The First Battle: A Story of the Campaign of 1896W.B. Conkey Company, 1896 - 629 pages |
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... cent . the Nebraska farmer finds that the prices of his products have fallen one - half and his land loses one - half its value , unless the price is maintained by the increased popu- lation incident to a new country . The mortgage ...
... cent . the Nebraska farmer finds that the prices of his products have fallen one - half and his land loses one - half its value , unless the price is maintained by the increased popu- lation incident to a new country . The mortgage ...
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... cent . per year will amount to a total appreciation of 500 per cent . in a century . Or , to illustrate , that cotton at 10 cents today and wheat at 60 cents would mean cotton at 2 cents and wheat at 12 cents in one hundred years . A ...
... cent . per year will amount to a total appreciation of 500 per cent . in a century . Or , to illustrate , that cotton at 10 cents today and wheat at 60 cents would mean cotton at 2 cents and wheat at 12 cents in one hundred years . A ...
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... cents per capita . Deduct from this sum the loss which would be occasioned to the gold supply by the closing of our silver mines , which produce gold in conjunction with silver ; deduct , also , the amount consumed in the arts , and the ...
... cents per capita . Deduct from this sum the loss which would be occasioned to the gold supply by the closing of our silver mines , which produce gold in conjunction with silver ; deduct , also , the amount consumed in the arts , and the ...
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... cent . on their bonds instead of 90 per cent . This legislation would put value into bank stocks by law , because it would add to the profits of the bank , and such a law would probably raise the market price of bonds by increasing the ...
... cent . on their bonds instead of 90 per cent . This legislation would put value into bank stocks by law , because it would add to the profits of the bank , and such a law would probably raise the market price of bonds by increasing the ...
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... Cents - One Dollar or Unit . " It would seem , therefore , that the weight of the gold dollar was reg- ulated by the silver dollar , and the gold pieces provided for made multiples of it . In 1834 and in 1837 the alloy was changed and ...
... Cents - One Dollar or Unit . " It would seem , therefore , that the weight of the gold dollar was reg- ulated by the silver dollar , and the gold pieces provided for made multiples of it . In 1834 and in 1837 the alloy was changed and ...
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adopted advocates American Arthur Sewall ballot bank believe bill bimetal bimetallism Bryan bullion campaign candidate cent Chairman circulation citizens coin coinage of silver Committee Congress contract creditor currency debts declared delegates demand Democratic party demonetization desire election farmers favor financial policy foreign free and unlimited free coinage friends give gold and silver gold bonds gold dollar gold standard Government honor Illinois increase interest issue Jefferson labor legal tender legislation Lincoln McKinley meeting metals money question monometallism National Convention Nebraska nomination North Carolina opponents ounce patriotism plank political Populist present President principles prosperity ratio of 16 Republican party secure Senator Sewall Sherman law silver bullion Silver Convention silver dollar Silver party sound money South Dakota speech stand tell ticket tion Treasury notes unconditional repeal United unlimited coinage vote wealth William York
Popular passages
Page 376 - Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.
Page 481 - I do not forget the position assumed by some, that constitutional questions are to be decided by the Supreme Court, nor do I deny that such decisions must be binding, in any case, upon the parties to a suit, as to the object of that suit, while they are also entitled to very high respect and consideration in all parallel cases by all other departments of the Government...
Page 326 - We demand the free and unlimited coinage of both silver and gold at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1 without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation.
Page 401 - The silver interests began in that year a propaganda to restore the free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1...
Page 65 - But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.
Page 606 - Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire. New Jersey, New York. North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota.
Page 376 - Let them beware of surrendering a political power which they already possess, and which if surrendered will surely be used to close the door of advancement against such as they and to fix new disabilities and burdens upon them till all of liberty shall be lost.
Page 84 - While, scourged by famine from the smiling land The mournful peasant leads his humble band, And while he sinks, without one arm to save, The country blooms — a garden and a grave.
Page 45 - The gates of hell are open night and day ; Smooth the descent, and easy is the way : But, to return, and view the cheerful skies — In this the task and mighty labour lies.
Page 200 - The man who is employed for wages is as much a business man as his employer. The attorney in a country town is as much a business man as the corporation counsel in a great metropolis. The merchant at the crossroads store is as much a business man as the merchant of New York. The farmer who goes forth in the morning and toils all day — who begins in the spring and toils all summer — and who, by the application of brain and muscle to the natural resources of the country, creates wealth, is as much...