If Not Silver, What?

The author presents a practitioner's argument for restoring silver in the monetary system, systematically rebutting common objections and contrasting monometallic gold policy with bimetallic or silver-backed alternatives. He examines demonetization, relative production and international flows of gold and silver, the practicability of bimetallism, the global dump of silver and Asian demand, and proposes government-issued silver certificates as stable representatives of value. Emphasis falls on the policy's effects on farmers, debtors, and industrial enterprise, and on how banking and vested interests shape public debate, with repeated calls for independent public consideration of monetary reform.