TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I The Origin and Functions of Money [1]
II The Early History of Money [10]
III Qualities of the Material of Money [18]
IV Legal Tender [26]
V The Greenback Issues [33]
VI International Bimetallism [71]
VII The Silver Question in the United States [82]
VIII Index Numbers [115]
IX Banking Operations and Accounts [121]
X The Use of Credit Instruments in Payments in the United States [150]
XI A Symposium on the Relation Between Money and General Prices [159]
XII The Gold Exchange Standard [213]
XIII A Plan for a Compensated Dollar [229]
XIV Monetary Systems of Foreign Countries [246]
XV The Nature and Functions of Trust Companies [256]
XVI Savings Banks [270]
XVII Domestic Exchange [290]
XVIII Foreign Exchange [305]
XIX Clearing Houses [355]
XX State Banks and Trust Companies Since the Passage of the National Bank Act [381]
XXI The Canadian Banking System [406]
XXII The English Banking System [435]
XXIII The Scotch Banks [474]
XXIV The French Banking System [488]
XXV The German Banking System [526]
XXVI Banking in South America [559]
XXVII Agricultural Credit in the United States [575]
XXVIII The Concentration of Control of Money and Credit [606]
XXIX Crises [627]
XXX The Weaknesses of Our Banking System Prior to
the Establishment of the Federal Reserve System [672]
XXXI The Federal Reserve System [723]
XXXII The European War in Relation to Money, Banking and Finance [797]
Appendices [830]