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... increase of bulk in the present volume , if alarming to some , has been unavoidable , by the addition of the evidence of the MM . Pereire before the French Commission of Inquiry into the Bank of France , done into English and given in ...
... increase of bulk in the present volume , if alarming to some , has been unavoidable , by the addition of the evidence of the MM . Pereire before the French Commission of Inquiry into the Bank of France , done into English and given in ...
Page 8
... increase or decrease of the bullion : or , in taking in large quantities of bullion , and not putting forth notes against it . By this rule I contend that all issues of paper - money , whether Bank of England or Country issues , ought ...
... increase or decrease of the bullion : or , in taking in large quantities of bullion , and not putting forth notes against it . By this rule I contend that all issues of paper - money , whether Bank of England or Country issues , ought ...
Page 16
... increase of them supplants coin to an equal amount . When these notes are in use , the metallic coin , together with these notes , constitutes the money , or currency of the country . Now , this money is marked 16 CHAPTER III THE FALSE ...
... increase of them supplants coin to an equal amount . When these notes are in use , the metallic coin , together with these notes , constitutes the money , or currency of the country . Now , this money is marked 16 CHAPTER III THE FALSE ...
Page 19
... ? He says that the increase of Bank Notes only supplants Coin to an equal amount ; but this is a most extraordinary assertion for a Banker to make . Where the issue of them is free , c 2 THE FALSE CURRENCY PRINCIPLE . 19.
... ? He says that the increase of Bank Notes only supplants Coin to an equal amount ; but this is a most extraordinary assertion for a Banker to make . Where the issue of them is free , c 2 THE FALSE CURRENCY PRINCIPLE . 19.
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... increase the quantity of the water , yet a continued series of drops will at length cause the water to overflow the ... increased more or less , according to the MONEY , CURRENCY , AND CAPITAL . 31.
... increase the quantity of the water , yet a continued series of drops will at length cause the water to overflow the ... increased more or less , according to the MONEY , CURRENCY , AND CAPITAL . 31.
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affairs amount of notes augment Bank Act Bank Charter Act bank notes Bank of Eng Bank of England Bank of France Bank rate bank-notes bankers Banking Department banking reserve Banks of Issue Banque capitalists cent coin and bullion coinage commerce commodities consequence credit money currency Debt demand deposits diminish effect Émile Pereire England notes equal established export fact fixed funds gold and silver increase Isaac Pereire Issue Department issue notes issue of notes Joint-Stock Banks legal tender loanable capital London Lord Overstone loss means ment Michel Chevalier millions monopoly National notes in circulation notes issued operations panic paper money payment precious metals present principle privilege produce profit proportion quantity question raising the rate rate of discount rate of interest regulated render reserve of notes silver coin Sir Robert Peel specie tion trade and industry wants whole Wolowski
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Page 829 - ... in all parts of the United States in payment of taxes, excises, public lands, and all other dues to the United States, except for duties on imports; and also for all salaries and other debts and demands owing by the United States to individuals, corporations, and associations within the United States, except interest on the public debt, and in redemption of the national currency.
Page 259 - The property which every man has in his own labor, as it is the original foundation of all other property, so it is the most sacred and inviolable.
Page 830 - ... whenever the lawful money of any other association shall be below fifteen per centum of its [circulation and~\ deposits, such association shall not increase its liabilities by making any new loans or discounts...
Page 654 - ... which he would otherwise be obliged to keep by him unemployed, and in ready money for answering occasional demands.
Page 268 - England to borrow owe or take up any sum or sums of money on their bills or notes payable at demand or at any less time than six months from the borrowing thereof...
Page 657 - The circulation of every country may be considered as divided into two different branches; the circulation of the dealers with one another, and the circulation between the dealers and the consumers.
Page 832 - No association shall make any loan or discount on the security of the shares of its own capital stock, nor be the purchaser or holder of any such shares, unless such security or purchase shall be necessary to prevent loss upon a debt previously contracted in good faith...
Page 828 - Federal reserve bank making such deposit in the manner provided by existing law, shall be entitled to receive from the Comptroller of the Currency circulating notes in blank, registered and countersigned as provided by law, equal in amount to the par value of the bonds so deposited.
Page 460 - ... have on hand, in lawful money of the United States, an amount equal to at least twenty-five per centum of the aggregate amount of its notes in circulation and its deposits...
Page 268 - Be it therefore declared and enacted, that any body, politic or corporate, or society, or company, or partnership, although consisting of more than six persons, may carry on the trade or business of banking in London, or within sixty-five miles thereof...