People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1893 — MRS. PARTINGTON FINANCE. [ARTICLE]

MRS. PARTINGTON FINANCE.

The Gold Standard Theory la Very Much After the Old Lady’s Style. Benjamin P. Shillaber’s experiences are being printed in one of the magazines. The latest article tells of th® advent of Mrs. Partington into print. The first of the sayings that Shillaber assigned to the old lady was that “it made no difference to her whether flour was dear or cheap, as she always had to pay just so much for a half-dollar’s worth. ’’ Mrs. Partington’s views of money and prices have not disappeared from the earth. The gold standard theory is defended very much as she explained her indifference to the price of flour. We hear that the perfection of a gold standard consists in the fact that while it is in force a dollar is worth a dollar, in coin or bullion and will buy a dollar’s worth. To a great many thinkers that property of gold seems to be a conclusive proof of the single gold standard’s merit. They serenely slip over the equal possession of the quality by every substance that is susceptible of division and transference. If dirt were the standard and a dirt ball a dollar the given quantity would be a dollar, rolled or unrolled. Mrs. Partington’s conception of values is foreign to discussion of money. The money standard affects all industry, and whether the standard metal is too dear or too cheap is a matter of vital importance.—St. Louis Republic.