Critics argued that a national bank would give too much power to a few rich men in the north. It would take control of state Banks, on which southern farmers and small businessmen depended.

批评者坚决认为，一个国家银行将会给北方的有钱人以更大的权力，他们将控制各州的银行，而各州的银行则是南方农场主和其他一些小生意人所依靠的。

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The State Bank and the Ministry of Agriculture took measures to raise the mandatory support price for farmers, trying to increase next year's cane yield.

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