Senator Davis Addresses Free Silver Threat to Nation
In a St Paul speech August 4 Senator C K Davis argues free silver is not true bimetallism, warns of chaos to courts, currency and economy if the Democratic Populist platform camps on unlimited silver coinage, contrasting with international gold standards and historical outcomes.
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Bryan on the ratio at the 1893 House debate
The 1893 account reviews William Jennings Bryan’s remarks on coinage ratio. It discusses preferred options to aid debtors or creditors, Bryan’s stance against class legislation, and three methods to adjust the gold to silver ratio while warning about non retroactive effects on existing contracts.
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Parity for silver questioned over limited annual purchase
The speaker challenges claims that silver would reach parity with gold if only 54 million ounces were purchased annually, noting it failed before and questioning how assurances of a different outcome now will satisfy the public.
The Lesson of 1892 and Cheap Goods Debated
Excerpted remarks from Congressman Fowler of New York at Milwaukee discuss 1892 economic strife, employer worker tensions, cheap imports, and the push to double silver’s face value, arguing for American wages and American civilization amid shifting prices.
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Silver and gold standards in world coinage debate
A fragment argues that no free or silver standard country excludes other metals and notes global coinage practices. It asserts silver money coexists with gold in some regimes and questions fair labor pay amid varied monetary systems.
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