Hendrix Speech Praises Gold Standard At Morocco Meet
Hon. Joseph C. Hendrix addresses the National Morocco Manufacturers at Manhattan Beach praising the gold standard as the stabilizing basis for value. He mocks leather remonetization, recalls clam shell currency, and argues for fixed standards amid global trends toward gold.
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Joseph C. Hendrix
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Morocco Manufacturers’ Association of the United States
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China
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Mr. Gladstone
Debtors and Creditors Debate Free Silver and Debts
The article critiques free coinage arguing it would let large corporations pay vast bonded debts with devalued currency. It lists major bondholders such as Chicago, Burlington and Quincy and New York New Haven and Hartford, totaling about 545 million in bonds. It claims millions of small creditors would be paid with reduced coin value, undermining savers and insurers.
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Chicago
Burlington and Quincy
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St. Paul
Rock Island and Pacific
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Lake Shore
Michigan Central
New York, New Haven
Hartford
Northern Pacific
Central Railroad of New
Chicago and Northwestern
The Populist Dream Versus Honest Dollars in Silver Debate
George Gans argues against free silver and warns that 16 ounces of silver could be valued as 1 ounce of gold under new laws. He notes the current silver to gold ratio and questions whether any government can alter market value. He cautions that debt payments in silver would fail as a universal standard and urges readers to study historical outcomes rather than prophecies.
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England
France
Germany
Teller
Free Coinage and Silver Monometalism Debate
A detailed critique argues against free silver at 16 to 1, labeling its advocates as silver monometalists and contractionists who would shrink money supply. It contrasts gold and silver value, cites India, and questions patriotism claims, urging preservation of gold-backed currency.
Grand Army of Creditors Rejecting 50 Cent Dollar Plan
Editorial argues against a 50 cent silver dollar for debt repayment, listing creditors across the nation who would be harmed. It warns that wages workers, banking depositors, insurers, pension funds, and endowments would suffer, benefiting only speculators and harming labor.
Free Coinage In a Nutshell Debate
The New York Press notes that a fine ounce of gold is valued at $20.67 and 16 ounces of silver at $11.20 yet Congress cannot legislate to alter these intrinsic metal values. It argues that legislative action cannot make gold cheaper or silver pricier by fiat.
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New York World
Congress
New York Press
Insured or Not, Voters Face Coinage Policy Threats
Colonel Greene of Connecticut Mutual Life warns 250000 policyholders that a silver or mixed dollar standard would slash policy values. He argues a 16 to 1 silver coinage would cut purchasing power and trigger a financial panic by redeeming bonds and banknotes in devalued dollars.
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The Drive for Free Coinage and Price Pressures
The writer argues that free coinage would lower prices, while higher costs harm the general public. The central aim is cheapness in essential goods, seen as a universal human interest.
Money and the Creditor Class in Silver Debate
The piece argues that currency value should be stable to protect laborers and creditors. It contrasts wealth measured by money with labor value, criticizes fiat money and gold standard debates, and urges voters to reject silver as fiat money while urging stable, trustworthy currency policy. It emphasizes that savers, workers, and capitalists all rely on a stable money measure.
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Chicago Times-Herald
Silverite Platform Promotes Cheap Money Aims
The silverite wing at the Democratic national convention endorses slogans like Free Silver Inflation Debt Repudiation Property Confiscation and Commercial Stagnation. The article argues these aims reflect cheap money goals and predict defeat for sectionalist movements driven by greed and prejudice.
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Silverite
Silverites
Wage Earners Favor Gold Standard Say Indy Workers
In Indianapolis a survey of nearly 1500 workers at a large factory shows 960 support the gold standard while 862 oppose and 158 are undecided. The piece argues wage levels rise with cheap money and debased currency hurts the laboring class.
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