Word: pol
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Brief for the Affirmative.J. J. SHEPPARD and C. M. READE.Best general references: Civil Service Reform under President Cleveland, Baltimore Address by R. H. Dana; Harper's Weekly, '87, '89 passim; Pol. Sci. Quarterly, III, 247. "Good Government...
Brief for the negative.ALBERT BOYDEN and EDW. C. BRADLEE.Best general references: Hadley: Pol. Sci. Quar. p. 572. Holmes: Pol. Sci. Quar. V, p. 411. Farrer: "Relation of State to Trade...
...multiple standard is difficult of attainment. Taussig, Silver Situation, p. 125. (c) Under national bimetallism the nation cannot be maintained. Laughlin, Hist. of Bimetallism, pp. 5-9. (d) International bimetallism is bad, because (1) Agreement cannot be reached. (2) If made, the agreement could not be maintained. R. Giffen, Pol. Sci. Qu., Sept. '93, p. 412. (3) If made and maintained, prices would rise, and injustice would be done to creditors...
Best general references: F. A. Walker, Money, ch. 9-13; E. B. Andrews, in Pol. Science Quarterly, June, 1893; J. S. Nicholson, Money and Monetary Problems, Part...
...lower prices (Walker, 268-269). Lower prices (1) will depress industry: (International Monetary Conference 1892, pp. 240-245). (2) Will harm farmers (Taussig, Silver Situation, 112-115). (3) Will harm debtors (MacVane, Pol. Econ. p. 123). (4) Scarcity of money causes dangerous extension of credit. (b) It is a fluctuating standard. (1) Gold appreciates. (Walker, p. 254). (2) Prices of commodities have fallen as much as silver. (Silver Situation...