schools, and healthy children guided by equality and fraternity. Yet greed corrupts leaders Discount and Do nothing, first tasting power, transform governance into exploitation, forecasting ruin as debt and malice replace prosperity.
The piece traces how Discount issued three paper promises and expanded loanable capital, driven by greed and fear, inflating money supply and prices. It explains demand for more paper currency, price hikes, and the adverse effect on commerce, with notes on monetary control and its social impact. Also mentions Winnipeg Telegram’s planned edition expansion.
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