The Standard of ValueLongmans, Green and Company, 1896 - 187 pages |
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Page viii
... present leader of the House of Commons , to the present Prime Minister in France , to half the members of the Royal Commission on Gold and Silver , and to many other leading men in this and foreign countries . Benjamin Disraeli , in his ...
... present leader of the House of Commons , to the present Prime Minister in France , to half the members of the Royal Commission on Gold and Silver , and to many other leading men in this and foreign countries . Benjamin Disraeli , in his ...
Page ix
... present time and under present laws , a silver dollar when melted loses half its value , but that will not be true when we again establish a mint price for silver , and leave no surplus silver upon the market to drag down the price of ...
... present time and under present laws , a silver dollar when melted loses half its value , but that will not be true when we again establish a mint price for silver , and leave no surplus silver upon the market to drag down the price of ...
Page xii
... present . ' ' It appears , according to the opinion of the ' Bankers ' Magazine , ' that Act did , in fact , contain such a clause as I have always contended ought to have been inserted in it ; and , if so , it is not Sir Robert Peel ...
... present . ' ' It appears , according to the opinion of the ' Bankers ' Magazine , ' that Act did , in fact , contain such a clause as I have always contended ought to have been inserted in it ; and , if so , it is not Sir Robert Peel ...
Page xv
... presents the silver for coinage only 58s . , 525. , 425. , or 32s . in coins of full weight . No change in the weight of the coin is necessary for the purpose of making the mint charge . No doubt the second Lord Liverpool , who was ...
... presents the silver for coinage only 58s . , 525. , 425. , or 32s . in coins of full weight . No change in the weight of the coin is necessary for the purpose of making the mint charge . No doubt the second Lord Liverpool , who was ...
Page xviii
... present campaign as regards theoretical discussion has been the quanti- tative theory . There is no bimetallist who is not an adherent of that theory , which has been argued against by the leading writers among the monometallists in ...
... present campaign as regards theoretical discussion has been the quanti- tative theory . There is no bimetallist who is not an adherent of that theory , which has been argued against by the leading writers among the monometallists in ...
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