The Standard of ValueLongmans, Green and Company, 1896 - 187 pages |
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... recently expressed regret for the part his Government took in bringing about the change commenced in Germany in 1871 , and has expressed approval of the course of action adopted in the United States by the party of which Mr. Bryan has ...
... recently expressed regret for the part his Government took in bringing about the change commenced in Germany in 1871 , and has expressed approval of the course of action adopted in the United States by the party of which Mr. Bryan has ...
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... recently been waged , and in which we have not yet heard the last word . The Economist of October 31 says of that Act : ' It is perfectly true that the Act of 1873 demonetised silver . . . but Congress merely put in legal form the ...
... recently been waged , and in which we have not yet heard the last word . The Economist of October 31 says of that Act : ' It is perfectly true that the Act of 1873 demonetised silver . . . but Congress merely put in legal form the ...
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... recently to be made effective . It was the International Congress held in Paris for the simplification of coinage that brought about the disorganisation of the double standard , and the present leaders on the question imbibed their ...
... recently to be made effective . It was the International Congress held in Paris for the simplification of coinage that brought about the disorganisation of the double standard , and the present leaders on the question imbibed their ...
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... recently been higher than they had ever been before , and I do not doubt that the present currency discussion 1 Report of the Royal Commission on Gold and Silver , 1888 , p . 212 . Mr. Robert Barclay Chapman , at a meeting on the Silver ...
... recently been higher than they had ever been before , and I do not doubt that the present currency discussion 1 Report of the Royal Commission on Gold and Silver , 1888 , p . 212 . Mr. Robert Barclay Chapman , at a meeting on the Silver ...
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... recently prevailing low rates of interest prove that there is no scarcity or appreciation of gold.1 I now pass , however , to a point on which the argu- ments and questions of the monometallists have not been clearly answered by the ...
... recently prevailing low rates of interest prove that there is no scarcity or appreciation of gold.1 I now pass , however , to a point on which the argu- ments and questions of the monometallists have not been clearly answered by the ...
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