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during the period when it was a power in the land, and did much in shaping its policy. He promoted
Federation when it had little support in New South Wales, and his financial policy was generally sound. His strenuous writing against overseas borrowing had apparently little effect at the time, but the
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Edmond was in many ways a good editor, but had little concept of how an editor's work might be delegated. This was bad for the training of the staff and, as was inevitable in the circumstances, Edmond's health broke down while he was still in his mid-fifties. Edmond was forced to retire in 1915.
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Edmond took charge of the 'Wild-Cat' column in 1893, and, though he then had little knowledge of finance, quickly realised that in order to write about it intelligently, the necessary facts must be available. He collected balance sheets, and years afterwards began that comparison of the current
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year's figures with those of earlier years, which has since been so generally adopted in financial columns in
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