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... metallic portion of the currency , and the discredit of all currency that is not metallic , the necessary stoppage of public works and of manufacturing and agricultural operations , -the masses of the population suffering the horrors of ...
... metallic portion of the currency , and the discredit of all currency that is not metallic , the necessary stoppage of public works and of manufacturing and agricultural operations , -the masses of the population suffering the horrors of ...
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... metallic standard , and the doctrine as “ to the variation of paper with the state of the exchanges be admitted , there ought to have " been a considerable decrease in the amount of paper.- But it is estimated , that between No ...
... metallic standard , and the doctrine as “ to the variation of paper with the state of the exchanges be admitted , there ought to have " been a considerable decrease in the amount of paper.- But it is estimated , that between No ...
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... metallic standard , " and admit that the paper currency ought to be " regulated by immediate reference to the foreign exchanges — that there ought to be early con- " tractions of paper on the efflux of gold - we 66 might , I think ...
... metallic standard , " and admit that the paper currency ought to be " regulated by immediate reference to the foreign exchanges — that there ought to be early con- " tractions of paper on the efflux of gold - we 66 might , I think ...
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... metallic currency could not at all times entirely keep us free ; secondly , ( in recommending the abandon- ment of a metallic basis as the most certain guarantee for our future safety , ) to make it plainly Circumstances under which it ...
... metallic currency could not at all times entirely keep us free ; secondly , ( in recommending the abandon- ment of a metallic basis as the most certain guarantee for our future safety , ) to make it plainly Circumstances under which it ...
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... metallic currency shown to be no guarantee against the denial of discount and the evils con- sequent thereon ... 71 to 72 The advance of Great Britain in wealth and prosperity under a mixed currency no contradiction to what has been ...
... metallic currency shown to be no guarantee against the denial of discount and the evils con- sequent thereon ... 71 to 72 The advance of Great Britain in wealth and prosperity under a mixed currency no contradiction to what has been ...
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