Allegory of the clocks, 50 American Review, effect of increasing volume of money, 8 Automatic system of money, gold and silver, 9 why interfered with, 18 Appleton's Cyclopedia, definition of money, 67 Aristotle on Money, 66 Balance of trade, the argument based on, 96 Banker's advice to the Usurer, 70 Baring, Alexander, a reduction of paper would have the same effect as of any other money, 78 Bastiat, description of the crown piece, 68 Baudeau, on Money, 66 Behren, Jacob, opinion as to effect of gold standard in England, 23 Berkeley, Bishop, queries as to Money, 67 Best Money (truthfully so-called), a money of unchanging value in the unit, 70 Cairnes, Prof. J. E., relations of paper currency to foreign exchange, 98 Cattle, estimate of value in 1880, 4 Cernuschi, the purchasing power of money is in direct proportion to the volume of money existing, 77 Checks and clearing houses, their effects in economizing use of money, considered, 46 Chevalier, in France, advocated demonetization of gold, 20 Circulation, present monetary, 75 Coal, yield for 1888, 4 Condition of country at present, 3 at period of demonetization of silver, 26 Competition, the value of money fixed by the competition to get it, 73 Cotton manufacturer, his loan of $10,000, payable, principal and interest, in cloth, contrasted with loan of same amount contracted by his neighbor, but payable in dollars, 72 Cotton-planters, their loss by demonetization of silver, 60 Crawford, William H., opinion as to effect of decreasing volume of money, 7 Creditors, demand for the "Best Money," meaning a money of increasing value, 69 their course in Europe to increase value of gold, 19 their course in United States to increase value of gold, 27 the pretense in the United States to "strengthen the public credit", 28 Crops for 1888, corn, wheat, oats, and cotton, 4 Debt, a distinguishing characteristic of civilization, 35 a, of $10,000 contracted in 1873--how much wheat, cotton, etc., would pay it then and how much now, 57 Debtors, who are they, 35 and creditors, their motives compared, 34 De Colange, Professor, the rate at which money exchanges is determined by its quantity, 77 Demand for money, what it is, 73 Demonetization of silver, by England, 22 by Germany, 16 by United States, 26 wholly unjustifiable, 28 De Quincey, in England, advocated demonetization of gold, 20 Difficulty, one symptom common to all industries, 5 Discussion, educational effect of, 29 Double standard, statement of, before French Commission, 22 Dumas, a Senator of France, pleads for caution before demonetization, 17 Economist (London) admits rise of gold, 44