Word: ratio
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...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 not come. (z) Their coinage ratio being only 15 1-2 to 1. (n) The scanty currency of Mexico and Central America (97,000,000,000) would not be depleted for our sake. (z) They would suffer more than they could possibly gain by sending in their silver. (o) The silver of the rest of the world...
...gold standard; second, no disturbance of the tariff; revenue to be increased if necessary by excise taxes; denunciation of the present Southern Pacific Railroad bill; endorsement of Pres. Cleveland's foreign policy, and the extension of civil service reform. A minority resolution favoring free silver at a ratio of 16 to 1, offered by K. Stone, L. S., of Missouri, was lost after a spirited debate. The nominating speeches were then in order. Wirt Howe '96, of Louisiana, nominated Carlisle. J. S. Bryan, L. S., of Virginia, in one of the best speeches of the evening, seconded the nomination...
...Principles of Populist Party are unsound on currency: Platform in World's Almanac, 1893, p. 83.- (a) They demand free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1.- (b) Demand immediate increase of circulating medium to $50 per capita.- (c) Abolition of national banks.- (d) Adoption of the Sub-Treasury scheme and the Land Loan scheme of the Farmer's Alliance; World's Almanac...
Meanwhile the United States had continued to coin silver at the ratio 16:1, as provided by the Act of 1876. In 1890 the Sherman Bill, providing for the monthly purchase of 4,500,000 ounces of silver and a corresponding issue of currency, was passed. In 1892 a conference was arranged to be held at Brussells, which but for the unreasonable delay of the United States might have accomplished much. But while the United States delayed for political reasons, Lord Salisbury, Mr. Goshen, then chancellor of the exchequer, and other bimetallists were defeated at the polls, and the English...
...panic France alone stood firm. Freely she gave of her silver to all; freely took gold from all, without fear of its becoming worthless. Thus against the action of those nations which demonetized gold, and without an ally, France maintained through this crisis the ratio...