Word: result
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Wrightington '97 opened the debate for Harvard. After outlining the question, he showed that we have our existing gold standard as the result of a national evolution from the more bulky mediums. Bimetallists propose to go back to a money that has been discarded in this natural evolution. They would have us abandon a natural and automatic currency for one that depends on legislation...
...elected their president and maintained the principles of sound money last fall with the votes of those who disbelieve in gold monometallism and favor a bimetallic league. If then the Republicans should repudiate their platform they would at once arouse the flames of sectional and class jealousy. As a result the country at the next election would fall into the hands of the free silverites,- exactly what it was most desired to prevent-and we should have then free silver at a ratio...
...word no facts to prove it; we have his word for it, but that is all." If it is true it matters very little to us for our exports to silverusing countries amount to but a handful. In regard to the second claim, that falling prices are a result of the gold standard, he denied that they are an evil at all. He then devoted the rest of his speech to a careful analysis showing that this, the fundamental claim of the bimetallists is without foundation. Fall in prices has resulted merely from an immense but healthy growth in production...
...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...
...shot the prospect is not at all encouraging. A series of shot putting competitions was instituted a short time ago for the purpose of creating greater interest in this event but this result has not been attained. The number of competitors is small and no first class work has been done. The farthest put, 37 ft. 10 3-4 in., was made by E. H. Clark...