Pledging support for American workers, he sought high tariffs to make foreign manufactured goods unattractive and he supported the gold standard. read more
After a bit of snooping, it would appear that the yellow brick road could have represented the gold standard. The theory goes that Dorothy''s original slippers were actually silver until technicolor came along and allowed for ruby slippers to shine on the big screen. read more
According to this view, for instance, the Yellow Brick Road represents the gold standard, and the silver slippers (ruby in the 1939 film version) represent the Silverite sixteen to one silver ratio (dancing down the road). The City of Oz earns its name from the abbreviation of ounces"Oz" in which gold and silver are measured. read more
Yellow Brick Gold: is a representation of the gold standard, with the gold road leading to power. Oz: an abbreviation that stands for gold, a hot political topic of the day where people were rallying for fixed gold and silver ratios. read more