TABLE OF CONTENTS
Reading edition
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