The Financial History of the United States, from 1861 to 1885: By Albert S. Bolles, Volume 3D. Appleton, 1886 - 585 páginas |
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... national advancement more glorious in rational ex- pectation than any era ... banks into an efficient and inseparable body , for the for the purpose of ... banks , who assembled on the following day . On that occasion a committee of ten ...
... national advancement more glorious in rational ex- pectation than any era ... banks into an efficient and inseparable body , for the for the purpose of ... banks , who assembled on the following day . On that occasion a committee of ten ...
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... banks to make a fourth advance of $ 50,000,000 , after the 1st of January ... National Bank of New York , in describing , at a meeting of the Am . Bankers ... banks furnished , and , of course , it was impossible for him to issue a ...
... banks to make a fourth advance of $ 50,000,000 , after the 1st of January ... National Bank of New York , in describing , at a meeting of the Am . Bankers ... banks furnished , and , of course , it was impossible for him to issue a ...
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... banks on the 28th of December , some of the members endeavored to impress on the secretary the importance of ... national by the stamp and signature of a government officer . Thus supported by coin and bonds , the notes would serve the ...
... banks on the 28th of December , some of the members endeavored to impress on the secretary the importance of ... national by the stamp and signature of a government officer . Thus supported by coin and bonds , the notes would serve the ...
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... banks , by utilizing their form of effecting exchanges , which was subsequently applied by the secretary in the national banking system without reserve , this amount would have been found suf- ficient . When we review the excessive cost ...
... banks , by utilizing their form of effecting exchanges , which was subsequently applied by the secretary in the national banking system without reserve , this amount would have been found suf- ficient . When we review the excessive cost ...
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... banks were regarded like the " eight - per - cent patriots " of John Adams's time . It is not so easy to negotiate a national loan before a war as after its successful ending ; yet the banks , to their eternal honor , contracted this ...
... banks were regarded like the " eight - per - cent patriots " of John Adams's time . It is not so easy to negotiate a national loan before a war as after its successful ending ; yet the banks , to their eternal honor , contracted this ...
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The Financial History of the United States: From 1861 to 1885 Albert Sidney Bolles Visualização completa - 1886 |
The Financial History of the United States, from 1861 to 1885 Albert Sidney Bolles Visualização completa - 1886 |
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amendment amount annual appropriations authorized bank circulation bank-notes bankers bill bonds cent interest certificates certificates of deposit chap Chase coin committee Congress contract creditors currency declared demand deposits depreciation dollars duties effect enacted exchange existed expenditures favor Fessenden fiat money fiscal five per cent five-twenty fractional currency frauds free banking fund furnished gold House hundred imports increased indebtedness inflation internal revenue issue July lawful money legal tender legal-tender notes less loan manufacturers March measure ment millions months national banks New-York officers paid paper money passed payable persons produced profits public debt question rate of interest received recommended redeem redemption reduced repeal resumption second session secretary securities Senate Sherman silver six per cent six-per-cent specie payments speculation stocks suspended tariff taxation tion treasury department treasury-notes United United-States notes York
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Página 259 - ... expressly withheld from congress by the constitution; we are irresistibly impelled to the conclusion that the impressing upon the treasury notes of the United States the quality of being a legal tender in payment of private debts is an appropriate means, conducive and plainly adapted to the execution of the undoubted powers of congress, consistent with the letter and spirit of the constitution, and therefore within the meaning of that instrument, "necessary and proper for carrying into execution...
Página 564 - First. A summary of the state and condition of every association from which reports have been received the preceding year, at the several dates to which such reports refer, with an abstract of the whole amount of banking capital returned by them, of the whole amount of their debts and liabilities, the amount of circulating notes outstanding, and the total amount of means and resources, specifying the amount of lawful money held by them at the times of their several returns, and such other information...
Página 558 - That, while providing revenue for the support of the General Government by duties upon imports, sound policy requires such an adjustment of these imposts as to encourage the development of the industrial interests of the whole country...
Página 560 - We therefore demand that the imposition of duties on foreign imports shall be made not "for revenue only," but that in raising the requisite revenues for the Government, such duties shall be so levied as to afford security to our diversified industries, and protection to the rights and wages of the laborer, to the end that active and intelligent labor, as well as capital, may have its just reward, and the laboring man his full share in the national prosperity.
Página 557 - That justice and sound policy forbid the Federal Government to foster one branch of industry to the detriment of another, or to cherish the interests of one portion of the country to the injury of another portion of our common country...
Página 560 - Democratic party is pledged to revise the tariff in a spirit of fairness to all interests. But in making reduction in taxes, it is not proposed to injure any domestic industries, but rather to promote their healthy growth.
Página 317 - ... that the faith of the United States is solemnly pledged to the pay-ment in coin or its equivalent of all the obligations of the United States not bearing interest, known as United States notes, and of all the interest-bearing obligations of the United States, except in cases where the law authorizing the issue of any such obligation has expressly provided that the same may be paid in lawful money or other currency than gold and silver.
Página 263 - The gradual reduction of the currency is the only measure that can save the business of the country from disastrous calamities; and this can be almost imperceptibly accomplished by gradually funding the national circulation in securities that may be made redeemable at the pleasure of the Government.
Página 55 - The provision making United States notes a legal tender ¡has, doubtless, been well considered by the committee, and their conclusion needs no support from any observation of mine. I think it my duty, however, to say that, in respect to this provision, my reflections have conducted me to the same conclusions they have reached.
Página 98 - ... lawful money and a legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, within the United States, except duties on imports and interest as aforesaid.