Focusing on industrial regulation rather than monetary expansion was the appropriate strategy for addressing the economic issues faced by farmers.

Increasing the money supply by adopting free silver was necessary to ease the debt burden on farmers and prevent deflationary pressures that harmed rural communities.

Maintaining a strict gold standard was the best way to ensure long-term economic stability, regardless of short-term hardships for debtors.

A hands-off approach to monetary policy would have naturally corrected deflation without any need for government intervention in the money supply.