Silver Purchase Act of 1934: Hearings ... on H.R. 97451934 - 200 pages |
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40 Wall Street address of holder amount of silver Avenue Bache & Co Bank of Manhattan bill Broker Bros Calif cents an ounce CHAIRMAN Chase Safe Deposit Chemical Safe Deposit China COCHRAN coin coinage committee Congress COOPER CROWTHER currency E. A. Pierce E. F. Hutton E. J. Schwabach Federal Reserve free silver Futures Name going gold and silver gold certificates gold standard Government Hentz HILL holder Spot ounces Irving Safe Deposit J. S. Bache Jackson Bros July KNUTSON legislation Loeb Loeb & Co March MCCLINTIC McCORMACK million ounces monetary stocks monetary value National City Safe OLIPHANT ounces of silver percent President price of silver profit purchase of silver question ratio Safe Deposit Co seigniorage Senate SHALLENBERGER silver bullion silver certificates silver purchased Spot ounces Long statement tion TREADWAY Treasury VINSON Wall Street WOODRUFF York City
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Page 7 - ... shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall pay a fine of not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars or be imprisoned not more than six months, or both, at the discretion of the court...
Page 83 - States measured thereby, obstruct the power of the Congress to regulate the value of the money of the United States, and are inconsistent with the declared policy of the Congress to maintain at all times the equal power of every dollar coined or issued by the United States, in the markets and in the payment of debts.
Page 8 - ... whether made upon or shown by the books of the association, company, or corporation, or by any assignment in blank, or by any delivery, or by any paper or agreement or memorandum or other evidence of transfer...
Page 7 - And any person or persons liable to pay the tax as herein provided, or any one who acts in the matter as agent or broker for such person or persons, who shall make any...
Page 72 - The people of the United States are entitled to a sound and stable currency and to money recognized as such on every exchange and in every market of the world. Their Government has no right to injure them by financial experiments opposed to the policy and practice of other civilized states...
Page 72 - ... of values; but the wage earner — the first to be injured by a depreciated currency and the last to receive the benefit of its correction — is practically defenseless. He relies for work upon the ventures of confident and contented capital. This failing him, his condition is without alleviation, for he can neither prey on the misfortunes of others nor hoard his labor.
Page 9 - All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with any of the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed...
Page 42 - Treasury is authorized and directed to purchase silver, at home or abroad, for present or future delivery with any direct obligations, coin, or currency of the United States, authorized by law, or with any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated...
Page 7 - State to another, or to a foreign country, shall be forfeited to the United States, and may be seized and condemned by like proceedings as those provided by law for the forfeiture, seizure, and condemnation of property imported into the United States contrary to law.
Page 8 - States" means the States of the United States, the District of Columbia, and the Territory of Alaska; the term "person" means an individual, partnership, association, or corporation...