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... currency not based upon , or convertible into , the only actual money of the world and of the Constitution , gold and silver . Other commer- cial countries which have suffered and are now suffering from financial depression , have felt ...
... currency not based upon , or convertible into , the only actual money of the world and of the Constitution , gold and silver . Other commer- cial countries which have suffered and are now suffering from financial depression , have felt ...
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... currency . The constant disturbance of exchange and fluctuation of values , the uncertainties of business , the want of confidence between individuals , corporations , and communities , which all experience proves to be the inevitable ...
... currency . The constant disturbance of exchange and fluctuation of values , the uncertainties of business , the want of confidence between individuals , corporations , and communities , which all experience proves to be the inevitable ...
Page xvi
... currency oppresses and injures laborers and producers , who constitute a great majority of our people , far more than it affects injuriously dealers in money . The dif ference between gold and our paper currency is a margin upon which ...
... currency oppresses and injures laborers and producers , who constitute a great majority of our people , far more than it affects injuriously dealers in money . The dif ference between gold and our paper currency is a margin upon which ...
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... currency , whether it be gold or paper , is to serve as a medium of exchange for the adjustment of transactions ... currency not only ob- structs the flow of gold from abroad , but drives from the country the precious metals yielded by ...
... currency , whether it be gold or paper , is to serve as a medium of exchange for the adjustment of transactions ... currency not only ob- structs the flow of gold from abroad , but drives from the country the precious metals yielded by ...
Page xvii
... currency without providing for its redemption , and , in obedience thereto , Congress made the only practicable ... currency , which should permanently take the place of the world's measure of values . Nor was it claimed . by the most ...
... currency without providing for its redemption , and , in obedience thereto , Congress made the only practicable ... currency , which should permanently take the place of the world's measure of values . Nor was it claimed . by the most ...
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Page 181 - That there might be no misunderstanding of the universality of this principle, it was expressly enacted, in 1867, that ' no suit for the purpose of restraining the assessment or collection of any tax shall be maintained in any court.
Page 186 - Every incorporated or other bank, and every person, firm, or company having a place of business where credits are opened by the deposit or collection of money or currency, nuDject to be paid or remitted upon draft, check, or order...
Page xvii - An act to authorize the issue of United States notes and for the redemption or funding thereof, and for funding the floating debt of the United States...
Page xvi - ... that this policy may be converted into cash at the option of the holder at any time after the expiration of fifteen years from the date hereof, for the amount indorsed upon the back of the policy.
Page xviii - And the United States also solemnly pledges its faith to make provision at the earliest practicable period for the redemption of the United States notes in coin.
Page 186 - ... without profit or compensation to the association or company, shall be exempt from tax on so much of their deposits as they have invested in securities of the United States, and on all deposits, less than five hundred dollars, made in the name of any one person...
Page xvi - To the purchase or payment of one per centum of the entire debt of the United States, to be made within each fiscal year after the first day of July, 1862, which Is to be set apart as a sinking fund, and the interest of which shall in like manner be applied to the purchase or payment of the public debt as the Secretary of the Treasury shall from time to time direct.
Page 777 - ... to remain at that temperature for several' hours. The plan adopted for determining the freezing-point of different samples of oil at one operation consisted in making a series of small openings, or windows, closed with glass, in the side of a cylindrical wooden tub about 2£ feet in diameter.
Page 171 - ... the Commissioner of Internal Revenue may prescribe. SEc. 3446 (RS, as amended). The Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, may establish and, from time to time, alter or change the form, style, character, material, and device of any stamp, mark, or label used under any provision of the laws relating to internal revenue.
Page xvi - In addition to other amounts that may be applied to the redemption or payment of the public debt...