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If these national banks are the recipients of such large profits, should we not exercise all the power that belongs to us to compel them to their full contribution to this great measure of Financial Reconstruction?
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “If these national banks are the recipients of such large profits, should we not exercise all the power that belongs to…”
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He argues for the necessity of ensuring national banks contribute fairly to financial reconstruction efforts.
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