... heavy for tie to bear. We have not failed. With the present men at our head to guide us, we are making a new world. The gold standard has had its day. The heavy weight of gold pressed down too solidly on the wheels of J progress. Now that the brake has ...

... London. They knew from experience that an unbalanced Budget meant inflation and that, this country might have to go off the Gold Standard. from The flight from the pound had begun. and in the middle of August last our gold reserves were almost exhausted. The ...

... Exchange was closed. There was active street market. The feeling generally was one of relief that the suspension of the gold standard had not brought about a crash in sterling, and as a consequence business was encouraged. WORLD MARKETS Members talked ...

... to spend their money in their own country. That is one of tho benefits which will come from the wise abandonment of the gold standard. It is estimated that something like £60,000,000 is spent British tourists in Franci every year. That money goes into French ...

... possumus. Bays that - - - Campbell, the arffo d'Affairs in Paris, then informed government on Saturday that the n- the gold standard would be necessary. the suspension, Pertinax says, will British trade competition, and may J?Ore * an higher tariffs, and ...

... of them regret that, despite the action taken by the Government, it had not been possible for England to remain on the gold standard. but whatever the depreciation of the pound might be, it would not be nearly so severe as it would have been had steps ...

... that the Finance Bill was urgent tha n before because ana of the two linos of which ware our tfofonoa last JJ* was the Gold Standard which us against the insidious and 'J'hui ot sudden and dangerous Jr™tt that we found neces' withdraw from that impreglortress ...

... the situation In which found ourselves had Its bright side well its dark one. In the first place the suspension of the Gold Standard would restore to this country the initiative In currency and financial matters which were In danger losing so long were ...

... normal all sorts of complications will occur In one dlrec' Hon and another. For Instance, South Africa is remaining on the gold standard and thelcforstthera Is premium on the South African « as compared with the British £■ The United Tobacco Companies (South) ...

... BXPORT Kl. PREMIUM. More responsible members of the Stock Exchange have not subscribed to the view that by going oft the gold standard the trade dlßlculties of this country have been solved as bi a stroke ot the pen. In the near future second thoughts on ...

... ECONOMIC CRISIS. Desperate Remedy For a Desperate Disease. GENERAL ELECTION PROSPECTS. The tetnrotary abandonment of the gold standard, upon which, along with Free Trade, so much of British prosperity has been built up, is not a boon, as some of the Press ...

... increase that issue As long as the country was on the gold standard they knew how much the country had behind it and how many notes were in circulation Now that they had gone off the gold standard no one except the Bank Treasury officials knew exactlv ...