Essay

Primary Sources

Coin's Financial School (1893)

Money, Trade, and Industry (1879)

"Cross of Gold" (1896)

Great Northern Railway Route Map (1920)

"Survival of the Fittest," Puck (1900)

Annotated Bibliography

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About the Author

David Blanke is Joe B. Frantz Associate Professor of History at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. He earned his BS at the University of Kentucky and his MA and PhD at Loyola University Chicago.

Panic of 1873

"Survival of the Fittest," Puck (1900)

Annotation

Puck was a satirical political magazine which, typically, assumed that politics were the product of entrenched economic interests. For the cover of their March 1900 issue, the editors show the ultimate defeat of bimetallism in the United States. Two gladiators labeled "Gold Standard" and "Silver Standard" are pictured. Silver Standard's sword, labeled "16 to 1," lies broken at his side as Gold Standard stands victoriously over the fallen currency standard.