Comptroller of the Currency

We happily hoist our egg nog in the air, embrace each other, and raise our out-of-tune voices in song.

Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.

It stands at one extreme of our currency, with a dollar of gold set aside behind each dollar of paper.

Between these two extremes the Federal Reserve note, a new form of currency, has been introduced.

But the sheer quantity of the inflated currency and false money forces prices higher still.

You never know when you are going to stumble upon a jewel in the most out-of-the-way corner.