X. Depreciation of Silver, 1876.—Causes, Bourne, ibid., pp. 206, 212, 222, 233; Wilson, ibid., p. 128; “House of Commons Report,” ibid.; Sumner, “Princeton Review,” vol. iv., p. 570; S. Newcomb, “International Review,” vol. vi (1879), p. 326; Cochut, “Revue des Deux Mondes,” i, December, 1883, p. 514; Cairnes, “Essays”; F. Bowen, “Minority Report of the United States Silver Commission,” 1878.
Supposed cause of panic of 1873, see Williamson, “Contemporary Review,” April 1879; Seyd, “Decline of Prosperity”; Bourne, ibid., pp. 226, 227.
XI. Appreciation of Gold.—Giffen, “Statistical Journal,” vol. xlii, p. 36, started the theory for the period 1873-1879. Also see Bourne, “Statistical Journal,” vol. xlii, p. 406; S. Newcomb, “International Review,” 1879, p. 329; Wolowski, ibid., pp. 29, 30; Goschen, “Journal of the Institute of Bankers” (London), vol. iv, part vi, May, 1883; Patterson, “Statistical Journal,” vol. xliii, p. 1; for table of prices see London “Economist” (e.g., December 28, 1878).
XII. Bimetallism in the United States.—See supra, book iii, chap. vii; for a vast array of materials, see “Report of the International Monetary Conference,” 1878; Linderman's “Money and Legal Tender”; the Finance Reports of the United States; and Congressional Documents. For the coinage laws of 1792, 1834, 1853, 1873, 1878, see pamphlet, “Extracts from the Laws of the United States relating to Currency and Finance,” by C. F. Dunbar. For detailed account of passage of Act of 1873, see “Report of the Comptroller of the Currency,” 1876, p. 170. Present situation, “Atlantic Monthly,” May, 1884, “The Silver Danger.”