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I said that during war local banks were the natural enemies of a national currency.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “I said that during war local banks were the natural enemies of a national currency.”
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Sherman asserts that local banks were detrimental to a national currency during wartime, highlighting a conflict in financial interests.
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