Soon it became difficult to buy flour for any number of paper dollars.
[Sidenote: Tender laws.] 171 Tender Laws .-- The people then clamored for "tender laws." These were laws which would make it lawful for them to tender, or offer, paper money in exchange for flour or other things.

In some cases it was made lawful to tender paper money in payments of debts which had been made when gold and silver were still in use.

The merchants now shut up their shops, and business almost ceased.

The lawyers only were busy.

For those to whom money was owed tried to get it paid before the paper money became utterly worthless.