▁by ▁the ▁great ▁central ▁banks ▁or ▁Europe , ▁namely , ▁the ▁holding ▁and ▁administration ▁of ▁the ▁bank ▁res erves ▁of ▁the ▁country , ▁the ▁issue ▁of ▁an ▁el astic ▁currency ▁based ▁upon ▁commercial ▁assets , ▁the ▁redis count ▁or ▁commercial ▁paper ▁for ▁bank ing ▁institutions , ▁and ▁the ▁serving ▁as ▁depos it ary ▁and ▁dis b urs ing ▁agent ▁for ▁the ▁Government . ▁The ▁commission ▁believed ▁that ▁it ▁had ▁worked ▁out ▁a ▁system ▁of ▁control ▁which ▁would ▁prevent ▁the ▁dom ination ▁of ▁the ▁association ▁by ▁any ▁group ▁of ▁interests , ▁political ▁or ▁financial . ▁ ▁Re ports ▁ ▁The ▁Commission ▁issued ▁ 3 0 ▁reports ▁( 1 9 0 9 - 1 9 1 2 ) ▁that ▁provided ▁a ▁detailed ▁and ▁author itative ▁survey ▁of ▁bank ing ▁systems ▁of ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 th ▁and ▁early ▁ 2 0 th ▁centuries . ▁The ▁reports ▁examine ▁such ▁topics ▁as ▁U . S . ▁financial ▁laws ; ▁U . S . ▁state ▁bank ing ▁stat utes ; ▁Canadian ▁bank ing ▁history ; ▁and ▁the ▁bank ing ▁and ▁currency ▁systems ▁of ▁England , ▁France , ▁Germany ▁and ▁other ▁nations . ▁ ▁The ▁volumes ▁contain ▁ess ays ▁commission ed ▁from ▁leading ▁special ists , ▁plus ▁in numerable ▁tables , ▁charts , ▁graphs , ▁and ▁fac sim iles ▁of ▁forms ▁and ▁documents . ▁Some ▁volumes ▁contain ▁trans cript s ▁of ▁relevant ▁speech es , ▁inter views , ▁and ▁hear ings . ▁Mitchell ▁provides ▁a ▁compreh ensive ▁review ▁of ▁the ▁documents ▁prepared ▁by ▁the ▁commission . ▁The ▁reports