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"The Rockefeller bank--the National City Bank--is by itself far and away the biggest bank in the United States.

It is exceeded in the world only by the Bank of England and the Bank of France.

The deposits average more than one hundred millions a day; and it dominates the call loan market on Wall Street and the stock market.

But it is not alone; it is the head of the Rockefeller chain of banks, which includes fourteen banks and trust companies in New York City, and banks of great strength and influence in every large money center in the country.
"John D.Rockefeller owns Standard Oil stock worth between four and five hundred millions at the market quotations.