Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Volume 16A.L. Hummel, 1900 |
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... amount of gold was prescribed , the Secretary of the Treasury being authorized to accumulate gold for the purpose from current revenues of the govern- ment , and if need be , by the issue of five per cent bonds . The gold thus ...
... amount of gold was prescribed , the Secretary of the Treasury being authorized to accumulate gold for the purpose from current revenues of the govern- ment , and if need be , by the issue of five per cent bonds . The gold thus ...
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... amount was fixed by law . But all the money of purely domestic circulation constitutes in reality an indirect liability against the gold supply . Directly or indirectly , in the free circula- tion or through the treasury , this money ...
... amount was fixed by law . But all the money of purely domestic circulation constitutes in reality an indirect liability against the gold supply . Directly or indirectly , in the free circula- tion or through the treasury , this money ...
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... amount of silver dollars actually in circulation plus the silver certificates issued against silver dollars . The figure thus obtained is lower than that given under “ silver dollars including bullion in the treasury , " as it takes no ...
... amount of silver dollars actually in circulation plus the silver certificates issued against silver dollars . The figure thus obtained is lower than that given under “ silver dollars including bullion in the treasury , " as it takes no ...
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... amount of these obligations cannot increase . On the contrary , through the coinage of silver dollars the treasury notes must shrink in volume and ultimately disappear . When that event occurs we shall have a maximum of notes of 347 ...
... amount of these obligations cannot increase . On the contrary , through the coinage of silver dollars the treasury notes must shrink in volume and ultimately disappear . When that event occurs we shall have a maximum of notes of 347 ...
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... amount were accordingly withdrawn , effecting an increase of the monetary circulation of $ 25,810,426 , which with the irony of our monetary legislation is reported by the treasury as so much " profit . " Hereafter such profits will be ...
... amount were accordingly withdrawn , effecting an increase of the monetary circulation of $ 25,810,426 , which with the irony of our monetary legislation is reported by the treasury as so much " profit . " Hereafter such profits will be ...
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Page 42 - That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity ; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, •with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
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