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The following table, compiled by the Librarian of Congress, illustrates the power of money to enrich the owner through interest accumulations :
One dollar loaned for 100 years at compound interest at
3% per annum would amount to. ........ ..$19.25
6% ...................................................$340.00
8% .................................................$2,203.00
10% ..............................................$13,508.00
12% ..............................................$84,075.00
18% ........................................$15,145,007.00
24% ....................................$2,651,798,404.00
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