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Show mmm banks wm fi !;F1AWCIAI CEWTffi . ... ... . The banks of the great copper camp have played no little part in the deveiopmeitaiid advancenuit of this city. In fact most cities are to be judged1 by the character and standing of their financial institutions, in-stitutions, and in this important particularBingham takes a pardonable pardon-able pride in her banks. , . ; The birtH-of the first bank in a community gives a feeling of dignity and responsibility to that community, just as the birth of the first child to a newly begun family gives a feeling of dignity to the father and mother; it is the visible and outward sign of a community interest. ' ; . - The bank is. the legitimate outcome of the growth of commerce, based on a community of interest, and the banker is the intermediary tin commercial. transactions. lie is but part of the'evoluted intermediary, inter-mediary, as the merchant is but part, as the real estate agent, the broker,, the, transportation agent and the newspaper are but parts; he is the money part. "", ' Banking in its rude form of places of deposits, changing of moneys and negotiating loans has existed farther back in the ages of human endeavor than recorded history can trace and even in the, seven times buried cities of the Euphrates and Nile basins, found an honorable plan?, : . - ..At just what time bills of exchange (the first, bank notes) were set afloat in greet national centers is not known, but in the first and second centuries after Christ they were -a ell known and common, and it is not sure thataheir existence docs not date back at least to ihe days oflsolirtoti.. , |