[I posted an earlier version of this yesterday, but a computer glitch devoured a couple of hours of bibliographic work. Here is an complete version, with the lost material restored and some additions.]
Slowly but surely, all of Alfred B. Westrup’s mutual banking material is making its way into the archive. This week’s first addition is Westrup’s magnum opus, The New Philosophy of Money (1st ed., 1895). Like Greene’s Fragments, Tucker’s Instead of a Book, and Ingalls’ Reminiscences, Westrup’s major work is largely stitched together from newspaper debates, correspondence and portions of earlier works. It’s value is in collecting all of that in one place. And it is a more focused work than any of those others. Readers of Tucker’s Liberty will recognize the topics. Westrup’s minority opinion on the “standard of value” question figures prominently, and the volume ends with a mention of Kitson’s A Scientific Solution of the Money Question, which kicked off the next round of that debate in Liberty.
The other new text is Citizens’ Money, a pamphlet based on a talk given several times by Westrup, which was also published in Liberty. See the bibliography below for citations and links.
Updated Bibliography: Alfred B. Westrup
- The abolition of interest a simple problem: the pending crisis the death struggle of a moneyed aristocracy and the labor pains of a new birth to industry. New York : M. Hill, 1879. (18 pages) [transcription in progress]
- Address on a new system of money: given at the Chicago chapter of the American Institute of Banking : held in the Northwestern University Building, May 23, 1916. [Chicago? : s.n.], 1916.
- Citizens’ money, a lecture on the “National banking system.” Delivered in Chicago and published in “Liberty,” of Boston, in 1888. San Fran: Equity publishing co, 1890. (21 pages)
- Citizens’ money, a critical analysis in the light of free trade in banking a lecture by Alfred B. Westrup … delivered in Chicago, Sunday, June 3, 1888, and in Toledo, O., under the auspices of the Society for Economic Inquiry, Feb. 19, 1891. Chicago: Mutual Bank Propaganda, 1891. (27 pages)
- The Financial problem, its relation to labor reform and prosperity :the principles of monetary science demonstrating the abolition of interest to be unavoidable. Chicago : Mutual Bank Propaganda, 1891. 2nd ed. Dallas, Tex. : Pub. by the author, 1886. (32 pages)
- —. 3rd ed. Chicago : Mutual Bank Propaganda, 1891 (30 pages)The new philosophy of money: a practical treatise on the nature and office of money and the correct method of its supply. Minneapolis: F.E. Leonard, 1895. (192 pages)
- —. 2nd ed. Chicago : B. Canode, 1915. (174 pages)
- Plenty of money. A new and scientific plan by which credit in the form of paper money is provided and substituted for credit in the form of goods. New York, L. Weiss & Co., printers, 1899. (13 pages)
- Plenty of money (a synopsis of the “New philosophy of money”): A new and practical plan by which secured credit in the form of paper money is provided and substituted for unsecured credit in the form of book accounts. 2nd ed, rev. Chicago, Ill., 1915. (28 pages) [with Mrs. Maud Denning Westrup]
- Sex slavery: an essay presenting some practical helps for the perpetuity of happiness after marriage, the borning of better babies and how parents should deal with their children regarding the question of sex in accordance with the doctrine of egoism. Chicago, U.S.A. : By Alf. B. Westrup, 1914. (39 pages)
Articles and mentions in Liberty
- Tucker, “On Picket Duty,” Jul 17, 1886. Vol. 4, Iss. 6; p. 1
- Tucker, “On Picket Duty,” Jul 7, 1888. Vol. 5, Iss. 24; p. 1
- Westrup, “The National Banking System,” pt. 1, Jul 7, 1888. Vol. 5, Iss. 24; p. 7
- Westrup,”The National Banking System,” pt. 2, Jul 21, 1888. Vol. 5, Iss. 25; p. 7
- Westrup, What Mutual Banking Would Do. Sep 15, 1888. Vol. 6, Iss. 3; p. 5
- J. Herbert Foster, “Money and Capital,” Dec 1, 1888. Vol. 6, Iss. 8; p. 4
- Westrup, “Mutual Money,” Jan 5, 1889. Vol. 6, Iss. 10; p. 5
- Tucker, “On Picket Duty,” Jan 5, 1889. Vol. 6, Iss. 10; p. 1
- “Mutual Bank Propaganda,” Aug 10, 1889. Vol. 6, Iss. 19; p. 6
- Tucker, “On Picket Duty,” Dec 28, 1889. Vol. 6, Iss. 23; p. 1
- Tucker, “On Picket Duty,” Sep 27, 1890. Vol. 7, Iss. 12; p. 1
- Tak Kak, “Sentimental and Incomplete,” Mar 7, 1891. Vol. 7, Iss. 23; p. 1
- Tucker, “On Picket Duty,” May 16, 1891. Vol. 8, Iss. 2; p. 1
- Tucker, “A Standard of Value a Necessity,” Jun 13, 1891. Vol. 8, Iss. 4; p. 2
- Westrup, “A Necessity or a Delusion,–Which?” Jun 27, 1891. Vol. 8, Iss. 5; p. 2
- Tucker, “On Picket Duty,” Jun 27, 1891. Vol. 8, Iss. 5; p. 1
- J. Greevz Fisher, “Free Trade in Banking,” Jul 11, 1891. Vol. 8, Iss. 6; p. 3
- Tucker, “On Picket Duty,” Aug 8, 1891. Vol. 8, Iss. 9; p. 1
- Galveston News, “The Essentials of Sound Money,” Aug 8, 1891. Vol. 8, Iss. 9; p. 1
- Fisher/Tucker, “The Equalization of Wage and Profit,” Aug 22, 1891. Vol. 8, Iss. 11; p. 2
- Tucker, “On Picket Duty,” Sep 5, 1891. Vol. 8, Iss. 13; p. 1
- Galveston News, “How Much Can Be Loaned?” Sep 12, 1891. Vol. 8, Iss. 14; p. 3
- Galveston News, “No Misrepresentation,” Oct 3, 1891. Vol. 8, Iss. 17; p. 4
- Tucker, “On Picket Duty,” Oct 3, 1891. Vol. 8, Iss. 17; p. 1
- Memphis Commercial, “Another Editor Favors Free Banking,” Oct 31, 1891. Vol. 8, Iss. 21; p. 1
- Tucker, “On Picket Duty,” Oct 31, 1891. Vol. 8, Iss. 21; p. 1
- The Jeffersonian, “A Notable Exception,” Jan 2, 1892. Vol. 8, Iss. 30; p. 4
- Victor Yarros, “Mutual Bank Notes,” Feb 6, 1892. Vol. 8, Iss. 35; p. 2
- Tucker, “On Picket Duty,” Jun 4, 1892. Vol. 8, Iss. 42; p. 1
- Westrup, “Was the Money Question Dodged?” Jun 4, 1892. Vol. 8, Iss. 42; p. 3
- “A Letter from Mr. Westrup,” Aug 6, 1892. Vol. 8, Iss. 50; p. 3
- “Mutual Bank Propaganda,” Jul 14, 1894. Vol. 10, Iss. 5; p. 8
- Henry Seymour, “The Standard of Value,” Oct 6, 1894. Vol. 10, Iss. 11; p. 3
- Henry Seymour, “The Standard-of-Value Controversy,” Oct 5, 1895. Vol. 11, Iss. 11; p. 5
- Stephen T. Byington, “Anarchist Letter-Writing Corps,” Mar 21, 1896. Vol. 11, Iss. 23; p. 5
See also:
- “Let Us Emancipate the Race!” The North American Review (1821-1940). Boston: Jul 1918. Vol. VOL. CCVIII, Iss. NO. 752; p. 159.
- The Auditor. Chicago, Ill.: Auditor Pub. Co., 1891[?] [free banking journal edited by Westrup. Copies of at least some issues are in the Labadie Collection, UMich.]
I guess libertarian thinking runs in the family! – Bill Westrup