Gold Standard Debates and 1830s U S Monetary Views
The text traces early American gold standard advocacy from Jefferson and Jackson, cites 1821 and 1834 House reports favoring a uniform value standard, and notes Benton and Andrew Jackson supporting gold as the invariable currency. It mentions the 1830s administration gold bill and 1853 committee findings on gold as the standard of value replacing silver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson
Jackson
Benton
House
House Committee
Andrew Jackson
Administration
Senate
Beecher Urges Respect for Gold Standard In 1877 Sermon
In a Thanksgiving sermon of 1877 Beecher warned against tampering with monetary standards. He denounced fiat money and promoted gold as the universal measure of value, condemning bonds to inferior currencies and criticizing those who undermine public faith by debasing money.
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Beecher
Congress
United States
Ingersoll on Honest Money and Free Coinage Thought
Col Robert G Ingersoll argues money should be government issued with gold or silver backing. He attacks free coinage as harmful to the nation and rails against gold and silver standard opponents while stressing honesty and national integrity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Mn Bryan
Jhas Never, In Any Country, At Any Time, Given A Bimetallic Currency. Mr
Col
Robert G. Ingersoll
Chicago
Jones
Nevada
Senate
Stewart
South
Mobile Register
Economic Struggles After 1878 Price Shifts and Resumption
The piece notes plummeting farm prices since the Civil War and the 1879 resumption of specie payments. Wheat rose from 815 to 101.25 by May and 133.4 by December, corn from 293 to 4314, with critics arguing that cheaper money harms workers. It questions wage-earner gains against price increases and calls out false theories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenbackers
How Bryan Will Do the Trusts
An exchange features a silverite orator arguing for free coinage and higher prices, countered by a skeptic invoking Gresham law and Bryan’s stance. The dialogue pits reform rhetoric against a cynical view of silver and trust politics in a grand nation context.
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Ss. O
S. O
Bryan
Gresham
Wall Street
Mr. Bryan
Cuba’s Regulated Currency Fails Under Martial Law
The piece notes Weyler’s attempt to fix money value in Cuba through banknotes issued at par with gold amid martial law. The plan quickly failed as notes traded at a discount, prompting Cuba to let the Havana stock exchange quote currency in gold. The author argues this illustrates law’s limits in establishing value, contrasting Cuba’s small population and turmoil with broader experience.
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Cuba
Bryan
Gen. Weyler
Banco Espanol
Weyler
Havana Stock Exchange
N. Y. Post
Debates Over Silver Dollars Return to Depositors
Worried savers question resumption of specie payments as coin value lags behind face value. The discussion probes whether depositors should risk trust in silver dollars worth only 51 to 75 cents in return for a coin with a higher nominal value.
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N. Y. World
Jeannette Dispatch
United States
New South Wales
Victoria
Brazil
Belgium
Denmark
France
Germany
England
Scotland
Ontario
Austria
Quito
Russia
Mexico
Venezuela
Japan
Democratic Party
Silver Mine Conspiracy Allegations Stir Government Debate
Thomas 8 Merrill, secretary of the Bi metallic League of the Silver States, asserts a conspiracy by silver mine owners to unload bullion on the United States government. He claims a planned assessment to elect the ticket reveals the scheme.
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Thomas S. Merrill
Bimetallic League of the Silver States
United States
Salt Lake Herald
Merrill
Bryan
Messrs
McIntyre and Cunningham
Mammoth
Keith and Kearns
Silver King
Chisholm
Centennial
Eureka
Ryan and Knox
Ajax
Packard
Eureka Hill
Daly
West, Beck and Associates
Bullion- Beck
Farnsworth & Sharp
Horn
Sioux
Ontario
W. R. Hearst
The
Silver Trust
Utah
Salt Lake City
Bryan Campaign Financial Committee
Mr. Merrill
Beck
Knox
McIntyre
Kearns
Farnsworth
Cunningham
R. C. Chambers
Salt Lake Herald Company
Chambers
Hearst
Mr. Tevis
N. S. World
Old Franklin grocer recalls 1868 prices in silver debate
John Rusby circulates old day books showing 1868 prices for butter sugar tea and kerosene with totals and present values. He argues free silver would ruin wages and raise costs, citing 1873 crime and Bryan’s policies. Philadelphia Inquirer called it a “beautiful doctrine” in commentary.
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John Rusby
Franklin
N. J
Patrick
Stephen Balls
John Cord
Jacob Kierstead
Stewart
Mr. Bryan
Bryan
Wilson
Philadelphia Inquirer
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Warren Mail
Warren, PA
House of Representatives
Kelley
Hooper
Mr. Stoughton
Mobile
Ala
ANE
Henry Ward Beecher
Ingersoll
MONEY
New York Journal
Boston Transcript
Philadelphia
John G. Carlisle
Silver ‘Trust
Thomas 8. Merrill
Metallic League of the
Silver States
Thomas Jefferson
Philadelphia Bulletin
Maine
Vermont
Connecticut
Boston Advertiser
New England
Sickles
Alger
Howard
Sigel
Illinois
Stok
Reed
Bridgeport
Cleveland
Buzzard’s Bay
Washington
Philadelphia Telegraph
Ars
Castoria
Ayer
O. C. Davis
Wautoma
Wis
Siegfried & CO
J. K. Ronne
Wanamaker & Brown
Hickory St
American Tobacco
Go's
Cornell
Lafayette
Yale
Marlbury
Richmond
Imperial
Princess Royal
Piccadilly
Monte Christo
Fehlman Bros
H. S. Thomas
East St
D. A. V. & P. Railroad
Telephone
Conclu
Sions
McKinley
Sound Money
Rowland & Sons
W. C. Rowland
J. E. Rowland. de Owland
the Mail Office
W. H. Drveen
U. S
Dearborn St
A. Weiss
Clothier
Water St. Warren
Vitali
Jitalis
NE CO
Chicago, Ill
Warren
John N Wedderbee Gaele
Silverites
N. Y
Limantour
Hobart
Fao
Casbtonria
Pennsylvania
Sheffield
Harrisburg
New York
Sunbury
Lancaster
Baltimore
Pullman
Erie
Williamsport
Ice
Ashington
Kane
East
Renovo
Ridgway
S. M. Prevost
J. R. Wood
Dunkirk
Allegheny Valley & Pittsburgh Railroad
Ork
Entral & Hudson River R. R. Co
Lessee
Boston
Cesessees
Svesseee Roche
Niagara Falls
Fredonia
Lily Dale
Enone
Falconer Een
Frewsburg
Grand’ Valley
Titusville
Aeeveeer Oil City
Pittsburg
Falconer
Kinzua
Bradford
Salamanca
Olean
Etree Olean Express
Irvineton
Tid Foute
Tionesta
Oil City
Buffalo Express
Oil City Express
W.S. Beryrees
Warren. R. Exv1, Gen. Supt. . A. Fellows
Mooney-Brisbane
Main and
Clinton Streets
Buffalo
Tionesta Valley Railroad
Sheffield Junction
Lamona
Shef
Jerry Urary
Ata
Cincinnati
St. Louis
West
N Ayers
Pass
Jamestown
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