The great increase in the gold product of the world, and the constant diminution in the value of silver, have put an end to the danger of the movement for the free coinage of silver, and made the question purely academic or theoretic, at any rate for a good while to come.
Hoar discusses the impact of increased gold production and decreased silver value on the relevance of the free coinage movement.
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