I think I only utter the sentiment of three fourths of all the commercial men through our great and growing West, when I say it should become a law, and thereby secure to us our equal share of the national banking capital, which we now need so much.
Sumner reflects the sentiment of commercial interests in the West regarding banking legislation.
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