"Greenbacks": Or, the Evils and the Remedy of Using "Promise to Pay the Bearer on Demand" as a Measure of ValueD. Thomas, 1864 - 29 halaman |
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... Improvements and Effects . The various modifications which banking has undergone , have been called improvements by those who instituted them ; and perhaps they have been so in some cases : but in no instance has the principle of the ...
... Improvements and Effects . The various modifications which banking has undergone , have been called improvements by those who instituted them ; and perhaps they have been so in some cases : but in no instance has the principle of the ...
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... improvement - for themselves . Instead of " operating " secretly , as they had done in purchasing charters , and operating under the cover of previously established credits , they operated " openly , and seemed to be proud of doing it ...
... improvement - for themselves . Instead of " operating " secretly , as they had done in purchasing charters , and operating under the cover of previously established credits , they operated " openly , and seemed to be proud of doing it ...
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... improvements , or alterations have been made in it ; and several other States have adopted modifications of it , each after their own man- ner . Under these laws , as they have heretofore existed and now exist , the paper - money of the ...
... improvements , or alterations have been made in it ; and several other States have adopted modifications of it , each after their own man- ner . Under these laws , as they have heretofore existed and now exist , the paper - money of the ...
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... improvement on it ; for this makes the people pay interest on the money they really loan , and pay it too to those who have none to loan , and makes the government an agent of this injustice . And this is not all , for the National ...
... improvement on it ; for this makes the people pay interest on the money they really loan , and pay it too to those who have none to loan , and makes the government an agent of this injustice . And this is not all , for the National ...
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... improvement of the Erie Canal , and the borrowing of money to pay the bills . This law was executed ; the canal was enlarged ; the money was borrowed ; the bonds of the State were given as security for its repayment ; and then . Then ...
... improvement of the Erie Canal , and the borrowing of money to pay the bills . This law was executed ; the canal was enlarged ; the money was borrowed ; the bonds of the State were given as security for its repayment ; and then . Then ...
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Halaman 11 - July 14, 1890, are legal tender for all debts, public and private, except where otherwise expressly stipulated in the contract. United States notes are legal tender for all debts, public and private, except duties on imports and interest on the public debt.
Halaman 8 - And the Secretary of the Treasury may also issue in exchange for coin, and as part of the above loan, or may pay for salaries or other dues from the United States, treasury notes of a less denomination than fifty dollars, not bearing interest, but payable...
Halaman 24 - That the Secretary of the Treasury be and he is hereby authorized to cause to be issued to any public creditor who may be desirous to receive the same, upon requisition of the head of the proper department, in satisfaction of audited and settled demands against the United States, certificates for the whole amount due, or parts thereof not less than one thousand dollars, signed by the Treasurer of the United States, and countersigned as may be directed by the Secretary of the Treasury ; which certificates...
Halaman 13 - ... advantageous purchases of specie, to replace at once large amounts, and, at no distant day, the whole, of this circulation by coin, without detriment to any interest, but, on the contrary, with great and manifest benefit to all interests. The Secretary recommends, therefore, no mere paper money scheme, but, on the contrary, a series of measures looking to a safe and gradual return to gold and silver as the only permanent basis, standard, and measure of values recognized by the Constitution —...
Halaman 24 - Treasury be and he is hereby authorized to cause to be issued to any public creditor who may be desirous to receive the same, upon requisition of the head of the proper department, in satisfaction of audited and settled demands against the United States, certificates for the whole amount due, or parts thereof not less than one thousand dollars, signed by the Treasurer of the United States, and countersigned as may be directed by the Secretary of the Treasury ; which certificates shall be payable...
Halaman 20 - It is invested with the power to coin money, and to regulate the value thereof, and to regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the several States.
Halaman 28 - ... and the revenue, upon the supposition, supplies more than is needed for that purpose. There is, then, no mode in which a currency in United States notes can be permanently maintained, except by loans of them, when not required for disbursement, on deposits of coin, or pledge of securities, or in some other way.
Halaman 23 - ... and after stating the financial measures which in his judgment were advisable, he added: "The secretary recommends, therefore, no mere paper money scheme, but on the contrary a series of measures looking to a safe and gradual return to gold and silver as the only permanent basis, standard, and measure of value recognized by the constitution.
Halaman 13 - ... The systems of legislators are experiments made on human life and manners, society and government. Zoroaster, Confucius, Mithras, Odin, Thor, Mahomet, Lycurgus, Solon, Romulus, and a thousand others may be compared to philosophers making experiments on the elements. Unhappily, political experiments cannot be made in a laboratory, nor determined in a few hours.
Halaman 28 - The principal objections to the latter circulation, as a permanent system, were thus stated by him : " (1) The facility of excessive expansion when expenditures exceed revenue ; (2) The danger of lavish and corrupt expenditure, stimulated by facility of expansion ; (3) The danger of fraud iu management and supervision; (4) The impossibility of providing it in sufficient amounts for the wants of the people whenever expenditures are reduced to equality with revenue, or below it.