TABLE OF CONTENTS. The general subjects treated in this volume run in alphabetical Page. Fifty-fifth Congress .................. 237 Authorizing acts ....... 11 .............................. ....... 10 0 11 15 ....................................... 20 Barley ........ ........ se ................. Blaine. On free coinage .......... On cheap money ..... Issue of 1898 to defray war expenses .......... rticles rom varin ......................... Bryan. New York Journal's relations to ........... Opposes an effective navy ............................. On increase in circulation ....... Annual increase in ........ Of national banks ....... As used in redemption .... Weight and fineness of ..... Silver dollars coined before and since 1873 .. Of the United States ............... Of silver coins, 1792-1898 .......... Of nations ........................ At United States mints, fiscal year 1898 Pure silver in a silver dollar ...... Bullion value of 3713 grains silver .......... Average price of silver since 1837 ......... Coinage value in gold per ounce fine silver Of the mints, from 1792 to June 30, 1898 Of the mints of the world, 1873-1896 ........ Jefferson suspends coinage of silver dollars Effect of free coinage on savings, etc ...... Standard dollar falls to 39.66 cents .......... Test of coined money ......... On private and on Government accounts French estimate of the world's ....... Finance and, 1873 and 1897 Un M onroe doctrine .............................................. ........ ........ ................................ Page. 170 236 244 288 330 Industry, growth of Southern ......... 216 Our trade with, 1887-1897 ..... Double standard ....... Paper, outstanding ....... Indianapolis convention ............ President McKinley's message on .............. ....................... Position on silver in 1876 ..... 267 387 Legislative history of ........ War-revenue act ..... 108 147 150 155 159 159 160 160 160 160 161 161 164 227 291, 295 ....... .......... . ............ . . 5-98 .............. 168 168 ........... ............. 20 ....................................... 227 182 183 Page. 166 ...... 167, 297 18 170 173 244 173 238 Blaine on ........................... 69 175 177 Redemption of notes in .... Value of legal-tender notes, 1862-1879 .. Gold and Silver. Product in the world, 1860-95 . Product of mines in the United States ......... 181 183 183 184 Grant, General, on “coin” and “gold” ...... Legislative history of the annexation measure ....... Previous offers of annexation-Events under Cleveland Admin- Our commerce with Hawaiian islands .... Shipping of Hawaiian islands .... President McKinley on absorption of Illiteracy, etc., of gold and silver States .. President McKinley on ........ Statistics of, with tables of illiteracy, etc Foreigners in our military institutions ... Imports. See “Exports and Imports” ........... Import duties .................................. Ad valorem and specific, defined ........ Amount collected per capita, 1791 to 1897 ... Jefferson. Suspends coinage of silver dollars ......... On the importance of manufacturing industries Kansas. “What is the matter with?” ....... Legal-tender notes, gold value of, 1862-1879 ............. Lobby, silver, in Washington ...... Matthews, Stanley, resolution ...... "The Hand upon the Helm” ..... London Times recognizes a statesman And the colored people ....... On obsorption of Hawaii ...... On Nicaragua Canal ......... Message on intervention in Cuban affairs ... Consul-General Crittenden on conditions in Mills, Senator, on free coinage at 16 to 1 ................... History of gold and silver coinage and paper issues United States notes, history of .... Gold certificates, history of ... Silver certificates, history of .... Treasury notes, act of July 14, 1890 ....... Monetary system of the United States ...... Monetary unit ..................... Facts from official sources respecting its adoption ... Jefferson's notes on .................. Gold value of legal-tender notes, 1862-1879 Redemption of notes in gold and export of gold ....... Summary of monetary events since 1786 ...... Monetary systems and per capita money in the world ... Its use as a standard and as a currency .... Monroe doctrine. Action in Congress ........ National Banks. Statistics, etc .................................. Naval appropriations since 1882 .. Navy. Bryan opposed to an effective Nicaragua Canal, from President's message .. Oats. Production of, etc .......... Oregon. Election of June 6, 1898., Pacific Railroads. History of sale of, etc .... Paper Money. History of issue .... Pensions ........................ Record under President McKinley ........ In the Fifty-fifth Congress ..... Per capita money ................... Philippine Islands. Commerce, area, etc ......... Platforms of political parties ..... Silver question in Democratic platforms, 1894-95 ...... Platform Democratic party, 1896 Platform Peoples party, 1896 .... Platform Republican party, 1896 ...................... Platform Silver party ........... Democratic platforms, 1892 and 1896, on silver ....... Populists in Congress ....... What Populism stands for ..... |