Word: money
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...committee will shortly send out circulars stating the aims of the society and asking aid in raising a fund from which the society may draw a sufficient annual income for its work. These circulars are to be sent to all the prominent Harvard graduates in the country, and the money so raised is to be placed in the hands of the Corporation for investment...
LOST, yesterday afternoon on Holmes Field, black leather pocketbook containing money and valuable papers. Will finder kindly return to D. H. Adams, 7 Ware Hall...
...Yale Field Corporation is trying to raise money to grade the lower part of the Yale Field, and to put it into condition for football grounds and baseball diamonds. The need of such an enlargement has been much felt...
...This is our definite position and to it we would narrow the question. Bimetallism would cause a break in the par of exchange and would upset prices. It would not prevent the fall of prices. Prices fall because the proportional increase in production is greater than the increase of money. Under a double standard, money will increase proportionally as under a single standard. At best bimettalism would result in prices remaining the same or in falling prices...
...definite question. We at Harvard have understood that the question is, should we have monometallism? The negative has not shown that any other system would work. They have almost failed to even touch the question. If any advantages are to come from what these gentlemen say, it is more money. That might apply to conditions years ago, but not now. Now, credit is the chief instrument of effective exchanges, dependent only upon a definite standard...