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Best general references: Boston Herald, December 1, 1895; T. B. Reed in North American Review, Vol. 150, pp. 382-390 (March, 1890); and 551-546 (May, 1890); Theodore Roosevelt in Forum, XX, 410-418 (December, 1895); A. B. Hart, Practical Essays...
Best general references: Paul Leroy Beaulien: Forum, XX, 385 (Dec. 1895); Cong. Record, 1893-1894, p. 6867-6870; Nation, XLI, 380; Cong. Globe. 1861-62 p. 523 (Spaulding's Speech...
sage of December, 1879 called the attention of Congress to the danger of legaltender notes: McPherson, Handbook, 1880, p. 7.- (g) Both England and France have issued legal-tender notes under circumstances similar to our issue, but retired them directly after the exigencies which demanded them were over: Forum, XX...
...Legal-tender notes are a dangerous element in the finance of the United States.- (a) Their circulation is rigidamount is fixed by law: Act of May 31, 1878, Statutes at large, XX, 87.- (b) The government ought not to do a banking business.- (1) Government officials have neither personal nor material means to make a fiduciary currency flexible.- (a) Withdrawal would make the gold reserve unnecessary: Carlisle's Speech, in N. Y. Sun, Dec. 3, 1895.- (1) Maintenance of gold reserve has cost us at least $150,000,000 in the last two years.- (d) Whenever government reserve goes down...
...Cuba to independence is for the moral interest of the U. S.- (a) The Cuban cause is just.- (1) The Spanish administration of Cuba has always been selfish and tyrannical. Forum, xx. 54 sq. Ballou 305 sq.- (a) Denial of representation.- (b) Oppressive direct and indirect taxation.- (c) Spanish control of revenues.- (d) Greed and corruption of officials.- (e) Espionage.- (f) Censorship of press.- (g) Barbarities in suppressing rebellions.- (2) Spain has broken faith with Cuba.- (a) Non-fulfillment of promises made to insurgents in 1878: Forum, xx...