INTRODUCTION The results I have reached by my observations and inquiries made, and from the study of the material placed before me, cannot, in consequence of the inadequateness of this material, lay claim to being fully scientific, but the present investigation may so far claim a scientific character, that I have endeavored by its means...
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The reader, who honours the following sheets, with an attentive perusal, may probably find, that though we have advanced, by wide steps, during « the last century, in the science of politics, we have still much to learn ; and that the summit can only be gained, by substituting accurate research, for delusive speculation,...
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In 1897 the Editor of the Advocate of India invited me to contribute to its columns a narrative of the rise, growth and collapse of that colossal speculation popularly known in Bombay as the ” share mania,” a mania which in its ultimate consequences was more disastrous than either the South Sea Bubble Scheme,...
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THE immense accumulation of the Public Debts, and the depressed state of Public Credit, of the Revenue, and of the Funds, . at the close of the last War, together with the loss of several extensive and populous Colonies in North America, led some of the ablest and most experienced men in the Kingdom,...
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INTRODUCTION Great difficulty was frequently experienced in the course of this work in clearly distinguishing between different notions which had to be expressed by means of one and the same term in English. I have attempted to solve this difficulty by printing a genus with a small letter and a species with a capital letter....
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PREFACE by the Author These Lectures were delivered at Waterford, in the beginning of the year 1833. At that time I held the office of Manager of the Waterford branch of the Provincial Bank of Ireland. When residing in London I had assisted at the formation of the City of London Literary and Scientific...
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BANK, Bankers, Banking. The term bank has two distinct significations; one in reference to commerce, implying a place of deposit or store-house ; the other relating to geography and rural economy, implying an elevation of the earth, either natural or artificial; and either below or above the surface of the water, in rivers as...
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PREFACE By The Author AS a general principle I am opposed to the Preface. I do not believe in telling people what I propose to say; I prefer to say it. But there are cases where an introduction proves a useful and illuminating adjunct to a book. In the present instance it serves a two-fold...
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PREFACE By the Author The following pages deal with some of the practical questions at issue in modern English Banking, and with these alone. They are of the highest importance at the present time, and yet signs are not wanting that the lessons which recent events might have been expected to teach are being to...
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PREFACE The story of growth, a progress from a lower to a higher plane, is always of absorbing interest in any field. In the evolution of our thinking on banking we have the complement to the history of our monetary development out of the greenback and silver stages. Although the two phases of progress...
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INTRODUCTION. There are times when a merchant will make almost any sacrifice to obtain ready money. He has entered into no rash speculations, and has only to meet the ordinary legitimate demands of his business, but in order to do so he is suddenly called upon to make a heavy and unexpected loss. To...
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A successful banker is composed of about one-fifth accountant, two-fifths lawyer, three-fifths political economist, and four-fifths gentleman and scholar — total ten-fifths — double size. Any smaller person may be a pawnbroker or a promoter, but not a banker. — George E. Allen. LINK http://bikibook.com/books/banking-for-beginners/ EMBED
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People frequently act in haste, and repent at leisure. In this case, there was no cause for repentance. But it naturally led to reflection, and it appeared to me, that instead of coming forward in times of such danger, and blindly entering into an obligation, so unlimited, in favour of Banks, which, for any...
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ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF AMERICAN COMMERCE CONSISTING OF ONE HUNDRED ORIGINAL ARTICLES ON COMMERCIAL TOPICS DESCRIBING THE PRACTICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE VARIOUS BRANCHES OF TRADE IN THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE PAST CENTURY AND SHOWING THE PRESENT MAGNITUDE OF OUR FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL INSTITUTIONS WITH A CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF THE IMPORTANT EVENTS OF AMERICAN...
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CONTENTS OF THE DIFFERENT SYSTEMS OR EXPEDIENTS WHICH HAVE BEEN PROPOSED OR HAVE PREVAILED IN SOCIETY, AS THEY AFFECT THE EVILS ARISING FROM THE PRINCIPLE OF POPULATION. (Continued) XIII. Of increasing Wealth, as it affects the Condition of the Poor XIV. General Observations BOOK IV. OF OUR FUTURE PROSPECTS RESPECTING THE REMOVAL OR MITIGATION OF...
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