CHAPTER 6.
THE STANDARD OF DEFERRED PAYMENTS Sec.1.Relative positions of gold and silver; historical.Sec.2.

Gold production, first half of nineteenth century.Sec.3.Concept of the general price level.Sec.4.Index numbers.Sec.5.

Gold production and monetary legislation, 1850 to 1879.Sec.6.Definition of the standard of deferred payments.Sec.7.Increasing importance of the standard.Sec.8.

Fluctuating standard and the interest-rate.

Sec.9.Notable changes in prices.
Sec.10.Nature and object of bimetallism.Sec.11.The movement for national bimetallism in America.Sec.12.Rising prices after 1896.Sec.