Word: moneyed
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Admission will be by ticket only. The doors will be open at seven o'clock and there will be a band concert from seven to eight. Seats will be reserved until ten minutes to eight. A limited number of tickets may be had at the headquarters of the Sound Money Democratic Club. 3 Thayer Hall, by members, from ten to twelve this morning. If any tickets are left they will be distributed to non-members of the club from half past two to half past four o'clock this afternoon. A space on the floor will be roped...
Best general references: Barker's Bimetallism; E. A. Rose's Honest Dollars, J. F. Orton's Shall We Change our Money Standard? and Review of Reviews for Sept...
...gold displaced by silver in U. S. at first would pull down the appreciated value of gold in gold standard countries. (Orton, p. 26). 2 The price of silver for monetary purposes wouldrise. (a) There would be an increased demand. (x) We greatly need a greater supply of money. (r) To pay our debt of $6,000,000,000 to England. (s) To pay our immense farm mortgages. (b) The supply would remain almost the same. (x) But little of the 4,000,000,000 of silver in world would come here. (m) European silver (1,300,000,000) would...
...present standard is the just one. A. There has been no appreciation of gold. (1) The so-called appreciation of gold is in reality a depreciation of commodities. (a) Money incomes and wages have risen all over the world. (Taussig, Silver Sit., p. 108.) (b) Whatever fall in price of commodities has taken place is due to improvements in production alone. (Carl Shurz, Chicago speech, p. 6). (x) During the nine years after 1873, although under a gold standard, the price of commodities rose; (Schurz Chic. Speech, p. 6). (y) It is only since the enormous increase of production after...
...first debate of the Forum took place last evening in Harvard 10. The question for debate was: "Resolved, That Sound Money Democrats should vote for McKinley." The speakers on the affirmative were W. H. Conroy '99 and G. Bancroft '99; on the negative, P. G. Carleton '99 and H. B. Huntington '97. After each speaker had addressed the meeting, Conroy and Carleton summed up the arguments for their respective sides. The debate was then thrown open to the house, and many of those present spoke...