west from the west to the west indies and also extended the work of samuel miller jarvis to the bank of cuba into the dominican republic where he then sets up another bank which also has come is attached with a lot of controversy is attached to it. i think one of the main things i felt with the north american trust company and the history of samuel miller jarvis is he's an individual, kind of a quite brilliant entrepreneur who is able to really see places where capital will soon move to. he understands, he sees the west before becomes the west and is able to profit from it. he sees cuba before becomes the haven of american businesses and is able to profit for that. .. questions of sovereignty, the sovereignty are weak, legal regimes are weak, yeah, it's difficult to say whether they're legitimate businessmen. >> professor hudson, you said that a lot of the bankers were advising the federal government on foreign policy. did wall street in this move, did it have the false faith in credit and support of the federal government? >> absolutely not. i think there's times when the federal go