INDEX. "Abram's Bankers," 164. Accusation against bimetallism, 163. Act of Congress, November 1, 1893, 84. 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. 66 the only final, 39, 69. 66 Bible, a vein for the silver and a place for gold," 25. can an Ethiopian change his skin? 65. 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. 66 flying paper currency, 92. Churchmen and coinage, 153. Clearing-house certificates, 8. Clearing-house exchanges, 232. Cleveland, President, 74, 79, 224. 66 66 hope, 74, 79. letter of acceptance, 82. message, 79. English system, 163. on Government account, viii, 137, 171, 172. Coke, 164. Colonial currency, 192. Commercial ratio of gold and silver, 110. Commission, the royal, 94. 66 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. 66 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. 66 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. Dangers of the situation, ix, 66, 68. 66 Debtor class, 31. envenomed, 20. Defects of bimetallism as commonly advocated, 134. 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. 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. Equilibrium established by joint-metallism, 127, 133. Establishment of the mint, 85. 66 Ethiopian, 65. 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. 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. |