"Subtreasury" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the people must own the railroads." Next came the demands. Heading these were the monetary planks: "a national currency, safe, sound, and flexible, issued by the general Government poly, a full legal tender for all debts," with the subtreasury system of loans "or a better system; free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold at the present legal ratio of sixteen to one"; and an increase in the circulating medium until there should be not less than $50 per capita. With demands for ...
— The Agrarian Crusade - A Chronicle of the Farmer in Politics • Solon J. Buck |
