In our present legislation we encounter this mistrust wide-spread among the people; and so long as we ourselves exhibit so great timidity in our attempts at legislation upon this subject, just so long do we minister to and strengthen this mistrust.
Sumner discusses the impact of legislative timidity on public trust in financial systems.
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