James B. Forgan

1852 – 1924

• Recollections of a busy life
• Review of proposed banking and currency bill
• Branch banking
• Currency reform
• Possibilities of Senator Aldrich's suggestions for monetary legislation
• Should national bank deposits be guaranteed by the government or by a deposit with the government--
• Synopsis of plan for national bank credit currency
• The Currency Commission of the American Bankers Association and its plan
• The efficacy and the limitations of bank supervision by examination and the responsible source of bank management
• The mobilization and control of the reserves of the country