Word: paper
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...negative either by history or by authority. He said that the negative did not defend flat money, but legal tenders convertible into gold. He closed by saying: "I have cited some of the most eminent authorities in favor of the government's supplying the country's 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...
...burned, and the clamor for silver will be increased to that extent. Since the silver dollar actually possesses some intrinsic value, it furnishes a much more insidious temptation to inflation than do the legal tender. This fact it proved conclusively by recent events; for, although the demand for paper inflation has died out, only a few days ago a free coinage bill passed the United States Senate. So we see that the proposition of our opponents, while it would not remove the danger of inflation, it would direct the inflation movement into a channel a thousand times more dangerous...
...have shown you that there are fatal objections at the present to the issue of the entire volume of our paper currency by banks; that the legal tender system possesses the positive advantages of economy, and of relieving the strain upon the world's gold supply; and, lastly, that the central objection to this system is wholly without foundation...
Pedagogical Seminary. A Graded Course in Manual Training. Preliminary Paper. Mr. W. A. Baldwin. Sever...
...Rogers; 3, Beard; 2, Brown, Marsh or Stephen; bow, D. Rodgers. The crew will be a heavy one as the average weight is at present 1771/2 pounds. At least three coaches will accompany the crew. They will probably be R. J. Cook, Dr. Hartwell and Dr. Bolton. A new paper shell has been ordered which will be the same in every detail as last year's boat...