Silver Money

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Bloomington: Principia Press, Inc., 1939. - 454p.The purpose of this book is to present in one volume the background and principal developments in the use of silver as money since the beginning of the nineteenth century. The silver question was an important and controversial one from about 1876 to 1896, and again become a subject of dispute during the early 1930's. The present situation cannot be understood fully without some knowledge of the past.Contents:PrefaceSilver and Gold before the Nineteenth Century Some Quantitative Aspects of Silver Bimetallism in the United States, 1793-1873 Bimetallism in France and the Latin Monetary Union he Demonetization of Silver in Europe The Silver Question in the United States, 1873-1893 International Monetary Conferences The Abandonment of silver by the United States, 1893-1900 Silver and India before 1892 Indian Currency Reforms, 1892-1914 Silver and China Business in China under the Silver Standard The Change from Silver to Gold Standards in Asia and Latin America Proposals for Monetary Reform in China The Wartime Rise in the Price of Silver, 1915-1920 The Postwar Decline in the Price of Silver, 1920-1933 The Pittman Act of 1918 Decreased Use of Silver in Coinage The Effect of the World War on the Indian Currency System Postwar Changes in the Indian Currency System Chinese Trade and Currency During and After the World War The Effect on China of the Fall in the Price of Silver, 1929-1933 Proposals to Do Something for Silver, 1923-1933 The Arguments for Doing Something for Silver Silver under the New Deal, 1933 The Silver Purchase Act of 1934 The Execution of the Act, 1935 The Effect of American Silver Policy on China, 1934 and 1935 The Abandonment of the silver Standard by China Developments in the Silver Situation, 1936-1939 Summary and ConclusionsAppendixesSource of Data for Chart 1 Current Data The Computation of Parity Constants Coinage Ratios and Bullion Parities of Silver Coins World Consumption of Silver, 1920-1938 Distribution of World's Gold and Silver in 1933 Text of Part of Thomas Amendment to the Agricultural Adjustment Act, Approved May 12 1933 The London Silver Agreement of July 22, 1933 President Roosevelt's Silver-Purchase Proclamation of December 21, 1933 Extract from President Roosevelt's Message to Congress of January 15, 1934, Recommending Legislation on Gold Text of Pittman Amendment to Gold Reserve Act of 1934 President Roosevelt's Message to Congress of May 22, 1934 Recommending Legislation on Silver The Silver Purchase Act of 1934 President Roosevelt's Proclamation of August 9, 1934 Authorizing the Mints to Receive Silver Situated in the Continental United States on that Date President Roosevelt's Executive Order of August 9, 1934 Requiring the Delivery of Silver to the United States Mints Recorded Monthly Net Exports of Silver from China, 1933-1938Selected BibliographyIndexesIndex of Names General Index