Money Inflation in the United StatesUniversity of Chicago., 1905 - 238 pagine |
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Money Inflation in the United States: A Study in Social Pathology Murray Shipley Wildman Visualizzazione completa - 1905 |
Money Inflation in the United States: A Study in Social Pathology Murray Shipley Wildman Visualizzazione completa - 1905 |
Money Inflation in the United States: A Study in Social Pathology Murray Shipley Wildman Visualizzazione completa - 1905 |
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40th Congress agricultural American Bank of Kentucky bank-notes bimetallism Bland-Allison Act capital cent chapter character circulation coin colonial commercial Cong Congress conservatism creditors currency debt debtor depreciated currency depression discontent economic effect element emotional England established exchange extension fact farm farmer forces free coinage frontier G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS gold Government greenbacks History ibid important increase industry inflation influence institutions intellectual interest issue Kentucky labor land legal tender legal-tender Legislature loans ment mental millions mind Mississippi monetary movement nomic non-possessors notes Ohio operation paper money party period persons political population principles production psychological purpose railway redemption relatively result rural secure settlement Shays's Rebellion silver dollars social society South specie payments speculative square mile standard Suffolk Bank taxes tendency theory thought tion Treasury ultra-rational United wealth West Western wheat
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Pagina 196 - Having behind us the producing masses of this nation and the world, supported by the commercial interests, the laboring interests and the toilers everywhere, we will answer their demand for a gold standard by saying to them: You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns, you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.
Pagina 111 - The charter of the bank of the United States expires in 1836, and its stockholders will most probably apply for a renewal of their privileges. In order to avoid the evils resulting from precipitancy in a measure involving such important principles, and such deep pecuniary interests, I feel that I cannot, in justice to the parties interested, too soon present it, to the deliberate consideration of the Legislature and the People.
Pagina 52 - The way to prevent these irregular interpositions of the people is to give them full information of their affairs through the channel of the public papers, and to contrive that those papers should penetrate the whole mass of the people.
Pagina 52 - The basis of our government being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.
Pagina 110 - All the flourishing cities of the west are mortgaged to this money power. They may be devoured by it at any moment. They are in the jaws of the monster! A lump of butter in the mouth of a dog! one gulp, one swallow, and all is gone!
Pagina 113 - Many of our rich men have not been, content with equal protection and equal benefits, but have besought us to make them richer by act of Congress. By attempting to gratify their desires we have in the results of our legislation arrayed section against section, interest against interest, and man against man, in a fearful commotion which threatens to shake the foundations of our Union.
Pagina 112 - I cannot, in justice to the parties interested, too soon present it to the deliberate consideration of the legislature and the people. Both the constitutionality and the expediency of the law creating this bank, are well questioned by a large portion of our fellow citizens ; and it must be admitted by all, that it has failed in the great end of establishing a uniform and sound currency.