The Silver Question in a Global Gold Standard Debate
A sprawling discussion from 1891 argues against a sole gold standard. Debaters including Walter Bagehot and Baron Rothschild warn that gold alone cannot meet world needs, urging continued use of silver alongside gold to preserve value and prevent financial distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sy Howard M. Holden
Senate
Stewart
Nevada
Hamilton
Jefferon
Walter Bagehot
London Economist
Latin Union
Austria
Tme
Monetary Commission
Baron Rothschild
Alfred de Rothschild
Paris
Oshen
Engish
Great Britain
Optuyn
England
Bankers’ Magazine
Hogland
Ita
Edward O. Leech
Xe Mint
United States
Europe
Austriaungzary
Hich
France
Varius
Pro Bono PuBLIco Calls Out Raleigh Lawyers Fees
A Raleigh citizen accuses local lawyers of prey on farmers by lending at 8 percent with deeds and recording costs, then pressuring borrowers for more. He urges lawmakers to cap fees at 2 percent, branding the lawyers as tools of plutocrats and calling on legislators to act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ephor
Raleigh
Prutocracy
Friends of the People
Vupon information request from Brother in Kansas
Message from Mr Epior to convey to Brother Brown of Kansas that all information regarding vupon can be provided. Include the address R F Gore box 1 Wilmington NC for correspondence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epior
Bro. Brown
Kansas
Vupon
Gore
Wilmington
N.C
Fortieth Day Debates New Legislation and Local Charters
The General Assembly debates and approves numerous bills including special taxes for Haywood and Robeson counties, charters for Salisbury, Asheville tobacco works, and a Raleigh city bonds measure. Introductions cover stock laws, road laws, railroad grants, wills probate, and protection acts for soldiers, schools, and tobacco growers.
Forty-First Day Proceedings Reported in State Legislature
The record notes petitions from Camden county citizens opposing repeal of the Prohibition law within two miles of New Begun M E church. It lists numerous introduced bills and motions, including charters, road and bridge authorizations, tax and bond measures, and various county and town corporate actions across North Carolina. The lengthy session details committee recommendations and third readings on multiple measures.
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Mr. Abbott
Camden County
New Begun
M E. Church
Said
Leatherwood
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Greensboro
Pou
McDowell
Posey
Murphy
Cranor
North Wilkesboro
Mene
Robeson
Bank of
Maxton
McLaughlin
Iredell
Statesville
Atwater
Chatham County
Twitty
Polk County Railroad
Senator Parrett
Saluda
Schoolfield
Spray Investment Company
Battle
Whitaker
Nash County
Davis
Haywood County
Charlotte
Charlottes
Armstrong
Big Bridge
Pender County
Cooper
Cape Fear
Senaor Olive
Falls Manufacturing Company
Bank of Weldon
Caburrus County
Polk County
Swain County
Graham County
Pamlico County
Henderson County
Durham
Oly Swamp
Harrison's Creek
Bladen County
John Z Neal
Linville Eiler
Tarboro
Peabody Normal College
Nashville
Tennessee
Pamtico County
Johnston County
Southern Trust and Tuarantee Company
Robeson County
Randolph County
North Carolina Savings Bank and Trust Company
Mars Lil College
Madison County
Cabarrus
Crews
Colored Orphan Asylum
Gilmer
Haywood
Waynesville
Hoyle
Mountain View M. E Church
Catawba County
Moore
Cullowhee School House
Western North Carolina and
Atlanta
Rucker
Hickorynut Gap
Rutherford
Henderson
Buncombe
Commercial Bank of
Rutherfordton
Williams
Axley
Murphy Banking Company
Jones
Caldwell
Rowe
Washington School Board
Eubank
Union County
Wicker
Merritt
Bayboro
Drake
Edgecombe County
Allen
Pikesville
Franklin County
Lawhoorn
Heats
Watauga and Boon Lumber Company
Harris
Mecklenburg County
King
Bladen
Oxford
Watkins
Union
North Carolina
Saints Ark
Rig
Taylor
Alleghany
Bank of Louisburg
Carteret Lodges
Durham County
Carter County
Roanoke and Southery Railroad Company
Board of Education
Citz Ns
Fair Bluff
Blair
Tucker
M. E. Church of North Carolina
Lang
Bowing Rock
Exchange Bank of Winston
Tucker’s
Grove M. E. Church
Wake
Robbinsville
Graham
Aberdeen and
West End
Goldsboro
Rutherford County
Dunn
Harnett
Beaufort
Jackson County
Forty-Second Day Petitions and Bills Introduced In Legislature
On the forty second day Senators McDowell Sherrill Brown Potter and others presented petitions from citizens across Merinburg Catawba Columbus Carteret Wayne Madison Cumberland Beaufort and Bladen counties calling for various reforms. Bills introduced include canal work convict labor widening powers for dower and estate laws charter amendments and new toll and tax measures affecting towns counties and railroad property with several appropriations and authorizations for bridges roads and penal institutions. The session continued with legislative actions to be continued on the sixth page.
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McDowell
Merinburg
Sherrill
Catawba County
Newton
Brown
Tatum Township
Columbus County
Potter
Carteret County
John D Davis
Joint
Committee On State Penitetiary Farms
Washborne Seminary
Beaufort County
Twitty
Harper Mabric Company
Means
Davis
North Carolina Institution For
Senator Aycock
Beamons Church
Wayne County
Mount Olive High School
Madison
Senator Olive
Raleigh
Olive
Senator McLaughlin
Cumberland
Fayetteville
Wilmington and Weldon
Gatling
Burgwyn
Senator Fields
New River
Virginia
Snator Fields
North Carolina
Snator Brown
Mr. Davis
Haywood
Senator Petitrew
Vandemere
Jones
Wimington and Weldon Railroad Company
Mitchell County
Buncombe County
Cumberland County
Henderson Storage Company
Bladen County
Cape Fear River
White Hall
Elizabethtown
Said County
Lindley Training School
Statesville
Johnston County
Elis Creek
Harrison's Creek
Bank of Madison
Rockingham County
Pender County
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New York
Austria- Huungary
Committee On
Committee On Coinage, Weights, and Measures
House of Representatives
Chale
Cate
Yupon
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General Assembly
Lucas
Senator Pettigrew
Salisbury
Winston Salem
Old Ford
Whiteville
Norfolk, Wilmington and Charleston
Bryson City
Stokes County
Concord and Southern Railroad
Trustees
Baptist State Convention of North Carolina
Asheville
Iava
Joint Committee On Insane Asylum
Long
Alamance
Petree
Ciizens
McNeill
Jackson Swamp
Robison County
Wood
Bevard
Watson
Forsyth
Ward
Poion
Halifax
Halifax County
Forsyth County
McCurry
Tatham
Lovill
Caldwell and
Watauga
Queen
Swim County
Parker
Perquimans
Balatack Swan
Perquimans County
St Kes
Surry
Holt
Supreme Court
Cabarrus County
St. Augustine Normal School and Collegiate Institute
Cherokee County
Cook
Currituck
Caldwell County
Reading House
W. J. Hardison
New Hanover County
C. M. Pave
Toomas M Holt Manufacturing Company
Dure County
Oregon Inlet
Davidson County
Jones Bay Oyster Company
Acta
U. C. T. U. Southern Assembly and School of Method
Tuckaseegee High School
Roaring River Depot
Wilkes County
Wilkesboro
Trap Hill
David Hinton
Iredell County
Moore County Railroad Company
Whittier
Peterson Academy
Yancey County
Virginia Dare Lodge
Dare County
Jawa
Knights of Pythias
Northampton County
Mars Hill College
Mitchell and
Yancey
Twelfth Judicial District
Blue Ridge
Wilkes, Ashe
Alleshany
Marshall
Catanbar
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