THE ALDRICH PLAN.
Lest the purpose of my starting the original Money Trust probe be misconstrued, I here state that it was not for the purpose of discovering the Money Trust. Long before that time it was known by those who had carefully studied the problem that there was a money power combination that operated and
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Aldrich Banking and
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In the panic of 1903 I began taking notice of the operations of the larger banks. At that time, as
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Jacob H. Schiff, one of New York’s greatest financiers, and
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arab malaysian bank an example of the futility of human effort extended too far. Among the articles expounded by Schiff in his creed of business and
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“The majority should always rule and
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Now suppose we consider our own case—that is, the interests of the public—in the light of this statement of a king banker, which statement bears reference to the smaller stockholders in corporations. There are 30,000 banks in this country. There may be 200,000 bankers. I do not know their exact number, but
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bank mega indonesia as well Lincoln proposed, . . . namely, “coin the people’s national credit,” . . . instead of letting the bankers coin it for their own selfish use. What would happen to Mr. Schiff and
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