Gold And Silver Money

The Silver Question, treated from a practical point of view, is simple and interesting; it affects every individual. Metallic money has superseded barter, and an increase in its volume is necessary as the world's commerce expands, p.5. The value of money consists in its fixity of value, which is the result of its being a patent article made only by the State, p. 6. The ex- changeable use of money is second only in importance to its adoption by the State as a standard or measure of values, which