Many nations have gone into barbarism because they had no metallic money on account of the failure of the mines. but no people in any age of the world ever committed harikari by destroying the basis of their circulation and credit. I am aware. whatever may happen to this bill. that this process of subtraction must go on. that prices must fall and continue to fall. compared to the gold standard. I am aware of the difficulties that will arise in this country in reducing wages to the level of Asiatic wages and the wages of some of the countries of Europe. Iam aware of what the gold standard will do. There is no doubt about that.