The Standard of ValueLongmans, Green and Company, 1896 - 187 pages |
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... Text of the Speech of the ' Boy Orator ' of Nebraska , made in the Chicago Convention in response to Senator Hill's Attack on the Platform , p . 4. Fry Brothers , 59 Broad Quay , Bristol . 6 2 The Full Text of Mr. Bryan's Great Speech ...
... Text of the Speech of the ' Boy Orator ' of Nebraska , made in the Chicago Convention in response to Senator Hill's Attack on the Platform , p . 4. Fry Brothers , 59 Broad Quay , Bristol . 6 2 The Full Text of Mr. Bryan's Great Speech ...
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... is further discussed in many of the footnotes added to this edition , where the text bears directly on the points at issue . Note to the Fifth Edition , 1888 . IV . THE RATIO BETWEEN GOLD AND SILVER . A 16 THE STANDARD OF VALUE.
... is further discussed in many of the footnotes added to this edition , where the text bears directly on the points at issue . Note to the Fifth Edition , 1888 . IV . THE RATIO BETWEEN GOLD AND SILVER . A 16 THE STANDARD OF VALUE.
Page 75
... text further on , regarding a tendency to a rise in the average value of gold and silver . The actual occurrence of such a rise in value is clearly indi- cated by the present evidence . The closing of the European mints against silver ...
... text further on , regarding a tendency to a rise in the average value of gold and silver . The actual occurrence of such a rise in value is clearly indi- cated by the present evidence . The closing of the European mints against silver ...
Page 134
... of the one metal only . The argument in the text supposes the double standard to prevail in * The Double Standard . By Henry H. Gibbs , London , 1881 , page 34 . Secondly that , ' In the year 1867 , a 134 [ CI . VI THE STANDARD OF VALUE.
... of the one metal only . The argument in the text supposes the double standard to prevail in * The Double Standard . By Henry H. Gibbs , London , 1881 , page 34 . Secondly that , ' In the year 1867 , a 134 [ CI . VI THE STANDARD OF VALUE.
Page 156
... text above . - The Decline of Prosperity , page 86. Laveleye casually alludes to 1803 as the date of the French law . -International Bimetallism , page 7. In 1785 the French mint reduced the weight of their gold coins one - sixteenth ...
... text above . - The Decline of Prosperity , page 86. Laveleye casually alludes to 1803 as the date of the French law . -International Bimetallism , page 7. In 1785 the French mint reduced the weight of their gold coins one - sixteenth ...
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