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Rh banker or financial agent; but if the business is to grow, especially if it is a public-service business, which must respond to the demands of the public for good service, new money over and above what can be obtained from earnings is needed at frequent intervals and in very large amounts. The greater the amounts needed, the greater the need of expert advice and financial aid of the very best quality, because by training and experience bankers know where and how money can be obtained. With proper aid from bankers the officers of the company will not have their attention too much diverted from the work of careful management, safe and efficient operation, and good service to the public. The United States Government, state governments, and municipalities all turn at times to the banker for his aid in placing their securities in the hands of small investors all over the country,

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