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
