"My country, 'tis of thee!" Or, the United States of America; past, present and future. A philosophic view of American history and of our present status, to be seen in the Columbian exhibition.

CHAPTER XIX.

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BANKS AND BANKING.

New York no longer the sole dictator in the money market--Why Western business men are now independent of metropolitan money-lenders--The increase of “reserve cities”--Banking methods to dodge the laws--How unscrupulous bank directors get rich--Why so many cashiers go to Canada and how to stop them--Noted living bankers.....455