INDEX.

Abram's Bankers," 164.

Accusation against bimetallism, 163.

Act of Congress, November 1, 1893, 84.
Administration-Baltimore-Canadian system, 187.
After the Election, what?—229.

Alison's History, 130.

Amenities of monometallistic argumentation, 162, 163.

American monometallists, 56.

American Social Science Association, 209.

Ammunition of the most deadly kind, 33.

Anarcharsis, xvi.

Andrews, President, 121, 142.

Apotheosis of credit, x, 187.

Appendix, 77.

Appreciation of gold, 39, 103, 180.

Aquinas, 153.

Argentum, The Goddess, 45, 53.

Aristotle, xvi, 153.

Arts, use of gold in, 87.

As between silver and gold, 220.

Asiatic Journal, 92.

Athenians, xvi.

Atkinson, Edward, 56, 139, 142, 144.

Attempts to persuade, 45.

Augmentation of capital, ix, 187, 188.

Basis, honest, safe, self-regulating, permanent, 4, 18, 38, 183,

190, 194.

Basis, insufficient, 21, 55, 140.

the only final, 39, 69.

a vein for the silver and a place for gold," 25.
can an Ethiopian change his skin? 65.

Cairnes, Prof., 210.

Candid consideration of competent critics, xx.
Capita, stocks of money (per capita), 108, 109.

Carlisle, Secretary, 73, 84, 171, 224.

Cassiodorus, xii, 171.

Century, beginning of, 66.

Cerealism, Joint-, 70.

Changes in ratio, xix, 5, 6, 22, 110, 198.

Changing number instead of recoining, 124, 134, 199.

Charles V, The Wise," 151, 153.

Checks, 58, 68.

China, 92.

flying paper currency, 92.
Marco Polo, 92.

Churchmen and coinage, 153.
Clear thinking, 20.

Clearing-house certificates, 8.

Clearing-house exchanges, 232.
Cleveland, President, 74, 79, 224.

hope, 74, 79.

letter of acceptance, 82.
message, 79.

Index.

237

Coinage, 19, 92, 93.

66

English system, 163.

on Government account, viii, 137, 171, 172.

should be appointed, 141, 206.

Commodities steady, money changes, 85

Concurrent resolution, 115, 222.

Conference, monetary, 30, 86.

Congress, act of, 84, 204, 205.

Constitutional position of gold and silver, 24, 80.

Constitution of the United States, xviii, 80, 124, 222, 223, 231

Continued use of dollars and cents, etc., 202.

Continuous debts, 221.

Contracts, future, 5, 38, 54, 118, 125.

Conveniently adjusting changes in market ratio, 124, 183.

Conventions, national, 81, 82.

Copernicus, ix, xii, 151, 152, 154, 155, 157, 164, 168, 177.

Cossa, Luigi, 159, 160, 177, 178, 179, 180.

Cotton, why it declines with silver, xv, 138.

Countries, money used in, 108, 109.

Courtney, Leonard, 104.

Cow in India, 48.

Credit as good as money, ix, 179, 187.

money, 191, 192, 217.

cannot permanently supplant money, vii, 131.

Credits, 8, 68, 140.

Criticisms, 17, 66, 197, 217.

Cross-roads politicians, 164.

Cunningham's growth of English trade, etc., 159.
Currency bill, viii, 191.

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plank, 218.

must always be convertible, xix, 70, 203.
proper limit of expansion, 8, 24.

gold an insufficient basis, 4, 8, 21, 30, 56-58, 66.
security as to value of, 18, 24, 39.

question in politics, 20, 38, 62.

Dangers of the situation, ix, 66, 68.
Debate at Saratoga, 207.

envenomed, 20.

Debtor class, 31.

Debts, 4.

national, 66.

Debts made to appear smaller, 137.

Decimal system, 122.

Decline in silver, 7, 21, 30, 38.

values, 4, 21, 30, 38.

Defects of bimetallism as commonly advocated, 134.
Definition of terms, 121.

Depression in trade, causes of, xvi.

Democratic platform, 81, 117, 205.

Demonetization, 23.

Details, ones that can be varied, vi.

Director of the mint, 92.

Discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, 67.

Discussion necessary, 40, 41, 65.

Dubois, 152.

Economic ratio, 7, 198, 200.

Economist, The, 180.

Empirical ratio, 134, 182.

Engineering and Mining Journal, 87.

English Parliament, 190.

Equal parts of gold and silver, 5, 6, 57, 72, 198.
power of every dollar, 81, 82.

Equilibrium established by joint-metallism, 127, 133.
Equivalent as well as measure, 125.
Establishment of the mint, 85.

Ethiopian, 65.

Étude sur le Traité de la Monnaie, xiii.

Evening Post, 13, 29, 40, 45, 61, 70, 86, 175, 179.

Fish, 138.

Fifth letter on joint-metallism, 65.

Final basis, 4, 9, 18, 24, 39, 69, 70, 204.

report of royal commission, 94-103.
standard, 197, 200.

First letter on joint-metallism, 3.

Flexible ratio, 195.

Flying paper, 92.

Forum, The, 210.

Four causes of the fall of nations, xviii.

Fourth letter on joint-metallism, 53.

Freight on bullion by value not weight, 131.

French ratio fixed 1803, 128, 131.

Frewen, Moreton, 86.

Future contracts, 5, 38, 54.