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on their business in the waA^s that seemed to them best or most 

 profitable. Lastly, there was no publicity given to the business. 

 The few newspapers then in circulation had no adequate means 

 of getting information concerning the banks in time to warn the 

 people. Under such circumstances dishonest men could ply their 

 trade with great success. 



