CHAPTER XLIV.

THE SILVER QUESTION. ITS FUNDAMENTAL IMPORTANCE.—DANGERS OF NEGLECTING IT.—ATTEMPTS AT EVASION.—HOW IT MUST BE FINALLY MET.—SILVER PAPER CURRENCY SCHEMES, AND THEIR FUTILITY. Of all current public questions, I know of none that so vitally affects the future of our financial interests as this one—what shall be the status of silver among the world’s currencies? At the present time, about one-half of the world’s metallic money consists of silver, and the other half of gold. It is clear that silver cannot maint…