Show WORLD WITHOUT BANKS such was tile the state of alii gs g a little bor a century ago illustrations Illustration of the economics economic revolution abound on every hand writes prof richard T ely bly in the those modes of protection which we talce take as a more mere matter of course were for fort the lie mot most part entirely unknown in 1760 it will bo be readily admitted that a business world which could exist without banks mua have been a radically different dif Terent business busi nebs world horld from that which we now know it is only a little over overa a century since there were but three banks in tile the entire united states if these banks had entirely suspended their operations undoubtedly harm would have resulted but most men and an women would have continued their ordinary course of life and been entirely unaware of the disaster the misfortune would in no way have entered into the lives of the great majority of citizens should one half of our thousands sandhof of banias now fail it would ben be a deplorable calamity the like of which lim has rarely been witnessed suffering Su suil ering frering and poverty would be widespread and undoubtedly thousands and hundreds of f thousands would bo be deprived of the barest necessities of life |