... since the Armistice; but this country had infinite resources, and was able to meet any calls made upon it. Going off the gold standard meant in simple language that prices were going to up. Inevitably it meant the purchasing power of our money was going ...

... * For our departed Gold Standard. —This quotation : Therefore, thou gaudy gold, hard food for Midas. I win none of thee, thou common drudge ’tween man and man.—Shakespeare. THE CIIIEL CYCLISTS IN COLLISION.—James Muir, draughtsman, Durwsrd, Bishopbriggs ...

... shoulder shoulder, brothers, then. Still undaunted British men, Til! our honour shines agaitv, Brothers, ye know how ! THE GOLD STANDARD. The world is sorely treated, and life seems full of nail, but brave men arc not defeated when their backs are to the wall; ...