The Money Question the Legal Tender Paper Monetary System of the United States
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But when the govern ment thus issues, the fault and the crime is theirs if they do not restrain it within proper bounds. Is the proposed issue of $150, 000, 000 too much? It is believed that the ordinary business of the country, especially now, requires a circulation of $400, 000, 000. The bank circulation has been about $200, 000, 000, with coin to the amount of $250, 000, 000. The bank paper, now in suspension, would largely disappear before this par paper; and during suspension, which means ...during the war, there will be but little coin circulation. If the whole $150, 000, 000 of United States notes could be kept circulating, I do not think the surviving bank paper would furnish a sufficient currency for commercial purposes some coin must be added. But it is not probable that it could all be kept out; much would rest in banks, in the pockets of private individuals, or await investment tempo rarily, at least, for a while. "But my distinguished colleague from Vermont fears that 184 TtlK I.
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