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    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 17, 1892
    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 17, 1892
    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 17, 1892
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    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 17, 1892

    By F. C. (Francis Cowley) Burnand

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    Release dateNov 26, 2013
    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 17, 1892

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      Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 17, 1892 - F. C. (Francis Cowley) Burnand

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103,

      December 17, 1892, by Various

      This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with

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      Title: Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 17, 1892

      Author: Various

      Editor: Francis Burnand

      Release Date: April 11, 2007 [EBook #21028]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PUNCH VOL. 103, DEC. 17, 1892 ***

      Produced by V. L. Simpson, Malcolm Farmer and the Online

      Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

      PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

      VOL. 103.

      December 17th, 1892.

      THE WILD WILD EAST.

      First Coster. Say, Bill, 'ow d'yer like my new Kickseys? Good Fit, eh?

      Second Coster. "Fit! They ain't no Fit. They're a Haperplictick Stroke!"

      MIXED NOTIONS.

      No. 1.—BI-METALLISM.

      Scene—A Railway-carriage in a suburban morning train to London. There are four Passengers, two of whom are well-informed men, while the third is an inquirer, and the fourth an average man. They travel up to London together every morning by the same train. The two Well-informed Men and the Average Man are City men; the Inquirer is a young Solicitor. They have just finished reading their morning papers, and are now ready to impart or receive knowledge.

      Inquirer. They don't seem to be making much of this Monetary Conference in Brussels.

      First Well-informed Man. Of course they're not. I knew how it would be from the start. I met Harcourt some time ago, and told him what I thought about it. You mark my words, I said, the whole blessed thing will be a failure. You haven't sent out the right men, and they're certain to waste their time in useless academic discussions. He seemed surprised, but he hadn't got a word to say.

      Inquirer (deeply impressed). Ah!

      First W. I. M. The thing's really as simple as A B C. Here are we, a country with a gold standard, and we find that gold has appreciated. What's the consequence? Why, silver goes down everyday, and commerce is dislocated,—absolutely dislocated. All we have to do is to——

      Second W. I. M. (breaking in). One moment! When you say gold has appreciated, you mean, of course, that the purchasing power of gold has increased—in other words, commodities are cheaper. Isn't that so?

      First W. I. M. Yes. Well, what then?

      Second W. I. M. What's your remedy? Do you think you can make things better by fixing a ratio between gold and silver? In the first place, you can't do it; they've got nothing to do with one another.

      First W. I. M. (triumphantly). Haven't they? What have you got to say, then, about the Indian rupee? That's where the whole of your beautiful system comes to grief. You can't deny that.

      Second W. I. M. The Indian rupee has got nothing to do with it. My theory is, that it's all due to the American coinage of silver, and (vaguely), if we do the same as they, why, we shall only make things worse. No, no, my boy, you've got hold of the wrong end of the stick, there. Look at the Bland Bill. Do you want to have that kind of thing in England?

      Inquirer. God forbid! By the way, what was the Bland Bill?

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