Aggregation, disadvantages of, 197; limit to, 196; of forces, 57; of industry, 191.
Annual fluctuations in prices, 91, 98, 100, 104.
Association, complex, 55; compound, 56; methods of, 55; simple, 55.
Bank business, 148; inspection, 151; liabilities, 155; loans, 153; resources, 155.
Banks and banking, 140; described, 141; government, 147; national, 144; state, 136.
Bonds, exemption from taxation, 369; deferred payment, 160.
Capital a timesaver, 40; circulating or fixed, 40; conservative, 44; defined and classified, 38; distinguished from wealth, 38; floating, 43; in farming, 43; of a country, 39; proceeds of, 279; prudent adjustment of, 314; "timid," 44; unproductive, 42.
Coin a country's capital, 133; as currency, 131.
Combinations for farming, 204; for production, advantages, 193.
Conflict between wage-earners and profit-makers, 257.
Conservative influence as security for business, 224.
Consumption, coöperative, 335; for growth, 317; luxurious, 319; of wealth, 307; wasteful, 322.
Coöperative consumption, 335; industry, 272; stores, etc., 335.
Corn, acreage and yield, 84; prices of, New York, 87-91; consumption of, 84.
Credit by accounts, 133; by due bills, 134; currency, 135, 117; expanding, 167; expansion, 158.
Crops in United States since 1850, 10; yield of, 83-86.
Currency, 130; advantages of national bank, 146; credit, 135.
Deferred settlement and credit expansion, 158; in exchange, 138.
Division of labor, advantages, 182; disadvantages, 188; economy of, 180; limits, 184; on farms, 186.
Exchange, advantages, 58; in distribution, 234; in production, 58; limits of, 60; its machinery, 109.
Farm crops in United States since 1850, 10; interests, fluctuation of, 9; products, prices of, 78; stock in United States, 9, 83.
Farms in the United States, 9, 304; small, for homes, 202.
Gold, ratio to silver, 124; standard, 128.
Government chief incentive to production, 206.
Government banks, 147; churches, 342; debts, 368, 370.
Hard times, 172; causes of, 173; cure for, 178; remedies, 176.
Hogs, number in United States, 9, 83; prices of, 95-99.
Individual responsibility for use of wealth, 310.
Insurance, applications of, 229, 239; governmental control of, 228; methods of, 226; nature of, 225.
Interest and rent distinguished, 279; principles of, 283; reasons for, 283; uses of, 291; varying rates of, 286.