Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1917 — Potatoes Used As Legad Tender In Chicago. [ARTICLE]

Potatoes Used As Legad Tender In Chicago.

The high price which potatoes have reached in the last few weeks caused a reporter on one of the Chicago papers to try an experiment with them. Getting a small sack full of the precious vegetable, he set out to see how successfully they could be used as legal tender. He first visited a moving picture show. One of the potatoes was shoved through the ticket window to the smiling girl within and without a word a ticket was shoved back at him. Next he set out to secure a taxicab. After some bartering with the driver, eight potatoes were agreed upon as a fair price for the trip. Purchases were made in stores and practically every place he visited the spuds were readily accepted as payment for articles. In only one instance were thfy refused. A conductor on a street car would not accept one as payment for._a car ride.