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Its principles seem sound, however, and its purpose admirable.  But the real reason that I am going to grant a charter is because I believe in you.","On April 1, 1910, with $20,000 of his own and a few associates' funds, Morris opened the Morris Plan Bank.  Soon there were eleven of these banks enabling the average American, with the \"collateral\" of earning power and good character, to borrow in order to buy a house, finance a car, or carry the family through a catastrophic illness.  Morris found that there were few defaults because most borrowers were thrifty and eager to be debt-free.","It took some effort to convince the big financiers in New York to allow the Morris Plan to go nationwide.  Morris later recalled the arguments he employed:","\"I told them simply that America's strength was in mass production and the only way to insure mass production was mass consumption.  And, like night follows day, we can't have mass consumption without mass credit.  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