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Page 187
If they come to meet us on that issue ( the gold standard ) we can present the history of our nation .... We can tell them that they will search the pages of history in vain to find a single instance where the common people of any land ...
If they come to meet us on that issue ( the gold standard ) we can present the history of our nation .... We can tell them that they will search the pages of history in vain to find a single instance where the common people of any land ...
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109 By 1882 Henry D. Lloyd could say that " the Standard ( Oil Company ) has done everything with the Pennsylvania legislature except to refine it .... Rings and bosses are rising to the top in the evolution of in- dustry as in that of ...
109 By 1882 Henry D. Lloyd could say that " the Standard ( Oil Company ) has done everything with the Pennsylvania legislature except to refine it .... Rings and bosses are rising to the top in the evolution of in- dustry as in that of ...
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But in 1893 Cleveland succeeded in getting repeal of this act and the country returned to the gold standard . This was a victory for the bankers who had desperately tried to convince the public that " dear " money was the only sound ...
But in 1893 Cleveland succeeded in getting repeal of this act and the country returned to the gold standard . This was a victory for the bankers who had desperately tried to convince the public that " dear " money was the only sound ...
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