To reduce the interest arbitrarily on the existing short bonds of the banks, without offering compensation in some form, would be positively unjust, besides being an infringement of the guaranties surrounding such bonds, and therefore a violation of good faith.
Sumner asserts that arbitrarily reducing interest on existing bonds without compensation would be unjust and violate trust.
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