INDEX. "Abram's Bankers," 164. Accusation against bimetallism, 163. 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. Basis, honest, safe, self-regulating, permanent, 4, 18, 38, 183, 190, 194. Basis, insufficient, 21, 55, 140. Bible, 46 the only final, 39, 69. a vein for the silver and a place for gold," 25. 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. 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. 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. 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. 66 plank, 218. must always be convertible, xix, 70, 203. gold an insufficient basis, 4, 8, 21, 30, 56-58, 66. question in politics, 20, 38, 62. values, 4, 21, 30, 38. Defects of bimetallism as commonly advocated, 134. Depression in trade, causes of, xvi. Democratic platform, 81, 117, 205. Details, ones that can be varied, vi. Director of the mint, 92. Discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, 67. 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. Establishment of the mint, 85. 66 Ethiopian, 65. 66 a money unit, 85. Étude sur le Traité de la Monnaie, xiii. Evening Post, 13, 29, 40, 45, 61, 70, 86, 175, 179. Fish, 188. Fifth letter on joint-metallism, 65. Final basis, 4, 9, 18. 24, 39, 69, 70, 204. 66 report of royal commission, 94-103. standard, 197, 200. First letter on joint-metallism, 3. Flexible ratio, 135. 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. Index. 239 General assets, 187. 66 prosperity depends, xv. Germany, 23. Giffen, Dr. Robert, 73, 74, 85, 87, 89, 90, 91, 180, 181. 66 66 66 world's stock, 108, 109. statistics, 105-110. production, 57, 86-88, 106, 107. per capita stocks, 108, 110. probability of increase, 55. cost of production, 88. standards, 5. output and prices, or any other metal, 91. supply of, 30, 86, 87, 90, 91. and silver, half each, 5, 6, 57, 72. cannot always be got from abroad, 68. Democrats, 116. Golden calf, 47. Goodly heritage, 229. Government bonds, xx, 173, 188, 189, 203, 16. paper-money should be only certificates, 20. ratio, 7. Great Britain, 69. Greenbacks, 193, 217, 232. Greer, Rev. David H., facing title-page. "Gresham Law" known to Oresme and Copernicus, 176. Hadley, Professor, 174. Hamilton's report, 85, 223. Hankinson, 155. Hard times, 4. Harris, W. T., U. S. Commissioner of Education, facing title- |