Note 3 — Chapter V · How the People on the Island and Elsewhere Learned Wisdom.
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“Beyond the sea, in foreign lands, it (the greenback) fortunately is not money; but, sir, when have we had such a long and unbroken career of prosperity in business as since we adopted this non-exportable currency?”—Speech of Hon. William D. Kelley, House of Representatives, 1870.
“I desire the dollar to be made of such material, for the purpose, that it shall never be exported or desirable to carry out of the country. Framing an American system of finance, I do not propose to adapt it to the wants of any other nation.”—Speech of General B. F. Butler before the New York Board of Trade, October 14th, 1875.