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If Senators want cheap money and to advance prices, free coinage is the way to do it; but do not call it bimetallism.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “If Senators want cheap money and to advance prices, free coinage is the way to do it; but do not call it bimetallism.”
Editor's note · Context
Sherman critiques the desire for cheap money while distinguishing it from true bimetallism.
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