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It is hardly conceivable that such a power as this could ever be intrusted to the management of a Secretary of the Treasury or to a single board of directors, with the temptations which would beset them.
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gutenberg.orgJames Blaine: “It is hardly conceivable that such a power as this could ever be intrusted to the management of a Secretary of the…”
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Blaine warns against concentrating financial power in the hands of a few individuals or boards.
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