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 men must address themselves with an earnest determination to serve the long future and the true liberties of men." The Pujo Committee—appointed in 1912—found:

"Far more dangerous than all that has happened to us in the past in the way of elimination of competition in industry is the control of credit through the domination of these groups over our banks and industries." . . . "Whether under a different currency system the resources in our banks would be greater or less is comparatively immaterial if they continue to be controlled by a small group." . . . "It is impossible that there should be competition with all the facilities for raising money or selling large issues of bonds in the hands of these few bankers and their partners and allies, who together dominate the financial policies of most of the existing systems. . . . The acts of this inner group, as here described, have nevertheless been more destructive of competition than anything accomplished by the trusts, for they strike at the very vitals of potential competition in every industry that is under their protection, a condition which if permitted to continue, will