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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 19, 1901
Page
3
A fragment discusses proposed substitute currencies during a debate on labor value. Ideas included tokens reading Good for the Product of Day's Labor made from wood, with no government signature or debt acknowledgment, tied only to mutual labor exchange. The dialogue mocks impractical schemes and notes a yellow dust discovery near a bridge.
The notice outlines sections and classes for prizes, eligibility and exhibit rules. Exhibits must be the exhibitor's property with this year's agricultural products. Animals age from January 1. Cow entries limited to milking cows. Prizes and premiums follow judge rulings, with protests in writing to the secretary. First, second, third prize tickets colored red blue and white. Extra prizes may be awarded for commendable exhibits.
The text explains that the white metal’s value came from a social bargain among producers who agreed to accept it as medium of exchange. It argues that money’s value rests on collective recognition and the promise to redeem it with goods and labor, a binding social law across ages.
An archival fragment discusses how gold would become comparatively valueless if repealed or ignored. It notes possible slight value for making teeth and that its use in ornaments and jewels would fade, with its value tied to money as a medium of exchange.
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