Lectures on the Growth and Development of the United States, Volume 10Amer. Educational Alliance, 1915 - United States |
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Page 468
... gold pen , a $ 25 calendar ink - stand and a copy of Webster's Unabridged Dic- tionary and free use of railroads and telegraph lines . Even the private ac- counts and gambling losses of the members were paid . * The legislature invested ...
... gold pen , a $ 25 calendar ink - stand and a copy of Webster's Unabridged Dic- tionary and free use of railroads and telegraph lines . Even the private ac- counts and gambling losses of the members were paid . * The legislature invested ...
Page 480
... gold bullion , and prices were always high but never certain . The instability of the money market fostered a restless , speculative spirit , which finally resulted in the Black Friday of 1869 and in the over- trading which precipitated ...
... gold bullion , and prices were always high but never certain . The instability of the money market fostered a restless , speculative spirit , which finally resulted in the Black Friday of 1869 and in the over- trading which precipitated ...
Page 483
... Gold imports - Rise in Treasury gold reserve -Political changes Elections of 1880- Party platforms - Garfield and Arthur elected - Re- funding bill introduced - Fails to pass over veto - New apportionment of Representatives . OLLOWING ...
... Gold imports - Rise in Treasury gold reserve -Political changes Elections of 1880- Party platforms - Garfield and Arthur elected - Re- funding bill introduced - Fails to pass over veto - New apportionment of Representatives . OLLOWING ...
Page 8
... gold , for the Secretary of the Treasury , John Sherman , esti- mated that the smallest reserve of gold that was safe would be 40 per cent . of the notes outstanding , and on this basis $ 138,000,000 in coin was necessary . This was a ...
... gold , for the Secretary of the Treasury , John Sherman , esti- mated that the smallest reserve of gold that was safe would be 40 per cent . of the notes outstanding , and on this basis $ 138,000,000 in coin was necessary . This was a ...
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... gold and silver at the ratio of 16 to 1. † The House passed the bill after vari- ous amendments November 5 , 1877 , by a vote of 164 to 34. The Senate , how- ever , defeated this bill in its original form and a compromise was offered by ...
... gold and silver at the ratio of 16 to 1. † The House passed the bill after vari- ous amendments November 5 , 1877 , by a vote of 164 to 34. The Senate , how- ever , defeated this bill in its original form and a compromise was offered by ...
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