Baum je bio u pravu. Problem srebra će postati davna uspomena kad se Amerika ustali na zlatnoj podlozi nakon donošenja zakona o zlatnom standardu 1900.-te, iste godine kad je i 'Čarobnjak iz Oza' objavljen.
and Balm was right: the silver cause would become a distant memory once the United States became firmly committed to the gold standard with the passage of the gold standard act in 1900, the same year the wonderful wizard of oz was published.