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" I took the ground that the government ought to let gold alone, and let it find its commercial level ; that, as a matter of fact, it ought to facilitate an upward movement of gold in the fall. "
The Life and Times of Col. James Fisk, Jr: Being a Full and Impartial ... - Page 245
by Robert W. McAlpine - 1872 - 504 pages
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Investigation Into the Causes of the Gold Panic: Report of the Majority of ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Currency - Currency question - 1870 - 502 pages
...produce strikes among the workmen, and the workshops, to a great extent, would hare to be closed ; the manufactories would have to stop. I took the ground...facilitate an upward movement of gold in the fall. The fall and winter is the only time in which we have any interest in it. That was all that occurred...
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The Campaign Text Book: Why the People Want a Change. The Republican Party ...

Democratic National Committee (U.S.) - Campaign literature - 1876 - 764 pages
...would produce strikes among the workmen, and the workshops to a great extent would have to be closed; the manufactories would have to stop. I took the ground...facilitate an upward movement of gold in the Fall. The Fall and Winter is the only time which we have any interest in. That was all that occurred at that...
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Twenty-eight Years in Wall Street

Henry Clews - Business - 1887 - 880 pages
...produce strikes among the workmen, and the workshops, to a great extent, would have to be closed ; the manufactories would have to stop. I took the ground...alone, and let it find its commercial level ; that, in fact, it ought to facilitate an upward movement of gold in the fall. The fall and winter is the...
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Twenty-eight Years in Wall Street

Henry Clews - Business - 1887 - 884 pages
...produce strikes among the workmen, and the workshops, to a great extent, would have to be closed ; the manufactories would have to stop. I took the ground that the Govern' tnent ought to let gold alone, and let it find its commercial level ; that, in fact, it ought...
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The Dreadful Decade: Detailing Some Phases in the History of the United ...

Don Carlos Seitz - United States - 1926 - 348 pages
...business come to a halt. "I took the ground," he said later, when Congress inquired into the matter, "that the government ought to let gold alone, and let it find its commercial level; that, as a fact, it ought to facilitate an upward movement of gold in the fall." Fisk, in telling his part of...
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The Money Men: Capitalism, Democracy, and the Hundred Years' War Over the ...

H. W. Brands - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 256 pages
...would produce strikes among the workmen, and the workshops, to a great extent, would have to be closed. The manufactories would have to stop. I took the ground...facilitate an upward movement of gold in the fall." The president was not convinced. "The interview . . . was a wet blanket," Gould declared. "We supposed...
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Fifty Years in Wall Street

Henry Clews - Business & Economics - 2006 - 360 pages
...the interests of the country and to the success of the gold clique. "I took the ground," says Gould, "that the Government ought to let gold alone and let it find its commercial level." This reference to "its commercial level" is rich, coming from the head-centre of the plotters who wanted...
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