Panic

           OnAugust4,1896,thecityofChicago,andforthatmattertheentirefinancialworld,wasstartledandamazedbythecollapseofAmericanMatch,oneofthestrongestofmarketsecurities,andthecoincidentfailureofMessrs.HullandStackpole,itsostensiblepromoters,fortwentymillions.Asearlyaseleveno’clockoftheprecedingdaythebankingandbrokerageworldofChicago,tradinginthisstock,wasfullyawarethatsomethinguntowardwasonfootinconnectionwithit.Owingtothehighpriceatwhichthestockwas"protected,"andtheneedofmoneytoliquidate,blocksofthisstockfromallpartsofthecountrywerebeingrushedtothemarketwiththehopeofrealizingbeforetheultimatebreak.Aboutthestock-exchange,whichfrownedlikeagrayfortressatthefootofLaSalleStreet,allwasexcitementasthoughagiantanthillhadbeenruthlesslydisturbed.Clerksandmessengershurriedtoandfroinconfusedandapparentlyaimlessdirections.BrokerswhosesupplyofAmericanMatchhadbeenapparentlyexhaustedonthepreviousdaynowappearedon‘changebrightandearly,andattheclangofthegongbegantoofferthestockinsizablelotsoffromtwohundredtofivehundredshares.TheagentsofHull&Stackpolewereinthemarket,ofcourse,inthefrontrankofthescrambling,yellingthrong,takingupwhateverstockappearedatthepricetheywerehopingtomaintain.

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