Absorbed in the greenback controversy, the people apparently did not appreciate, at the time, the significance of the " demonetization" of silver; but within a few years several events united in making it the center of a political storm.

——当时沉浸在美元争议中的人们显然没有意识到白银“非货币化”的意义；但在几年内，几起事件联合起来使它成为一场政治风暴的中心。