Report of the Monetary Commission of the Indianapolis Convention of Boards of Trade, Chambers of Commerce, Commercial Clubs: And Other Similar Bodies of the United States

Indianapolis monetary commission

University of Chicago Press, 1898 - Currency question - 608 pages

Preview this book »

Selected pages

HISTORY OF THE MOVEMENT 318	3

BILL EMBODYING COMMISSIONS PROPOSALS 6074	60

FINAL REPORT	75

THE NATURE OF A BANK 159171	78

THE STANDARD 92112	92

LAWS OF TOKEN MONEY 113130	113

LEGAL TENDER 131137	131

THE UNITED STATES SILVER EXPERIMENT 138145	138

1864 June 30 Act Providing Ways and Means through a Loan 509510	509

1870 July 12 Act for Increase of National Bank Notes	515

1890 September 26 Act Discontinuing ThreeDollar and OneDollar Gold Pieces and ThreeCent Pieces 542	518

1874 June 20 Act for redemption and redistribution of national bank cur	529

1878 May 31 Act Forbidding Retirement of Legal Tender Notes 535536	535

1890 August 30 Act limiting denomination of United States notes	542

1893 November 1 Act to Repeal Act for Purchase of Silver Bullion	543

APPENDIX II	545

THE MOVEMENT OF GOLD 146158	146

DEPOSIT CURRENCY 172179	172

EXPANSION OF NOTEISSUES 180185	180

PROFIT ON BANKNOTE ISSUES 186196	186

HISTORY OF THE NATIONAL BANKING SYSTEM 197223	197

CIRCULATION SECURED BY BONDS 224230	224

CIRCULATION SECURED BY COMMERCIAL ASSETS 231236	231

GUARANTY FUND 237246	237

INSOLVENCY OF NATIONAL BANKS 247259	247

WORKING OF COMMISSIONS PLAN 260276	260

INSTANCES OF BANK NOTES BASED ON COMMERCIAL ASSETS 277308	277

ELASTICITY 309323	309

REDEMPTION OF NOTES 324340	324

UNIFORMITY OF NOTE ISSUES 341345	341

INSPECTION AND EXAMINATION 352360	352

TAXATION OF BANKS 361368	361

LOANING AND BANKING FACILITIES IN THE SOUTH AND WEST 369375	369

BRANCH AND SMALL BANKS 376386	376

DEMAND OBLIGATIONS OF THE GOVERN	387

HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES NOTES 398444	398

EFFECT OF PAPER ISSUES ON THE COST OF THE CIVIL WAR 445461	445

EFFECT OF PAPER ISSUES ON PRICES 462469	462

EFFECT OF PAPER ISSUES ON WAGES 470478	470

RETIREMENT OF THE UNITED STATES NOTES 480490	480

APPENDIX I	491

1834 June 28 Act Concerning the Gold Coins of the United States 497498	497

1862 March 17 Act as to purchase of coin use of demand notes and tempo	503

Table 1Money in Circulation January 1 1898	547

Table 3Money in Circulation Each Year 18601897 548549	548

Table 4Paper Currency in the United States at the Close of Each Fiscal Year	550

Table 5Aggregate and Per Capita Stock of Money in Principal Countries	551

Table 6Situation of the Treasury January 1 1898 Under the Commis sions Plan	552

Table 7Production of Gold and Silver in the United States 17921896	553

Table 8Worlds Production of Gold and Silver Since 1492	554

Table 9Worlds Production of Gold and Silver 14931896	555

Table 11Price of Silver Ratio Bullion Value of Silver Dollar etc 556557	556

Table 12Annual Commercial Ratio of Silver to Gold Since 1687	557

Table 13Monthly Ratio of Silver to Gold Since 1844	558

Table 14Ratio of Silver to Gold and Value of Pure Silver in a Silver Dollar at Various Prices	559

Table 16Imports and Exports of Gold and Silver Coin and Bullion Into and Out of the United States	560

Table 18Coinage of United States Mints Since 1792	561

Table 19Gold Value of 100 in Currency 18621878	562

Table 20Gold Redemptions of United States Notes and Treasury Notes and Exports of Gold 18791897	563

Table 22Gold Reserve and Cash Balance in the Treasury Since January 1893	564

Table 23Principal Items of National Bank Statements 18631897 565567	565

Table 24Abstracts of National Bank Reports October 5 1897	568

Table 25Classification of State Banks by Capital Stock	569

Table 26Classification of National Banks by Capital Stock 570571	570

Table 27Abstract of National Bank Reports October 5 1897 by States 572575	572

Table 28Distribution of Coin Reserves of National Banks October 5 1897 576577	576

Table 30Expense Incurred in the Redemption of National Bank Notes	579

Index to Appendix I 605608	605

Copyright

Other editions - View all

Report of the Monetary Commission of the Indianapolis Convention of Boards ...
Indianapolis monetary commission
Full view - 1898

View all »

Common terms and phrases

act of February act of July ACT OF MARCH amount assets authorized bank-notes bill borrow cent centum circulating notes cities coinage commercial commodities Comptroller contract debt demand demand notes denominations deposit depositor depreciation Division of Issue equal existing February 28 gold and silver gold coin grains greenbacks guaranty fund hereby increase Issue and Redemption issue notes issue of notes January July 12 June lawful money legal tender legal-tender notes less liability loans medium of exchange ment metal national bank act national bank notes national banking association note-holder notes issued obligations outstanding paid payable piece present purchase rate of interest ratio received redeemed rency reports resumption Secretary seigniorage silver bullion silver certificates silver coins silver dollars Statutes at Large thereof tion token coins Total Treasury notes United States bonds United States notes York

Bibliographic information

Title	Report of the Monetary Commission of the Indianapolis Convention of Boards of Trade, Chambers of Commerce, Commercial Clubs: And Other Similar Bodies of the United States
Author	Indianapolis monetary commission
Publisher	University of Chicago Press, 1898
Original from	Harvard University
Digitized	26 Jun 2008
Length	608 pages

Export Citation	BiBTeX EndNote RefMan

About Google Books - Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - Information for Publishers - Report an issue - Help - Google Home