The demonetization of silver, which has taken place in various countries.
Agitation for this, hushed only for a moment by the passage of the Bland Act, had been going on ever since demonetization in 1873.
Then they say another thing, and that is that the demonetization of silver is responsible for all the hardships we have endured, for all the bankruptcy, for all the panics.
The Silver Democrats declared that this demonetization was secretly brought about by a "conspiracy" on the part of gold advocates, and named the act in question "the crime of '73.
The falling prices and their inability to meet their indebtedness they attributed to the demonetization of silver and the steady enhancement of gold.
The demonetization of silver has, of course, not entirely displaced silver from the monetary employment.
The demonetization of silver, moreover, was accompanied and followed by a great increase in silver production.
The debasement and underrating of the silver coinage insensibly brought about the demonetization of silver in England as a standard of value and the substitution of gold.
They 've passed the demonetization bill, the president 's going to sign it, and you ain't got a job.
The House or the Senate, I 've forgotten which, had passed the demonetization bill.
The Dutch Government supposed that, notwithstanding the demonetization of gold, the coinage might remain in circulation, and be voluntarily accepted for its intrinsic value.
Then comes the question as to the demonetization of gold; doubtless no point is of greater importance for a standard of circulation than a fixed value.
The demonetization of silver became a crime, and justice from the Western standpoint demanded the restoration of the dollar to its old value,--the value of its silver.
It has been quite common, during recent discussion about silver, to attribute the alleged demonetization of that metal to the action of the Paris monetary conference.
That the demonetization of silver tends to add to the value of gold, and that though the relative value ebbs and flows it is more stable compared to gold than any other metal, grain, or production.
Now the deluded people belonging to the class of Mrs. Emery are seeking to cheapen the purchasing power of the dollar, in the hands of the farmer and laborer, by the free coinage of silver and the demonetization of gold.
The next 'conspiracy' complained of is the alleged demonetization of silver.
And is not the inference justified that the profits have been large and tempting, notwithstanding the demonetization of silver in some countries and the suspension of coinage in other countries?
These--within the limits of a statement--are the reasons for the demonetization of the silver dollar and the adoption of the single gold standard.
In a letter to Mr. Hooper, which is still in existence, and which is printed in the Congressional Record, Seyd condemned the demonetization of the silver dollar.
If our demonetization were the only cause for the decline in the value of silver, then remonetization would be its proper and effectual cure.
During this period there was no general demonetization of either metal and no important fluctuation in the relative value of the metals, and the supply was sufficient to keep their stock good against losses by accident and abrasion.
Among all the explanations that have been made to account for that demonetization by a Congress of the United States, I have never heard any reason advanced which constituted a justification for it.
Indeed, the Secretary of the Treasury who took charge of the finances at the opening of the last Administration, himself a banker, recommended the demonetization of the greenbacks almost as vigorously as he opposed silver.
Instead, therefore, of our demonetization unjustly enriching our creditor-classes at the expense of foreigners, it enabled the creditors at home here to rob and despoil the debtors among their own countrymen.
The motive for the demonetization of silver was precisely the same that had previously inspired the demonetization of gold.
It was well understood at the time by those who had given consideration to the subject that demonetization alone would effect that result.
When demonetization was determined on there was no pretense that there was any difficulty in maintaining a parity between the two metals at the established ratio.
The history of gold demonetization is full of instruction and is here given in detail.
The next explanation was that China and India, so long the reservoir into which the surplus flowed, had ceased to absorb it; and the next, demonetization of silver by Germany and her throwing her old silver on the market.
Every step taken towards the further demonetizationof silver must tend to the enhancement of the value of gold.
But suppose there had been a general demonetization of gold instead of silver, how would the ratio have stood then?
And with this the people began to get at the true reason--the generaldemonetization by so many nations.
Determined not to admit that demonetization was the cause, they have given so many explanations that, expressed in the briefest words, they would cover many pages like this.
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