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Page 249
... gold . The student will recall that Secretary Sherman in 1879 had accumulated a fund of $ 140,000,000 in gold for the re- demption of the United States notes ( greenbacks ) . From that time on , it had been the policy of the government ...
... gold . The student will recall that Secretary Sherman in 1879 had accumulated a fund of $ 140,000,000 in gold for the re- demption of the United States notes ( greenbacks ) . From that time on , it had been the policy of the government ...
Page 250
... gold receipts was coincident with the increase in national expenditures which was draining the surplus in the Treasury . The uncertainty in business circles as to the ability or the intention of the government to maintain a gold ...
... gold receipts was coincident with the increase in national expenditures which was draining the surplus in the Treasury . The uncertainty in business circles as to the ability or the intention of the government to maintain a gold ...
Page 279
... gold stand- ard , to which he believed 90 per cent of the American people were opposed , but his plea fell upon deaf ears . The convention rejected the resolution for the free and unlimited coinage of sil - 805 ver and gold at the ratio ...
... gold stand- ard , to which he believed 90 per cent of the American people were opposed , but his plea fell upon deaf ears . The convention rejected the resolution for the free and unlimited coinage of sil - 805 ver and gold at the ratio ...
Contents
THE RECONSTRUCTION | 1 |
PROSPERITY AND PROTEST | 22 |
POLITICAL CONVALESCENCE | 55 |
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