The Farmer and the Gold Monopoly Era
A polemic essay contrasts farmers past prominence with modern contempt and argues gold monometallism depresses farm prices. It cites declines in oats corn and hay, protests wealth concentration, and urges silver coinage to raise farmer earnings, detailing historical economists and monetary theory.
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Edward Everett
Lexington and Concord
de Tocqueville
Washington
Nature
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Jefferson
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Clay
Ashland
Webster
Marshfield
Jackson
Hermitage
Mule
Jay
Illustrated
New York
Credit Mobilier
Indian Ring
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Wall Street
Pacific Railway
Providence
New York Sun
Mississippi
Inez
Puck
N. Y. Herald
Roswell G. Horr
New York Tribune
United States
Tribune
Horr
Thomas G. Shearman
New York City
Adam Smith
America
Europe
Professor Jevons
Jevons
Ricardo
Macleod
Francis A. Walker
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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John H. Beadle
Republican Party
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Friends of Humanity
Agricultural Department
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Tural Department
N. S. World
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British Empire
Eduard Suess
Macaulay
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