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Page 120 - States in a conference to adopt a common ratio between gold and silver, for' the purpose of establishing, internationally, the use of bimetallic money, and securing fixity of relative value between those metals ; such conference to be held at such place, in Europe or in the United States, at such time within six months, as may be mutually agreed upon by the executives of the governments joining in the same, whenever the governments so invited, or any three of them, shall have signified their willingness...
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| Title | The International Cyclopedia: A Compendium of Human Knowledge, Volume 10 The International Cyclopedia: A Compendium of Human Knowledge, Richard Gleason Greene |
| Publisher | Dodd, Mead, 1890 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 5 Mar 2008 |
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