Word: affliction
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...minimum of paper money. I have called attention to the parallels of the uncovered notes in three of the soundest currency systems in the world. I have referred to the remarkable success of our own greenbacks up to 1890. I have shown that of all the evils that afflict our currency system today, not one is inherent in the legal tenders; for of the three causes of the present trouble, the first and second were due to an iniquitous act passed wholly in the interests of silver. And for the third and final cause, I have shown that we must...